Summary: The joint announcement by the city's top Republican, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, and its top Democrat, the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, underscored how serious local officials are about controlling the shadowy but increasingly prevalent dealings between lobbyists and the local officials they try to influence. Ms. Quinn has said she wants to raise the ethical standards of the Council during her term.

Summary: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, and its top Democrat, the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, underscored how serious local officials are about controlling the shadowy but increasingly prevalent dealings between lobbyists and the local officials they try to influence. Quinn has said she wants to raise the ethical standards of the Council during her term. Quinn said she was confident that the Council would pass all of the proposed laws. Quinn said she would quickly seek the formal approvals necessary to restrict lobbyists from specific areas of her City Hall office. Quinn said she would soon build a gate system closing off her office to lobbyists, who will now be asked to make formal appointments to meet with the Council staff. Quinn also promised a new mechanism for enforcing infractions, they said the details had not yet been worked out.


Summary: Leroy Comrie, the deputy majority leader, said he could not attend Council meetings without being approached by at least a half-dozen lobbyists and advocates.

Summary: Leroy Comrie, the deputy majority leader, said that he could not attend Council meetings without being approached by at least a half-dozen lobbyists and advocates.


Summary: Press officers, who were granted anonymity because they said they were still concerned for their jobs despite Dr. Griffin's call for openness, said much of the pressure in late 2004 was placed on Gretchen Cook-Anderson. At the time, she was in charge of managing the flow of earth science news at NASA headquarters. In an e-mail message yesterday, Ms. Cook-Anderson, who now works as a writer and editor for NASA through a contractor, said While she can't discuss these matters, she won't disagree with that description of what took place.

Summary: Press officers, who were granted anonymity because they said they were still concerned for their jobs despite Dr. Griffin's call for openness, said much of the pressure in late 2004 was placed on Gretchen Cook-Anderson. Cook-Anderson was in charge of managing the flow of earth science news at NASA headquarters. Cook-Anderson, who now works as a writer and editor for NASA through a contractor, said that he couldn't discuss those matters, he wouldn't disagree with that description of what took place. Dean Acosta, a political appointee who was then Mr. Mahone's deputy and is now Dr. Griffin's press secretary, said he had never pressed Ms. Cook-Anderson to cut back on news releases.


Summary: Moses Teitelbaum, the 91-year-old grand rabbi of the Satmar Hasidim, himself was chosen by the sect's board of rabbis after a contentious interregnum in 1979, when the previous grand rabbi, his uncle Joel Teitelbaum, died childless without naming a successor. In his 27 years at the helm, Moses Teitelbaum has presided over the explosive growth of the communities that Joel established in New York after fleeing the Holocaust and helped his followers fight off the pressure to assimilate. But being severely ill, he has been hospitalized since Thursday and is on a respirator. He is being treated for spinal cancer, as well as for an infection apparently caused by radiation treatment, the failure of his one remaining kidney, and a stroke.

Summary: Moses Teitelbaum, the 91-year-old grand rabbi of the Satmar Hasidim, is severely ill. He has been hospitalized since Thursday and is on a respirator. He is being treated for spinal cancer, as well as for an infection apparently caused by radiation treatment, the failure of his one remaining kidney and a stroke. He is in critical but stable condition at Mount Sinai Hospital. One indication of the gravity of Rabbi Teitelbaum's condition is that the Satmars declared an official day of prayer for their leader yesterday, gathering in synagogues, schools and at the cemetery in Orange County where his predecessor is buried. Moses Teitelbaum himself was chosen by the sect's board of rabbis after a contentious interregnum in 1979, when the previous grand rabbi, his uncle Joel Teitelbaum, died childless without naming a successor.


Summary: Samuel Heilman, a distinguished professor of sociology at Queens College who studies Orthodox Jewish sects, said he did not expect the grand rabbi to clear up the succession issue now. He said that the Satmars were probably the largest Hasidic sect in the country and certainly the biggest in New York.

Summary: Samuel Heilman, a distinguished professor of sociology at Queens College who studies Orthodox Jewish sects, said he did not expect the grand rabbi to clear up the succession issue now. Professor Heilman said that they often have many sons and they want to keep them in the business, so succession is a real problem. He also added that Satmars were probably the largest Hasidic sect in the country and certainly the biggest in New York. In his 27 years at the helm, Moses Teitelbaum has presided over explosive growth of the communities that Joel established in New York after fleeing the Holocaust and helped his followers fight off pressure to assimilate, Professor Heilman said.


Summary: In his 27 years at the helm, Moses Teitelbaum has presided over explosive growth of the communities that Joel established in New York after fleeing the Holocaust and helped his followers fight off pressure to assimilate, Professor Heilman said. Moses Teitelbaum himself was chosen by the sect's board of rabbis after a contentious interregnum in 1979, when the previous grand rabbi, his uncle Joel Teitelbaum, died childless without naming a successor.


Summary: Referring to the beating death of Nixzmary Brown this month, Mr. Bloomberg said that they are determined to find out exactly where the system broke down and to marshal the resources to fix it. Many of the changes highlighted yesterday were aimed at more closely monitoring households in which investigators believe children could be at risk but should not necessarily be removed from their parents. In Nixzmary's case, 46 days of school were missed before an official report was made.

Summary: In making the announcement yesterday with Mr. Bloomberg, Linda I. Gibbs, a deputy mayor, and the Children's Services commissioner, John B. Mattingly, gave the clearest indication to date of where they now believe the system broke down in the case of Nixzmary Brown. ''One of the most glaring failures in the tragedy of Nixzmary Brown occurred when a social worker and a guidance counselor at her school raised red flags about possible abuse or neglect but that sense of urgency wasn't absorbed by A.C.S.,'' Mr. Bloomberg said. ''In Nixzmary's case, 46 days of school were missed before an official report was made.'' Many child welfare advocates praised the mayor's actions yesterday, and credited them as seemingly well thought out and significant.


Summary: The city will also hire 32 lawyers who will make sure that Children's Services is efficiently handling Family Court cases and will be readily available to caseworkers seeking advice.


Summary: Responding to the city's failure to prevent the death of a 7-year-old girl in a home already under investigation for abuse, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg yesterday announced that retired law enforcement workers would be dispatched to work in child welfare offices and that he would create a new mayoral office to ensure that city agencies work together to prevent abuse. He also said that the city would devote an additional $16 million to the Administration for Children's Services to hire managers and caseworkers and to give more training to current caseworkers and that the city was working to establish a more stringent series of red flags to prompt quicker action, including action at city schools.

Summary: Responding to the city's failure to prevent the death of a 7-year-old girl in a home already under investigation for abuse, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg yesterday announced that retired law enforcement workers would be dispatched to work in child welfare offices and that he would create a new mayoral office to ensure those city agencies work together to prevent abuse. He said the city would devote an additional $16 million to the Administration for Children's Services to hire managers and caseworkers and to give more training to current caseworkers. He cited faulty communication between officials at Nixzmary's school, who were urgently concerned about her well-being, and the caseworkers at Children's Services, who apparently were not. He indicated that the changes to the child welfare system would not end with yesterday's announcement. He said the city was working to establish a more stringent series of red flags to prompt quicker action.


Summary: Poetry critic, Helen Vendler takes on the poetry editor Alice Quinn of The New Yorker for editing ''Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts and Fragments,'' by Elizabeth Bishop, one of the most respected of American poets. Vendler's argument reflects a long-running debate about what to do with the unpublished work, ranging from manuscripts and drafts to letters and diaries of dead writers, from Keats to Kafka and beyond.

Summary: ''Had Bishop been asked whether her repudiated poems and some drafts and fragments, should be published after her death, she would have replied, I believe, with a horrified 'No,' '' she writes. In a scathing review that appeared in the April 3 issue of The New Republic, Helen Vendler, arguably the country's most prominent poetry critic, takes on Alice Quinn of The New Yorker, arguably the country's most prominent poetry editor, for editing ''Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts and Fragments,'' by Elizabeth Bishop, one of the most respected of American poets.


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Kerkorian

Summary: Lisa Bonder Kerkorian was in a paternity and child support battle with her former husband Mr. Kerkorian. According to prosecutors, Mr. Christensen hired Mr. Pellicano in late March 2002, to wiretap Ms. Bonder Kerkorian at a heated point in her fight with Mr. Kerkorian over the paternity of, and child support for, her daughter, Kira. That January, she had sought an increase in Mr. Kerkorian's monthly support payments to $320,000, from $50,000. Later, on April 28, prosecutors say, Mr. Pellicano told Mr. Christensen of hearing Ms. Bonder Kerkorian discuss her daughter's real biological father with her lawyers.

Summary: The indictment of Mr. Christensen on wiretapping and conspiracy charges centered on his work for Mr. Kerkorian in 2002 during a paternity and child support battle with his former wife, Lisa Bonder Kerkorian. Bonder Kerkorian at a heated point in her fight with Mr. Kerkorian over the paternity of her daughter, Kira. She had sought an increase in Mr. Kerkorian's monthly support payments to $320,000, from $50,000, and in doing so made details of their freespending lifestyle public. Both sides wrangled in at least three simultaneous court cases over whether Ms. Bonder Kerkorian had duped Mr. Kerkorian, and the legal give-and-take soon took on an extralegal dimension. Bonder Kerkorian's lawyer, Stephen A. Kolodny, who had referred Mr. Christensen to the California bar association.


Summary: The so-called Son of Sam Law forbids Mr. Berkowitz from profiting from his crime, but Mr. Harmatz said that did not prevent him from publishing the letters.


Summary: Michael David Heller says that Mr. Berkowitz has become a jailhouse minister, counseling inmates and people around the world, who know him not as Son of Sam but as Son of Hope.

Summary: He says that Mr. Berkowitz has become a jailhouse minister, counseling inmates and people around the world, who know him not as Son of Sam but as Son of Hope.


