Summary: Dr. Paul Stumpf, a reproductive endocrinologist at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center said that "some women will have a decrease in sex drive while they're on the birth control pill, and some will have an increase''. Dr. Stumpf compared sexual side effects to weight gain.

Summary: According to Dr. Paul Stumpf, a reproductive endocrinologist at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, some women will have a decrease in sex drive while they're on the birth control pill, and some will have an increase. He compared sexual side effects to weight gain.


Summary: Marty Bouquet, who is merely 45 years old, has a special skill  which is to cut and shave tiny slices from that hardest of all stones until it becomes a shimmering, desirable diamond. He said ''My grandfather would say that you need two lives to understand diamonds''. Mr. Bouquet said that he has never lost a stone, but there is always a risk. He folded his diamond into tissue paper, put it in an envelope, slipped it into his pocket and headed out to the streets of Antwerp.

Summary: Marty Bouquet's special skill is to cut and shave tiny slices from that hardest of all stones until it becomes a shimmering, desirable diamond. Bent over his workbench in the center of Antwerp, he wields his tools with patience and precision, qualities passed on to him by his father and grandfather. He says that his grandfather would say that one needs two lives to understand diamonds, adding that he is merely 45.


Summary: Eric Adams, a Police Department captain who faced discipline for comments during a television interview in October, has been found not guilty of two of the three internal charges against him. Captain Adams was found guilty of appearing on television as a representative of the department without permission and will forfeit 15 days' vacation as punishment. Captain Adams's trial, was held on the fourth floor of Police Headquarters. Days after that announcement, Captain Adams, the founder of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, which endorsed Fernando Ferrer, said the announcement had been timed to divert attention from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's decision to skip a mayoral election debate.

Summary: Eric Adams, a Police Department captain who faced discipline for comments during an interview, has been found not guilty of his actions which is against him, which includes that he misled the public during the terror alert last fall, said by his lawyer. But Captain Adams was found guilty of appearing on television as a representative of the department without permission, and will forfeit 15 days vacation as punishment, and this is according to the text of the judgment provided by his lawyer, Norman Siegel. In the interview, Captain Adams, who retired from the department yesterday to run for a State Senate seat from Brooklyn, said that he felt ratified and said he would appeal the finding of guilt.


Summary: Its lawyers argued before the department's assistant deputy commissioner, Michael D. Sarner for trials, that Captain Adams's comments had been motivated in part by his political aspirations, and that he had broken departmental rules by referring to his rank on the television show. Commissioner Sarner wrote that Captain Adams made his assertions ''in good faith'' and that the threat was no longer active by the time of his interview. But on another note, the commissioner agreed with the department that a line had been crossed.

Summary: Michael D. Sarner, the department's assistant deputy commissioner for trials, that Captain Adams's comments had been motivated in part by his political aspirations, and that he had broken departmental rules by referring to his rank on the television show. Commissioner Sarner wrote that Captain Adams made his assertions in good belief and that the threat was no longer active by the time of the television interview.


Summary: Greg Jensen of Bridgewater Associates put it, said that the U.S. consumes 7 percent more than it produces. He also said that the pressure from that made it much more likely that the Federal Reserve would keep raising interest rates.

Summary: Greg Jensen of Bridgewater Associates said that the U.S. consumes 7 percent more than it produces and the pressure from that made it much more likely that the Federal Reserve would keep raising interest rates.


Summary: Greg Jensen of Bridgewater Associates put it, and as it says that the U.S. consumes 7 percent more than it produces. He also said that the pressure from that made it much more likely that the Federal Reserve would keep raising interest rates.

Summary: Mr. Jensen said that the U.S. consumes 7 percent more than it produces and the pressure from that made it much more likely that the Federal Reserve would keep raising interest rates.


Summary: Petróleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, says that early indications suggest that the field could be as large as 10 billion barrels. Mr. Fox and Luis Ramírez Corzo, Pemex's director-general, flew about 60 miles offshore to the exploratory well to announce the discovery. In its official report of reserves, the company said it was possible to infer that the new reserves could reach 10 billion barrels. The company estimates that production there will fall by 6 percent this year, and the decline is projected to accelerate.

Summary: Petróleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, says that early indications suggest that the field could be as large as 10 billion barrels. Jaime Brito, an analyst at PFC Energy in Washington that this was part of an overall lobbying effort from the administration. Mr. Ramírez Corzo said that they recognized that we needed to establish new mechanisms of collaboration with other oil companies who had experience in deep water. Pemex officials warned that its figures on the discovery were preliminary.


Summary: Jaime Brito, an analyst at PFC Energy in Washington and a former Pemex executive, said that this was part of an overall lobbying effort from the administration. Mr. Fox and Luis Ramírez Corzo, Pemex's director general, flew about 60 miles offshore to the exploratory well to announce the discovery. Mr. Ramírez Corzo said that they recognized that we needed to establish new mechanisms of collaboration with other oil companies who have experience in deep water. Pemex officials warned that its figures on the discovery were preliminary.


Summary: In her first policy initiative since taking office in January, the Nassau County district attorney, Kathleen Rice, pledged on Monday to crack down on a ''drunk driving epidemic'' by seeking tougher penalties against many first-time offenders. Those arrested with blood-alcohol levels of 0.13 percent or higher will no longer be allowed to negotiate plea bargains and will face a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated. If her policy had been in place in 2005, about 900 more drivers would have faced charges of driving while intoxicated. She said the new policy was aimed at reducing the rate of recidivism by escalating the penalties for repeat offenders. She also pledged on Monday to recommend jail time for any driver who is arrested for drunken driving twice in five years. She would also push for passage of a bill that would require that repeat offenders serve at least five days in jail.

Summary: The Nassau County district attorney, Kathleen Rice, pledged on Monday to crack down on a ''drunk driving epidemic'' by seeking tougher penalties against many first-time offenders. Rice said the new policy was aimed at reducing the rate of recidivism by escalating the penalties for repeat offenders. She also said she would push for passage of a bill introduced by State Senator Charles J. Fuschillo Jr., a Republican who represents Nassau County, that would require that repeat offenders serve at least five days in jail.


Summary: Aaron Bisman, at New York University, started a nonprofit record label, JDub, and his friend at the New School, who called himself Matisyahu, worked on his reggae toasting skills. In Mr. Bisman's words, Matisyahu was still wearing track suits and just growing out his beard. As Matisyahu's love for hip-hop and his dedication to Orthodox Judaism grew, he hit the clubs in a black suit, hat and full beard, and with JDub behind him made one of the most unlikely rises in pop music history. He is surely the only Hasidic reggae singer to sell out 2,000-to-3,000-seat concert halls regularly around the country, and last week he released "Youth" (JDub/Or/Epic), his major label debut, which is widely expected to make it high in the Top 10 when the charts are compiled later this week.

Summary: Mr. Bisman, at New York University, started a nonprofit record label, JDub, and his friend Matisyahu at the New School worked on his reggae toasting skills. As Matisyahu's love for hip-hop and his dedication to Orthodox Judaism grew, he hit the clubs in a black suit, hat and full beard, and with JDub behind him made one of the most unlikely rises in pop music history. It has a handful of other acts and promotes concerts around the country, but Matisyahu was central to the company's finances.


Summary: A few days before "Youth" was released, Aaron Bisman and his partner, Jacob Harris, received an unexpected phone call from their prize talent, telling them their management services were no longer required. For Mr. Bisman, 25, and Mr. Harris, 26, it was a shock from an old friend and a potential blow to their business. The two men said they still have nearly three years left on a four-year management contract, and are consulting with their lawyers on how to proceed. Mr. Harris said that they really thought of this as an endowment to do this for a long time.

Summary: A few days before ''Youth'' was released, Mr. Bisman and his partner, Jacob Harris, received an unexpected phone call from their prize talent, telling them their management services were no longer required. JDub has not been Matisyahu's record label for two years, Mr. Bisman and Mr. Harris had remained his managers, and Matisyahu's engagements bring in a substantial part of the company's revenue. Mr. Harris said that they really thought of this as an endowment to do this for a long time.


Summary: When Aaron Bisman met Matthew Miller about five years ago, they were music-obsessed college students in New York who had an unusual goal which was to make innovative music that was proudly Jewish. Mr. Bisman, at New York University, started a nonprofit record label, JDub, and his friend at the New School, who called himself Matisyahu, worked on his reggae toasting skills. But a few days before "Youth" was released, Mr. Bisman and his partner, Jacob Harris, received an unexpected phone call from their prize talent, telling them their management services were no longer required.

Summary: When Aaron Bisman met Matthew Miller about five years ago, they were music-obsessed college students in New York who had an unusual goal to make innovative music that was proudly Jewish. Mr. Bisman, at New York University, started a nonprofit record label, JDub, and his friend Matisyahu at the New School worked on his reggae toasting skills. He is surely the only Hasidic reggae singer to sell out 2,000-to-3,000-seat concert halls regularly around the country, and last week he released ''Youth'' (JDub/Or/Epic), his major label debut, which is widely expected to make it high in the Top 10 when the charts are compiled later this week.


Summary: Stuart Rabner, the chief counsel, declared that no ethical violation was committed because the ethics rules apply to what politicians receive as gifts or donations, not to what they give. Mr. Rabner said that the jurisdiction of the Ethics Commission did not extend to the governor. Mr. Rabner said the code does not cover whether a governor can make a personal loan to a former staffer and family friend.

Summary: In a statement last night, Stuart Rabner, the chief counsel, declared that no ethical violation had occurred there because the ethics rules apply to what politicians receive as gifts or donations, not to what they give. He also said that the jurisdiction of the Ethics Commission did not extend to the governor. But the code of conduct that applies does not cover whether a governor can make a personal loan to a former staffer and family friend.


