Message-ID: <32718538.1075860862816.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 01:24:15 -0800 (PST) From: nytdirect@nytimes.com To: khyatt@enron.com Subject: Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com Friday, February 1, 2002 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: The New York Times Direct <nytdirect@nytimes.com> X-To: khyatt@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Kevin_Hyatt_Mar2002\Hyatt, Kevin\Deleted Items X-Origin: Hyatt-K X-FileName: khyatt (Non-Privileged).pst <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>NYTimes HTML E-Mail</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#000066" VLINK="#666666" ALINK="#990000"> <TABLE WIDTH="600" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="600" VALIGN="TOP"> <!-- Flag goes here --> <IMG SRC="http://graphics.nytimes.com/images/email/todaysheadlines/todayshedflag.gif" WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="35" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="600" VALIGN="TOP"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"> <!-- Search box begins --> <TABLE WIDTH="600" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD HEIGHT="2" BGCOLOR="#000000"><IMG SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" > <FORM method="GET" action="http://query.nytimes.com/search/query"> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Search NYTimes.com <INPUT TYPE="text" SIZE="15" name="query" MAXLENGTH="32"> <select name="date"> <option value="Today">Today's News <option value="site1week">Past Week <option value="past30days" selected="">Past 30 Days <option value="past90days">Past 90 Days <option value="past365days">Past Year <option value="Full">Since 1996 </select> <input type="image" name="submit" value=" Search" src="http://graphics.nytimes.com/images/global/global_search/gs_submit.gif" width="18" height="19" border="0" alt="submit" align="top"> </FONT> </FORM> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <!-- Search box ends --> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="600" VALIGN="TOP"> <TABLE WIDTH="600" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="600" COLSPAN="2" HEIGHT="7"><IMG SRC="http://graphics.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="468" VALIGN="TOP"> <!-- OAS tag for 468 goes here --> <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/email.nytimes.com/todaysheadlines/html/18917/Position1/th-andante8/andante468.gif/" target="_blank"><img src="http://graphics4.nytimes.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/th-andante8/andante468.gif" BORDER=0 468x60 ALT="" ></A> </TD> <TD WIDTH="10"><p></TD> <TD WIDTH="122"> <!-- E-Mail nav goes here --><!-- E-Mail nav goes here --> <TABLE WIDTH="122" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD VALIGN="TOP"> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/email"> <IMG SRC="http://www.nytimes.com/images/email/wine/customize.gif" ALT="Customize This E-Mail" WIDTH="122" HEIGHT="19" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left"> </A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="TOP"> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/email"> <IMG SRC="http://www.nytimes.com/images/email/wine/nytnewsletters.gif" WIDTH="122" HEIGHT="18" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0" ALIGN="LEFT"></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="TOP"> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/email"><IMG SRC="http://www.nytimes.com/images/email/wine/textversion.gif" ALT="Customize This E-Mail" WIDTH="122" HEIGHT="19" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left"></A><p><br clear="all"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="600" VALIGN="TOP"> <font size="2" font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font> <!-- Content begins --> <table align="right"><tr><td><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2" ><b>February 1, 2002</b> </font></td></tr></table><br> <hr size="1"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>QUOTE OF THE DAY</b></font><br> <font size="2">"I wasn't invited. Then again, the traffic is so bad I don't want to go anywhere." <br> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/nyregion/01PART.html?todaysheadlines">GEORGE SOROS,</a>on a party during the World Economic Forum featuring Elton John. <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>NATIONAL</b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/national/01RENO.html?todaysheadlines">Candidate Reno Is Home, Shrugging Off Fainting</a></b><br> A day after collapsing while giving a speech, former Attorney General Janet Reno returned to her home near Miami. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/national/01BORD.html?todaysheadlines">Canada Wants Some Trucks Exempt From Border Inspection</a></b><br> Canada is aggressively pushing a plan that would eventually allow more than 7,000 trucks each day to pass the border uninspected. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/national/01INQU.html?todaysheadlines">No New Warnings Received, Officials Say</a></b><br> Officials have received no new credible warnings of a terrorist attack, although the potential remained high. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE NATIONAL NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <hr size="1"> <img src="http://graphics4.nytimes.com/images/email/advertisement2.gif" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="15" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left" ALT="Advertisement"> <BR CLEAR="ALL"> <TABLE WIDTH="588" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" BGCOLOR="#F8F5EC"> <tr><TD><font size="2"> <b>Sign up now for exclusive Classical Music concerts and premium content!</b> <br> andante is your source for classical music on the Internet. 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Redstone, chairman and chief executive of Viacom, said that he would not renew the contract of its president, Mel Karmazin. