Wednesday, October 30, 2002


Range War in Nevada Pits U.S. Against 2 Shoshone Sisters. Mary and Carrie Dann, two Shoshone Indian sisters contend that the government has no claim to their land or the natural resources beneath it. By Charlie Leduff.
8:32:52 PM    

Making the Web Child-Safe. As the Web has become an electronic playhouse, efforts to protect children have given rise to new sites, software and laws. By Katie Hafner.
8:32:50 PM    

President's Shadow on Brother's Race. If this election is about the political validation of Jeb Bush in Florida, it is also a campaign about the Bush in the White House. By Adam Nagourney.
8:32:49 PM    

Last-Minute Efforts Shift From Talking to Walking. Democrats and Republicans are mounting what their party leaders say are their most aggressive drives ever to get voters to the polls. By David E. Rosenbaum.
8:32:47 PM    

Wedding Ring Is a Millstone in 2 Arkansas Races. The struggling status of Janet Huckabee's campaign for Arkansas secretary of state is affecting her husband Mike's campaign for governor. By David M. Halbfinger.
8:32:46 PM    

Revamping Lags for Polling Service Tied to Flawed Data in 2000. The service that provides the news media with information about how and why major blocs vote the way they do may not operate fully on Tuesday. By Jim Rutenberg.
8:32:45 PM    

Bush Wants Fast Vetting on Judges. President Bush proposed a plan to speed Senate confirmation of his judicial nominees. By Elisabeth Bumiller.
8:32:44 PM    

To Retake House, Democrats Campaign on Buddy System. Democrats have created a formal mentoring program that assigns one or more representatives to tutor candidates in tough House races. By David Firestone.
8:32:43 PM    

Mondale Accepts Party Call to Run in Minnesota Race. Walter F. Mondale replaced Senator Paul Wellstone on the ballot, but his nomination was instantly engulfed in a squabble over the partisan tone of Mr. Wellstone's memorial. By Jodi Wilgoren.
8:32:42 PM    

In Sniper Case, Two Defenders With Two Styles. What brings James Wyda and Joshua Treem together, at least for now, is a case that has been called unwinnable: The John Allen Muhammad case. By Jeffrey Gettleman.
8:32:41 PM    

Study Tells U.S. to Pay More for the Best Medical Care. The National Academy of Sciences said that Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs should reward high-quality health care by paying higher fees or bonuses. By Robert Pear.
8:32:40 PM    

Renewed Calls for Revising Policy on Haitians. Local and national politicians are pressuring President Bush and Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida to end the policy requiring detention of Haitians seeking asylum. By Dana Canedy.
8:32:39 PM    

Panel of Bishops Completes Changes to Zero-Tolerance Policy. A committee of Vatican officials and American bishops announced that they had revised a zero-tolerance policy for dealing with sexually abusive priests. By Frank Bruni with Laurie Goodstein.
8:32:38 PM    

Prosecutor Says U.S. Involvement Did Not Block Sniper Confession. The federal prosecutor accused of interrupting an interrogation to take John Muhammad to court on federal gun charges in the Washington-area sniper case said he was only following the law. By Jayson Blair.
8:32:37 PM    

B's, Not Need, Are Enough for Some State Scholarships. Since Georgia began merit awards, paying tuition for B average seniors who choose local universities despite their economic status, several states have followed suit. By Greg Winter.
8:32:35 PM    

To the Liberal Arts, He Adds Computer Science. Brian Kernighan, a legendary computer scientist, has a new challenge for himself: to demystify digital technology for liberal arts students. By Steve Lohr.
8:32:33 PM    

For the Internet, the Ultimate Test. I IMAGINED the body cold and prone, lying on a stainless steel table under a harsh light as the tall man pried it open and reached inside with shiny tongs.
8:32:32 PM    

Letters to the Editor. What Mature Gamers Need.
8:32:30 PM    

Satellites Help Point the Way to a Speedier Commute. Washington drivers thought traffic was bad. A series of tests using global positioning devices shows they're right. By Jeffrey Selingo.
8:32:26 PM    

