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The New York Times on the Web Friday, March 29, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "One of the things the White House will find is that the nature of Congress is not to stand up and applaud every time the White House does something." -HOUSE SPEAKER J. DENNIS HASTERT. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/politics/29REPU.html?todaysheadlines NATIONAL ========================= Smallpox Vaccine Stockpile Is Larger Than Was Thought Federal officials said that they might now have access to much more smallpox vaccine than had been thought. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/national/29SMAL.html?todaysheadlines ----- U.S. to Seek Death Penalty for Moussaoui in Terror Case Although he was not charged with carrying out the killings, the death penalty is sought against Zacarias Moussaoui for his alleged part in the Sept. 11 attacks. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/national/29TERR.html?todaysheadlines ----- California Dunes May Be Reopened to Off-Road Vehicles Federal officials want to reopen areas off limits to dune buggies in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area of California. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/national/29DUNE.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html?todaysheadlines /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ The Laramie Project Archives: Sponsored Archives Explore 17 New York Times articles about the murder of Matthew Shepard, as well as the trial of his two assailants and the nationwide debate about hate-crimes legislation that it provoked. Made possible by HBO Films. http://ads.nyt.com/mo.ad/nl-laramie/laramieMA.html/?_RM_REDIR_=http://www.nytimes.com/ads/marketing/laramie/index.html \---------------------------------------------------------/ INTERNATIONAL ========================= Extended Operation Set in West Bank After Terror Bombing The Israeli government declared Yasir Arafat an "enemy" today and sent tanks and armored personnel carriers to fully isolate him in his Ramallah headquarters. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/international/middleeast/29MIDE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Two-Edged Diplomacy Arab leaders offered Israel terms for eventual peace on Thursday while encouraging Palestinians to keep fighting in the meantime. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/international/middleeast/29ASSE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Japan's Premier Muses on a Recovery-Proof Economy Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said in an interview on Thursday that he does not know why Japan's economy shows no sign of revival. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/international/asia/29JAPA.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html?todaysheadlines BUSINESS ========================= Enron's Swap With Qwest Is Questioned Enron and Qwest struck a deal last fall to swap fiber optic network capacity and services at exaggerated prices in an effort to improve each company's financial picture. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/business/29SWAP.html?todaysheadlines ----- Board Member of Tyco Unit Owed Millions to 2 Executives As Tyco International was negotiating a buyout of shareholders of its fiber optic division, an independent director of that unit owed Tyco's two top executives $14.1 million. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/business/29TYCO.html?todaysheadlines ----- Stocks End the First Quarter Mostly Flat During the stock market's first quarter, which ended Thursday, interest rates and corporate earnings fought each other to a draw on Wall Street. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/business/29STOX.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE BUSINESS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?todaysheadlines TECHNOLOGY ========================= Hewlett Heir Files Lawsuit to Overturn Merger Vote Walter B. Hewlett took his fight to court in an effort to block the $24 billion deal with Compaq that Hewlett-Packard says it has won. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/technology/29HEWL.html?todaysheadlines ----- Ex-Employee of Global Has Mixed Day in Court A judge dismissed a charge of identity fraud against a former employee of Global Crossing accused of posting the Social Security numbers of thousands of employees on the Internet. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/technology/29GLOB.html?todaysheadlines ----- Novell Official Says He Sought Microsoft's Aid Novell offered two years ago to tell antitrust enforcers that Microsoft had altered its behavior in return for help promoting its products, a Novell executive testified. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/technology/29SOFT.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadlines POLITICS ========================= G.O.P. Lawmakers and White House Cite a Growing Rift Many Republican lawmakers are complaining that the White House is not being sufficiently energetic in helping them in the November elections. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/politics/29REPU.html?todaysheadlines ----- Bush Vows to Seek Conservative Judges President Bush said that he would continue to push for "good, conservative judges" on the nation's highest courts. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/politics/29BUSH.html?todaysheadlines ----- Addressing Worries, Pentagon Says It Can Fight Wider War The Defense Department's top civilian and military leaders said on Thursday that the armed forces were capable of expanding the war on terror. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/international/29MILI.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE POLITICS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?todaysheadlines SPORTS ========================= Memphis Wins the N.I.T. Title Memphis concluded a 5-0 N.I.T. sweep with a 72-62 victory over South Carolina to win the tournament championship. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/sports/ncaabasketball/29NITT.html?todaysheadlines ----- Taurasi Hoping Tennessee Brings Out Her Best No one is more excited than Diana Taurasi that UConn is facing the Lady Vols in its return to the Final Four. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/sports/ncaabasketball/29WOME.html?todaysheadlines ----- Piazza Isn't Going to Take It Anymore Mike Piazza, who does not usually charge the mound or confront a pitcher after being hit by a pitch, may finally be tired of taking shots. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/sports/baseball/29METS.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE SPORTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html?todaysheadlines ARTS ========================= Billy Wilder, Master of Caustic Films, Dies at 95 Billy Wilder, the writer and director who won six Academy Awards and international acclaim as one of the world's great filmmakers, died on Wednesday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/obituaries/29WILD.html?todaysheadlines ----- Change the World and Tweak the Bourgeoisie The Museum of Modern Art's show of Russian books is a classic combination of visual elan and radical ideas, of art graced with a patina of age but firmly linked to the present. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/arts/design/29COTT.html?todaysheadlines ----- Making the Wit Seem Unwitting The director Barry Sonnenfeld loves Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" because it's a comedy in which no one in the movie is allowed to acknowledge that they're in a comedy. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/movies/29WATC.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE ARTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?todaysheadlines NY REGION ========================= Towers Withstood Impact, but Fell to Fire, Report Says An unchecked 2,000 degree blaze that generated heat equivalent to the energy output of a nuclear power plant caused the fall of the twin towers. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/nyregion/29TOWE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Brooklyn Councilman Is Charged in an Extortion Scheme A Brooklyn councilman was charged with demanding a $1.5 million break on a real estate deal in exchange for support of a warehouse renovation in his district. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/nyregion/29BRIB.html?todaysheadlines ----- State Report Accuses SUNY Of Favoritism State University of New York officials repeatedly twisted the process of selecting consultants to award contracts to a relative of Gov. George E. Pataki. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/education/29SUNY.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NY REGION NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html?todaysheadlines OP-ED ========================= The Smoke Machine By PAUL KRUGMAN The "vast right-wing conspiracy" is not an overheated metaphor but a straightforward reality, and it works a lot like a special-interest lobby. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/opinion/29KRUG.html?todaysheadlines ----- The True Arab Leaders By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF At a time when Arab countries face far-reaching choices about economics, democracy, Israel, religion the region needs most what it lacks most: great leaders. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/opinion/29KRIS.html?todaysheadlines ----- The Old Downtown Economy Won't Return By KATHRYN S. WYLDE Lower Manhattan may not be able to win back all of the work force that was there before Sept. 11, however the vitality that the World Trade Center symbolized can brought back in new ways and not only in Lower Manhattan. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/opinion/29WYLD.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE OP-ED NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html?todaysheadlines ------------------------------------- Receive 50% Off Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. Click here: http://www.nytimes.com/ads/headlinestext.html ------------------------------------- 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. 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