TODAY'S HEADLINES
The New York Times on the Web
Wednesday, October 17, 2001
------------------------------------------------------------
For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com

New From NYTimes.com
Get DealBook -- your daily briefing on the latest and most
comprehensive news about market-moving mergers and
acquisitions, IPOs, private equity transactions, venture
capital deals and Wall Street maneuverings, all delivered
before the market's opening bell. Get analyst
presentations, SEC filings, press releases and more.
http://www.nytimes.com/services/email/email.html#dealbook


QUOTE OF THE DAY
=========================
"She's got to pull through, because she's got 700 families'
worth of love. It's not fair, but she's part of their hope."
-HOWARD W. LUTNICK, of Cantor Fitzgerald, on Lauren Manning, a burn victim in
the Sept. 11 attack.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/nyregion/17BURN.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
=========================
Anthrax Mailed to Senate Is Found to Be Potent Form

The anthrax mailed to the office of the Senate majority
leader was highly refined, consisting of particles so tiny
that they could spread through the air without detection.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/national/17ANTH.html?todaysheadlines

-----

Mohamed Atta in Close Call in Incident at Miami Airport

An incident at Miami International Airport on Dec. 26 nearly
brought the hijacking planner, Mohamed Atta, to the
attention of the Federal Aviation Administration.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/national/17ATTA.html?todaysheadlines

-----

Jeb Bush Tries to Avert Panic; 2nd Anthrax Victim Is Healing

Gov. Jeb Bush came to South Florida, urging calm in a
community that for weeks has been on the verge of panic
about exposures to anthrax.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/national/17FLOR.html?todaysheadlines

-----



MORE NATIONAL NEWS:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html?todaysheadline


/--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\
Stephen King Is Back - Listen To Black House For Just $1.95

Download and listen to Black House, Stephen King and Peter
Straub's long-awaited sequel to The Talisman.  Or select from
any title in our store - we have over 20,000 to choose from.
Download and listen to your first selection for just $1.95!
Act now.

http://ads.nyt.com/lx.ads/email.nytimes.com/todaysheadlines/text/25792/Position3/th-audible50/audibletext1017.html/?_RM_REDIR_=http://www.audible.com/nyt/special14
\---------------------------------------------------------/


INTERNATIONAL
=========================
Right-Wing Israeli Minister Is Shot

Israel's far-right tourism minister, Rehavam Zeevi, was shot
three times and seriously wounded today at a hotel in east
Jerusalem, officials said.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-mideast-shooting.html?todaysheadlines

-----

U.S. Hopes to Break the Taliban With Pounding From the Air

There are increasing signs that unrelenting and intensified
air strikes on Afghanistan are starting to strain the
Taliban in its moment of weakness.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/international/asia/17STRA.html?todaysheadlines

-----

Powell Suggests Role for Taliban

The United States and Pakistan agreed to work urgently for
the creation of a new government in Afghanistan that could
include moderate elements of the Taliban.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/international/asia/17POWE.html?todaysheadlines

-----



MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html?todaysheadline




BUSINESS
=========================
White House Balks at Further Bailouts

In response to a flood of calls for bailouts from industries
hurt by the terrorist attacks, the Bush administration has
developed the following official policy position: forget
it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/business/17BAIL.html?todaysheadlines

-----

Out of Work, and Out of the Benefits Loop

While the labor force has changed over the last three
decades, the unemployment insurance system has not changed
with it, job counselors and economists said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/business/17JOBL.html?todaysheadlines

-----

CNN Submits 6 Questions After Overture by bin Laden

CNN announced that it had submitted six written questions to
Osama bin Laden, which it expects he will answer in his
next videotaped statement.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/business/media/17CNN.html?todaysheadlines

-----



MORE BUSINESS NEWS:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?todaysheadline




TECHNOLOGY
=========================
I.B.M. Sounds Confident as It Reports Sound Profits

Despite the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and economic turmoil,
I.B.M. came through the third quarter remarkably unscathed,
reporting solid profits that slightly exceeded analysts'
expectations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/technology/17BLUE.html?todaysheadlines

-----

Intel Meets Forecasts and Expects Slightly Better Earnings

The Intel Corporation met its financial projections for the
third quarter and said it expected profitability to
slightly improve in the last three months of the year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/technology/17CHIP.html?todaysheadlines

-----

Deepening Wrinkles in the New Economy

A study shows that the strong productivity gains of the late
1990's were concentrated in only 30 percent of the private
sector and are likely to be whittled away in the near
future.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/business/17PROD.html?todaysheadlines

-----



MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadline




POLITICS
=========================
On Capitol Hill, Issues of Fear and Safety Hit Close to Home