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New Jersey Republican Party

Summary: The New Jersey Republican Party on Thursday accused Gov. Jon S. Corzine of violating his own ethics guidelines when he lent $5,000 in bail money to a Trenton lobbyist and former campaign aide who had been accused of stalking the chairman of the state Democratic Party, and trying to break into his car.

Summary: The New Jersey Republican Party accused Gov. Corzine of violating his own rules. Tom Wilson, chairman of the state Republican Party, said that it took Mr. Corzine very little time to ignore his own executive order and act beyond the very ethical boundaries he set for himself.


Summary: As General Motors sells most of its 21 percent stake in the Japanese carmaker Suzuki Motor, providing a cash infusion after huge losses, analysts are wondering if the move will be enough to appease G.M.'s disgruntled shareholders. G.M. will sell about 92 million shares, or a 17.4 percent stake, back to Suzuki for 230 billion yen ($1.98 billion). G.M. also said it would continue its 25-year business relationship with Suzuki, which currently includes a joint venture in Canada to make sport utility vehicles. G.M. has cut executives' salaries and sharply cut stock dividends to help overcome the losses, its biggest in more than a decade.

Summary: As General Motors sells most of its 21 percent stake in the Japanese carmaker Suzuki Motor, providing a cash infusion after huge losses, analysts are wondering if the move will be enough to appease G.M.'s disgruntled shareholders. The sale has also raised speculation about what G.M. plans to do with its 7.9 percent stake in Isuzu Motors. G.M. will sell about 92 million shares, or a 17.4 percent stake, back to Suzuki for 230 billion yen ($1.98 billion).


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General Motors
Isuzu
Isuzu Motors

Summary: As General Motors sells most of its 21 percent stake in the Japanese carmaker Suzuki Motor, providing a cash infusion after huge losses, analysts are wondering if the move will be enough to appease G.M.'s disgruntled shareholders. Isuzu has also said it will buy G.M.'s entire stake of Isuzu-General Motors Australia, a truck-building joint venture the companies operate in Australia.


Summary: In October, General Motors sold its entire one-fifth stake in another Japanese automaker company, Fuji Heavy Industries, who is the maker of Subaru autos.

Summary: In October, G.M. sold its entire one-fifth stake in another Japanese automaker, Fuji Heavy Industries, maker of Subaru autos.


Summary: Moshe Y. Vardi, co-chair of the study group and a computer scientist at Rice University, said that the global competition had gotten tougher and we had to run faster. Mr. Vardi of Rice University also added that it might be good for the economy, but it might not be good for you, if you lost your job.

Summary: Moshe Y. Vardi, co-chair of the study group and a computer scientist at Rice University says it is a huge challenge to education to try to determine what is the right mix of skills as we try to move up the economic ladder.


Summary: New York's highest court refused yesterday to waive the statute of limitations and allow dozens of old sexual abuse claims against the Roman Catholic Church to go to trial. The State Court of Appeals ruled that 42 plaintiffs, who say they were abused by priests in the Brooklyn Diocese in the 1960's, 70's and 80's, had not shown specific actions by church officials that prevented them from filing suit sooner. New York's statute of limitations requires that negligence suits against institutions be filed within three years of the offense or before a plaintiff turns 21, whichever occurs later.


Summary: The court also said that it was up to the State Legislature to revise and loosen New York's statute of limitations, one of the country's strictest. Referring to the injuries caused by these deplorable acts by priests, the court said that regrettably, many of these claims are time-barred, and absent relief from the Legislature will remain unredressed. The court cited measures in Connecticut and California that have allowed old lawsuits to move forward.

Summary: The court also said that it was up to the State Legislature to revise and loosen New York's statute of limitations, one of the country's strictest. The court said that regrettably, many of these claims were time-barred, and absent relief from the Legislature would remain unredressed. Mark Furnish, who is the New York director of SNAP, said that he thought it put an incredible amount of pressure on the State Legislature to actually do something.


Summary: Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, who wrote the decision, said that a wrongdoer is not legally obliged to make a public confession, or to alert people who may have claims against it, to get the benefit of a statute of limitations.

Summary: Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick said that a wrongdoer was not legally obliged to make a public confession, or to alert people who might have claims against it, to get the benefit of a statute of limitations.


Summary: The Georges Pompidou Center in Paris and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Museum of Modern Art in New York had been vying for the right to run museums at the cultural center, which was to be several times the size of Lincoln Center.


Summary: The Georges Pompidou Center in Paris and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Museum of Modern Art in New York had been vying for the right to run museums at the cultural center, which was to be several times the size of Lincoln Center. The Pompidou Center had persuaded President Jacques Chirac of France to visit here in October 2004 to make its case, while Thomas Krens, the director of the Guggenheim Foundation, had publicly described the initiative as the most exciting opportunity in the world because of the scale and the location. But the plan has been mired in controversy for more than a year, with local artists saying that Western cultural institutions were playing too large a role, while populists denounced early versions of the plan as too generous to developers.

Summary: The Georges Pompidou Center in Paris and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Museum of Modern Art in New York had been vying for the right to run museums at the cultural center, which was to be several times the size of Lincoln Center. The Pompidou Center had persuaded President Jacques Chirac of France to visit here in October 2004 to make its case, while Thomas Krens, the director of the Guggenheim Foundation, had publicly described the initiative as 'the most exciting opportunity in the world because of the scale and the location'.


Summary: Wisconsin, Michigan and Colorado have races important to the White House this year, but of particular concern is Colorado, where a recent poll shows a Republican candidate for governor, Representative Bob Beauprez, trailing Bill Ritter, a Democrat and former Denver district attorney.


Summary: A statement released Monday by the Energy Department said that Samuel W. Bodman, the energy secretary, ordered the transfer of $5 million over the weekend to immediately restore the jobs, which had been eliminated because of past budget cuts, thereby avoiding a political embarrassment for the president. In the words of Mr. Bodman, the programs at the energy laboratory are critically important to realizing the president's vision to diversify and strengthen our nation's energy mix. He said that the president should not be taken literally and that the Middle East goal was merely an example of what might be done.

Summary: A statement released Monday by the Energy Department said that Samuel W. Bodman, the energy secretary, ordered the transfer of $5 million over the weekend to immediately restore the jobs, which had been eliminated because of past budget cuts, thereby avoiding a political embarrassment for the president. The programs at the energy laboratory, Mr. Bodman said in a statement that it was critically important to realize the president's vision to diversify and strengthen our nation's energy mix.


Summary: President Bush ended the day in Colorado, where some three dozen workers at the federal National Renewable Energy Laboratory were rehired after being laid off soon after Mr. Bush's State of the Union address promoting renewable energy. Mr. Bush is to visit the laboratory, in Golden, Colo., on Tuesday morning. In the words of Samuel W. Bodman, the programs at the energy laboratory are critically important to realizing the president's vision to diversify and strengthen our nation's energy mix.

Summary: Mr. Bush ended the day in Colorado, where some three dozen workers at the federal National Renewable Energy Laboratory were rehired after being laid off soon after Mr. Bush's State of the Union address promoting renewable energy. The programs at the energy laboratory, Mr. Bodman said in a statement that it was critically important to realize the president's vision to diversify and strengthen our nation's energy mix. Both Republicans and Democrats commend Mr. Bush for endorsing alternative sources of energy, but Republicans question the practicality of relying on them and Democrats say that a more significant way of reducing reliance on foreign oil is imposing higher fuel-efficiency standards on cars, which Mr. Bush opposes.


Summary: President Bush on Monday promoted his plan to reduce American dependence on foreign oil by using alternative energy sources, but he did not repeat a promise to cut back on Middle East oil imports that drew complaints from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and was disavowed by his energy secretary. Instead, on a day when oil prices rose to more than $60 a barrel because of militant attacks on oil suppliers in the Niger Delta, Mr. Bush toned down his implicit criticism of countries in the Persian Gulf and spoke of American reliance on foreign oil in more general terms. Mr. Bush proposed in his State of the Union address that the United States replace 75 percent of oil imports from the Middle East with alternative sources of energy by 2025.

Summary: President Bush on Monday promoted his plan to reduce American dependence on foreign oil by using alternative energy sources, but he did not repeat a promise to cut back on Middle East oil imports that drew complaints from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.  Mr. Bush said in a speech in Milwaukee that some of the nations they relied on for oil had unstable governments, or fundamental differences with the United States. Mr. Bush proposed in his State of the Union address that the United States replace 75 percent of oil imports from the Middle East with alternative sources of energy by 2025.


Summary: In Milwaukee, President Bush toured a technology center of Johnson Controls, the world's largest supplier of standard car batteries and a leader in research into new lithium ion batteries for hybrid cars. Afterward, in a speech to Johnson Controls employees, Mr. Bush urged Congress to support an additional $31 million for research into the new batteries, as called for in his 2007 budget.

Summary: In Milwaukee, Mr. Bush toured a technology center of Johnson Controls, the world's largest supplier of standard car batteries and a leader in research into new lithium ion batteries for hybrid cars. In a speech to Johnson Controls employees, Mr. Bush urged Congress to support an additional $31 million for research into the new batteries, as called for in his 2007 budget.


Summary: The founder of Verified Identity Pass, which has run a pilot program in Orlando, Fla., since last June, Steven Brill, has said that those who pay an annual fee to undergo a background check and get an electronic identity card probably will not have to remove their shoes and jackets, will not have to take laptops out of their cases and will get an expedited passage through security. Things became slightly more clear last week when General Electric said it would invest up to $16 million for a minority stake in Verified Identity Pass.