Custom Digital Prints Without a Computer. The increasing popularity of digital cameras is creating something of a problem, says Fabia Ochoa, the product manager for photo printers at Epson. By Ian Austen.
8:32:25 PM    

That Old Black Vinyl: A Magical Makeover for the CD. What goes around at 45 revolutions a minute has come around again. By Henry Fountain.
8:32:23 PM    

A Disk on an Armband That Never Skips a Beat. The small size of many MP3 players makes them a natural choice for those who want to listen to music while working out. While a few early models looked like heart monitors on belt clips, some new music players from Nike and Philips Electronics are designed specifically for physically active people. By J.d. Biersdorfer.
8:32:22 PM    

A Versatile Organizer Is All Windows at Heart. With the V35, ViewSonic becomes the 29th company to produce an organizer with an operating system from Microsoft rather than Palm.
8:32:21 PM    

Old Dog, New Tricks: A Brighter C.R.T. Screen. The SyncMaster 957MB C.R.T. monitor might have special appeal for those with both brightness and budget in mind. By J.d. Biersdorfer.
8:32:20 PM    

Pop-Up 'Alerts': Spam in Sheep's Clothing. Q. An alert box popped up on my screen the other day, and I assumed that it indicated a serious Windows XP error. By J.d. Biersdorfer.
8:32:19 PM    

Attention, Cows: Please Speak Into the Microphone. The $139 device, the Bowlingual, "comes a step closer to realizing everyone's childhood dream of conversing with their pet," its Japanese manufacturer says. By Douglas Heingartner.
8:32:18 PM    

A Pad That Recharges With Nubs, Not Wires. A Silicon Valley company, MobileWise, has designed a product that it claims will solve the tangle problem. By Lawrence M. Fisher.
8:32:17 PM    

Fighting Zombies: All in a Night's Work. Dark Fall, which is a haunted train station game; Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths, which tes place on Halloween; and Bloodrayne. By Charles Herold.
8:32:15 PM    

When Headphones Measure Up to the Music. Advances in lightweight headphones have taken the compromise out of listening to music on the go. By Ian Austen.
8:32:14 PM    

The Virtual Stomach (No, It's Not a Diet Aid). A professor of mechanical and bioengineering has turned his expertise in fluid mechanics to an unlikely subject : the roiling contents of the human stomach. By Anne Eisenberg.
8:32:13 PM    

From Inside, Palm Makes a New Start. Palms new hand-helds run on its new Palm 5 operating system dubbed Palm Tungsten. They have a new processor, built-in Bluetooth capability and better resolution. But are they better? By David Pogue.
8:32:12 PM    

The New Leader of I.B.M. Explains His Strategic Course. Samuel J. Palmisano declared that I.B.M. was making a $10-billion bet on a strategic shift toward what it calls "on-demand computing." By Steve Lohr.
8:32:11 PM    

Making the Web Child-Safe. As the Web has become an electronic playhouse, efforts to protect children have given rise to new sites, software and laws. By Katie Hafner.
8:32:10 PM    

Swiss Investor Buys Some Time for BZ Group. Martin Ebner, the outspoken Swiss investor, sold BZ Group's 19.1 percent stake in a specialty chemical manufacturer, Lonza, for $537.2 million. By Alison Langley.
8:32:08 PM    

Slowdown? Don't Tell Toyota Motor. Toyota, the world's third-largest automaker reported record sales, operating income and net profit figures for the first half of the Japanese fiscal year. By Ken Belson.
8:32:07 PM    

Foreign Banks Are Reported to Be Bidders in Korea. Is the South Korean government willing to give foreign bidders a chance to acquire the bank stakes it is selling? By Don Kirk.
8:32:05 PM    

Europe Fines Nintendo $147 Million for Price Fixing. The European Commission fined Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker, $147 million today for colluding with seven European distributors to fix prices on its products. By Paul Meller.
8:32:04 PM    