Summary: Yet that ''hello'' was enough to transform Mr. Berkowitz, once a frightful symbol of the crime-filled 70's, into another example of the current obsession with the personal lives of celebrity miscreants, like Amy Fisher, the so-called Long Island Lolita, or James Frey, who chronicled his drug abuse, however mendaciously, in ''A Million Little Pieces.'' The ''Son of Sam'' was back in court not because of some new development in his case, but because he was fighting for the right to own his image.

Summary: James Frey mendaciously chronicled his drug abuse.


Summary: David Berkowitz, the man known as the Son of Sam, wanted to stop Hugo Harmatz from publishing the letters as the so-called Son of Sam Law forbids Mr. Berkowitz from profiting from his crime.

Summary: David Berkowitz, the man known as the Son of Sam, whose murder spree terrorized New York City during the long hot summer of 1977, appeared in court yesterday. ' The ''Son of Sam'' was back in court not because of some new development in his case, but because he was fighting for the right to own his image. Mr. Berkowitz's lawyer said that he has become a jailhouse minister, counseling inmates and people around the world, who know him not as Son of Sam but as Son of Hope. The so-called Son of Sam Law forbids Mr. Berkowitz from profiting from his crime, but Mr. Harmatz said that did not prevent him from publishing the letters.


Summary: Michael David Heller said a different version of Mr. Berkowitz's story. He said that Mr. Berkowitz has become a jailhouse minister, counseling inmates and people around the world, who know him not as Son of Sam but as Son of Hope. he also said that Mr. Harmatz won Mr. Berkowitz's confidence by promising to help him start an organization to rescue wayward youth but Mr. Harmatz has taken David Berkowitz's life and his memories hostage'' for his own purposes.

Summary: Mr. Berkowitz's version of the story, as told yesterday through his current lawyer, Michael David Heller, is different. He says that Mr. Berkowitz has become a jailhouse minister, counseling inmates and people around the world, who know him not as Son of Sam but as Son of Hope.


Summary: David Berkowitz, the man known as the Son of Sam, whose murder spree terrorized New York City during the long hot summer of 1977, appeared in court yesterday. He wanted to stop Hugo Harmatz, a New Jersey lawyer who once represented him, and who self-published a book, ''Dear David,'' about the serial killer, in June, from publishing a sequel or from making a movie based on the book as the so-called Son of Sam Law forbids Mr. Berkowitz from profiting from his crime. He is demanding that Mr. Harmatz return a large trove of personal items, including a bar mitzvah picture, a picture of his mother and, his lawyer said, letters from relatives of some of his victims.

Summary: David Berkowitz, the man known as the Son of Sam, whose murder spree terrorized New York City during the long hot summer of 1977, appeared in court yesterday in a dispute over his memorabilia. Mr. Berkowitz, once a frightful symbol of the crime-filled '70s, the ''Son of Sam'' was back in court because he was fighting for the right to own his image. Mr. Berkowitz, 51, wanted to stop Hugo Harmatz, a New Jersey lawyer who once represented Mr. Berkowitz, and who self-published a book, ''Dear David,'' about the serial killer. Mr. Harmatz, who did appear in court, said he had gotten to know Mr. Berkowitz in the summer of 2002, after writing him a letter, saying he was interested in writing a book about ''high-profile defendants.'' Mr. Berkowitz agreed to meet him, where Mr. Berkowitz is serving six sentences of 25 years to life.


Summary: Mr. Berkowitz, 51, wanted to stop Hugo Harmatz, a New Jersey lawyer who once represented Mr. Berkowitz, and who self-published a book, ''Dear David,'' about the serial killer. Mr. Harmatz said in court that he had gotten to know Mr. Berkowitz in the summer of 2002, after writing him a letter, saying he was interested in writing a book about ''high-profile defendants.'' And Mr. Berkowitz agreed to meet him. Mr. Harmatz said that those interviews were so facinating that he dropped his plans to interview any other defendants. Mr. Harmatz won Mr. Berkowitz's confidence by promising to help him start an organization to rescue wayward youth.

Summary: Mr. Berkowitz wanted to stop Hugo Harmatz, a New Jersey lawyer who once represented Mr. Berkowitz, and who self-published a book, ''Dear David,'' about the serial killer from publishing a sequel or from making a movie based on the book. Mr. Harmatz said that he had gotten to know Mr. Berkowitz in the summer of 2002. He wrote a letter saying he was interested in writing a book about ''high-profile defendants.'' Mr. Berkowitz, who is serving six sentences of 25 years to life for killing six people and injuring seven others, agreed to meet him and they began a series of conversations in prison. Mr. Harmatz said that Those conversations were so fascinating, that he dropped his plans to interview any other defendants. The Son of Sam Law forbids Mr. Berkowitz from profiting from his crime, but Mr. Harmatz said that did not prevent him from publishing the letters.


Summary: For example, France brokered a takeover of a huge privately owned water and power utility, Suez, by a much smaller state-run natural gas utility, Gaz de France, for $46 billion in cash and stock. The hastily arranged deal frustrated an attempt by Enel, Italy's biggest power company, to buy Suez. The hastily arranged deal frustrated an attempt by Enel, Italy's biggest power company, to buy Suez

Summary: France brokered a takeover of a huge privately-owned water and power utility, Suez, by Gaz de France, for $46 billion in cash and stock. The hastily arranged deal frustrated an attempt by Enel to buy Suez.


Summary: General Motors, Ford and the Chrysler are unit of DaimlerChrysler and all of them said that their sales slipped while Honda, Toyota and other foreign-owned companies posted gains. G.M. slipped from 24.2 percent to to 23.4 percent of the American market. G.M. will cut production by 3.7 percent and Ford by 1.8 percent

Summary: General Motors said that their sales slipped in February to 23.4 percent of the American market, from 24.2 percent a year earlier. It will make fewer cars in the second quarter this year than they did in the 2005 period and will cut production by 3.7 percent.


Summary: Contract talks held between one of the nation's biggest airlines and its pilots' union went into overtime as the company, Northwest, and its employees wrestled over how drastically the pilots' pay will be cut. Northwest was the first company to reach a deal with flight attendants, with an agreement pf $195 million in annual savings. Then in November, the company approved a temporary annual cut of $215 million.

Summary: Contract talks between NorthWest and its pilots' union went into overtime as the company and its employees wrestled over how drastically the pilots' pay will be cut. The company is operating under bankruptcy court protection as it tries to reorganize its finances and reduce its costs so it can better compete with low-cost, low-fare rivals. It could use that protection to impose salary cuts, but the pilots have threatened to strike if that happens.


Summary: Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said that they believed there were between 30 and 50 people on the sidewalk at the scene of a homicide, and no one had come forward to volunteer information. In an interview, he also said he would ask the Brooklyn district attorney to convene a grand jury.

Summary: Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said that there were between 30 and 50 people on the sidewalk at the scene of a homicide, and no one had come forward to volunteer information. In an interview, Commissioner Kelly said he would ask the Brooklyn district attorney to convene a grand jury.


Summary: Charles A. Gargano, the governor's top economic development official, said if Mr. Silverstein did not begin construction of the Freedom Tower in April, then we want him to move out of the way. In effect, he is trying to force Mr. Silverstein to begin building what may be the least economically desirable tower of the project, which some of his aides concede could be difficult to lease because of its size, its distance from public transportation and the fear that it could become a target.

Summary: Charles A. Gargano, the top economic development official of governor, said that if Mr. Silverstein did not begin construction of the Freedom Tower in April, then they want him to move out of the way. In effect, he is trying to force Mr. Silverstein to begin building what may be the least economically desirable tower of the project, which some of his aides admit could be difficult to lease because of its size, its distance from public transportation and the fear that it could become a target.


Summary: When talks on how to rebuild the World Trade Center site foundered Tuesday night without an agreement, it was more bad news for Gov. George E. Pataki. Mr. Silverstein -- who leased the World Trade Center six weeks before it was destroyed -- was given such a prominent role in deciding what gets built on the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack.

Summary: When talks on how to rebuild the World Trade Center site foundered Tuesday night without an agreement, it was more bad news for Gov. George E. Pataki. New York City officials have long grumbled that Mr. Silverstein who leased the World Trade Center six weeks before it was destroyed was given such a prominent role in deciding what gets built on the site of the September 11, 2001, attack.


Summary: In ''Islamic Art,'' published by Harvard University Press, Barbara Brend defines Islamic art as 'the art produced for rulers or populations of Islamic cultures'. Art from Southeast Asia meets that test, Ms. Brend also writes that Islamic art does not necessarily have to be religious, and that the artists and patrons do not necessarily have to be good Muslims, ideas the curators here agree with.

Summary: Islamic Art, which is published by Harvard University Press, Barbara Brend defines Islamic art as the art produced for rulers or populations of Islamic cultures. Ans she said that it is a complete European outlook, and it's what Western art historians have been interested in. Art from Southeast Asia meets that test, Ms. Maxwell argues, even though Ms. Brend does not mention it in her book. Brend also writes that Islamic art does not necessarily have to be religious, and that the artists and patrons do not necessarily have to be that good , ideas the curators here agree with.


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National Gallery of Australia

Summary: The National Gallery of Australia is provoking a more worldly debate: What is Islamic art? Taking advantage of Australia's proximity to Southeast Asia, the National Gallery is venturing into new territory for a museum better known for its holdings of Australian art and its crowd-pleasing shows.

Summary: In this sleepy capital, where talk usually centers on domestic politics, the National Gallery of Australia is evoking a more worldly debate: What is Islamic art? Taking advantage of Australia's proximity to Southeast Asia, the National Gallery is venturing into new territory for a museum better known for its holdings of Australian art and its crowd-pleasing shows.


Summary: An 18th-century dark blue and white royal banner, used by the court on religious occasions, shows the sword Zulfikar, which the archangel Gabriel is believed to have given to the Prophet Muhammad, who passed it to his son-in-law Sayidina Ali. In the context of controversy over Islam's rules about depictions of the Prophet Muhammad and, more generally, the human figure, Ms. Maxwell said, this was a way to show that the Islamic courts in Southeast Asia sanctioned images of humans, if in distorted form.