Summary: Steven Brill, the founder of Verified Identity Pass, which has run a pilot program in Orlando, has said that those who pay an annual fee to undergo a background check and get an electronic identity card probably will not have to remove their shoes and jackets, will not have to take laptops out of their cases and will get an expedited passage through security. General Electric said it would invest up to $16 million for a minority stake in Verified Identity Pass.


Summary: Patrick FitzGerald found himself distracted as he studied for the bar exam at Fordham University five years ago. He began poking around Web sites and news articles about the economics of recycling, and concluded that one of the industry's biggest problems was motivating its suppliers, the people who generate garbage. Mr. FitzGerald quit his job at a Wall Street law firm, moved back into his mother's attic in suburban Philadelphia and began working the phones and Internet search engines, making contacts in the solid-waste industry and finding retailers who were willing to participate in a customer rewards program.

Summary: PATRICK FITZGERALD found himself distracted as he studied for the bar exam at Fordham University five years ago. He began poking around Web sites and news articles about the economics of recycling, and concluded that one of the industry's biggest problems was motivating its suppliers -- the people who generate garbage. Quitting his job at a Wall Street law firm, Mr. FitzGerald  moved back into his mother's attic in suburban Philadelphia and began working the phones and Internet search engines, making contacts in the solid-waste industry and finding retailers who were willing to participate in a customer rewards program. The project's success has helped Mr. FitzGerald and Mr. Gonen to sell the RecycleBank program to several municipalities in the mid-Atlantic and New England regions.


Summary: In late 2002, Patrick FitzGerald talked about his idea with Ron Gonen, a high school classmate and fellow Philadelphia-area native. Mr. Gonen, then in his first year in the M.B.A. program at Columbia University, put in late nights writing a business plan and software, becoming more and more involved and obsessed. Their teamwork led to the birth of RecycleBank in early 2004. The project's success has helped Mr. FitzGerald and Mr. Gonen to sell the RecycleBank program to several municipalities in the mid-Atlantic and New England regions.

Summary: Mr. Ron Gonen, then in his first year in the M.B.A. program at Columbia University together with Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald started RecycleBank (recyclebank.com) in early 2004. They signed on with the Philadelphia-based Blue Mountain Recycling, which uses sorting technology employing fans, gravity, magnets, and manual picking. The project's success has helped Mr. FitzGerald and Mr. Gonen to sell the RecycleBank program to several municipalities in the mid-Atlantic and New England regions.


Summary: Patrick FitzGerald found himself distracted as he studied for the bar exam at Fordham University five years ago. He began poking around Web sites and news articles about the economics of recycling, and concluded that one of the industry's biggest problems was motivating its suppliers -- the people who generate garbage. Mr. FitzGerald quit his job at a Wall Street law firm, moved back into his mother's attic in suburban Philadelphia and began working the phones and Internet search engines, making contacts in the solid-waste industry and finding retailers who were willing to participate in a customer rewards program.

Summary: PATRICK FITZGERALD found himself distracted as he studied for the bar exam at Fordham University five years ago. He began poking around Web sites and news articles about the economics of recycling, and concluded that one of the industry's biggest problems was motivating its suppliers -- the people who generate garbage.  Quitting his job at a Wall Street law firm, Mr. FitzGerald moved back into his mother's attic in suburban Philadelphia and began working the phones and Internet search engines, making contacts in the solid-waste industry and finding retailers who were willing to participate in a customer rewards program. The project's success helped Mr. FitzGerald and Mr. Gonen to sell the RecycleBank program to several municipalities in the mid-Atlantic and New England regions.


Summary: Mr. Gonen, then in his first year in the M.B.A. program at Columbia University, put in late nights writing a business plan and software, becoming more and more involved and obsessed. Their teamwork led to the birth of RecycleBank in early 2004. RecycleBank charges municipalities $24 a household, and guarantees clients that they will save at least that much in disposal fees as waste is diverted from landfills and incinerators. During its start last year in Philadelphia, RecycleBank also established relationships with local businesses like the Chestnut Hill Cheese Shop and the Reading Terminal Market, where about 25 specialty vendors accept the coupons. RecycleBank persuaded Philadelphia officials to allow it to conduct a pilot project involving 2,500 households in two Philadelphia neighborhoods, upscale Chestnut Hill and modest West Oak Lane.

Summary: Mr. Gonen, in his first year in the M.B.A., together with Mr. FitzGerald started RecycleBank (recyclebank.com) in early 2004. RecycleBank charges municipalities $24 a household and guarantees clients that they will save at least that much in disposal fees as waste is diverted from landfills and incinerators. During its start, RecycleBank also established relationships with local businesses like the Chestnut Hill Cheese Shop and the Reading Terminal Market. RecycleBank persuaded Philadelphia officials to allow it to conduct a pilot project involving 2,500 households in two Philadelphia neighborhoods, upscale Chestnut Hill and modest West Oak Lane.


Summary: John Pescatore, a security analyst at Gartner, a market research company, said that forcing all users to synchronize their data to a single server over the air has another benefit over letting them use their office PC's for backing up data, it creates a log of all information moving to and from the devices. He commented that monitoring software can be set up to search through the data exchanges to make sure no confidential data passes to unauthorized devices. Mr. Pescatore expects this year to be a turning point for mobile security, in the same way that personal firewalls and antivirus software on PC's gained importance early in the decade because of viruses like I Love You and Melissa.

Summary: John Pescatore, a security analyst at Gartner, said that forcing all users to synchronize their data to a single server over the air has another benefit over letting them use their office PCs for backing up data: it creates a log of all information moving to and from the devices. Mr. Pescatore expects this year to be a turning point for mobile security. By the end of the year, smartphones with so much storage and processing power will represent about half of all cellphones in the United States, compared with about 30 percent today, Mr. Pescatore said.


Summary: Ed Whipple, Seitlin's vice president for sales and technology, said that the company could then dictate what data was stored on the devices, and it could install software to monitor them from afar and even lock them over the air if they fell into the wrong hands.  If an agent on the road is offline and needs information about a client, he calls the office for it. If an employee reports that his cellphone is stolen, Mr. Whipple can send a text message to the device, which locks it and asks for a security code, using software called Butler.

Summary: Ed Whipple, the company's vice president for sales and technology, said that the company could then dictate what data was stored on the devices, and it could install software to monitor them from afar and even lock them over the air if they fell into the wrong hands. Mr. Whipple also said If an agent on the road was offline and needed information about a client, he called the office for it. If an employee reports that his cellphone is stolen, Mr. Whipple can send a text message to the device, which locks it and asks for a security code, using software called Butler.


Summary: Seitlin, a small insurance brokerage based in Miami decided to buy Palm Treo cellphone-organizers for about 30 of its 250 employees. The company could then dictate what data was stored on the devices, and it could install software to monitor them from afar and even lock them over the air if they fell into the wrong hands, said Ed Whipple, the company's vice president for sales and technology.

Summary: Seitlin, a small insurance brokerage based in Miami, illustrates the point. The firm decided to buy Palm Treo cellphone organizers. The company could then dictate what data was stored on the devices, and it could install software to monitor them from afar and even lock them over the air if they fell into the wrong hands.


Summary: A joint press release from Gov. George E. Pataki and Joseph L. 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.

Summary: A joint press release from Mr. Pataki and Mr. Bruno last month explained that because the windfall profits from the conversion of Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, which is now part of WellPoint, were higher than expected, the foundation's 5 percent share exceeded what had been envisioned.


Summary: Gov. George E. Pataki and Joseph L. Bruno's plan appears unlikely to succeed, because one of the foundation's three voting board members, Carl T. Hayden, an appointee of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, says he will not support it. He said in an interview that if the proposal were to be offered, he would veto it as the purpose of this foundation, which is set forth in statute, is to extend coverage and access to poor people.

Summary: Mr. Pataki and Mr. Bruno's plan appears unlikely to succeed, because one of the foundation's three voting board members, Carl T. Hayden, an appointee of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, says he will not support it. Mr. Hayden said in an interview said that if this proposal were to be offered, I would veto it. He also added that the purpose of this foundation, which was set forth in statute, was to extend coverage and access to poor people. Robert M. Kaufman, the foundation's counsel, said Mr. Hayden's approval would be required.


Summary: Gov. George E. Pataki is proposing that more than half of the foundation's $260 million endowment be redirected into biomedical research 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.

Summary: George E. Pataki is proposing that more than half of the foundation's $260 million endowments be redirected into biomedical research. Mr. Pataki's budget appropriates $40 million in state money and uses $160 million from the charitable foundation's endowment, with the remaining $600 million coming from matching funds from the federal government, grants, and the private sector. A joint press release from Mr. Pataki and Mr. Bruno last month explained that because the windfall profits from the conversion of Empire, were higher than expected, the foundation's 5 percent share exceeded what had been envisioned.


Summary: Gov. George E. Pataki'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, the majority leader in the State Senate. 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.

Summary: Gov. Pataki's plan to use the 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. A joint press release from Mr. Pataki and Mr. Bruno last month explained that because the windfall profits from the conversion of Empire, were higher than expected, the foundation's 5 percent share exceeded what had been envisioned. But Mr. Pataki and Mr. Bruno's plan appears unlikely to succeed, because one of the foundation's three voting board members, Carl T. Hayden says he will not support it.


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Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
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Empire

Summary: When New York State allowed Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield to convert into a profit-making company in 2002, it set aside 5 percent of the proceeds for a foundation to continue the insurer's core mission, providing health care to those who could not afford coverage. Some consumer groups are livid about the plan, particularly after they have already lost a legal battle to direct the state to put all the proceeds from the Empire conversion into the foundation, just as many states have done when they have allowed their Blue Cross plans to become profit-making businesses.

