Tuesday, February 4, 2003

Technology Briefing: Internet. FORUM WILL FOCUS ON UNSOLICITED E-MAIL;. 9:20:03 PM

Gypsies' Suit Against I.B.M. Is Given Green Light by Swiss Court. A Swiss court has cleared the way for hearings in a $12 billion lawsuit against the computer giant I.B.M. by a group of Gypsy organizations. By Peter S. Green. 9:20:02 PM

U.S. Delays Suing Europe Over Ban on Modified Food. With war looming in Iraq, the Bush administration has postponed filing a case against the European Union for its ban on genetically modified food. By Elizabeth Becker. 9:20:01 PM

Capitalism Spawns a New Leisure Class: Mall Rats. The "rats" and their habitat are still rarities in Moscow. But the word is spreading that the mall is the place to be. By Sabrina Tavernise. 9:19:59 PM

Cost-Cutting Lets Daimler Post Profit. Reaping the benefits of a stringent cost-cutting, DaimlerChrysler of Germany swung from a net loss to a profit in the fourth quarter. By Mark Landler. 9:19:59 PM

Profit Up 50% at Irish Discount Airline. While other airlines struggle with high costs and weak traffic, Ryanair, the Irish discount airline, is enjoying healthy growth. By Brian Lavery. 9:19:58 PM

Where Banks Pay Borrowers to Borrow Money. Economic stagnation in Japan has obliged the central bank to keep interest rates very nearly zero for years. By Ken Belson. 9:19:58 PM

G.E. Buying British Consumer Loan Operation. Abbey National, a big British bank, will sell most of its consumer lending division to General Electric for $1.4 billion in cash. By Suzanne Kapner. 9:19:57 PM

Killing Puzzles the Police And Spector's Friends Too. Detectives are stumped for a motive, and friends too wonder about the connection between rock producer Phil Spector and the B-movie actress he is charged with murdering. By Rick Lyman. 9:19:57 PM

News Service President Retiring After 18 Years. Louis D. Boccardi, the president and chief executive of The Associated Press, is retiring after 18 years as the top executive of the news cooperative. By Felicity Barringer. 9:19:56 PM

Prime-Time Shows Are Getting Sexier. "Fastline" and "Joe Millionaire" are among the growing number of family-hour shows that include sexual content. By Alessandra Stanley. 9:19:56 PM

Filmmakers Seek Protection From U.S. Dominance. Representatives of cultural organizations from 35 countries met this week to to promote adoption of a global convention on cultural diversity. By Alan Riding. 9:19:55 PM

Turner Opposed ABC Deal. Ted Turner, the founder of the CNN, opposed a merger of CNN and ABC News. But executives said his opposition would make little difference. By Bill Carter. 9:19:55 PM

Reebok Ad Tackles Nike Commercial. Reebok Ad Tackles Nike Commercial. 9:19:54 PM

Some Progress for Interpublic. As a deadline nears for renegotiating loan agreements with banks, the Interpublic of Companies in New York seems to be making some progress in addressing its financial problems. By Stuart Elliott. 9:19:54 PM

Court Battle Over Paxil. A key drug patent trial begins as GlaxoSmithKline squares off in federal court against Apotex, a maker of generic drugs. By Reed Abelson. 9:19:53 PM

Genzyme Outlook Clouded. The Genzyme Corporation, a biotechnology company based here, said today that profit for 2003 would probably be below analysts' expectations because of higher costs, setting off an 8 percent decline in its share price. By Bloomberg News. 9:19:53 PM

Cablevision Unimpressed by YES Offer. A continuing price dispute with the cable home of the Yankees and Nets has kept the teams' games off Cablevision systems in the New York region. By Richard Sandomir. 9:19:52 PM

Sailors, Runaways and Now, Bicoastal Hoteliers. New owners hope that a hotel with windows shaped like portholes will be popular among hip visitors to New York. By Nadine Brozan. 9:19:52 PM

Layoffs Create Glut of Space in Boston Area. Boston's high vacancies and falling rents have created the fastest, most severe property market contraction on record. By Susan Diesenhouse. 9:19:51 PM

