29 January 2002
By The Morning News
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Ashcroft spends $8,000 to cover nude statues displayed behind him in press conferences.
EU complains to Israel, protesting damages to Euro-funded aid projects in Palestine.
Bush reconsiders status of war captives, perhaps to grant protections of the Geneva Convention.
Bloomberg, already well-heeled in Washington politics, increases city lobbying on the hill.
Once a golden stock, Global Crossing files for bankruptcy with $12B debt.
Wife of Enron CEO says all is lost, portrays husband as unwitting victim; Bush and Senator Gramm also claim to be on the losing side.
YM drops diet articles to discourage girls' preoccupations with image.
Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking books, died.
McSweeney's writer debuts documentary about disabled people as reporters.
Literature used to rejuvenate careers, Montaigne and Sontag cited as beneficial.
Top bootlegs of 2001, including Best-of-Both-Pop-Worlds battle between the Strokes and Christina Aguilera.
