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> MCVEIGH LAWYERS SET TO FILE APPEAL


Attorneys for Timothy McVeigh are expected to file a 17-page brief Thursday
morning, appealing a federal judge's ruling not to stay the execution of the
convicted Oklahoma City bomber.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/06/07/mcveigh.court/index.html
> U.S. AND CHINA STRIKE DEAL ON SPY PLANE


China says all outstanding issues blocking the return of the crippled U.S. Navy
spy plane have been resolved.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/07/china.plane/index.html

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WORLD NEWS
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> U.S. AND CHINA STRIKE DEAL ON SPY PLANE


China says all outstanding issues blocking the return of the crippled U.S. Navy
spy plane have been resolved.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/07/china.plane/index.html

> SEOUL HAILS U.S. DECISION ON N KOREA


South Korean President Kim Dae-jung has welcomed news that the United States is
to reopen talks with communist North Korea on key military issues.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/07/sthkorea.us.reaction/index.html

> POLLS OPEN FOR UK ELECTION


Voters in the UK are going to the polls to elect a new government.The Labour
government of Prime Minister Tony Blair is defending a 179-seat majority in the
House of Commons, but faces challenges from the Conservative Party, led by
William Hague, and Charles Kennedy's Liberal Democrats.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/06/06/uk.voting/index.html


.....More World stories at http://www.cnn.com/WORLD


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U.S. NEWS
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> MCVEIGH LAWYERS SET TO FILE APPEAL


Attorneys for Timothy McVeigh are expected to file a 17-page brief Thursday
morning, appealing a federal judge's ruling not to stay the execution of the
convicted Oklahoma City bomber.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/06/07/mcveigh.court/index.html

> BUSH TO SIGN TAX CUT BILL TODAY


President Bush will sign into law the first major piece of legislation of his
presidency Thursday, a $1.35 trillion dollar tax cut over 10 years.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/06/Bush.taxes/index.html

> FORECASTERS AMEND THEIR HURRICANE PREDICTIONS


Changing weather patterns have led forecasters to amend their hurricane
predictions for the Atlantic Ocean this year, and now they predict a more
intense season.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WEATHER/06/07/hurricane.forecast/index.html


.....More U.S. stories at http://www.cnn.com/US


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BUSINESS from CNNfn
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> WALL STREET BITES ITS NAILS AWAITING INTEL


The level of anxiety about the outlook for chip sales at Intel will determine
Thursday whether U.S. investors put some new chips of their own on stocks or
take a few off the table.Stock futures reflected investor uncertainty.
Nasdaq-100 futures -- a predictor of Nasdaq market activity -- edged lower,
erasing early gains. Standard & Poor's futures were little changed, indicating
a flat start for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average.



.... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/06/07/markets/stockswatch/

> EUROPE MIXED AHEAD OF ECB RATE DECISION


Europe's major bourses were mixed on Thursday, as voters went to elect a new UK
government and ahead of an ECB rates decision.



.... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/06/07/europe/markets_europe/

> FISHER-PRICE TO PAY $1.1M RECALL SETTLEMENT


Fisher-Price will pay the U.S. government $1.1 million, the biggest civil
penalty ever levied against a toy company, to settle charges it failed to
immediately notify regulators that its Power Wheels toy cars could catch fire,
a published report said Thursday.



.... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/06/07/news/fisherprice/


.....More Business stories at http://CNNfn.com

.....For market numbers see http://CNNfn.com/markets


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Sports from CNN/SI
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> SIXERS SHOCK LAKERS WITH 107-101 OT VICTORY


Put away the brooms. The Sixers ended the Lakers' hopes of a perfect postseason
in dramatic fashion. Allen Iverson scored 48 points as the Sixers stunned the
Lakers 107-101 in overtime in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, ending Los Angeles'
19-game winning streak.



.... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/basketball/nba/2001/playoffs/news/2001/06/06/sixers_lakers_ap/

> MARINERS CHALK UP 14TH CONSECUTIVE WIN


The Seattle Mariners are too busy making history to spend time thinking about
it. The Mariners stretched their winning streak to 14, the longest in the
American League in seven years, by beating the Texas Rangers 7-3 Wednesday
night.



.... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/baseball/mlb/news/2001/06/06/rangers_mariners_ap/

> SCHILLING BECOMES MAJORS' FIRST 10-GAME WINNER


Curt Schilling is making his 12th big league season his best, and he's been
especially tough on the Los Angeles Dodgers.Schilling pitched a six-hitter to
become the major leagues' first 10-game winner as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat
the Dodgers 4-1 Wednesday night.



.... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/baseball/mlb/news/2001/06/06/dodgers_diamondbacks_ap/


.....More Sports stories at http://CNNSI.com

.....For scores see http://CNNSI.com/scoreboards


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POLITICS from AllPolitics
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> SENATE REPUBLICANS VOW TO FIGHT ON FOR BUSH AGENDA


The Senate reconvenes Wednesday with Democrats taking control and Republicans
vowing to continue to fight for President Bush's agenda. Democratic leader Tom
Daschle met with Republican leaders Tuesday evening to discuss how the chamber
would be reorganized and how much clout Republicans would have.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/05/senate.power.shift.02/index.html

> BUSH PLUGS FAITH-BASED IDEA BY HELPING BUILD HOM


President Bush donned jeans and wielded a hammer Tuesday as he pitched in to
build a house at a Habitat for Humanity site in Tampa, where he sought to drive
home his message of government support for faith-based organizations.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/05/bush.florida/index.html

> REPORT: FLORIDA 'GROSSLY DERELICT' IN 2000 VOTE


Florida officials at all levels were responsible for widespread
disenfranchisement of the state's minority voters in the 2000 presidential
election, according to a report drafted by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/05/fla.civilrights.vote/index.html

> BLOOMBERG JUMPS INTO NYC MAYOR'S RACE


Billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg formally jumped into the New York
City mayoral race on Tuesday.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/05/bloomberg.nycmayor/index.html


.....More Politics stories at http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS

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SCI-TECH
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> NEVADA GAMBLES ON INTERNET GAMING


Lawmakers have passed legislation that could make Nevada the first U.S. state
with Internet gambling, which now generates more than $1 billion annually for
mostly offshore gaming companies. But the odds could be stacked against online
gambling from becoming a reality in the state anytime soon, say gaming experts.
The federal government has been reluctant to legalize online gambling. State
legislators say court challenges could change Washington's position.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/06/05/online.gaming/index.html

> NAPSTER JOINS MUSICNET


Napster, the Internet-based song-swapping service under federal court order to
stop copyrighted material from being exchanged through its site, agreed Tuesday
to take part in MusicNet.



.... http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2001/06/05/technology/napster/

> STUDY: FOUR SITES ACCOUNT FOR HALF OF WEB SURFING


Many thought Internet traffic would resist consolidation because of the
seemingly infinite number of possible Web sites. They were wrong.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/06/05/internet.consolidation/index.html

> SEGA AND SONY TO LINK GAME CONSOLES VIA INTERNET


Japanese game maker Sega Corp. and Sony Corp.'s game unit plan to enable users
of their consoles to play video games via the Internet.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/fun.games/06/05/japan.sega.sony.reut/index.html


.....More Sci-Tech stories at http://www.cnn.com/TECH

.....What's new in high-tech? See http://www.cnn.com/TECH/index.html#tomtod




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HEALTH
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> IMMUNIZATIONS ORDERED AGAINST OHIO OUTBREAK


Health officials on Tuesday ordered an immunization program for 5,800 students
against a bacterial infection that can cause meningitis, after two teens died
of the infection.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/06/06/ohio.outbreak/index.html

> ESTROGEN PATIENTS MAY RISK LOW THYROID LEVELS


Women who regularly take thyroid medicine may need a higher dose if they begin
taking estrogen after menopause, according to a study in Thursday's New England
Journal of Medicine.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/06/06/health.thyroid.reut/index.html

> U.S. CONSIDERS SYSTEM TO RATE NURSING HOMES


Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Tuesday his department
was considering creating a ratings system to inform Americans about the quality
of nursing homes and other Medicare providers.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/06/06/health.ratings.reut/index.html

> PFIZER TO DONATE ANTI-FUNGAL AIDS DRUGS


Pfizer Inc. announced Wednesday that it will offer Diflucan antifungal medicine
at no charge to HIV/AIDS patients in the 50 least-developed countries as
identified by the United Nations where HIV/AIDS is most prevalent.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/06/06/pfizer.un/index.html


.....More Health stories at http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH





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ENTERTAINMENT
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> '60 MINUTES' HELPS CBS TO RATINGS WIN


A fresh edition of CBS' "60 Minutes" was the No. 1 program last week as the
summer rerun doldrums set in and television viewership began to shrink. The
news magazine, which included a profile of evangelist Billy Graham's daughter,
Anne Graham Lotz, scored its first top finish in 22 months, according to
ratings released Tuesday.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/06/nielsens.ap/index.html

> BOOK REVIEW: 'DOWN AND DIRTY' MILD AND OVERREACHING


Before picking up "Down and Dirty," Jake Tapper's tale of the 2000 presidential
campaign, the first question the reader must ask is: "Do I want to go through
it all again?" If the reader isn't prepared to relive the up-and-down,
back-and-forth, ins-and-outs of the Florida recount, the best advice is, "Stay
away from Jake Tapper."



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/books/06/05/review.down.dirty/index.html

> STRINGFIELD SCRUBS UP FOR 'ER'


Sherry Stringfield, an original cast member of "ER" who departed after the
show's first three seasons, has made a deal to return for the drama's next
three seasons, Variety reports.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/05/stringfield.er.reut/index.html

> 'GENTLE ON MY MIND' WRITER JOHN HARTFORD DIES


Songwriter, singer and banjo player John Hartford, a three-time Grammy Award
winner who penned the ballad "Gentle on My Mind," died Monday at Centennial
Medical Center in Nashville, a hospital spokesman said. He was 63 and had
battled cancer for several years.



.... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/05/hartford.obit.reut/index.html


.....More Entertainment stories at http://www.cnn.com/ENTERTAINMENT



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