New Products Aid Colgate Net. Colgate-Palmolive said yesterday that fourth-quarter profit rose 15 percent after new products like its teeth-whitening gel led to the biggest sales gain in five years. By Bloomberg News. 9:19:51 PM

Oxford Health Profit Falls After Charge. Fourth-quarter earnings at Oxford Health Plans dropped 22 percent, the company said, reflecting a charge related to securities lawsuits brought in 1997. By Dow Jones. 9:19:50 PM

Rebuilding Effort Could Help Space Industry in Long Run. Analysts who follow the business of building and launching rockets and satellites anticipate that the loss of the space shuttle could eventually help rather than hurt the industry. By Barnaby J. Feder. 9:19:49 PM

Hydrogen Cars Remain Decades in the Future Under New Budget. The Bush administration plan to spur development of hydrogen cars does not envision mass production until 2020. By Danny Hakim. 9:19:48 PM

U.S. Factory Orders Increased 0.4% in December. Demand for manufacturers' products increased in December, the Commerce Department said yesterday, with factory orders rising 0.4 percent over November, when orders fell 0.8 percent. By Dow Jones. 9:19:48 PM

House Raises Questions on Dividend Taxes and Deficit. House Republicans, President Bush's strongest base of loyalty in Congress, were skeptical today about his plans for eliminating most taxes on dividends and for running large deficits in the foreseeable future. By Edmund L. Andrews. 9:19:47 PM

Smallpox Researchers Seek Help From Millions of Computer Users. A group of research universities and corporations are announcing on Wednesday a networked computer project intended to accelerate the search for a cure for smallpox. By Steve Lohr. 9:19:47 PM

Amended Lawsuit Accuses Some Stewart Executives. Senior executives at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia knew Ms. Stewart was under investigation for her sale of shares in ImClone Systems before the inquiry was disclosed to the public. By Constance L. Hays. 9:19:46 PM

Some Trades in S.&P. Futures Are Canceled After Odd Surge. More than $170 million in futures trades in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index were canceled after the Chicago Mercantile Exchange concluded that a spike that sent prices up had occurred for no good reason. By Floyd Norris. 9:19:46 PM

Enron Trader Pleads Guilty. A former senior trader with Enron pleaded guilty to illegally manipulating the California power market during that state's energy crisis. By Kurt Eichenwald. 9:19:45 PM

Tyco Plans Its Meeting in Bermuda. Despite proclaiming its commitment to corporate governance, Tyco plans to hold its annual meeting in Bermuda, where few of its shareholders will be able to attend. By Alex Berenson. 9:19:45 PM

Cisco Sees No Upturn Soon for Technology Spending. Cisco Systems, the maker of Internet network equipment, reported that its sales held steady last quarter amid a continued technology downturn. By Matt Richtel. 9:19:44 PM

Bush Budget Increases Push to Find Tax Cheats. President Bush's proposed budget would increase by at least a third the number of audits of taxpayers suspected of hiding income. By David Cay Johnston. 9:19:44 PM

Economic Woes Hit Law Firms. Law firms are being squeezed by clients trying to cut costs and their own rising costs. Some firms are collapsing under the pressure. By Jonathan D. Glater. 9:19:43 PM

Nothing Like Big Deficits to Hearten Bond Traders. The $300 billion deficits projected for this fiscal year and next are reassuring for many Treasury securities traders. By Jonathan Fuerbringer. 9:19:42 PM

Dividend Plan Drops Penalty for Borrowers Who Buy Stock. The Bush administration has reversed course and decided not to penalize individual investors who borrow money to buy dividend-paying stock. By Floyd Norris. 9:19:41 PM

Cost-Cutting Lets Daimler Post Profit. Reaping the benefits of a stringent cost-cutting, DaimlerChrysler of Germany swung from a net loss to a profit in the fourth quarter. By Mark Landler. 9:19:38 PM

Profit Up 50% at Irish Discount Airline. While other airlines struggle with high costs and weak traffic, Ryanair, the Irish discount airline, is enjoying healthy growth. By Brian Lavery. 9:19:38 PM

