|
|
Enron Mail |
TODAY'S HEADLINES
The New York Times on the Web Friday, October 26, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com /----------------------------------------------------------\ Own a Classic Piece of New York Baseball History for Just $9.95. Get a glimpse into an unforgettable era in baseball history as Glory Days of Baseball brings to life the mythical period New York baseball from 1947-1957, through original New York Times articles and photos available for the first time in digital form. http://www.nytimes.com/editorspicks/index.html \----------------------------------------------------------/ QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "What we're trying to do here is strike a blow at the heart of the scalping operation. The scalpers and their profits serve no one but the scalpers. Those monies belong to the people who created the show, pure and simple." -ROCCO LANDESMAN, president of Jujamcyn Theaters, on plans to charge $480 for some tickets to "The Producers." http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/arts/theater/26PROD.html?todaysheadlines NATIONAL ========================= After a Week of Reassurances, Ridge's Anthrax Message Is Grim Homeland security chief Tom Ridge publicly acknowledged for the first time that the anthrax germs in a letter opened on Capitol Hill were very pure, very concentrated and very deadly. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26RESP.html?todaysheadlines ----- Another Postal Worker Contracts Inhaled Anthrax A mail handler at a State Department postal center in suburban Virginia has anthrax in his lungs. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26ANTH.html?todaysheadlines ----- Ridge Deflects Pleas to Help the Cities Pay Security Costs Tom Ridge, director of the Office of Homeland Security, turned away pleas from the nation's mayors for help in paying millions of dollars in overtime to police and firefighters. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26MAYO.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html?todaysheadline /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ Listen To A New York Times Best Seller For Free - Act Now! At Audible, you can download a bestselling book and listen to it on your commute, at the gym, or anywhere. Act now and download and listen to your first selection for FREE. Choose from Stephen King, Anne Rice and thousands more. Try us now - there's no risk and you'll love what you hear. http://ads.nyt.com/lx.ads/email.nytimes.com/todaysheadlines/text/26230/Position3/th-audible62/audible10.26.html/?_RM_REDIR_=http://www.audible.com/nyt/special19 \---------------------------------------------------------/ INTERNATIONAL ========================= U.S., Awaiting Putin, Delays Missile Defense Tests The Bush administration has postponed three tests that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said might be interpreted as violating the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/international/26MISS.html?todaysheadlines ----- U.S. Steps Up Air Attack, While Defending Results of Campaign American warplanes pounded Taliban forces along the front lines Thursday with troop-killing and armor-penetrating cluster bombs for the first time. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/international/asia/26MILI.html?todaysheadlines ----- Israeli Raid Turned Village Into War Zone The Israeli army's incursion into a West Bank village early Wednesday one it has called a police action to round up terrorists very closely resembles war. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/international/26MIDE.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html?todaysheadline BUSINESS ========================= Bayer Halves Price for Cipro, but Rivals Offer Drugs Free Three big drug makers have stepped forward to offer large quantities of their antibiotics free if the F.D.A. will approve their use for the treatment of anthrax. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/business/26CIPR.html?todaysheadlines ----- G.M. Expected to Take Pick of 2 Suitors for DirecTV General Motors hopes to decide whether to sell its communications satellite business to the News Corporation or the EchoStar Communications Corporation. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/business/media/26BIRD.html?todaysheadlines ----- Economic Data Are Suggesting Slower Recovery In recent days, a handful of economic indicators have been weaker than expected, suggesting that a recovery could be difficult for policy makers to bring about quickly. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/business/26ECON.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE BUSINESS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?todaysheadline TECHNOLOGY ========================= Pornography Takes Over Financial Site for Children Visitors to a financial Web site for children this week were in for a shock: the math-and-money game they expected to find had been replaced by a pornography site. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/technology/26NET.html?todaysheadlines ----- Ericsson Cites Weak Demand in Latin America for Third-Quarter Loss Ericsson reported a third-quarter loss after sales declined nearly 20 percent because of weakness in Latin America and other markets. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/technology/26ERIC.html?todaysheadlines ----- Jupiter, an Internet Research Firm, Is Being Bought by NetRatings Jupiter Media Metrix, the Internet research firm that once was one of the pillars of Silicon Alley in New York, agreed to sell itself to the much smaller NetRatings in Silicon Valley. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/technology/26JUPI.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadline POLITICS ========================= Antiterrorism Bill Passes; U.S. Gets Expanded Powers The Senate passed sweeping antiterrorism legislation that would expand the government's ability to conduct actions to thwart terrorist acts and those who perpetrate them. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26CONG.html?todaysheadlines ----- After a Week of Reassurances, Ridge's Anthrax Message Is Grim Homeland security chief Tom Ridge publicly acknowledged for the first time that the anthrax germs in a letter opened on Capitol Hill were very pure, very concentrated and very deadly. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26RESP.html?todaysheadlines ----- Bush Supports House Bill on Airport Screeners The White House supported a House Republican plan that would put the federal government in charge of baggage and passenger screening but would not require 28,000 screeners to be federal employees. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26AIR.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE POLITICS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?todaysheadline SPORTS ========================= Mussina Is Where He Wants to Be: On a Contender Mike Mussina has gotten precisely what he wanted after leaving a comfortable place with Baltimore and signing with the Yankees last winter: A part in a dynasty. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/sports/baseball/26MUSS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Going In, Diamondbacks Stress Defense The Diamondbacks know that defensive mistakes against the Yankees will quickly turn to losses in the World Series. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/sports/baseball/26SERI.html?todaysheadlines ----- Bailey's Edge Is Strength and Smarts A combination of strength and smarts has enabled Jerry Bailey to become one of the nation's greatest jockeys. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/sports/26RACI.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE SPORTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html?todaysheadline ARTS ========================= For the Asking, $480 a Seat for 'The Producers' In an effort to cut into the market of scalpers, the producers of "The Producers" will set aside seats every show and charge an unprecedented $480 a ticket. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/arts/theater/26PROD.html?todaysheadlines ----- Brazil in All Its Extravagant Glory The show at the Guggenheim Museum is a phenomenal sampler of Brazilian art displayed in an over-the-top installation designed by Jean Nouvel. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/arts/26KIMM.html?todaysheadlines ----- One Flew Over the Cuckold's Nest Two big talents, choreographer Susan Stroman and composer Harry Connick Jr., have produced a limp and lugubrious musical. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/arts/theater/26THOU.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE ARTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?todaysheadline NY REGION ========================= Sorting Machines at N.Y. Mail Center Are Contaminated The Postal Service announced that laboratory tests had found anthrax contamination at four high-speed sorting machines at the largest mail distribution center in New York City. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/nyregion/26YORK.html?todaysheadlines ----- State Office's Anthrax Testing Given Priority Some media organizations waited days for results of laboratory tests, while tests taken from Gov. Pataki's offices were done within 24 hours. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/nyregion/26LAB.html?todaysheadlines ----- Thousands of Orphans? An Urban Myth Despite the response to the supposed "hundreds" of children left orphaned by the Sept. 11 disaster, officials say there are none. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/nyregion/26KIDS.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NY REGION NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html?todaysheadline OP-ED ========================= We Are All Alone By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN My fellow Americans, I hate to say this, but except for the good old Brits, we're all alone. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/opinion/26FRIE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Time to Regulate the Trade in Toxins By JONATHAN B. TUCKER Few of the world's germ banks are adequately secured or regulated. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/opinion/26TUCK.html?todaysheadlines ----- Arming Soldiers for a New Kind of War By ANDREW F. KREPINEVICH As we confront enemies who align their strengths against our weaknesses, military reform has never been more important. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/opinion/26KREP.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE OP-ED NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html?todaysheadline 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. Check or uncheck the headlines you would like to receive and remember to go to the bottom of the page and click on "Save Selections." To change your e-mail address, go to our help center: http://www.nytimes.com/help. Suggestions and feedback are welcome at feedback@nytimes.com. Please include the following ID number when writing to feedback@nytimes.com so that we can track any reports of problems: 353648 HOW TO ADVERTISE ------------------------------------------------------------ For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact Alyson Racer at alyson@nytimes.com or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo
|