It's Not News
Date: 14 April 2002
Weatherspoon Art Museum curator Will South letter disputes Roberta Smith's March 31 article on current Whitney Biennial art show
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14th of April 2002 News
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Our Towns; Live, via Satellite, All the News That Fits Your Viewpoint
Date: 14 April 2002
By Matthew Purdy
Matthew Purdy
Our Towns column observes how Israeli and Arabic television broadcasts, now available in United States, cater to divergent viewpoints; Jews complain that American television is biased toward Palestinians in reporting on Middle East conflict; Arabs complain of opposite bias (M)
Paging Company Set to Declare Bankruptcy
Date: 15 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Metrocall Inc, paging-services provider, plans to lay off 495 workers and file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from creditors later; reports loss of $612.8 million in 2001 (S)
AT&T and Unions Agree on Contract
Date: 15 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AT&T reaches tentative agreement with unions representing 12 percent of its work force; 18-month contract includes 6 percent pay raise and $250 bonus; company will also increase pensions by 8 percent, cover higher health-insurance premiums for retirees, and pay interest of 5.5 percent on cash in workers' retirement accounts; workers are represented by Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (S)
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 15 April 2002
INTERNATIONAL A3-11 Powell's Blunt Message For Arafat: Time to Change Meeting with a top American official for the first time since Israel declared him irrelevant, Yasir Arafat told Secretary of State Colin L. Powell that no cease-fire was possible until Israel ends its West Bank military operation. An administration official said that Mr. Powell had a blunt message for Mr. Arafat, summing it up: ''You're on a dangerous path and you need to make a change.'' A1 The Israeli Army said the number of Palestinian dead at the Jenin refugee camp is not hundreds but dozens, and agreed to allow the Red Cross to monitor the collection of bodies. A1
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 14 April 2002
INTERNATIONAL 3-18 Powell to Meet Arafat, Who Condemns Terrorism Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said he would meet with Yasir Arafat today, after the Palestinian leader issued a statement condemning violence against Israeli civilians. 1 A tour of the refugee camp in Jenin showed destruction on a scale far greater than that seen in other Palestinian cities. 1
Recent Good News for WorldCom May Only Mask Deeper Problems
Date: 15 April 2002
By Barnaby J. Feder
Barnaby Feder
Investors continue to sell WorldCom stock, sending price briefly below $5 on April 12, out of fear that more problems will emerge and that company's management, led by Bernard J Ebbers, is ill equipped to deal with them; critics say Ebbers has failed to create solid foundation for sustained growth from broad portfolio of phone and data services he accumulated through long string of acquistions; questions about WorldCom's accounting, as well as its $30 billion in debt, make it unattractive merger partner for other large communications companies; photo (M)
Corrections
Date: 14 April 2002
Correction of April 7 article about Hedda Nussbaum, whose daughter, Lisa Steinberg, was beaten to death in 1987; misstates status of Women's News, free monthly publication where Nussbaum worked in 1998 and which continues to be published (S)
Ideas & Trends; Blame the Monkeys
Date: 14 April 2002
By Tom Zeller
Tom Zeller
Excerpts from news reports of marauding monkeys in various parts of world and text of open letter 'to all humans' from 'monkeys' defending simian reputation; photos (M)
A Ruffled Press Corps Has Its Feathers Smoothed
Date: 14 April 2002
By John Sullivan
John Sullivan
New Jersey Gov James McGreevey, seeking to smooth ruffled feathers, invites press corps to reception at official residence in Princeton; photo (M)