Summary: The authorities said identified the woman as Jennifer Sanmarco, 44, a former employee of the Santa Barbara Processing and Distribution Center, confronted employees with a 9-millimeter handgun. After working as a sorting clerk for six years, the woman went on medical disability for unspecified mental problems in June 2003 after co-workers reported her acting strangely and called sheriff's deputies. Randy DeGasperin, a United States Postal inspector, said that she wasn't considered a threat to anybody, but she was acting in a way that concerned employees.

Summary: A woman, identified as Jennifer Sanmarco, 44, of Grants, N.M., who had left her Postal Service job because of psychological problems, shot and killed five former colleagues and critically wounded another at a sorting plant here Monday night before fatally shooting herself, the authorities said Tuesday. The authorities said that she confronted employees with a 9-millimeter handgun. After working as a sorting clerk for six years, the woman went on medical disability for unspecified mental problems in June 2003 after co-workers reported her acting strangely and called sheriff's deputies, postal authorities said.


Summary: Randy DeGasperin, a United States Postal inspector, said that she wasn't considered a threat to anybody, but she was acting in a way that concerned employees. The building has no security guards, Mr. DeGasperin said, a situation that he said would be reviewed.

Summary: Randy DeGasperin, a United States Postal inspector, said of the 2003 incident, that the woman wasn't considered a threat to anybody, but she was acting in a way that concerned employees. She slso said that the building has no security guards, a situation that would be reviewed.


Summary: The authorities said a woman, who had left her Postal Service job because of psychological problems, shot and killed five former colleagues and critically wounded another at a sorting plant here Monday night before fatally shooting herself. Sheriff Anderson and Postal Service officials provided only sketchy information on the woman's background and the circumstances of her previous confrontation with employees and departure from the job. James Califano, the chairman of a Postal Service commission studying the violence, said that this report should shatter the myth that postal workers were more violent than other worker.

Summary: Jennifer Sanmarco, was that woman, who is 44, and from Grants, N.M., a former employee of the Santa Barbara Processing and Distribution Center, confronted employees with a 9-millimeter handgun, the authorities said. The authorities had not ideas if she was selecting the victims, all women except one, or shooting at random in what was one of the deadliest rampages at a Postal Service building. Sheriff Anderson and Postal Service officials provided only sketchy information on the woman's background and the circumstances of her previous confrontation with employees and departure from the job.


Summary: Jeff T. Blau, the president of Related, said his company had been working on the Third Avenue project since 2002, when it bought an adjacent building on the corner of 85th Street that houses a Gap store and an Equinox gym. He blamed the rent-control laws for the long delay. Mr. Blau said that the tenants in occupancy had taken a long time to clear out.

Summary: The president of Related, Jeff T. Blau, said his company had been working on the Third Avenue project since 2002, when it bought an adjacent building on the corner of 85th Street that houses a Gap store and an Equinox gym. He blamed the rent-control laws for the long delay. Mr. Blau said that the tenants in occupancy took a long time to clear out.


Summary: In the year of 2004, Jane Goldman, one of the daughters, had acquired the last building needed to assemble the site.

Summary: One of the daughters of Sol Goldman, Jane Goldman, had acquired the last building needed to assemble the site by 2004.


Summary: The Extell Development Company plans to demolish the tenements to develop a glassy L-shaped building that will fill the block between 85th and 86th Streets and extend east along the south side of 86th Street, occupying about a third of the block. Gary Barnett, the president of Extell, said he was negotiating leases for large spaces with a major bookseller and a clothing retailer. Extell's retail broker, Gary Trock, said the project would stimulate further development on 86th Street.

Summary: The Extell Development Company, on Lexington Avenue, plans to demolish the tenements to develop a glassy L-shaped building that will fill the block between 85th and 86th Streets and extend east along the south side of 86th Street, occupying about a third of the block. Gary Trock, who was the Extell's retail broker, a senior vice president at CB Richard Ellis, said the project would stimulate further development on 86th Street. Mr. Trock said that Extell is seeking an annual rent of $400 a square foot for the ground-floor space, a big jump for a street where rents were customarily less than $200 a square foot.


Summary: The president of Extell, Gary Barnett, said that he was negotiating leases for large spaces with a major bookseller and a clothing retailer. He said in an interview in his modest Midtown Manhattan offices, that his deal with the Goldmans was unusually complex, further he included that  the negotiations were somewhat innovative and extended.

Summary: Gary Barnett, the president of Extell, said he was negotiating leases for large spaces with a major bookseller and a clothing retailer. In an interview, Mr. Barnett said his deal with the Goldmans was unusually complex. He is also developing another Goldman property, the Stanhope Hotel on Fifth Avenue at 81st Street, which is being converted into condominiums.


Summary: Dr. Poulet at the Federal Polytechnical School of Lausanne in Switzerland, said that crickets had a very simple nervous system and made very loud noises. Several years ago, Dr. Poulet and Dr. Hedwig discovered that at the precise instant a cricket moved its forewing muscles to create a chirp, its auditory neurons became inhibited, or desensitized, presumably by some chemical neurotransmitter. Dr. Poulet used a trial and error approach to discovering the signal pathway, recording electrical discharges in neurons while a cricket was making chirping motions.

Summary: James F. A. Poulet, who is now at the Federal Polytechnical School of Lausanne in Switzerland, said that Crickets have a very simple nervous system and make very loud noises. Several years ago, Dr. Poulet and Dr. Hedwig discovered that at the precise instant a cricket moved its forewing muscles to create a chirp, its auditory neurons became inhibited, or desensitized, presumably by some chemical neurotransmitter. He also found that there were no corollary signals produced when the cricket was flying -- which it does by moving its wings, but in a different pattern than when chirping.


Summary: Mr. Jamal Abu Roub, 40, is a leader of the militant Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades in this turbulent corner of the West Bank and has spent the past five years leading his ragtag band of gunmen in frequent clashes with the Israeli military. The Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, which is made up of members of Mr. Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party, emerged soon after the latest Palestinian uprising began in 2000. Mr. Abbas has repeatedly called on Al Aksa to lay down its weapons, but the various Al Aksa factions have largely ignored his call and have been responsible for much of the internal Palestinian chaos, like taking over government offices and election centers to demand jobs.

Summary: Mr. Roub, who is 40, is a leader of the militant Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, and he has spent the past five years leading his ragtag band of gunmen in frequent clashes with the Israeli military. The Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, which is made up of members of Mr. Abbas's Fatah party, emerged soon after the latest Palestinian uprising began in 2000.


Summary: The candidate's name is Jamal Abu Roub, but everyone here calls him Hitler because, well, that is the name he has answered to quite comfortably since he was a teenager. Mr. Roub, 40, is a leader of the militant Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades in this turbulent corner of the West Bank and has spent the past five years leading his ragtag band of gunmen in frequent clashes with the Israeli military. Mr. Roub is a candidate for the Palestinian Parliament and is virtually assured of winning a seat in the next elections. Mr. Roub has been arrested by Israel six times, starting when he was 17 and has been imprisoned for a total of more than seven years. He also has a degree in banking, and reels off the dates of his arrests and releases with a banker's precision.

Summary: Jamal Abu Roub, he is 40, but everyone calls him Hitler, that is the name he has answered to quite comfortably since he was a teenager. He is a leader of the militant Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades in this turbulent corner of the West Bank, and has spent the past five years leading his ragtag band of gunmen in frequent clashes with the Israeli military. His deeds include hauling a Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israel and of molesting his own daughters into a town square, where the man was shot to death. When he was questioned that why he carries gun with him, he answered that he carry them for his protection.


Summary: In campaign advertisements, Mr. Roub and other candidates appeared, that vie for space among the thousands of posters plastered on every flat surface in town. The Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, which is made up of members of Mr. Abbas's Fatah party, emerged soon after the latest Palestinian uprising began in 2000. Mr. Roub mentioned that Fatah is very much divided and fragmented, and Abbas is trying to bring it together. He contends the election offers him a better way to continue his struggle with Israel.

