Newspapers Balk at Scooping Themselves on Their Own Web Sites
Date: 06 January 1997
By Laurence Zuckerman
Laurence Zuckerman
Nation's newspapers are not taking taking full advantage of Internet's most compelling feature, its immediacy, because they do not want their sites on World Wide Web to scoop their print editions; most rely on reports from news agencies to update their sites during the day, holding back their reporters' articles until actual papers are nearly on the street; newspaper Web sites take advantage of Internet's limitless space and interactivity by posting transcripts, documents ad other supporting information about articles they have published and by playing host to on-line discussions; to date, few newspaper Web sites are profitable; but pressure is building on newspaper publishers to break down walls between their print and digital publications, or risk losing their readers; chart (L)
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Fighting the Rankings of a College Guide
Date: 05 January 1997
By Peter Applebome
Peter Applebome
US News & World Report's annual 'America's Best Colleges' guide gives numerical ranking to 1,422 accredited four-year schools; annual ranking is widely reviled by many educators and students, who say ranking colleges and universities like toasters or football teams does more harm than good; student governments of several university systems and colleges have passed resolutions asking US News to halt the ranking; drawing (special section, Education Life, part 2 of 2-part section) (L)
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Time Warner Official Breaks With the Mayor
Date: 05 January 1997
By Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller
Time Warner pres Richard D Parsons is former adviser to New York City Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani and his most prominent black supporter; as Giuliani's 1997 re-election campaign begins, two old friends are not speaking; Parsons says he is 'disappointed' in Giuliani and fed up with his staff; source of fight is Oct war between Giuliani and Time Warner, whose chieftains became enraged when Giuliani tried to force company to add new 24-hour Fox News Channel to its New York City cable lineup; Parsons quit in protest as chairman of city's Economic Development Corp when Giuliani refused to back down; photos (M)
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Stocks Higher in Japan
Date: 06 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japanese stocks are up at the midday break on Jan 6 (S)
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Disney Says Ovitz Left and Was Paid
Date: 06 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Walt Disney Co spokesman says Michael Ovitz, departing president, left company on Dec 27, a month earlier than expected, and his multimillion-dollar severance package was paid then; shareholder lawsuit was filed to stop severance payment; it contends Ovitz's performance as president for 14 months did not warrant its size, said to total $130 million or more (S)
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A Hint on Rates By Fed Official
Date: 06 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Laurence Meyer, Federal Reserve governor, suggests that economy is growing slowly enough to keep Federal Reserve from raising Federal funds rate on overnight bank loans anytime soon (S)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 05 January 1997
International 3-9 HEBRON DEAL REMAINS ELUSIVE News analysis: The stalemate over the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Hebron is largely a result, at this point, of brinksmanship by Yasir Arafat. 1 IMPASSE ON NUCLEAR INGREDIENTS An impasse between the United States and Russia has thwarted a quiet effort to have nuclear material moved out of Georgia, part of the former Soviet supply. 1 Germany's leader predicted agreement with Russia over NATO. 6 CANADIAN PARK IN PERIL A study of Banff National Park concluded that it is facing a crisis of overuse so severe that unless something is done soon, it will cease to be a park. 3 REBELS RESPOND TO PERU'S LEADER Leftist guerrillas holding 74 hostages in Lima unfurled banners on the roof of the residence of the Japanese Ambassador, calling on the Government to resume talks to resolve the 18-day standoff. 8 CRISIS HINDERS PERU'S RECOVERY Only a year ago, Peru seemed like a country on the fast track, with the economy growing. But the hostage crisis has put the country's hopes for the future in jeopardy. 8 NORTH KOREA RESUMES POLEMICS While North Korea raised hopes with its regrets a week ago for having sent a spy submarine into South Korean waters, its statements since then have been less conciliatory. 4 In a Disney production, a moral lesson for France. 9 The Vatican said the Pope plans a visit to Cuba in January 1998. 8 Serbian opposition leaders urged protesters to block traffic. 9 National 10-16 ASSESSING GINGRICH'S CHANCES If Newt Gingrich wins re-election as Speaker of the House on Tuesday, two compelling reasons, which have nothing to do with ethics, will be critical. 1 WATCHING FROM THE SIDELINES As Newt Gingrich battles ethics charges, it is a matter of no small interest to wonder what former Speaker Jim Wright, who resigned in the wake of ethics questions, is thinking. 12 POWER OF PERSUASION A Republican member of the House ethics committee said party leaders persuaded him to make public a letter in support of Newt Gingrich's bid to be re-elected Speaker. 12 RAIN GIVES WAY TO SUN After days of relentless rainfall in the West, the sun began to shine again and many Western rivers have begun to recede, signs, perhaps, that the worst is over. 1 MEDICARE PREMIUM RISE UNLIKELY President Clinton reportedly has decided he will not propose any increase in costs for Medicare beneficiaries, but will try to cut back payments to hospitals, doctors and other providers. 1 SUBWAY LEADS TO TREASURES As construction workers tunnel underneath Los Angeles to expand its subway system, they are turning up unexpected treasures. 10 CRIME DROPS FOR FIFTH YEAR Serious and violent crime dropped in the first half of last year, for the fifth year in a row, the longest period of decline in 25 years, according to preliminary F.B.I. statistics. 