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The New York Times on the Web Sunday, March 31, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "Let's be clear about what brought it all to a halt: terrorism." -COLIN L. POWELL, secretary of state, on Mideast talks. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/international/middleeast/30DIPL.html?todaysheadlines NATIONAL ========================= Record Colorado Ski Deaths Prompt Calls for Helmets Ski industry officials in Colorado are puzzling over why more people have died in skiing accidents this winter than ever before. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/national/31SKI.html?todaysheadlines ----- Historian's Fight for Her Reputation May Be Damaging It The historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, who is accused of plagiarism, is trying to repair her damaged reputation, but her efforts may be backfiring. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/books/31GOOD.html?todaysheadlines ----- Parish Embraces a Time of Hope, Not Scandal In Madison, Wis., where sex scandals involving Catholic priests have not reached, clergy must still deal with the damaging effects. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/national/31CHUR.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html?todaysheadlines /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ Digital camera, video camera & webcam in your shirt pocket for under $80 The Y Cam from Oregon Scientific combines your webcam, digital camera and video camera into one convenient, compact unit. 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Security Council with U.S. backing called on Israel to withdraw. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/international/middleeast/31MIDE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Palestinian Goal of Statehood vs. Israeli Aim for Cease-Fire The Bush administration seems unable to resolve Israel's interest in a cease-fire with the Palestinians' interest in starting talks on statehood. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/international/middleeast/31DIPL.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html?todaysheadlines BUSINESS ========================= Andersen Dealt Another Setback as Talks Over Civil Case Stall Settlement talks between Enron shareholders and the company's auditors, Arthur Andersen, broke down as the firm struggled to find new leadership. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/business/30AUDI.html?todaysheadlines ----- Audit Group's Chief to Donate Disputed Stock to a Charity The head of the premier trade group for accountants has decided to give away stock in the group's commercial subsidiary that cost him about $100,000 but is now worth more than $5 million. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/business/30ACCO.html?todaysheadlines ----- Leaderless at Arthur Andersen When Direction Is Needed As Arthur Andersen struggles to survive, it seems to be spinning in all directions, wanting to look forward but unable to effectively deal with its past. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/business/30ARTH.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE BUSINESS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?todaysheadlines TECHNOLOGY ========================= February Computer Chip Sales Off 35% Worldwide sales of computer chips fell 35 percent in February as chip makers outside Japan got more orders from makers of mobile phones and digital cameras. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/technology/30CHIP.html?todaysheadlines ----- Network Associates Renews Contested Bid The computer security provider Network Associates moved ahead with its contested plan to buy the rest of the antivirus software provider McAfee.com Corporation. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/technology/30MCAF.html?todaysheadlines ----- Icahn Competes With Forstmann for XO XO Communications said it was considering a $500 million offer for 50 percent of the unprofitable phone and Internet company by the financier Carl C. Icahn. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/technology/30XOCO.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadlines POLITICS ========================= Bush Insists Responsibility for the Bombings Is Arafat's President Bush said on Friday that he held Yasir Arafat personally responsible for the waves of suicide bombings in Israel. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/international/middleeast/31PREX.html?todaysheadlines ----- In a First, Medicare Coverage Is Authorized for Alzheimer's The Bush administration, in a major change, has authorized Medicare coverage for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, which afflicts nearly four million Americans. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/politics/31MEDI.html?todaysheadlines ----- Bush Strikes Religious Note in an Address for Holidays President Bush reached out to Christians and Jews celebrating Easter and Passover with some of the most religious language he has ever used publicly. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/politics/31RADI.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE POLITICS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?todaysheadlines SPORTS ========================= Hoosiers Stun Oklahoma Indiana used its characteristic resolve and a late surge to startle Oklahoma, 73-64, and advance to the national championship game. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/sports/ncaabasketball/31OKLA.html?todaysheadlines ----- Baseball's Most Hauting Moment It is something any team, any reliever, detests. It is the blown save, two of the ugliest words in baseball. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/sports/baseball/31SAVE.html?todaysheadlines ----- UConn Women Leave Trail of Vanquished Admirers Even those defeated by the Huskies say the team has forged its own distinct grandeur with desire and Swiss-watch fluidity. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/sports/ncaabasketball/31WOME.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE SPORTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html?todaysheadlines ARTS ========================= Listening for the Voices of Women Carol Gilligan finds herself in the same position as other scholars who have been inducted into popular culture: her academic reputation has not followed the same skyward trajectory as her public prestige. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/arts/30GILL.html?todaysheadlines ----- Beverly Sills and Questions of Loyalty The divergence between Beverly Sills and City Opera is striking, prompting confusion among company proponents and no small degree of private speculation about her motivations. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/arts/30SILL.html?todaysheadlines ----- Heart of a Romantic, Head of a Skeptic Billy Wilder was less the cynic his critics liked to dub him than what his longtime collaborator I.A.L. Diamond called a disappointed romantic "whipped cream that's gotten slightly curdled." http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/movies/30KAKU.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE ARTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?todaysheadlines NY REGION ========================= Brother, Can You Spare a Billion? In Albany, Trenton, New York City, and Nassau County, state and local governments are trying to figure out how to plug big budget deficits. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/nyregion/31BUDG.html?todaysheadlines ----- Suit to Seek Food Stamps for Thousands Wrongly Denied Them Advocates for the disabled poor are filing suit to restore distribution of food stamps for those who have been erroneously cut off from them. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/nyregion/31FOOD.html?todaysheadlines ----- In New York, Arabs and Jews Share Many Concerns The storming of Yasir Arafat's compound on Friday has left many interviewed around New York Arabs and Jews alike incensed. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/international/middleeast/31VOIC.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NY REGION NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html?todaysheadlines OP-ED ========================= The Wimps of War By FRANK RICH If the Democrats stand for anything in a time of rapidly expanding war, it's not clear what it is. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/opinion/30RICH.html?todaysheadlines ----- A Loss to Medical Privacy By DONNA E. SHALALA The Bush administration must be careful not to accept changes to regulations that could lead to the misuse of patients' personal health information. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/opinion/30SHAL.html?todaysheadlines ----- More War Is Not the Route to Israeli Security By YOSSI BEILIN The job of the Israeli government is to ensure the safety of its citizens. A war with the Palestinian Authority would ensure exactly the opposite outcome. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/opinion/30BEIL.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. 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