Summary: Mr. Roub and other candidates for the Fatah movement appear in campaign advertisements that compete for space among the thousands of posters plastered on every flat surface in town. His first foray into politics was the Fatah primary election in November. Mr. Roub drew the largest number of votes out of more than 40 candidates in the Jenin region and he was given the No. 12 position on Fatah's list of parliamentary candidates, as a result.


Summary: Mr. Roub and other candidates for the Fatah movement appear in campaign advertisements that vie for space among the thousands of posters plastered on every flat surface in town. The Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, which is made up of members of Mr. Abbas's Fatah party, emerged soon after the latest Palestinian uprising began in 2000. Fatah is expected to get at least 35 percent of the vote, the most recent polls indicate.

Summary: Mr. Roub and other candidates for the Fatah movement appear in campaign advertisements that vie for space among the thousands of posters plastered on every flat surface in town. According to Mr. Roub, Fatah is very much divided and fragmented, and Abbas is trying to bring it together. He contends the election offers him a better way to continue his struggle with Israel, which has consumed his whole life. Fatah is expected to get at least 35 percent of the vote.


Summary: London will be home to what may be one of the largest initial public offerings ever when the Russian oil giant Rosneft makes its Western debut on the London Stock Exchange. The London Stock Exchange is poised to grab most of the nearly 100 planned listings from Russia in 2006, surpassing the New York Stock Exchange. Tracey Pierce, head of company services and the executive responsible for attracting foreign listings said, the exchange has employees from 14 countries who speak 17 languages.

Summary: The London Stock Exchange is poised to grab most of the nearly 100 planned listings from Russia in 2006, surpassing the New York Stock Exchange. In addition, the London exchange has engaged in running an aggressive marketing campaign to attract companies in Asia, Russia and Eastern Europe. Tracey Pierce, head of company services at the London exchange and the executive responsible for attracting foreign listings, said that the exchange has employees from 14 countries who speak 17 languages.


Summary: Recent events like Gazprom's temporary suspension of gas delivery to Ukraine are indicative of the unpredictability of these companies, he said.

Summary: Geoffrey Wood, a professor of economics at Cass Business School in London, said that recent events like Gazprom's temporary suspension of gas delivery to Ukraine are indicative of the unpredictability of these companies.


Summary: London will be home to what may be one of the largest initial public offerings ever later this year, when the Russian oil giant Rosneft makes its Western debut on the London Stock Exchange. The listing of Rosneft is one of the most visible rewards yet for London's financial markets, which have embraced the Russian and central Asian companies buoyed by the boom in energy and commodities. The Rosneft deal will be led by four banks: ABN Amro, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, J. P. Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley.

Summary: Russian oil giant Rosneft makes its Western debut on the London Stock Exchange. The listing of Rosneft, expected in June, is one of the most visible rewards yet for London's financial markets, which have embraced the Russian and central Asian companies buoyed by the boom in energy and commodities. The Rosneft deal will be led by four banks: ABN Amro, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, J. P. Morgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley. State-controlled Rosneft, in particular, has been a lightning rod for criticism, after the company bought the biggest asset of Yukos at a depressed price last year, as part of the government's attempt to consolidate natural resources and seize power from Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, the founder of Yukos.


Summary: Marion Wiesel, Mr. Wiesel's wife and the translator of the new edition of ''Night,'' said in an interview that among the changes were a reference to the age of the book's narrator i.e., Mr. Wiesel -- when he arrives in 1944 at Birkenau. Wiesel expressed surprise when told of the statement in the teacher's guide, which she said neither she nor her husband had ever seen. Wiesel said that include a change to a description of furtive sexual activity by some of the young prisoners as they traveled to Auschwitz in a cattle car. Wiesel said when the publisher Arthur Wang approached her several years ago to consider making a new translation of ''Night,'' she did not believe it was necessary.

Summary: Marion Wiesel, Mr. Elie Wiesel's wife and the translator of the new edition of ''Night,'' said in an interview that among the changes were a reference to the age of the book's narrator that is, Mr. Wiesel is when he arrives in 1944 at Birkenau, the entry point for Auschwitz. Ms. Wiesel made some alterations including a changed description of furtive sexual activity by some of the young prisoners as they traveled to Auschwitz in a cattle car. Ms. Wiesel said when the publisher Arthur Wang approached her several years ago to consider making a new translation she did not believe it was necessary. Wiesel said, she came to believe that the earlier version lacked the subtlety of the French original.


Summary: Oprah Winfrey's choice of ''Night'' as the next selection for her television book club on Monday immediately sent the book to the top of national best-seller lists. Winfrey chose it last fall for her book club, but a furor erupted last week when The Smoking Gun, an investigative Web site, reported that police and other legal records contradicted portions of Mr. James Frey's accounts of his past. Winfrey's last book club selection, the memoir ''A Million Little Pieces'' by James Frey raised some questions but were not significant enough.

Summary: Oprah Winfrey's choice was Elie Wiesel's Night as the next selection for her television book club and immediately sent the book to the top of national best-seller lists. Georges Borchardt said that the differences in the new edition are not significant enough to justify the questions which raised in Mr. Winfrey's last book club selection, the memoir ''A Million Little Pieces'' by James Frey


Summary: Dr. Katherine Simms, a Celtic historian at Trinity College who advised the geneticists and was a co-author of their report, said some historians had assumed that the common ancestor of the Ui Neill was merely a mythical divine ancestor figure, imagined in order to explain the political links that existed between the dynasties themselves in the later period. But Dr. Bradley's findings, appear to confirm that the Ui Neill really did come from a common ancestor, and perhaps that the mythical narrative of Niall's birth and ascent to kingship had a genetic basis.

Summary: Dr. Katherine Simms, who is a Celtic historian at Trinity College advised the geneticists and also was a co-author of their report, said some historians had assumed that the common ancestor of the Ui Neill was merely a mythical divine ancestor figure, imagined in order to explain the political links that existed between the dynasties themselves in the later period. But Dr. Bradley founds different, she said, she appear to confirm that the Ui Neill really did come from a common ancestor, and perhaps that the mythical narrative of Niall's birth and ascent to kingship ''had a genetic basis.''


Summary: Niall is thought to be the patriarch of the Ui Neill, meaning ''the descendants of Niall,'' a group of dynasties that claimed the high kingship and ruled the northwest and other parts of Ireland. Dr. Bradley tested Irishmen with Ui Neill surnames and found the I.M.H. signature was much more common among them than among Irishmen as a whole. Dr. Catherine McKenna of Harvard University said that the evidence for the Ui Neill as a political construct was strong enough that historians wouldn't readily believe in the historical reality of Niall himself.

Summary: The evidence for the Ui Neill as a political construct is strong enough that historians wouldn't believe in the historical reality of Niall of the Nine Hostages, an Irish high king of the fifth century A.D. Dr. Katherine Simms said some historians had assumed that the common ancestor of the Ui Neill was "merely a mythical divine ancestor figure, imagined in order to explain the political links that existed between the dynasties themselves in the later period." But Dr. Bradley's findings appear to confirm that the Ui Neill really did come from a common ancestor, and perhaps that the mythical narrative of Niall's birth and ascent to kingship had a genetic basis. The new genetic evidence may convince historians that there was a common ancestor for at least one of the major branches of the Ui Neill, such as the Cenel nEogain, which lived in an area of northwest Ireland.


Summary: Elizabeth Warren, a professor at Harvard Law School who specializes in bankruptcy, said that Chapter 11 was traditionally about sharing the pain, but now it is more a game of feast and famine, starving the shareholders and creditors while the management team grows fat on big salaries. She also said that a trend of excessive pay for officials at bankrupt companies is a troubling result of the lack of pushback from other stakeholders. The lawyers and management team are running the show.

Summary: ''Chapter 11 was traditionally about sharing the pain,'' said Elizabeth Warren, a professor at Harvard Law School who specializes in bankruptcy, ''but now it is more a game of feast and famine -- starving the shareholders and creditors while the management team grows fat on big salaries.'' How fat? Warren of Harvard said a trend of excessive pay for officials at bankrupt companies is a troubling result of the lack of pushback from other stakeholders.


