Headlines from January 24, 2002

Bush asks for massive defense boost: annual budget of $380B, much larger than Congress expected.
White House expects to run $106B deficit this year, in wild, frothing, ape-like swing from last year's estimation for this year of $231B surplus.
Enron chief quits, citing federal inquiries as too distracting for him to save the company.
Claims against Arthur Anderson may wipe out the accounting giant.
Amelie becomes highest-grossing French-language film in U.S.
Everyone wants to keep Audrey Tautou in a small, adorable box: White Magic slide show.
Good variety of letters on future of newspapers as new generations of readers read online.
Painstaking audio control used to distinguish luxury cars. [note: WSJ subscription req.]
Coder tracks iMac thief with Timbuktu and Apple scripts. [note: tech heavy article]
Chicago Sun-Times discovers its design-self: aggressive and sleazy.
Judge a book by twenty pages: The Washington Post publishes the first chapters of new books.
Well, this is fantastic: The Getty Museum's Devices of Wonder.