Summary: Victor L. Hou, an assistant United States attorney, said yesterday that Mr. Farhane had introduced Mr. Shah to the government informer at his bookstore. In a letter to Judge Preska, Mr. Hou wrote that Mr. Farhane, after he was arrested, told investigators that he had introduced Mr. Shah to the informer to help him. The prosecutors also cast new light yesterday on the role of the government informer, a Yemeni named Mohamed Alanssi. Mr. Hou said that the confidential source was Mr. Alanssi who identified Mr. Farhane to the F.B.I. in the weeks after 9/11. Mr. Farhane made in court on Wednesday when he pleaded not guilty and said that he loved this country. Mr. Hou said wiretap recordings in March 2004 register Mr. Farhane saying that the United States is not a country where they should stay.

Summary: In a letter to Judge Preska, Victor L. Hou, an assistant United States attorney, wrote that Mr. Farhane, after he was arrested told investigators that he had introduced Mr. Shah to the informer to help him send money to jihadists overseas. The prosecutors also cast new light on the role of the government informer, a Yemeni named Mohamed Alanssi. Mr. Hou said that Mr. Alanssi, first identified Mr. Farhane to the F.B.I. in the weeks after 9/11 as having radical views of Islam. Mr. Alanssi secretly recorded a series of conversations with Mr. Farhane, many of them at his Brooklyn bookstore. Mr. Hou grew impassioned when he sought to rebut a statement Mr. Farhane made in court, when he pleaded not guilty saying that he loves this country although wiretap recordings register Mr. Farhane as saying that this is not a country where they should stay.


Summary: The judge, Loretta A. Preska, referred to transcripts of secretly recorded conversations between a government informer and the bookseller, Abdulrahman Farhane. Mr. Farhane, a Moroccan-American who is 52, has emerged as the central figure in the case. Judge Preska said Mr. Farhane understood that he was talking about transferring funds to the Middle East to purchase arms and equipment, to be used for jihad against the United States. The evidence that prosecutors presented at Mr. Farhane's bail hearing added significant substance to the government's case against him. Mr. Hou wrote that Mr. Farhane, after he was arrested, told investigators that he had introduced Mr. Shah to the informer to help him send money to jihadists overseas. Judge Preska said recordings from the fall of 2001 make it clear that Mr. Farhane was talking about sending money for wireless communications and advanced weapons for Islamic fighters.

Summary: Abdulrahman Farhane, a Moroccan-American, 52, has emerged as the central figure in the case. Referring to the transcripts of secretly recorded conversations between a government informer and Mr. Farhane, the bookseller, Judge Preska said Mr. Farhane understood that he was talking about transferring funds to the Middle East to purchase arms and equipment, which he knew would be used for jihad against the United States and other Western powers. The evidence that prosecutors presented at Mr. Farhane's bail hearing, in United States District Court in Manhattan, added significant substance to the government's case against him and three other defendants, including Tarik Shah, a New York jazz musician and martial arts instructor who also is Muslim.


Summary: The prosecutors also cast new light on the role of the government informer, a Yemeni named Mohamed Alanssi, who set himself on fire in front of the White House in November 2004, apparently to protest his handling by F.B.I. agents. Mr. Alanssi was a witness in the case in Brooklyn that convicted a Yemeni sheik, Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad, of financing terrorism. Mr. Hou said that the confidential source the defense has identified as Mr. Alanssi was the one who first identified Mr. Farhane to the F.B.I. in the weeks after 9/11. Starting in December 2001, Mr. Alanssi secretly recorded a series of conversations with Mr. Farhane, many of them at his Brooklyn bookstore.

Summary: The prosecutors cast new light yesterday on the role of the government informer, a Yemeni named Mohamed Alanssi, who set himself on fire in front of the White House in November 2004, apparently to protest his handling by F.B.I. agents. Mr. Alanssi was a witness in the case in Brooklyn last year that convicted a Yemeni sheik, Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad, of financing terrorism. Mr. Hou said that "the confidential source", whom the defense has identified as Mr. Alanssi, first identified Mr. Farhane to the F.B.I. in the weeks after 9/11 as having radical views of Islam. Starting in December 2001, Mr. Alanssi secretly recorded a series of conversations with Mr. Farhane, many of them at his Brooklyn bookstore.


Summary: Some nations are also seeking some loosening of Russia's natural gas monopoly, Gazprom.

Summary: Some nations are also seeking some loosening of Gazprom, Russia's natural gas monopoly.


Summary: Finance ministers from the Group of 8 industrialized nations arrived Friday for a weekend meeting that is sure to revive doubts on Russia's membership in the club. For the first time, Russia, which holds the chairmanship this year, will be the host of the meeting of the G-8, whose other members are Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the United States, Canada, and Japan. It is proposing that G-8 governments transfer those payments to the International Monetary Fund or World Bank, which would use that cash to cancel third world debt. Yevgeny G. Yasin, who was economy minister when Russia joined the Group of 8 in 1998, said membership was seen then as an incentive for the country to make greater economic and political reforms.

Summary: Finance ministers from the Group of 8 industrialized nations arrived Friday for a weekend meeting to revive doubts on Russia's membership in the club. For the first time, Russia, which holds the chairmanship this year, will be the host of the meeting of the G-8, whose other members are Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the United States, Canada and Japan. This position renews a debate on whether the country under President Vladimir V. Putin should even be in the G-8, much less lead a club of capitalist democracies, a description some say only loosely applies to Russia.


Summary: There are speculations whether Russia under President Vladimir V. Putin should even be in the G-8, much less lead a club of capitalist democracies, a description some say only loosely applies to Russia. Mr. Putin countered that, saying Russia's presence would keep the G-8 from becoming an assembly of fat cats because his country still sees economic problems from the perspective of a developing nation. Mr. Putin has put emphasis on oil and gas exports as a rationale for Russia's membership.

Summary: The chairmanship of Russia renews a debate on whether the country under President Vladimir V. Putin should even be in the Group of 8, much less lead a club of capitalist democracies, a description some say only loosely applies to Russia. Mr. Putin countered that last week by saying that Russia's presence would keep the G-8 from becoming an assembly of the affluent as his country still sees economic problems from the perspective of a developing nation.


Summary: Finance ministers from the Group of 8 industrialized nations arrived Friday for a meeting that is sure to revive doubts on Russia's membership in the club. For the first time, Russia, which holds the chairmanship this year, will be the host of the meeting of the G-8, whose other members are Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the United States, Canada and Japan. It is proposing that G-8 governments transfer those payments to the International Monetary Fund or World Bank, which would use that cash to cancel third world debt. Yevgeny G. Yasin, who was economy minister when Russia joined the Group of 8 in 1998, said membership was seen then as an incentive for the country to make greater economic and political reforms.

Summary: Finance ministers from the Group of 8 industrialized nations arrived on Friday for a weekend meeting to revive doubts on Russia's membership in the club. For the first time, Russia, which holds the chairmanship this year, will be the host of the meeting of the G-8, whose other members are Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the United States, Canada and Japan. The position renews a debate on whether the country under President Vladimir V. Putin should even be in the G-8, much less lead a club of capitalist democracies, a description that only loosely applies to Russia. Mr. Putin countered that last week by saying that Russia's presence would keep the G-8 from becoming an assembly of the affluent since his country still sees economic problems from the perspective of a developing nation.


Summary: The World Bank's director, Paul D. Wolfowitz, was scheduled to attend the talks in Moscow on Saturday, Russia's minister of economy, Aleksei L. Kudrin, said this week. Russia is also sponsoring a discussion on creating a uniform system of accounting for oil reserves. Mr. Kudrin said that would improve the accuracy of oil price projections by reducing uncertainty on supply. Mr. Kudrin also said Russia was fighting money laundering in Central Asia, where drug money from Afghanistan's heroin trade is cycled through the banking system.

Summary: Russia is sponsoring a discussion on creating a uniform system of accounting for oil reserves which according to Russia's minister of economy, Aleksei L. Kudrin, would improve the accuracy of oil price projections by reducing uncertainty on supply. Russia will also discuss encouraging investment to increase oil production amid extremely tight world supplies. He also said Russia was fighting money laundering in Central Asia, where drug money from Afghanistan's heroin trade is cycled through the banking system.


Summary: Hugh Barnes, director of the Russia program at the Foreign Policy Center, a British research center, said in a telephone interview that Russia doesn't measure up. Mr. Barnes cited the values expressed by the founding members of the club, then the Group of 6, in 1975 in Rambouillet, France. Besides economic principles, like low inflation and free trade, the group stressed democratic governance, he said.

Summary: Hugh Barnes, director of the Russia program at the Foreign Policy Center, a British research center cited the values expressed by the founding members of the club, then the Group of 6. He also added that besides economic principles, like low inflation and free trade, the group stressed democratic governance.


Summary: Reverse mortgages were once considered loans of last resort, but that perception has changed in recent years, said Bronwyn Belling, a reverse mortgage specialist with AARP.  She said that a lot of people thought they were secure then lo and behold, the pension plans go under, the market takes a downturn, and they're forced to look at their house as a more liquid asset. Ms. Belling suggested that it can cost over $15,000 to take out one of these loans.

Summary: Bronwyn Belling, a reverse mortgage specialist with AARP, said that reverse mortgages were once considered loans of last resort, but that perception has changed in recent years. He further said that they can cost over $15,000 to take out one of these loans.


Summary: Demand is still growing, according to Darryl Hicks, associate director for the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association, a trade group in Washington. Mr. Hicks said they were up 56 percent in the first quarter of 2006. As property values have risen, Mr. Hicks added, a number of retirees who took out these loans years ago are returning for second and even third reverse mortgages to harvest the additional equity that has built up in their homes.