Summary: When New York State allowed Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield to convert into a profit-making company in 2002, it set aside 5 percent of the proceeds for a foundation to continue the insurer's core mission -- providing health care to those who could not afford coverage. George E. Pataki is proposing that more than half of the foundation's $260 million endowment be redirected into biomedical research. 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. That's an oversimplistic statement of it, but that's the essence of it, which was the original purpose of Blue Cross Blue Shield.


Summary: A spokesman for Mr. Bruno, John McArdle 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. As for deciding to shift the money from health care for the poor to biomedical research, Mr. McArdle said that it's a policy determination that they make all the time, in terms of determining the best use of those funds.

Summary: 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. As for deciding to shift the money from health care for the poor to biomedical research, Mr. McArdle said the policy determination that we make all the time, in terms of determining the best use of those funds.


Summary: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has his own biomedical plan which is focused on stem cell research, a topic the Republican plan avoids.

Summary: Carl T. Hayden, an appointee of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, says Mr. Silver has his own biomedical plan which is focused on stem cell research, a topic the Republican plan avoids.


Summary: Elpidia Golez, a 52-year-old homemaker from a nearby village who saw a portion of the mountain collapsing, said, pointing to the gash on the 2,300-foot-tall mountain that looked like a giant had stepped on it, that there are stretches of land along the mountain range that didn't have villages.

Summary: Elpidia Golez, a 52-year-old homemaker from a nearby village who saw a portion of the mountain collapsing said, there are stretches of land along the mountain range that didn't have villages. She was perplexed seeing a gash on the 2,300-foot-tall mountain.


Summary: On Sunday, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said from Manila that all the efforts of their government continue and will not stop while there is hope to find survivors.

Summary: President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said, all the efforts of their government continue and will not stop while there is hope to find survivors.


Summary: Col. Alex Vohr, a spokesman for the Marines, said that they were there to dig. They dug into the late afternoon, and in the evening switched to building roads. Colonel Vohr said the Americans would also help provide drinking water and medical care to the hundreds of people from villages around the mountain taking shelter in several evacuation centers in the nearby port of Saint Bernard.

Summary: Col. Alex Vohr, a spokesman for the Marines, said they were there to dig. They dug into the late afternoon, and in the evening switched to building roads. Colonel Vohr said the Americans would also help provide drinking water and medical care to the hundreds of people from villages around the mountain taking shelter in several evacuation centers in the nearby port of Saint Bernard.


Summary: According to the governor of Southern Leyte Province, Rosette Lerias, many residents evacuated. She said that the the devastation was "God-sent" cause only God can send down such a massive rainfall.

Summary: Many residents evacuated, according to the governor of Southern Leyte Province, Rosette Lerias. She said, Only God, can send down such a massive rainfall.


Summary: Lt. Ted Esguerra of the Philippine Coast Guard, who was leading a team of Malaysian rescuers, said that as a doctor and a rescuer for 13 years, he can tell with all honesty that the chances of anybody surviving an environment like that are very, very slim.

Summary: Lt. Ted Esguerra of the Philippine Coast Guard said as a doctor and a rescuer for 13 years, he can tell with all honesty that the chances of anybody surviving an environment like that are very, very slim. Lt. Ted Esguerra was leading a team of Malaysian rescuers.


Summary: Thomas R. Suozzi declined to comment about the matter, but Kimberly Devlin, his top political adviser, said she found the changes suspect. Ms. Devlin said that for all these years he's spoken he's held a reception at the hotel. Nobody here accused Mr. Suozzi of a lack of effort.

Summary: Kimberly Devlin, Mr. Suozzi's top political adviser, said she found the changes suspect. For all these years he's spoken, legitimately so, and he's held a reception at the hotel, adding to that Ms. Devlin said, it was never frustrating to hear when he's not included in the insiders' club.


Summary: But Mr. Rice, testifying for a third day in the trial of Mr. Skilling and Enron's founder, Kenneth L. Lay, acknowledged under cross-examination that he had no documents or witnesses to support his claim that Mr. Skilling told him to change his presentation, and was only relying on his memory. Mr. Rice's shaky memory over the claimed meeting underscores a central challenge facing the government in proving its case that Mr. Skilling and Mr. Lay conspired to defraud Enron and then lied about it to the investing public before the company's 2001 collapse. Mr. Lay faces seven counts of fraud and conspiracy related to the months after he replaced Mr. Skilling as chief executive.

Summary: Kenneth D. Rice, testifying for a third day in the trial of Jeffrey K. Skilling and Enron's founder, Kenneth L. Lay, acknowledged under cross-examination that he had no documents or witnesses to support his claim that Mr. Skilling told him to change his presentation, and was only relying on his memory. Mr. Rice's shaky memory over the claimed meeting underscores a central challenge facing the government in proving its case that Mr. Skilling and Mr. Lay conspired to defraud Enron and then lied about it to the investing public before the company's 2001 collapse. Mr. Skilling faces 31 counts of fraud, conspiracy and insider trading, while Mr. Lay faces seven counts of fraud and conspiracy related to the months after he replaced Mr. Skilling as chief executive.


Summary: Kenneth D. Rice, who headed Enron's broadband unit, testified that former chief executive Jeffrey K. Skilling directed him to paint a positive outlook for the company's board. Mr. Rice's shaky memory over the claimed meeting underscores a central challenge facing the government in proving its case that Mr. Skilling and Mr. Lay conspired to defraud Enron and then lied about it to the investing public before the company's 2001 collapse. The alleged meeting took on a mysterious tone Thursday afternoon when prosecutor Sean M. Berkowitz, the director of the government's Enron Task Force, produced the document for the defense team.

Summary: Mr. Skilling, former chief executive of Enron, knew that the broadband division was struggling to survive, yet he directed Mr. Rice to paint a positive outlook for the company's board. Mr. Rice's shaky memory over the claimed meeting underscores a central challenge facing the government in proving its case that Mr. Skilling and Mr. Lay conspired to defraud Enron and then lied about it to the investing public. The alleged meeting took on a mysterious tone Thursday afternoon when prosecutor Sean M. Berkowitz, the director of the government's Enron Task Force, produced the document for the defense team, but later, when asked by Judge Simeon T. Lake III if the document was in the government's computer system, said that he didn't know, Mr. Holscher then asked Mr. Rice why the draft presentation was dated May 9, eight days after the board meeting.


Summary: In a letter to Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton, Representative Richard W. Pombo, the chairman of the House Resources Committee, demanded memos, correspondence and data on the program and on the negotiations over the law that created it in 1996. Norton is only the beginning of what the chairman believes will be a broad investigation. At issue is a program that Congress began in 1996, when both Democrats and Republicans wanted to encourage more exploration and production in deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.


Summary: Even Senator Orrin G. Hatch, the Utah Republican and Judiciary Committee member who has been a staunch supporter of the eavesdropping, said that although he did not think the law needed revising, Congress had to have more oversight. Mr. Hatch added that the administration had gone a long way in the last couple of days to assure people that this highly classified program was critical to the protection of the nation.

Summary: Even Senator Orrin G. Hatch, the Utah Republican and Judiciary Committee member who has been a staunch supporter of the eavesdropping, said that although he did not think the law needed revising, Congress had to have more oversight. Mr. Hatch spoke about how the administration has gone a long way in the last couple of days to assure people that this highly classified program is critical to the protection of the nation.


Summary: When Representative Heather A. Wilson broke ranks with President Bush on Tuesday to declare her serious concerns about domestic eavesdropping, she gave voice to what some fellow Republicans were thinking, if not saying. Ms. Wilson and at least six other Republican lawmakers are openly skeptical about Mr. Bush's assertion that he has the inherent authority to order the wiretaps and that Congress gave him the power to do so when it authorized him to use military force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Wilson said she decided to speak out this week because she had become increasingly frustrated that the administration was not giving them the information they needed to do their job. With Mr. Gonzales unable or unwilling to answer questions at the Senate hearing, she said, there was no way to determine whether the surveillance law needed to be updated.

Summary: Representative Heather A. Wilson when broke ranks with President Bush to declare her ''serious concerns'' about domestic eavesdropping, she gave voice to what some fellow Republicans were thinking, if not able to say. Wilson and at least six other Republican lawmakers are openly skeptical about Mr. Bush's assertion that he has the inherent authority to order the wiretaps and Congress gave him the power to do so when it authorized him to use military force after the September 11 attacks. Wilson, chairwoman of the subcommittee that oversees the N.S.A., had called for a full-scale Congressional investigation.


Summary: Susan Collins was the senator of Republican of Maine said that he don't think that's sufficient. The call for a full-scale Congressional investigation is not sufficient, not enough.

Summary: Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, said that she didn't think that was sufficient.


Summary: When Representative Heather A. Wilson broke ranks with President Bush on Tuesday to declare her 'serious concerns' about domestic eavesdropping. Wilson and at least six other Republican lawmakers are openly skeptical about Mr. Bush's assertion that he has the inherent authority to order the wiretaps and that Congress gave him the power to do so when it authorized him to use military force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But Mr. Bush also made clear on Friday that he was tuned in to the growing Republican angst.

Summary: Representative Heather A. Wilson broke ranks with President Bush to declare her concerns about domestic eavesdropping, she gave voice to what some fellow Republicans were thinking. Wilson and at least six other Republican lawmakers are openly skeptical about Mr. Bush's assertion that he has the inherent authority to order the wiretaps and that Congress gave him the power to do so when it authorized him to use military force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The backlash is a symptom of Congressional muscle-flexing a sort of mutiny on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers have been frustrated by the way Mr. Bush boldly exercises his executive authority.


