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The New York Times on the Web Thursday, December 6, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com /------------------- Sponsored Feature -------------------\ Examine the World of J. R. R. Tolkien The New York Times and New Line Cinema have teamed up to explore the world of J. R. R. Tolkien. This sponsored feature includes articles from the New York Times archives, slide shows of Tolkien's artwork, multimedia presentations from New Line Cinema, weekly trivia quizzes and more. http://www.nytimes.com/specials/advertising/movies/tolkien/index.html \---------------------------------------------------------/ QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "I feel him kicking and I feel happy and then I feel sad." -PAULINA DEL CARMEN CARDONA, on her baby, due four months after her husband, Jose, was killed at the World Trade Center. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/05/nyregion/05BABI.html?todaysheadlines NATIONAL ========================= Justice Dept. Bars Use of Gun Checks in Terror Inquiry The Justice Department has refused to let the F.B.I. check its records to determine whether any people detained after the Sept. 11 attacks had bought guns. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/national/06GUNS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Man Is Arrested in Threats Mailed to Abortion Clinics The fugitive sought in a nationwide wave of hundreds of anthrax threats against abortion clinics, was arrested by federal agents after an employee at a photocopy store recognized him. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/national/06HOAX.html?todaysheadlines ----- Robertson Resigns From Christian Coalition Pat Robertson, the widely televised evangelist, resigned as president of the Christian Coalition, the grass-roots organization he made one of the most powerful political forces in the country. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/national/06CHRI.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html?todaysheadline /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ Listen To George Harrison: A Tribute For Just $1.95! 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Start listening, start enjoying. http://ads.nyt.com/th.ad/th-audible94/audibletext12.6.html/?_RM_REDIR_=http://www.audible.com/nyt/special31 \---------------------------------------------------------/ INTERNATIONAL ========================= Bin Laden Hunted in Caves; Errant U.S. Bomb Kills 3 G.I.'s Opposition forces closed in on the last Al Qaeda stronghold in eastern Afghanistan, while intensified combat in the south led to the deaths of three American soldiers. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/international/asia/06MILI.html?todaysheadlines ----- A New Mideast Battle: Arafat vs. Hamas After 14 months of conflict, the radical group Hamas has gathered such strength that it has as much claim as Yasir Arafat to represent the Palestinian mainstream. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/international/middleeast/06HAMA.html?todaysheadlines ----- As Refugees Suffer, Supplies Sit Unused Near Afghan Border Victims of war and three years of crippling drought, the people of Afghanistan are at the end of their endurance, aid officials say. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/international/asia/06REFU.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html?todaysheadline BUSINESS ========================= AOL Time Warner Gets a New Chief as Levin Departs The chief executive of the world's biggest media company, AOL Time Warner, surprised his company and his industry by announcing that he would retire in May. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/business/media/06AOL.html?todaysheadlines ----- Surge in Stocks Arouses Visions of a New Bull Market Stocks shot sharply higher Wednesday on growing optimism that the economy would quickly rebound. Are millions of investors are jumping to a conclusion too soon? http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/business/06PLAC.html?todaysheadlines ----- Enron Paid Out 'Retention' Bonuses Before Bankruptcy Filing Just days before Enron filed for bankruptcy and laid off 4,000 people, it paid out $55 million in bonuses to about 500 employees. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/business/06ENRO.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE BUSINESS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?todaysheadline TECHNOLOGY ========================= Levin to Retire as Chief Executive of AOL Time Warner AOL Time Warner said that its chief, Gerald Levin, will retire in May and would be succeeded by Richard Parsons, the company's co-chief operating officer. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/05/business/media/05CND-AOL.html?todaysheadlines ----- The Web Turns Conversation Into a Trivia Contest Trivia debates are now easily and definitively settled with the help of the Web. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/technology/circuits/06FACT.html?todaysheadlines ----- Sizing Up Camcorders Made Small This year, JVC, Canon and Sony introduced spectacularly tiny camcorders, but those who buy them must make some severe compromises. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/technology/circuits/06STAT.