People who occupy the nation's Capitol building describe
varied degrees of secure feelings while in the building.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/national/17CONG.html?todaysheadlines

-----

Bush Voices Pride in Aid, but Groups List Hurdles

As President Bush promoted his relief fund for Afghan
children, aid groups said the American bombing campaign was
making it virtually impossible to deliver food to starving
Afghans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/international/asia/17PREX.html?todaysheadlines

-----

House and Senate Leaders Clash on Banking Measure

House and Senate leaders are clashing about whether to
include banking controls in the   pending terrorism bill.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/national/17MONE.html?todaysheadlines

-----



MORE POLITICS NEWS:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?todaysheadline




SPORTS
=========================
What Can We Do Next? Just Watch Jeter Play

We have come to expect great plays from Derek Jeter in the
postseason every year, and every year his great plays
surprise us.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/sports/baseball/17JETE.html?todaysheadlines

-----

Johnson Leaves No Doubt for Diamondbacks

Randy Johnson pitched a three-hit shutout to snap a major
league-record seven-game postseason losing streak as
Arizona beat the Braves, 2-0, in the opener of the N.L.C.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/sports/baseball/17ARIZ.html?todaysheadlines

-----

Suzuki: Made in Japan, Making It in America

Ichiro Suzuki has become the face of the Mariners,
energizing a franchise beset by the annual loss of a
superstar with his peerless work ethic.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/sports/baseball/17ICHI.html?todaysheadlines

-----



MORE SPORTS NEWS:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html?todaysheadline




ARTS
=========================
Ballet Theater Appoints New Director

After two years of backstage furor that rivaled any onstage
drama, the American Ballet Theater on Tuesday named Wallace
Chappell as its new executive director.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/arts/dance/17APPO.html?todaysheadlines

-----

Tribulations and Triumphs for WNYC

The events of Sept. 11 have brought New York's public-radio
station journalistic triumph, technical nightmares and
financial calamity.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/arts/17WNYC.html?todaysheadlines

-----

Stranger Than Chatwin's Fiction

The missing collection of Meissen porcelain that inspired
Bruce Chatwin's novel "Utz" was found last year, hidden in
a housing project in Bratislava.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/books/17ARTS.html?todaysheadlines

-----



MORE ARTS NEWS:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?todaysheadline




NY REGION
=========================
Doctors Asked to Treat the Worried-Well

Doctors in New York are finding themselves trying to fend
off requests for unnecessary medication from patients
paranoid about anthrax.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/nyregion/17DOCS.html?todaysheadlines

-----

Pataki Pledges 'Bold Steps' and Job Cuts

Six days after pleading with Congress to bail out New York
State, Gov. George E. Pataki vowed to cut at least $3
billion in state spending over the next 18 months.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/nyregion/17ALBA.html?todaysheadlines

-----

Durst Jumps Bail, and a Nationwide Dragnet Is On

Police in Galveston, Tex., said that a nationwide manhunt
for New York real estate scion Robert A. Durst has begun
after he failed to appear at a bond hearing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/nyregion/17DURS.html?todaysheadlines

-----



MORE NY REGION NEWS:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html?todaysheadline




OP-ED
=========================
Plague on the Potomac
By MAUREEN DOWD
The Bush team keeps acting as   though pretending we are
ready if    our enemies poison our air and food   and water
will make us ready.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/opinion/17DOWD.html?todaysheadlines

-----

Common Interests in a Hazardous World
By DAVID SHAMBAUGH and ROBERT S. LITWAK
The current campaign against global terrorism offers the
United States and China the opportunity to   improve a
relationship that has been   plagued by  difficulties.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/opinion/17SHAM.html?todaysheadlines

-----

How to Cover a War
By MARVIN KALB
The Bush administration needs to recognize that in the war
on terrorism, the press is not an enemy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/17/opinion/17KALB.html?todaysheadlines

-----



MORE OP-ED  NEWS:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html?todaysheadline





HOW TO CHANGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
------------------------------------------------------------
You received these headlines because you requested The New
York Times Direct e-mail service. To cancel delivery,
change delivery options, change your e-mail address or sign
up for other newsletters, see http://www.nytimes.com/email.
Check or uncheck the headlines you would like to receive
and remember to go to the bottom of the page and click on
"Save Selections." To change your e-mail address, go to our
help center: http://www.nytimes.com/help.  Suggestions and
feedback are welcome at feedback@nytimes.com.

Please include the following ID number when writing to
feedback@nytimes.com so that we can track any reports of problems:
1120577

HOW TO ADVERTISE
------------------------------------------------------------
For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or
other creative advertising opportunities with The New York
Times on the Web, please contact Alyson Racer at
alyson@nytimes.com or visit our online media kit at
http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo