3 January 2001 By The Morning News — 03 Jan 2001 Yahoo bans hateful material.At least 210 dot-coms closed this year.Apple makes huge price cuts as inventory piles up (buy that cube now!).AOL members spent $4.6B during the holidays.Microsoft is sued for racism by present and former black employees. [wsj]One-third of the Russian prison population will be released this year.Half-cell latte: Starbucks goes wireless with Microsoft and MobileStar.China gets tough on Web crimes, such as organizing "cults" or slandering individuals.To eat or not to eat: You cannot choose to avoid genetically-altered foods.Attention Seattlites: be an XBox tester!When was the last time you saw Project43?Born Magazine relaunches and looks great!Hunter Thompson was an overly neat patriot, not a drug-toting rebel.SFMOMA: Art in Digital Times.