Summary: Dr. David F. Archer, a reproductive endocrinologist at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk estimates, based on what he calls the "very sparse literature," that 5 percent of women quit the pill because of side effects. He says that a larger percentage may notice lowered libido, but keep taking the pill anyway. Women who have said that they have no interest in sex can have a serum testosterone level in the high normal range. Perhaps, something besides testosterone is at work.

Summary: Dr. David F. Archer, a reproductive endocrinologist at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk said that "There's been limited attention paid to this area". Dr. Archer estimates, that 5 percent of women quit the pill because of side effects, based on what he calls the ''very sparse literature''. Further he said that women who have said, 'I have no interest in sex,' can have a serum testosterone level in the high normal range.


Summary: Dr. John Bancroft is a senior research fellow at the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, living near Oxford, England, whose research indicates that at least one user of oral contraceptives in four has sexual side effects. He has found contradictory evidence. In a study that is under way, he has measured sex hormone binding globulin in women who have taken the pill in the past and has found their levels to be normal. Dr. Bancroft plans to measure testosterone levels before and after subjects start taking contraceptives.

Summary: ''I think there's been a serious neglect on the part of the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry,'' said Dr. John Bancroft, a senior research fellow at the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, who lives near Oxford, England. Dr. Bancroft's research indicates that at least one user of oral contraceptives in four has sexual side effects. Dr. Bancroft has found contradictory evidence. Dr. Bancroft plans to measure testosterone levels before and after subjects start taking contraceptives.


Summary: In a statement, Joseph Tacopina, Mr. Stern's new lawyer, said that Mr. Stern has been the victim of a fallacious smear campaign, and expects to be fully exonerated and reinstated in his position. The accusations aimed at Mr. Stern have put Page Six, Mr. Johnson and gossip journalism under scrutiny, turning the spotlight onto a world far removed from what most newspaper reporters and editors are accustomed to.

Summary: It is a well-known element of the glossy magazine business and was even a kind of expectation for a society columnist in the days of ''Sweet Smell of Success.'' Yesterday, as the story again dominated the front page of the Post's chief rival, The Daily News, Mr. Stern got a new lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, who replaced Edward Hayes.


Summary: L. John Doerr, a partner in the venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has over 26 years has helped start dozens of ventures, including Sun Microsystems, Amazon.com and Google. He help found the New Schools Venture Fund in San Francisco six years ago for a new breed of entrepreneur -- the kind who doesn't have to produce a profit. Mr. Doerr has contributed to the New Schools Venture Fund. When asked in contrast to the high-tech entrepreneurs he has backed over the years with the educators he is financing today, Mr. Doerr said that the education entrepreneurs have it harder. They must overcome massive institutional resistance.

Summary: L. John Doerr, who over 26 years has helped start dozens of ventures, including Sun Microsystems, Amazon.com and Google has helped found the New Schools Venture Fund in San Francisco six years ago for a new breed of entrepreneur, the kind who doesn't have to produce a profit. Mr. Doerr is a partner on Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the venture capital firm.


Summary: VNU came under attack from its shareholders, not just hedge funds, but also old-guard institutions like Fidelity, after it tried to buy IMS Health. The investors successfully pushed the company to drop the deal and to effectively oust Rob van den Bergh, the chief executive who had promoted VNU's bid. A consortium of private equity investors showed up on VNU's doorstep with a takeover offer worth $8.9 billion that conveniently found its way into the newspapers. NOW, under some duress, VNU has discloded information about the inner working of the company to the investor group, which includes AlpInvest Partners, the Blackstone Group, the Carlyle Group, Hellman & Friedman, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Permira and Thomas H. Lee Partners to perform due diligence.

Summary: VNU came under attack from its shareholders -- not just hedge funds, but also old-guard institutions like Fidelity -- after it tried to buy IMS Health, a health care market researcher. A consortium of private equity investors showed up on VNU's doorstep with a takeover offer worth $8.9 billion that conveniently found its way into the newspapers. Inside VNU, according to people close to it, there is an internal divide about what to do -- and whether management may simply have to take the deal because the genie is already out of the bottle. If VNU doesn't agree to be acquired, it could be left in the same awkward spot that the Computer Sciences Corporation, a technology outsourcing company, is now in.


Summary: L. John Doerr, who over 26 years has helped start ventures like Sun Microsystems, Amazon.com and Google, said that they give education entrepreneurs money to start or to speed up building their companies.

Summary: L. John Doerr, for over 26 years has helped start dozens of ventures, including Sun Microsystems, Amazon.com and Google.


Summary: Last year, Theodore Mitchell was hired by the organization as the new chief executive. He was the former president of Occidental College and dean of the School of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles, now the education adviser to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Mr. Mitchell's first goal is to raise an additional $125 million to finance charter school expansions, as well as to help their performance by financing teacher training, information processing centers and other ancillary services. At a recent session in Silicon Valley, Mr. Mitchell grilled charter school organizers from Chicago who were seeking $4.5 million to expand from one high school to seven. According to Mr. Mitchell, the New Schools board approved the investment in Chicago because the organizers stressed the basics of improving educational performance.

Summary: Last year the organization hired a new chief executive, Theodore Mitchell, a former president of Occidental College and dean of the School of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles, now the education adviser to Gov. Mr. Mitchell's first goal is to raise an additional $125 million to finance charter school expansions, as well as to help their performance by financing teacher training, information processing centers and other ancillary services. At a recent session in Silicon Valley, Mr. Mitchell grilled charter school organizers from Chicago who were seeking $4.5 million to expand from one high school to seven. Asked to contrast the high-tech entrepreneurs he has backed over the years with the educators he is financing today, Mr. Doerr responded without hesitation that the education entrepreneurs have it harder. They must overcome massive institutional resistance.


Summary: Sporadic talks continued into the evening with the hope of finding a framework for a deal that would allow construction of the Freedom Tower, the largest of five towers planned for the site, to begin next month. In one of a flurry of meetings yesterday, Mr. Bloomberg met with Governor Pataki at state offices on Third Avenue to resolve their differences over the tentative agreement that would transfer control of the Freedom Tower from Mr. Silverstein to the Port Authority. If Mr. Silverstein sheds the financial responsibility for the Freedom Tower, he would still retain the right to build three towers on the most valuable sites, along Church Street.


Summary: Operating profits for the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index are expected to grow by 10.6 percent this year, but as recently as the end of last year the consensus forecast was a gain of 12.9 percent, David Rosenberg, an economist at Merrill Lynch, said in a note to investors.

Summary: David Rosenberg, an economist at Merrill Lynch, said Operating profits for the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index are expected to grow by 10.6 percent this year but at the end of last year the consensus forecast was a gain of 12.9 percent


Summary: Gairat B. Salimov, an automotive analyst at the investment firm, Troika, explained that they don't want to show which one of them gave up what in the settlement as he doesn't know if this is the end of their dispute, or just a truce. Mr. Salimov said that any new Russian automotive works could not begin production sooner than 2009 and would entail substantial risks, suggesting that the G.M. venture was not facing an immediate threat.

Summary: Gairat B. Salimov, an automotive analyst at Troika explained that they don't want to show which one of them gave up what in the settlement. Mr. Salimov said that he don't know if there is the end of their dispute, or just a truce any new Russian automotive works could not begin production sooner than 2009 and would entail substantial risks, and also he suggested that the G.M. venture was not facing an immediate threat.


Summary: State Senator, Leonard Lance, of Hunterdon County, said that as the first major financial decision as governor, Jon S. Corzine has chosen to borrow more.

Summary: State Senator Leonard Lance, of Hunterdon County said that He has chosen as his first major financial decision as governor to borrow more.


Summary: Veronique Hakim, general counsel for M.T.A. Capital Construction, appeared as the agency's principal spokeswoman. She told the committee was being planned in different categories of security improvements. She declined to provide details but said the authority would spend $220 million on ''hardening'' M.T.A. properties against attack, $25 million on ''peripheral'' security improvements like fences and security gates, and $80 million on firefighting and emergency equipment. She declined to identify contractors or discuss their work.