Summary: Robyn Maxwell, the coordinating curator and an expert on the textiles of Southeast Asia, said that the deliberate thrust is that there is no one Islamic art. Ms. Maxwell, who also teaches the history of art at the Australian National University, said she was always astonished when the basic texts on Islamic art cover Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and India, and then abruptly stop, rarely mentioning Southeast Asia. In the context of controversy over Islam's rules about depictions of the Prophet Muhammad and, more generally, the human figure, Ms. Maxwell said, this was a way to show that the Islamic courts in Southeast Asia sanctioned images of humans, if in distorted form.

Summary: Robyn Maxwell, the coordinating curator and an expert on the textiles of Southeast Asia, said that the deliberate thrust was that there was no one Islamic art. Maxwell, who also teaches the history of art at the Australian National University, said she was always astonished when the basic texts on Islamic art cover Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and India, and then abruptly stop, rarely mentioning Southeast Asia. Maxwell said, this was a way to show that the Islamic courts in Southeast Asia sanctioned images of humans, if in distorted form.


New York State Education Department
State Education Department

Summary: In the fall, when New York State Education Department officials distributed sample questions and answers for the annual standardized mathematics exam, they fully intended to help students study and prepare for the test. What they did not intend was to give about 400,000 seventh and eighth graders an advance peek at actual test questions.

Summary: New York State Education Department officials distributed sample questions and answers for the annual standardized mathematics exam, they fully intended to help students study and prepare for the test. But unintentionally they gave about 400,000 seventh and eighth graders an advance peek at actual test questions. Education officials and testing experts said there was little choice but to ignore those questions in the tabulation of final scores.


Summary: Kelley Carpenter, a spokeswoman for CTB/McGraw-Hill, acknowledged that it had prepared both the sample tests and the actual exams. She said that they're working closely with the State Department of Education to investigate what transpired, and they'll also work closely with them on an effective solution.

Summary: A spokeswoman named Kelley Carpenter, for CTB/McGraw-Hill, brief that it had prepared both the sample tests and the actual exams. Ms. Carpenter said that they were working closely with the State Department of Education to investigate what transpired, and they will also work closely with them on an effective solution.


Summary: In a gaffe that officials acknowledged was embarrassing to the state and even more humiliating to the test publisher, CTB/McGraw-Hill, three questions on the seventh-grade sample test and one question on the eighth-grade sample test reappeared on the real exams, which are being administered this week to about 200,000 students in each grade. Officials in Albany and at CTB/McGraw-Hill in Monterey, Calif., issued concise statements last night promising to adjust for the mistake in the scoring of the exams. CTB/McGraw-Hill has a five-year, $22.5 million contact to publish the New York State exams through 2009. In 2002, New York City declined to renew a contract with CTB/McGraw-Hill, which had published the city's standardized reading exam, after a series of highly publicized disputes over possible scoring errors.

Summary: Officials in Albany and at CTB/McGraw-Hill in Monterey, California, issued brief statements last night promising to adjust for the mistake in the scoring of the exams. A spokeswoman named Kelley Carpenter, for CTB/McGraw-Hill, acknowledged that it had prepared both the sample tests and the actual exams. CTB/McGraw-Hill has a five-year contract for $22.5 million to publish the New York State exams through 2009.


Summary: Senator Arlen Specter, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called the hearings to examine whether mergers in the oil and gas industry had resulted in higher gasoline prices at the pump. He proposed to introduce a bill that would tighten scrutiny on mergers that might hurt competition and would reconsider some of the $14.5 billion tax incentives that were granted to energy companies in last year's energy law. Senator Specter's proposed legislation would also permit the government to take legal action against the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries for fixing oil prices.

Summary: The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, named Senator Arlen Specter, called the hearings to examine whether mergers in the oil and gas industry had resulted in higher gasoline prices at the pump. Senator Specter said that they know that there have been mergers and that gasoline prices have risen, the Republican of Pennsylvania, said in his opening remarks. He proposed to introduce a bill that would tighten scrutiny on mergers that might hurt competition and would reconsider some of the $14.5 billion tax incentives that were granted to energy companies in last year's energy law.


Summary: With clipped tones and a shy, retiring manner, a convicted marijuana dealer took the stand yesterday in the trial of Louis J. Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa and told jurors that the two retired New York detectives had served as killers for the mob, murdering at least two men and kidnapping another on its behalf. It was the first time in the week-old federal racketeering trial that any witness has directly implicated the men, who stand accused of taking part in at least eight murders for Brooklyn's Luchese crime family. After the court let out yesterday Mr. Eppolito told reporters he was annoyed by Mr. Kaplan's saying that their roles might have been reversed.

Summary: In the trial of Louis J. Eppolito, a shy retiring manner, a convicted marijuana dealer took the stand, with clipped tones and Stephen Caracappa told jurors that the two retired detectives of New York had served as killers for the mob, murdering at least two men and kidnapping another on its behalf. Now he is expected to lay out a richer version of his ties to Mr. Eppolito, who is 57, and Mr. Caracappa, who is 64, and whom he said that he met after becoming familiar with Mr. Eppolito's cousin Frank Santora Jr. in the Allenwood Prison Camp. In 2004, he decided to cooperate with federal prosecutors because, as he told the jury, that he is no longer trusted that Mr. Eppolito and Mr. Caracappa were announced as ''stand-up guys,'' which is to say, that they would not betray him first.


Summary: With clipped tones and a shy, retiring manner, a convicted marijuana dealer took the stand yesterday in the trial of Louis J. Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa and told jurors that the two retired New York detectives had served as killers for the mob, murdering at least two men and kidnapping another on its behalf. It was the first time in the week-old federal racketeering trial that any witness has directly implicated the men, who stand accused of taking part in at least eight murders for Brooklyn's Luchese crime family.

Summary: In the trial of Louis J. Eppolito, a shy retiring manner, a convicted marijuana dealer took the stand with clipped tones and Stephen Caracappa and told jurors that the two retired New York detectives had served as killers for the group, murdering at least two men and kidnapping another on its behalf. It was the first time in the week-old federal crimes trial that any witness has directly implicated the men, who stand accused of taking part in at least eight murders for Brooklyn's Luchese crime family. Mr. Caracappa, prosecutors say, asked Mr. Lino what was on the seat beside him and, when he turned around, they shot him fatally at point-blank range.


Summary: Speaking concisely with his hands in his lap, the witness, Burton Kaplan, said the two detectives not only shot and killed a Gambino family captain and a jeweler from Long Island, but also passed on secret police intelligence to Anthony Casso, the Luchese underboss, who used it to track down his own murder victims. Mr. Kaplan said that if it had something to do with him and they were informants, Mr. Casso had them killed. Yesterday's testimony was merely the starter course to Mr. Kaplan's critical turn on the witness stand. Today he is expected to lay out a richer version of his ties to Louis J. Eppolito, 57, and Stephen Caracappa, 64, whom he said he met after becoming acquainted with Mr. Eppolito's cousin Frank Santora Jr. in the Allenwood Prison Camp in Pennsylvania in 1982.

Summary: Burton Kaplan, the witness, said the two detectives shot and killed a Gambino family captain and a jeweler from Long Island and passed on secret police intelligence to Anthony Casso, the Luchese underboss. He lay out a richer version of his ties to Mr. Eppolito, 57, and Mr. Caracappa, 64, whom he said he met after becoming acquainted with Mr. Eppolito's cousin Frank Santora Jr. in the Allenwood Prison Camp. He is serving a 27-year prison term for trafficking in as much as 13,000 pounds of marijuana. It was then, prosecutors say, that he gave them and Mr. Santora a $30,000 contract to kill a Long Island jeweler named Israel Greenwald, whose body was found last year. He said he gave the two men a contract to murder Edward Lino, a dapper and aggressive Gambino family soldier.


Summary: Today Burton Kaplan is expected to lay out a richer version of his ties to Louis J. Eppolito, 57, and Stephen Caracappa, 64, whom he said he met after becoming acquainted with Mr. Eppolito's cousin Frank Santora Jr. in the Allenwood Prison Camp in Pennsylvania in 1982. Moments later, he said that Mr. Santora, who was killed in front of a Bensonhurst dry cleaner in 1987, had offered to murder if Mr. Kaplan had serious problems in the street. Mr. Kaplan, who is 72 and suffers from arthritis, poor circulation and high blood pressure, does not look like an ordinary criminal. It was then that he gave them and Mr. Santora a $30,000 contract to kill a Long Island jeweler named Israel Greenwald, whose body was found last year under a Brooklyn parking garage, still in the pinstriped suit that Mr. Greenwald had worn to work almost 20 years before.

Summary: Mr. Kaplan is expected to lay out a richer version of his ties to Mr. Eppolito, who is 57, and Mr. Caracappa, aged 64, whom he said he met after becoming familiar with Mr. Eppolito's cousin Frank Santora Jr. in the Allenwood Prison Camp in Pennsylvania. He said that Frankie approached him and he said that his cousin was a detective and, if he wanted, his cousin could get him information and could help him if he had problems. After some moment, he said that Mr. Santora, who was killed in front of a Bensonhurst dry cleaner, had offered to murder Mr. Kaplan if he had serious problems in the street. Mr. Kaplan, who is 72 and suffers from arthritis, poor circulation and high blood pressure, does not look like an ordinary criminal.


Summary: Bernadette Nation, director of the Business Outreach Team for Brooklyn in the Department of Small Business Services.

Summary: The director of the Business Outreach Team for Brooklyn, Bernadette Nation, in the Department of Small Business Services.


Summary: James F. Berg, president of the Realty Advisory Board, which negotiates for the residential buildings, said that these increasing costs leave buildings with less money available to pay out.  Mr. Berg said a wage freeze was needed to offset the higher health insurance contributions that the union is seeking. He also said management hoped to follow the pattern set by the contract that Local 32BJ signed in October 2004 on behalf of 25,000 workers at more than 1,000 office buildings in New York City.