G.E. Buying British Consumer Loan Operation. Abbey National, a big British bank, will sell most of its consumer lending division to General Electric for $1.4 billion in cash. By Suzanne Kapner. 9:19:37 PM

Where Banks Pay Borrowers to Borrow Money. Economic stagnation in Japan has obliged the central bank to keep interest rates very nearly zero for years. By Ken Belson. 9:19:37 PM

World Briefing: Middle East. EGYPT: Democracy Advocate On Trial Again;. 9:19:36 PM

World Briefing: Asia. THAILAND: Apologies From Cambodia Accepted;. 9:19:36 PM

Filmmakers Seek Protection From U.S. Dominance. Representatives of cultural organizations from 35 countries met this week to to promote adoption of a global convention on cultural diversity. By Alan Riding. 9:19:35 PM

On a Mission to Shine a Spotlight on Genocide. Samantha Power's book about American responses to genocide has prompted new debates about the moral responsibilities that go with American power. By Celestine Bohlen. 9:19:35 PM

In Piedmont, a New Landscape for Barolo. The decades-long struggle between the traditionalists and the innovators is dissolving into a search for identity and good wine. By Eric Asimov. 9:19:34 PM

Weeks of Hectic Diplomacy. Tuesday, Feb. 4 Le Touquet, France Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain meets President Jacques Chirac of France. 9:19:34 PM

Blair Tries to Sell a Military Solution for Iraq, but Chirac Won't Buy It. Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain did not get the backing he needed for a second Security Council resolution that would explicitly endorse war. By Craig S. Smith. 9:19:33 PM

A Diverse Band of Volunteers Sends a Warning to America. Perhaps 50,000 militia members marched to prove that ordinary Iraqis are armed and ready to fight if the U.S. carries out its threat to attack Iraq. By Ian Fisher. 9:19:33 PM

Iraq Has No Banned Arms, Hussein Says in Interview. In a rare televised interview that was broadcast, Saddam Hussein denied that Iraq possessed any weapons of mass destruction or had any links to the terror network Al Qaeda. By Don Van Natta Jr.. 9:19:32 PM

Top Politician Indicates Turkey May Join U.S. Effort Against Iraq. Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested on Tuesday that Turkey could forfeit influence over events in Iraq if it stayed out of an American-led war. By Dexter Filkins. 9:19:31 PM

Afghans No. 1 in Opium. Afghanistan was the world's largest source of illicit opium in 2002, according to a United Nations report released on Monday. By The New York Times. 9:19:30 PM

Russia Halts Tourist Trips Into Space in Emergency. The decision deprives the Russian Aviation and Space Agency of a sideline that had added as much as $20 million per tourist to a program whose entire budget totals only $266 million. By Michael Wines. 9:19:29 PM

Rumsfeld Defends General Investigated by Pentagon. The Pentagon confirmed on Tuesday that Gen. Tommy R. Franks is under investigation for possible abuse of his office. By Thom Shanker. 9:19:29 PM

For French Art Thief, It Was Love at First Sight. A Frenchman on trial in Switzerland for stealing works of art from museums told the court that he could not resist the eyes on the woman in the first painting he stole. By The New York Times. 9:19:28 PM

Off With Her Crown! Miss Brazil Hid a Vital Statistic (Marriage). Pageant organizers dethroned Joseane de Oliveira, 21, after she confirmed reports that she had been married before winning last year's contest. By Tony Smith. 9:19:27 PM

Gypsies' Suit Against I.B.M. Is Given Green Light by Swiss Court. A Swiss court has cleared the way for hearings in a $12 billion lawsuit against the computer giant I.B.M. by a group of Gypsy organizations. By Peter S. Green. 9:19:27 PM

Capitalism Spawns a New Leisure Class: Mall Rats. The "rats" and their habitat are still rarities in Moscow. But the word is spreading that the mall is the place to be. By Sabrina Tavernise. 9:19:26 PM

