Message-ID: <2720472.1075840054295.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 06:42:33 -0800 (PST) From: nytdirect@nytimes.com To: chuck.randall@enron.com Subject: Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com Friday, December 7, 2001 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: The New York Times Direct @ENRON X-To: chuck.randall@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Crandall, Sean\Inbox X-Origin: CRANDELL-S X-FileName: TODAY'S HEADLINES The New York Times on the Web Friday, December 7, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com /------------------- Sponsored Feature -------------------\ Examine the World of J. R. R. Tolkien The New York Times and New Line Cinema have teamed up to explore the world of J. R. R. Tolkien. This sponsored feature includes articles from the New York Times archives, slide shows of Tolkien's artwork, multimedia presentations from New Line Cinema, weekly trivia quizzes and more. http://www.nytimes.com/specials/advertising/movies/tolkien/index.html \---------------------------------------------------------/ QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics only aid terrorists." -JOHN ASHCROFT, attorney general http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/politics/07CIVI.html?todaysheadlines NATIONAL ========================= Indiana Factory Shooting Leaves 2 Dead and 6 Hurt Hours after arguing with a co-worker, an angry employee opened fire at a small factory in Goshen, Ind., killing one worker and wounding six others before committing suicide. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/national/07SHOO.html?todaysheadlines ----- Mail at Federal Reserve Tests Positive for Anthrax A batch of mail delivered to the Federal Reserve on Wednesday tested positive for anthrax, raising further concern about cross-contamination among letters in the postal system. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/national/07INQU.html?todaysheadlines ----- U.S. Appeals Court Hears Debate on Race-Based Admissions The constitutionality of race-conscious admissions policies at the University of Michigan was debated before a federal appeals court in Cincinnati. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/education/07AFFI.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html?todaysheadline /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ The New York Times Electronic Edition, now available to internet users with high-speed connections, displays all the pictures, headlines and text of the entire New York edtion of The Times in precisely the same format at the physical newspaper. http://ads.nyt.com/th.ad/th-nytcir17-nyt3/eetext.html/?_RM_REDIR_=http://www.nytimes.com/ads/electronic.html \---------------------------------------------------------/ INTERNATIONAL ========================= Surrender Deal May Hinge on Amnesty for Mullah Omar The Taliban agreed on Thursday to surrender the city of Kandahar, but negotiators had yet to resolve the fate of Mullah Muhammad Omar, the Taliban leader. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/international/07AFGH.html?todaysheadlines ----- Officials Say Bomber of the Cole Was in Yemeni Custody Earlier One of the suicide bombers who attacked the destroyer Cole last year had been arrested and released just 17 months earlier by Yemeni authorities. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/international/europe/07COLE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Fatah-Hamas Truce Seen; Israel Continues Retaliatory Strikes Yasir Arafat's Fatah faction and the extremist group Hamas appeared to have achieved a fragile truce on Thursday, after clashes left a young Hamas activist dead. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/international/07GAZA.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html?todaysheadline BUSINESS ========================= Retailers Post Dismal Sales for November The nation's merchants reported sales growth for November that was below already low expectations, as not even desperate pre-holiday price slashing enticed consumers to spend. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/business/07SHOP.html?todaysheadlines ----- AOL's Problems Go Beyond Even Harry Potter's Magic AOL Time Warner's new management team faces a whole range of urgent operating challenges on the way to realizing its enduring dreams of media convergence. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/business/media/07AOL.html?todaysheadlines ----- House Supports Trading Powers Sought by Bush The House passed legislation that gives the Bush administration a stronger hand to negotiate trade agreements. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/politics/07TRAD.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE BUSINESS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?todaysheadline TECHNOLOGY ========================= AOL's Problems Go Beyond Even Harry Potter's Magic AOL Time Warner's new management team faces a whole range of urgent operating challenges on the way to realizing its enduring dreams of media convergence. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/business/media/07AOL.html?todaysheadlines ----- 2 Big Chip Makers Raise Forecasts Intel and Advanced Micro Devices raised their financial forecasts for the current quarter, saying that their microprocessors that power personal computers were selling better than expected. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/technology/07TECH.html?todaysheadlines ----- Deal for COR Continues Merger Trend in Biotech Millennium Pharmaceuticals said that it would buy COR Therapeutics, the maker of the heart drug Integrilin, for about $2 billion in stock. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/technology/07BIOT.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadline POLITICS ========================= Ashcroft Defends Antiterror Plan and Says Criticism May Aid Foes Attorney General John Ashcroft defended the Bush administration's array of antiterrorism proposals and accused some critics of aiding terrorists. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/politics/07CIVI.html?todaysheadlines ----- House Supports Trading Powers Sought by Bush The House passed legislation that gives the Bush administration a stronger hand to negotiate trade agreements. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/politics/07TRAD.html?todaysheadlines ----- Republicans in Senate Win Round on Curbing Spending Republicans won two early skirmishes in their effort to block $7.5 billion in additional spending for domestic security and $7.5 billion in aid to New York. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/politics/07CONG.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE POLITICS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?todaysheadline SPORTS ========================= Giambi Deal Is Expected, but No One Says When Jason Giambi is eventually expected to sign a seven-year contract for around $17 million a year, but Yankees officials and Giambi's agent stress that the agreement is not completed. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/sports/baseball/07YANK.html?todaysheadlines ----- Putting a Price on the Heisman Besides determining a tight race among quarterback candidates, the big question looming for the members of the Downtown Athletic Club this year is just how much the Heisman Trophy is worth. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/sports/ncaafootball/07COLL.html?todaysheadlines ----- Selig Defends Contraction to Congress Commissioner Bud Selig told the House Judiciary Committee why baseball needed to eliminate two teams and why its economic system led to a $519 million loss last season. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/sports/baseball/07BASE.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE SPORTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html?todaysheadline ARTS ========================= The Miracle of Coltrane: Dead at 40, Still Vital at 75 John Coltrane's albums are better understood as markers of his own thought than of jazz at the time. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/arts/music/07COLT.html?todaysheadlines ----- Auction Houses Are Set Back by Price-Fixing Conviction After the conviction of Sotheby's former chairman, A. Alfred Taubman, for his pivotal role in the conspiracy, the economic situation for Sotheby's and Christie's looks many times worse. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/arts/design/07SOTH.html?todaysheadlines ----- For a Body That Nobody Ever Had "Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute may be the ultimate fashion survey. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/arts/design/07SMIT.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE ARTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?todaysheadline NY REGION ========================= Clouds Loom for New York, but Bloomberg Stays Sunny Mayor-elect Michael R. Bloomberg is taking office without blaming his predecessor for the financial crisis that he is inheriting. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/nyregion/07BLOO.html?todaysheadlines ----- In the Ongoing Search for Bodies, Hope Is Derived From the Horror The discovery of bodies on the lower levels of the ruins of the World Trade Center confirms a theory that the deeper recovery workers dig, the greater the chances of finding human remains. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/nyregion/07BODI.html?todaysheadlines ----- Auction Houses Are Set Back by Price-Fixing Conviction After the conviction of Sotheby's former chairman, A. Alfred Taubman, for his pivotal role in the conspiracy, the economic situation for Sotheby's and Christie's looks many times worse. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/arts/design/07SOTH.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NY REGION NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html?todaysheadline OP-ED ========================= Hitting the Trifecta By PAUL KRUGMAN President Bush and Enron used the same strategy: Use cooked numbers to justify big giveaways at the top. Then, if things don't work out, let ordinary workers pay the price. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/opinion/07KRUG.html?todaysheadlines ----- Welcome to Kabul By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF America needs to deploy diplomats in Afghanistan as well as troops. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/opinion/07KRIS.html?todaysheadlines ----- The Peacemaker of the Pashtun Past By KARL E. MEYER Pashtuns are thought of as warriors, but they also produced one of the most remarkable pacifist movements of the 20th century. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/opinion/07MEYE.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE OP-ED NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html?todaysheadline CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEEDIEST CASES FUND ------------------------------------------------------------ Make an online donation this Holiday Season to The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund to help thousands of people, visit: http://www.nytimes.com/neediestcases 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. 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