Summary: James F. Berg, president of the Realty Advisory Board, said that the increasing costs leave buildings with less money which is available to pay out, which negotiates for the residential buildings. Mr. Berg said a wage hold was needed to offset the higher health insurance contributions that the union is seeking. He further said that it is a very tough environment, with health costs and pension costs going up.


Summary: Mr. Fishman, the president of Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, said that he thinks that this is going to be their toughest bargaining in a while. James F. Berg said management hoped to follow the pattern set by the contract that Local 32BJ signed in October 2004 on behalf of 25,000 workers at more than 1,000 office buildings in New York City. In a significant departure from previous years, Local 32BJ is proposing that the residential contract be extended by at least a year longer than usual so that it expires at the same time as the office building contract.

Summary: Mr. Fishman, the president of Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, said that he was thinking that it will be their toughest bargaining in a while. Mr. Berg said that the management hoped to follow the pattern which is already set by the contract that Local 32BJ signed in October 2004 on behalf of 25,000 workers at more than 1,000 office buildings in New York City. In a significant departure from the last year, Local 32BJ is proposing that the residential contract will be extended by at least a year longer than usual so that it expires at the same time as the office building contract.


Summary: Mr. Fishman, the president of Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, said that he thinks this is going to be their toughest bargaining in a while.

Summary: Mr. Michael Fishman, the president of Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union said they were negotiating their toughest bargain yet. Mr. James F. Berg said a wage freeze was needed to offset the higher health insurance contributions that the union is seeking.


Summary: Michael Fishman, the union president, said soaring health costs would make this round of talks the most difficult in a decade, raising the possibility of a strike when the union's three-year contract expires at 12:01 a.m. on April 21. Mr. Fishman, the president of Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, said that he thinks that this is going to be their toughest bargaining in a while. But Mr. Fishman argued that New York's real estate market had remained so strong that the residential buildings could afford substantial raises as well as higher health care contributions.

Summary: Michael Fishman, the president of Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, said soaring health costs would make this round of talks the most difficult, raising the possibility of a strike when the union's three-year contract expires. But Mr. Fishman argued that New York's real estate market had remained so strong that the residential buildings could afford substantial raises as well as higher health care contributions. Mr. Fishman argued that joint expiration date would help management do more to control health costs for workers in residential and commercial buildings.


Summary: The stroke connection was spotlighted when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel was diagnosed with P.F.O. after a mild stroke on Dec. 18; he was scheduled for a closure procedure in early January. The day before the planned procedure, Mr. Sharon suffered a second stroke that put him in the coma from which he has yet to emerge. Doctors say, though, that the second stroke was not the type linked to P.F.O., so closure would not have protected him from it.

Summary: The stroke connection was spotlighted when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel was diagnosed with P.F.O. after a mild stroke, he was scheduled for a closure procedure. The day before the planned procedure, Mr. Sharon suffered a second stroke that put him in the coma from which he has yet to emerge.


Summary: Although the maker of the implanted device that repairs a congenital heart defect can reduce the frequency and severity of migraine headaches, NMT Medical, called the preliminary findings promising, the results disappointed investors because NMT had been seeking a definitive finding that the device could stop the headaches. Shares of the company, which is based in Boston, plunged nearly 33 percent in heavy trading yesterday after the findings were announced, closing at $14.04. The clinical trial, which took place in Britain, used NMT Medical's StarFlex device to close a hole between the upper chambers of the heart that as many as 25 percent of adults have from birth.

Summary: ANMT Medical, called the preliminary findings promising, but the results disappointed investors because NMT had assured that the device could stop the headaches. Shares of the company, plunged nearly 33 percent in heavy trading after the findings were announced, closing at $14.04. The clinical trial, which took place in Britain, used NMT Medical's StarFlex device to close a hole between the upper chambers of the heart that as many as 25 percent of adults have from birth.


Summary: Dr. Peter Wilmshurst, the cardiologist who was a co-leader of the trial with Dr. Andrew Dowson, a headache specialist at Kings College Hospital in London, said that this study significantly increases our understanding of those patients who might benefit from cardiac intervention to treat these debilitating headaches. In 2000, Dr. Wilmshurst reported similar unexpected migraine relief for scuba divers who had holes in their heart closed to minimize decompression risks.

Summary: Dr. Peter Wilmshurst, a headache specialist at Kings College Hospital in London, said that that study significantly increased their understanding of those patients who might benefit from cardiac intervention to treat these debilitating headaches.


Summary: Delta Air Lines, operating in bankruptcy, originally said it planned to make a major announcement at a fancy lunch for the news media at the Rainbow Room last week in Manhattan. Delta's news was that it was adding 46 daily flights between cities in the Northeast and Kennedy International Airport in New York. The main thrust of Delta's move is to add connecting service, from Hartford and Philadelphia, to feed its growing international and domestic long-haul capacity out of Kennedy.

Summary: Other big airlines, among them American, United, Northwest, Delta and Continental, quickly raised their fares by similar amounts. Delta Air Lines, operating in bankruptcy, originally said it planned to make a major announcement at a fancy lunch for the news media at the Rainbow Room last week in Manhattan. James F. Whitehurst, Delta's chief operating officer, said that the move was mostly intended to help us to continue to build our transcontinental and international service out of New York.


Summary: Like Southwest Airlines, other big airlines like American, United, Northwest, Delta and Continental, quickly raised their fares by similar amounts.

Summary: Other big airlines, among them American, United, Northwest, Delta and Continental, quickly raised their fares by similar amounts. Major airlines have participated since Hero Miles began in January 2004, now only five -- Alaska, America West, Delta, Midwest and Northwest -- let fliers donate miles to the program, which has cashed in 190 million.


Summary: The $10 increase on longer flights means that a $299 one-way cap on fares that Southwest imposed last year is now $309, said Terry Trippler, the airfare analyst at Cheapseats.com. Last year, airlines raised fares in a series of $10 increments over many months, but Mr. Trippler said he did not expect that pattern to be repeated. In all, he predicted that domestic coach leisure fares, typically, nonrefundable fares paid in advance, would rise an average of 10 percent this year and that business fares, typically bought at the last minute, would rise 5 percent on average.

Summary: Terry Trippler, the airfare analyst at Cheapseats.com, said that the $10 increased on longer flights meant that a $299 one-way cap on fares that Southwest imposed last year was now $309, . Last year, airlines raised fares in a series of $10 increments over many months, but Mr. Trippler said he did not expect that pattern to be repeated. He predicted that domestic coach leisure fares -- typically, nonrefundable fares paid in advance -- would rise an average of 10 percent this year and that business fares, typically bought at the last minute, would rise 5 percent on average.


Summary: Thomas R. Suozzi has blamed officials from the union, the Police Benevolent Association, for the bloat in the department's budget, which accounts for a quarter of Nassau's county budget.

Summary: Mr. Suozzi blamed officials from the union, the Police Benevolent Association, for the bloat in the department's budget, which accounts for a quarter of Nassau's county budget.


Summary: For years, there has been a battle raging in Nassau County between the county executive, Thomas R. Suozzi, and the largest police union in the county, which has some of the highest-paid officers in the country and enjoys one of the lowest crime rates. Mr. Suozzi has blamed officials from the union, the Police Benevolent Association, for the bloat in the department's budget, which accounts for a quarter of Nassau's county budget. Mr. Suozzi makes $109,000 a year as the county's top elected official.

Summary: There has been a battle raging in Nassau County between the county executive, Thomas R. Suozzi, and the largest police union in the county, which has some of the highest-paid officers in the country and enjoys one of the lowest crime rates. Mr. Suozzi has portrayed the union president, Gary Dela Raba, and his executive board as fat cats lapping up tax dollars and dragging Nassau almost into bankruptcy. Mr. Dela Raba has accused Mr. Suozzi of trying to gut the Police Department, balance the county budget on officers' backs and expose this wealthy suburban county to an increase in crime.


Summary: For years, there has been a battle raging in Nassau County between the county executive, Thomas R. Suozzi, and the largest police union in the county, which has some of the highest-paid officers in the country and enjoys one of the lowest crime rates. Mr. Suozzi has blamed officials from the union, the Police Benevolent Association, for the bloat in the department's budget, which accounts for a quarter of Nassau's county budget. Nassau County recently released an audit finding soaring overtime costs and mismanagement in the department, and recommended that many jobs be taken over by civilians.

Summary: There has been a battle raging in Nassau County between the county executive, Thomas R. Suozzi, and the largest police union in the county, which has some of the highest-paid officers in the country and enjoys one of the lowest crime rates. Mr. Suozzi has blamed officials from the union, the Police Benevolent Association, for the bloat in the department's budget, which accounts for a quarter of Nassau's county budget. Mr. Suozzi has portrayed the union president, Gary Dela Raba, and his executive board as fat cats lapping up tax dollars and dragging Nassau almost into bankruptcy.


Summary: County executive, Thomas R. Suozzi won re-election handily, trouncing his Republican opponent, Greg Peterson, by more than 20 percentage points.

Summary: Mr. Suozzi still won re-election handily, trouncing his Republican opponent, Greg Peterson, by more than 20 percentage points. The suit claims that the officials were exercising their First Amendment right to support Mr. Suozzi's opponent, Mr. Peterson.


Summary: The suit claims that the officials were exercising their First Amendment right to support Mr. Suozzi's opponent and that punishing them for it is a violation of the Constitution.

Summary: The suit claims that Punishing them for it is a violation of the Constitution.


Summary: Thomas R. Suozzi has portrayed the union president, Gary Dela Raba, and his executive board as fat cats lapping up tax dollars and dragging Nassau almost into bankruptcy. In turn, Mr. Dela Raba has accused Mr. Suozzi of trying to gut the Police Department, balance the county budget on officers' backs and expose this wealthy suburban county to an increase in crime. Mr. Dela Raba led a $500,000 campaign last year against Mr. Suozzi's re-election bid, which included a plane towing a banner over Jones Beach with the message: "Tom Suozzi: Good for the bad guys, bad for the good guys."