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE BUSINESS NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>TECHNOLOGY</b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/technology/01HEWL.html?todaysheadlines">Main Opponent to Hewlett-Compaq Merger Goes Public</a></b><br> Walter B. Hewlett, the lone dissenter to the merger on the Hewlett-Packard board, explained both his qualifications and his motivation in an interview. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/technology/01CHIP.html?todaysheadlines">Advanced Micro Makes Pact With Taiwan Chip Producer</a></b><br> Advanced Micro Devices said that it had entered a broad manufacturing alliance with the United Microelectronics Corporation. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/business/01ALCA.html?todaysheadlines">Alcatel Ends Tough Year in Big Loss</a></b><br> Alcatel reported a net loss of 4.96 billion euros, or $4.2 billion, for all of last year, the largest loss ever reported by a French corporation. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>POLITICS</b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/business/01PENS.html?todaysheadlines">Bush to Propose More Flexibility on 401(k) Plans</a></b><br> President Bush plans to propose giving workers more flexibility to sell their company's stock in their 401(k) retirement plans. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/politics/01GORE.html?todaysheadlines">Back in the Fray, Gore Announces PAC, Gearing Up for Possible '04 Presidential Run</a></b><br> Former Vice President Al Gore announced that he had formed a political action committee to help Democratic Congressional candidates in 2002 <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/business/01ENRO.html?todaysheadlines">Senator Says Enron Refuses to Cooperate</a></b><br> Enron has refused to turn over to a Senate panel records of partnerships that are crucial to understanding the company's downfall, the panel's chairman said. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE POLITICS NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>SPORTS</b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/sports/football/01RAMS.html?todaysheadlines">Fast Feet, but Faulk Is an Even Quicker Thinker</a></b><br> Beyond his speed, Marshall Faulk is distinguished by his uncanny comprehension of what is occurring around him on the football field. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/sports/football/01PATS.html?todaysheadlines">Bledsoe Accepts Role With Class</a></b><br> Drew Bledsoe said all the right things to reporters about Bill Belichick's decision not to start him in the Super Bowl. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/sports/basketball/01NETS.html?todaysheadlines">Nets Bury Debate and Bucks</a></b><br> With unselfish, exciting play, the Nets rattled the rim for a season-high points total in a rout of the Milwaukee Bucks. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE SPORTS NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>ARTS</b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/arts/television/01NOTE.html?todaysheadlines">An Evolving Vision in Black and White</a></b><br> A TV Land series provides valuable insights into the evolving ways race has been treated on television, but it also seems to scurry over the past 60 years. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/arts/design/01COTT.html?todaysheadlines">Amid the Ashes, Creativity</a></b><br> Art happens every day, and responses to Sept. 11 are already growing more resolved and complicated. Here's a survey of public art and gallery shows inspired by the tragedy. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/movies/01WATC.html?todaysheadlines">In the Arms of Memory</a></b><br> Sissy Spacek's favorite film, "To Kill a Mockingbird," evokes memories of her childhood in a small East Texas town. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE ARTS NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>NY REGION</b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/nyregion/01STREE.html?todaysheadlines">Officers, Primed for Demonstrations, Find Few to Police</a></b><br> Police, 4,000 in number, outnumbered protesters on the first day of the World Economic Forum. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/nyregion/01LABO.html?todaysheadlines">Another Chief of Union Hits Pataki Critics</a></b><br> Teamster president James P. Hoffa accused two Democratic gubernatorial candidates of trying "to thwart the interests of working people." <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/education/01FIEL.html?todaysheadlines">High School Drops Its A.P. Courses, and Colleges Don't Seem to Mind</a></b><br> A growing number of selective private schools in New York and across the country are uncomfortable offering advanced placement courses. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE NY REGION NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>OP-ED </b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/opinion/01KRUG.html?todaysheadlines">Two, Three, Many?</a></b> <br> By PAUL KRUGMAN <br> Conventional wisdom is that Enron was uniquely crooked. But how likely is it that other companies will turn out to be little more than pyramid schemes? <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/opinion/01KRIS.html?todaysheadlines">A Merciful War</a></b> <br> By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF <br> Military intervention, even if it means lost innocent lives on both sides, can serve the most humanitarian of goals. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/opinion/01ANDE.html?todaysheadlines">Pearl's Kidnappers Won't Win</a></b> <br> By TERRY ANDERSON <br> During the 80's, terrorist groups realized that kidnapping a journalist was not a useful way to forward political goals. It is terrible to think that this lesson may have to be relearned. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE OP-ED NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"> <b>About This E-Mail<br> </b>You received these headlines because you requested The New York Times Direct e-mail service. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or your e-mail address, see <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/email">http://www.nytimes.com/email</a>. 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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