Summary: Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, has also criticized the program. Mr. Graham thought that there were two things going on.

Summary: Senator Lindsey Graham, the republican of South Carolina, who has also criticized the program, said Ms. Wilson's comment were a sign of a growing movement. This Judiciary Committee member said that he think there's two things going on.


Summary: Congressional Republicans have expressed growing doubts about the National Security Agency program to intercept international communications inside the United States without court warrants. Heather A. Wilson, who is the chairwoman of the subcommittee that oversees the N.S.A., had called for a full-scale Congressional investigation.

Summary: Congressional Republicans have expressed growing doubts in interviews for over several days about the National Security Agency (N.S.A.) program to intercept international communications inside the United States without court warrants.


Summary: Chuck Hagel, senator of Republican of Nebraska says that the questions merges for a very healthy debate. He includes that he don't think anyone wants any kind of constitutional showdown over this.

Summary: Republican of Nebraska, Senator Chuck Hagel, said that doesn't think anyone wants any kind of constitutional showdown over this.


Summary: A growing number of Republicans say the program appears to violate the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the 1978 law that created a court to oversee such surveillance, and they are called for revamping the FISA law.

Summary: A growing number of Republicans who say the program appears to violate the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978) that created a court to oversee such surveillance, and are calling for revamping the FISA law.


Summary: The criticism became apparent on Monday, when Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales was the sole witness before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing on the legality of the eavesdropping. Mr. Gonzales faced tough questioning from Republicans on the panel, including its chairman, Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.

Summary: The criticism became apparent on Monday, when Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales was the sole witness before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing on the legality of the eavesdropping. He faced tough questioning from 4 of the 10 Republicans on the panel, including its chairman, Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.


Summary: Chief Robert A. Troy delivered a minute-by-minute report of the Christmas night accident in a businesslike call that the bridge needed to be lifted for a passing tugboat to the final grief-streaked radio transmissions made seconds after Officers Shawn Carson and Robert Nguyen plunged into the frigid waters of the Hackensack River. He believed the blame lay with the Department of Transportation and other factors were involved. Those factors were communication lapses within the Police Department that kept the two officers from knowing the bridge was up.  Chief Troy acknowledged that their department had communication issues.

Summary: Robert A. Troy was a chief of the Jersey City Police Department who delivered a report of the Christmas night accident, from the first businesslike call that the bridge needed to be lifted for a passing tugboat to the final grief-streaked radio transmissions made seconds after Officers Shawn Carson and Robert Nguyen plunged into the frigid waters of the Hackensack River. In a news conference, he said that bridge should never have been lifted. According to him, he believe that the blame lies with the Department of Transportation with other factors involved. The chief added that those factors were communication lapses within the Police Department that kept the two officers from knowing the bridge was up. Chief Troy announced that their department has communication issues.


Summary: Chief Robert A. Troy delivered a minute-by-minute report of the Christmas night accident, from the first businesslike call that the bridge needed to be lifted for a passing tugboat to the final grief-streaked radio transmissions made seconds after Officers Shawn Carson and Robert Nguyen plunged into the frigid waters of the Hackensack River. But the report failed to clear up an essential question that how did two officers already on the bridge know the bridge was up, but not Officers Carson and Nguyen?

Summary: Chief Robert A. Troy stated in a businesslike call that the bridge needed to be lifted for a passing tugboat to the final grief-streaked radio transmissions made seconds after Officers Shawn Carson and Robert Nguyen plunged into the frigid waters of the Hackensack River. Two Jersey City officers were initially sent to the bridge, followed by Officers Carson and Nguyen, who were dispatched to provide extra flares. After dropping off the flares, Officers Carson and Nguyen drove away, with the two other officers running frantically behind them to stop them.


Jersey City Police Department
Police Department

Summary: The chief of the Jersey City Police Department blamed state transportation officials on Friday for the deaths of two officers,  Shawn Carson and Robert Nguyen, who drove off an open vertical lift bridge, saying that the bridge was in chronic disrepair and that the operators compounded the danger by failing to tell the officers exactly when the deck was going to be raised. Chief Robert A. Troy believes the blame lies with the Department of Transportation with other factors like communication lapses within the Police Department that kept the two officers from knowing the bridge was up.

Summary: The chief of the Jersey City Police Department blamed state transportation officials for the deaths of two officers, saying that the bridge was in chronic disrepair and that the operators compounded the danger by failing to tell the officers exactly when the deck was going to be raised. In a conference, Chief Troy said that he believe that the blame lies with the Department of Transportation, and further said that it happened with other factors involved. Those factors were communication lapses within the Police Department that kept the two officers from knowing the bridge was up.


Summary: Chief Troy said that he believe the blame lies with the Department of Transportation with other factors involved, those factors were communication lapses within the Police Department that kept the two officers from knowing the bridge was up, he added. According to the Jersey City report, a Department of Transportation official called the police at 7:36 p.m. for help blocking traffic on the Lincoln Highway Bridge, which connects Jersey City and Kearny.

Summary: Chief Troy believed that the blame lay with the Department of Transportation. The chief explained that those factors were communication lapses within the Police Department that kept the two officers from knowing the bridge was up.


Summary: Followed by Officers Carson and Nguyen, who were dispatched to provide extra flares, two Jersey City officers were initially sent to the bridge.  After dropping off the flares, Officers Carson and Nguyen drove away and two other officers running frantically behind them to stop them. Officer Nguyen's family has notified state officials of plans to sue for wrongful death.

Summary: The chief of the Jersey City Police Department blamed state transportation officials on Friday for the deaths of two officers, Shawn Carson and Robert Nguyen, who drove off an open vertical lift bridge, saying that the bridge was in chronic disrepair and that the operators compounded the danger by failing to tell the officers exactly when the deck was going to be raised. Chief Robert A. Troy delivered a minute-by-minute report of the Christmas night accident, from the first businesslike call that the bridge needed to be lifted for a passing tugboat to the final grief-streaked radio transmissions made seconds after the two officers into the frigid waters of the Hackensack River. Officer Nguyen's family has notified state officials of plans to sue for wrongful death.


Summary: John Battelle, journalist and proprietor of Seachblog (battellemedia.com), reports that AT&T has had enough, and has pulled its $5 million annual ad purchase from the newspaper. Mr. Battelle further writes that the move is misguided. After all, negative press is still press, and it's an opportunity to respond, to learn, to grow, to do better. Mr. Battelle writes to Google the reason why this is their new competitor.

Summary: John Battelle, a journalist, and proprietor of Seachblog (battellemedia.com), reports that AT&T has had enough, and has pulled its $5 million annual ad purchase from the newspaper. Mr. Battelle thinks that the move is misguided, even though, negative press is still press, and it's an opportunity to respond, to learn, to grow, to do better. Mr. Battelle writes that Google has a new competitor.


Summary: The book's author asks Enron whether it is the largest fraud case in American history.

Summary: The book's author says it is ''the largest fraud case in American history.'' Enron?


Summary: The prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, said in a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyers last month that Mr. Libby had testified before the grand jury that he had contacts with reporters in which he disclosed the content of the National Intelligence Estimate ('NIE'), that discussed Iraq's nuclear weapons capability. We also note that it is our understanding that Mr. Libby testified that he was authorized to disclose information about the NIE to the press by his superiors. The National Intelligence Estimate, which was done in October 2002, said that Iraq will probably have a nuclear weapon during this decade, but it included some dissenting views.

Summary: The prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, said in a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyers last month that Mr. Libby had testified before the grand jury that he had contacts with reporters in which he disclosed the content of the National Intelligence Estimate ('NIE'), that discussed Iraq's nuclear weapons capability. Mr. Libby was indicted on five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice last October in what Mr. Fitzgerald has charged was a willful misleading of investigators about his role in exposing Valerie Wilson as an officer of the Central Intelligence Agency. The National Intelligence Estimate was done in October 2002, which showed that Iraq could have a nuclear weapon during this decade.


Summary: I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, told a grand jury that he was authorized by his ''superiors'' to disclose classified information to reporters about Iraq's weapons capability in June and July 2003. The document shows that Mr. Libby, known as Scooter, was actively engaged in the Bush administration's public relations effort to rebut complaints that there was little evidence to support the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed or sought weapons of mass destruction. The prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, said in a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyers last month that Mr. Libby had testified before the grand jury that he had contacts with reporters in which he disclosed the content of the National Intelligence Estimate ('NIE'), that discussed Iraq's nuclear weapons capability.

Summary: I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, told a grand jury that he was authorized by his ''superiors'' to disclose classified information to reporters about Iraq's weapons capability, according to a document filed by a federal prosecutor. The document shows that Mr. Libby, who is known as Scooter, was actively engaged in the Bush administration's public relations effort to rebut complaints that there was little evidence to support the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed or sought weapons of mass destruction, which justified the invasion of Iraq. The document is part of the prosecutors' case against Mr. Libby, who has been indicted on charges that he lied about his role in exposing the identity of a C.I.A. operative to journalists.


Summary: Mr. Fitzgerald said in his letter that Mr. Libby discussed the contents of the classified report in a July 8 meeting -- 10 days before it was declassified -- with Judith Miller, a reporter at The Times.

Summary: Mr. Fitzgerald said in his letter that Mr. Libby discussed the contents of the classified report in a July 8 meeting with Judith Miller, then a reporter at The Times. Miller, who spent 85 days in jail before agreeing to testify in the leak case.


