Seeking Sizzle at CNN
Date: 15 August 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CNN approaches Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio talk show host, about taking part in a program (S)
Rejouer mardi 14 août 2001
Le 14 août 2001 était un mardi sous le signe astral du ♌. C'était le 225ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était George W. Bush.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 24 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le jeudi 14 août 2025, il y a 297 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le vendredi 14 août 2026, dans 67 jours. Vous avez vécu 9 063 jours, soit environ 217 518 heures, ou environ 13 051 113 minutes, ou environ 783 066 780 secondes.
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14th of August 2001 News
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BOLDFACE NAMES
Date: 14 August 2001
By James Barron With Glenn Collins
James With
All-star performance of Chekhov's The Seagull in Central Park is delayed and finally cancelled because of heavy rain; Kurt Vonnegut and his wife Jill Krementz are treated to screening of new movie In the Bedroom, adapted from short story by Andre Dubus, who was student of Vonnegut's in 1960's; Lynne Russell comments on her departure from CNN after 19-year career as anchor of Headline News; photos (M)
For All Creatures, A Publicity Hound; Getting Press for Pets (It's Not Hard)
Date: 15 August 2001
By Sherri Day
Sherri Day
Profile of Jane Colton, flight attendant who helps rescue pets through her media connections in New York City metropolitan area; says over past six years, she has gained reputation as real-life pet detective who advocates for animal rights and helps people find lost animals; holds although Colton does not physically rescue animals, she has been homebound for over two years because of surgery resulted in damage to her femoral nerve, she has leared to exploit press on behalf of pets; photos (M)
Topics of The Times; Free Press, Everywhere but Here
Date: 15 August 2001
Topics of The Times editorial scores Freedom Forum decision to kill project for biography of media magnate Allen H Neuharth that was to be written by Michael Gartner
Does 'Jackass' Have a Life?
Date: 15 August 2001
By Jim Rutenberg and Bill Carter
Jim Rutenberg
Johnny Knoxville, the star of MTV's "Jackass," has cast the show's future in doubt, telling the Knoxville News-Sentinel that he had no interest in continuing the show
Be My Spy -- or Else
Date: 14 August 2001
By Irving R. Levine
Irving Levine
Op-Ed article by Irving R Levine on experience of John E Tobin Jr, American Fulbright scholar jailed for six months in Russia on charges of being spy and for drug possession, who says Russians tried to recruit him as spy; describes efforts of Russians to recruit him while working in Russia as foreign correspondent (M)
The Case of a Jailed Journalist
Date: 14 August 2001
Editorial holds that jailing of 33-year-old journalist Vanessa Leggett by federal judge in Texas for failure to hand over research notes to grand jury related to high-profile murder case about which she planned to write book is 'brazen assault' on First Amendment and free press (M)
OSI PHARMACEUTICALS TO CLOSE 2 PLANTS AND CONSOLIDATE
Date: 15 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
OSI Pharmaceuticals will close its plants in Tarrytown, NY, and Birmingham, England, early in 2002; move follows recent agreement to buy research lab from British Biotech and is part of plan to concentrate its research operations at two new sites in Farmingdale, NY, and Oxford, England (S)
TRINITY INDUSTRIES AGREES TO ACQUIRE THRALL CAR
Date: 14 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Trinity Industries, nation's leading maker of railroad cars, acquires Thrall Car Manufacturing Co for at least $364.1 million in cash and stock (S)
TOM JAMES OFFERS TO BUY OUT HARTMARX SHAREHOLDERS
Date: 14 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hartmarx Corp receives $4.50-a-share cash offer from Tom James Co for shares it does not already own; offer is worth about $128 million (S)