2 Agencies Merge Back-Office Units. 2 Agencies Merge Back-Office Units.
8:32:02 PM    

A Strong Start For '24' on Fox. The television drama "24" got off to such a roaring start on Tuesday night on Fox that the network will repeat the opening episode on Monday at 9. By The New York Times.
8:32:02 PM    

The New Leader of I.B.M. Explains His Strategic Course. Samuel J. Palmisano declared that I.B.M. was making a $10-billion bet on a strategic shift toward what it calls "on-demand computing." By Steve Lohr.
8:32:00 PM    

From Low-Key Boutique to Pressure-Cooker Firm. Sallie Krawcheck is highly regarded for her intelligence and drive. She will need both now to run the research and retail brokerage departments of Citigroup. By Alex Berenson.
8:31:59 PM    

Do Lower Taxes Mean Faster Economic Growth?. The degree of misleading information emanating from both Washington and the media about how taxes affect the economy is disturbing. By Jeff Madrick.
8:31:58 PM    

Vivendi Is Said to Be Near Sale of Houghton. Vivendi Universal is planning to sell Houghton Mifflin to a consortium of financiers led by the Blackstone Group, for about $1.7 billion. By Suzanne Kapner and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
8:31:57 PM    

War Inflates Cocoa Prices but Leaves Africans Poor. As persistently small cocoa crops drove prices up over the last two years, cocoa bean farmers in Africa enjoyed little of the gain. By Alan Cowell.
8:31:56 PM    

Mortgage Index Declines. An index of applications for mortgages fell last week to a three-month low as home purchases and refinancing declined. By Bloomberg News.
8:31:55 PM    

Clorox Announces 84% Profit Increase, Beating Forecasts. OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 30 (Bloomberg News) ÷ The Clorox Company said today that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 84 percent because of lower expenses and increased sales of new products. The company also said it planned to sell its money-losing Brazilian business. By Bloomberg News.
8:31:53 PM    

U.S. to Challenge Deal by EchoStar to Acquire DirecTV. The Justice Department plans to go to court to challenge EchoStar's proposed $26 billion acquisition of Hughes and its DirecTV satellite business. By Andrew Ross Sorkin.
8:31:52 PM    

Talisman to Sell Its Stake in Company in Sudan. Talisman Energy said that it was ending a controversial investment in Sudan by selling its stake in the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company for $758 million. By The New York Times.
8:31:51 PM    

Judge Permits a Litigator to Join the Welch Divorce Team. A Connecticut judge agreed to allow Dan K. Webb to join the legal team working on the divorce of John F. Welch Jr., the former chief executive of G.E. By Geraldine Fabrikant.
8:31:50 PM    

Indictment Is Seen for Ex-Enron Official. Andrew S. Fastow, the former chief financial officer of Enron, is expected to be indicted this week on charges that he manipulated a series of off-the-books partnerships to disguise the company's financial performance while enriching himself with millions of dollars, people involved in the case said yesterday. By The New York Times.
8:31:49 PM    

Setting Its Sights High, Levi's Aims Low With New Jeans. Hoping to reverse years of declining market share, Levi Strauss & Company brought forth a cheaper brand of jeans to take the company into discount stores for the first time. By Tracie Rozhon.
8:31:47 PM    

Stock Sale Inquiry Exonerates Chairman of HealthSouth. HealthSouth said that an investigation by an outside law firm into the recent stock sales of its chairman, Richard M. Scrushy, had found no evidence of wrongdoing. By Reed Abelson.
8:31:45 PM    

An Old-Time Newspaper War for Young Loyalties. The launch of RedEye, a 60-page Chicago Tribune spinoff, is stoking the flames of a heated battle for the coveted 18- to 34-year-old demographic. By Felicity Barringer.
8:31:43 PM    

Citigroup Picks Analyst to Run a New Division for Research. Citigroup said that it had hired Sallie L. Krawcheck, the chief executive of Sanford C. Bernstein, to lead a separate division for its stock research and brokerage businesses. By Riva D. Atlas.
8:31:42 PM    

