Message-ID: <14307499.1075858877449.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 02:11:16 -0800 (PST) From: nytdirect@nytimes.com To: skean@enron.com Subject: Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com Monday, October 29, 2001 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: The New York Times Direct X-To: skean@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \SKEAN (Non-Privileged)\Kean, Steven J.\Deleted Items X-Origin: Kean-S X-FileName: SKEAN (Non-Privileged).pst TODAY'S HEADLINES The New York Times on the Web Monday, October 29, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com /----------------------------------------------------------\ Own a Classic Piece of New York Baseball History for Just $9.95. 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But, God, let us fight for peace, let us not deviate from establishing peace." -IMAM IZAK-EL MU'EED PASHA, the Muslim chaplain of the New York City police department. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/nyregion/29MEMO.html?todaysheadlines NATIONAL ========================= Anthrax Found in Mail Worker in New Jersey A postal worker in New Jersey is the nation's eighth confirmed case of inhalation anthrax, bringing the total number of cases, both skin and pulmonary, to 13. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/national/29ANTH.html?todaysheadlines ----- San Jose Emergency Plans Set Example San Jose, Calif., which has developed an elaborate response plan to anthrax, sarin gas, smallpox or nuclear attacks, among other horrors, is considered ahead of the game. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/national/29JOSE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Organizations Call for End to Bombing Several American Muslim groups are calling for a halt in the United States' bombing campaign in Afghanistan and to instead develop "a more effective and long-term policy" to counter terrorism. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/national/29MUSL.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html?todaysheadline /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ 50% Off New York Times Home Delivery Enjoy the award winning journalism of The New York Times with the added benefit of convenient home delivery. 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Agrees to Sell Its Satellite TV Unit in $26 Billion Deal General Motors agreed on Sunday night to sell Hughes Electronics, the owner of DirecTV, to EchoStar Communications for about $26 billion in cash and stock. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/business/29BIRD.html?todaysheadlines ----- Verizon Wireless to Make Deal on NextWave Licenses Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless have reached a deal with NextWave Telecom that will help determine ownership of more than $16 billion in wireless licenses. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/technology/ebusiness/29NEXT.html?todaysheadlines ----- United Airlines Ousts Chief James E. Goodwin was removed as chairman and chief executive of the UAL Corporation, United's parent. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/business/29AIR.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE BUSINESS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?todaysheadline TECHNOLOGY ========================= Verizon Wireless to Make Deal on NextWave Licenses Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless have reached a deal with NextWave Telecom that will help determine ownership of more than $16 billion in wireless licenses. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/technology/ebusiness/29NEXT.html?todaysheadlines ----- Qualcomm Plans Globalstar Airborne System Qualcomm plans to breathe life into Globalstar Telecommunications, the money-losing satellite company in which it holds a minority stake. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/technology/ebusiness/29QUAL.html?todaysheadlines ----- Elegies and Tone Poems Respond to Tragedy A new music outpost on the Web has created an online listening area devoted to compositions inspired by last month's tragic events. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/arts/music/29ARTS.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadline POLITICS ========================= Topping Off Strategic Reserve Is Proposed As nervousness rises about how tensions in the Middle East could disrupt oil supplies, President Bush is considering the unprecedented step of filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to full capacity. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/business/29RESE.html?todaysheadlines ----- A Congressman Familiar With Joining the Fray, Fortunately for New York Days after warning the Bush administration not to tie up money New York needs to rebuild from the terror attacks, Rep. John Sweeney seems to be reveling in all the fuss he has stirred up. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/politics/29SWEE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Refugees at America's Door Find It Closed After Attacks As many as 20,000 refugees, cleared to come to the United States to escape persecution in their homelands, have had their arrival delayed indefinitely in the aftermath of the terror attacks. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/nyregion/29REFU.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE POLITICS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?todaysheadline SPORTS ========================= Johnson Sends Yankees Staggering Home Arizona's Randy Johnson shut out the Yankees on three hits in a 4-0 victory in Game 2. Matt Williams hit a three-run homer for the Diamondbacks in the seventh inning. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/sports/baseball/29YANK.html?todaysheadlines ----- Against a Bad Team, Giants Look Even Worse The Redskins (2-5), without a win in their first five games, upset the Giants, who have lost three straight games for the first time since 1999. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/sports/football/29GIAN.html?todaysheadlines ----- Jets Do Everything but Lose Perhaps nonloss best describes what the Jets accomplished when they beat the 1-6 Carolina Panthers without scoring a touchdown. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/sports/football/29JETS.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE SPORTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html?todaysheadline ARTS ========================= Some TV Series Rush to Take Note of the Sept. 11 Attacks The speed and immediacy of the response to current events by several dramas speaks to the central role of television as the country comes to terms with the disaster. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/arts/television/29NOTE.html?todaysheadlines ----- The Butler to the Rescue, Again This slapstick farce reliant on routine stumblebum business is unenlivened by a score of 13 formula songs. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/arts/theater/29JEEV.html?todaysheadlines ----- It's Official: Levine to Lead the Boston Symphony The board of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as expected, named James Levine its next music director, starting in 2004. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/arts/music/29LEVI.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE ARTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?todaysheadline NY REGION ========================= Anthrax Found in Mail Worker in New Jersey A postal worker in New Jersey is the nation's eighth confirmed case of inhalation anthrax, bringing the total number of cases, both skin and pulmonary, to 13. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/national/29ANTH.html?todaysheadlines ----- In New Jersey Governor's Race, Disputed Savings Plan for Public Education Bret D. Schundler says his proposal for reforming education in New Jersey would save the state almost a half-billion dollars a year, but it is being met with criticism. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/nyregion/29VOUC.html?todaysheadlines ----- Tweedledum, Tweedledee and Nassau? Not This Race The candidates for Nassau County executive are worlds apart in their backgrounds, careers, campaign styles, political resumes and personalities. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/nyregion/29NASS.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NY REGION NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html?todaysheadline OP-ED ========================= Shame in the House By BOB HERBERT The stimulus package narrowly passed by the House last week has little to do with economic recovery. It's about using hard times as a cover for funneling government largesse to the rich. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/opinion/29HERB.html?todaysheadlines ----- An Optimist's What-If By WILLIAM SAFIRE What if there were a nuclear or biological attack on the "command and control" of our polity? Do we have backup? http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/opinion/29SAFI.html?todaysheadlines ----- A Dangerous Appetite for Oil By ROB NIXON Oil is a major source both of America's strategic vulnerability and of its reputation as a bully, in the Islamic world and beyond. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/opinion/29NIXO.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE OP-ED NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html?todaysheadline HOW TO CHANGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------ You received these headlines because you requested The New York Times Direct e-mail service. 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