Summary: According to Darryl Hicks, associate director for the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association said demand is still growing, a trade group in Washington. He said that in the first quarter of 2006, they were up 56 percent. As property values have risen, Mr. Hicks added, a number of retirees who took out these loans years ago, and they are returning for second and even third reverse mortgages to harvest the additional equity that has built up in their homes.


Summary: But his choice for defense minister is Gordon O'Connor, a retired brigadier general from Ontario, who from 1996 to early 2004 was a lobbyist for companies including Airbus, which hopes to sell tactical airlift aircraft to the Defense Ministry. Conservatives note that the Accountability Act would not prohibit a former lobbyist from serving in government, and Mr. O'Connor said that he saw no conflict of interest.

Summary: Mr. Harper's  choice for defense minister is Gordon O'Connor, a retired brigadier general from Ontario, who from 1996 to early 2004 was a lobbyist for companies including Airbus, which hopes to sell tactical airlift aircraft to the Defense Ministry. Conservatives note that the Accountability Act would not prohibit a former lobbyist from serving in government, and Mr. O'Connor said that he saw no conflict of interest.


Summary: Mr. Harper, a Conservative, won a narrow victory and tenuous control of the House of Commons by promising that he would make Ottawa more accountable and that he would clean up after several Liberal Party scandals. He also said he wanted to include officials from Montreal and Vancouver, cities where the Conservatives won no seats in the House of Commons and that would have otherwise gone unrepresented. The opposition parties are complaining that they will not be able to question Mr. Fortier on the floor of the House of Commons, as is customary with cabinet ministers because he is not a member.

Summary: Mr. Harper, is a Conservative, who won a narrow victory and tenuous control of the House of Commons last month by promising that he would make Ottawa more accountable and that he would clean up after several Liberal Party scandals. He also said he wanted to include officials from Montreal and Vancouver, cities where the Conservatives won no seats in the House of Commons and that would have otherwise gone unrepresented. The most controversial of the appointments was of David L. Emerson of Vancouver, who was industry minister under Prime Minister Martin and was elected to the Commons last month on the Liberal Party ticket.


Summary: Michael Fortier, a Conservative organizer in Montreal, did not run for the Commons in the last election. But Mr. Harper appointed him to the Senate so he could serve as public works minister.

Summary: Michael Fortier, a Conservative organizer in Montreal, did not run for the Commons in the last election. But he appointed him to the Senate so he could serve as public works minister. The opposition parties are complaining that they will not be able to question Mr. Fortier on the floor of the House of Commons, as is customary with cabinet ministers, because he is not a member.


Summary: Mr. Harper promised to halt the revolving door between the cabinet and lobbying firms, and work to transform the Senate, the upper house of Parliament, from an appointed body to an elected one. But Mr. Harper appointed him to the Senate so he could serve as public works minister. Countering criticism that he was backtracking from his promise to reform the Senate, Mr. Harper said that the appointment was only temporary.

Summary: During the campaign, Mr. Stephen Harper promised to halt the revolving door between the cabinet and lobbying firms and work to transform the Senate, the upper house of Parliament, from an appointed body to an elected one. Mr. Harper appointed an international trade minister who was elected only two weeks before as a Liberal, a defense minister who was once a lobbyist for military contractors, and an unelected public works minister who must be appointed to the Senate to serve. Countering criticism that he was backtracking from his promise to reform the Senate, Mr. Harper said that the appointment was only temporary and that Mr. Fortier would run for a Commons seat in the next general election.


Summary: Mr. Harper won a narrow victory and tenuous control of the House of Commons last month by promising that he would make Ottawa more accountable and that he would clean up after several Liberal Party scandals. But this week Mr. Harper appointed an international trade minister who was elected only two weeks before as a Liberal, a defense minister who was once a lobbyist for military contractors. The local Liberal Party association demanded that he returns nearly $100,000 it spent on his campaign, resigns and runs as a Conservative in a special election.

Summary: Mr. Harper, a Conservative, won a narrow victory and tenuous control of the House of Commons last month by promising that he would make Ottawa more accountable and that he would clean up after several Liberal Party scandals. The most controversial of the appointments were of David L. Emerson of Vancouver, who was industry minister under Prime Minister Martin and was elected to the Commons last month on the Liberal Party ticket. The local Liberal Party association has demanded that he return nearly $100,000 it spent on his campaign, resign and run as a Conservative in a special election.


Summary: Prime Minister Stephen Harper got off to a shaky start in his first week in office, facing a rash of criticism for three cabinet appointments that appeared to compromise his past positions on making government more democratic and ethical. Mr. Harper won a narrow victory and tenuous control of the House of Commons last month by promising that he would make Ottawa more accountable. During the campaign Mr. Harper promised to halt the revolving door between the cabinet and lobbying firms, and work to transform the Senate, the upper house of Parliament, from an appointed body to an elected one.

Summary: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has gotten off to a shaky start in his first week in office, facing a rash of criticism for three cabinet appointments that appeared to compromise his past positions on making government more democratic and ethical. He is a Conservative, who won a narrow victory and tenuous control of the House of Commons last month by promising that he would make Ottawa more accountable and that he would clean up after several Liberal Party scandals. During the campaign he promised to halt the revolving door between the cabinet and lobbying firms, and work to transform the Senate, the upper house of Parliament, from an appointed body to an elected one.


Summary: The most controversial of the appointments was of David L. Emerson of Vancouver, who was industry minister under Prime Minister Martin and was elected to the Commons last month on the Liberal Party ticket. Mr. Emerson said he would not resign or return the money, arguing Wednesday in a conference call with reporters that he could best serve his constituents by giving them a voice in the cabinet as international trade minister. He said that his two children were being taunted in school over the issue.

Summary: The most controversial of the appointments were of David L. Emerson of Vancouver, who was industry minister under Prime Minister Martin and was elected to the Commons last month on the Liberal Party ticket. Mr. Emerson said he would not resign or return the money, arguing that he could best serve his constituents by giving them a voice in the cabinet as international trade minister. He said that he might run in the next election as a Conservative, but he also suggested that he was shaken by the sharp reaction to his party switch.


Summary: Congress recently gave approval on changes that should moderate some of the law's most destructive effects. Congress should reinforce the Freedom of Information Act -- which was meant to prevent this kind of thing in the first place.

Summary: Congress recently approved changes that should moderate some of the law's most destructive effects. Members of Congress could end the battle by requesting the information on the group's behalf. Beyond that, Congress should reinforce the Freedom of Information Act, which was meant to prevent this kind of thing in the first place.


Summary: It is hoped that Congress will realize that extending the tax cuts would be an act of political cowardice, not courage. Congress needs to vote to raise the debt ceiling or the government will default. But Congressional leaders are looking for ways to downplay the vote, precisely because it's a disgrace.


Summary: Lauren Rich Fine, an analyst with Merrill Lynch, raised an eyebrow at the price increase.

Summary: Lauren Rich Fine, she is an analyst with Merrill Lynch, raised her disapproval towards the price increase.


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Summary: The New York Times Company declared that its fourth-quarter profit fell 41 percent, largely because of expenses due to job cuts. Net income of this company fell to $64.8 million, or 45 cents a share, compared with $110.2 million, or 75 cents a share, in the quarter a year earlier. Total revenue in the period rose 3 percent, to $931 million.

Summary: In the conference call, Executives said that they expected minimal fall-off because the price increase was modest and the paper was offering more coverage than it did in 2002, including Thursday Styles, the Escapes section on Fridays and T: The New York Times Style Magazine, as well as enhanced coverage of the arts, travel, business and real estate.


Summary: The increase in the price of home delivery of The Times is expected to generate $7 million to $8 million in additional revenue in 2006. Lauren Rich Fine said that while The Times had been able to raise its price in the past without much decline in circulation, the paper is getting relatively expensive, especially outside New York.

Summary: The increase in the price of home delivery of The Times is expected to generate $7 million to $8 million in additional revenue in 2006. Lauren Rich Fine, an analyst with Merrill Lynch, said that while The Times had been able to raise its price in the past without much decline in circulation, the paper is getting relatively expensive, especially outside New York.


Summary: In a conference call with investors, the chief executive, Janet L. Robinson, attributed the gains to an increase in color printing capacity and to strength in the transportation, telecommunications and financial services sectors.

Summary: Janet L. Robinson, the chief executive, attributed the gains to an increase in color printing capacity and to strength in the transportation, telecommunications and financial services sectors, in a conference call with investors.


Summary: George E. Pataki's proposed budget for cigarette tax was criticized as deeply flawed and unfair to New York City by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as in contrast to Mr. Bloomberg's proposal to raise the city's share of the tax, the Pataki budget would reduce it.

Summary: George E. Pataki's proposed budget as deeply flawed and unfair to New York City. Mr. Bloomberg's cigarette proposal came as he criticized Mr. Pataki's complicated proposal rejiggering cigarette taxes statewide. Quinn also both complained that one of Governor Pataki's main budget proposals -- giving $400 property tax rebate checks to homeowners in school districts that limit their spending -- left New York City out in the cold.


Summary: Mr. Bloomberg said that since the state is not sharply increasing education aid to comply with a court order, the city will be forced to cut $1.8 billion from its school building plan, causing the cancellation or delay of several projects, including the beloved project of the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver which is having a new elementary and middle school for Lower Manhattan.

Summary: Mr. Bloomberg said that since the state is not sharply increasing education aid to comply with a court order, the city will be forced to cut $1.8 billion from its school building plan, causing the cancellation or delay of several projects, including a new elementary and middle school for Lower Manhattan, a beloved project of the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver.


Summary: Just like the new City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg also called upon the state to follow the city and eliminate its portion of the ''job-killing tax'' on clothing items costing $110 or less. Also, both of them complained that one of Governor Pataki's main budget proposals, giving $400 property tax rebate checks to homeowners in school districts that limit their spending, has shut New York City out.