Summary: Mr. Suozzi has portrayed the union president, Gary Dela Raba, and his executive board as fat cats lapping up tax dollars and dragging Nassau almost into bankruptcy. Mr. Dela Raba has accused Mr. Suozzi of trying to gut the Police Department, balance the county budget on officers' backs and expose this wealthy suburban county to an increase in crime. Mr. Dela Raba led a $500,000 campaign last year against Mr. Suozzi's re-election bid, which included a plane towing a banner over Jones Beach with the message:  Good for the bad guys, bad for the good guys.


Summary: The director of communications for the district attorney's office, referring to blood-alcohol content, said that there was a trickle-down effect where you could get caught with a 0.15 B.A.C. level six times in a row, and since you were always right below the threshold, you could take a plea bargain and leave.

Summary: Eric Phillips, the director of communications for the district attorney's office, said that here was a trickle-down effect where you could get caught with a 0.15 B.A.C. level six times in a row, and since you were always right below the threshold, you could take a plea bargain and leave.


Summary: Under former District Attorney Denis Dillon, who lost to Ms. Rice in November, drivers with blood-alcohol levels of up to 0.15 percent could strike a plea bargain and plead guilty to driving while impaired.

Summary: Mr. Dillon could not be reached for comment.


Summary: Billy Easton, director of the Alliance for Quality Education, said that they knew he has the ability to play a major role in defining the debate, and the senators from the city have shown they have the ability to deliver, a group that is lobbying for more education spending statewide.

Summary: Director of the Alliance for Quality Education, a group that is lobbying for more education spending statewide, Billy Easton, said that they know he has the ability to play a major role in defining the debate, and the senators from the city have shown they have the ability to deliver.


Summary: The mayor's tactics seem to be working, since the Republican-controlled Senate is expected to pass a budget on the day that would give the city the money it needs to complete this year's portion of its five-year school construction plan. The Senate's budget proposal would provide New York City with about $140 million, which would pay for debt service so that the city could borrow the $1.8 billion officials say the city needs to start building 21 schools on the current year. He asked the mayor for his support this year, but Mr. Bloomberg, a Republican, may be reluctant to side with the Assembly and risk alienating the Senate.

Summary: The mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg's tactics seem to be working, since the Republican-controlled Senate is expected to pass a budget today that would give the city the money it needs to complete this year's portion of its five-year school construction plan. The Senate's budget proposal would provide New York City with about $140 million, which would pay for debt service so that the city could borrow the $1.8 billion the city needs to start building 21 schools this year. Sheldon Silver has asked the mayor for his support this year, but Mr. Bloomberg, a Republican, may be reluctant to side with the Assembly and risk alienating the Senate.


Summary: As New York City has stepped up pressure on Albany for more money for city schools, all focus was on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has flexed his political muscle to get more aid for school construction. The mayor's tactics seem to be working, since the Republican-controlled Senate is expected to pass a budget today that would give the city the money it needs to complete this year's portion of its five-year school construction plan. For all his efforts, the mayor has not look for any procedure to recover all the additional money the state has been ordered to spend on New York City schools, an order that followed a judicial finding that students were being denied a sound basic education.

Summary: All eyes have been on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has flexed his political muscle to get more aid for school construction as New York City has stepped up pressure on Albany for more money for city schools. The mayor's tactics seem to be working, since the Republican-controlled Senate is expected to pass a budget today that would give the city the money it needs to complete this year's portion of its five-year school construction plan. The mayor has not sought to recover all the additional money the state has been ordered to spend on New York City schools, an order that followed a judicial finding that students were being denied a sound basic education. The advocates who filed the lawsuit that led to the court order suggest that Mr. Bloomberg is selling the city short by focusing on money for buildings instead of also seeking money for classroom programs.


Summary: Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the Democratic-controlled Assembly, sharply said the mayor that he can't go home with a slice of bread when he has been sent to get the whole loaf. The speaker said for not doing enough to get the money. Two years ago, Mr. Silver fought for a similar proposal, but Mr. Bloomberg largely stayed out of the debate. Mr. Silver has asked the mayor for his support this year, but Mr. Bloomberg, a Republican, may be reluctant to side with the Assembly and risk alienating the Senate.

Summary: Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the Democratic-controlled Assembly, has sharply criticized the mayor for not doing enough to get the money. Mr. Silver has asked the mayor for his support this year, but Mr. Bloomberg, a Republican, may be reluctant to side with the Assembly and risk alienating the Senate. Mr. Silver said that the mayor needs to stand up and tell those Republicans that thier children need more and that he has told the mayor that he should tell them this is what he want and won't accept anything less.


Summary: In the era of the 1970's to the 1990's, the Suffolk County Republican Party was courted by presidents. Its unbalanced election-night tallies were the envy of politicians across the state and nation. It was home to the State Assembly speaker, who ran for governor.

Summary: In its golden era of the 1970's to the 1990's, the Suffolk County Republican Party was home to the State Assembly speaker, who ran for governor.


Summary: Edwin Schwenk, a former Suffolk County party chairman said that it was been a disastrous period, who is popularly known as Buzz. But Mr. Schwenk said that what was reflected on paper is one thing, what happens in the voting booth is different. The Democratic shift in Suffolk follows trends in other major New York suburban counties like adjacent Nassau and also Westchester. Mr. Schwenk also said that it is long and strong, that the only way from there is up. The public will benefit for the time being, predicted Professor Scarrow.

Summary: The former Suffolk County party chairman, Edwin Schwenk, who is popularly known as Buzz, said that it has been a disastrous period but what's reflected on paper is one thing but what happens in the voting booth is different. He also pointed  out the one advantage of hitting bottom and that is the only way from there is up.


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Summary: They were suffering the pangs of Brookhaven, and now they have Islip. Last fall Democrats took control of Brookhaven, whose giant territory and population make it Suffolk's pre-eminent town. His first target was Brookhaven, whose unsavory history had already earned the town the nickname Crookhaven. The investigations spread beyond Brookhaven, and Mr. McGowan is the highest-ranking official snared so far.

Summary: Sprawling across most of Long Island, Suffolk is diverse, with thickly populated working-class neighborhoods on the South Shore, white-collar Long Island Rail Road commuters, Hispanic concentrations in Brentwood, physics researchers at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, technology experts at CA in Islandia, the Gold Coast estates, the Montauk Lighthouse and the Hollywood East scene in the Hamptons.


Summary: Patrick Halpin, who was one of the few successful Democrats during the Republican reign, won one term in the 1980's as county executive. He said that when he first ran for office, they never even put on their literature that they were Democrats people wouldn't talk to anyone.

Summary: Patrick Halpin, one of the few successful Democrats during the Republican reign, who won one term in the 1980's as county executive said that when he first ran for office, they never even put on their literature that they were Democrats. Mr. Halpin credited Suffolk's Democratic Party chairman, Richard H. Schaffer, with shrewd alliances, like diverse Democratic endorsements last fall that elected a Working Families Party member to the County Legislature and a Conservative as the new sheriff.


Summary: In the golden era of the 1970's to the 1990's, the Suffolk County Republican Party was courted by presidents. Its unbalanced election-night tallies were the envy of politicians across the state and nation. It was home to the State Assembly speaker, who ran for governor.

Summary: In its golden era of the 1970's to the 1990's, the Suffolk County Republican Party was courted by presidents and its lopsided election-night tallies were the envy of politicians across the state and nation. It was home to the State Assembly speaker, who ran for governor.


Summary: Peter J. McGowan, widely considered the party's most powerful figure, resigned as supervisor of Islip, Suffolk's second most populous town. The investigations spread beyond Brookhaven, and Mr. McGowan is the highest-ranking official snared till now.

Summary: Peter J. McGowan, widely considered the party's most powerful figure, resigned as supervisor of Islip, Suffolk's second most populous town and then he pleaded guilty to felony charges of accepting kickbacks and stealing from his campaign fund to pay for lavish meals, vacations and spa visits. The investigations spread beyond Brookhaven, and Mr. McGowan is the highest-ranking official snared so far.


Summary: Edwin Schwenk, the former Suffolk County party chairman, said that It has been a disastrous period, who is popularly known as Buzz. But Mr. Schwenk also said that what is reflected on paper is one thing; what happens in the voting booth is different. The Democratic shift in Suffolk follows trends in other major New York suburban counties like adjacent Nassau and also Westchester.

Summary: The former Suffolk County party chairman, Edwin Schwenk, who is popularly known as Buzz, said that it's been a disastrous period and what's reflected on paper is one thing but what happens in the voting booth is different. The Democratic shift in Suffolk follows trends in other major New York suburban counties like adjacent Nassau and also Westchester.


Summary: Richard H. Schaffer, who was the chairman of Suffolk said that they're not afraid to register Democratic and vote Democratic. Diminished party loyalty also has hurt the Republicans, with more crossover voting and independent swing voters. But Suffolk politicians agree that three special factors also played a crucial role corruption scandals, an aging Republican leadership and Mr. Schaffer's astute maneuvers. Mr. Schaffer recruited Mr. Spota to switch parties and run as a Democrat.

Summary: Suffolk's Democratic Party chairman, Richard H. Schaffer, said that they're not afraid to register Democratic and vote Democratic. Diminished party loyalty also has hurt the Republicans, with more crossover voting and independent swing voters. But Suffolk politicians agree that three special factors also played a crucial role are corruption scandals, an aging Republican leadership and Mr. Schaffer's astute maneuvers. Mr. Schaffer recruited Mr. Spota to switch parties and run as a Democrat. He beat the incumbent and promptly tackled corruption. His first target was Brookhaven, whose unsavory history had already earned the town the nickname Crookhaven.


Summary: There was a  lock on local offices, but that was then, and this is the electoral reality now Democrats hold both Congressional seats in Suffolk, the county executive and district attorney posts, and a majority of the Assembly seats.


Summary: A former Republican county executive, John V. N. Klein, agreed that it would have been unthinkable for them. Last week the once-mighty Suffolk Republican empire struck out again. But Mr. Klein, the former county executive, said that, it was healthy trend to have a two-party system and warned that the pendulum was swinging too far.

Summary: A former Republican county executive, John V. N. Klein lamented that after every lull something big happens. He said Suffolk is a coveted political prize and It's a healthy trend to have a two-party system. But Mr. Klein warned that the pendulum was swinging too far. Mr. Klein urged that Republicans need to recruit new faces, particularly young faces.


Summary: Such Democratic dominance would turn to been crazy talk just a few years ago, said by a political science professor emeritus at Stony Brook University, Howard A. Scarrow. Professor Scarrow said that it was wonderful and said that it may very well destroy the two-party system in Suffolk if things keep going the way they are.

Summary: Such Democratic dominance was unheard of just a few years ago, said Howard A. Scarrow, a political science professor emeritus. He beat the incumbent and promptly tackled corruption. His first target was Brookhaven, whose unsavory history had already earned the town the nickname Crookhaven.


Summary: Just days after the news that a sublime trove of historic music manuscripts had plopped into the lap of the Juilliard School, sobering reality began to seep in. But they expressed confidence that Juilliard had the resources and they know-how to care for the works. D. W. Krummel said that Juilliard got in there ahead of time.

Summary: A sublime trove of historic music manuscripts had plopped into the lap of the Juilliard School. Several librarians also raised eyebrows at Juilliard's initial statements that no curator would be hired to care for the manuscripts. Mr. Polisi said that the cost of caring for the collection would run into a six-figure amount each year, with the money coming out of Juilliard's general funds.


Summary: The collection of 139 original manuscripts, first editions with composers' emendations, sketches and printer's proofs that was donated by the billionaire hedge fund manager Bruce Kovner, whose role as chairman of Juilliard's board was a major reason for its destination. He said he wanted the collection to serve performers as well as scholars. He was naturally disappointed but understood the depth of his commitment. Mr. Kovner said he never indicated the collection would go to the Morgan.

Summary: The collection of 139 original manuscripts, first editions with composers' emendations, sketches, and printer's proofs was donated by the billionaire hedge fund manager Bruce Kovner, whose role as chairman of Juilliard's board was a major reason for its destination. He said he wanted the collection to serve performers as well as scholars.  Mr. Kovner said he was naturally disappointed and never indicated the collection would go to Morgan.


Summary: The composers run the gamut of Western masters, from Purcell to Mozart to Schubert to Brahms to Schnittke, and the objects include the printer's manuscript of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Mozart's autograph of part of the final scene of ''Le Nozze di Figaro'' and manuscripts of parts of Brahms's Symphony number 2 and Piano Concerto number 2. Mr. Kovner is also a donor to the Morgan, which at one point had hopes of receiving the collection, as Mr. Turner said.

Summary: The composers run the gamut of Western masters, from Purcell to Mozart to Schubert to Brahms to Schnittke, and the objects include the printer's manuscript of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.


Summary: Jon Newsom, who retired in June as chief of the music division of the Library of Congress said that Julliard, to his knowledge, has never been in the position of having to share such a treasure trove with the public, which will be beating a path to their door, which has one of the world's major collections. He added that he is sure about the director of the Juilliard School will perform his best.

Summary: Jon Newsom, who retired in June as chief of the music division of the Library of Congress, which has one of the world's major collections said Julliard has never been in the position of having to share such a treasure trove with the public.


Summary: Just days after the news that a sublime trove of historic music manuscripts had lied gently into the lap of the Juilliard School, sobering reality began to seep in. But they react confidently that Juilliard had the resources and know-how to care for the works. The president of hat school said that Juilliard got in there ahead of time.

Summary: Just days after the news that a sublime trove of historic music manuscripts had plopped into the lap of the Juilliard School, sobering reality began to seep in. Juilliard's president, Joseph W. Polisi, said, they were adding extra staff to make sure that the collection is handled in the highest way possible. A publicist called later to clarify, noting that the budget for the collection in fact includes money for a curator once the collection is installed in a specially built room. Mr. Polisi said that the cost of caring for the collection would run into a six-figure amount each year, with the money coming out of Juilliard's general funds.


Summary: Joseph W. Polisi, who was the president of Juilliard said, after further queries that they were adding extra staff to make sure that this collection is handled in the highest way possible. A publicist later clarified that, noting that the budget for the collection in fact includes money for a curator once the collection is installed in a specially built room. Mr. Polisi said that the cost of caring for the collection would run into a six-figure amount each year, with the money coming out of Juilliard's general funds.

Summary: Juilliard's president, Joseph W. Polisi, said, they were adding extra staff to make sure that the collection is handled in the highest way possible. A publicist called later to clarify, noting that the budget for the collection in fact includes money for a curator once the collection is installed in a specially built room. Mr. Polisi said that the cost of caring for the collection would run into a six-figure amount each year, with the money coming out of Juilliard's general funds.


Summary: Jane Gottlieb, who is the highly regarded librarian at Juilliard has been said that good for him. Many librarians said that they had complete confidence in Ms. Gottlieb's ability to oversee the collection.

Summary: Jane Gottlieb is the highly regarded librarian at Juilliard. Ms. Gottlieb, 51, a diminutive Upper West Sider with a serious demeanor. Gottlieb grew up in East Meadow, N.Y., graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton with a degree in flute, and has a master's degree in library science from Columbia University.


Summary: Dawn Staley's walk toward history was physically easier than metaphorically. Staley hopes that in a decade, when the present has become the past, women will be bringing in the same kind of paychecks. Till that she is focusing on the other windfalls that sports give to young women things like health and self-esteem. She founded the Dawn Staley After School Program, which has provided hundreds of girls what they need to start them off well computer and reading programs, mentoring, tutoring, health education workshops and, of course, sports. this has been a nice initiatives of girls.

Summary: Dawn Staley's walk toward history was physically easier, though not metaphorically. She went on to play in the Women's National Basketball Association, to coach the women's basketball program at Temple University, and to win three gold medals in the sport. Staley hopes that in a decade women will be bringing in the same kind of paychecks. Until then she is focusing on the other windfalls that sports give to young women things like health and self-esteem. She founded the Dawn Staley After School Program, which has provided hundreds of girls what they need to start them off well: computer and reading programs, mentoring, tutoring, health education workshops and, of course, sports.


Summary: Staley says that it is not just on the court. Zainab Salbi's walk toward history started in Iraq, where she lived in the time of the war with Iran. Her family fled to the United States, where Ms. Salbi founded Women for Women International, which provides women in war-ravaged countries with job training, microcredit loans and what she calls ''a global community of sisterhood.''

Summary: Zainab Salbi's walk toward history started in Iraq, where she lived through the war with Iran. Ms. Salbi founded Women for Women International, which provides women in war-ravaged countries with job training, microcredit loans. Ms. Salbi pairs women in places like Afghanistan, Rwanda, and, most recently, Iraq with Western women who become their benefactors.


Summary: Adam Zakaria said that when they see you, they will shoot you, the sheik of a nearby village, Gindeiza, that had been attacked the day before. Mr. Adam had one bullet wound in his foot and another in his thigh. He said that he know the man who shot him.

Summary: Adam Zakaria, the sheik of a nearby village, Gindeiza, that had been attacked the day before said when they see you, they shoot you. Mr. Adam had one bullet wound in his foot and another in his thigh. Ten people are known dead in his village, Mr. Adam said, but many others are missing and no one has been able to look for dead bodies because the janjaweed still occupy the village.


Summary: President Bush is showing signs that he may be ready to stand up to the thugs in Sudan, but Sudan is being protected by China, Europe is motionless, and the African Union can't even muster the courage to call for immediate U.N. peacekeepers. In their heart, they think that they are dead. This entire area gets no visits from diplomats and no help from the U.N. or aid groups, because it is too risky.

Summary: President Bush is showing signs that he may be ready to stand up to the thugs in Sudan, but China is protecting Sudan, Europe is inert, and the African Union can't even muster the courage to call for immediate U.N. peacekeepers. This entire area gets no visits from diplomats and no help from the U.N. or aid groups because it is too risky.


Summary: Gently but insistently, the people in this town explained that they were about to be murdered. Adam Omar, a local sheik, explained politely that the janjaweed militias have already destroyed all the villages east of Koloy.  They were frightened and told that any moment, they will attack on them.

Summary: The janjaweed militias have already destroyed all the villages east of Koloy.  Koloy has no electricity and no phones, so the people could not call for help. It was nerve-racking to be in Koloy, the people of Koloy are still waiting to be massacred.


Summary: President Bush is showing signs that he may be ready to stand up to the thugs in Sudan, but here China is protecting Sudan, Europe is unmoving, and the African Union can't even muster the courage to call for immediate U.N. peacekeepers. You can go to this website www.millionvoicesfordarfur.org and send a postcard to President Bush, encouraging him to do more.

Summary: President Bush is showing signs that he may be ready to stand up to the thugs in Sudan, but China is protecting Sudan, Europe is inert, and the African Union can't even muster the courage to call for immediate U.N. peacekeepers.


Summary: The combination of Sumner M. Redstone of Viacom, Brad Grey of Paramount and the triumvirate of David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks made it look like that the company should be renamed as DreamTeam. As part of the agreement, Mr. Spielberg and Mr. Geffen have promised to produce four to six films a year for the next three years. If you do the math and assume that the distribution rights are worth $200 million, which is a very high estimate, Paramount is paying the almost of about $27 million a film, if Mr. Spielberg and Mr. Geffen were to make six a year and DreamWorks' library is sold for $900 million.

Summary: The combination of Sumner M. Redstone of Viacom, Brad Grey of Paramount, and the triumvirate of David Geffen, Steven Spielberg, and Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks made it seem as if the company should be renamed DreamTeam. As part of the agreement, Mr. Spielberg and Mr. Geffen have promised to produce four to six films a year. Paramount is paying the equivalent of about $27 million a film if Mr. Spielberg and Mr. Geffen were to make six a year and DreamWorks' library is sold for $900 million.  When the deal was announced, Mr. Geffen was asked if he and Mr. Spielberg would move their offices from Universal Studios in the San Fernando Valley to Paramount's lot in Hollywood.