Summary: Veronique Hakim, he is the general counsel for M.T.A. He appeared as the agency's principal spokeswoman. Hakim told that for security improvements, committee was being planned in different categories. Hakim's appearance was arranged in advance by Katherine N. Lapp, who was the authority executive director. She declined to provide details, but said the authority would spend $220 million on ''hardening'' M.T.A. properties against attack, $25 million on ''peripheral'' security improvements like fences and security gates, and $80 million on firefighting and emergency equipment.


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Summary: Elizabeth Bishop, one of the most respected American poets, published just 90-odd poems in her lifetime. She had a reputation for perfecting poems over many years and refusing to publish those that did not meet her exacting standards.

Summary: Helen Vendler takes on Alice Quinn of The New Yorker, arguably the country's most prominent poetry editor, for editing ''Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts and Fragments,'' by Elizabeth Bishop, one of the most respected of American poets. The book, published last month by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, features nearly 120 pieces of Bishop's unpublished work. She published just 90-odd poems in her lifetime. For many readers, these manuscripts and fragments provide an important window into Bishop's creative process while also feeding a hunger for more of this spare poet's work. But some people believe that Bishop, who had a reputation for perfecting poems over many years and refusing to publish those that did not meet her exacting standards, never intended for this work to be published. Bringing it out now, more than 25 years after her death, is unfair to her legacy, they say.


Summary: The indictment of Mr. Terry N. Christensen, the lead partner of the Century City law firm, on wiretapping and conspiracy charges centered on his work for Mr. Kerkorian in 2002 during paternity and a child support battle with his former wife, Lisa Bonder Kerkorian.

Summary: Mr. Wasser was the unnamed lawyer referred to in a Feb. 15 indictment of Terry N. Christensen, the lead partner of a top Century City law firm and longtime outside counsel to Mr. Kerkorian. The indictment of Mr. Christensen on wiretapping and conspiracy charges centered on his work for Mr. Kerkorian in 2002 during a paternity and child support battle with his former wife, Lisa Bonder Kerkorian. Mr. Christensen hired Mr. Pellicano in late March 2002. On March 15, the indictment says, Mr. Pellicano was called by an unnamed lawyer -- now identified as Mr. Wasser by a lawyer involved in the case. Mr. Christensen paid Mr. Pellicano $25,000 to begin wiretapping her phone. The next day, court records show, Mr. Kerkorian and Mr. Christensen met with the philanthropist and Hollywood producer Steve Bing, the girl's real father, and asked him to take a DNA test.


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Summary: Ever since Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company's hostile takeover of RJR Nabisco in 1989, leveraged-buyout shops have disavowed pursuing hostile deals and worked to remake their image as friends of management while renaming themselves ''private equity firms'', which sounds so much more civilized. Henry R. Kravis has gone to great lengths to appear as a friend of corporate America over the past decade and a half, publicly declaring that his firm won't pursue hostile deals anymore.

Summary: Ever since Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company's hostile takeover of RJR Nabisco in 1989, leveraged-buyout shops have disavowed pursuing hostile deals and worked to remake their image as friends of management while renaming themselves "private equity firms", which sounds so much more civilized. Henry R. Kravis, the original barbarian at the gate (to borrow the memorable phrase that Bryan Burrough and John Helyar used to describe the men behind that landmark hostile takeover), has gone to great lengths to appear as a friend of corporate America over the past decade and a half, publicly declaring that his firm won't pursue hostile deals anymore.


Summary: Patrick J. Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association said that pattern bargaining represents an example of bad faith bargaining and lazy bargaining because there is no risk to the city for not negotiating in good faith. Mr. Lynch called for a ban on pattern bargaining and for bringing pressure on the city to speed up collective bargaining by charging it interest on money that accrues when public employees' raises are delayed.

Summary: Among the labor leaders appearing yesterday were Patrick J. Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, and Randi Weingarten, president of the United Federation of Teachers. Mr. Lynch maintained that the Taylor Law had allowed the city to avoid timely good-faith bargaining with the police union for 20 years. He also called for a ban on pattern bargaining and for bringing pressure on the city to speed up collective bargaining by charging it interest on money that accrues when public employees' raises are delayed.


Summary: Joe Nunez, the associate director of government relations for the California Teachers Association, said that they are neutral on charter schools which are good when they respond to local needs of families and teachers.

Summary: Joe Nunez, who was the associate director of government relations for the California Teachers Association said ''We are neutral on charter schools,''. He further said that they're good when they respond to local needs of families and teachers.


Summary: New Schools Venture Fund was found in San Francisco six years ago for a new breed of entrepreneur, the kind who doesn't have to produce a profit. New Schools does not earn the standard three to five times its investment in five years. Financing from New Schools and charitable foundations is used to build or buy school properties and to get elementary, middle and high schools up and running. New Schools Venture Fund is still investing its first $80 million. New Schools has begun raising another $125 million to expand the reach of charter schools as models of reform for traditional public school systems.

Summary: He help found the New Schools Venture Fund in San Francisco six years ago for a new breed of entrepreneur -- the kind who doesn't have to produce a profit. New Schools Venture Fund is still investing its first $80 million, contributed by individuals like Mr. Doerr and organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which gave $22 million. New Schools has begun raising another $125 million to expand the reach of charter schools as models of reform for traditional public school systems. Burton is seeking $11 million more from New Schools Venture Fund and other donors to achieve the alliance's 20-school goal, in a collaboration with the Los Angeles Unified District for helping huge classroom needs for the area's expanding population. There goals are big.


Summary: According to Ryan Toohey, Eliot Spitzer's campaign manager, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, a Democrat who is running for governor, does not support the Legislature's new amendment proposal but Mr. Spitzer appears to be seeking a middle ground and would be willing to work with the Legislature to craft a new constitutional amendment to prevent future abuses of this power while at the same time preserving the governor's necessary ability to propose appropriate changes.

Summary: Eliot Spitzer, an attorney general, a Democrat who is running for governor, does not support the Legislature's new amendment proposal, according to his campaign manager, Ryan Toohey. But Mr. Spitzer appears to be seeking a middle ground and it would be willing to work with the Legislature to craft a new constitutional amendment to prevent future abuses of this power while at the same time preserving the governor's necessary ability to propose appropriate changes, said by Mr. Toohey.


Summary: According to Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, what the Legislature ends up doing is delaying the whole process, or threatening to, unless the governor relents on various points, and the governor uses at least some of his proposals as a ploy to force concessions. She also added that the appropriations bills should be used for spending, and the policy changes should be debated separately.

Summary: So finally Legislature ends up doing is delaying or threatening the whole process, unless the governor relents on various points, and the governor uses at least some of his proposals as a ploy to force concessions, according to Blair Horner, the legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group. He said that the appropriations bills should be used for spending, and the policy changes should be debated separately.


Summary: Joseph L. Bruno, the Republican Senate majority leader, told reporters on Monday that passing budget bills is very difficult because of the stupid court decision that gave the governor practically all the rights.

Summary: Joseph L. Bruno, the Republican Senate majority leader, told to the reporters that passing budget bills is very, very difficult according to him. He further asked rhetorically that why? before explaining the answer it was because of the stupid court decision that gave the governor practically all the rights, explained by him. According to him, it's a great invention.


Summary: The city recently issued a report concluding that Larry A. Silverstein, the developer who controls the lease at the World Trade Center site, would run out of money for the project in 2009, then default on his lease and walk away with hundreds of millions of dollars in profit. Mr. Schumer has long argued that the trade center site should remain a commercial center.


Summary: The Gallup Poll had a 24 percent approval rating for Richard M. Nixon in July 1974.


Summary: The port agreement and the pessimism on Iraq appear to be significant factors in driving Mr. Bush's approval ratings back down to the lowest levels of his presidency. Mr. Bush's latest job performance rating is the lowest measured for him in a poll conducted by The Times or CBS News, though virtually indistinguishable from the 35 percent job approval in a CBS poll last October. Times/CBS News polls showed George Bush with 34 percent in June 1992 and Bill Clinton with 36 percent in September 1994.

