Message-ID: <15288968.1075840802666.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 04:45:50 -0800 (PST) From: nytdirect@nytimes.com To: louise@enron.com Subject: Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com Wednesday, February 6, 2002 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: The New York Times Direct @ENRON X-To: louise@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Kitchen, Louise\Deleted Items X-Origin: KITCHEN-L X-FileName: louise kitchen 2-7-02.pst [IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE] Search NYTimes.com Today's News Past Week Past 30 Days Past 90= Days Past Year Since 1996 =09 [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Customize This E-Mail [IMAGE] Customize This E-= Mail =09 February 6, 2002 QUOTE OF THE DAY "We have to be concerned about not f= ocusing too much on America. We have to emphasize the rest of the world. Th= e world expects an international event." DON MISCHER, producer of the Olym= pics' opening ceremony, on the impact of Sept. 11. NATIONAL Lindh Coerced= After Capture, Lawyers Assert Lawyers for John Walker Lindh, the American= captured with the Taliban, said he was harshly treated in coercive conditi= ons by his American captors. On Tuesday, Lindh was indicted by a federal gr= and jury on 10 criminal charges. Convict's DNA Sways Labs, Not a Determin= ed Prosecutor A district attorney in Pennsylvania is refusing to let a man= convicted of rape out of prison despite DNA evidence proving him innocent.= Fraying Ties With Blacks, Los Angeles Mayor Opposes Rehiring Police Chie= f Mayor James K. Hahn of Los Angeles opposed giving a new contract to Poli= ce Chief Bernard Parks, angering many local African-American leaders. M= ORE NATIONAL NEWS Advertisement The lightweight, portable Steam Buggy= cleans virtually everything inside and out of your house, without the chem= icals, without the expense. [IMAGE] INTERNATIONAL Powell Says U.S. Plan= s to Work Out Binding Arms Pact The United States expects to meet Russia's= demand for a "legally binding" agreement on reducing their nuclear stockpi= les by roughly two-thirds, the secretary of state said. Yemen Says It Is = Pursuing 2 Men Wanted by the U.S. President Ali Abdullah Saleh said that h= e was depending for the moment on tribal chieftains to locate the men and p= ersuade them to surrender. Terror Acts by Baghdad Have Waned, U.S. Aides = Say The Central Intelligence Agency has no evidence that Iraq has engaged = in terrorist operations against the United States in nearly a decade. M= ORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS BUSINESS Enron Executives Say They Debated Freeze= on Pension Before they temporarily barred employees from selling company = stock, Enron executives debated delaying the moratorium because employees c= ould suffer losses. Deloitte Is Last Big Audit Firm to Revamp Consulting = Business Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu announced that it would separate its acc= ounting business from its consulting business in response to growing pressu= re in the wake of the Enron collapse. 2 Big Names Said to Drop Idea of Bi= dding for WorldCom Verizon and SBC Communications each considered bidding = to acquire WorldCom, but backed out amid concerns that WorldCom's core long= -distance businesses face continued difficulties. MORE BUSINESS NEWS = TECHNOLOGY Auction Sites in Japan Fear Move to Limit Online Sales The Jap= anese National Police Agency is circulating a proposal to require sellers o= f used goods through Internet auctions to obtain licenses. 2 Big Names Sa= id to Drop Idea of Bidding for WorldCom Verizon and SBC Communications eac= h considered bidding to acquire WorldCom, but backed out amid concerns that= WorldCom's core long-distance businesses face continued difficulties. No= t in Finland Anymore? More Like Nokialand Nokia's impressive growth has so= me Finns wondering if they have not, in fact, exchanged one master the Sov= iet Union for another. MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS POLITICS Bush Plans Ear= ly Warning System for Terror President Bush said that he envisioned a broa= d emergency alert system to warn the country of biological attacks. Econo= mic Recovery Package on Brink of Dying in Senate The Senate moved to the b= rink of abandoning efforts to pass an economic recovery package. House Sp= eaker Schedules Vote Next Week on Campaign Finance Overhaul Speaker J. Den= nis Hastert announced that the House would vote next week on long-stalled c= ampaign finance legislation. MORE POLITICS NEWS SPORTS Baseball Won'= t Drop Teams This Season Unable to hurdle legal roadblocks, Major League B= aseball abandoned its plan to eliminate the Minnesota Twins and the Montrea= l Expos for the coming season. Same Old Knight Getting Results Still vol= atile and still brilliant, Bob Knight has led Texas Tech to a 16-4 record i= n his first season as head coach of the Red Raiders. Knicks Let One Get A= way After building an 18-point lead in the third quarter, the Knicks suf= fered a huge letdown that resulted in an embarrassing loss to the Clippers.= MORE SPORTS NEWS ARTS Two New Leads Are on the Way to 'The Producer= s' The producers of the blockbuster musical confirmed on Tuesday that the = matinee on March 17 would be the last performance for Nathan Lane and Matth= ew Broderick. A Curator Defends His Show Exploring Nazi Imagery "We have= a duty to show new ideas and concerns about the Holocaust," says Norman L.= Kleeblatt, curator of fine arts at the Jewish Museum. Ferreting Out the = Loopholes in Oscar Rules The guidelines for Oscar campaigns cover 13 point= s. The ways around them are many. MORE ARTS NEWS NY REGION CBS to Br= oadcast Videotape Shot Inside Towers During Attack CBS announced that it w= ould broadcast a documentary culled from the videotape footage shot inside = the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. Ex-Head of Harlem Charity Is Arrested= Lorraine Hale and her husband, Jesse DeVore, were charged on Tuesday with= misappropriating more than $1 million from Hale House. Bloomberg Passes = Hat, Aiming at Corporate Help Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, seeking ways to = help the city narrow a budget gap, wants to offer corporate naming rights f= or city parks and stadiums. MORE NY REGION NEWS OP-ED Barbie Loves = Math By MAUREEN DOWD Only 10 years after Mattel put out Teen Talk Barbie= whining "Math class is tough," we have women unearthing the Rosetta stone = of the indecipherable Enron scandal. Dear Arab League By THOMAS L. FRIE= DMAN President Bush should tell the Arab League members that they are the = ones with the power to reshape Arab-Israeli relations, not the United State= s. Choosing the Right Enemies By MICHAEL O'HANLON We will harm our nat= ional security if we fail to appreciate the great differences among the thr= ee countries President Bush called the "axis of evil." MORE OP-ED NEWS= About This E-Mail You received these headlines because you requested Th= e New York Times Direct e-mail service. To sign up for other newsletters, c= ancel delivery, change delivery options or your e-mail address, see http://= www.nytimes.com/email . Check or un-check the headlines you would like to= receive or cancel and remember to go to the bottom of the page and click o= n "Save Selections." Suggestions and feedback are welcome at feedback@nyti= mes.com . 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