Japan Settles for Baby Steps to Help Banks Buried in Debt. To help erase Japanese bank's bad debts ÷ officially estimated at $422 billion but probably two to three times that ÷ the new program offered banks some carrots. By James Brooke.
8:31:41 PM    

Prosecutor Says U.S. Involvement Did Not Block Sniper Confession. The federal prosecutor accused of interrupting an interrogation to take John Muhammad to court on federal gun charges in the Washington-area sniper case said he was only following the law. By Jayson Blair.
8:31:38 PM    

Kabul to Send Team to Check on Afghans Held at Guant[omega]namo. President Hamid Karzai announced the move after meeting with three Afghan men freed this week who said they had been wrongly detained for months. By David Rohde.
8:31:37 PM    

Do Lower Taxes Mean Faster Economic Growth?. The degree of misleading information emanating from both Washington and the media about how taxes affect the economy is disturbing. By Jeff Madrick.
8:31:36 PM    

Bush Wants Fast Vetting on Judges. President Bush proposed a plan to speed Senate confirmation of his judicial nominees. By Elisabeth Bumiller.
8:31:35 PM    

Germany and U.S. Tentatively Ease Chill in Relationship. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and Germany's foreign minister sought to patch up troubled U.S.-German relations on Wednesday. By Steven R. Weisman.
8:31:33 PM    

War Inflates Cocoa Prices but Leaves Africans Poor. As persistently small cocoa crops drove prices up over the last two years, cocoa bean farmers in Africa enjoyed little of the gain. By Alan Cowell.
8:31:31 PM    

Slowdown? Don't Tell Toyota Motor. Toyota, the world's third-largest automaker reported record sales, operating income and net profit figures for the first half of the Japanese fiscal year. By Ken Belson.
8:31:30 PM    

Japan Settles for Baby Steps to Help Banks Buried in Debt. To help erase Japanese bank's bad debts ÷ officially estimated at $422 billion but probably two to three times that ÷ the new program offered banks some carrots. By James Brooke.
8:31:28 PM    

Foreign Banks Are Reported to Be Bidders in Korea. Is the South Korean government willing to give foreign bidders a chance to acquire the bank stakes it is selling? By Don Kirk.
8:31:27 PM    

Europe Fines Nintendo $147 Million for Price Fixing. The European Commission fined Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker, $147 million today for colluding with seven European distributors to fix prices on its products. By Paul Meller.
8:31:26 PM    

Paris Museums Make Plans in Case Seine Turns Nasty. The specter of a repetition of the floods that swamped Paris in 1910 has prompted the French government to order measures to safeguard the art collections at Paris museums close to the Seine. By Alan Riding.
8:31:24 PM    

Swiss Investor Buys Some Time for BZ Group. Martin Ebner, the outspoken Swiss investor, sold BZ Group's 19.1 percent stake in a specialty chemical manufacturer, Lonza, for $537.2 million. By Alison Langley.
8:31:23 PM    

For a Sickening Encounter, Just Turn on the Tap. Plenty of cities have water problems, but few have water problems to rival those of Karachi, Pakistan. By Michael Wines.
8:31:22 PM    

A New Aria for the Architect of Sydney's Opera House. Joern Utzon, who designed the Sydney Opera House in 1957, is now working on plans for the building's renovation and expansion. By John Shaw.
8:31:22 PM    

Japan-North Korea Talks Conclude With Deep Splits. Japan and North Korea ended negotiations on Wednesday, angrily talking past each other on issues that each side depicts as the obstacles to normalized relations. By Howard W. French.
8:31:20 PM    

At Sea, an Aircraft Carrier Is Ready for a 911 Call. Aboard the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, everyone is waiting for orders on Iraq By James Brooke.
8:31:19 PM    

For Americans in Mideast, a Daily Balance of Risk. In the wake of an attack on a U.S. diplomat in Jordan on Monday, Americans are assessing how to lower their profiles. By Neil Macfarquhar.
8:31:18 PM    

