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Date: 09 December 2004
By LOLA OGUNNAIKE
Lola OGUNNAIKE
Industry analysts say Fox News Channel's deal to replace ABC News as sole provider of news to radio stations owned by Clear Channel Communications will make Fox significant player in radio; Fox News, cable television channel owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, currently provides news for 275 stations nationwide (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By Seth Schiesel
Seth Schiesel
World of Warcraft from Blizzard Entertainment is standout among hundreds of multiplayer online role-playing games; photos (S)
Date: 09 December 2004
By ELAINE SCIOLINO; Carole Corm contributed reporting for this article
Elaine SCIOLINO
Arabic channel Al Manar, run by Hezbollah from Lebanon, beams anti-US, anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic messages by satellites into thousands of French homes, cafes and shops, thwarting French government's year-long effort to close it down; French broadcasting regulator has granted license as long as channel does not incite hate or violence, but such broadcasts continue daily and Prime Min Jean-Pierre Raffarin acknowledges government lacks judicial means to intervene immediately; Jewish American groups join criticism while conceding little has been done to ban such broadcasts in US because laws prosecuting racist and hate crimes are much weaker than in France; Bush administration has not yet taken position on whether US can stop broadcasts (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By Charles Herold
Charles Herold
Charles Herold Game Theory column reviews Eyetoy: Antigrav, Feel the Magic: XY/XX, Taiko: Drum Master, and Donkey Konga; photos (M)
Date: 10 December 2004
By PAUL MELLER
Paul MELLER
Neelie Kroes, talking tough in her first public appearance since becoming Europe's competition commissioner, blocks merger in Portugal's energy industry and sets fines on three chemical companies for colluding on prices; Kroes, expressing 'zero tolerance' for cartels and speaking out in defense of energy consumers, tries to lay to rest suspicions that her close ties to business before taking office would not compromise her ability to police that world; Kroes recommends blocking acquisition of Gas de Portugal by Energias de Portugal and Italian energy company ENI; recommendation is accepted by her fellow commissioners; commission imposes fine of $88.4 million on Akzo Nobel, BASF and UCB for running cartel in market for vitamin B4, or choline chloride, animal growth stimulant given many to poultry and pigs (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By ALAN FEUER; Lisa W. Foderaro, Robert Hanley and Stacey Stowe contributed reporting for this article
Alan FEUER
Nineteen servicemen from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have died in Iraq since Nov 7, deadliest period for soldiers from region since war began; names, ages, homes and occupations reflect diverse population; Joseph Behnke was Brooklyn carpenter, Dimitrios Gavriel stock analyst, Stephen C Benish a fireman in Cranford, New Jersey and Christian Engeldrum a veteran New York City firefighter; James Matteson, 23-year-old former high school football player in upstate New York, came from long line of American soldiers dating to Revolutionary War, and has sister who has re-enlisted after being injured in Iraq; others are former high school wrestler Kevin Dempsey of Monroe, Conn, who would be celebrating 24th birthday, 20-year-old David Mahlenbrock of Maple Shade, New Jersey and 38-year-old Staff Sgt Henry Irizarry of the Bronx; photos (M)
Date: 10 December 2004
Editorial scores new Senate minority leader Harry Reid for comments he made on Meet the Press when he said he would be able to support Assoc Justice Antonin Scalia if he is appointed as chief justice; says Scalia has proven himself inappropriate for position through series of ethical lapses
Date: 09 December 2004
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
Steven MYERS
Pres Leonid D Kuchma and Ukrainian parliament adopt constitutional amendments and election law changes to defuse bitter political crisis over discredited presidential vote; agreement eases way for new runoff election and means that winner will inherit fewer powers than Kuchma has wielded in last decade; opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko hails 'historic compromise'; photo of supporters celebrating; Prime Min Viktor Yanukovich denounces vote (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By LOLA OGUNNAIKE
Lola OGUNNAIKE
Industry analysts say Fox News Channel's deal to replace ABC News as sole provider of news to radio stations owned by Clear Channel Communications will make Fox significant player in radio; Fox News, cable television channel owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, currently provides news for 275 stations nationwide (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By Seth Schiesel
Seth Schiesel
World of Warcraft from Blizzard Entertainment is standout among hundreds of multiplayer online role-playing games; photos (S)
Date: 09 December 2004
By ELAINE SCIOLINO; Carole Corm contributed reporting for this article
Elaine SCIOLINO
