Web Surfing at Work? Just the News, Honest!
Date: 22 September 2002
By Hubert B. Herring
Hubert
In a recent survey, employees acknowledged that they spend about one day each week surfing sites unrelated to their jobs.
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22nd of September 2002 News
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Reporters Find New Outlet, And Concerns, in Web Logs
Date: 23 September 2002
By David F. Gallagher
David Gallagher
Print and television reporters are discovering freedom of Web logs, or 'blogs,' which typically consist of frequent entries with pithy commentary and links to other Web sites; some have already run into trouble with their employers over contents of their personal sites, with Houston Chronicle reporter Steve Olafson having been fired; news media companies may be opening themselves to possible liability when they set up Web logs on their sites; many reporters publish Web logs as creative outlet, way to raise their visibility or as part of their jobs; reporters who keep logs on news sites say their blog writing tends to be looser, but is usually edited to some extent; photo (M)
N.Y.U., Fearful of Publicity, Cancels Class on Ground Zero
Date: 22 September 2002
By Edward Wyatt
Edward Wyatt
New York University cancels class that was to have focused on intersection of politics, finance, design and culture in rebuilding of Lower Manhattan; moves comes because of concerns about potential political fallout and media scrutiny (M)
Mets' Image as Bad As Their Record Is
Date: 23 September 2002
By Murray Chass
Murray Chass
Murray Chass On Baseball column contends that string of controversies plaguing New York Mets this season, including alleged drug use by players and speculation on sexuality of unnamed players by media, only make team's equally as disturbing record harder to swallow (M)
Tentative Pact Reached in Boeing Strike
Date: 23 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boeing Co and 1,400 workers represented by United Automobile Workers at company's helicopter plant near Philadelphia reach tentative contract agreement; workers at plant walked off job on Sept 14 (S)
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 22 September 2002
Correction of entry in Sept 22 Television sectionschedule of programs
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 23 September 2002
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 U.S. Is Readying Forces For Possible Iraq War Mobilizing for a possible attack on Iraq, American commanders have taken many steps to prepare and deploy their forces, Defense Department and military officials say. But the early steps have been carefully planned not to interfere with the Bush administration's campaign to build diplomatic and political support. In one of the most significant steps, elite Special Operations troops have been told to separate from the military temporarily and to join C.I.A. units, allowing the Pentagon to maintain that no uniformed combat forces were in action. A1
Web Surfing at Work? Just the News, Honest!
Date: 22 September 2002
Workers responding to Harris Interactive survey acknowledge spending about one day each work week surfing Web sites unrelated to their jobs, most shopping and following the news; a quarter feel addicted to Internet (S)
News Analysis; Case Closed, Not Resolved
Date: 23 September 2002
By William Glaberson
William Glaberson
News analysis; plea bargain agreement with former New York City police officer Charles Schwarz ending Abner Louima's brutality case against Police Department leaves unresolved one of biggest questions of five-year legal ordeal, namely, identity of second officer in Brooklyn police station bathroom where Officer Justin A Volpe sodomized Louima with broken broomstick in August 1997; sends Schwarz to prison for maximum of five years for perjury, but without admitting he was Volpe's accomplice; prevents him from proclaiming his innocence publicly; may have succeeded to some extent in exposing truth about racism in New York, police brutality and law enforcement brotherhood critics say fosters blue wall of silence; is seen as reminder of how haze of lies and faulty memories surrounding events in case benefited some officers who were pursued by prosecutors and how ill-equipped legal system is to answer questions for history; photo (M)
Campaign Season; Good News for Democrats in a Mississippi District
Date: 22 September 2002
By Katharine Q. Seelye
Katharine Seelye
Veterans of Foreign Wars endorses Democratic Rep Ronnie Shows over Republican Rep Charles W Pickering Jr in new Mississippi US House district; veterans are angry that recent memorandum from Veterans Affairs Department urged department not to advertise its services, as way of keeping costs down (S)