Central African Republic Says It Has Ended Armed Rebellion. The government of the Central African Republic said on Wednesday that its forces had recaptured the capital, Bangui, from rebels. By Agence France-presse.
8:31:17 PM    

Crash in Iran Kills 2 M.P.'s. Two members of Parliament were killed and one was severely injured on Wednesday when their car ran off a cliff in northern Iran, a state news agency reported. By The New York Times.
8:31:16 PM    

Kabul to Send Team to Check on Afghans Held at Guant[omega]namo. President Hamid Karzai announced the move after meeting with three Afghan men freed this week who said they had been wrongly detained for months. By David Rohde.
8:31:13 PM    

Swedes Drop Hijacking Charge Against Armed Man at Airport. A Swedish prosecutor has dropped hijacking charges against a man who was arrested when he tried to board a flight with a gun in his toiletry kit. By Desmond Butler.
8:31:13 PM    

Relations With U.S. a Challenge for Leftist Elected in Brazil. The election of Luiz In[omega]cio Lula da Silva promises a more complicated era in relations between the hemisphere's two biggest countries. By Larry Rohter.
8:31:12 PM    

Belgrade Accused of Involvement in Arms Sales to Baghdad. There remain unanswered questions about the links between a factory in Bosnia, the Yugoslav state trading company and a ship seized in Croatian waters. By Daniel Simpson.
8:31:11 PM    

I.R.A. Breaks Off All Contact With Disarmament Overseers. The Irish Republican Army said on Wednesday that it had broken off all contact with the panel set up to oversee disarmament of Northern Ireland's paramilitary organizations. By Brian Lavery.
8:31:10 PM    

Series of Bombings Shake Soweto, Killing One. The bombings on Wednesday killed one person and wounded another in what the South African police suspect was a coordinated strike by white extremists. By Henri E. Cauvin.
8:31:10 PM    

Germany and U.S. Tentatively Ease Chill in Relationship. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and Germany's foreign minister sought to patch up troubled U.S.-German relations on Wednesday. By Steven R. Weisman.
8:31:09 PM    

Attacks on Schools for Girls Hint at Lingering Split in Afghanistan. The timing of four attacks, as well as an anonymous letter, appear to confirm that Islamic militants have begun a campaign against the education of girls. By David Rohde.
8:31:08 PM    

Party With Islamic Roots Likely to Win Turkish Vote. The expected victory in Sunday's elections is seen by some as a crucial test of how well democracy and a greater emphasis on Islam can co-exist. By Ian Fisher.
8:31:06 PM    

Russian Official Confirms Opiate Used in Theater Raid. Russia's top health official said today that the gas used in the storming of a Moscow theater held by Chechen gunmen was based on fentanyl, a fast-acting opiate. By The Associated Press.
8:31:04 PM    

Sharon Coalition Shatters as Labor Quits Over Budget. The move splits the coalition government after 19 months and is expected to drive the Israeli government to the right. By James Bennet.
8:31:03 PM    

Vital Statistics. Despite the terrible toll that guns in the wrong hands are taking, there is tremendous resistance to even the most modest efforts to control the spread of guns among criminals. By Bob Herbert.
7:31:11 PM    

Chance for Change in Israel. If early elections are called, Israel's Labor Party should keep to its current course and offer the electorate a real alternative to existing policy on Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
7:31:09 PM    

They Called It Witchcraft. Were the Salem witch trials a response to the trauma of war? By Mary Beth Norton.
6:31:19 PM    

An Olympic Mistake. Hosting the 2012 Olympic Games would be no prize for New York City. By Wendy Fried.
6:31:19 PM    

On Playing Hunches. A columnist should play a hunch now and then, taking readers beyond the published news, using logic and experience to figure out what may be happening now or to predict what will happen soon. By William Safire.
6:31:18 PM    

Report Card Gets an F. Report Card Gets an F To the Editor:.
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Bring On Bridge Tolls!. Bring On Bridge Tolls! To the Editor:.
6:31:16 PM    