Arabic channel Al Manar, run by Hezbollah from Lebanon, beams anti-US, anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic messages by satellites into thousands of French homes, cafes and shops, thwarting French government's year-long effort to close it down; French broadcasting regulator has granted license as long as channel does not incite hate or violence, but such broadcasts continue daily and Prime Min Jean-Pierre Raffarin acknowledges government lacks judicial means to intervene immediately; Jewish American groups join criticism while conceding little has been done to ban such broadcasts in US because laws prosecuting racist and hate crimes are much weaker than in France; Bush administration has not yet taken position on whether US can stop broadcasts (M)
Date: 10 December 2004
By PAUL MELLER
Paul MELLER
Neelie Kroes, talking tough in her first public appearance since becoming Europe's competition commissioner, blocks merger in Portugal's energy industry and sets fines on three chemical companies for colluding on prices; Kroes, expressing 'zero tolerance' for cartels and speaking out in defense of energy consumers, tries to lay to rest suspicions that her close ties to business before taking office would not compromise her ability to police that world; Kroes recommends blocking acquisition of Gas de Portugal by Energias de Portugal and Italian energy company ENI; recommendation is accepted by her fellow commissioners; commission imposes fine of $88.4 million on Akzo Nobel, BASF and UCB for running cartel in market for vitamin B4, or choline chloride, animal growth stimulant given many to poultry and pigs (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By ALAN FEUER; Lisa W. Foderaro, Robert Hanley and Stacey Stowe contributed reporting for this article
Alan FEUER
Nineteen servicemen from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have died in Iraq since Nov 7, deadliest period for soldiers from region since war began; names, ages, homes and occupations reflect diverse population; Joseph Behnke was Brooklyn carpenter, Dimitrios Gavriel stock analyst, Stephen C Benish a fireman in Cranford, New Jersey and Christian Engeldrum a veteran New York City firefighter; James Matteson, 23-year-old former high school football player in upstate New York, came from long line of American soldiers dating to Revolutionary War, and has sister who has re-enlisted after being injured in Iraq; others are former high school wrestler Kevin Dempsey of Monroe, Conn, who would be celebrating 24th birthday, 20-year-old David Mahlenbrock of Maple Shade, New Jersey and 38-year-old Staff Sgt Henry Irizarry of the Bronx; photos (M)
Date: 10 December 2004
Editorial scores new Senate minority leader Harry Reid for comments he made on Meet the Press when he said he would be able to support Assoc Justice Antonin Scalia if he is appointed as chief justice; says Scalia has proven himself inappropriate for position through series of ethical lapses
Date: 09 December 2004
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
Steven MYERS
Pres Leonid D Kuchma and Ukrainian parliament adopt constitutional amendments and election law changes to defuse bitter political crisis over discredited presidential vote; agreement eases way for new runoff election and means that winner will inherit fewer powers than Kuchma has wielded in last decade; opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko hails 'historic compromise'; photo of supporters celebrating; Prime Min Viktor Yanukovich denounces vote (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By LOLA OGUNNAIKE
Lola OGUNNAIKE
Industry analysts say Fox News Channel's deal to replace ABC News as sole provider of news to radio stations owned by Clear Channel Communications will make Fox significant player in radio; Fox News, cable television channel owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, currently provides news for 275 stations nationwide (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By ELAINE SCIOLINO; Carole Corm contributed reporting for this article
Elaine SCIOLINO
Arabic channel Al Manar, run by Hezbollah from Lebanon, beams anti-US, anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic messages by satellites into thousands of French homes, cafes and shops, thwarting French government's year-long effort to close it down; French broadcasting regulator has granted license as long as channel does not incite hate or violence, but such broadcasts continue daily and Prime Min Jean-Pierre Raffarin acknowledges government lacks judicial means to intervene immediately; Jewish American groups join criticism while conceding little has been done to ban such broadcasts in US because laws prosecuting racist and hate crimes are much weaker than in France; Bush administration has not yet taken position on whether US can stop broadcasts (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By Charles Herold
Charles Herold
Charles Herold Game Theory column reviews Eyetoy: Antigrav, Feel the Magic: XY/XX, Taiko: Drum Master, and Donkey Konga; photos (M)
Date: 10 December 2004
By PAUL MELLER
Paul MELLER