New Name, Similar Struggles for Group of African Nations. The new African Union struggled at its first summit meeting to distinguish itself from the body it replaced, the Organization of African Unity. By Marc Lacey. 9:19:26 PM

Europe Debates Whether to Admit God to Union. A group of politicians will meet to debate whether or not the European Union's future constitution should include a reference to the divine. By Thomas Fuller, International Herald Tribune. 9:19:25 PM

Blair, Out to Change Lords, Trips in House of Commons. The House of Commons dealt Prime Minister Tony Blair a rare parliamentary setback by rejecting his preferred choice of an all-appointed House of Lords. By Warren Hoge. 9:19:25 PM

Smallpox Researchers Seek Help From Millions of Computer Users. A group of research universities and corporations are announcing on Wednesday a networked computer project intended to accelerate the search for a cure for smallpox. By Steve Lohr. 9:19:24 PM

London Imam Is Removed as Leader of Mosque. The government contends that the Finsbury Park mosque is a recruitment center for violent Islamic militants. By Don Van Natta Jr.. 9:19:24 PM

Yugoslavia Is Again Reinvented, in Name and Structure. Lawmakers in Belgrade consigned the name Yugoslavia to the history books on Tuesday, endorsing the constitution of a new union. By Daniel Simpson. 9:19:23 PM

U.S. Delays Suing Europe Over Ban on Modified Food. With war looming in Iraq, the Bush administration has postponed filing a case against the European Union for its ban on genetically modified food. By Elizabeth Becker. 9:19:23 PM

U.S. Official Says North Korea Could Sell Bomb Material. North Korea's recent moves could enable the country to build four to six new nuclear weapons within months. By James Dao. 9:19:22 PM

Powell to Charge Iraq Is Shifting Its Illegal Arms to Foil Inspectors. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's presentation will include intercepted communications within Iraq indicating a pattern of hiding illegal weapons. By Julia Preston with Steven R. Weisman. 9:19:21 PM

Aid to Poor Faces Tighter Scrutiny. President Bush's budget proposes new eligibility requirements that would make it harder for low-income families to obtain government benefits. By Robert Pear. 9:19:19 PM

Critics Say School Funding Falls Short of Promises. As educators from around the country digested next year's federal education budget, many said the administration pledged more support than it delivered. By Diana Jean Schemo. 9:19:19 PM

Jurors Who Convicted Marijuana Grower Seek New Trial. Five jurors in the trial of a medicinal marijuana advocate issued a public apology to him and demanded that the judge grant him a new trial. By Dean E. Murphy. 9:19:18 PM

Killing Puzzles the Police And Spector's Friends Too. Detectives are stumped for a motive, and friends too wonder about the connection between rock producer Phil Spector and the B-movie actress he is charged with murdering. By Rick Lyman. 9:19:17 PM

President Pledges U.S. Will Continue to Explore Space. President Bush hailed the astronauts of the space shuttle Columbia as seven lost explorers of great daring and purpose. By Elisabeth Bumiller. 9:19:17 PM

Technology Briefing: Telecommunications. 350,000 SUBSCRIBERS FOR VIRGIN MOBILE; NEXT LEVEL SUES MOTOROLA OVER TAKEOVER BID; LEVEL 3 CLOSES GENUITY DEAL AT LOWER PRICE;. 9:19:16 PM

Technology Briefing: Internet. FORUM WILL FOCUS ON UNSOLICITED E-MAIL;. 9:19:15 PM

Technology Briefing: Hardware. PALM LOWERS PRICE TO LIFT SALES;. 9:19:14 PM

Gypsies' Suit Against I.B.M. Is Given Green Light by Swiss Court. A Swiss court has cleared the way for hearings in a $12 billion lawsuit against the computer giant I.B.M. by a group of Gypsy organizations. By Peter S. Green. 9:19:09 PM

19 Charged in Identity Theft That Netted $7 Million in Tax Refunds. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have charged 19 people with being part of an identity theft ring in the Bronx. By Benjamin Weiser. 9:19:08 PM

