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Date Posted: 17:04:17 12/03/01 Mon

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TOP STORIES-- ......$25 million bounty for bin Laden ......HHS chief: Anthrax terrorism likely domestic

WORLD NEWS-- ......North Korea accused of stockpiling germ weapons ......U.S. pledges commitment to Mideast ......24 suspected dead in Russian plane crash

U.S. NEWS-- ......NTSB: Flight 587 crash looking like accident ......Man won't face federal charges in airport shutdown ......Rumsfeld: Leaflets offer $25 million for bin Laden

BUSINESS from CNNmoney-- ......Wall St. keeps rising ......Handspring soars nearly 40% on Palm merger talk ......Pharmacia gets Bextra boost

Sports from CNN/SI-- ......Moss leads offensive as Vikings beat Giants ......No. 1 Duke pulls out win against scrappy Seton Hall

......Bonds captures fourth MVP award

Also ... ......POLITICS from AllPolitics ......SCI-TECH ......HEALTH ......ENTERTAINMENT ......Get involved with Chat and Message boards http://www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY

~~~~~~~~~~~ TOP STORIES ~~~~~~~~~~~

> $25 MILLION BOUNTY FOR BIN LADEN

The United States is hoping a $25 million reward -- and continued bombing -- will smoke Osama bin Laden from his suspected hiding place in the caves of Afghanistan.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/11/20/ret.rabbani.amanpour/index.html

> HHS CHIEF: ANTHRAX TERRORISM LIKELY DOMESTIC

The anthrax-tainted letters sent to a Senate office and to the media are probably the work of a domestic terrorist, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/11/19/anthrax.terror/

~~~~~~~~~~~ WORLD NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~

> NORTH KOREA ACCUSED OF STOCKPILING GERM WEAPONS

North Korea has the capacity to wage germ warfare and may have stockpiled up to 5,000 tons of chemical weapons, according to South Korea's defense chief.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/11/19/cheats.bioconference/index.html

> U.S. PLEDGES COMMITMENT TO MIDEAST

Secretary of State Colin Powell announced that he is sending retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni to the Middle East to work with Israel and the Palestinians on reaching a true cease-fire.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/11/19/powell.mideast/index.html

> 24 SUSPECTED DEAD IN RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH

A passenger plane believed to becarrying 24 passengers and crew crashed in the Yaroslavl regionnortheast of Moscow, news agencies report.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/11/19/russia.planecrash.reut/index.html

~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~

> NTSB: FLIGHT 587 CRASH LOOKING LIKE ACCIDENT

Neither the pilots' conversations nor any background noises in the cockpit of American Airlines Flight 587 show evidence that a terrorist attack or sabotage brought down the plane, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/11/19/ny.plane.crash.ap/index.html

> MAN WON'T FACE FEDERAL CHARGES IN AIRPORT SHUTDOWN

A man who dashed past guards and went the wrong way through a passenger exit at the Atlanta airport will not face federal charges, prosecutors said.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/11/19/atlanta.airport.breach.ap/index.html

> RUMSFELD: LEAFLETS OFFER $25 MILLION FOR BIN LADEN

The United States is offering "substantial monetary rewards" as incentives to Afghans to rout Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda terrorists from caves and other suspected hiding places in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/11/20/ret.us.binladen/index.html

~~~~~~~~~~~ BUSINESS from CNNmoney ~~~~~~~~~~~

> WALL ST. KEEPS RISING

U.S. stocks rose Monday, capping a two-month run as investors continue to bet the economy will shake off its stupor and rebound next year.

..... http://www.cnn.com/money/2001/11/19/markets/markets_newyork/

> HANDSPRING SOARS NEARLY 40% ON PALM MERGER TALK

Shares of Handspring Inc. soared nearly 40 percent Monday amid rumors that it is in merger discussions with rival Palm Inc.

..... http://www.cnn.com/money/2001/11/19/technology/palm/

> PHARMACIA GETS BEXTRA BOOST

Drugmaker Pharmacia Corp. said on Monday it has won earlier-than-expected U.S. regulatory approval to sell its new arthritis drug, Bextra, a follow-up to its popular painkiller, Celebrex.

..... http://www.cnn.com/money/2001/11/19/companies/wires/pharmacia_re/

~~~~~~~~~~~ Sports from CNN/SI ~~~~~~~~~~~

> MOSS LEADS OFFENSIVE AS VIKINGS BEAT GIANTS

Minnesota Vikings Randy Moss had 10 catches for 171 yards and three touchdowns Monday night, including a 57-yarder with 6:32 left that put away a 28-16 victory against the New York Giants.

..... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/football/news/2001/11/19/giants_vikings_ap/

> NO. 1 DUKE PULLS OUT WIN AGAINST SCRAPPY SETON HALL

Jason Williams made one of two free throws with 7.1 seconds to play, then stole the ball as the buzzer sounded as top-ranked Duke beat Seton Hall 80-79 Monday night to avoid another upset in the opening round of the Maui Invitational.

..... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/basketball/college/news/2001/11/19/duke_setonhall_ap/

> BONDS CAPTURES FOURTH MVP AWARD

Barry Bonds won his fourth Most Valuable Player award in a landslide to cap a record-breaking season in which his 73 home runs broke baseball's biggest season record.

