24 July 2001
By The Morning News
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178 countries reach climate agreement, while Bush & Co. disagrees.AOL/TW invests $100M in Amazon, part to pay for its shopping technology.Lucent announces more cuts, between 15,000 and 20,000.As the dot-coms perish, life returns to normal in San Francisco, which isn't saying much.Woman collects AOL software CDs, by the thousands.UK's Mercury Prize short-list announced: Gorillaz, Radiohead, PJ Harvey, etc.Design magazine, ONE, folds and lays off all employees.Adobe turns, now against prosecution for Russian coder.Pentagon shuts down its sites to avoid "Code Red" worm.Bill Gates is building an underground, sub-zero mausoleum for more than 11M photographs.Eudora Welty dies at 92.