Wilson
Valerie Wilson
Joseph C. Wilson IV

Summary: Wilson is the wife of Joseph C. Wilson IV, a former ambassador who had accused the administration of twisting intelligence about Iraq's efforts to buy uranium from the government of Niger. Wilson's identity was first disclosed in a column by Robert D. Novak, just after Mr. Wilson wrote an Op-Ed column in The New York Times saying he had investigated the Niger claim and found little evidence to support it. He charged that destroying his wife's undercover status was a way to discredit him and his assertions.


Summary: Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, told a grand jury that he was authorized by his ''superiors'' to disclose classified information to reporters about Iraq's weapons capability in June and July 2003. The letter was first reported Thursday by the National Journal, which said its sources had identified that one of the superiors was Mr. Cheney.

Summary: According to a document filed by a federal prosecutor, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, I. Lewis Libby Jr., told a grand jury that he was authorized by his "superiors" to disclose classified information to reporters about Iraq's weapons capability in June and July 2003. The prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald's letter was first reported Thursday by the National Journal, which said its sources had identified that one of the superiors was Mr. Cheney.


Summary: The prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, said in a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyers last month that Mr. Libby had testified before the grand jury that he had contacts with reporters in which he disclosed the content of the National Intelligence Estimate ('NIE'), that discussed Iraq's nuclear weapons capability. Mr. Libby was indicted on five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice last October in what Mr. Fitzgerald has charged was a willful misleading of investigators about his role in exposing Valerie Wilson of the Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Fitzgerald said in his letter that Mr. Libby discussed the contents of the classified report in a July 8 meeting -- 10 days before it was declassified.

Summary: The prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, said in a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyers last month that Mr. Libby had testified before the grand jury that he had contacts with reporters in which he disclosed the content of the National Intelligence Estimate ('NIE'), that discussed Iraq's nuclear weapons capability. Mr. Libby was indicted on five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice last October in what Mr. Fitzgerald has charged was a willful misleading of investigators about his role in exposing Valerie Wilson as an officer of the Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Fitzgerald said in his letter that Mr. Libby discussed the contents of the classified report in a July 8 meeting 10 days before it was declassified with Judith Miller, then a reporter at The Times.


Summary: The document shows that Mr. Libby, known as Scooter, was actively engaged in the Bush administration's public relations effort to rebut complaints that there was little evidence to support the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed or sought weapons of mass destruction, which was used to justify the invasion of Iraq.


Maximilian
Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian

Summary: Three years earlier, in 1864, the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian was made emperor of Mexico by Napoleon III, because of French interests in the country. He was dependent on the occupying French Army, and when Napoleon withdrew his troops, Maximilian was captured by Mexican forces loyal to their government. He and his generals, Mejía and Miramón, were executed by firing squad on June 19, 1867.

Summary: In 1864, the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian was made emperor of Mexico by Napoleon III, because of French interests in the country. But he was dependent on the occupying French Army, and when Napoleon withdrew his troops, Maximilian was captured by Mexican forces loyal to their government. He and his generals, Mejía and Miramón, were executed by firing squad on June 19, 1867.


Summary: John Elderfield, the Modern's chief curator of painting and sculpture, is organizing an exhibition centered on Manet's series of paintings called ''The Execution of Maximilian'' from Oct. 29 through Jan. 29, it will unite all four paintings in the series for the first time in the United States. Mr. Elderfield has borrowed the paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the National Gallery of Art in London; the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen; and the Städtische Kunsthalle in Mannheim, Germany.  John Elderfield said that the notion of artists working in series, of working with documentation of real events as part of the practice of making paintings and of the collage aesthetic, were all very relevant today.

Summary: John Elderfield, the Modern's chief curator of painting and sculpture, is organizing an exhibition centered on Manet's series of paintings called ''The Execution of Maximilian.'' This exhibition will unite all four paintings in the series for the first time in the United States. Mr. Elderfield has borrowed the paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the National Gallery of Art in London; the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen; and the Städtische Kunsthalle in Mannheim, Germany. Not only is the series Manet's most ambitious, but Mr. Elderfield said it also particularly speaks to contemporary issues in art.


Summary: John Elderfield, the Modern's chief curator of painting and sculpture, is organizing an exhibition centered on Manet's series of paintings called ''The Execution of Maximilian" from Oct. 29 through Jan. 29, it will unite all four paintings in the series for the first time in the United States. From July 1867 to early 1869, Manet produced the four paintings and one lithograph recording the event. The show will also include five other paintings by Manet that deal with violent deaths, including ''The Dead Christ and the Angels'' from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and ''The Dead Toreador'' from the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

Summary: Manet's Maximilians Critics believes that the Museum of Modern Art does not pay enough attention to what is up to the minute or cutting edge will have yet another reason to carp this fall. John Elderfield, the Modern's chief curator of painting and sculpture, is organizing an exhibition centered on Manet's series of paintings called ''The Execution of Maximilian.'' It will unite all four paintings in the series for the first time in the United States. The series was Manet's record of the news as he saw it breaking in 1867.


Summary: Yale's Fitzgerald Link The Yale University Art Gallery acquired a painting that failed to sell at Christie's in New York in 2000. The Yale University Art Gallery purchased it from the Manhattan dealers Martha Parrish and James Reinish for an undisclosed price with money from the Leonard C. Hanna Jr.

Summary: The Yale University Art Gallery has acquired a painting that failed to sell at Christie's in New York in 2000. The Yale University Art Gallery purchased it from the Manhattan dealers Martha Parrish and James Reinish for an undisclosed price with money from the Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Jock Whitney, director of the Yale University Art Gallery, said he didn't want to lose this tremendous opportunity of acquiring the painting. One reason, he added, was that it adds to the other modern works in Yale's collection and as well as the archival materials at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.


Summary: Manet's Maximilians Critics who believe that the Museum of Modern Art does not pay enough attention to what is up to the minute or cutting edge will have yet another reason to carp this fall. John Elderfield, the Modern's chief curator of painting and sculpture, is organizing an exhibition centered on Manet's series of paintings called 'The Execution of Maximilian'.  But he was dependent on the occupying French Army, and when Napoleon withdrew his troops, Maximilian was captured by Mexican forces loyal to their government.

Summary: Manet's Maximilians Critics who believe that the Museum of Modern Art does not pay enough attention to what is up to the minute or cutting edge will have yet another reason to carp this fall. John Elderfield, the Modern's chief curator of painting and sculpture, is organizing an exhibition centered on Manet's series of paintings called ''The Execution of Maximilian.'' It will unite all four paintings in the series for the first time in the United States. Three years earlier, in 1864, the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian was made emperor of Mexico by Napoleon III, because of French interests in the country. But he was dependent on the occupying French Army, and when Napoleon withdrew his troops, Maximilian was captured by Mexican forces loyal to their government.


Summary: Alleyne said that her sister never abused her kids. Alleyne, 21, said frustration with Mr. Browne might have led her sister to take up with Mr. Calderon, who arrived in New York from Puerto Rico not long after Mr. Browne was arrested. Alleyne said her sister may not have immediately sought medical help for Quachaun for any number of reasons, including her fear of Mr. Calderon; her anxiety over the possibility that the city might take her children again; and Mr. Calderon's fear of further trouble with the police after his arrest on the stolen vehicle charge.

Summary: Leatrice Alleyne, 21, Aleshia Smith's sister, said she never saw her sister abuse her kids. Alleyne said that frustration with Mandinga Browne may have been what led her sister to take up with Jose Calderon, who arrived in New York from Puerto Rico not long after Mr. Browne was arrested. Alleyne said her sister may not have immediately sought medical help for Quachaun for any number of reasons, including her fear of Mr. Calderon, her anxiety over the possibility that the city might take her children again, and Mr. Calderon's fear of further trouble with the police after his arrest on the stolen vehicle charge.


Summary: Smith, who turns 27 on Feb. 21, dropped out of high school in Brooklyn after having her first child. In recent years, she took courses at Touro College in Manhattan. Her life was dominated by her six children, who had four different fathers.

Summary: Aleshia Smith's oldest daughter was living with a relative, but the apartment on Kossuth Avenue in the Bronx was still crowded with her five other children and two cats. Smith's 4-year-old son, Quachaun Browne, dead and the couple in jail, Mr. Calderon charged with fatally beating the boy, and he cannot stop him.


Quachaun
Browne
Mandinga Browne
Quachaun Browne

Summary: Smith broke off a relationship with Mandinga Browne, the father of Quachaun and her two youngest children. 23-year-old Mr. Browne had been arrested several times. He promised that he would become a family man. The police said that Mr. Browne and two other men tried to rob three men in front of a building on 139th Street in the Bronx on Aug. 26.

Summary: Smith broke off his relation with Mandinga Browne, the father of Quachaun and her two youngest children, whose ages 1 and 2. He promised that he would become a family man. After that, he got a job at a McDonald's.


Summary: Mr. Calderon was charged with murder and Ms. Smith with manslaughter. Alleyne said her sister may not have immediately sought medical help for Quachaun for unknown reasons, including her fear of Mr. Calderon; her anxiety over the possibility that the city might take her children again; and Mr. Calderon's fear of further trouble with the police after his arrest on the stolen vehicle charge.

Summary: On a November afternoon Aleshia Smith invited Jose Calderon, 18, a virtual stranger with a nice smile but a bad temper, to move in with her. Neighbors said that noise from the already clamorous apartment grew even louder after Mr. Calderon moved in, and that the sound of the couple's fights sometimes lasted for hours. Mr. Calderon has been charged with the murder of Ms. Smith's 4-year-old son, Quachaun Browne.