Cisco Sees No Upturn Soon for Technology Spending. Cisco Systems, the maker of Internet network equipment, reported that its sales held steady last quarter amid a continued technology downturn. By Matt Richtel. 9:19:07 PM

Smallpox Researchers Seek Help From Millions of Computer Users. A group of research universities and corporations are announcing on Wednesday a networked computer project intended to accelerate the search for a cure for smallpox. By Steve Lohr. 9:19:06 PM

Timing Is Everything. As the allies debate when to take military action in Iraq, the timing is driving the politics. By Michael R. Gordon. 9:19:05 PM

House Members Question White House's Budget Plan. President Bush's budget chief encountered deep hostility from Democrats and skepticism from some Republicans on Capitol Hill today. By David Stout. 9:19:02 PM

World Business Briefing: Asia. JAPAN: Wages Decline; JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric Profit; SOUTH KOREA: Refiner Posts Profit; INDIA: Currency Rating Raised;. 1:31:42 PM

Plot Twist for a Gay Bookstore: The Last Chapter Actually Isn't. The Oscar Wilde Bookshop in Greenwich Village, the oldest gay and lesbian bookstore in the country, has been sold and will not have to close. By Marc Santora. 1:31:41 PM

Alcatel Posts Fourth Quarter Loss. Alcatel reported a narrower loss of $1.2 billion for the fourth quarter of 2002 and forecast that sales would drop 25 percent in the current quarter. By The Associated Press. 1:31:40 PM

Factory Orders Rebound in December. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's manufacturers saw demand for their products grow in December, offering a dose of good news for an industry that has been struggling. By The Associated Press. 1:31:39 PM

DaimlerChrysler Rebounds to $182 Million Profit. DaimlerChrysler posted a fourth-quarter profit of $182 million, rebounding from a loss a year earlier as its costly restructuring of Chrysler appeared to be paying off. By The Associated Press. 1:31:39 PM

In Sign of Insurers' Woes, A.I.G. Raises Liability Reserves. The American International Group increased its reserves for liability claims by $3.5 billion today in what is likely to be the start of a wave of such increases. By Joseph B. Treaster. 1:31:38 PM

Stocks Sink on A.I.G. Charge and War Worries. Stocks sank today after insurance giant A.I.G. warned of a $1.8 billion charge, rattling investors a day ahead of Colin Powell's speech to the U.N. on Iraq. By Reuters. 1:31:38 PM

New Burden for a Poor Russian Space Program. The disintegration of the shuttle Columbia throws the mantle of space exploration for the immediate future onto a venerable Russian program. By Michael Wines. 1:31:37 PM

Debris Is Now Leading Suspect in Shuttle Catastrophe Inquiry. Insulation that broke off the external fuel tank 80 seconds after liftoff could be related to a cascading series of failures. By John M. Broder. 1:31:36 PM

World Business Briefing: Asia. JAPAN: Wages Decline; JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric Profit; SOUTH KOREA: Refiner Posts Profit; INDIA: Currency Rating Raised;. 1:31:33 PM

World Briefing: Africa. NIGERIA: Curfew After Unrest; NIGERIA: Death Toll Rises In Blast;. 1:31:33 PM

Guilty Plea Expected by Seller of Fake ID's to 9/11 Hijackers. An Egyptian-born United States citizen who sold fake identification cards to two of the Sept. 11 hijackers is expected to plead guilty to a minor charge on Tuesday. By The New York Times. 1:31:32 PM

Plans to Reform House of Lords Are Plunged Into Confusion. The House of Commons dealt Prime Minister Tony Blair a rare parliamentary setback by rejecting his preferred choice of an all-appointed upper chamber. By Warren Hoge. 1:31:30 PM

Britain Removes Militant Cleric From Post. The government today removed Britain's most outspoken Muslim cleric, Abu Hamza al-Masri, from his post as imam at the Finsbury Park mosque. By Don Van Natta Jr.. 1:31:30 PM

Pyongyang Says U.S. Plans to Dominate Peninsula. SEOUL. South Korea, Feb. 4 North Korea accused the United States today of plotting By Don Kirk. 1:31:29 PM