Antitrust Enforcement. Antitrust Enforcement To the Editor:.
6:31:14 PM    

Shameless Plugs of Yore. Shameless Plugs of Yore To the Editor:.
6:31:13 PM    

Teenagers and Freedom. Teenagers and Freedom To the Editor:.
6:31:12 PM    

Asylum for Haitians. Asylum for Haitians To the Editor:.
6:31:12 PM    

The Wellstone Standard. The Wellstone Standard To the Editor:.
6:31:10 PM    

Careful, Not Nervous. Careful, Not Nervous To the Editor:.
6:31:09 PM    

A Death Sentence in the Sniper Case?. A Death Sentence In the Sniper Case? To the Editor:.
6:31:08 PM    

New Ways to Get Out the Vote. New Ways to Get Out the Vote To the Editor:.
6:31:07 PM    

Second Frost. Living your whole life in one place affords a depth of repetition and an attention to the subtlety of change. By Verlyn Klinkenborg.
6:31:06 PM    

Re-elect Eliot Spitzer. Eliot Spitzer has emerged as a savvy and responsible champion of the public interest, easily earning our endorsement for a second term over his token Republican opponent, Dora Irizarry, a former state court judge.
6:31:05 PM    

A Win for Medical Marijuana. A federal appeals court in California this week struck an important blow for medical marijuana, and for the First Amendment, when it held that the government cannot revoke the licenses of doctors who recommend marijuana to their patients.
6:31:03 PM    

Federal Panel Suggests Incentives for Improving Health Care. The National Academy of Sciences said today that government programs should reward high-quality health care by paying higher fees or bonuses to the best doctors, hospitals, nursing homes and health maintenance organizations. By Robert Pear.
2:31:08 PM    

DuPont to Cut 650 Jobs. WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- DuPont plans to cut 650 jobs as part of a restructuring of its coatings and color technologies unit. By The Associated Press.
11:31:12 AM    

Dynegy Reports $1.8 Billion Loss. HOUSTON (AP) -- Struggling energy merchant Dynegy Inc. reported a $1.8 billion loss for the third quarter, attributing its performance to special charges and lower power prices. Shares of Dynegy fell more than 7 percent. By The Associated Press.
11:31:11 AM    

Qwest Reports Wider Quarterly Loss. Qwest Communications said its loss widened to $214 million in the third quarter as revenue fell 13.2 percent from a year ago. By The Associated Press.
11:31:11 AM    

Last Ditch Merger Effort Fails to Charm Enforcers. U.S. antitrust enforcers are unmoved by last-ditch concessions from EchoStar and Hughes Electronics designed to win approval of their proposed $19.1 billion merger. By Reuters.
11:31:10 AM    

Citigroup to Separate Stock Research. Citigroup is separating its stock research from its investment banking operation. Securities regulators and the New York attorney general are investigating conflicts of interest at banks and brokerage houses. By The Associated Press.
11:31:10 AM    

Minnesota Republican Gets Campaign Up and Running Again. Norm Coleman resumed campaigning after Tuesday's memorial service for Senator Paul Wellstone while former Vice President Walter Mondale said he would run if nominated. By Jodi Wilgoren.
11:31:02 AM    

Japan and North Korea End Talks After Modest Progress. Japan and North Korea ended two days of negotiations, angrily talking past each other on issues that each side depicts as the major obstacles to normalized relations. By Howard W. French.
9:31:09 AM    

Indonesian Police Release Bali Suspect Sketches. Indonesian police released sketches of three suspects today who allegedly planted bombs in two Bali nightclubs. By The Associated Press.
8:31:13 AM    

Israel Budget Deal Seems Near. Negotiations were apparently coming close to bridging differences that have brought the 19-month-old coalition government close to breaking apart. By James Bennet.
8:31:13 AM    

Stocks Wobble Near the Breakeven Point. Investors were ahead of a rush of economic data due later this week. By Reuters.
8:31:08 AM    