10 RENEWED RACIAL TENSION In Dearborn, Mich., a city never known for racial tolerance, a dispute over the issuance of traffic tickets to blacks has raised new questions and hostilities. 13 CLINTON ADDRESSES TEEN BIRTHS Birth rates among teen-agers dropped in the early 1990's, but in his weekly radio address the President still characterized the problem as an epidemic. 15 THE FIGHT AFTER THE GAMES Atlanta's Olympic caldron was the heart and soul of the 1996 Summer Games. Now, the Games are over, the flame is out and no one seems to want the caldron. 15 Metropolitan 17-22 HIGH PRICE FOR POLICE LIES The 30th Precinct corruption case, the New York Police Department's biggest drug scandal in a generation, has also grown into the most damaging perjury scandal in state history and may eventually become the costliest. Prosecutors have had to throw out 125 cases against 98 defendants because the convictions were based on untruthful testimony by officers. 1 FIREFIGHTER SLAIN AT JOGGING SITE A New York City firefighter was shot dead at a Long Island high school track where he routinely went for late-night jogs with his dog. Three hours after he left home to jog, his wife went to look for him at the track and found him lying unconscious. The police said they had no suspects or motive. 17 CONFOUNDING DATA FROM SCHOOLS New school performance reports have exposed a confounding puzzle about the failings of the New York City schools: Why do children perform worse the longer they stay in the system? 17 Neediest Cases 18 Obituaries 23-24
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 06 January 1997
International A3-11 SECRET MEETING OVER HEBRON Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat, held a covert, predawn meeting with American envoy Dennis Ross, but failed to reach a deal on Hebron. A1 POLITICAL GRIDLOCK IN SERBIA The streets of Belgrade were clogged bumper to bumper as tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators used their vehicles to defy a Serbian Government ban on street marches. A10 REBUILDING BOSNIA'S ECONOMY The World Bank and the European Union said that efforts to rebuild Bosnia had so far gone as well as could be expected, although the country remains in tatters. A10 WORRIES GROW OVER PERU CRISIS As a solution to the hostage crisis in Peru seems to grow more remote, foreign governments have begun to signal increased concern over the fate of their own nationals. A3 POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN MEXICO In the eighth such case in Tijuana in less than a year, gunmen assassinated a senior prosecutor who investigated several notorious drug-related killings. A3 TRADE GROWS IN REST OF AMERICAS Despite much talk of a free trade area stretching from Alaska to Argentina, Washington has been largely absent from the spate of mutual accords reached by many Latin American nations. A8 TAJIKISTAN PLAGUED BY WARLORDS Shorn of much of its cultural legacy, Tajikistan has crumbled into an unruly country swarming with rival factions. A8 BOMBING IN SOUTH AFRICA For the second time in less than two weeks, bombs went off in a rural town in South Africa, and again a little known Afrikaner group claimed responsibility. A9 Tokyo Journal: New judo outfits unsettle the purists. A4 National A12-15, B5 LEGISLATIVE FORECAST: SUNNY, BUT A new Congress convenes with an ambitious agenda and, many lawmakers say, strong prospects for dealing with it successfully. But there are some significant hurdles in the way. A1 A GINGRICH COUNTEROFFENSIVE Speaker Newt Gingrich is set to break his public silence about the ethics charges against him as he seeks to save his job. A1 MINDING THE BOMB The Government is shifting from creating nuclear weapons to maintaining them. But there is a fierce debate under way about the scope of the transformation. A1 REPERCUSSIONS FROM A CAR CRASH American officials said they would seek a waiver of immunity in the case of a diplomat from the republic of Georgia who was involved in a fatal automobile accident. A15 A JOINT VENTURE FOR JOBS Public housing tenants in Chicago are forming businesses, with private enterprise as a partner, to create jobs and wean people from welfare. A12 A WET WAIT OUT WEST The West is starting to dry out from recent storms and flooding, but some residents have been told it may be months before they can return to their homes. A12 RIOTING'S TOLL, FIVE YEARS ON Five years after rioting in South-Central Los Angeles, Korean-Americans are continuing to move or close their small businesses in the largely black area. A15 BOMBS' SOURCE IS DISPUTED Egyptian and American officials disagree over the possible source of eight letter bombs that were discovered in Washington and at a prison in Leavenworth, Kan. B5 Metro Report B1-4 Business Digest D1 Arts/Entertainment C11-18 Artists as witnesses to modern history. C11 Theater: ''Cloud Tectonics.'' C11 Music: Michael Jackson. C11 Holger Czukay. C12 Electronica at Vinyl. C12 Books: ''Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance.'' C18 Television: ''America Undercover: A Kill for a Kill.'' C16 Sports C1-10 College Basketball: Connecticut women rout Tennessee. C2 Columns: Anderson on Patriots. C7 On College Basketball C2 On Hockey C9 On Pro Football C6 Football: Patriots beat Steelers. C1 Panthers defeat Cowboys. C1 Broncos miss another Super Bowl. C7 Jacksonville catches Jaguar fever. C7 Obituaries B6-7 Editorials/Op-Ed A16-17 Editorials America's obligation to the U.N. Assisted suicide and the law. What the report card says. Letters Anthony Lewis: Immune to reason. Bob Herbert: The hanging tree. William Safire: Newt in Wonderland. Tim O'Brien: High court TV. Chronicle B7 Bridge C18 Crossword C18
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A New Year's Look at a Little Good News
Date: 05 January 1997
By Joan Lee Faust
Joan Faust
Joan Lee Faust article discusses efforts to curb spread of purple loosestrife, invasive plant species that crowds out native, desirable species; drawing (M)
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Marie Torre, 72, TV Columnist Jailed for Protecting News Source
Date: 05 January 1997
By Nick Ravo
Nick Ravo
Marie Torre, former television columnist for New York Herald Tribune who was jailed for refusing to disclose source in libel action, dies at age 72; photo (M)
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