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Date: 22 October 2002
By Fox Butterfield and Kevin Flynn
Fox Butterfield
Police rarely talk to suspects through news media as law enforcement officials are trying with sniper in Washington area, but police commanders in few cities say they have used technique successfully; photo; some cases recalled (M)
Date: 22 October 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Major television networks take extra measures to avoid repeat of embarrassment in 2000 of making erroneous election projections; CNN contracts with nearly 1,000 people to stake out key precincts, ABC and NBC will isolate election night analysts and producers, Fox is beefing up exit-polling unit and CBS is sending monitoring teams into closely contested states (M)
Date: 22 October 2002
By Kate Zernike
Kate Zernike
David Berkowitz, Son of Sam killer who , terrorized New York City in 1977, speculates that sniper now spreading terror in Washington area is under 'strong demonic bondage,' and feels rage toward law enforcement; comments in response to letter from Fox News correspondent Rita Cosby (S)
Date: 21 October 2002
By Steve Popper
Steve Popper
New York Knicks hold open practice to spark local interest and incur fan support, but absence of Latrell Sprewell is hot topic among media; Sprewell was barred from attending practices for failing to notify team of wrist injury (M)
Date: 22 October 2002
By Chris Broussard
Chris Broussard
New York Knicks player Latrell Sprewell comments on most recent fine, doled out by Knicks for not following rehabilitation regimen, and discusses his plans to sue New York Post for reporting he broke his hand while engaged in fistfight (M)
Date: 22 October 2002
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Associated Press says it cannot verify existence of more than 45 people and dozen organizations cited in news articles by Christopher Newton, reporter dismissed last month after quoting nonexistent people in article on criminal justice statistics; AP cites forty articles with dubious references; Newton graduated in 1996 from Texas Christian University, where he was editor of student newspaper; New York Times reporter Fox Butterfield investigated Sept article after call from criminologist Richard Rosenfeld (M)
Date: 22 October 2002
By Jeffrey Gettleman
Jeffrey Gettleman
People of Richmond are stunned by intensive police and media presence as investigators hunt sniper who has killed people from Maryland suburbs to Ashland, Va; two men hauled out of minivan at gas station by black-clad SWAT team turn out to be illegal immigrants with bad luck to pull up to phone booth sniper may have used, just as police watched; photos; map; all schools in metropolitan Richmond are closed, to annoyance of many parents (M)
Date: 22 October 2002
By Eric Lichtblau
Eric Lichtblau
Investigation of sniper shootings in Maryland, Virginia and Washington (DC) follows familiar frustrating pattern of round-the-clock publicity, new batches of seemingly promising tips from public, frenzied police responses and, ultimately, disappointment; similarly baffling cases of past recalled (M)
Date: 22 October 2002
By Selena Roberts
Selena Roberts
Selena Roberts Sports of The Times column contends that New York Knicks general manager Scott Layden is alienating himself and New York Knicks fans in disciplining star player Latrell Sprewell with such severity and hostility, as Sprewell is fan favorite and media darling who usually elicits sympathy, deservedly or not; photo (M)
Date: 22 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
King Pharmaceuticals agrees to buy Meridian Medical Technologies for $247.8 million, adding EpiPen injector for allergic shock and other devices that ease administration of drugs (S)