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadline POLITICS ========================= War on Terrorism Brings Plan to Cut Smithsonian Financing In a sign of its intention to pare spending to pay for the war on terrorism, the Bush administration has proposed substantial cuts in the Smithsonian Institution's budget. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/politics/06SPEN.html?todaysheadlines ----- Vote on Spending Bill Is Risky for Republicans President Bush threatened to veto a military spending bill if it included money he had not sought. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/politics/06CONG.html?todaysheadlines ----- $25 Billion to Aid the Jobless Is Backed by House G.O.P. Leaders House Republican leaders offered to spend about $25 billion to aid the unemployed as major issues before Congress merged in furious end-of-session horse trading. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/politics/06TRAD.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE POLITICS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?todaysheadline SPORTS ========================= Baseball Teams Lost Half a Billion, Selig Says Major League Baseball will claim that it lost more than a half-billion dollars last season in a report that Commissioner Bud Selig will unveil in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/sports/baseball/06BASE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Kidd Gets First Laugh in Marbury's Return Jason Kidd outplayed the player he was traded for last summer, the Suns' point guard Stephon Marbury, and lifted the Nets to an exultant romp over Phoenix. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/sports/basketball/06NETS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Tennessee's Defense Uses Element of Surprise With a new defensive strategy called Prowler, Tennessee sowed fresh confusion and reaped new success at Florida last week. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/sports/ncaafootball/06COLL.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE SPORTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html?todaysheadline ARTS ========================= Looking for the Light in Cabaret Songs Pop standards evoke a comforting continuity between now and then, an assurance that in a climate overwhelmingly devoted to disposable novelty, some things are made to last. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/arts/music/06CABA.html?todaysheadlines ----- How van Gogh Would've Painted, if He'd Been on TV "Rolf on Art" is an idiosyncratic BBC series that is as much about its host, a jovial Australian with a triangular beard, as it is about the artists he discusses. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/arts/television/06ARTS.html?todaysheadlines ----- De Niro Plans a Film Festival in TriBeCa Robert De Niro and the film producer Jane Rosenthal say they intend to bring some economic and emotional relief to the beleaguered southern tip of Manhattan. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/movies/06FEST.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE ARTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?todaysheadline NY REGION ========================= Ex-Chief of Sotheby's Is Convicted of Price Fixing A. Alfred Taubman, principal owner of Sotheby's, was convicted of conspiring with rival Christie's to fix fees charged to auction house sellers. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/arts/06SOTH.html?todaysheadlines ----- Indictments Name 73 Linked to the Genovese Crime Family Federal prosecutors announced sweeping indictments of dozens of people they called leaders and associates of the Genovese crime family. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/nyregion/06MOB.html?todaysheadlines ----- Private Security's Gain Is Public Safety's Loss, Police Say In increasing numbers, the New York Police Department is losing personnel to the private security industry. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/nyregion/06SECU.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NY REGION NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html?todaysheadline OP-ED ========================= 'Voices of Negativism' By WILLIAM SAFIRE Military tribunals are beginning to be recognized by cooler heads in the White House, Defense department and C.I.A. as more than a bit excessive. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/opinion/06SAFI.html?todaysheadlines ----- Yesterday By BOB HERBERT George was only 58 when he died, still a young man, which tells me that 1964 was both a long time ago and only yesterday. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/opinion/06HERB.html?todaysheadlines ----- Rooting Out Terrorists Just Became Harder By JAMES ORENSTEIN Military tribunals may actually make it harder to prevent and punish terrorism. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/opinion/06OREN.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE OP-ED NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html?todaysheadline CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEEDIEST CASES FUND ------------------------------------------------------------ Make an online donation this Holiday Season to The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund to help thousands of people, visit: http://www.nytimes.com/neediestcases HOW TO CHANGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------ You received these headlines because you requested The New York Times Direct e-mail service. 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