Summary: Now, Volkswagen's chief executive, Bernd Pischetsrieder, is mounting a vigorous defense of his company's practices.  Mr. Pischetsrieder explained in an interview how a U.S. business was run versus a German business is completely different. He also added that the idea that Porsche could, or would, prevent us from doing something that they thought was the right thing to do, was simply not on. He has been meeting with investors in Britain and the United States in the aftermath of Porsche's investment and a subsequent boardroom battle at Volkswagen to try to reassure them that the company is being run properly. Mr. Pischetsrieder said he welcomed the election of the two Porsche executives, Wendelin Wiedeking and Holger P. Härter, because they know the car business, and could offer a seasoned perspective.

Summary: Volkswagen's chief executive, Bernd Pischetsrieder, is mounting a vigorous defense of his company's practices. Mr. Pischetsrieder reiterates that there is no conflict between Porsche and Volkswagen. He does not think that Porsche could, or would, prevent them from doing something that they think is the right thing to do. He has been meeting with investors in Britain and the United States in the aftermath of Porsche's investment and a subsequent boardroom battle at Volkswagen to try to reassure them that the company is being run properly. Mr. Pischetsrieder said he welcomed the election of the two Porsche executives, Wendelin Wiedeking and Holger P. Härter, because they know the car business, and could offer a seasoned perspective. Mr. Pischetsrieder is making the best of the situation: he noted that the new labor chief is a one-time union official.


Summary: Jens Schattner, an auto analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Frankfurt, said that they didn't want to have disputes with the unions.

Summary: Jens Schattner, an auto analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Frankfurt said these companies don't want to have disputes with the unions.


Summary: Complicating matters, the Volkswagen chairman, Ferdinand K. Piëch, is a member of the founding family of Porsche. His dual role at Porsche and Volkswagen raised the possibility of the glamorous sports car company, in effect, controlling Europe's largest car manufacturer. Mr. Piëch was able to push through his choice because he cobbled together enough board votes from the employee and union representatives.

Summary: Ferdinand K. Piëch, the Volkswagen chairman, is a member of the founding family of Porsche. His dual role at Porsche and Volkswagen raised the possibility of the glamorous sports car company, in effect, controlling Europe's largest car manufacturer.


Summary: Volkswagen's image problem began last fall, when a rival German carmaker, Porsche, bought a nearly 20 percent stake in the company and demanded two seats on the Volkswagen supervisory board. The idea that Porsche could, or would, prevent us from doing something that we think is the right thing to do, is simply not on. The consequence of Porsche's investment and a subsequent boardroom battle at Volkswagen to try to reassure them that the company is being run properly. Porsche invested in Volkswagen to secure access to its technology and factories, where it already assembles its sport utility vehicle, the Cayenne, but Porsche needs good labor relations to push through its plans.

Summary: Volkswagen's image problem began last fall, when a rival German carmaker, Porsche, bought a nearly 20 percent stake in the company and demanded two seats on the Volkswagen supervisory board. Porsche invested in Volkswagen to secure access to its technology and factories, but Porsche needs good labor relations to push through its plans. As a financial investor, Porsche was more likely to advance, than obstruct, the campaign to cut Volkswagen's costs and restore its profits.


Summary: But Volkswagen has been a laggard, even in this undistinguished fraternity. Such interlocking of companies, which used to be commonplace in German industry, has fallen out of favor in recent years, as German industry tries to become more streamlined to appeal to investors. Volkswagen's biggest problem is with American investors.

Summary: Volkswagen, shareholder activists say, has been a laggard, even in this undistinguished fraternity. Now, Bernd Pischetsrieder, who was the chief executive of the Volkswagen, is mounting a vigorous defense of his company's practices.


Summary: RUSSIA today is not the same country it was only six years ago, when Vladimir Putin became president. Op-Ed Contributor Andrei Illarionov was an economic adviser to President Vladimir Putin of Russia until resigning in protest in December.

Summary: In today's scenario Russia is not the same country it was only six years ago, when Vladimir Putin became president. Op-Ed Contributor Andrei Illarionov was an economic adviser to President Vladimir Putin of Russia until resigning in protest.


Summary: If anyone was in a position to know that James Frey was lying about his past in the book ''A Million Little Pieces,'' it was Sean McDonald, his editor, who worked closely with Mr. Frey not only on that book but also on the follow-up, ''My Friend Leonard,'' also now known to be largely fiction. Mr. McDonald, 33, said in an interview that certainly when we were editing the book, we would talk about what was true and what was not. In a written statement released late Thursday, Mr. McDonald said that throughout the editing process, I raised questions with James about the veracity of events he recounted in the book and in each instance he assured me that his account was accurate and true.

Summary: If anyone was in a position to know that James Frey was lying about his past in the book "A Million Little Pieces," it was Sean McDonald, his editor, who worked closely with him not only on that book but also on the follow-up, "My Friend Leonard." Interviews with other authors and agents who have worked with Mr. McDonald paint a portrait of an editor who is intimately involved in every detail of a book's trip from manuscript to the bookstore. Known for combing through an author's draft line by line, Mr. McDonald even has a hand in designing the cover of many of the books he edits, and he often plays a role in planning a book's marketing.


Summary: On the day last fall when Oprah Winfrey chose ''A Million Little Pieces'' for her television book club, Mr. McDonald said he knew that Mr. Frey was telling the truth -- because he had personally checked it out. Mr. Frey himself said as much in mid-September at an author's event at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Lower Manhattan, where he and Mr. McDonald discussed their collaboration. Mr. Frey said that they  did a lot of stuff outside of publishing and writing, such as attending social events together and talking about subjects. Mr. Frey added that it had been a very important part of it, because I trusted a friend who's giving me good advice, as opposed to a boss who's giving me an order.

Summary: If anyone was in a position to know that James Frey was lying about his past in the book "A Million Little Pieces," it was Sean McDonald, his editor, who worked closely with him not only on that book but also on the follow-up, "My Friend Leonard." If Mr. Frey were found to have misrepresented himself during the negotiations, Penguin might have reason to void the contracts. The Smoking Gun first revealed Mr. Frey's deceptions and confronted him with evidence that his book was false. According to the article, Mr. Frey told the Smoking Gun reporters that the encounter had left him so rattled that he went out and hired Los Angeles attorney Martin Singer, who sent a letter to The Smoking Gun threatening to sue if its article falsely states or implies that his client is a liar.


Summary: Talese's imprint, Mr. McDonald announced his move to Riverhead Books, a division of the Penguin Group, shortly before ''A Million Little Pieces'' was published. At Penguin, he bought and edited Mr. Frey's second book, ''My Friend Leonard'', and he agreed to purchase two more books one of them a novel by Mr. Frey. His statements are important because they reflect on whether he or his bosses at Penguin were aware of Mr. Frey's deceptions when they signed the new contract with Mr. Frey.

Summary: Statements of Sean McDonald are important because they reflect on whether he or his bosses at Penguin Group were aware of James Frey's deceptions when they signed the new contract with him late last year. If Mr. Frey were found to have misrepresented himself during the negotiations, Penguin might have reason to void the contracts. The Smoking Gun first revealed Mr. Frey's deceptions and confronted him with evidence that his book was false. According to the article, Mr. Frey told the Smoking Gun reporters that the encounter had left him so rattled that he hired Los Angeles attorney Martin Singer, who sent a letter to The Smoking Gun threatening to sue if its article falsely states or implies that his client is a liar. Now that Mr. Frey has admitted his fabrications, Penguin has voiced doubts about the future of "My Friend Leonard" and the two additional books.


Summary: Mr. Frey himself said at an author's event at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Lower Manhattan, where he and Mr. McDonald discussed their collaboration.

Summary: James Frey himself said as much in mid-September at an author's event at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Lower Manhattan, where he and Sean McDonald discussed their collaboration.


Summary: The day when Oprah Winfrey chose ''A Million Little Pieces'' for her television book club, Mr. McDonald said he knew that Mr. Frey was telling the truth, because he had personally checked it out.

Summary: In fact, on the day last fall when Oprah Winfrey chose "A Million Little Pieces" for her television book club, Mr. McDonald said he knew that Mr. Frey was telling the truth, because he had personally checked it out.


Summary: Héctor Tobar, a foreign correspondent for The Los Angeles Times, sold his book ''Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish-Speaking United States'' to Mr. McDonald when the editor was still at Doubleday, where Mr. Johnson said to Mr. McDonald that more editing per page than any of his other editors did with any of his other books. In a telephonic interview from Mexico City, where he is currently a correspondent, Mr. Tobar said that after he submitted his manuscript, Mr. McDonald sent him a 13-page single-spaced memorandum detailing what needed to be done with each chapter of the book. he again said that he has a vidion for the kind of book that fills out the canon of what is literature in America.

Summary: Héctor Tobar, a foreign correspondent for The Los Angeles Times, sold his book ''Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish-Speaking United States'' to Mr. McDonald in 2001 when the editor was still at Doubleday. In a telephone interview, Mr. Tobar said that after he submitted his manuscript, Mr. McDonald sent him a 13-page single-spaced memorandum detailing what needed to be done with each chapter of the book. He said his book was like Mr. Frey's and added that Mr. Mcdonald helped bring his voice into mainstream America.


Summary: Ira T. Kay, global practice director for executive compensation at Watson Wyatt Worldwide, argues that despite pay packages that can easily run into eight figures and endless headlines about directors awarding raises to C.E.O.'s even as their companies underperform the competition, everyone is missing the point. He writes that those images now overshadow the reality of thousands of successful companies with appropriately paid executives and conscientious boards. Mr. Kay never defines what fair C.E.O. recompense would be.