Summary: The port agreement and the pessimism on Iraq appear to be significant factors in driving Mr. Bush's approval ratings back down to the lowest levels of his presidency. Mr. Bush's latest job performance rating is the lowest measured for him in a poll which is  conducted by The Times or CBS News, though virtually indistinguishable from the 35 percent job approval in a CBS poll. There has been a decline in Mr. Bush's support even among Republicans.


Summary: Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly, 43, was gunned down on a desolate street in a suburb of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Mr. Sarsenbaiuly, who once served as Kazakhstan's ambassador to Russia and was personally close to Mr. Nazarbayev, defected from the president's inner circle to help lead an opposition party called For a Just Kazakhstan. Mr. Sarsenbaiuly was widely viewed as the most promising of the candidates likely to win any future contest for president.

Summary: The victim, Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly, 43, was gunned down Feb. 11 on a desolate street in a suburb of Almaty, Kazakhstan's booming business center and largest city. Three years ago Mr. Sarsenbaiuly, who once served as Kazakhstan's ambassador to Russia and was personally close to Mr. Nazarbayev, defected from the president's inner circle to help lead an opposition party called For a Just Kazakhstan. Early statements from government officials suggested that the killings had been motivated by Mr. Sarsenbaiuly's business dealings.


Summary: Thomas Yoho, who reviewed all four audits before KPMG certified the statements, accepted a censure by the S.E.C. but was not part of the consent decree filed in federal court. Mr. Yoho remains a KPMG partner.

Summary: A fourth partner, Thomas Yoho, who reviewed all four audits before KPMG certified the statements, accepted a censure by the S.E.C. but was not part of the consent decree filed in federal court. Mr. Yoho remained a KPMG partner. A lawyer for Mr. Yoho said his client was pleased to have put the matter behind him.


Summary: Four auditors from KPMG who were involved in its audits of the Xerox Corporation settled suits with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fines are insignificant in relation to the total of about $55 million already assessed in penalties as a result of the audits, which the S.E.C. said allowed Xerox to engage in fraudulent manipulations of leases for its equipment, inflating profits. Even after Xerox restated its results and accepted a fine of $10 million, KPMG insisted that it had acted properly and that the S.E.C. was pursuing the case to justify its large expenses in the investigation.

Summary: Four auditors from KPMG who were involved in its audits of the Xerox Corporation settled suits yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with two of them agreeing to pay the largest fines ever levied by the commission against individual auditors. The fines are insignificant in relation to the total of about $55 million already assessed in penalties as a result of the audits, which according to the S.E.C., allowed Xerox to engage in fraudulent manipulations of leases for its equipment, inflating profits. Even after Xerox restated its results and accepted a fine of $10 million, KPMG insisted that it had acted properly and that the S.E.C. was pursuing the case to justify its large expenses in the investigation.


Summary: Four auditors from KPMG who were involved in its audits of the Xerox Corporation settled suits with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with two of them agreeing to pay the largest fines ever levied by the commission against individual auditors. The settlements brought an end to one of the most contentious fights between the S.E.C. and an auditing firm. In addition to the fines, the three partners who accepted consent decrees were suspended from practicing before the S.E.C., which means that they cannot audit public companies.

Summary: Four auditors from KPMG who were involved in its audits of the Xerox Corporation settled suits yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with two of them agreeing to pay the largest fines ever levied by the commission against individual auditors. The commission's director of enforcement, Linda Chatman Thomsen, said that this case represents the S.E.C.'s willingness to litigate important accounting fraud allegations against major accounting firms and their audit partners, even where the accounting was complex.


Summary: Four auditors from KPMG who were involved in its audits of the Xerox Corporation settled suits with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with two of them agreeing to pay the largest fines ever. Even after Xerox restated its results and accepted a fine of $10 million, KPMG insisted that it had acted properly and that the S.E.C. was pursuing the case to justify its large expenses in the investigation. KPMG argued that it forced Xerox to restate earlier financial results in 2000. KPMG settled with the S.E.C. in April 2005, as new leadership at the firm sought to put the legal issues behind it.

Summary: Four auditors from KPMG who were involved in its audits of the Xerox Corporation settled suits yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Even after Xerox restated its results and accepted a fine of $10 million, KPMG insisted that it had acted properly and that the S.E.C. was pursuing the case to justify its large expenses in the investigation. KPMG settled with the S.E.C. in April 2005, as new leadership at the firm sought to put the legal issues behind it.


Summary: Anthony P. Dolanski, who supervised the 1997 audit, agreed to pay $100,000. Mr. Dolanski left the firm in 1998 to take another job.

Summary: Anthony P. Dolanski, a third partner,  who supervised the 1997 audit, agreed to pay $100,000. In addition to the fines, he was also suspended from practicing before the S.E.C., which means that he could not audit public companies. He could reapply in one year but left the firm in 1998 to take another job.


Summary: Four auditors from KPMG who were involved in its audits of the Xerox Corporation settled suits with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with two of them agreeing to pay the largest fines ever levied by the commission against individual auditors. The fines are insignificant about the total of about $55 million already assessed in penalties, which the S.E.C. said allowed Xerox to engage in fraudulent manipulations of leases for its equipment, inflating profits. The settlements brought an end to one of the most contentious fights between the S.E.C. and an auditing firm.

Summary: Four auditors from KPMG who were involved in its audits of the Xerox Corporation settled suits yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with two of them agreeing to pay the largest fines ever levied by the commission against individual auditors. The fines are insignificant in relation to the total of about $55 million already assessed in penalties as a result of the audits, which, according to the S.E.C., allowed Xerox to engage in fraudulent manipulations of leases for its equipment, inflating profits. The commission's director of enforcement, Linda Chatman Thomsen, said this case represents the S.E.C.'s willingness to litigate important accounting fraud allegations against major accounting firms and their audit partners, even where the accounting was complex.


Summary: Michael A. Conway, formerly the top technical accounting partner at the firm and the senior partner in the Xerox audit of 2000, agreed to pay $150,000 fines. Mr. Conway retired in 2004.

Summary: The former top technical accounting partner at the firm and the senior partner in the Xerox audit of 2000, Michael A. Conway, along with Ronald A. Safran, agreed to pay $150,000 fines each. In addition to fines, they were suspended from practicing before the S.E.C., which meant that they could not audit public companies but Mr. Conway can reapply in two years. He retired in 2004.


Summary: Kathleen Jaeger, president, and chief executive of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association, said the government would have to spend only another $15 million annually to eliminate the backlog of generic-drug applications. With federal and state governments spending hundreds of billions of dollars on drug purchases annually, such an investment would pay for itself quickly as the government could buy cheaper pills, Ms. Jaeger said.

Summary: President and chief executive of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association, Kathleen Jaeger, said the government would have to spend only another $15 million annually to eliminate the backlog of generic-drug applications. She said that with federal and state governments spending hundreds of billions of dollars on drug purchases annually, such an investment would pay for itself quickly as the government could buy cheaper pills and that the generic-drug industry would consider fees if the drug agency would close unintended loopholes and regulatory abuses that delay the introduction of generic drugs by months and years.


Summary: Flonase is one of the most popular drugs in the world, with $1.14 billion in sales last year. GlaxoSmithKline, the British drug giant that makes Flonase, filed two ''citizen petitions,'' each with supplements, asking the agency to consider or reconsider various aspects of the approval process.

Summary: Flonase, a popular allergy spray, is one of the most popular drugs in the world, with $1.14 billion in sales last year. Mark Vincent, a spokesman for Boehringer Ingelheim, which owns Roxane, said the company began shipping the generic version of Flonase, which was approved for sale by federal drug regulators, on Wednesday.


Summary: Gary Buehler, director of the Office of Generic Drugs at the agency said the generic-drug program is very important to the F.D.A. That took time and delayed the approval, Mr. Buehler said.

Summary: Gary Buehler, director of the Office of Generic Drugs at the agency said that the generic-drug program is very important to the Food and Drug Administration.


