Message-ID: <18570635.1075862600454.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 05:47:50 -0800 (PST) From: nytdirect@nytimes.com To: don.baughman@enron.com Subject: Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com Thursday, November 22, 2001 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: Baughman Jr., Don X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \DBAUGHM (Non-Privileged)\Baughman Jr., Don\Inbox X-Origin: Baughman-D X-FileName: DBAUGHM (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 November 22, 2001 QUOTE OF THE DAY "I think there is going to be some h= eartburn on the part of police chiefs to take on this role because this is = not how we usually do business." KEN YARBROUGH, police chief of Richardson= , Tex., on Attorney General John Ashcroft's request for help interviewing 5= ,000 Middle Eastern men. HolidayShopping Holiday Shopping Take advantage= of special offers and discounts -- on gifts, travel and luxury items from = NYTimes.com's premium advertisers -- with the Holiday Shopping E-Mail. Sig= n up now . NATIONAL Police Are Split on Questioning of Mideast Men Pol= ice chiefs are concerned that Attorney General John Ashcroft's request that= they help interview thousands of Middle Eastern men seems like racial prof= iling. Connecticut Woman, 94, Is Fifth to Die From Inhalation Anthrax Me= dical investigators began searching for clues as to how a widow who rarely = left her house had become the country's fifth recent anthrax fatality. Hi= nts of an Alzheimer's Aid in Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Middle-age and elderl= y people who took anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen or naproxen for at= least two years were apparently protected from Alzheimer's disease. MO= RE NATIONAL NEWS Advertisement FREE annual reports-- Order Now! Get FR= EE annual reports from EuroLand.com. Featuring a wide range of information = from world-class companies including Toyota, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, NTT, DoC= oMo, UBS, Tomkins Solvay, Assa Abloy, Royal & Sun Alliance and many more. C= lick here to order now. INTERNATIONAL Foreign Militants Seek Safe Passage= From Afghan City Foreign militants trapped inside Kunduz have asked to le= ave Afghanistan through a protected corridor and travel to Pakistan. 4 Pa= lestinian Children Killed in Blast Four Palestinian children were killed t= oday when an explosion went off near their elementary school. How bin Lad= en and Taliban Forged Jihad Ties Osama bin Laden's relationship with the T= aliban helped lead the Afghan religious movement into a more global jihad a= nd, eventually, doom. MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS BUSINESS Employees' Re= tirement Plan Is a Victim as Enron Tumbles The rapid decline of the Enron = Corporation has devastated its employees' retirement plan, which was heavy = with company stock. Circling the Wagons Around Enron Officials of Dynegy= weighed whether to seek to renegotiate the terms of the company's agreemen= t to acquire Enron, while Enron and its bankers sought to shore up the comp= any's finances. Reports Suggest Recovery Soon, but Not Exactly a Robust O= ne The economy remains weak but reports suggest it is no longer worsening,= giving weight to the increasingly popular view that a recovery is only a f= ew months away. MORE BUSINESS NEWS TECHNOLOGY What Did You Do Before= the War? New fears and new data tools are yielding a boom in background c= hecks -- even after your hired. Microsoft's Top Lawyer Sets Retirement O= n the heels of two major settlements, William H. Neukom, the legal field ge= neral in Microsoft's antitrust conflicts, said that he would retire next ye= ar. A Thermometer That Squawks When the Bird Is Done By providing remote= readouts, digital meat thermometers are designed to take the worry and the= guesswork out of cooking the holiday turkey. MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS P= OLITICS Bush Says War May Go Beyond Afghan Border President Bush said that= the United States would take the war on terrorism to nations beyond Afghan= istan that harbor terrorists. Ridge to Seek Big Increases for Fight on Te= rror Tom Ridge, the director of homeland security, said that he will seek= new spending for federal law enforcement agencies and public health facili= ties. Some Wonder Where Pataki Has Been During Uphill Fight for Billions = Gov. George E. Pataki remained curiously silent while New York politicians= spoke up as the White House and Congress tried to clamp down on federal ai= d for New York. MORE POLITICS NEWS SPORTS High-Flying Suns Pull Knic= ks Back to Earth With Stephon Marbury directing the action, the Suns put o= n a high-flying, dunk-laden display as they dominated and deflated the Knic= ks. Gruden Is Brains Behind the Raiders The Oakland Raiders' Jon Gruden = possesses a multilayered personality that has led many N.F.L. general manag= ers to call him the best young coaching talent in years. Giant Optimism W= ell Above .500 Level Despite losses in four of their last six games, the G= iants still stress the positives about their season and expect to win most = of their remaining games. MORE SPORTS NEWS ARTS Where Old Pianos Go = to Live Unlike most museums, this important collection of historic 19th-ce= ntury pianos is meant to be used. Ballet as Balm in a Tribute to a City o= n the Mend It was certainly not your usual opening of a winter season by= the New York City Ballet. Catching the World in the Act of Changing T= he man who recorded the events of Sept. 11, Evan Fairbanks, has made a Zapr= uder film for our time. MORE ARTS NEWS NY REGION Connecticut Woman, = 94, Is Fifth to Die From Inhalation Anthrax Medical investigators began se= arching for clues as to how a widow who rarely left her house had become th= e country's fifth recent anthrax fatality. Some Wonder Where Pataki Has B= een During Uphill Fight for Billions Gov. George E. Pataki remained curiou= sly silent while New York politicians spoke up as the White House and Congr= ess tried to clamp down on federal aid for New York. Developer Briefs Blo= omberg on Plans to Rebuild Towers Larry A. Silverstein, the developer who = holds the lease on the World Trade Center, met with Mayor-elect Michael R. = Bloomberg and said that he would go ahead with plans to rebuild at the site= . MORE NY REGION NEWS OP-ED Hunger in the City By BOB HERBERT Th= ere is something very wrong, in a society as affluent as ours, when familie= s have to choose between food and rent. Welcome Back, Politics! By WILL= IAM SAFIRE Here is the trick in political prognostication: Take what you k= now to be true and then play fast and loose with the possible. Educatin= g the World By GENE SPERLING The United States should commit to getting = all the world's children in school. MORE OP-ED NEWS About This E-Ma= il You received these headlines because you requested The New York Times Di= rect e-mail service. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, cha= nge delivery options or your e-mail address, see http://www.nytimes.com/ema= il . 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