Summary: The combination of Sumner M. Redstone of Viacom and Brad Grey of Paramount and the triumvirate of David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks made it seem as if the company should be renamed DreamTeam. Mr. Grey had better hope for some big blockbusters to make this work.

Summary: The combination of Sumner M. Redstone of Viacom, Brad Grey of Paramount, and the triumvirate of David Geffen, Steven Spielberg, and Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks made it seem as if the company should be renamed DreamTeam. Mr. Grey had better hope for some big blockbusters to make this work.


Summary: When the Paramount Pictures unit of Viacom announced some months ago that it would acquire DreamWorks SKG  for $1.6 billion, the deal was heralded as a ''coup'' and a ''fantasy come true'' by the news media and analysts similarly. The combination of Sumner M. Redstone of Viacom, Brad Grey of Paramount and the triumvirate of David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks made it seem as if the company should be renamed DreamTeam. If they had, they might come to a conclusion that Mr. Geffen, a master negotiator, twisted Viacom into overpaying so much for the deal outbidding General Electric's Universal that the producers of the bloated box-office flop ''Waterworld'' may start to look smart.

Summary: Paramount Pictures unit of Viacom announced that it would acquire DreamWorks SKG  for $1.6 billion. Mr. Geffen, a master negotiator, twisted Viacom into overpaying so much for the deal outbidding General Electric's Universal. The other thing that makes the sale of DreamWorks a risky bet for Viacom is that it does not come with the hit animation studio that produced blockbusters like ''Shrek.''


Summary: When the Paramount Pictures unit of Viacom announced couple of months ago, that it would acquire DreamWorks SKG  for $1.6 billion, the deal was announced as a ''coup'' and a ''fantasy come true'' by the news media and analysts alike. The combination of Sumner M. Redstone of Viacom, Brad Grey of Paramount and the triumvirate of David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks made it seem as if the company should be renamed DreamTeam. This may all become apparent in the next couple of weeks, as Paramount nears a deal to offload DreamWorks' movie library to a group of private equity investors led by George Soros, according to people involved in the talks.

Summary: Paramount Pictures unit of Viacom announced that it would acquire DreamWorks SKG  for $1.6 billion, the deal was heralded as a dream come true by the news media. That deal, for about $800 million to $900 million, would mean that Paramount would rid itself of DreamWorks' paltry movie library of 59 films. Paramount will have the cachet of being associated with Mr. Spielberg, the benefit of distributing DreamWorks' animated films, and the comfort of picking up a number of films already in production.


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Summary: When the Paramount Pictures unit of Viacom announced two months ago that it would acquire DreamWorks SKG  for $1.6 billion, the deal was heralded as a ''coup'' and a ''fantasy come true'' by the news media and analysts alike. The combination of Sumner M. Redstone of Viacom, Brad Grey of Paramount and the triumvirate of David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks made it seem as if the company should be renamed DreamTeam. This all apparently can affect in the next couple of weeks, or possibly sooner, as Paramount nears a deal to offload DreamWorks' movie library to a group of private equity investors led by George Soros, according to people involved in the talks.

Summary: Paramount Pictures unit of Viacom announced that it would acquire DreamWorks SKG  for $1.6 billion, the deal was heralded as a dream come true by the news media. Paramount does get the right to distribute films made by DreamWorks Animation, but that is not the same as producing them.


Summary: Many investors and analysts became star-struck, because they appear to have overlooked doing any real analysis of the transaction. If they had, they might have come to this conclusion: Mr. Geffen, a master negotiator, twisted Viacom into overpaying so much for the deal, outbidding General Electric's Universal, that the producers of the bloated box-office flop "Waterworld" may start to look smart. On a conference call with investors and the news media when the deal was announced, Mr. Geffen was asked if he and Mr. Spielberg would move their offices from Universal Studios in the San Fernando Valley to Paramount's lot in Hollywood and his answer was that he doesn't think that Steven will ever leave his offices on the Universal lot.

Summary: If they had, they might this conclusion that Mr. Geffen, who is a master negotiator, twisted Viacom into overpaying so much for the deal outbidding General Electric's Universal that the producers of the bloated box-office flop ''Waterworld'' may start to look smart. Mr. Geffen was asked on a conference call with investors and the news media when the deal was announced that if he and Mr. Spielberg would move their offices from Universal Studios in the San Fernando Valley to Paramount's lot in Hollywood. He don't think Steven will ever leave his offices on the Universal lot.


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Summary: The combination of Sumner M. Redstone of Viacom, Brad Grey of Paramount and the triumvirate of David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks made it seem as if the company should be renamed DreamTeam. Mr. Spielberg and Mr. Geffen have promised to produce four to six films a year for the next three years. At the end of the three years, Paramount will have to renegotiate the contract with Mr. Spielberg and Mr. Geffen.

Summary: The combination of Sumner M. Redstone of Viacom, Brad Grey of Paramount and the triumvirate of David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks make it clear that if the company should be renamed DreamTeam. If they had, they might have come to this conclusion that Mr. Geffen, twisted Viacom into overpaying so much for the deal outbidding General Electric's Universal that the producers of the bloated box-office flop ''Waterworld'' may start to look smart. As part of the agreement, Mr. Spielberg and Mr. Geffen have promised to produce four to six films a year for the next three years.


Summary: The combination of Sumner M. Redstone of Viacom, Brad Grey of Paramount, and the triumvirate of David Geffen, Steven Spielberg, and Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks made it seem as if the company should be renamed DreamTeam.

Summary: When the Paramount Pictures unit of Viacom announced two months ago that it would acquire DreamWorks SKG  for $1.6 billion, the deal was heralded as a 'coup' and a 'fantasy come true' by the news media and analysts alike. The combination of Sumner M. Redstone of Viacom, Brad Grey of Paramount and the triumvirate of David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks made it seem as if the company should be renamed DreamTeam.


Summary: Representative Charlie Norwood, Republican of Georgia, who is chairman of the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, is sponsoring legislation that would outlaw card checks. Labor unions are backing a bill that would give unions the right to use card checks while taking away the right of companies to insist on secret-ballot elections. The bill has 210 co-sponsors in the House and 42 in the Senate.


Summary: Representative Charlie Norwood, Republican of Georgia, who is chairman of the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, is sponsoring legislation that would outlaw card checks. His bill has 81 co-sponsors.

Summary: Representative of Republican of Georgia, Charlie Norwood, who is the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, is sponsoring legislation that would outlaw card checks. His bill has 81 co-sponsors. Mr. Norwood wrote in an op-ed article in The Washington Times, that Union thugs are allowed to confront individual workers on the job and at their homes, and demand the worker sign a card giving the union exclusive rights to representation.


Summary: With unions pushing ever harder for card checks, Richard Berman, executive director of the Center for Union Facts, said the time was right for the business to mount an offensive against them. Mr. Berman said that unions don't want N.L.R.B. elections.

Summary: With unions pushing ever harder for card checks, Richard Berman, executive director of the Center for Union Facts, the group that ran the advertisement, said the time was right for business to mount an offensive against them and that the fact is unions now say that as a general rule they don't want N.L.R.B. elections.


Summary: Bruce S. Raynor is the union president and the leader of Unite Here, which represents hotel, restaurant, and apparel workers. Mr. Raynor with foreign dictators, the business-backed group that ran the advertisement was trying to discredit the most successful strategy that unions have used to try to reverse a decades-long slide in membership.  Mr. Raynor maintained that it was better to use card checks than to subject workers to an election.

Summary: Above the photographs of Fidel Castro, Kim Jong Il of North Korea and an American union president, the full-page advertisement contains a provocative quotation: "There is no reason to subject the workers to an election." Below the photographs, the advertisement asks, "Who said it?" For the answer, readers are directed to a Web site, which explains that those words were uttered by Bruce S. Raynor, the union president and the leader of Unite Here, which represents hotel, restaurant and apparel workers. In seeking to equate Mr. Raynor with foreign dictators, the business-backed group that ran the advertisement was trying to discredit the most successful strategy that unions have used to try to reverse a decades-long slide in membership. In an interview this week, Mr. Raynor again maintained that it was better to use card checks than to subject workers to an election.


Summary: To pressure Cintas, the giant uniform and laundry company, Unite Here has encouraged workers to bring lawsuits alleging pay violations and racial and sexual discrimination. Bruce S. Raynor is the union president and the leader of Unite Here, represents hotel, restaurant, and apparel workers.

Summary: Above the photographs of Fidel Castro, Kim Jong Il of North Korea and an American union president, the full-page advertisement contains a provocative quotation. It has been said that there is no reason to subject the workers to an election. Below the photographs, the advertisement questioned that Who said that ? And the answer given by, readers are directed to a Web site, which explains that those words were uttered by Bruce S. Raynor, the union president and the leader of Unite Here, which represents hotel, restaurant and apparel workers.


Summary: Above the photographs of Fidel Castro, Kim Jong Il of North Korea, and an American union president, the full-page advertisement contains a provocative quotation: ''There is no reason to subject the workers to an election.''

Summary: Above the photographs of Fidel Castro, Kim Jong Il of North Korea and an American union president, the full-page advertisement contains a provocative quotation: "There is no reason to subject the workers to an election." Below the photographs, the advertisement asks, "Who said it?" For the answer, readers are directed to a Web site, which explains that those words were uttered by Bruce S. Raynor, the union president and the leader of Unite Here, which represents hotel, restaurant and apparel workers.


Summary: The Republican-controlled State Senate began printing bills last night that calls for more education spending. The Senate's proposal would set aside $240 million for school construction and other projects around the state. Details of the Senate's plans emerged when both houses of the State Legislature began printing bills and resolutions laying out their counterproposals to Governor Pataki's budget.