..... http://www.cnn.com/cnnsi/baseball/mlb/news/2001/11/19/nl_mvp_ap/

~~~~~~~~~~~ POLITICS from AllPolitics ~~~~~~~~~~~

> TWO SENATE BUILDINGS REOPEN

Two Senate office buildings that had been closed over the weekend for anthrax testing reopened Monday morning.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/11/18/senate.anthrax/index.html

> NOTORIOUS VOTING MACHINES FROM 2000 SOLD

Collectors from around the world logged onto an Internet auction to grab 519 of Palm Beach County's infamous Votomatics, the voting machines that were at the heart of the 2000 presidential election debacle.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/11/18/voting.machines.ap/index.html

> NEWLY ELECTED MIAMI MAYOR CULTIVATED OUTSIDER IMAGE

For years, newly elected Miami, Florida, Mayor Manny Diaz shunned a run for public office, instead raising money for friends in the Democratic Party and staying out of the limelight.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/11/18/miami.mayor.ap/index.html

> FIRST LADY BLASTS TALIBAN TREATMENT OF WOMEN

First lady Laura Bush fired the first salvo in what she called "a worldwide effort to focus on the brutality against women and children" by the Taliban as she delivered the weekly presidential radio address.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/11/17/bush.radio/index.html

~~~~~~~~~~~ SCI-TECH ~~~~~~~~~~~

> NINTENDO'S GAMECUBE LAUNCHED IN U.S.

Parents with leaky wallets beware: Mario, everyone's favorite pot-bellied plumber, is back. Five years after launching its last video game console in the United States, Japan's Nintendo Co. Ltd. began selling its next-generation machine, the GameCube. At $199, GameCube is $100 less than Sony Corp.'s year-old PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/11/18/videogames.nintendo.reut/index.html

> POLICE SEIZE $100 MILLION IN FAKE SOFTWARE

Law enforcement officials announced the largest seizure of counterfeit software in U.S. history, a shipping container of cleverly faked copies of Microsoft's flagship Windows programs -- valued at $100 million.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/11/18/crime.software.reut/index.html

> NEW WIRELESS NETWORKING STANDARD APPROVED

A next-generation wireless networking standard has been approved that will work with older wireless networking technology, allowing companies and consumers to keep existing equipment and possibly boosting the number of wireless connections in homes and businesses.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/11/18/wireless.standard.reut/index.html

> STUDY: GESTURING WHILE TALKING HELPS MEMORY

Forget about what mom said about keeping your hands in your lap while talking. Gesturing while speaking appears to free up the brain to perform other tasks, such as remembering a list, scientists said.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/11/18/gestures.reut/index.html

~~~~~~~~~~~ HEALTH ~~~~~~~~~~~

> TREEHOUSE OFFERS SOLACE TO SICK CHILDREN

The treehouse at Camp Ta Kum Ta is far from your average treehouse. But then, this camp with its majestic view of Vermont's Lake Champlain is not just another summer camp. Ta Kum Ta caters to children with cancer, and the treehouse, with its handicap access, is fast becoming their special place. A place to put aside thoughts of pain and chemotherapy and feel like a normal kid again.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/11/18/arms.open.ap/index.html

> TWO SENATE BUILDINGS REOPEN

Two Senate office buildings that had been closed over the weekend for anthrax testing reopened Monday morning.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/11/18/senate.anthrax/index.html

> DOCTORS TRY ATM-STYLE PRESCRIPTION MACHINES

It looks like a giant ATM machine, but instead of cash the contraption at a Minneapolis pediatrician's office spits out prescription drugs. InstyMeds is the first automated prescription drug dispenser to hit a doctor's office, the latest in a trend toward computerizing prescriptions to cut not just drugstore lines but dangerous errors. The question is how best to use this technology -- as convenient one-stop-doctoring for the insured middle-class, or to cut the workload of pill-counting pharmacists so they have time to teach patients safe medication use.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/11/17/prescriptions.automated.ap/index.html

> DID TABLOID GET MULTIPLE ANTHRAX LETTERS?

Anthrax has been found throughout the headquarters of a tabloid publisher in Florida, leading health officials to suspect it received more than one tainted letter.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/11/16/anthrax.florida.ap/index.html

~~~~~~~~~~~ ENTERTAINMENT ~~~~~~~~~~~

> 'POTTER' CONJURES UP BOX OFFICE RECORDS

"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," a hugely hyped fantasy about a young English wizard, weaved magic at the North American box office, whipping up a record $93.5 million in the first three days after its release, according to studio estimates.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/18/hol.leisure.boxoffice.reut/index.html

> 'DUTCH' AUTHOR RETURNS TO FIRST LOVE

Many know Edmund Morris as the author of "Dutch," the notorious biography of Ronald Reagan in which Morris inserted himself as a fictional character. But followers of Theodore Roosevelt respect Morris and credit him with popularizing the late president among contemporary readers.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/books/11/17/edmund.morris.ap/index.html

> 'FOUR WEDDINGS' ACTRESS FOUND DEAD

One of the stars of the 1994 hit British comedy film "Four Weddings and a Funeral" has died at age 33 after apparently suffering a massive asthma attack. Charlotte Coleman was found dead in her flat in Holloway, north London, by her mother, actress Ann Beach.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/17/coleman.death/index.html

> ROYAL HONOR FOR DUDLEY MOORE

British comedian Dudley Moore has traveled to Buckingham Palace to receive a honor from the queen. The frail-looking star of "10" and "Arthur" remained seated in a wheelchair as he received his CBE (Commander of the British Empire) from Prince Charles.

..... http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/16/dudley.moore/index.html

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