Bye-Bye Yugoslavia, Hello Serbia and Montenegro. BELGRADE, Serbia, Feb. 4 Lawmakers in Belgrade's federal Parliament consigned the name Yugoslavia to the history books today, endorsing the constitution of a new, less binding union between the republics of Serbia and Montenegro. By Daniel Simpson. 1:31:29 PM

U.S. Delays Challenge to Europe's Ban on Modified Food. With war looming in Iraq, the Bush administration has decided against antagonizing its European allies. By Elizabeth Becker. 1:31:29 PM

U.S. Official Sees Talks With North Korea on Nuclear Program. A senior U.S. official said for the first time today that Washington would hold direct talks with the North Korean government. By Joel Brinkley. 1:31:28 PM

Chirac Keeps Iraq Stance at Meeting With Blair. France resisted appeals to soften its opposition to war with Iraq after a one-day summit meeting here today between Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain and the French president, Jacques Chirac. By Craig S. Smith. 1:31:28 PM

National Briefing: Midwest. MICHIGAN: Governor Announces Budget Cuts; MINNESOTA: No Cut Too Small;. By The New York Times. 1:31:27 PM

Columbia Was Beyond Any Help, Officials Say. Even if flight controllers had known that protective heat tiles on the underside of the space shuttle had sustained severe damage at launching, little could have been done. By Kenneth Chang. 1:31:26 PM

Reviving Romance With Space, Even as 'Space Age' Fades. Astronomers and space fans insist that the deep human desire to discover who we are in the universe will triumph over the momentary cultural queasiness. By Amy Harmon. 1:31:26 PM

We May Conquer Space; It Will Never Be Easy. The seven astronauts who died on Saturday did not do so in vain. Their names will be part of the legend and ethos of space travel forever. By Dennis Overbye. 1:31:25 PM

Engineer's '97 Report Warned of Damage to Tiles by Foam. The warning was sure to receive new scrutiny as NASA struggles to explain the mystery of how the Columbia broke up. By James Glanz and Edward Wong. 1:31:24 PM

Sixth-Grade Class Gets a Multifaceted Lesson. Curious students at a New Jersey middle school were a ready-made audience for the weekend's television and newspaper coverage of the Columbia shuttle disaster. By Ronald Smothers. 1:31:23 PM

Text: Excerpts From NASA News Conferences. Following are excerpts from NASA news conferences yesterday morning and afternoon, as recorded by The New York Times. Speakers at the first session included William F. Readdy, administrator of the space flight and Maj. Gen. Michael C. Kostelnik, deputy associate administrator for the space shuttle and International Space Station programs. Ron D. Dittemore, NASA's shuttle program manager, spoke at the afternoon news conference. Fuller excerpts are available at nytimes.com/columbia. 1:31:23 PM

Bush's $2.2 Trillion Budget Proposes Record Deficits. The budget will speed up billions of dollars in income tax cuts and will provide huge increases for the Pentagon. By Elisabeth Bumiller. 1:31:22 PM

Gratitude and a Sigh From Father of Israeli. Standing up before television cameras on Monday, the father of Israel's first astronaut opened his mouth as if to begin speaking. Instead, he sighed. By Kate Zernike. 1:31:22 PM

Ridge Says Request for Homeland Security Is Enough. Tom Ridge, secretary of homeland security, suggested that a sharper increase in spending next year would not necessarily improve the department's performance. By Philip Shenon. 1:31:22 PM

From Fuel Cell Cars to Slaughterhouse Inspection: Where the Money Goes. The Justice Department's $23.2 billion budget focuses heavily on finding new ways to fight terrorism, with big spending increases for the F.B.I. and elsewhere. 1:31:21 PM

Bush Proposes Big S.E.C. Budget. The White House announced the details of a proposed 92-percent budget increase for the Securities and Exchange Commission. By Stephen Labaton. 1:31:21 PM

For Republicans, Praise for President's Budget Is Selective. Many Republicans confined their praise to the president's ceilings on spending, without mentioning deficits at all. By David Firestone. 1:31:20 PM

Bush's Budget Has 'Big Ideas,' but No Aim to Balance Ledger. The most ambitious budget proposal by a president in decades does not have balancing the ledger as one of its big goals. By David E. Rosenbaum. 1:31:20 PM

Even Before Disaster, the Plan Was to Increase NASA Spending. In his proposed budget for 2004, President Bush had asked Congress to increase spending for the shuttle program to $3.97 billion, up from $3.2 billion this year. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg. 1:31:19 PM

Budget Committees' Leaders. SENATOR DON NICKLES Oklahoma. Republican, chairman. Age 54. Elected 1980. Assistant Republican leader 1997 to 2003. Member of the Budget Committee since 1987. Named chairman in 2003. Worked for a family owned business that made equipment for the oil and gas industry; eventually became vice president and general manager. Forcefully advocates a reduced role for the government. Strong supporter of President Bush's economic proposals, including more tax cuts. By The New York Times. 1:31:19 PM

Lead Anchor Was Caught in a Golf Tournament. Aaron Brown, who has anchored much of the CNN coverage of major breaking news events, did not appear until more than 36 hours after the shuttle catastrophe broke. By Bill Carter. 1:31:18 PM

'Some of It Will Be Their Legacy': The Data That Survived Disaster. Though the space shuttle Columbia was lost, much of the scientific data its crew members collected was not. By Warren E. Leary. 1:31:18 PM

Report on Check Into Wing Tiles. Following is part of NASA's report on the space shuttle Columbia for Jan. 28 that was labeled the Twelfth Daily Report: The . . . mission is progressing nominally and all orbiter subsystems are performing satisfactorily. No orbiter issues have been reported in the previous 24 hours. The orbiter consumables remaining are above the levels required for completion of the planned mission. 1:31:17 PM

Now, the Space Station: Grieving, Imperiled. The grounding of the three remaining space shuttles after the destruction of Columbia poses enormous challenges for the International Space Station. By Andrew C. Revkin. 1:31:16 PM

Some Deaths Resonate, Others Pass Unnoticed. Americans have mourned heroes lost in space before. Still, these deaths were vivid, unexpected, the bearers of symbolic weight. By Erica Goode. 1:31:16 PM

Bush Plan Includes No Help for Deficits of City and State. The budget President Bush proposed did not include any money to help bail New York out of a fiscal crisis that stems in large part from the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. By Raymond Hernandez. 1:31:13 PM

Marketers Cancel Ads With Themes of Spaceflight. Marketers and agencies are moving to withdraw or modify ads rendered inappropriate or questionable by the shuttle disaster. By Stuart Elliott. 1:31:13 PM

Renting a Limo? Better Use Cash. The White House heralded the education department's new policy of forbidding official credit card use at limousine rental companies and about 300 other types of businesses. By John Tierney. 1:31:12 PM

From Fuel Cell Cars to Slaughterhouse Inspection: Where the Money Goes. The Justice Department's $23.2 billion budget focuses heavily on finding new ways to fight terrorism, with big spending increases for the F.B.I. and elsewhere. 1:31:11 PM

Text: Excerpts From NASA News Conferences. Following are excerpts from NASA news conferences yesterday morning and afternoon, as recorded by The New York Times. Speakers at the first session included William F. Readdy, administrator of the space flight and Maj. Gen. Michael C. Kostelnik, deputy associate administrator for the space shuttle and International Space Station programs. Ron D. Dittemore, NASA's shuttle program manager, spoke at the afternoon news conference. Fuller excerpts are available at nytimes.com/columbia. 1:31:10 PM

Richard Lyng, 84, Agriculture Secretary for Reagan, Is Dead. Richard Edmund Lyng was a California businessman who was a champion of the farming economy in the Reagan administration. By Wolfgang Saxon. 1:31:10 PM

Credit Suisse Suspends Star During Inquiry. Credit Suisse suspended a banker after reports that he was aware of investigations when he urged co-workers to clean up files. By Landon Thomas Jr.. 1:31:04 PM