Summary: The State Senate which is controlled by Republican, began printing bills last night that call for more education spending than Gov. George E. Pataki proposed in his budget plan, but far less than New York City officials say they are owed by a court order, officials said. The Senate's proposal would set side by $240 million for school construction and other projects around the state, said a Republican official familiar with the plan.


Summary: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a Republican, who has staked a great deal of political capital in this year on trying to persuade the Senate to increase education aid to the city. His aides let it be known that the mayor was thinking of supporting an opponent of one of the city's four Republican senators, Serphin R. Maltese of Queens, if the Senate failed to come up with a major increase in school spending.

Summary: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a Republican, has staked a great deal of political capital this year on trying to persuade the Senate to increase education aid to the city. The mayor is looking for a long-term commitment to aid. Mayor Bloomberg has proposed a $13.1 billion school construction plan, and he wants the state to give the city half the money $6.5 billion during the next five years.


Summary: Jordan Barowitz, a spokesman for the mayor said they were negotiating with the Senate, Assembly, and governor, and the city expects the state to provide the full $6.5 billion that is needed to fully fund the $13 billion school capital construction fund.

Summary: Jordan Barowitz, a spokesman for the mayor, said that they look forward to negotiating with the Senate, Assembly and governor over the coming weeks, and the city expects the state to provide the full $6.5 billion that is needed to fully fund the $13 billion school capital construction fund.


Summary: Karen Golding, 36, who was one of the first people to join Gov. Jon S. Corzine's 2000 Senate campaign, called the governor's mansion on Feb. 6 and told the governor that she was in jail.

Summary: Golding, 36, who was one of the first people to join Mr. Corzine's 2000 Senate campaign, called the governor's mansion on Feb. 6 and told the governor that she was in jail.


Summary: The exchange of partisan fire came a day after revelations about the loan made to the former aide, Karen Golding, and the roles of Mr. Corzine and the party chairman, Assemblyman Joseph Cryan of Union County. Both Mr. Cryan and Ms. Golding are scions of prominent families in a powerful Irish-American political bloc with roots in Essex County.

Summary: The exchange of partisan fire came a day after revelations about the loan made to the former aide, Karen Golding, and the roles of Mr. Corzine and the party chairman, Assemblyman Joseph Cryan of Union County. Both are scions of prominent families in a powerful Irish-American political bloc with roots in Essex County.


Summary: On Thursday, Tom Wilson, chairman of the state Republican Party, said that it took Mr. Corzine less than three weeks to ignore his own executive order and act beyond the very ethical boundaries he set for himself. In particular, Mr. Wilson said the executive order made it clear that the governor had to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. While no one has suggested that there is anything untoward about the contract itself, Mr. Wilson did ask the State Ethics Commission to convene a special panel to determine whether penalties should be levied against Mr. Corzine regarding the bail matter.

Summary: 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. In particular, Mr. Wilson said the executive order made it clear that the governor had to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. Mr. Wilson asked the State Ethics Commission to convene a special panel to determine whether penalties should be levied against Mr. Corzine regarding the bail matter.


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. The exchange of partisan fire came a day after revelations about the loan made to the former aide, Karen Golding, and the roles of Mr. Corzine and the party chairman, Assemblyman Joseph Cryan of Union County. Mr. Corzine's explanation did not put an end to the chatter here on Thursday over his first political misstep since taking office on Jan. 17. That it centered on something that could be viewed as a possible conflict of interest called even more attention to it, given Mr. Corzine's vow to make ethics a top priority.

Summary: Jon S. Corzine has been accused of violating his own ethics guidelines when he lent $5,000 in bail money to a Trenton lobbyist and former campaign. The exchange of partisan fire came a day after revelations about the loan made to the former aide, Karen Golding, and the roles of Mr. Corzine and the party chairman, Assemblyman Joseph Cryan of Union County. Indeed, Mr. Corzine's first executive order, signed on his first day in office, strengthened ethics guidelines and included a code of conduct for the governor. He has long been described as generous to a fault, giving thousands of dollars to colleagues and friends in need.


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. The exchange of partisan fire came a day after revelations about the loan made to the former aide, Karen Golding, and the roles of Mr. Corzine and the party chairman, Assemblyman Joseph Cryan of Union County.

Summary: 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 lineup was a setback for detectives looking for links between the killing of the graduate student, Imette St. Guillen, on Feb. 25, and at least three unsolved rapes and kidnappings in Queens and on Long Island, though police continued to vigorously investigate the murder. Although the police have not officially named Mr. Littlejohn as a suspect in the brutal murder of Ms. St. Guillen, 24, whose body was found in eastern Brooklyn about 17 hours after she was last seen at the SoHo bar, the Falls, where Mr. Littlejohn worked, he remains the focus of their investigation into her death.

Summary: Mr. O'Donnell said that the police are under a lot of pressure to solve the case. The lineup was a setback for detectives looking for links between the killing of the graduate student, Imette St. Guillen. St. Guillen, 24, whose body was found in eastern Brooklyn about 17 hours after she was last seen at the SoHo bar, the Falls, where Mr. Littlejohn worked. Investigators were eager to determine if they could link a rape in Forest Hills, Queens, to the St. Guillen murder.


Summary: The bouncer, Darryl Littlejohn's lawyer Kevin P. O'Donnell said that he told him that he has never raped a woman and has no history of violence towards them. As officers whisked Mr. Littlejohn to the 112th Precinct station house, Mr. O'Donnell, who was appointed by the court to represent Mr. Littlejohn for the lineup, stood on the courthouse steps, just off Queens Boulevard, for a news conference and said that his client absolutely maintains his innocence and that he feels like he's a scapegoat. Later, Mr. O'Donnell, who was present for the lineup, described what happened: Mr. Littlejohn stood with other men, each wearing a baseball cap, as the victim said the attacker wore.

Summary: Mr. Kevin P. O'Donnell said that the police are under a lot of pressure to solve this case. The lineup was a setback for detectives looking for links between the killing of the graduate student, Imette St. Guillen. Mr. O'Donnell, who was appointed by the court to represent Mr. Littlejohn said, he thinks that his client is being made a scapegoat. Later, Mr. O'Donnell, who was present for the lineup, described that Mr. Littlejohn stood with other men, each wearing a baseball cap, as the victim said the attacker wore.


Summary: Darryl Littlejohn's lawyer Kevin P. O'Donnell, relating his conversations with his client, said that he told him that he has never raped a woman and has no history of violence towards them. As officers whisked Mr. Littlejohn to the 112th Precinct station house, Mr. O'Donnell, who was appointe dby the court to represent Mr. Littlejohn for the lineup, stood on the courthouse steps, just off Queens Boulevard, for a news conference and said that his client absolutely maintains his innocence, feels he's a scapegoat. Later, Mr. O'Donnell, who was present for the lineup, described what happened: Mr. Littlejohn stood with other men, each wearing a baseball cap, as the victim said the attacker wore.

Summary: Mr. Kevin P. O'Donnell said the police are under a lot of pressure to solve the case. The lineup was a setback for detectives looking for links between the killing of the graduate student, Imette St. Guillen. Mr. O'Donnell, who was appointed by the court to represent Mr. Littlejohn said that his client feels like a scapegoat. Mr. O'Donnell, who was present for the lineup, described Mr. Littlejohn stood with other men, each wearing a baseball cap, as the victim said the attacker wore.


Summary: A spokeswoman for Richard A. Brown, the Queens district attorney, said that absent substantial identification or other evidence of culpability, the filing of charges at this time are not justified.

Summary: Richard A. Brown, who is a spokeswoman in the Queens district attorney said that absent substantial identification or other evidence of culpability, the filing of charges at that time are not justified.


Summary: The police yesterday failed to link a bar bouncer at the center of an investigation into the murder of a graduate student with the rape of a woman in Queens after the victim did not pick the man out of a lineup. While the bouncer, Darryl Littlejohn, spent the day shuttling from Rikers Island to a Queens courtroom as well as a police precinct's lineup room, his lawyer criticized a process that he said had already condemned Mr. Littlejohn, who he said maintains his innocence. He has been questioned extensively, and yesterday, for the fifth consecutive day, detectives searched for clues in and around Mr. Littlejohn's home in South Jamaica, Queens.

Summary: While the bouncer, Darryl Littlejohn, spent the day shuttling from Rikers Island to a Queens courtroom as well as a police precinct's lineup room, his lawyer criticized a process that he said had already condemned Mr. Littlejohn, who he said ''maintains his innocence.'' He further said that how he is going to get out from under this? The police have not officially named Mr. Littlejohn as a suspect in the brutal murder case of Ms. St. Guillen, aged 24, whose body was found in eastern Brooklyn and was about 17 hours after she was last seen at the SoHo bar, the Falls, where Mr. Littlejohn worked.


Summary: The focus of attention has been the Bank of Japan's governing policy board, whose nine members began a two-day meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday. According to Bank of Japan, Japanese investors bought foreign securities worth about 9.9 trillion yen in the three months that ended in Sept. 30, three times as much as a year earlier. Economists say this could lead to a situation, far-fetched but not entirely implausible, in which the Bank of Japan deflates the American real estate market, as homebuyers face more expensive mortgages. The Bank of Japan feared that maintaining easy money for too long could cause the reviving economy to overheat, possibly creating inflation or a stock market bubble.

Summary: According to Bank of Japan, Japanese investors bought foreign securities which is worth about more or less  9.9 trillion yen in three months that ended in September 30, three times as much as a previous year. Economists say this could lead to a situation far-fetched but not entirely implausible in which the Bank of Japan deflates the American real estate market, as homebuyers face more expensive mortgages. The bank's decision could also have huge consequences for Japan's own $4.6 trillion economy, which is finally growing again.


Summary: R. Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia University Business School and a central banking expert, said that these are uncharted waters for a central bank.

Summary: Columbia University Business School's dean, who is Glenn Hubbard said it.


Summary: The federal government is already working on a program that would address many of the problems identified by the new report, which was first disclosed this week by ABC News.

Summary: ABC News disclosed that the federal government is already started working on a program that would address many of the problems which is identified by them.