13 June 2001

  • Seattle judge rules birth-control must be covered by health insurance.
  • Israel and Palestine agree on cease-fire; Hamas rejects Arafat's acceptance.
  • Russian journalist goes undercover in England to find how hard it is to work illegally.
  • Diplomats rock out until Iraq gets tired of The Jam.
  • Covad employees supposedly made thousands of false trouble reports against Verizon, costing millions; Verizon's public sympathy rating still hovering near zero.
  • An interesting photo essay of the Lower East Side.
  • Sony suspends two ad execs for 30 days, but Hollywood sees scandal reaching higher.
  • AltaVista announces search engine for companies to sift intranets, raising privacy issues.