Message-ID: <9706003.1075858865674.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 02:07:24 -0700 (PDT) From: nytdirect@nytimes.com To: skean@enron.com Subject: Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com Wednesday, October 17, 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 Wednesday, October 17, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com New From NYTimes.com Get DealBook -- your daily briefing on the latest and most comprehensive news about market-moving mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, private equity transactions, venture capital deals and Wall Street maneuverings, all delivered before the market's opening bell. Get analyst presentations, SEC filings, press releases and more. http://www.nytimes.com/services/email/email.html#dealbook QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "She's got to pull through, because she's got 700 families' worth of love. It's not fair, but she's part of their hope." -HOWARD W. LUTNICK, of Cantor Fitzgerald, on Lauren Manning, a burn victim in the Sept. 11 attack. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/nyregion/17BURN.html?todaysheadlines NATIONAL ========================= Anthrax Mailed to Senate Is Found to Be Potent Form The anthrax mailed to the office of the Senate majority leader was highly refined, consisting of particles so tiny that they could spread through the air without detection. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/national/17ANTH.html?todaysheadlines ----- Mohamed Atta in Close Call in Incident at Miami Airport An incident at Miami International Airport on Dec. 26 nearly brought the hijacking planner, Mohamed Atta, to the attention of the Federal Aviation Administration. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/national/17ATTA.html?todaysheadlines ----- Jeb Bush Tries to Avert Panic; 2nd Anthrax Victim Is Healing Gov. 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Sounds Confident as It Reports Sound Profits Despite the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and economic turmoil, I.B.M. came through the third quarter remarkably unscathed, reporting solid profits that slightly exceeded analysts' expectations. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/technology/17BLUE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Intel Meets Forecasts and Expects Slightly Better Earnings The Intel Corporation met its financial projections for the third quarter and said it expected profitability to slightly improve in the last three months of the year. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/technology/17CHIP.html?todaysheadlines ----- Deepening Wrinkles in the New Economy A study shows that the strong productivity gains of the late 1990's were concentrated in only 30 percent of the private sector and are likely to be whittled away in the near future. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/business/17PROD.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadline POLITICS ========================= On Capitol Hill, Issues of Fear and Safety Hit Close to Home People who occupy the nation's Capitol building describe varied degrees of secure feelings while in the building. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/national/17CONG.html?todaysheadlines ----- Bush Voices Pride in Aid, but Groups List Hurdles As President Bush promoted his relief fund for Afghan children, aid groups said the American bombing campaign was making it virtually impossible to deliver food to starving Afghans. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/international/asia/17PREX.html?todaysheadlines ----- House and Senate Leaders Clash on Banking Measure House and Senate leaders are clashing about whether to include banking controls in the pending terrorism bill. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/national/17MONE.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE POLITICS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?todaysheadline SPORTS ========================= What Can We Do Next? Just Watch Jeter Play We have come to expect great plays from Derek Jeter in the postseason every year, and every year his great plays surprise us. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/sports/baseball/17JETE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Johnson Leaves No Doubt for Diamondbacks Randy Johnson pitched a three-hit shutout to snap a major league-record seven-game postseason losing streak as Arizona beat the Braves, 2-0, in the opener of the N.L.C.S. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/sports/baseball/17ARIZ.html?todaysheadlines ----- Suzuki: Made in Japan, Making It in America Ichiro Suzuki has become the face of the Mariners, energizing a franchise beset by the annual loss of a superstar with his peerless work ethic. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/sports/baseball/17ICHI.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE SPORTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html?todaysheadline ARTS ========================= Ballet Theater Appoints New Director After two years of backstage furor that rivaled any onstage drama, the American Ballet Theater on Tuesday named Wallace Chappell as its new executive director. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/arts/dance/17APPO.html?todaysheadlines ----- Tribulations and Triumphs for WNYC The events of Sept. 11 have brought New York's public-radio station journalistic triumph, technical nightmares and financial calamity. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/arts/17WNYC.html?todaysheadlines ----- Stranger Than Chatwin's Fiction The missing collection of Meissen porcelain that inspired Bruce Chatwin's novel "Utz" was found last year, hidden in a housing project in Bratislava. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/books/17ARTS.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE ARTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?todaysheadline NY REGION ========================= Doctors Asked to Treat the Worried-Well Doctors in New York are finding themselves trying to fend off requests for unnecessary medication from patients paranoid about anthrax. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/nyregion/17DOCS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Pataki Pledges 'Bold Steps' and Job Cuts Six days after pleading with Congress to bail out New York State, Gov. George E. Pataki vowed to cut at least $3 billion in state spending over the next 18 months. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/nyregion/17ALBA.html?todaysheadlines ----- Durst Jumps Bail, and a Nationwide Dragnet Is On Police in Galveston, Tex., said that a nationwide manhunt for New York real estate scion Robert A. Durst has begun after he failed to appear at a bond hearing. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/nyregion/17DURS.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NY REGION NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html?todaysheadline OP-ED ========================= Plague on the Potomac By MAUREEN DOWD The Bush team keeps acting as though pretending we are ready if our enemies poison our air and food and water will make us ready. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/opinion/17DOWD.html?todaysheadlines ----- Common Interests in a Hazardous World By DAVID SHAMBAUGH and ROBERT S. LITWAK The current campaign against global terrorism offers the United States and China the opportunity to improve a relationship that has been plagued by difficulties. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/opinion/17SHAM.html?todaysheadlines ----- How to Cover a War By MARVIN KALB The Bush administration needs to recognize that in the war on terrorism, the press is not an enemy. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/opinion/17KALB.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. To cancel delivery, change delivery options, change your e-mail address or sign up for other newsletters, see http://www.nytimes.com/email. Check or uncheck the headlines you would like to receive and remember to go to the bottom of the page and click on "Save Selections." 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