Summary: Mary Anne Rhyne, a spokeswoman for GlaxoSmithKline, said the company was considering legal action. Ms.Rhyne would not say whether the target of those actions would be the agency or the generic's maker, Roxane Laboratories.

Summary: A spokeswoman for GlaxoSmithKline, Mary Anne Rhyne, said the company was considering legal action but she would not say whether the target of those actions would be the agency or the generic's maker, Roxane Laboratories.


Summary: Food and Drug Administration held a news conference to announce the generic's approval, the first such gathering for a decision about a generic drug in recent memory. The agency now has a backlog of 850 applications for generic drugs, more than twice that of 2002.

Summary: Food and Drug Administration held a news conference to announce the generic's approval, the first such gathering for a decision about a generic drug in recent memory. Gary Buehler, director of the Office of Generic Drugs at the agency, said that the generic-drug program is very important to the Food and Drug Administration. The agency now has a backlog of 850 applications for generic drugs, more than twice that of 2002.


Summary: A generic version of Flonase, a popular allergy spray, was approved for sale by federal drug regulators Wednesday. Flonase is one of the most popular drugs in the world, with $1.14 billion in sales last year. GlaxoSmithKline, the British drug giant that makes Flonase, filed two ''citizen petitions,'' each with supplements, asking the agency to consider or reconsider various aspects of the approval process.


Summary: In London, Morgan Stanley hired Martin Thorneycroft from Goldman Sachs to be an executive director in the bank's European high-yield division.

Summary: Morgan Stanley said that it had hired two senior bond executives from competitors Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. In London, the firm hired Martin Thorneycroft from Goldman Sachs to be an executive director in the bank's European high-yield division.


Summary: Mr. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former President and an ally of Mr. Préval's, was forced out of office two years ago by a violent uprising and pressure from the United States. He was accused by his opponents of corruption and violent repression fled Haiti and has since lived in South Africa. In a televised appearance, Mr. Aristide said he looked forward to returning to Haiti and said he would consult with Mr. Préval about an appropriate time. And even though Mr. Aristide is still loved by this country's poor, political leaders critical of the way he was removed from power acknowledge that his return could start a new round of unrest in Haiti, the hemisphere's most troubled country.

Summary: In his first news conference since being declared president of Haiti last week, René Préval kept up the mystery swirling around the possible return from exile of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, saying only that the Constitution permits him to come home if Mr. Aristide so chooses. Mr. Aristide, a former ally of Mr. Préval's, was forced out of office two years ago by a violent uprising and pressure from the United States. Political opponents of Mr. Aristide's, and several foreign diplomats, have made clear to Mr. Préval that they do not want Mr. Aristide to return.


Summary: After being declared president of Haiti  René Préval kept up the mystery swirling around the possible return from exile of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, saying only that the Constitution permits him to come home if Mr. Aristide so chooses. Mr. Préval, a protégé of Mr. Aristide, who was president from 1996 to 2001, has so far refused to publicly address those concerns. Still, Mr. Préval was elected with the overwhelming support of the poor people who had lifted Mr. Aristide to power.

Summary: In his first news conference since being declared president of Haiti last week, René Préval kept up the mystery swirling around the possible return from exile of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, saying only that the Constitution permits him to come home if Mr. Aristide so chooses. Mr. Aristide, a former ally of Mr. Préval's, was forced out of office two years ago by a violent uprising and pressure from the United States. Mr. Préval, a protégé of Mr. Aristide, who was president from 1996 to 2001, has so far refused to publicly address those concerns.


Summary: The debate over whether a state-owned company, Dubai Ports World, should take over management of port terminals in several major American cities is seen as a mixed blessing in Dubai, a city that has been trying to raise its profile on the world stage.  An article about attitudes in Dubai over whether Dubai Ports World should manage shipping terminals in several American cities said the reaction was a test for globalization.

Summary: The debate over whether a state-owned company, Dubai Ports World, should take over management of port terminals in several major American cities is seen as a mixed blessing in Dubai. Farid Dawood, a market strategist and financial analyst based in Dubai, said that it would be abnormal if such a big deal did not meet any criticism, but Dubai Ports could do a better job than anyone. Whether Dubai Ports World should manage shipping terminals in several American cities misstated the surname of the editor in chief of Forbes Arabia, who said the reaction was a test for globalization.


Summary: David A. Patterson, president of the Association for Computing Machinery, said that the data didn't bear that out. Yet the view that job opportunities in computing were dwindling fast was both common and potentially damaging to America's competitive prowess. He pointed to the declining interest in computer science as a major among American college students, based on a survey last year of the intentions of students entering college. Mr. Patterson observed that the perception among high school students and their parents was that the game was over -- that all computing jobs were going overseas.

Summary: The view that job opportunities in computing are dwindling fast is both common and potentially damaging to America's competitive prowess, according to David A. Patterson, president of the Association for Computing Machinery. He pointed to the declining interest in computer science as a major among American college students. Mr. Patterson observed the perception among high school students and their parents is that the game is over.


Summary: Pauline Chrysler, whose son, Randy Chrysler, is a smoke shop owner, asked how they were supposed to live.

Summary: Pauline Chrysler whose son is Randy Chrysler, is a smoke shop owner said that how they are supposed to live ?


Summary: The federal agency for industry, Rosprom, last week proposed investing money from the Russian oil-windfall fund into a huge new automotive works, to be built from a merger of the Russian partner, Avtovaz and other struggling domestic manufacturers. Behind the recent dispute lies a change of leadership two months ago at the Russian partner, Avtovaz. The new factory would build cars, minivans and sport utility vehicles, and be able to produce nearly half a million cars a year. That could make G.M.'s cooperation with Avtovaz, which builds S.U.V.'s, less than essential, leading analysts to speculate that there were larger issues at stake in the dispute over engine prices.

Summary: The federal agency for industry, Rosprom, last week proposed investing money from the Russian oil-windfall fund into a huge new automotive works, to be built from a merger of Avtovaz and other struggling domestic manufacturers. The new factory was able to produce nearly half a million cars in a year which could make G.M.'s cooperation with Avtovaz, which builds S.U.V.'s, leading analysts to speculate that there were larger issues at stake in the dispute over engine prices. Boris S. Alyoshin who was the director of Rosprom won a seat on the board of Avtovaz, along with other representatives of the government and of a state-owned weapons trading company. Avtovaz's spokesman declined to comment on the two companies' dealings.


Summary: The city's top Republican, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, underscored how serious local officials are about controlling the shadowy but increasingly prevalent dealings between lobbyists and the local officials they try to influence. He said that people perceive that lobbyists get special treatment because all too often the relationship between lobbyists and government officials includes special favors. He also said that their plan aims to eliminate those special favors, to bring sunlight to an industry that is growing rapidly in New York City. Mr. Bloomberg, a billionaire who pays for his own campaigns, has long said he would like to limit the influence of moneyed interests on government.

Summary: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, and its top Democrat, the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, underscored how serious local officials are about controlling the shadowy but increasingly prevalent dealings between lobbyists and the local officials they try to influence. Mr. Bloomberg said at City Hall that people perceived that lobbyists get special treatment because all too often the relationship between lobbyists and government officials includes special favors. Referring to the Washington lobbyist who recently pleaded guilty to using bribes to entice government officials, Mr. Bloomberg added that we were not waiting for the next Jack Abramoff to arrive. The proposals highlighted the new closeness between the mayor, re-elected in November, and Ms. Mr. Bloomberg has long said he would like to limit the influence of moneyed interests on government. The mayor and the speaker said they would seek strict new disclosure and reporting standards.


Summary: The City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, has said she wants to raise the ethical standards of the Council during her term. She also said she would soon build a gate system closing off her office to lobbyists, who will now be asked to make formal appointments to meet with the Council staff. The speaker's side of City Hall, the East Wing, has traditionally been open to practically anyone, creating ample opportunity for lobbyists to corner Ms. Quinn, her staff, and Council members.