Summary: Christine C. Quinn was the new City Council speaker, and she follow Mr. Bloomberg's critiques. She said during testimony that they have been shortchanged for too long, and they'll use every resource at our disposal to correct this outrageous injustice. The administration and the Council are united and determined on that issue.


Summary: On Monday, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg called for a further rise in the city's portion of the cigarette tax during testimony in which he scoffed at parts of the governor's proposed budget as deeply flawed and unfair to New York City. In comments to reporters after his testimony at the Legislative Office Building here on Monday afternoon, Mr. Bloomberg indicated that he believed a rise of 50 cents a pack was possible as there's a correlation that if cigarette taxes are raised, fewer children would go and smoke. Mr. Bloomberg said the extra revenues would go toward new public health initiatives to reduce smoking.

Summary: Michael R. Bloomberg was the mayor, and he was called called for a further rise in the city's portion of the cigarette tax during testimony in which he skewered parts of Gov. George E. Pataki's proposed budget. Mr. Bloomberg said he would lay out his ideas for a higher cigarette tax in his State of the City and make a more detailed proposal when he unveils his own budget plans a few weeks later. Mr. Bloomberg indicated that he believed a rise of 50 cents a pack was possible after checking his testimony at the Legislative Office Building he commented to reporters.


Summary: Mr. Pataki's critique was followed by similar testimony from the new City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn. She also said that The administration and the Council are united and determined on this cigarette tax issue.

Summary: Christine C. Quinn, is the new City Council speaker, followed the critique of  Mr. Bloomberg. Quinn said that the administration and the Council are united and determined on this issue.


Summary: Jerome A. Jackson, an ivory bill specialist at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, has now increased the intensity of the discussion in a 15-page article in the current issue of The Auk. In the article, Dr. Jackson writes of a ''rush to publication'' of the article in Science, published online in April 2005, that reported the 2004 sighting. He also criticizes publicity about the sighting by conservation organizations and the Interior Department as the ''selling'' of the ivory bill and says the bird's existence has not been confirmed.

Summary: Jerome A. Jackson, an ivorybill specialist at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, has now increased the intensity of the discussion in an article referring to the current issue of The Auk, which was published by the American Ornithologists' Union. Dr. Jackson writes of a rush to the publication of the article in Science, published online in April 2005. He also criticizes publicity about the sighting by conservation organizations and the Interior Department as the selling of the ivorybill and says the bird's existence has not been confirmed.


Summary: John W. Fitzpatrick, head of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, N.Y., coordinator of the search and announcer of the discovery of the ivory bill, said in an interview after he had read Dr. Jackson's article that he stood by the paper in Science. Dr. Fitzpatrick said Dr. Jackson's accusation that the Cornell Lab and other groups had been ''selling'' the ivory bill to promote conservation and that this effort had taken over the science hurt his sentiments.

Summary: John W. Fitzpatrick, head of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, coordinator of the search and announcer of the discovery of the ivory bill, said in an interview after he had read Dr. Jackson's article that he stood by the paper in Science.


Summary: John W. Fitzpatrick, head of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, N.Y., coordinator of the search and announcer of the discovery of the ivorybill, said in an interview that he had not yet seen any detailed scrutiny of the video that disproves the case. He said that it is hurting that Dr. Jackson's accusation that the Cornell Lab and other groups had been ''selling'' the ivorybill to promote conservation and that this effort had taken over the science. Dr. Fitzpatrick said the goal of the search, run by his lab, was to find a roost hole or evidence of a breeding pair.

Summary: Dr. Fitzpatrick said that he had not yet seen any detailed scrutiny of the video that disproves their case. He also added that what hurts him the most is Dr. Jackson's accusation that the Cornell Lab and other groups had been selling' the ivory bill to promote conservation and that this effort had taken over the science.  Dr. Fitzpatrick also said that they had tried very hard not to oversell what they know


Summary: Joshua B. Freeman, a labor historian at the City University of New York Graduate Center said that transit riders are going to have to take some tums.

Summary: Joshua B. Freeman, a labor historian at the City University of New York Graduate Center, said that all it means that transit riders are going to have to take some Tums.


Summary: With the announcement on Friday of the results of the union's ratification vote, the union's stunned leaders and the equally stunned Metropolitan Transportation Authority are not sure where to go from here, not sure how to put the contract back together again. But some union members and labor experts say the contract was lost because he was slow to campaign for it, although his aides say he was hamstrung by an agreement with the transportation authority not to gloat over the deal, which called for raises totaling 10.5 percent over 37 months.

Summary: With the announcement of the union's ratification vote results, the union's stunned leaders, as well as Metropolitan Transportation Authority, who are not sure where to go from here or how to put the contract back together again.


Summary: The workers' rejection of the settlement shows that they are angry enough to take part in an illegal three-day strike and face fines, and angry enough to embarrass their union's president, Roger Toussaint, by shooting down a settlement he had signed. Mr. Toussaint blamed others for the outcome. But some union members and labor experts say the contract was lost because he was slow to campaign for it, although his aides say he was hamstrung by an agreement with the transportation authority not to gloat over the deal, which called for raises totaling 10.5 percent over 37 months. The authority certainly does not want a renegotiated settlement to cost more than the rejected one, while Mr. Toussaint might not want a more generous settlement because it might make him look weak as if he had negotiated too stingy a deal the first time around.

Summary: The workers' rejection of the settlement shows that they were angry enough to take part in an illegal three-day strike and face fines. They were angry enough to embarrass their union's president, Roger Toussaint, by shooting down a settlement he had signed. Mr. Toussaint though blamed others for the outcome and said that this result is a byproduct of a number of negative and inappropriate interferences. The authority certainly does not want a renegotiated settlement to cost more than the rejected one, while Mr. Toussaint might not want a more generous settlement because it might make him look weak.


Summary: David L. Gregory, a labor law professor at St. John's University, speculated on one possibility that the militant members of the union will continue to work, but they may be prone to a wildcat job action or slowdown, which could be almost as chaotic as a systemwide shutdown. Judges might view such actions as illegal work stoppages and impose further penalties. Professor Gregory said this really gives the rhetorical opportunity to the governor to resume his shots at the union, and that could be very inflammatory.

Summary: David L. Gregory, a labor law professor at St. John's University, speculated on one possibility that The militant members of the union will continue to work, but they may be prone to a wildcat job action or slowdown, which could be almost as chaotic as a systemwide shutdown and also added that controlling  6 of the 14 votes on the authority's board could give the governor the rhetorical opportunity to resume his shots at the union, and that could be very inflammatory.


Summary: Union members are angry at the transportation authority, for demanding concessions when it had a $1 billion surplus, and they are angry at Gov. George E. Pataki, for warning that he might block a contract provision that many workers loved. Union members could turn even angrier if Mr. Pataki insists that the authority drop the pension refund, which he has repeatedly condemned, saying it wrongly rewarded participants in an illegal strike.

Summary: Union Members were angry at the transportation authority, for demanding concessions when it had a $1 billion surplus, and they are also angry at Gov. George E. Pataki, for warning that he might block a contract provision that many workers loved. They could turn even angrier if Mr. Pataki insists that the authority drop the pension refund.


Summary: Joan Root, a noted conservationist, lived for decades on a prime piece of Naivasha's lakefront before gunmen stole her life. She dedicated her life to the conservation of wildlife said Barry Gamer, a neighbor, and fellow conservationist who is president of the Nakuru Wildlife Conservancy. Ms. Root, the daughter of a British settler in colonial Kenya, was a quiet but determined woman who became known for the innovative nature films she produced in the 1970s with her husband then, Alan. Root's property became the unofficial headquarters of the conservation effort until unknown assailants crept up to her bungalow on Jan. 13 and shot her dead.

Summary: Joan Root, a noted conservationist, lived for decades on a prime piece of Naivasha's lakefront before gunmen stole her life. Root's property became the unofficial headquarters of the conservation effort until unknown assailants crept up to her bungalow and shot her dead. The police said the men who sneaked onto her property appeared to be looking not to rob Ms. Root but to kill her.


Summary: The mine is operated by Aracoma Coal, a subsidiary of the Massey Energy Company, based in Richmond, Va. Local residents expressed frustration that no representatives from Massey Energy had been present at news briefings.

Summary: J. Davitt McAteer, a former assistant secretary for the Mine Safety and Health Administration who is Mr. Manchin's adviser on mine safety and the Sago Mine accident investigation, said that in 2001 he wrote a report which raised a lot of questions about Massey's use of contract workers and also whether the safety records it was keeping were accurate. The report which Mr. McAteer wrote was on behalf of the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training assessing Massey Energy's safety record.


Summary: Officials identified the two miners as Don I. Bragg, 33, of Accoville, and Ellery Hatfield, 47, who was known as Elvis, of Simon. Both men had more than 10 years of experience in mining and had worked at Alma for five years. Mr. Manchin said Mr. Bragg had two young children and Mr. Hatfield had four.

Summary: Among the two miners whose bodies were were trapped by a fire that began on a conveyor belt 900 feet underground was Don I. Bragg, 33, of Accoville. He had more than 10 years of experience in mining and had worked at Alma for five years.


Summary: Representative Nick J. Rahall II, a Democrat whose district includes the Alma mine, told reporters that they have known tragedy before, but the heartbreak of the last few weeks has had an enormous impact on the lives of all West Virginians. The status quo is unacceptable and it's unfortunate that every coal mine health and safety law on the books today is written with the blood of coal miners. Representative Rahall said he had grown increasingly dismayed by the budget cutbacks and layoffs of federal mine inspectors as it's an absolute outrage to sacrifice the health and safety of coal miners on the altar of budget-cutting.

