Message-ID: <18237995.1075855288328.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 05:15:26 -0800 (PST) From: nytdirect@nytimes.com To: louise@enron.com Subject: Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com Saturday, December 29, 2001 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: The New York Times Direct @ENRON X-To: louise@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Louise_Kitchen_Jan2002_1\Kitchen, Louise\Deleted Items X-Origin: Kitchen-L X-FileName: lkitchen (Non-Privileged).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 December 29, 2001 QUOTE OF THE DAY "We're hanging in there. If you're = as interested in weather as a meteorologist is, this is what you live for."= TOM NIZIOL, of the National Weather Service in Buffalo, which was buried = under almost seven feet of snow. 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MORE NATIONAL NEWS Advertisement The most compr= ehensive Real Estate listings site in town NYTimes.com/realestate combines= The New York Times Classified ads with listings from nearly every broker i= n the city- more searchable New York listings than you'll find anyplace els= e. Most listings feature: neighborhood maps, photos, floor plans and virtu= al tours. [IMAGE] INTERNATIONAL U.S. Forces Facing Long Afghan Stay, Pr= esident Asserts President Bush said on Friday that he expected American tr= oops to remain in Afghanistan for "quite a long period of time." Pakistan= Moves Against Groups Named by India In a step aimed at defusing the threa= t of war with India, Pakistan's president has ordered the arrest of about 5= 0 leading members of two Islamic militant groups. Tear Gas and Rubber Bul= lets Fly as Argentine Unrest Flares Anew Police used tear gas on Saturday = to disperse thousands of Argentines protesting a month-old limit on cash wi= thdrawals from banks. MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS BUSINESS More Strings = on U.S. Deal for Airline The board in charge of doling out federally backe= d loans to the ailing airline industry tentatively approved a guarantee for= America West Airlines but placed new conditions on its application. OPEC= to Cut Back Production by 6.5% for at Least 6 Months Hoping to prevent th= e global economic slowdown from further eroding world oil prices, OPEC fina= lized an agreement to cut back oil production by 6.5 percent. U.S. Inquir= y Is Raising Speculation in Hollywood As multinational entertainment compa= nies further consolidate and cross-promote their properties, it is becoming= harder to say who is competing with whom and how it helps or hurts consume= rs. MORE BUSINESS NEWS TECHNOLOGY Top Lucent Officers Won't Get Annu= al Bonuses Top executives at Lucent Technologies are not getting annual bo= nuses this year, but three will get big payments in 2002 in an effort to ke= ep them at the helm. Kodak Executive Gains Options The Eastman Kodak Com= pany increased the number of stock options awarded to its chairman and chie= f executive, Daniel Carp, and other top executives this year. Inrange Chi= ef Executive Resigns Posts The Inrange Technologies Corporation, the netwo= rking-and-switching-equipment maker said that its chief executive and presi= dent, Greg Grodhaus, had resigned. MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS POLITICS U.S= . Forces Facing Long Afghan Stay, President Asserts President Bush said on= Friday that he expected American troops to remain in Afghanistan for "quit= e a long period of time." Draft Rules for Tribunals Ease Worries, but Not= All Critics of the Bush administration's proposed military tribunals rema= ined wary over how appeals would be conducted. Senate Offices Hard to Cle= anse of Spores A renewed effort to kill lingering spores of anthrax in the= Hart Senate Office Building began on Friday. MORE POLITICS NEWS SPO= RTS Wells Close to Signing With Yankees George Steinbrenner is on the verg= e of snatching David Wells out of the grasp of the Diamondbacks, returning = the left-hander to the team he never wanted to leave. Vaughn Wants More i= n Middle of Mets' Order The day after being traded by the Angels for Kevin= Appier, Mo Vaughn argued for the added presence of Juan Gonzalez on the Me= ts. Applewhite Rallies Texas to Holiday Bowl Win Starting his final coll= ege game after riding the bench for almost his entire senior season, Major = Applewhite rallied the Longhorns to a victory over Washington in one of the= wildest Holiday Bowls ever. MORE SPORTS NEWS ARTS Therapists Go Cra= zy for Tony Soprano's Why do these psychoanalysts care so deeply about D= r. Melfi? One reason is that their patients do. A Tantrum Over Art in M= emphis The cold war may be over, but Marx and Engels have nevertheless= managed to create a small political furor in this old river city. In R= aphael Exhibition, Women Do the Talking It is a major coup for the French = Senate's small Mus?e du Luxembourg here to have united 11 paintings and 8 d= rawings by Raphael. MORE ARTS NEWS NY REGION Giuliani Presents Deal = on Stadiums Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has entered into tentative deals wit= h the Yankees and the Mets to build two new stadiums. Holiday Rush on Str= eets Takes Swift, Deadly Turn Herald Square has seemingly returned to norm= al, but for the families of those killed in an accident there, the mourning= has only begun. Under Snow, Buffalo Awaits Help Gov. George E. Pataki c= alled in the National Guard to help dig Buffalo out from under the 82.3 inc= hes of snow that fell in the past five days. MORE NY REGION NEWS OP-= ED Missile Defense: The Untold Story By BILL KELLER Missile defense is = not about defense. It's about offense. It Won't Be Easy to Convict John W= alker By LEON FRIEDMAN Against the charges laid out by the Justice Dept.= , Mr. Walker may be able to put on a surprisingly strong case in federal co= urt. Making his case in the court of public opinion is another matter. Ho= w to Define a Muslim American Agenda By MOHAMMED AYOOB The terrorist att= acks of Sept. 11 must foster a fundamental rethinking about the American = Muslim agenda. MORE OP-ED NEWS Contribute to The Neediest Cases Fun= d Make an online donation this Holiday Season to The New York Times Needies= t Cases Fund to help thousands of people. Donate now About This E-Mail= You received these headlines because you requested The New York Times Dire= ct e-mail service. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, chang= e delivery options or your e-mail address, see http://www.nytimes.com/email= . 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