Summary: The City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, underscored how serious local officials are about controlling the shadowy but increasingly prevalent dealings between lobbyists and the local officials they try to influence. Quinn has said that she wanted to raise the ethical standards of the Council during her term. Quinn said that she was confident that the Council would pass all of the proposed laws. In the past, Council Democrats have opposed some limits on campaign contributions and matching funds, saying they would put candidates without the mayor's money at a disadvantage. Quinn said she would quickly seek the formal approvals necessary to restrict lobbyists from specific areas of her City Hall office and Council chamber during hearings and meetings. Quinn said she would soon build a gate system closing off her office to lobbyists, who will now be asked to make formal appointments to meet with the Council staff.


Summary: Alice Quinn, one of the country's most prominent poetry editor, received backlash from Helen Vendler for editing and publishing ''Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts and Fragments,'' by Elizabeth Bishop because bringing it out now, more than 25 years after her death, is unfair to her legacy. But Quinn said she wasn't entirely surprised by the reaction to the book. She said the book helped readers understand Bishop and her creative process.

Summary: Helen Vendler takes on Alice Quinn of The New Yorker, arguably the country's most prominent poetry editor, for editing ''Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts and Fragments,'' by Elizabeth Bishop. Quinn's work as ''the devoted editing this material needed and deserved.'' Quinn, in an e-mail message, said she wasn't entirely surprised by the reaction to the book that she had known that this perspective on it would be registered and probably more than once. Quinn to edit the book, said he had originally opposed suggestions that the unpublished works be brought to light. Alice is a very important person in the literary world. But she also points out that the material is all ''work that for one reason or another she chose not to publish but did not destroy.'' Frank Bidart, a poet.


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Anthony Pellicano
Mr. Pellicano

Summary: According to the lawyers, the disgraced private eye Anthony Pellicano, who used to be frequently employed by Bert Fields, was in talks with prosecutors to try to avoid charges in the wiretapping investigation that has already led to the indictment of at least 13 people. The indictment says that Mr. Pellicano illegally ran criminal-background checks on a man and the man's wife and mother in October 2002.

Summary: Bert Fields, the Hollywood superlawyer, who frequently employed the disgraced private eye Anthony Pellicano, and his law firm are in talks with prosecutors to try to avoid charges in the wiretapping investigation that has already led to the indictment of at least 13 people, lawyers briefed on the case said. The focus on Mr. Fields and his law firm comes as federal prosecutors investigating Mr. Pellicano's wiretapping have expanded their inquiry into nearly every corner of the Hollywood bar: litigators, dealmakers, criminal defense lawyers, and now, a divorce lawyer. But his entanglement in the Pellicano case could open a window onto some of the most hard-fought divorce battles in Hollywood in recent years. According to prosecutors, Mr. Christensen hired Mr. Pellicano.


Summary: Lawyers said that Bert Fields, the Hollywood superlawyer, who frequently employed Anthony Pellicano, and his law firm are in talks with prosecutors to try to avoid charges in the wiretapping investigation that has already led to the indictment of at least 13 people.

Summary: Bert Fields, the Hollywood superlawyer, who frequently employed the disgraced private eye Anthony Pellicano, and his law firm are in talks with prosecutors to try to avoid charges in the wiretapping investigation that has already led to the indictment of at least 13 people. Prosecutors are presenting Mr. Fields and his firm, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman Machtinger & Kinsella, with what they say is evidence against them, and giving them an opportunity to respond, the lawyers said. Both sides have agreed to suspend the normal statutory limitations that could prevent Mr. Fields and the firm from being prosecuted in connection with some of Mr. Pellicano's actions in years past. Mr. Fields's lawyer, John W. Keker, who has maintained that Mr. Fields knew of no illegal activity, declined to comment.


Summary: Prosecutors are presenting Mr. Fields and his firm, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman Machtinger & Kinsella, with what they say is evidence against them, and giving them an opportunity to respond, the lawyers said. They include Charles N. Shepard, the head of litigation at Greenberg Glusker, David S. Moriarty, a former Greenberg Glusker associate who worked on several cases in which Mr. Fields was the lead partner and Mr. Pellicano was the investigator; and Daniel G. Davis, a Beverly Hills criminal lawyer who gained fame in the 1980s representing the main defendant in the McMartin preschool child molestation case.

Summary: Prosecutors are presenting Mr. Fields and his firm, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman Machtinger & Kinsella, with what they say is evidence against them, and giving them an opportunity to respond, the lawyers said. They include Charles N. Shepard, the head of litigation at Greenberg Glusker; David S. Moriarty, a former Greenberg Glusker associate who worked on several cases in which Mr. Fields was the lead partner and Mr. Pellicano was the investigator; and Daniel G. Davis, a Beverly Hills criminal lawyer who gained fame in the 1980's representing the main defendant in the McMartin preschool child molestation case.


Summary: The killing of Israel Ramirez, an unarmed security guard who worked for Busta Rhymes, will join a string of unsolved slayings in the hip-hop world, Busta gunned down in his recording studio in Jamaica, Queens, in 2002. Busta Rhymes, 33, whose given name is Trevor Smith, faces a dilemma that he has a particular resonance to the hip-hop world. His silence is angering the family of Mr. Ramirez and a good number of his fans. A growing number of fans have called his silence cowardly and amoral, and in New York, a group of ministers and anti-violence advocates have called for a boycott of his music. His cooperation could lead to retribution.

Summary: Busta Rhymes who is 33 and his given name is Trevor Smith, faces a dilemma that is has a particular resonance to the hip-hop world.


Summary: The Maple Ridge Wind Farm resulted from a partnership between Horizon, which is owned by Goldman Sachs, and PPM Energy of Portland, Ore. The chief executive of Horizon, Alec G. Dreyer,  said that New York was an ideal choice for the wind farm because the state has a growing energy market and an electricity grid that the company can easily hook up to.

Summary: Goldman Sachs is the owner of Horizon Wind Energy. The wind farm created my the partnership of both Horizon and PPM Energy of Portland, Ore. Besides completing Maple Ridge this year, Horizon is also working on projects in windy areas of Clinton and Wyoming Counties and other areas in the state. Also the company stated that they were staying away from the most obvious wind source in New York, , the Long Island shore, because they feared being caught in a battle with residents and worried about the visual impact of the turbines.


Summary: Mr. Colwell has an agreement with the Justice Department that requires him to testify to avoid criminal prosecution.


Summary: Prince Saud al-Faisal who the Saudi foreign minister, told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the meeting that it would be height of irony if they fail to take care of those people those who are seeking for peace. After that Ms. Rice met Wednesday with Prince Saud and King Abdullah. Prince Saud further said that they wish not to link international aid to the Palestinian people to considerations other than their dire, humanitarian need. Prince Saud also appeared to reject widespread concerns about the Iranian nuclear program, saying that Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons merely ''accusations.'' He added that Saudi Arabia had asked Iran about the allegations and ''they have denied this many times to us,'' though a senior American official said the Saudi leaders expressed more concern about Iran in private meetings.

Summary: Saudi Arabia gives the Palestinian government $15 million a month, and Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that it would be ironical not to take care of these people who are seeking peace, during a news conference Wednesday night. Prince Saud also mentioned that international aid to the Palestinian people should be considered a humanitarian need. He also rejected widespread concerns about the Iranian nuclear program, calling the reports merely ''accusations'', and added that Saudi Arabia had asked Iran about the allegations and they were denied.


Summary: On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia joined the list of Arab countries who were unwilling to cut off money to Hamas, the radical Islamic faction that won last month's Palestinian elections, as the United States has requested. Khaled Meshal, the top political leader of Hamas, has been on a tour of Arab states this month, in search of aid to replace the money the Palestinian government will lose if the United States and Europe cut off support. One senior administration official noted that Hamas would have to raise $100 million to $120 million a month.

Summary: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday joined the list of Arab countries which says that they were unwilling to cut off money to Hamas, as the United States has requested. Whereas, On Tuesday, Egypt rejected calls to withhold aid from Hamas. Many countries, senior Bush administration officials said that they are still trying to decide how to react to Hamas's victory. One of the senior administration official noted that Hamas would have to raise $100 million to $120 million a month.