Summary: Representative Nick J. Rahall II, a Democrat whose district includes the Alma mine, told reporters that The status quo is unacceptable and also added that It was unfortunate that every coal mine health and safety law on the books today is written with the blood of coal miners. According to him, this is an absolute outrage to sacrifice the health and safety of coal miners on the altar of budget-cutting.


Summary: Doug Conaway, director of the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training said that it took a tragedy, unfortunately, to toughen these laws and to pass them in the first place. The two missing miners were among a team of 12 who put on breathing gear and tried to escape to the surface, but only 10 made it out. Mr. Conaway also added that nine others in another part of the mine also escaped.

Summary: The director of the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training, Doug Conaway, said that the two missing miners were among a team of 12 who put on breathing gear and tried to escape to the surface, but only 10 made it out and nine others in another part of the mine also escaped.


Summary: Among the two miners, identified by the officials, whose body was trapped by a fire that began on a conveyor belt 900 feet underground, was Ellery Hatfield, 47, who was known as Elvis, of Simon. He had more than 10 years of experience in mining and had worked at Alma for five years.


Summary: Rocky Adkins, county administrator for Logan County said, the teams kept up their spirits even up to the very last moment. Mr. Adkins was in charge of keeping up morale and supplies for the 16 rescue teams. The news that the miners' bodies had been found came from inside the mine to the command center, Mr. Adkins said. The command center was put on lockdown to prevent any information from leaving the site and to allow the governor and mine officials time to go to the church to inform the families personally, Mr. Adkins said.

Summary: The county administrator for Logan County, Rocky Adkins, who was in charge of keeping up morale and supplies for the 16 rescue teams said that the teams kept up their spirits even up to the very last moment. He also said that the command center was put on lockdown to prevent any information from leaving the site and to allow the governor and mine officials time to go to the church to inform the families personally ever since the news that the miners' bodies had been found came from inside the mine to the command center on Saturday.


Summary: On Saturday, Gov. Joe Manchin III, whose state is still reeling from the deaths of 12 miners in Sago after a Jan. 2 explosion, expressed anguish and pledged to introduce legislation to speed up emergency response to mine disasters, employ technology to track miners electronically and mandate reserve oxygen supplies inside mines on Monday to improve mine safety. Mr. Manchin also said he would go to Washington to press the federal government for changes and vowed to make sure that every brave miner, every brave worker in this state knows they're in the safest conditions humanly possible.

Summary: Joe Manchin III, whose state is still reeling from the deaths of 12 miners in Sago after a Jan. 2 explosion, expressed anguish Saturday and pledged to introduce legislation on Monday to improve mine safety. Mr. Manchin said at a news conference that he couldn't tell them the pain that they had. The governor said he would introduce legislation to speed up emergency response to mine disasters, employ technology to track miners electronically and mandate reserve oxygen supplies inside mines. Mr. Manchin also said he would go to Washington to press the federal government for changes and vowed to make sure that every brave miner, every brave worker in this state knows they're in the safest conditions humanly possible.


Summary: Rodolfo Jiménez, whose age is 22, loves baseball, but his barrio on the outskirts of Caracas does not offer much in the way of playing fields. He said that the highway is like a sports arena now, sitting on a median strip that now doubles as a dugout.

Summary: Rodolfo Jiménez, 22, loves baseball, but his barrio on the outskirts of Caracas does not offer much in the way of playing fields. This month he and his friends found an unlikely place for pickup games the two northbound lanes of the carefully engineered highway connecting the mountainous capital to the airport and the port city of La Guaira. Mr. Jiménez, a vegetable seller, sitting on a median strip that now doubles as a dugout says the highway is like a sports arena now.


Summary: Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez has been spending billions of dollars in annual oil profits to provide education, health, and social services to millions of poor Venezuelans. Mr. Chávez insists that previous governments are equally responsible for the declining state of the country's roads and that opposition leaders exaggerate the extent of the problem. Mr. Chávez has approved a $24 million tax exemption for coastal businesses, offered subsidies of up to $68 a day to public transit vehicles, and has promised that an alternate route around the bridge will be completed by February.

Summary: President Hugo Chávez has been spending the billions of dollars in annual oil profits to provide education, health and social services to millions of poor Venezuelans. Mr. Chávez insists that previous governments are equally responsible for the declining state of the country's roads and that opposition leaders exaggerate the extent of the problem. Mr. Chávez approved a $24 million tax exemption for coastal businesses, offered subsidies of up to $68 a day to public transit vehicles and promised that an alternate route around the bridge will be completed by February.


Jessica
Laurie
Harold Gray
Harold
Jessica Gray
Gray
Laurie Gray
Sgt. Gray

Summary: Jessica Gray, the former wife of Harold Gray and the mother of his three girls, describes him with affection: a handsome devil who had a way with women, but a dedicated father and a good sport as a former-husband whose last, an impulsive gift to her was a hunting license that she used to bag a six-point buck. Jessica said knowing Harold as well as she did she knew that he wouldn't want to live like that, he always said he wouldn't want to live not knowing anything.

Summary: His former wife, Jessica Gray, the mother of his three girls, describes him with affection, as a handsome devil who had a way with women, but a dedicated father and a good sport as a former-husband whose last, impulsive gift to her was a hunting license that she used to bag a six-point buck. Ms. Gray has decorated his room with photos of him when he was well.


Summary: To Laurie, who married him two years ago, Harold Gray is still the guy. Mercedes, his 6-year-old daughter, likes to think of him racing around the yard, chased by an angry pet goose as she watched and laughed with her two sisters, Isabelle and Natalie.

Summary: To Laurie, who married him two years ago, Harold Gray is still the guy I felt like I waited for my whole life. Mercedes, his 6-year-old daughter, likes to think of him racing around the yard, chased by an angry pet goose as she watched and laughed with her two sisters, Isabelle and Natalie.


Summary: The Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, is seeking to co-opt the militants who have been fighting Israel, and the election is sure to bring at least a few of them into Parliament. 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. At Mr. Abbas's urging, a large number of militants have been incorporated into the Palestinian security forces in the past year, and the Islamic faction Hamas is taking part in national elections for the first time. Mr. Abbas hopes that these steps will persuade the militants to join his effort to restore order in the Palestinian areas and revive peace talks with Israel.

Summary: Mahmoud Abbas was the Palestinian leader, who is seeking to co-opt the militants who have been fighting Israel, and the election is sure to bring at least a few of them into Parliament. He has repeatedly called on Al Aksa to lay down its weapons, but numerous 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.


Niall Noigiallach
Niall
Niall of the Nine Hostages

Summary: The survey not only bolsters the bragging rights of some Irishmen claiming a proud heritage but also provides evidence of the existence of Niall of the Nine Hostages, an Irish high king of the fifth century A.D. regarded by some historians. The survey shows that 20 percent of men in northwestern Ireland carry a distinctive genetic signature on their Y chromosomes, possibly inherited from Niall, who was said to have had numerous sons, or some other leader in a position to have had many descendants. Niall of the Nine Hostages was so named because in his early reign he consolidated his power by taking hostages from opposing royal families.

Summary: The survey not only bolsters the bragging rights of some Irishmen claiming a proud heritage but also provides evidence of the existence of Niall of the Nine Hostages, an Irish high king of the fifth century A.D. Niall of the Nine Hostages was so named because in his early reign he consolidated his power by taking hostages from opposing royal families. He was a slave trader and a pirate. Dr. Bradley said the link between the Niall Y chromosome and social power, enabled the king to leave many descendants. Niall is said to have obtained hostages from each of the five provinces that then constituted Ireland, as well as from Scotland, the Saxons, the Britons, and the Franks.


Summary: About one in 50 New Yorkers of European origin, including men with names like O'Connor, Flynn, Egan, Hynes, O'Reilly and Quinn, carry the genetic signature linked with Niall of the Nine Hostages, an Irish high king of the fifth century A.D. and northwestern Ireland, writes Daniel Bradley, the geneticist who conducted the survey with colleagues at Trinity College in Dublin. The novelist Peter Quinn said by phone from the Peter McManus café in Chelsea that he hopes this means that he inherits a castle in Ireland.

Summary: Peter Quinn was a novelist said from the Peter McManus cafe in Chelsea that hopefully it means that he inherit a castle in Ireland. He said that his father used to tell him that all the Quinn men were bald from wearing a crown. Again he added that , they spent 150 years in the Bronx, and he think they wiped out all the royal genes in the process.


Summary: The formal charges against the parents, Cesar Rodriguez and Nixzaliz Santiago, both 27, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, were filed as the mayor defended his child welfare chief and as the second wave of mourners shuffled through a wake that drew more than 1,000 people in two days. The biological children of Mr. Rodriguez, aged 6 and 18 months, were spared abuse, but as far back as last summer, Nixzmary and three siblings, 5, 6, and 9 years old, were tied to the chair, gagged with duct tape, and beaten with rulers, blocks of wood and fists by both parents, prosecutors said. The top charge against both parents is second-degree murder, which has a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison.

Summary: The formal charges against the parents, Cesar Rodriguez and Nixzaliz Santiago, were filed as the mayor defended his child welfare chief and as a second wave of mourners shuffled through a wake that drew more than 1,000 people in two days. Prosecutors accused Mr. Rodriguez and Ms. Santiago of maintaining an improvised torture chamber of fetid mattresses, a soiled litter box and a wooden chair tied to a broken radiator. He screamed at the children to know if Nixzmary was responsible. After he beat her, dunked her head under water and threw her on the floor in the so-called dirty room, Nixzmary moaned in pain.


Summary: Charles S. Ensley, president of Social Services Employees Union Local 371, said that those workers went home every night worried that something could happen on a case they had. He also added that the job of preventing child deaths was impossible to perform to perfection.

Summary: Charles S. Ensley, president of Social Services Employees Union Local 371 said that workers are worried for their safety. He added that the job of preventing child deaths was impossible to perform to perfection.


Summary: Rosa Roldan, 58, a collection agency worker said that it was to let these people know that people care, that this was not right.

Summary: The 58 year old collection agency worker, Rosa Roldan, referring to the line that was stretched around the block on the second day of the wake, at the R. G. Ortiz Funeral Home in the East Village said that it is to let these people know that people care.


Summary: Charles S. Ensley, president of Social Services Employees Union Local 371, said that those workers went home every night worried that something could happen on a case they had.

Summary: Charles S. Ensley, president of Social Services Employees Union Local 371, said that the workers go home every night worried that something could happen on a case they have.


Summary: A grand jury charged the mother and stepfather of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown with murder, detailing accusations that the mother had not only allowed a pattern of violent abuse that ended in the girl's death. That pattern approached its climax on Jan. 10 as Nixzmary's siblings were compelled to accuse her of eating yogurt without permission and breaking a computer printer. As punishment, the girl was stripped naked, beaten, dunked in cold water and thrown on the floor to lie untended for hours in a place called 'the dirty room'. The formal charges against the parents, Cesar Rodriguez and Nixzaliz Santiago, were filed as the mayor Michael R. Bloomberg defended his child welfare chief and as a second wave of mourners shuffled through a wake that drew more than 1,000 people in two days.

Summary: A grand jury charged the mother and stepfather of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown with murder yesterday, detailing accusations that the mother had not only allowed a pattern of violent abuse that ended in the girl's death, but also participated in it. On Jan. 10 that pattern approached its climax as Nixzmary's siblings were compelled to accuse her of eating yogurt without permission and breaking a computer printer. As punishment the girl was stripped naked, beaten, dunked in cold water and thrown on the floor to lie untended for hours in a place the other children called "the dirty room." Her cries, 'Mommy,' could be heard throughout the apartment. Nixzmary's death has elicited parallels to other cases that prompted the city to overhaul its child services agency, the Administration for Children's Services, which has taken criticism for failing to remove Nixzmary from the family apartment after teachers reported signs of abuse.


Summary: The Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, said that as punishment the girl was stripped naked, beaten, dunked in cold water and thrown on the floor to lie untended for hours in a place the other children called "the dirty room." Her cries, 'Mommy,' could be heard throughout the apartment. Describing the night of Nixzmary's death, Mr. Hynes said Ms. Santiago had suggested that the girl had taken the yogurt and broken the printer which encouraged Mr. Rodriguez to investigate.

Summary: Charles J. Hynes, the Brooklyn district attorney said that the girl was stripped naked, beaten, dunked in cold water and thrown on the floor to lie untended for hours in a place, in the other hand the children cried saying Mommy and it was audible all around the apartment. He said Santiago did not check on her for many hours.


Summary: The formal charges against the parents, Cesar Rodriguez and Nixzaliz Santiago, were filed as the mayor Michael R. Bloomberg defended his child welfare chief and as a second wave of mourners shuffled through a wake that drew more than 1,000 people in two days. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg supported the children's services commissioner, John B. Mattingly. The mayor said that John Mattingly was the best commissioner they could possibly get for this agency, and he had the utmost confidence in him.

Summary: The formal charges against the parents, Cesar Rodriguez and Nixzaliz Santiago, both 27, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, were filed as the Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, defended his child welfare chief and as a second wave of mourners shuffled through a wake that drew more than 1,000 people in two days. The rapper Foxy Brown and Mr. Bloomberg came by who stood before the open coffin and spoke with family members, including Nixzmary's grandmother, Maria Gonzalez.


Summary: The formal charges against the parents, Cesar Rodriguez and Nixzaliz Santiago, the residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant, were filed as the mayor defended his child welfare chief and as a second wave of mourners shuffled through a wake that drew more than 1,000 people in two days. Santiago split up when she was pregnant. Santiago suggested that the girl took the yogurt and broke the printer, encouraging Mr. Rodriguez to investigate. Mr. Hynes said that Santiago did not check on her for several hours.

Summary: Cesar Rodriguez and Nixzaliz Santiago, both are 27, and from Bedford-Stuyvesant, were filed as the mayor defended his child welfare chief and as a second wave of mourners shuffled through a wake that drew more than 1,000 people in two days. He had suggested that the girl had taken the yogurt and broken the printer, also encouraging Mr. Rodriguez to investigate about the matter. Ramos speaking to the girls mother that she has to pay for what she did and Santiago of maintaining an improvised torture chamber of fetid mattresses, a soiled litter box and a wooden chair tied to a broken radiator.


Summary: Caridad Ramos, an aunt of Nixzmary, said that she had never seen the girl before.

Summary: Caridad Ramos, an aunt of Nixzmary, said Nixzmary's biological father had never seen the girl before. Ms. Ramos, speaking of the girl's mother, said that she has to pay for what she did.


John Mattingly
John B. Mattingly
Mattingly

Summary: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said that John Mattingly was the best commissioner they could possibly get for this agency. Mr. Mattingly  expected changes within the week, but said that their aim would be reform, not punishment. If they were derelict in their duty, they're not going to remain in their position. Mr. Mattingly scheduled a news conference at which he is expected to announce disciplinary actions this afternoon.

Summary: While speaking to reporters in the Bronx, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg supported the children's services commissioner, John B. Mattingly saying that he thinks Mattingly is the best commissioner they could possibly get for this agency, and he have the utmost confidence in him.


Summary: Governor Pataki appealed the leaders of the Senate and the Assembly held off on trying to hammer out a solution. Assembly members from the suburbs and upstate, who all face re-election in November, may be more concerned with passing a budget on time for a second year in a row.

Summary: Governor George E. Pataki appealed the ruling and the leaders of the Senate and the Assembly held off on trying to work out a solution. Assembly members from the suburbs and upstate, who all face re-election in November, may be more concerned with passing a budget on time for a second year in a row.


Summary: Governor Pataki appealed the ruling and the leaders of the Senate and the Assembly held off on trying to hammer out a solution. Mr. Pataki so far made no promises to deal this year with the lawsuit, filed by a group called the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, or C.F.E., more than 12 years ago.  In outlining Medicaid savings for local governments, Mr. Pataki said that New York City stood to save an estimated $775 million and urged the city to spend the money on education. Mr. Pataki argued that the latest court ruling ordering billions of dollars in state aid was flawed, since elected officials determined spending, not the courts.

Summary: Governor George E. Pataki hasn't made any promises to deal with the lawsuit this year that was filed by a group called the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, or C.F.E., more than 12 years ago. In his opening address to the Legislature, he made a brief statement saying he would provide "additional funding to high-needs schools, in New York City and across the state. Mr. Pataki has always considered education to be a top priority and has provided record amounts of additional aid to New York schools in his past budgets. Last year, education spending increased by $864 million, or 5.5 percent, from the previous year, with much of the additional money sent to districts outside New York City.


Summary: The Alliance for Quality Education, a group that has been lobbying for more education aid, is trying to rally parents to pressure the four Republican senators, who are representing the New York City districts, Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens, by arguing that the Senate is holding up plans to get the city more education aid.

Summary: The Alliance for Quality Education has been lobbying for more education aid and is trying to rally parents to pressure the four Republican senators representing New York City districts. The group will pressurize the senators, whose districts are in Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens, by arguing that the Senate is holding up plans to get the city more education aid.


Summary: Mr. Pataki has so far made no promises to deal this year with the lawsuit, filed by a group called the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, or C.F.E., more than 12 years ago.

Summary: Mr. Pataki so far made no promises to deal this year with the lawsuit, filed by a group called the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, or C.F.E. Randi Weingarten, the president of the New York City teachers' union, said that it was an outrage that C.F.E. had back-burner status in this state.


Summary: The Senate majority leader, Joseph L. Bruno, a Republican, said recently that the plaintiffs and advocates in the court case should sit down with legislators to work out a solution rather than telling them that they have to have equal opportunity for all of their young people there in the state.

Summary: Joseph L. Bruno, the Senate majority leader, said that the plaintiffs and advocates in the court case should sit down with legislators to work out a solution. Mr. Bruno also said that they didn't need the courts to tell them that they had to have equal opportunity for all of their young people there in the state. Eager to test Mr. Bruno, advocates in Albany are trying a more aggressive approach this year, challenging lawmakers on their home turf.


Summary: Pragnesh Shah, was a vice president of product innovation at Sprint Nextel, he said that the approach should be delicate because there is a fine line between adding value to a customer and intruding. Adding more to it, he said that he saw enormous potential in delivering advertising on a device that is always on and carried everywhere.

Summary: Pragnesh Shah, vice president of product innovation at Sprint Nextel, said that he saw enormous potential in delivering advertising on a device that is always on and carried everywhere, but it also should be kept in mind to be delicate in approach since there's a fine line between adding value to a customer and intruding.


Summary: Edward Snyder, a financial analyst and co-founder of Charter Equity Research, where he covers the cellular phone industry, said that unlike the computer, or a magazine or television, the phone is a piece of us. That quality, which makes mobile marketing so powerful, could also make phone ads widely disliked and force carriers to use them very cautiously.

Summary: Edward Snyder, a financial analyst and co-founder of Charter Equity Research said that in contrary of the computer, or a magazine or television, the phone is a piece of you. The quality, which makes mobile marketing so powerful, impactful could also make phone ads widely disliked and force carriers to use them very cautiously.


Summary: Other companies starting tests or full-blown campaigns with video, banner ads, or full-screen images including American Express, Microsoft, and Pepsi, among other major brands. The size of the mobile phone advertising market was only $45 million in 2005, but is expected to grow to $1.26 billion by 2009, Roger Entner, a telecommunications industry analyst with Ovum, a market research firm, said.

