A Model Anchorman Can't Escape the Microphone
Date: 12 March 2000
By Charles Strum
Charles Strum
Interview with Robert Trout, 90, who began broadcasting the news in 1931 and is often credited with creating and perfecting the role of broadcast news anchorman at CBS; today he does commentary for National Public Radio on the news that broke during his watch decades earlier; photos (M)
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Judge Opens Court Proceedings On '75 Killing of Greenwich Girl
Date: 11 March 2000
By David M. Herszenhorn
David
Connecticut Juvenile Court Judge Maureen Dennis rules that murder trial of Michael Skakel will be open to news media and public (S)
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Lawsuit by a Journalism Student Opens 'Taxi Court' to Outsiders
Date: 11 March 2000
By Randy Kennedy
Randy Kennedy
New York State Supreme Court, ruling in lawsuit filed by journalism student, Daniel L Ackman, says Giuliani administration has no legal power to bar public from rapid-fire administrative hearings known as 'taxi court,' where passengers go to complain about New York City taxi drivers; Taxi and Limousine Commission has kept public out since 1994, citing volume of cases and close quarters, but Justice Stanley Parness finds no good reason for exemption from open-government policy; ruling is welcomed by drivers, who have long complained of bias; Ackman, also a lawyer, sought to attend hearing as part of his degree project about lives of taxi drivers; his photo (M)
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RAMBUS, COMPUTER CHIP CONCERN, PLANS TO SPLIT STOCK
Date: 11 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rambus Inc plans four-for-one stock split (S)2
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ALCOA MOVES TO BUY BACK SOME 20 MILLION SHARES
Date: 11 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Alcoa Inc plans to buy back up to 20 million shares, 5.5 percent of stock outstanding (S)r
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HITACHI CUTS ITS FORECAST
Date: 11 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hitachi Ltd cuts its earnings forecast 71 percent for year ending Mar 31, to ten billion yen ($94 million), from previous estimate of 35 billion yen (S)
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LAFARGE PROFIT RISES
Date: 11 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lafarge SA reports second-half net income rose 35 percent, to 393 million euros ($380 million), up from 292 million in 1998 period (S)
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The Assault of the Salonistas
Date: 12 March 2000
Letter by Chris Bray responds to Helen Thorpe Feb 20 articlen on Internet magazine Salon; says people turn to serious news sources to get important news
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 11 March 2000
INTERNATIONAL A3-8 Angola Diamond Embargo Is Violated, U.N. Says An embargo ordered by the United Nations two years ago to stop Angolan rebels from using diamonds to pay for their war has been undermined by several African nations and ''extremely lax controls'' at the central diamond clearinghouse in Antwerp, according to a report prepared for the Security Council. A1
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 12 March 2000
INTERNATIONAL 3-25 Spiral of Kosovo Violence Divides U.S. and Allies Nine months after they declared victory in the war over Kosovo, Washington and its NATO allies are now fighting among themselves over how to prevent a deteriorating situation in the Serbian province from spinning out of their control. 1
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