White House Letter; Dispatches, With Some Asides, From the Pool
Date: 08 December 2003
By Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller
White House pool reports, in which those reporters allowed to accompany president write reports about everything they see and hear for colleagues left behind, have been used for decades; are typically more vivid than printed stories, often written in irreverent voice that has at times irritated Bush White House; event is usually pooled if reporters would overpower it; on most presidential trips, chartered press plane carries all reporters who cannot fit into 14 seats reserved for news media in Air Force One; photo (M)
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Oklahoma and L.S.U. Will Play As Numbers Crunch Southern Cal
Date: 08 December 2003
By Joe Drape
Joe Drape
Often-criticized system of ranking college football teams and slotting them into four bowl games worth nearly $90 million has created possibility this year of two national college football champions; Bowl Championship Series announces that Oklahoma and Louisiana State will play in Sugar Bowl on Jan 4, but Southern California, like Oklahoma and LSU, has only one loss and ended season ranked No 1 in Associated Press news media poll and USA Today/ESPN coaches poll; Southern Cal coach Pete Carroll says if his team defeats Michigan in Rose Bowl on Jan 1, it will be No 1 team in country regardless of other bowl; BCS was created in 1998 to try to match top two teams in country in championship game; it was supposed to prevent split title, which last occurred in 1997 when coaches awarded No 1 ranking to one undefeated team and news media gave their title to another undefeated team; photos; team rankings in different polls cited (M)
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L.A. Confidential
Date: 08 December 2003
By John Schwartz and Jonathan Glater
John Schwartz
Nearly commonplace use of private investigators in Los Angeles discussed in light of arrest of investigator Anthony Pellicano in probe set off by threat against Los Angeles Times reporter Anita Busch while she was researching article on actor Steven Seagal; specialists are also in demand to determine whether one is being investigated; toolkit for private investigators has expanded with growth of Internet and assembly of online databases of personal information; graph of investigators in various southern California counties; photos (M)
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Clark Announces His Goals in Domestic Policy
Date: 08 December 2003
By Edward Wyatt
Edward Wyatt
Gen Wesley K Clark, who seeks Democratic presidential nomination, outlines domestic policy goals, conference call with reporters; goals are part of campaign's effort to portray his military career as having prepared him to lead nation and compensate for his lack of domestic policy record (M)
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The World; In Rwandan Genocide, Words Were Killers, Too
Date: 07 December 2003
By Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
International court's conviction of three Rwandan journalists for genocide relates to press and radio role in inciting massacres of Tutsis; photo (S)
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Money Manager Resigns at Janus
Date: 07 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Janus Capital Group said that Michael Buchanan, who runs the $768 million Janus High-Yield fund, is resigning.
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Shares Slide After Job Report Falls Short of Expectations
Date: 07 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stocks fell after a government report showed that the economy added fewer jobs last month than was forecas.
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Spoiling (Carefully) for A Fight
Date: 07 December 2003
Craig Axford letter scores news media for reducing issues discussed in debates to headline or sound bite; calls for more substantive coverage (Nov 23 Matt Bai article)
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Corrections
Date: 08 December 2003
Correction of Nov 25 report on India's favorable reaction to Pakistan's offer of cease-fire along disputed border; Indian media that reported it are independent, not state-run
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 07 December 2003
INTERNATIONAL 3-14 Tougher Approach in Iraq Mimics Israeli Tactics American soldiers have applied a get-tough approach as the guerrilla war against Iraqi insurgents intensifies. It appears to be succeeding in diminishing the threat to American soldiers, but at the cost of alienating the people the Americans are trying to win over. 1
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