Message-ID: <5370478.1075841329629.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 06:29:22 -0800 (PST) From: nytdirect@nytimes.com To: pmims@enron.com Subject: Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com Monday, January 28, 2002 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: pmims@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Mims, Patrice L.\Inbox X-Origin: MIMS-P X-FileName: patrice mims 6-25-02.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 January 28, 2002 QUOTE OF THE DAY "I was a lot luckier last time. This= one involved my whole family." MARK SOKOLOW, who escaped unhurt from the = World Trade Center on Sept. 11, but was injured in a bombing in Jerusalem. = NATIONAL Efforts to Track Foreign Students Are Said to Lag Despite promi= ses to tighten controls after Sept. 11, the government is at least a year f= rom making the student visa system safer from terrorists. Cheney Is Set t= o Battle Congress to Keep His Enron Papers Secret The White House is prepa= red to go to court to fight the release of documents demanded as part of an= investigation into any influence that Enron had in formulating energy poli= cy. In a Sign of Changing Times, Bush Calls for More Spending President = Bush's new budget will propose a spending increase of 9 percent for next = year, more than any big-government Democrat would dare to put on the table.= MORE NATIONAL NEWS Advertisement Sign up now for DealBook for Br= eaking News and Market-Moving Intelligence Your source for daily briefings= on the latest and most comprehensive news about market-moving mergers and = acquisitions, IPOs, private equity transactions, venture capital deals and= Wall Street maneuverings, all delivered before the market's opening bell.= Edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Sign up now! [IMAGE] INTERNATIONAL Sep= t. 11 Survivor Wounded as Jerusalem Bomb Kills 2 A New York lawyer was one= of 113 wounded Sunday when a Palestinian bomber triggered an explosion in = Jerusalem, killing herself and an 81-year-old man. After Green Beret Oper= ation, Townspeople Have Questions About Bound Bodies In dozens of intervie= ws, residents of Oruzgan, Afghanistan, said a two-hour American raid last T= hursday was an error. American Reporter Held Captive in Pakistan, a Messa= ge Says A Wall Street Journal correspondent has been kidnapped in Karachi,= Pakistan, according to an e-mail message sent on Sunday to news organizati= ons. MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS BUSINESS Cheney Is Set to Battle Congre= ss to Keep His Enron Papers Secret The White House is prepared to go to co= urt to fight the release of documents demanded as part of an investigation = into any influence that Enron had in formulating energy policy. American = Reporter Held Captive in Pakistan, a Message Says A Wall Street Journal co= rrespondent has been kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan, according to an e-mail= message sent on Sunday to news organizations. For a Hewlett, Merger Rais= es a Basic Fear Hewlett-Packard, led by Carleton S. Fiorina, plans to incr= ease sales to large corporate customers. But that could lead it down the sa= me path as the troubled PC industry, worries Walter B. Hewlett. MORE B= USINESS NEWS TECHNOLOGY For a Hewlett, Merger Raises a Basic Fear Hewle= tt-Packard, led by Carleton S. Fiorina, plans to increase sales to large co= rporate customers. But that could lead it down the same path as the trouble= d PC industry, worries Walter B. Hewlett. For IDT, the Big Flameouts Lig= ht Its Fire IDT, an offbeat New Jersey telecommunications company, has mad= e something of a specialty of capitalizing on the flashy flameouts of the t= elecommunications crash. Fast Hookup With Cellphone Is Expected From Veri= zon Verizon Wireless is expected to announce the availability of the natio= n's first commercial "third-generation" wireless service. MORE TECHNOLO= GY NEWS POLITICS Cheney Is Set to Battle Congress to Keep His Enron Pape= rs Secret The White House is prepared to go to court to fight the release = of documents demanded as part of an investigation into any influence that E= nron had in formulating energy policy. In a Sign of Changing Times, Bush = Calls for More Spending President Bush's new budget will propose a spend= ing increase of 9 percent for next year, more than any big-government Democ= rat would dare to put on the table. Hoping to Run California, and Recast = the Republicans Los Angeles' ex-mayor says he is trying to steer his party= leftward as he seeks the Republican nomination for governor of California.= MORE POLITICS NEWS SPORTS Bledsoe Leads Patriots to Super Bowl Agai= nst Rams New-age quarterback Tom Brady went down with an injury, retro qua= rterback Drew Bledsoe took over, and New England beat Pittsburgh in the A.F= .C. Championship. A Grouchy Warner Blitzes the Eagles St. Louis quarterb= ack Kurt Warner picked apart Philadelphia and pushed the Rams to a win in t= he N.F.C. Championship. No. 1 Duke Rolls On Shaking off an up-and-down f= irst half, No. 1 Duke came through when it mattered on its way to a win ove= r No. 7 Virginia. MORE SPORTS NEWS ARTS Recapturing a Spirit of Dari= ng Christoph von Dohnanyi and the Cleveland Orchestra proved that music = making can be both intellectual and thrilling in recent concerts at Carneg= ie Hall. Standing In for New Yorkers: Expressions of Grief Over Sept. 11 = A new play about a fire captain who lost eight of his men on Sept. 11 ha= s the impact -- half-relieving, half-agonizing -- of a chill salve on an op= en wound. Hometown Boy Makes Waves The truly achieved writers are the o= nes one who deceive themselves so well that they can pursue a lie that bec= omes true in spite of its implacable falsity. MORE ARTS NEWS NY RE= GION Police Shift Focus to Terror With Spymaster and a Marine Police Commi= ssioner Raymond W. Kelly has added two deputy commissioners as he reshapes = the department to thwart terrorism. New Jersey to Rule on Keeping Sex Off= enders Locked Up After Prison Release New Jersey's highest court is expect= ed to determine who among the state's convicted sex offenders may be instit= utionalized after completing their prison sentences. With Reservoirs Low,= Mayor Plans to Issue Drought Warning With the reservoirs that supply the = city at only half capacity, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg called on Sunday for= a series of voluntary measures to cut consumption. MORE NY REGION NEWS= OP-ED What's a Recovery Without Jobs? By BOB HERBERT While it may b= e true technically that the economy is executing a modest turnaround, it = doesn't translate into more jobs for Americans. Colin Powell Dissents B= y WILLIAM SAFIRE What legal rights should be accorded to the terrorists = now being interrogated at the American military base in Cuba? A Symbiones= e Family Reunion By TIM FINDLEY The main players of the Symbionese Liber= ation Army will be assembled in court, on trial for the 1975 murder of = Myrna Opsahl, to tell of old delusions in a pointless spasm of violence. = MORE OP-ED NEWS About This E-Mail You received these headlines beca= use 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 http://www.nytimes.com/email . Check or un-check the headlin= es you would like to receive or cancel and remember to go to the bottom of = the page and click on "Save Selections." Suggestions and feedback are welc= ome at feedback@nytimes.com . 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