Summary: Other companies that are starting tests or full-blown campaigns with video, banner ads or full-screen images include American Express, Microsoft, and Pepsi, to name a few. According to Roger Entner, the size of the mobile phone advertising market in 2005 was only $45 million, but by 2009 it is expected to grow to $1.26 billion.


Summary: ESPN, the sports network, which offers a service that sends scores, text stories, and video highlights to cellphones, plans to start running short video clips later this year from advertisers like Visa USA, Nike, and Hilton Hotels. Visa has also signed a contract with ESPN to have three-second animated images run before phone users receive ESPN sports updates.

Summary: ESPN, the sports network, offers a service like sends scores, text stories and video highlights to cellphones, and plans to start running short video clips to promote later this year from advertisers like Visa USA, Nike and Hilton Hotels. The credit card company has also signed a contract with ESPN for having three-second animated images run before phone users receive ESPN sports updates.


Summary: Thomas J. Burgess, the chief executive of Third Screen, said mobile ad budgets had risen from an average of $20,000 for a campaign a year ago to $150,000 to $250,000 today. He said the company had just signed its largest deal ever, a $1.6 million contract for a one-year campaign with an entertainment industry advertiser that he declined to name. Mr. Burgess attributes the higher response rate to a greater ability to aim ads at particular consumers based on factors like time of day and the kind of handset they are using.

Summary: The chief executive of Third Screen, Thomas J. Burgess, said his customers that mobile ad budgets had risen from an average of $20,000 for a campaign a year ago to $150,000 to $250,000 today. He further said that the company had just signed its largest deal, that is a $1.6 million contract for a one-year campaign with an entertainment industry advertiser that he declined to name. One reason according to him, for growing interest in cellphone ads is the relatively high rate at which customers click on banner ads on mobile screens.


Summary: AdSense quickly gained a following among bigger companies with an online presence, like the Weather Channel, as a way to supplement their advertising deals and populate more obscure pages with paid ads.

Summary: AdSense quickly gained a following among bigger companies with an online presence, for example the Weather Channel, as a way to supplement their advertising deals and gain popularity more obscure pages with paid ads.


Summary: AdSense is one of Google's most compelling long-term bets, said Charlene Li, an online media analyst with Forrester Research. She has called Google the one-trick pony for a long time, and for the most part, they still are. She also said that before, if she wanted to put advertising on her site, she'd have to hire ad salespeople, process orders.

Summary: Charlene Li, who was an online media analyst with Forrester Research said that AdSense quickly gained a following among bigger companies with an online presence which makes AdSense one of Google's most compelling long-term bets. She has called Google the one-trick pony for a long time. Before she wanted to put advertising on her site, she would has to hire ad salesperson, process orders, and there no other way left for her, said Li.


Summary: Hundreds of thousands of people have started blogs, forums, or other informational sites and are getting paid for posting ads on Google's behalf. Google's advertising network sales, which come largely from its AdSense advertisers, reached $675 million in the third quarter of 2005. Google.com and the company's foreign search sites contribute more to Google's bottom line than AdSense. For AdSense advertisers, some of the more significant improvements began last June, when Google started allowing marketers to select vast groups of sites on which to advertise. Late last year, Google also gave advertisers the ability to display graphical ads on sites within the AdSense network of publishers, as well as the ability to pay different (typically lower) prices for AdSense ads than those available on Google.com.

Summary: Goodle developed a platform named AdSense, which is also run by Google itself. Google does not advertise on the Digital Point site. Instead of that, through Google AdSense program, it places ads on the forum, similar to the ads that appear next to search results on Google.com site. After that, Google scans the information on the forum's pages, then posts related ads.


Summary: AdSense is a program developed and run by Google whose advertisers delivers the large amount of advertising network sales amount, reached $675 million in the third quarter of 2005, the last period for which Google reported results. AdSense generates less revenue than Google's primary revenue engine, which sold about $885 million worth of ads in the third quarter of 2005, and a 115 percent increase from the previous year. Although, millions of small sites have not yet signed up for Google AdSense, which was introduced in 2002.

Summary: Google places ads similar to the ads that appear next to search results on Google.com. on the forum through its AdSense program. Google's advertising network sales, which come largely from its AdSense advertisers, reached $675 million in the third quarter of 2005, the last period for which Google reported results. AdSense quickly gained a following among bigger companies with an online presence, like the Weather Channel, as a way to supplement their advertising deals and populate more obscure pages with paid ads.


Summary: The owner and chief technology officer of Digital Point, Shawn D. Hogan, said that Google pays Digital Point about $10,000 a month, depending on how many people view or click on those ads. He said that he started the revenue-sharing approach "as kind of a marketing gimmick" in 2004, but everyone seemed to think it was a cool idea as he saw a lot of other sites doing the same thing maybe six months later. He also said that it was difficult to say whether the financial incentives had made the forum's participants more active, because its growth rate was about the same before and after it started paying users.

Summary: Google pays Digital Point about $10,000 a month, depending on how many people view or click on those ads, said Shawn D. Hogan, the owner, and chief technology officer of Digital Point. Mr. Hogan said he started the revenue-sharing approach in 2004. Mr. Hogan said it was difficult to say whether the financial incentives had made the forum's participants more active because its growth rate was about the same before and after it started paying users.


Summary: Alan Stern who was the mission's principal investigator and team leader of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado said that the payoff at the end of the mission will be well worth the wait. He further added that in a real sense the capstone of the initial missions to explore the planets. Dr. Stern said that Pluto, its moons and that part of the solar system are so mysteries that New Horizons will rewrite it all in the textbooks.

Summary: Dr. Stern said that this was in a real sense the capstone of the initial missions to explore the planets. Dr. Stern said that Pluto, its moons and this part of the solar system are such mysteries that New Horizons would rewrite all of the textbooks. Pluto, discovered in 1930 by the astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, turns out to be the first known example of a new class of planetary bodies called ice dwarfs. Dr. Stern dismisses recent debate over whether Pluto is really a planet, since it and its ilk are so different from the solar system's two other major classes of planets, the four rocky inner worlds like Earth and Mercury, and the four giant, gaseous outer planets like Jupiter and Saturn.


Summary: A powerful Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to send a spacecraft called New Horizons on a journey to the dim outer reaches of the Sun's realm for the first close-up look at Pluto. Once New Horizons completes its studies of the Pluto system, it will be redirected toward one or two other Kuiper Belt objects that will be selected later. As the mission will operate too far out to use solar power, New Horizons will draw its power from a plutonium-fueled thermo-electric generator that produces 200 watts of electricity.

Summary: On Tuesday, a powerful Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to send a spacecraft called New Horizons on a journey to the dim outer reaches of the Sun's realm for the first close-up look at Pluto. Pluto, discovered in 1930 by the astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, turns out to be the first known example of a new class of planetary bodies called ice dwarfs, Dr. Stern said New Horizons will rewrite all of the textbooks regarding the mysteries surrounding Pluto. Pluto-like objects are more typical in our solar system than the nearby planets. Once New Horizons completes its studies of the Pluto system, it will be redirected toward one or two other Kuiper Belt objects that will be selected later.


Summary: Mehmet Ali Agca was released from a Turkish prison and he has been said to visit the Istanbul police for his daily check-ins, but he didn't obey that order. He was the man who tried to kill John Paul II in 1981. He was 48, and was told to report daily to the station in Istanbul until doctors determined whether he was fit to fulfill mandatory military services or not. He spent 19 years in Italian jails for his attempt on John Paul's life.

Summary: Mehmet Ali Agca, 48, the man who tried to assassinate John Paul II in 1981, has not made required daily check-ins with the Istanbul police since his release from a Turkish prison on Thursday. In 1999, Mr. Agca received a Vatican-approved pardon, and in 2000, he was extradited to Turkey, where he was convicted in absentia for the killing of a respected journalist, Abdi Ipekci, in 1979. He was arrested after that killing, but escaped the prison before he could be tried. In the late 1970s, he was associated with Turkish ultranationalist groups and the Turkish criminal underworld. These links have prompted speculation that his release this week might have been arranged by an illegal network with strong nationalist affiliations.


Summary: In 1999, Mr. Agca received a Vatican-approved pardon, and in 2000, he was extradited to Turkey, where he had been convicted in absentia for the 1979 killing of a respected journalist, Abdi Ipekci. Mr. Ipekci wrote columns attacking far-right groups and suggesting that drug traffickers were working with high-ranking security officers before he was killed. Baskin Oran, a political science professor said that Mr. Agca was helped in escaping a fortresslike military prison and now made his release possible.

Summary: In 1999, Mr. Agca was extradited to Turkey, where he had been convicted in absentia for the 1979 killing of a respected journalist, Abdi Ipekci. Before his death, Mr. Ipekci wrote columns attacking far-right groups and suggesting that drug traffickers were working with high-ranking security officers. Baskin Oran, a political science professor at Ankara University, said that they had helped Mr. Agca escape from a fortress like military prison, then he was jailed for murdering Ipekci and now made his release possible.


Summary: In 1981,John Paul II was tried to be killed by Mehmet Ali Agca, has not made required daily check-ins with the Istanbul police since his release from a Turkish prison. Mr. Agca spent 19 years in Italian jails for his attempt on John Paul's life.

Summary: Mehmet Ali Agca, who spent 19 years in Italian jails for trying to assassinate John Paul II in 1981, has not made required daily check-ins with the Istanbul police since his release from a Turkish prison on Thursday.


Summary: Mustafa Demirbag, Mr. Agca's lawyer, told the Anatolia news agency on Saturday that he did not believe Mr. Agca had to report to the police station because he had applied to authorities to pay for his military term some six or seven years ago.

Summary: Mustafa Demirbag is the lawyer of Mr. Mehmet Ali Agca, told the Anatolia news agency that he did not believe Mr. Agca had to report to the police station, because he had applied years ago to pay in place of military service. He further said that Mr. Agca has applied to authorities for paying his military term of some six or seven years ago.


