With AOL's $100M investment in Amazon, it can now bid a buy-out.NYC Mayor candidate Bloomberg has resigned from four WASP clubs, as acknowledgement of "the obligations of running for public office."Credit Suisse follows Merrill in forbidding its analysts to hold stock in companies
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
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Pope tells Bush that stem-cell research is evil.Two faces, no coin: Bush & Putin agree to consider cuts in nuclear arsenals, while Bush plans to abandon biological weapons ban.Pop-under ads are annoying and growing, reports the Times, while sneaking one right under my browser.Pro-anorexics
A tale of riches, hoors, and diaries: Lord Jeffrey Archer off to jail for four years.Could Archer's downfall have been predicted in his books? The Guardian Unlimited investigates.G8 convention begins in Genoa amidst protest and anarchy; Bob Geldof condemns violence.Berlin planning publicity campaign, denying Holocaust,
Against his campaign rhetoric, Bush denies U.S. Isolationism during Europe tour.General Accounting Office demands Cheney's information on White House energy policy development.Egypt arrests 52 suspected homosexuals, citing religious rule.Fortune claimed Apple's Jobs was given $872M when he was given $0.CBS finally
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Washington Post's Katharine Graham passes away.House committee approves drilling in Alaskan refuge.Why you shouldn't trust the police with Photoshop: The MeFi thread on the Chandra Levy mock-ups.U.S. warplane crashes in Eastern Turkey.India/Pakistan talks end with dispute over Kashmir.Napster
Russia and China sign cooperation treaty, billed as "an act of friendship against America."Cheney, who first described conservation as a "personal virtue," now sees it as "a must."Cheney has a $186,000 power bill this year for his 33-room mansion.Parcel
Times review of Bush's winning ballots shows flawed votes passed over, despite GOP claims that Democrats re-wrote rules.Bush has Bush Sr. call Saudi Crown Prince to assure that Dub Jr. has "heart in right place" and will "do the right thing"; claims
