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<QUICKNEWS MAIL <from CNN.com <Top stories as of: Monday, 04 Jun 01, 09:43:49 AM EDT <+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= <=< This newsletter is brought to you by TEXAS INSTRUMENTS ? <=< the World Leader in DSP and Analog. <=< For further information on DSP and TI's other products visit <=< www.ti.com <+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= TOP STORIES-- .....Nepal mourning turns to violence .....Toledo wins presidency in Peru WORLD NEWS-- .....Nepal mourning turns to violence .....Toledo elected Peruvian president .....Mideast cease-fire talks continue .....Blair fears landslide predictions U.S. NEWS-- .....'The Producers' wins a record 12 Tony Awards .....Two-time Oscar winner Anthony Quinn dies .....After standoff, children to be placed in foster home .....New Mexico wildfires still imperil residents BUSINESS-- .....Greenspan comments color Wall Street open .....Microsoft, AOL said to resume talks on online deal .....Bristol-Myers, Bayer seek DuPont drugs unit .....European markets rise SPORTS-- .....Iverson's 44 leads Sixers past Bucks, into Finals .....Webb cruises to Open title in Tigeresque fashion .....Woods streaks to third straight Memorial title .....Mariners win franchise-best 11th consecutive game Also ... .....POLITICS from AllPolitics .....SCI-TECH .....HEALTH .....ENTERTAINMENT .....Your local weather forecast is at http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/ .....Today's Ski report is at http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/ski.report/ .....Your winter weather tips are at http://www.cnn.com/weather/winter .....Get involved with Chat and Message boards http://www.cnn.com/chat Check out these special features in our In-depth section: Memories of World War II Share your Experiences & Memorabilia It?s for all generations? http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/memories/ The Clinton Years - How has America changed? 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~ < NEPAL MOURNING TURNS TO VIOLENCE The Nepalese government declares a curfew in the capital Katmandu as angry mourners demand an explanation to Friday's massacre that left nine royals dead. Security forces have been given orders to shoot troublemakers on sight as debate rages over the palace killings. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/06/04/nepal.shooting02/index.html < TOLEDO WINS PRESIDENCY IN PERU Former president Alan Garcia conceded Peru's presidential vote Sunday to Stanford-educated economist Alejandro Toledo. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/06/03/peru.election.02/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~ WORLD NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~ < NEPAL MOURNING TURNS TO VIOLENCE The Nepalese government declares a curfew in the capital Katmandu as angry mourners demand an explanation to Friday's massacre that left nine royals dead. Security forces have been given orders to shoot troublemakers on sight as debate rages over the palace killings. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/06/04/nepal.shooting02/index.html < TOLEDO ELECTED PERUVIAN PRESIDENT Former president Alan Garcia conceded Peru's presidential vote Sunday to Stanford-educated economist Alejandro Toledo. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/06/03/peru.election.02/index.html < MIDEAST CEASE-FIRE TALKS CONTINUE Sporadic cases of violence have broken out in the Mideast, but the emphasis has been on diplomatic efforts to uphold a cease-fire. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/06/04/israel.barkan/index.html .....More World stories at http://www.cnn.com/WORLD ~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~ < 'THE PRODUCERS' WINS A RECORD 12 TONY AWARDS "The Producers," a musical satire of Broadway that makes fun of Jews, gays, old women and Hitler, high-kicked its way to a record 12 Tony Awards Sunday night in what amounted to a coronation of the biggest theater hit in New York in 25 years. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/News/06/04/tonys.awards.reut/index.html < TWO-TIME OSCAR WINNER ANTHONY QUINN DIES Actor Anthony Quinn, best remembered for roles in "Zorba the Greek" and "Lawrence of Arabia," died Sunday. He was 86. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/News/06/04/obit.quinn/index.html < AFTER STANDOFF, CHILDREN TO BE PLACED IN FOSTER HOME The five McGuckin children who held off police in Idaho for five days will be placed in a foster home, an official announced."The children will be placed in the household of someone they know and all the children will be placed together," Michelle Britton of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare said Sunday. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/06/03/idaho.standoff/index.html .....More U.S. stories at http://www.cnn.com/US ~~~~~~~~~~~ BUSINESS from CNNfn ~~~~~~~~~~~ < GREENSPAN COMMENTS COLOR WALL STREET OPEN Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's perception that inflation isn't a threat to the U.S. economy could help boost U.S. stocks as a new trading week begins Monday.Early indications pointed to modest advances for the major U.S. stock indexes when the markets open. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/06/04/markets/stockswatch/ < MICROSOFT, AOL SAID TO RESUME TALKS ON ONLINE DEAL AOL Time Warner Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are back at the bargaining table over whether AOL's software will be included in the soon-to-be released Windows XP operating system, but a source close to the situation said the two parties remain "far apart" on key issues. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/06/04/technology/wires/microsoft_aol_wg/ < BRISTOL-MYERS, BAYER SEEK DUPONT DRUGS UNIT Bristol-Myers Squibb and Germany's Bayer are leading the auction race to buy DuPont's drugs unit for up to $8 billion, a report said Monday. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/06/04/europe/bayer/ .....More Business stories at http://CNNfn.com .....For market numbers see http://CNNfn.com/markets ~~~~~~~~~~~ Sports from CNN/SI ~~~~~~~~~~~ < IVERSON'S 44 LEADS SIXERS PAST BUCKS, INTO FINALS Forget the conspiracies: Philadelphia is headed to the NBA Finals for the first time in 18 years. Allen Iverson scored 44 points as the Sixers pounded the Milwaukee Bucks 108-91 on Sunday in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals to advance to a rematch of the 1983 Finals with the defending champion Lakers. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/basketball/nba/2001/playoffs/news/2001/06/03/bucks_sixers_ap/ < WEBB CRUISES TO OPEN TITLE IN TIGERESQUE FASHION Women's golf has a rivalry, but not in the U.S. Open. Karrie Webb proved again Sunday she has no peer in the toughest championship. In a powerful response to anyone who questioned the state of her game, Webb stole the spotlight from Annika Sorenstam by crushing the field and winning the U.S. Women's Open in a runaway for the second straight year. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/golf/news/2001/06/03/womens_open_ap/ < WOODS STREAKS TO THIRD STRAIGHT MEMORIAL TITLE Any chance Paul Azinger had of beating Tiger Woods had long since faded as the two walked together down the soggy 17th fairway. There wasn't much to talk about, but something still needed to be said. Azinger had entered the final round of the Memorial Tournament with the lead, but was now seven shots behind. Now, he thought Woods looked almost bored as he romped to his third straight Memorial win. "I'm sorry I wasn't a better player for you today," Azinger told Woods. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/golf/news/2001/06/03/memorial_ap/ .....More Sports stories at http://CNNSI.com .....For scores see http://CNNSI.com/scoreboards ~~~~~~~~~~~ POLITICS from AllPolitics ~~~~~~~~~~~ < GOP LEADER WARNS OF SENATE REORGANIZATION WRANGLE A top Senate Republican leader warned Sunday that the GOP may put roadblocks in the way of the chamber's transition to Democratic control this week unless they get assurances that President Bush's nominees won't be blocked in committee. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/03/senate.reorganization/index.html < BUSH TO HIGHLIGHT COMMITMENT TO EVERGLADES President Bush is renewing his pledge to help restore the Florida Everglades, with a tour later Monday of the celebrated but scarred wetlands. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/04/bush.florida.ap/index.html < NEW SENATE JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN PLANS HEARINGS INTO FBI The incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he intends to hold "very serious hearings" into what he terms "egregious problems" within the FBI. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/03/senate.fbi.review/index.html < TAX REBATES TO START COMING IN JULY, O'NEILL SAYS Uncle Sam will send a letter to taxpayers July 12, telling them how much they will get back under President Bush's recently approved tax plan and when that check will arrive, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said Sunday. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/03/oneill.rebates/index.html .....More Politics stories at http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS .....Commentary & cartoons at http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/analysis/ ~~~~~~~~~ SCI-TECH ~~~~~~~~~ < NASA FAILS TO FLY FASTEST PLANE The X-43A, a "hypersonic" experimental aircraft attached to a Pegasus booster rocket, failed the first of three planned test flights Saturday. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/06/02/fastestplane/index.html < UNIVERSITY COMPUTERS A PRIME TARGETS FOR HACKERS Novice hackers who hone their skills amid a higher education culture known for lax security and free exchange of ideas are now becoming more prevalent. University computer systems also attract experienced hackers. Huge hard drives make it easy to store illicit software and fast Internet access affords the perfect staging ground for devastating attacks on corporate Web sites. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/06/01/hacking.colleges.ap/index.html < UNEARTH YOUR TAX SAVINGS ON THE WEB "How much am I going to save?"That's the question on most people's minds when talk turns to President Bush's $1.35 trillion federal tax relief plan. Now you can find out -- or at least get an educated guess -- thanks to a free online calculator that uses income figures and other data to estimate your savings over the next ten years. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/06/01/intuit.calculator.idg/index.html < POWER-CRUNCHED CALIFORNIANS SEE THE SOLAR LIGHT Many Californians are enduring pricey electric bills and rolling power outages during the current energy crunch. But some residents have avoided such headaches by getting themselves off the electrical grid and on alternative energy. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/06/01/solar.power/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 ~~~~~~~~~ < DIAGNOSIS: AIDS THEN AND NOW While scientists concede they may be far from a cure, today's AIDS drugs "are nothing short of miraculous," says Dr. Jim Curran, head of the first government task force on what was later called AIDS. Diagnosis of AIDS in the 1980s was most often associated with quick death. It took more than a decade for scientists to make real progress in prolonging and improving the lives of people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. .... http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/aids/stories/diagnosis.then.now/index.html < THIRD CASE OF NEISSERIA MENINGITIDES DIAGNOSED IN OHIO A third case of Neisseria meningitides was diagnosed in this northeastern OhioSaturday, after two teenagers died of the bacterial infection, and healthauthorities have ordered most of the city's residents to undergo a preventiveantibiotic treatment. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/06/02/ohio.meningitides/index.html < FDA REPORTEDLY PROBES THYROID DRUG The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told Abbott Laboratories that its thyroid drug Synthroid has a "history of problems" and cannot be recognized as "safe and effective," according to a published report Friday. .... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/06/01/companies/synthroid/ < GONORRHEA CASES INCREASE AMONG US HOMOSEXUAL MEN Rates of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea have shown a disturbing increase among homosexual and bisexual men in the United States, federal health officials said Thursday in a finding that suggests a rise in risky sexual behavior that also could lead to AIDS. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/06/01/gays.gonorrhea.reut/index.html .....More Health stories at http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ENTERTAINMENT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ < 'THE PRODUCERS' WINS A RECORD 12 TONY AWARDS "The Producers," a musical satire of Broadway that makes fun of Jews, gays, old women and Hitler, high-kicked its way to a record 12 Tony Awards Sunday night in what amounted to a coronation of the biggest theater hit in New York in 25 years. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/News/06/04/tonys.awards.reut/index.html < TWO-TIME OSCAR WINNER ANTHONY QUINN DIES Actor Anthony Quinn, best remembered for roles in "Zorba the Greek" and "Lawrence of Arabia," died Sunday. He was 86. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/News/06/04/obit.quinn/index.html < 'PEARL HARBOR' HOLDS OFF 'SHREK' AT BOX OFFICE After suffering a heavy artillery attack from critics, the World War II epic romance "Pearl Harbor" clung to the No. 1 spot at the North American weekend box office, barely holding off the hit cartoon "Shrek," according to studio estimates issued Sunday. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/03/leisure.boxoffice.reut/index.html < RAPPER GETS 10 YEARS FOR NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING Jamaal "Shyne" Barrow was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for shooting and wounding two people during a dispute between rap impresario Sean "Puffy" Combs and another man in a Times Square nightclub. .... http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/06/01/puffycombs.protege.ap/index.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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