Summary: The executives and unsecured creditors of UAL Corporation, who is the parent of United Airlines, agreed to deal with them in which 400 executives stand to share an astonishing 10 million shares, or 8 percent of the total that the company expects to issue upon its emergence from bankruptcy. After announcing the UAL deal, it was proved as evidence that the company's managers were exercising their self-control. According to court filings, after the company done with bankruptcy, annual salaries of top eight executives of UAL was, for example, will total $3.5 million.

Summary: Last Thursday, unsecured creditors and executives at the UAL Corporation agreed to a deal in which 400 executives stand to share an astonishing 10 million shares, or 8 percent of the total that the company expects to issue upon its emergence from bankruptcy. When the UAL deal was announced, it was evident that the company's managers were exercising restraint. The court overseeing the UAL bankruptcy is expected to rule on the compensation plan on Tuesday.


Summary: The court filings show Towers Perrin, the compensation consultant employed by the company, concluding that a reasonable stake of new shares to be received by executives ranged from 3.5 percent to 7.5 percent of stock issued. According to Jean Medina, Towers Perrin noted in another report it filed with the court that the plan, which has since been reduced, was both reasonable and appropriate for United's situation.

Summary: Towers Perrin concluded that a reasonable stake of new shares to be received by executives ranged from 3.5 percent to 7.5 percent of stock issued. Towers Perrin also noted in another report it filed with the court that the plan, which had since been reduced, was both reasonable and appropriate for United's situation. Mr. Foley said he was also surprised that Towers Perrin apparently advised both management and the board, and wondered if another consultant would have recommended the same pay package to the board.


Summary: Brian Foley, an executive pay expert in White Plains, finds the plan's stock compensation component much remarkable. He also noted that the 8 percent stake to be received by UAL executives exceeds what was described as "reasonable" by Towers Perrin in court filings last fall.  He said that the basic concern here is that the players don't seem to discipline themselves as much as they should and the external forces aren't executing any braking power and the courts don't seem to hold people as accountable as they should. He was also surprised that Towers Perrin apparently advised both management and the board, and wondered if another consultant would have recommended the same pay package to the board.

Summary: Mr. Brian Foley,  an executive pay expert in White Plains, said  that the heavy emphasis on the restricted shares under the plan increased the pay package's value. Mr. Foley also noted that the 8 percent stake to be received by UAL executives exceeds what was described as ''reasonable'' by Towers Perrin. And Foley also added that the basic concern there was that the players didn't seem to discipline themselves as much as they should and the external forces weren't executing any braking power.


Summary: Last Thursday, unsecured creditors and executives at the UAL Corporation, parent of United Airlines, agreed to a deal in which 400 executives stand to share an astonishing 10 million shares, or 8 percent of the total that the company expects to issue upon its emergence from bankruptcy. According to Jean Medina, Towers Perrin noted in another report it filed with the court that the plan, which has since been reduced, was both reasonable and appropriate for United's situation. She said in a statement that they believe, and the official committee of unsecured creditors, which represents our creditors and unions, agreed, that this program was appropriate to enable United to attract and retain top performers. It's in everyone's interests for management to have this component of management compensation tied to the future performance of United's stock price.

Summary: The unsecured creditors and executives at the UAL Corporation, who is the parent of United Airlines, agreed to deal with them where 400 executives stand to share an astonishing 10 million shares, or 8 percent of the total that the company expects to issue upon its emergence from bankruptcy. A UAL spokeswoman, Towers Perrin noted that the plan, which has been reduced, was both reasonable and appropriate for United's situation. She asked that what's the other half a percent among their friends, this was according to Jean Medina.


Summary: The governer's plan to use $160 million, held by the fledgling New York Charitable Asset Foundation, has the support of the state's other top Republican, Joseph L. Bruno. Because of the legal battle over the roughly $5 billion in proceeds from the conversion, the foundation has yet to use any of its share of the funds. A joint press release from Mr. Pataki and Mr. Bruno last month explained that because the windfall profits from the conversion of Empire, which is now part of WellPoint, were higher than expected, the foundation's 5 percent share exceeded what had been envisioned. The purpose of this foundation is to extend coverage and access to poor people. John McArdle, a spokesman for Mr. Bruno, said several senators had been looking at biomedical research proposals when the Pataki administration came to them with the idea of using money from the foundation.

Summary: And his plan to use that amount, $160 million, held by the fledgling New York Charitable Asset Foundation, has the support of the state's other top Republican, Joseph L. Bruno, the majority leader in the State Senate. Because of the legal battle over the roughly $5 billion in proceeds from the conversion, the foundation has yet to use any of its share of the funds.


Summary: In the papers of Robert Moses, there was more than paper: there were samples of fabric for park police uniforms. There was also mold. After an inspection trip to a storage area near the 79th Street Boat Basin where Moses' papers had been stashed, she ordered 35 cubic feet of them fumigated.


Summary: Jared Paul Stern has been in New York newspapers for 12 years, most of them working for Richard Johnson. Mr. Stern uses some of Mr. Johnson's relationships as examples of what he called "the right approach, because it's a pretty complicated business." There is nothing illegal, or even particularly rare, about the relationships that Mr. Stern brings up; the muddying of the line between gossip and public relations, subject and comrade, is a longtime tradition in various corners of the industry. Mr. Stern's statements on the recordings suggest he believed that forming a relationship with journalists is smart business for a public figure. There is a big difference between muddying journalistic lines and asking for cash in return for favorable coverage, or no coverage at all.

Summary: Jared Paul Stern has been in New York newspapers for 12 years, most of them working for Richard Johnson, the editor of the Page Six gossip column at The New York Post. Mr. Stern has been accused of trying to shake down a billionaire for $220,000. In recordings made by the billionaire, Ronald W. Burkle, Mr. Stern uses some of Mr. Johnson's relationships as examples. There is nothing illegal about the relationships that Mr. Stern brings up the muddying of the line between gossip and public relations, subject, and comrade is a longtime tradition in various corners of the industry. In a statement, Mr. Tacopina who is Mr. Stern's lawyer said has been the victim of a fallacious smear campaign, expects him to be fully exonerated and reinstated. Mr. Burkle, claims that Mr. Stern offered to influence coverage of him in the column in exchange for $220,000.


Summary: Rafael Hui, the chief secretary and second-ranking official here, said that he would lead a new committee to study how Hong Kong might still find a way to build a cultural district on the government's favored location in West Kowloon. Mr. Hui said at a news conference that the government was withdrawing its request for proposals after developers declined to submit bids meeting the government's new requirements. Mr. Hui, using a traditional Chinese saying that it is sometimes necessary during a journey to repack and remount a horse, insisted that he had not given up on the project and that his new committee would report back in September.

Summary: Rafael Hui, the chief secretary and second-ranking official here, said that he would lead a new committee to study how Hong Kong might still find a way to build a cultural district on the government's favored location in West Kowloon, a 104-acre peninsula of reclaimed land in the heart of Hong Kong's famous harbor. Mr. Hui said at a news conference that the government was withdrawing its request for proposals after developers declined to submit bids meeting the government's new requirements. Mr. Hui, using a traditional Chinese saying that it is sometimes necessary during a journey to repack and remount a horse, insisted that he had not given up on the project and that his new committee would report back in September.


Summary: His new wife, Sessa von Richthofen, was hired as an administrative assistant to Christine Taylor, who has shown up quite a bit this year in Page Six as a spokeswoman explaining and clarifying the actions of her boss, Ronald O. Perelman, the chairman of Revlon, who is divorcing the actress Ellen Barkin. Ms. von Richthofen, whom Mr. Johnson married on Saturday, left the position about a month ago.

Summary: Sessa von Richthofen, was married to Mr. Johnson and was hired as an administrative assistant to Christine Taylor, who has shown up quite a bit this year in Page Six as a spokeswoman explaining and clarifying the actions of her boss, Ronald O. Perelman, the chairman of Revlon, who is divorcing the actress Ellen Barkin.


Summary: On the recordings, while telling Mr. Burkle how the gossip business works, Mr. Stern referred to Harvey Weinstein's relationship with the column. Paula Froelich, one of the two staff gossip reporters who work for Mr. Johnson, had a book published by Miramax Books when Mr. Weinstein was running the company. Mr. Rubenstein said that Miramax had won rights to the book at auction and that Ms. Froelich does not write any items on Mr. Weinstein.

Summary: Mr. Weinstein, a co-founder of Miramax Films, Miramax approached Mr. Johnson to talk about making an American version of ''Jet Set,'' a French movie about socialites, though no deal was ever made.  Mr. Weinstein was known for his harsh treatment. On the recordings, while telling Mr. Burkle how the gossip business works, Mr. Stern referred to Harvey Weinstein's relationship with the column.


Summary: The South Bank's temporary loss appears to be the Barbican Center's gain. The Barbican, which opened 24 years ago, has slowly built its standing. Mr. Lynch said pointing to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam and the Vienna and Berlin philharmonics said that they're the only 2,000-seat hall in London that can bring in major international orchestras, which, though often booked at Royal Festival Hall, are at the Barbican this season. Graham Sheffield, the Barbican's artistic director, disputed that characterization, saying that those orchestras would have come to the Barbican anyway. But he acknowledged that the lack of competition allowed the Barbican to have its pick in programming a Shostakovich cycle this season, during the composer's centenary.

Summary: The South Bank's temporary loss appears to be the Barbican Center's gain. The Barbican, which opened 24 years ago, has slowly built its standing. Graham Sheffield, the Barbican's artistic director, disputed that characterization, saying that those orchestras would have come to the Barbican anyway.


Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
London Philharmonic

Summary: The uncertainty over a completion date has also caused foreign orchestras to cancel visits, including the New York Philharmonic. How London's music world deals with the closing could provide a road map for what will happen in New York when Avery Fisher Hall undergoes renovation, forcing the temporary displacement of the New York Philharmonic. But the Philharmonic is already trying to figure out what to do.


Mr. Johnson
Richard Johnson
Richard
Nadine Johnson
Johnson

Summary: While Mr. Richard Johnson, the editor of the Page Six gossip column at The New York Post, has never been accused of anything like trying to shake down a billionaire for $220,000, as Mr. Stern is now, the journalistic example that he set for his protégé is one in which writers and the people they write about intersect more than just in print. In two decades of running the page, Mr. Johnson has built personal and quasi-business relationships with those he has written about; some of them have become sources of gossip for the column. Mr. Johnson has been flown first class and put up free of charge in luxury hotels by companies, all while covering events for the column; he is also a regular columnist for a magazine whose publisher shows up repeatedly in Page Six and whose publishing company is often mentioned.

Summary: Jared Paul Stern has been in New York newspapers for 12 years, most of them working for Richard Johnson, the editor of the Page Six gossip column at The New York Post. In two decades of running the page, Mr. Johnson has built personal and quasi-business relationships with those he has written about; some of them have become sources of gossip for the column. Mr. Johnson has been flown first class and put up free of charge in luxury hotels by companies, all while covering events for the column; he is also a regular columnist for a magazine whose publisher shows up repeatedly in Page Six and whose publishing company is often mentioned. In addition to Page Six, Mr. Johnson writes a column for Gotham, a free magazine and the flagship publication for Niche Media, a company owned by Jason Binn.


Summary: The Pentagon published a new long-range strategy paper on Friday that calls for doubling spending on unmanned aircraft in the next several years, building Navy ships designed to operate closer to shore and training new Special Operations units to track unconventional weapons. Overall, the plan, which eliminates no major existing weapon systems, would not substantially reorient the Pentagon's spending priorities. By building vessels so the Navy can better operate close to shore and along rivers, the Pentagon hopes to be able to track terrorist groups and insurgents better in coastal areas.


Summary: The job hunter, Leonora Gidlund, with her master's degree, was frustrated that she had not landed anything. Twenty-one years later, and 15 months after becoming director of the archives, she has been named the recipient of this year's Sloan Public Service Awards. She was cited for turning the archives into what the Fund for the City of New York called "a well-known, accessible symbol of public service excellence." Historians who use the archives for their research credit her with striking a balance between their scholarly demands and the needs of amateur researchers who are trying at genealogy. She has been able to mix the skills of preservation and access in a way that very few people have figured out. She began work on a master's degree at Georgia State University, where she developed a finding aid, a detailed index to a collection, for the papers of the lyricist Johnny Mercer.

Summary: Director of the archives, Mrs. Leonora Gidlund has been named the recipient of this year's Sloan Public Service Awards. She was cited for turning the archives into what the Fund for the City of New York called "a well-known, accessible symbol of public service excellence." Historians who use the archives for their research credit her with striking a balance between their scholarly demands and the needs of amateur researchers who are trying their hand at genealogy. She has been able to mix the skills of preservation and access in a way that very few people have figured out. She began work on a master's degree at Georgia State University, where she developed a finding aid, a detailed index to a collection, for the papers of Johnny Mercer. It was the first finding aid, she said, that the history department had accepted as a master's thesis.


Summary: The job hunter, Leonora Gidlund, went to the nearest pay phone and dialed Gene. Before long Gene -- Eugene J. Bockman, the commissioner of the city's Department of Records and Information Services, hired her as an archivist in the Municipal Archives.

Summary: Eugene J. Bockman, the commissioner of the city's Department of Records and Information Services hired Leonora Gidlund as an archivist in the Municipal Archives.  She said she had no idea who Gene was. Gene told her to send in her résumé, but she had to call the secretary back because she did know his last name or his title.


Summary: Mariam Marjan Saleh, a professor of Islamic law at Al Quds University in Jerusalem and a newly elected Hamas legislator said that their principles are known, and they are willing to discuss them with anybody but people are free to decide whether they want to accept it or not. She said, in fact, that Hamas would prove finally that Islam and democracy are not opposing ideas.

Summary: Mariam Marjan Saleh, a professor of Islamic law at Al Quds University in Jerusalem said ''Our principles are known, and we are willing to discuss them with anybody,''  and she was a newly elected Hamas legislator. Further she continues ''But people are free to decide whether they want to accept it or not.'' She said, in fact, that Hamas would prove finally that Islam and democracy are not opposing ideas.


Summary: According to the officials, the Republican-controlled State Senate began printing bills last night that calls for more education spending than Gov. George E. Pataki proposed in his budget plan, but far less than New York City officials say they are owed by a court order. Governor Pataki appealed the case. In his budget proposal, the governor called for increasing education spending across the state next year by $634 million.

Summary: George E. Pataki proposed in his budget plan, but far less than New York City officials say they are owed by a court order, officials said. He appealed the case. In his budget proposal, the governor called for increasing education spending across the state next year by $634 million.


Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Banking Committee

Summary: Last week, the Senate Banking Committee unanimously adopted one measure that would make the process more rigorous and transparent. After the April recess, the House is expected to consider a similar bill. Senator Richard C. Shelby, the Alabama Republican who heads the Banking Committee, sponsored what has emerged as the central Senate bill on the subject.

Summary: Last week, the Senate Banking Committee unanimously adopted one measure that would make the process more rigorous and transparent. After the April recess, the House is expected to consider a similar bill. Senator Richard C. Shelby sponsored what has emerged as the central Senate bill on the subject. He said that the Dubai deal showed that nobody knew anything.


Summary: In recordings made by the billionaire, Ronald W. Burkle, Mr. Stern uses some of Mr. Johnson's relationships as examples of what he called the right approach because it's a pretty complicated business. There is nothing illegal, or even particularly rare, about the relationships that Mr. Stern brings up. Mr. Burkle, a supermarket magnate and Democratic fund-raiser whose name was mentioned in Page Six four times in the past year, claims that Mr. Stern offered to influence coverage of him in the column in exchange for $220,000.

Summary: Mr. Burkle, a supermarket magnate and Democratic fund-raiser whose name was mentioned in Page Six four times in the past year, claims that Mr. Stern offered to influence coverage of him in the column in exchange for $220,000. Mr. Stern said that he was asking Mr. Burkle for an investment in his clothing line, Skull & Bones.


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: The homeland security secretary, Michael Chertoff, accepting the responsibility for the performance of the entire department, good and bad, told local and state disaster officials at a conference in Alexandria, Va. that he plans to fix what went wrong. The changes will include a cadre of new disaster response workers who will be available to respond quickly to any natural disaster or terrorist attack, which could number as many as 1,500, a department official said. Mr. Chertoff along with R. David Paulison and Frances Fragos Townsend also promised to revise rules on debris removal and temporary housing, so local and state governments could move faster to clean up after a disaster and house the homeless. They also said they would improve communications systems and the registration process for disaster victims, so there would be fewer delays in getting help for those most in need.

Summary: The homeland security secretary, Michael Chertoff, said that he is accountable and he accepts responsibility for the performance of the entire department, good and bad. He also has the responsibility to fix what went wrong. The changes will include a cadre of new disaster response workers who will be available to respond quickly to any natural disaster or terrorist attack, Mr. Chertoff said, which could number as many as 1,500 as per a department official. Mr. Chertoff, R. David Paulison and Frances Fragos Townsend also promised to revise rules on debris removal and temporary housing, so local and state governments could move faster to clean up after a disaster and house the homeless. Them, repeating plans Mr. Chertoff outlined last year, also said they would improve communications systems and the registration process for disaster victims, so there would be fewer delays in getting help for those most in need.


Summary: Ms. Nicol Andrews, a FEMA spokesman,  said that if sites for those mobile homes are not approved in Louisiana, it is possible they will never be used for hurricane relief. In her opinion, relaxing the flood-plain regulation was not the answer since there are areas throughout Louisiana and the southeastern United States that aren't in a flood plain.

Summary: Nicol Andrews, a FEMA spokesman, said that if sites for those mobile homes are not approved in Louisiana, it is possible they will never be used for hurricane relief. She also said that relaxing the flood-plain regulation was not the answer as there are areas throughout Louisiana and the southeastern United States that aren't in a flood plain.


Summary: Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut, said that these trailers are going to take the place of those very expensive toilet seats that he remembers from Pentagon days.


Summary: Though about 55,000 Louisiana families are still waiting for a manufactured housing unit, the mobile homes may never be used because FEMA regulations prohibit them from being installed in flood-prone coastal areas. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, FEMA ordered far too many mobile homes and too few travel trailers, which are smaller, less expensive and more portable, and can be placed on lots in the disaster zone. The report on the mobile homes, as well as widespread fraud in FEMA's emergency assistance to hurricane victims, came as the federal government's top three domestic security and disaster relief officials vowed to fix flaws in the nation's emergency response programs. FEMA officials said that they had installed both trailers and mobile homes after previous disasters and that they had no reason to believe that Hurricane Katrina would be different.

Summary: Though about 55,000 Louisiana families are still waiting for a manufactured housing unit, the mobile homes may never be used because FEMA regulations prohibit them from being installed in flood-prone coastal areas, federal officials said. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, FEMA ordered far too many mobile homes and too few travel trailers. The report on the mobile homes, as well as widespread fraud in FEMA's emergency assistance to hurricane victims, came as the federal government's top three domestic security and disaster relief officials vowed to fix flaws in the nation's emergency response programs. FEMA officials said that they had installed both trailers and mobile homes after previous disasters and that they had no reason to believe that Hurricane Katrina would be different. Another alternative would involve having the federal government pay Louisiana for FEMAvilles with hundreds of mobile homes were created in rural or suburban areas.