Neelie Kroes, talking tough in her first public appearance since becoming Europe's competition commissioner, blocks merger in Portugal's energy industry and sets fines on three chemical companies for colluding on prices; Kroes, expressing 'zero tolerance' for cartels and speaking out in defense of energy consumers, tries to lay to rest suspicions that her close ties to business before taking office would not compromise her ability to police that world; Kroes recommends blocking acquisition of Gas de Portugal by Energias de Portugal and Italian energy company ENI; recommendation is accepted by her fellow commissioners; commission imposes fine of $88.4 million on Akzo Nobel, BASF and UCB for running cartel in market for vitamin B4, or choline chloride, animal growth stimulant given many to poultry and pigs (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By ALAN FEUER; Lisa W. Foderaro, Robert Hanley and Stacey Stowe contributed reporting for this article
Alan FEUER
Nineteen servicemen from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have died in Iraq since Nov 7, deadliest period for soldiers from region since war began; names, ages, homes and occupations reflect diverse population; Joseph Behnke was Brooklyn carpenter, Dimitrios Gavriel stock analyst, Stephen C Benish a fireman in Cranford, New Jersey and Christian Engeldrum a veteran New York City firefighter; James Matteson, 23-year-old former high school football player in upstate New York, came from long line of American soldiers dating to Revolutionary War, and has sister who has re-enlisted after being injured in Iraq; others are former high school wrestler Kevin Dempsey of Monroe, Conn, who would be celebrating 24th birthday, 20-year-old David Mahlenbrock of Maple Shade, New Jersey and 38-year-old Staff Sgt Henry Irizarry of the Bronx; photos (M)
Date: 10 December 2004
Editorial scores new Senate minority leader Harry Reid for comments he made on Meet the Press when he said he would be able to support Assoc Justice Antonin Scalia if he is appointed as chief justice; says Scalia has proven himself inappropriate for position through series of ethical lapses
Date: 09 December 2004
By LOLA OGUNNAIKE
Lola OGUNNAIKE
Industry analysts say Fox News Channel's deal to replace ABC News as sole provider of news to radio stations owned by Clear Channel Communications will make Fox significant player in radio; Fox News, cable television channel owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, currently provides news for 275 stations nationwide (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By Seth Schiesel
Seth Schiesel
World of Warcraft from Blizzard Entertainment is standout among hundreds of multiplayer online role-playing games; photos (S)
Date: 09 December 2004
By ELAINE SCIOLINO; Carole Corm contributed reporting for this article
Elaine SCIOLINO
Arabic channel Al Manar, run by Hezbollah from Lebanon, beams anti-US, anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic messages by satellites into thousands of French homes, cafes and shops, thwarting French government's year-long effort to close it down; French broadcasting regulator has granted license as long as channel does not incite hate or violence, but such broadcasts continue daily and Prime Min Jean-Pierre Raffarin acknowledges government lacks judicial means to intervene immediately; Jewish American groups join criticism while conceding little has been done to ban such broadcasts in US because laws prosecuting racist and hate crimes are much weaker than in France; Bush administration has not yet taken position on whether US can stop broadcasts (M)
Date: 10 December 2004
By PAUL MELLER
Paul MELLER
Neelie Kroes, talking tough in her first public appearance since becoming Europe's competition commissioner, blocks merger in Portugal's energy industry and sets fines on three chemical companies for colluding on prices; Kroes, expressing 'zero tolerance' for cartels and speaking out in defense of energy consumers, tries to lay to rest suspicions that her close ties to business before taking office would not compromise her ability to police that world; Kroes recommends blocking acquisition of Gas de Portugal by Energias de Portugal and Italian energy company ENI; recommendation is accepted by her fellow commissioners; commission imposes fine of $88.4 million on Akzo Nobel, BASF and UCB for running cartel in market for vitamin B4, or choline chloride, animal growth stimulant given many to poultry and pigs (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By ALAN FEUER; Lisa W. Foderaro, Robert Hanley and Stacey Stowe contributed reporting for this article
Alan FEUER
Nineteen servicemen from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have died in Iraq since Nov 7, deadliest period for soldiers from region since war began; names, ages, homes and occupations reflect diverse population; Joseph Behnke was Brooklyn carpenter, Dimitrios Gavriel stock analyst, Stephen C Benish a fireman in Cranford, New Jersey and Christian Engeldrum a veteran New York City firefighter; James Matteson, 23-year-old former high school football player in upstate New York, came from long line of American soldiers dating to Revolutionary War, and has sister who has re-enlisted after being injured in Iraq; others are former high school wrestler Kevin Dempsey of Monroe, Conn, who would be celebrating 24th birthday, 20-year-old David Mahlenbrock of Maple Shade, New Jersey and 38-year-old Staff Sgt Henry Irizarry of the Bronx; photos (M)
Date: 10 December 2004
