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<+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= <QUICKNEWS MAIL <from CNN.com <Top stories as of: Thursday, 31 May 01, 10:22:18 AM EDT <+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= <=< News Site with Joie Chen, weekdays, 4 p.m. ET <=< An all-news hour that is not only informative, but <=< innovative and interactive. 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Voices Across America Speak Out! http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/clinton The Tenth Anniversary of the Gulf War Operation Desert Storm - A Look Back http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/gulf.war New Germany Prosperity and Pain http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/germany/ The full, updated version of Headline News is at http://www.HeadlineNews.com To unsubscribe go to http://www.cnn.com/EMAIL ~~~~~~~~~~~ TOP STORIES ~~~~~~~~~~~ < ACCUSED SPY HANSSEN PLEADS NOT GUILTY Veteran FBI agent Robert Hanssen, accused of spying for Moscow for 15 years, pleaded not guilty today on 21 counts of espionage, including some that carry the death penalty. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/05/31/hanssen.arraignment.02/ < MCVEIGH EXPECTED TO REQUEST EXECUTION DELAY TODAY Attorneys for Timothy McVeigh are expected next hour to meet with the convicted Oklahoma City bomber at a federal prison in Indiana. He is expected to request a postponement of his June 11 execution. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/05/31/mcveigh.documents/index.html < U.S. JOBLESS CLAIMS HIGHER The number of new U.S. jobless claims rose last week, the government reported Thursday, a sign of continued weakness in the labor market. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/05/31/economy/jobless/ ~~~~~~~~~~~ WORLD NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~ < PALESTINIANS MOURN DEATH OF TOP PLO OFFICIAL Hundreds have gathered in east Jerusalem to mourn the death of Faisal Husseini, one of the most prominent campaigners for the Palestinian cause. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/05/31/obit.husseini.02/index.html < FRESH OFFER TO MACEDONIA REBELS Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski has offered ethnic Albanian rebels fighting in the north of the country a partial amnesty. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/05/30/nato.macedonia.02/index.html < IMPEACHMENT UNSTOPPABLE, WAHID TOLD Despite violent protests, Indonesia's parliament voted overnight to push ahead with impeaching President Abdurrahman Wahid, a move that could leave the country facing further instability. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/05/30/indonesia.wahid.06/index.html .....More World stories at http://www.cnn.com/WORLD ~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~ < ACCUSED FBI SPY HANSSEN PLEADS NOT GUILTY Accused FBI spy Robert Hanssen pleaded not guilty Thursday to 21 charges of conspiracy and espionage, including 14 charges that could carry the death penalty. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/05/31/hanssen.arraignment.02/index.html < MCVEIGH EXPECTED TO REQUEST EXECUTION DELAY TODAY Attorneys for Timothy McVeigh are expected next hour to meet with the convicted Oklahoma City bomber at a federal prison in Indiana. He is expected to request a postponement of his June 11 execution. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/05/31/mcveigh.documents/index.html < WALL STREET REFOCUSES ON JOBS U.S. stock investors get back to work Thursday in more ways than one, shifting their focus to the economy and two days of employment reports. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/05/31/markets/stockswatch/ .....More U.S. stories at http://www.cnn.com/US ~~~~~~~~~~~ BUSINESS from CNNfn ~~~~~~~~~~~ < WALL STREET REFOCUSES ON ECONOMY U.S. stock investors get back to work Thursday in more ways than one, shifting their focus to the economy and two days of employment reports.Stock futures rose in early trading, applying aloe to the market "Sun burn" suffered Wednesday after Sun Microsystems' earnings warning. Nasdaq-100 futures moved broadly higher, indicating an opening gain for the tech-heavy Nasdaq market. Standard & Poor's futures gained modestly, a sign that the S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average would begin with advances. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/05/31/markets/stockswatch/ < EUROPEAN MARKETS FALL ON EARNINGS CONCERNS Europe's major bourses edged lower on Thursday as earnings fears came back to haunt the technology sector. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/05/31/europe/markets_europe/ < FRANCE TELECOM EXPECTS $1.6 BILLION FROM SPRINT SALE France Telecom said it expects to raise $1.6 billion from the sale of its stake in Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. long-distance phone company. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/05/31/europe/ftelecom/ .....More Business stories at http://CNNfn.com .....For market numbers see http://CNNfn.com/markets ~~~~~~~~~~~ Sports from CNN/SI ~~~~~~~~~~~ < SNOW LEADS LIMPING SIXERS TO 3-2 SERIES LEAD Playing on a fractured ankle and suiting up against his wife's wishes, Eric Snow became the latest hobbled hero for the Philadelphia 76ers. After finding out earlier in the day that his sprained ankle was more seriously damaged than originally believed, Snow hit two jump shots in the final two minutes for Philadelphia's final four points as the 76ers overcame another poor shooting performance by Allen Iverson to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 89-88 Wednesday night in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/basketball/nba/2001/playoffs/news/2001/05/30/bucks_sixers_ap/ < SAMPRAS FALLS IN STRAIGHT SETS AT FRENCH OPEN Pete Sampras was beaten in the second round of the French Open on Thursday, losing 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2 to Spain's Galo Blanco.The defeat ended Sampras' 12th quest for the one Grand Slam tournament title that continues to elude him. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/tennis/2001/french_open/news/2001/05/31/french_open_ap/ < BONDS PASSES MCCOVEY, WILLIAMS IN GIANTS' LOSS It was a bittersweet milestone for Barry Bonds.Bonds hit two home runs Wednesday night, moving past Willie McCovey and Ted Williams into 11th place on the career list with 522, but the San Francisco Giants lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/baseball/mlb/news/2001/05/30/diamondbacks_giants_ap/ .....More Sports stories at http://CNNSI.com .....For scores see http://CNNSI.com/scoreboards ~~~~~~~~~~~ POLITICS from AllPolitics ~~~~~~~~~~~ < BUSH TOUTS 'NEW ENVIRONMENTALISM,' FEWER MANDATES Standing beneath a majestic, ancient sequoia tree, President Bush outlined Wednesday what he called "a new environmentalism for the 21st century," with fewer dictates from Washington and more cooperation with local governments and landowners. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/05/30/bush.sequoia/index.html < LOTT DESCRIBES JEFFORDS' DEFECTION AS 'COUP OF ONE' Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott accused Vermont Sen. James Jeffords on Wednesday of mounting a "coup of one" that stripped the GOP of Senate control and handed power to the Democrats. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/05/31/lott.jeffords.ap/index.html < ENERGY COULD BE THE MEAL TICKET THE DEMOCRATS NEED The Senate gives Democrats a seat at the table. What they need now is a meal ticket -- an issue that could bring them back to power.How about energy? It is President Bush's greatest vulnerability and it could be the wedge issue Democrats need to take control of Congress next year. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/05/30/dems.meal.ticket/index.html < O'NEILL SAYS TAX CUTS TO BOOST U.S. GROWTH A reduced tax burden on U.S. taxpayers should boost economic growth by about a half percentage point without crimping the government's ability to buy back $19 billion in Treasury paper in the first half of this year, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said Wednesday. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/05/30/taxes.reut/index.html .....More Politics stories at http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS .....Commentary & cartoons at http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/analysis/ ~~~~~~~~~ SCI-TECH ~~~~~~~~~ < SATELLITE PAINTS SMOGGY PORTRAIT OF THE PLANET Watching colossal plumes of smog drift across continents and oceans, a NASA satellite has produced the most comprehensive view ever of air pollution on the planet. Monitoring carbon monoxide levels in the atmosphere over time, the Terra orbiter demonstrates that pollutants respect no national boundaries. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/05/30/terra.pollution/index.html < MICROSOFT TO UNVEIL NEW OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Corp. on Thursday will launch its latest version of Office, one of the software giant's most popular products and its traditional cash cow, but some industry analysts say the new product doesn't offer enough to justify massive upgrades by customers. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/05/31/technology/wires/microsoft_wg/ < DOCOMO'S 3G SERVICE DEBUTS IN JAPAN FOR LUCKY FEW Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc launched a trial third-generation service on Wednesday, securing its place as frontrunner in the race to provide services such as videoconferencing and fast Net access on mobile phones. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/05/30/docomo.3g.reut/index.html < FTC: AMAZON PRACTICES 'DECEPTIVE' BUT WON'T ACT Bookseller Amazon and its Alexa Internet subsidiary probably deceived consumers when their Internet software secretly passed on personal information to the company, the Federal Trade Commission said. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/05/30/ftc.amazon.ap/index.html .....More Sci-Tech stories at http://www.cnn.com/TECH .....What's new in high-tech? See http://www.cnn.com/TECH/index.html#tomtod ~~~~~~~~~ HEALTH ~~~~~~~~~ < AIDS DRIVES RESEARCH INTO OTHER DISEASES Since it appeared on the scene 20 years ago, the virus that causes AIDS has invaded nearly every branch of medical science along with the bloodstreams of millions of people. Scientists searching for solutions to the devastating effects of AIDS are making discoveries that could advance therapies for many other deadly diseases, experts say. .... http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/aids/stories/aids.research.html < STUDY: SEX ED DOESN'T ENCOURAGE SEXUAL ACTIVITY Sex education programs do not speed up teenagers' experimentation with sex, and might actually delay it, a study released Wednesday said. .... http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/fyi/teachers.ednews/05/30/teen.sex.education02/index.html < TECHNOLOGY GIVES DISABLED MORE TOOLS TO ACHIEVE The Supreme Court decision allowing professional golfer Casey Martin to ride in a golf cart between holes is considered a major victory by advocates for people with disabilities. Now technology is helping other disabled people achieve. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/05/30/disabled.advances/index.html < ONE COCAINE DOSE TRIGGERS WEEKLONG BRAIN ACTIVITY A single, small dose of cocaine triggers a weeklong surge of activity in the brain that may prime the user for addiction, scientists report. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/05/30/cocaine.brain.ap/index.html .....More Health stories at http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ENTERTAINMENT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ < STAR OF TOMORROW: KRISTIN CHENOWETH You may not have heard much about Kristin Chenoweth, but you're soon to going to hear a lot of her. A 1999 Tony-winning actress (for playing Sally in the musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"), her debut album, "Let Yourself Go," was just released by Sony Classics this week. Then there's her new show, "Kristin," which premieres June 5 on NBC. She's come a long way in a short time -- and the idea still surprises her. .... http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/showbiz.today/star.tomorrow/archive/0105/30.html < BROADWAY SEASON SETS BOX OFFICE RECORD It truly was the Great White Way last season on Broadway. Though the New York theater district may be abuzz about that little musical starring Messrs. Bialystock and Bloom, the business has even more good news to celebrate this week: The 2000-2001 season, which ended Sunday, set a new box office record, Daily Variety reports. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/News/05/30/stage.broadway.reut/index.html < KIDMAN STALKER TOLD TO STAY AWAY A Los Angeles Internet entrepreneur and would-be U.S. presidential candidate accused of stalking actress Nicole Kidman was ordered on Wednesday to stay away from her for three years. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/30/people.kidman.reut/index.html < KATE BECKINSALE SHOWS STAR POWER IN 'PEARL HARBOR' Kate Beckinsale took her role as a U.S. Navy nurse in the movie "Pearl Harbor" so seriously, she learned to give shots. Now some box office rivals are feeling pain, as Beckinsale and the rest of the "Pearl Harbor" cast helped the movie haul in $75 million in ticket sales over the weekend. .... http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/showbiz.today/featured.story/0105/29.html .....More Entertainment stories at http://www.cnn.com/ENTERTAINMENT ========================================================= = Please send comments or suggestions by going to = = http://www.cnn.com/feedback/ = = To unsubscribe from Quick News mail, go to = = http://www.cnn.com/EMAIL = ========================================================= < Copyright 2001 Cable News Network Inc. < < An AOL Time Warner Company < ====================================================== To unsubscribe, click here: http://cgi.cnn.com/cgi-bin/quicknews/register1?member_id=1463127
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