The Sense of Touch, 3,000 Miles Away. Two scientists -- one in London and one in Boston -- picked up a computer-generated cube between them and moved it, each responding to the force the other exerted on it other exerted on it. By Reuters.
8:31:04 AM    

I.B.M. to Outline Computing Vision. Sam Palmisano, I.B.M.'s chief, is expected to present the companys vision of computing for key customers, analysts and some journalists at a meeting today. By John G. Spooner, Staff Writer, News.com.
8:31:03 AM    

Latin America Starts Internet Registry. Latin America and the Caribbean took over responsibility for managing their own Internet addresses, with the establishment of a regional Internet registry. By The Associated Press.
8:31:02 AM    

Iranian Leader Says U.S. Helps bin Laden's Image. President Mohammad Khatami of Iran said that his country opposed a war against neighboring Iraq and charged that Washington's campaign against terrorism was misguided. By Elaine Sciolino.
7:31:21 AM    

U.S. to Add to Forces in Horn of Africa. The U.S. is increasing its forces, allowing them to remain positioned to stage attacks against fighters for Al Qaeda who are believed to be hiding throughout the region. By Eric Schmitt.
7:31:20 AM    

The Funerals Begin, and Russians Are Swept by Grief and Questions. The U.S. ambassador to Russia said that secrecy about the use of a powerful anesthetic gas may have needlessly raised the toll in Saturday's raid on Chechen terrorists in a Moscow theater. By Michael Wines and Steven Lee Myers.
7:31:18 AM    

As U.S. Seeks a Trade Accord, Brazilians Recall Discord. In Ecuador, top trade negotiators from the U.S. will sit down with trade ministers to develop a blueprint for negotiating a free-trade zone from Canada to the southern tip of Argentina. By Edmund L. Andrews.
7:31:16 AM    

Tensions Rise Over Who Will Prosecute, and How. The Justice Department brought federal charges against John Muhammad that could end in his execution. Tensions are high over where and how he should be prosecuted. By Eric Lichtblau.
7:31:15 AM    

Gene-Mappers Take New Aim at Diseases. A $100 million project to develop a new kind of map of the human genome was announced by an international consortium. By Nicholas Wade.
7:31:13 AM    

Many Workers Ignored Anthrax Pill Regimen. Most postal, government and media workers who were advised to take an antibiotic to prevent inhalation anthrax a year ago failed to complete the full course of therapy. By Lawrence K. Altman.
7:31:12 AM    

Since Attacks, U.S. Admits Fewer Refugees. The number of refugees admitted to the United States declined sharply in the 2002 fiscal year because security concerns stemming from the Sept. 11 attacks bogged down the screening process. By Christopher Marquis.
7:31:11 AM    

Muslim-as-Apple-Pie Videos Are Greeted With Skepticism. Four videos about the life of American Muslims are part of a campaign to sell the U.S. to a skeptical and in places, hostile Muslim world. By Jane Perlez.
7:31:09 AM    

Is Worse Actually Better? Some in Stocks Think So. Two weak readings might force Federal Reserve policy makers, who meet today, to cut the central bank's benchmark short-term interest rate a quarter point to 1.50 percent. By Jonathan Fuerbringer.
6:31:11 AM    

Danish Police Detain Chechen Envoy. Akhmed Zakayev was detained by Danish authorities Tuesday night after Russia said he may have been involved in the Moscow hostage siege and other terror attacks. By The Associated Press.
5:31:12 AM    

Palestinian Gunman Kills 3 in West Bank Settlement. A Palestinian gunman killed two teenage girls and a woman during a shooting rampage in a West Bank settlement before being killed by soldiers and local residents. By The Associated Press.
5:31:11 AM    

'Enemy Combatant' Fights to Obtain Counsel. Lawyers for Jose Padilla, the man accused of plotting to explode a radioactive bomb in the United States, argued to a federal judge in New York yesterday that the government should not be allowed to deny his right to counsel By Benjamin Weiser.
12:31:10 AM