Editorial scores new Senate minority leader Harry Reid for comments he made on Meet the Press when he said he would be able to support Assoc Justice Antonin Scalia if he is appointed as chief justice; says Scalia has proven himself inappropriate for position through series of ethical lapses
Date: 09 December 2004
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
Steven MYERS
Pres Leonid D Kuchma and Ukrainian parliament adopt constitutional amendments and election law changes to defuse bitter political crisis over discredited presidential vote; agreement eases way for new runoff election and means that winner will inherit fewer powers than Kuchma has wielded in last decade; opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko hails 'historic compromise'; photo of supporters celebrating; Prime Min Viktor Yanukovich denounces vote (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By LOLA OGUNNAIKE
Lola OGUNNAIKE
Industry analysts say Fox News Channel's deal to replace ABC News as sole provider of news to radio stations owned by Clear Channel Communications will make Fox significant player in radio; Fox News, cable television channel owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, currently provides news for 275 stations nationwide (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By Seth Schiesel
Seth Schiesel
World of Warcraft from Blizzard Entertainment is standout among hundreds of multiplayer online role-playing games; photos (S)
Date: 09 December 2004
By ELAINE SCIOLINO; Carole Corm contributed reporting for this article
Elaine SCIOLINO
Arabic channel Al Manar, run by Hezbollah from Lebanon, beams anti-US, anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic messages by satellites into thousands of French homes, cafes and shops, thwarting French government's year-long effort to close it down; French broadcasting regulator has granted license as long as channel does not incite hate or violence, but such broadcasts continue daily and Prime Min Jean-Pierre Raffarin acknowledges government lacks judicial means to intervene immediately; Jewish American groups join criticism while conceding little has been done to ban such broadcasts in US because laws prosecuting racist and hate crimes are much weaker than in France; Bush administration has not yet taken position on whether US can stop broadcasts (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By Charles Herold
Charles Herold
Charles Herold Game Theory column reviews Eyetoy: Antigrav, Feel the Magic: XY/XX, Taiko: Drum Master, and Donkey Konga; photos (M)
Date: 10 December 2004
By PAUL MELLER
Paul MELLER
Neelie Kroes, talking tough in her first public appearance since becoming Europe's competition commissioner, blocks merger in Portugal's energy industry and sets fines on three chemical companies for colluding on prices; Kroes, expressing 'zero tolerance' for cartels and speaking out in defense of energy consumers, tries to lay to rest suspicions that her close ties to business before taking office would not compromise her ability to police that world; Kroes recommends blocking acquisition of Gas de Portugal by Energias de Portugal and Italian energy company ENI; recommendation is accepted by her fellow commissioners; commission imposes fine of $88.4 million on Akzo Nobel, BASF and UCB for running cartel in market for vitamin B4, or choline chloride, animal growth stimulant given many to poultry and pigs (M)
Date: 09 December 2004
By ALAN FEUER; Lisa W. Foderaro, Robert Hanley and Stacey Stowe contributed reporting for this article
Alan FEUER
Nineteen servicemen from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have died in Iraq since Nov 7, deadliest period for soldiers from region since war began; names, ages, homes and occupations reflect diverse population; Joseph Behnke was Brooklyn carpenter, Dimitrios Gavriel stock analyst, Stephen C Benish a fireman in Cranford, New Jersey and Christian Engeldrum a veteran New York City firefighter; James Matteson, 23-year-old former high school football player in upstate New York, came from long line of American soldiers dating to Revolutionary War, and has sister who has re-enlisted after being injured in Iraq; others are former high school wrestler Kevin Dempsey of Monroe, Conn, who would be celebrating 24th birthday, 20-year-old David Mahlenbrock of Maple Shade, New Jersey and 38-year-old Staff Sgt Henry Irizarry of the Bronx; photos (M)
Date: 10 December 2004
Editorial scores new Senate minority leader Harry Reid for comments he made on Meet the Press when he said he would be able to support Assoc Justice Antonin Scalia if he is appointed as chief justice; says Scalia has proven himself inappropriate for position through series of ethical lapses
Date: 09 December 2004
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
Steven MYERS
Pres Leonid D Kuchma and Ukrainian parliament adopt constitutional amendments and election law changes to defuse bitter political crisis over discredited presidential vote; agreement eases way for new runoff election and means that winner will inherit fewer powers than Kuchma has wielded in last decade; opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko hails 'historic compromise'; photo of supporters celebrating; Prime Min Viktor Yanukovich denounces vote (M)