Summary: Ira T. Kay, global practice director for executive compensation at Watson Wyatt Worldwide, argues that despite pay packages that can easily run into eight figures and endless headlines about directors awarding raises to C.E.O.'s even as their companies underperform the competition, everyone is missing the point. He remains adamant that cutting back on the boss's compensation would be wrong, stating that executives should be paid commensurate with the skills and talents they bring to the organization. He adds that pay cuts would lead to higher turnover and less talent in the executive suite as the most qualified candidates move into other professions.


Summary: New York City's health commissioner, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, called for changing state laws so that health officials could more aggressively test people for H.I.V. and AIDS and use the medical information, whereas, the city already collects to help treat those infected. In addition apart from wanting to change those laws, he also wants to make testing for the virus a routine part of medical care, simplifying the process by which a patient consents to be tested. Dr. Frieden said that they know people are dying, as he outlined his proposals publicly for the first time.

Summary: New York City's health commissioner, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, called yesterday for changing state laws so that health officials could more aggressively test people for H.I.V. and AIDS and use the medical information the city already collects to help treat those infected. In addition to that, he also wants to make testing for the virus a routine part of medical care, simplifying the process by which a patient consents to be tested. He believes that this disparity reflects the way efforts to test for the disease and treat it have not evolved to keep pace with the changing nature of the epidemic. His proposals would help those in a population that does not get tested early enough, who are often sick by the time they know their status, and who are often stranded without the good medical care available to the more prosperous.


Summary: Ehud Olmert, the acting Israeli prime minister, is trying to win an election and may not wish to appear soft. As soon as Mr. Olmert's rival to the right, Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud, former Prime Minister, began to deplore the idea of releasing the tax money, Mr. Olmert froze it.

Summary: But Ehud Olmert, the acting Israeli prime minister, is trying to win an election and may not wish to appear soft. As soon as his rival to the right, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud, began to deplore the idea of releasing the tax money, Mr. Olmert froze it.


Summary: Hamas, the quartet said that one must be committed to nonviolence, recognize Israel and accept the previous agreements and commitments, like the Oslo accords that set up the Palestinian Authority and the ''road map'' peace plan, which calls for the dismantling of armed groups like Hamas. The Palestinian Authority is on the verge of collapse, with large debts, great unease about Hamas and little ability to pay Feb. 1 salaries for 135,000 people, 58,000 of them in the security services, many of them armed.

Summary: The Palestinian Authority is on the verge of collapse, with large debts, great unease about Hamas, and little ability to pay salaries for 135,000 people, 58,000 of them in the security services, many of them armed. Some $60 million in direct aid, two-thirds of it from Europe, was frozen by donor countries in December, in response to what they saw as the Palestinian Authority's violation of a pledge of fiscal responsibility when it raised salaries by nearly 50 percent last summer. Once a Hamas-dominated government is formed, that will still leave the Palestinian Authority with a major fiscal crisis, probably dependent on more money coming from Arab states.


Summary: According to a Western diplomat, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, who also leads Fatah, as the "real" Palestinian power, had spoken about appointing a new, Hamas-supported prime minister to form a government in the next two weeks but suddenly he is talking about not putting a new Hamas-backed government into office for two or three months, until after the Israeli elections of March 28, senior Western and Israeli diplomats said. If Mr. Abbas works with a technocratic prime minister, with Hamas approving policy from behind a screen, that would be a long way from the "transformation" of Hamas, and it would not be very satisfactory for Israel.

Summary: Judging from the outcome of the quartet's meeting in London, the idea is to try to postpone the day of a Hamas government as long as possible and support Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president who also leads Fatah, as the ''real'' Palestinian power, at least in the meantime. But suddenly Mr. Abbas is talking about not putting a new Hamas-backed government into the office for two or three months, until after the Israeli elections of March 28, senior Western and Israeli diplomats said. If Mr. Abbas works with a technocratic prime minister, with Hamas approving policy from behind a screen, that would be a long way from the ''transformation'' of Hamas, and it would not be very satisfactory for Israel.


Summary: Likud has already changed its campaign slogan to "Strong against Hamas." Israel is also keeping the Karni crossing between Gaza and Israel shut for a third week, while Palestinian produce rots and Israeli clothing manufacturers threaten to do their sewing elsewhere. Israel issued a security alert for Karni and said it was searching for a tunnel in the area that had been used to smuggle arms and wanted men.

Summary: Israel is keeping the Karni crossing between Gaza and Israel shut for a third week, while Palestinian produce rots and Israeli clothing manufacturers threaten to do their sewing elsewhere. Israel issued a security alert for Karni and said it was searching for a tunnel in the area that had been used to smuggle arms and wanted men.


Summary: The United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations have lined up in solidarity with Israel in calling on Hamas, which won the Palestinian legislative elections, to modify its radical policies. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the European Union are talking about the need for stability, and to support the "interim" government of the Palestinian Authority and Mr. Abbas with money and aid. So the European Union, like the Americans are looking to increase the amount of their aid, or to redirect it, away from a Hamas-run government and toward these agencies and private organizations.

Summary: The United States, the European Union, Russia, and the United Nations the so-called Quartet on the Middle East have lined up in solidarity with Israel in calling on Hamas, which won the Palestinian legislative elections, to modify its radical policies. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the European Union are talking about the need for stability, and to support the interim government of the Palestinian Authority and Mr. Abbas with money and aid. So the European Union, like the Americans are looking to increase the amount of their aid, or to redirect it, away from a Hamas-run government and toward these agencies and private organizations.


Summary: Hamas is committed to the destruction of Israel, defends the right to use arms to combat Israeli occupation, and considers Oslo null and void. The most Hamas offers is a long-term truce with Israel, as a stage to Muslim rule over all of former Palestine, if Israel agrees unilaterally to pull back to its pre-1967 boundaries and cede East Jerusalem. Hamas could also agree to prolong the current ''cease-fire'' with Israel for a year or more and work to keep a kind of unwritten temporary armistice with Israel. Under this idea, Hamas would tone down its rhetoric, as it is already doing, to try to consolidate its victory and not frighten Palestinians.

Summary: Hamas said that must be committed to nonviolence, recognize Israel and accept the previous agreements and commitments, like the Oslo accords that set up the Palestinian Authority and the ''road map'' peace plan, which calls for the dismantling of armed groups like Hamas. It is like asking Hamas to convert to Christianity, they concede. Hamas is committed to the destruction of Israel, defends the right to use arms to combat Israeli occupation, and considers Oslo null and void.


Summary: The United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations, the so-called quartet on the Middle East, have lined up in solidarity with Israel in calling on Hamas, which won the Palestinian legislative elections, to modify its radical policies. Much of the aid that goes to the Palestinians comes through United Nations agencies and nongovernmental organizations.

Summary: The United States, the European Union, Russia, and the United Nations the so-called Quartet on the Middle East have lined up in solidarity with Israel in calling on Hamas, which won the Palestinian legislative elections, to modify its radical policies. The United Nations said Tuesday that losses to Palestinian farmers had amounted to $500,000 a day. Much of the aid that goes to the Palestinians comes through United Nations agencies and nongovernmental organizations.


Summary: Like Amr Moussa, the head of the Arab League, some Arab countries are suggesting that Hamas endorse a Saudi-drafted peace plan unveiled at a 2002 Beirut summit meeting. That plan does not exactly recognize Israel, but says that if Israel agrees to return to boundaries before the 1967 war, accepts a sovereign Palestinian state in the rest of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital, and finds a "just solution" to the Palestinian refugee question, then Arab states will consider the Arab-Israeli conflict ended, and enter into a peace agreement with Israel, and provide security for all the states of the region. Israel rejected the plan, but Mr. Moussa and some diplomats believe that if Hamas can endorse it, then that would provide the words sufficient to ending its isolation.

Summary: Amr Moussa, the head of the Arab League, that Hamas endorses a Saudi-drafted peace plan unveiled at a 2002 Beirut summit meeting. That plan does not exactly recognize Israel but says that if Israel agrees to return to boundaries before the 1967 war, accepts a sovereign Palestinian state in the rest of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital but Mr. Moussa and some diplomats believe that if Hamas can endorse it, then that would provide the words sufficient to ending its isolation.


Summary: Hamas is the radical Islamic party is in control of Palestinian politics, that's why the village of three churches are panicking. Hamas leaders are seeking to calm both Palestinians and an anxious outside world, have projected moderation. Sheik Fadil Saleh, 53, a former imam who won a seat in Ramallah for Hamas said that one cannot force people to do what they do not want to do.

Summary: The village is of three churches, a brewer of very good beer, and no small fear, if not yet full panic, about what it means now that Hamas, the radical Islamic party, is in control of Palestinian politics. There is no certain answer to the question asked apprehensively around the West Bank and Gaza since Hamas swept the parliamentary elections last week that to what extent, by law or by social pressure, will Hamas impose its strong religious beliefs? So far Hamas leaders, seeking to calm both Palestinians and an anxious outside world, have projected moderation.


Summary: From 1976 to 2004, women made up just under 5 percent of the people who committed mass shootings and about 7 percent of those who killed in the workplace, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston. Mr. Fox found no higher toll of victims killed by a woman in the workplace than Monday's.

Summary: James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston who has studied workplace crime, said that from 1976 to 2004, women made up just under 5 percent of the people who committed mass shootings and about 7 percent of those who killed in the workplace. He also said that it is extremely rare since he found no higher toll of victims killed by a woman in the workplace than Monday's.


Summary: James Califano, the chairman of a Postal Service commission studying the violence, said that this report should shatter the myth that postal workers were more violent than other workers.

Summary: James Califano, the chairman of a Postal Service commission studying the violence, said that the report should shatter the myth that postal workers are more violent than other workers. His actual name is Joseph A. Califano Jr., not James Califano.