Message-ID: <11813466.1075855608456.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 21:18:00 -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\Notes inbox X-Origin: Grigsby-M X-FileName: mgrigsb.nsf TODAY'S HEADLINES The New York Times on the Web Thursday, May 10, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "We like living here. It's a beautiful place. The only thing we don't like, you can't make any money to survive. My son is getting straight A's. He's not going to be around here." - FRED PRATT, of Morland, Kan. Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/national/10TOWN.html NATIONAL ========================= Bit by Bit, Tiny Morland, Kan., Fades Away http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/national/10TOWN.html U. of Virginia Hit by Scandal Over Cheating http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/national/10CHEA.html Smithsonian Is Promised $38 Million, With Strings http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/national/10SMIT.html Western Governors Turn Focus to Need for More Power Lines http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/national/10GRID.html /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ Unique Mother's Day Gift Idea! Get her a Rio500 MP3 Player for $49* and each month she can download any two audiobooks for only $12.95. Now she can enjoy listening to her favorite books without using those silly looking bifocals. Plus, she will be the "coolest" mom or grandmom on the block. MP3 Player - they're not just for music anymore. http://www.audible.com/nyt/feboffer3 \---------------------------------------------------------/ POLITICS ========================= In Show of Unity, House Republicans Pass Budget Bill http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/politics/10HOUS.html Price of Gasoline May Pose Problem for White House http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/politics/10POLI.html White House Asks Unions to Meet on Energy Policy http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/politics/10ENER.html Bush Appeals for Peace on His Picks for the Bench http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/politics/10JUDG.html INTERNATIONAL ========================= Families of Chechnya's Disappeared Seek Answers http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/world/10CHEC.html Mexico's Leader Is Finding the Democratic Road Bumpy http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/world/10FOX.html Death Toll Thought to Top 100 in a Soccer Stampede in Ghana http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/world/10GHAN.html 2 Jewish Teenagers Are Beaten to Death in the West Bank http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/world/10ISRA.html BUSINESS ========================= Suits Accuse Drug Makers of Keeping Generics Off Market http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/business/10DRUG.html Public Ventures Do Private Deals but Sometimes Are Left Bloodied http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/business/10PIPE.html Firm Auditing MicroStrategy Settles Lawsuit http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/business/10AUDI.html Black Sales Agents File Discrimination Suit Against Xerox http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/business/10BIAS.html TECHNOLOGY ========================= Looking Back at My First PC http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/technology/10BLUE.html Hackers Report a Truce http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/technology/10HACK.html Nintendo Grows Up and Goes for the Gross-Out http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/technology/10CONK.html How It Works: Fuel Cells Provide Clean, Reliable (and Pricey) Electricity http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/technology/10HOWW.html NEW YORK REGION ========================= Yellow Cabs Battle Invasion of Their Turf http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/nyregion/10CABS.html Friends Mourn Slain Bronx Girl as Police Investigate http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/nyregion/10GIRL.html Board Allows Rent Increases of 3% and 5% http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/nyregion/10RENT.html Ferrer Refuses Endorsement Linked to Race http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/nyregion/10MAYO.html SPORTS ========================= Devils Beat Toronto to Advance http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/sports/10DEVI.html Niedermayer Shouldn't Have Played in Devils Game, and He Didn't http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/sports/10ANDE.html A Masterful Clemens Nibbles at a No-Hitter http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/sports/10YANK.html This Time, It's Iverson's Turn to Light the Fire http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/sports/10SIXE.html ARTS ========================= Christopher Wheeldon, City Ballet's Meteor, Lights Up the Mirror http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/arts/10WHEE.html Ken Kesey, Checking In on His Famous Nest http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/arts/10KESE.html A Supermodel of a Hotel Sashays to Astor Place http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/arts/10NOTE.html 'Wingspan': Home Movies Starring the Cute Beatle http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/arts/10GATE.html OP-ED COLUMNISTS ========================= By BOB HERBERT: Mr. Ferrer's Dilemma Bronx borough president Fernando Ferrer's courting of the Rev. Al Sharpton's support has provided a bumpy start to a New York City mayoral campaign. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/opinion/10HERB.html By WILLIAM SAFIRE: Battle of the Blue Slips Senate Democrats prepare for war over President Bush's judicial nominations. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/opinion/10SAFI.html HOW TO CHANGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------ You received these headlines because you requested The New York Times Direct e-mail service. To cancel delivery, change delivery options, change your e-mail address or sign up for other newsletters, see http://www.nytimes.com/email HOW TO ADVERTISE ------------------------------------------------------------ For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact Alyson Racer at alyson@nytimes.com or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo