Message-ID: <24172785.1075855601870.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 21:15:00 -0700 (PDT) From: nytdirect@nytimes.com To: mike.grigsby@enron.com Subject: Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: The New York Times Direct X-To: mike.grigsby@ENRON.COM X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Michael_Grigsby_Jun2001\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: Grigsby-M X-FileName: mgrigsb.nsf TODAY'S HEADLINES The New York Times on the Web Saturday, May 5, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "Unless you own your own baseball field, you don't need two acres of green grass under your feet." - DAVID MASCIARELLI, superintendent of the water district in Sharon, Mass. Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/national/05LAWN.html NATIONAL ========================= In Racketeering Trial, Well-Dressed Strip Club Takes the Stage http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/national/05CLUB.html Grass Is Gone on Other Side of These Fences http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/national/05LAWN.html Babies Born in Experiments Have Genes From 3 People http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/health/05DNA.html Public Lives: An Alabama Prosecutor Confronts the Burden of History http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/national/05LIVE.html /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ What's ahead for business in 2001? Get the Times's perspective on business and the economy in 2001, both foreign and domestic. Explore our Web exclusive interactive timeline of business in 2000 that ranges from the AOL Time Warner merger to the plunging Nasdaq with an essay by Floyd Norris, the Times's senior financial correspondent. http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/2001outlook1-index.html?ibd \---------------------------------------------------------/ POLITICS ========================= Serving Along Front Line in Battle for Bush Agenda http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/politics/05AGEN.html U.S. Charges Colorful Ohio Congressman With Taking Bribes http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/politics/05INDI.html News Analysis: A Ban on Punch Cards and a Lull in Division http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/politics/05FLOR.html Bush, and Democrats, Plan Speeches in Spanish http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/politics/05HISP.html INTERNATIONAL ========================= In Athens, Pope Seeks to Mend an Ancient Rift http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/world/05POPE.html European Media Lash Out at Leading Italian Candidate http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/world/05EURO.html Britain Found to Violate Rights in Ulster Cases http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/world/05BRIT.html Germany Looks Into Its Pockets, Piggybanks and Pfennig Jars http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/world/05GERM.html BUSINESS ========================= Studios Make Deal With Writer Guild http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/business/05STUD.html U.S. Jobless Rate Rose to 4.5% in April http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/business/05ECON.html More Bad News, and the Stock Markets Are Happy to Hear It http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/business/05STOX.html Asian Employees at Lucent Are Troubled by Handling of Arrests http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/technology/05LUCE.html TECHNOLOGY ========================= A Wing, a Prayer and Presto, It's Web TV http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/06/technology/06WEBTV.html Error in Type Gets Blame for Inflating Profit Figure http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/technology/05COMP.html Layoffs Are Becoming a Spring Break for the Dot-Com Generation http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/technology/05DOTC.html Asian Employees at Lucent Are Troubled by Handling of Arrests http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/technology/05LUCE.html NEW YORK REGION ========================= In New York, Millions Pile Up While Welfare Programs Wait http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/nyregion/05WELF.html License of Prominent Doctor Suspended During Inquiry http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/nyregion/05DOC.html Levy Punishes Four Involved in '98 Inquiry http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/nyregion/05TEAC.html In Rockland Suburb, Deep Racial Change Melts Into the Everyday http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/nyregion/05HILL.html SPORTS ========================= Knicks Exit Playoffs Early http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/sports/05KNIC.html Wilkens Tinkers Way to Victory http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/sports/05RHOD.html Yanks Pull Out Another at Camden Yards http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/sports/05YANK.html Reed Stoic and Stingy in Mets' Win http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/sports/05METS.html ARTS ========================= Studios Make Deal With Writer Guild http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/business/05STUD.html Black Captive in a White Culture? http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/arts/05BAKE.html Within Its Genre, A Takeoff on Tara Gropes for a Place http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/arts/05WIND.html Surviving 'Survivor' With Ms. Nice Gal http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/arts/05NOTE.html OP-ED COLUMNIST ========================= By ANTHONY LEWIS: A Regime of Thugs The title of worst government on earth - the most brutal, destructive, lawless - can probably be claimed today by Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/opinion/05LEWI.html HOW TO CHANGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------ You received these headlines because you requested The New York Times Direct e-mail service. 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