Message-ID: <16357798.1075862600696.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 05:46:05 -0800 (PST) From: nytdirect@nytimes.com To: don.baughman@enron.com Subject: Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com Friday, November 23, 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 23, 2001 QUOTE OF THE DAY "I'm thankful I'm alive, but I feel = guilty I'm alive. I'm trying to remember the guys who aren't here. Their wi= ves and children. It's a hollow feeling. You try to laugh sometimes to ke= ep your sanity, but you feel bad about laughing." 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Morg= an and the Chase Manhattan Corporation merged, the money-making opportuniti= es that were supposed to justify the union have largely dried up. Owner o= f Casual Corner Chain in Deal for Brooks Brothers Brooks Brothers, the ret= ailer of classic American men's wear, is being sold to the owner of the Cas= ual Corner women's apparel chain for $225 million. Fuel Targets for Sport= Utilities Pose Difficulties for Automakers Some auto executives are casti= ng doubt on whether Ford's fuel economy goal set last year a 25 percent im= provement by 2005 can be met. MORE BUSINESS NEWS TECHNOLOGY Cybersp= ace Seen as Potential Battleground Government officials are warning that c= yberattacks are likely as retribution for the United States campaign in Afg= hanistan. Attacks at Hubs Could Disrupt Phone Lines Public safety expert= s and telecommunications executives are growing increasingly concerned abou= t the possibility of attacks on the telephone system. What Did You Do Bef= ore the War? New fears and new data tools are yielding a boom in backgroun= d checks -- even after you're hired. MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS POLITICS I= nquiries Into Failures of Intelligence Community Are Put Off Until Next Yea= r Congressional leaders have agreed to delay until next year any major inv= estigation into the government's failure to stop the attacks on the World T= rade Center and the Pentagon. Saudi Says Bush's Words May Soothe Arab Fee= lings Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said he was "very much encouraged" b= y statements from the Bush administration on reviving the quest for Middle = East peace. Utah G.O.P. Endangers a Democrat Because of redistricting, J= im Matheson, a Democratic representative from Salt Lake City, could be swep= t out of Congress by next year. MORE POLITICS NEWS SPORTS Lions Once= Again on Short End in Long Season The Lions made up all but 2 points of a= 16-point deficit in the final seven minutes with two touchdowns and a 2-po= int conversion, before Green Bay survived with a win. A Town Where Footba= ll Is the Glue and the Hope Glades Central High School in tiny Belle Glade= , Fla., provides football stars at all levels of the sport and gives solace= to a poor, rural town where football occupies a complicated social positio= n. A Competitor Who Withdrew From the Game Leon Gray, a former offensive= tackle for the Patriots, abruptly left football in 1983 after a distinguis= hed 11-year career. For the rest of his life, he performed a similar disapp= earing act in the lives of family and friends. MORE SPORTS NEWS ARTS= Lifting the Veil on a Far-Off World Several new releases by Iranian film= makers coincide with a surge of American interest in anything having to do= with Islam and the Middle East. Pop Embraces the Teleconcert No longer= just a pleasure sneaked in between talk show segments, popular music on = television finds other ways to thrill. The Timeless Spell of Empire "Et= ernal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art From the British Museum" at the B= rooklyn Museum of Art is a somberly beautiful exhibition. MORE ARTS NE= WS NY REGION A Parade Steeped in Pageantry, With a Core of Patriotism T= he 75th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was partly transformed by pat= riotic pomp and recast as an affirmation of New York's resilience in the fa= ce of tragedy. An Exhaustive Search for Clues, Down to an Anthrax Victim'= s Hairpins F.B.I. agents and health officials spent Thanksgiving Day porin= g through the Oxford, Conn., home of Ottilie W. Lundgren, who died of anthr= ax on Wednesday. Disaster Gives the Uninsured Wider Access to Medicaid T= he need for health coverage is a vexing old problem that has become much wo= rse since Sept. 11. MORE NY REGION NEWS OP-ED Terrorist Software = By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN For Americans, Osama bin Laden is a mass murderer. B= ut for many young Arabs, bin Laden, even in defeat, is still Robin Hood. = Bravery at Home By JEAN S. ARBEITER President Bush says veterans should = talk to children about World War II. A fine idea, but those of us who were = children during that war have something to tell, too. We Have the Right C= ourts for Bin Laden By HAROLD HONGJU KOH If we should capture Osama bin = Laden or his accomplices in the days ahead, where should we try them? = MORE OP-ED NEWS About This E-Mail You received these headlines because= you requested The New York Times Direct e-mail service. To sign up for oth= er newsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or your e-mail add= ress, 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 on "Save Selections." 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