Summary: The agency has been reviewing its procedures, for its wide criticism of failing to prevent the beating death of a 7-year-old, Nixzmary Brown.

Summary: The agency has been reviewing the procedure of the case  of abuse and neglect whose victim was a 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown.  the mayor said that they found the home situations are potentially dangerous to children like Nixzmary and not clearly appeared on the A.C.S. radar screens.


Summary: Mr. Mattingly announced that Susan Morley, who oversaw the Special Victims Unit at the Police Department, had been appointed a senior adviser.

Summary: Mr. Mattingly announced that Susan Morley had been appointed a senior adviser. Morley, who oversaw the Special Victims Unit at the Police Department, will be responsible for hiring 20 former law enforcement officers to improve the agency's investigations.


Summary: Moses Teitelbaum, the 91-year-old grand rabbi of the Satmar Hasidim, is severely ill. According to Satmar leaders, he has been hospitalized since Thursday and is on a respirator. Joel Weiss, a spokesman for one faction of the Satmar sect, said that he is in critical but stable condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, which is based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and numbers more than 60,000 worldwide.

Summary: Moses Teitelbaum, the 91-year-old grand rabbi of the Satmar Hasidim, is severely ill. He is in critical but stable condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, said Joel Weiss, a spokesman for one faction of the Satmar sect, which is based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He had previously named Aaron, his eldest son, to run the second-largest Satmar congregation, in Kiryas Joel in Orange County.


Summary: Stephen M. Weiner, a Boston lawyer is HealthWell's president. HealthWell and the other co-pay charities do not routinely disclose their donors, though Mr. Weiner confirmed Ovation's sponsorship in response to a question. But Mr. Weiner said that nearly all the money that HealthWell raises comes from drug companies. Mr. Weiner said that it was an awkward situation. He hoped to broaden HealthWell's donor base so the foundation was not so dependent on drug companies. Until that happens, the charity may face questions about its motives, he acknowledged.

Summary: Stephen M. Weiner, a Boston lawyer who is HealthWell's president, said that they were performing a valuable function. HealthWell does not routinely disclose their donors, though Mr. Weiner confirmed Ovation's sponsorship. But Mr. Weiner said that nearly all the money that HealthWell raises comes from drug companies. All of HealthWell's employees work for Covance, which selected Mr. Weiner and HealthWell's other original trustees. Mr. Weine said he hoped to broaden HealthWell's donor base so the foundation was not so dependent on drug companies. Until that happens, the charity may face questions about its motives, he acknowledged.


Summary: The celebrity divorce lawyer Dennis M. Wasser, who has handled the marital breakups of Hollywood powerhouses like Tom Cruise, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Spielberg, was the lawyer who government investigators say had steered Mr. Pellicano to the lawyer for Kirk Kerkorian, the Las Vegas mogul and former owner of MGM. Mr. Wasser was the unnamed lawyer referred to in a Feb. 15 indictment of Terry N. Christensen. But his entanglement in the Pellicano case could open a window onto some of the most hard-fought divorce battles in Hollywood in recent years. Mr. Wasser represented Mr. Cruise in his hotly contested divorce from Nicole Kidman. Mr. Wasser also handled the divorce of Robert F. Maguire III, who prosecutors say was wiretapped in May 1997. Mr. Wasser also came to federal court to support Mr. Pellicano at a November 2002 bail hearing.

Summary: The lawyer claimed that Mr. Wasser was the unnamed lawyer as referred to in a Feb. 15 indictment of Terry N. Christensen, the lead partner of a top Century City law firm and longtime outside counsel to Mr. Kerkorian. To avoid conflicts, the lawyers talks with others about the case on condition of anonymity. Mr. Wasser has not returned more than 10 calls to his office. Mr. Wasser also handled the divorce of the Los Angeles real estate developer Robert F. Maguire III. He also came to federal court to support Mr. Pellicano at his bail hearing.


Summary: The killing of Israel Ramirez, an unarmed security guard who worked for Busta Rhymes, will join a string of unsolved slayings in the hip-hop world, including those of Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur and Jam Master Jay, the hip-hop pioneer gunned down in his recording studio in Jamaica, Queens, in 2002. The killing of Jam Master Jay, who was thought to be above the fray, was especially disturbing to the rap world, where jealousies and rivalries sometimes escalate into bloodshed.

Summary: The killing of Jam Master Jay was disturbing and painful to the rap world where where jealousies and rivalries sometimes turns into bloodshed. Rappers started to travel with a posse of armed guards for a reason.


Summary: Ethan Brown, who frequently writes about hip-hop, said the industry showed their anger over the police harassment of minority youths and the perceived imbalance of a criminal justice system that metes out harsh sentences to low-level drug dealers. Again Mr. Brown and others say, hip-hop fails to differentiate between those who help the authorities prosecute drug crimes from those who seek law enforcement's hand in combating violence. He added it is very obvious that the federal system is out of whack and that people are being put away for the rest of their lives based on informants. Mr. Brown's latest book ''Queens Reigns Supreme,'' stated the rise of hip-hop in Queens in the 1980's and 90's.

Summary: Ethan Brown, who writes about hip-hop, said the industry is angry over the police harassment of minority youths and the perceived imbalance of a criminal justice system that metes out harsh sentences to low-level drug dealers. According to Mr. Brown and others, the problem is that hip-hop fails to differentiate between those who help the authorities prosecute drug crimes from those who seek law enforcement's hand in combating violence. His latest book, ''Queens Reigns Supreme,'' details the rise of hip-hop in Queens in the 1980s and '90s.


Summary: John B. Mattingly is the commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services who was on a news conference at City Hall with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. In the conference he declared that he had reassigned  200 supervisors and staff members to assist caseworkers in the field until the hiring was completed and the new employees trained. According to his words, some of the caseworkers and supervisors are going to be fired due to their poor performance. After following this matter, Mr. Mattingly said that now onwards Children's Services will do a better job by investing in, supporting and supervising their child protective workers and managers, and giving them the additional tools and resources they need to make timely decisions at the right time and in the right direction.

Summary: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and John B. Mattingly, the commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services, outlined the data system, ChildStat, during a news conference at City Hall. Mr. Mattingly had reassigned 200 supervisors and staff members to assist caseworkers in the field until the hiring was completed and the new employees trained. Mr. Mattingly said that now, Children's Services can and will do a better job, by investing in, supporting and supervising our child protective workers and managers, and giving them the additional tools and resources they need to make timely decisions at the right time and in the right direction.


Summary: The mayor said that the result is that home situations that are potentially dangerous to children, like Nixzmary's, haven't appeared clearly or quickly enough on the A.C.S. radar screens.

Summary: The mayor said that children, having dangerous home situations like Nixzmary, hadn't appeared clearly or quickly enough on the A.C.S. radar screens.


Summary: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and John B. Mattingly outlined the data system, ChildStat, during a news conference at City Hall. He said that in spite of the child welfare agency collecting extensive data about its cases, it had not focused enough on qualitative assessments, like identifying children at particularly high risk and evaluating the performance of caseworkers and supervisors in responding to complaints. As a result of which, home situations that are potentially dangerous to children, like Nixzmary's, haven't appeared clearly or quickly enough on the A.C.S. radar screens. He also said that these lapses won't occur any longer and the agency would also seek to improve the quality of its investigations by establishing a leadership academy for its supervisors, assigning caseworkers to specific neighborhoods and reducing the time they spend in the office rather than in the field.

Summary: ChildStat was one of the initiatives outlined by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and John B. Mattingly, during a news conference at City Hall. The mayor said that this initiative was taken to handle situations, like Nixzmary's, that haven't appeared clearly or quickly enough on the A.C.S. radar screens.


Summary: Yesterday, Bloomberg announced the creation of a new data collection and tracking system to assist the city's child welfare agency in identifying the most serious cases of abuse and neglect.

Summary: The Bloomberg administration has announced that the creation of a new data collection and tracking system will assist the city's child welfare agency in indentifying the cases of abuse and neglect.