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Private Schools/ => Public Money premiers Sunday, 10pm Eastern on CNN. => To learn more, visit http://cnn.com/democracy +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Top stories as of: Friday, 15 Sep 00, 07:31:51 AM EDT TOP STORIES-- .....Thousands light the Sydney sky as 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony unfolds .....8 killed, 21 hurt in suicide bombing in Sri Lanka's capital WORLD NEWS-- .....Fuel protests spread across Europe .....Indonesian president orders arrest of former president's son .....ETA blamed for Spain shooting .....600,000 homeless after floods, storms batter Southeast Asia U.S. NEWS-- .....California's Vandenberg AFB remains open as wildfire rages .....Los Angeles County transit strike postponed 24 hours .....Virginia execution carried out, Italy outraged .....Bermuda keeps wary eye on Tropical Storm Florence BUSINESS-- .....Wall Street ponders Oracle's words (and numbers) .....Asian markets fall, Ford hits Korea .....Report: U.S. officials have received complaints about more tires .....EMI ready to bend to appease EU on Time Warner deal SPORTS-- .....Opening Ceremonies christen 2000 Games .....N.Y. Mets win, stay two games behind Braves in East .....Pedro Martinez gets best of Indians again .....Tiger Woods reportedly set to sign $100 million deal with Nike Also ... .....POLITICS from AllPolitics .....SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY .....SHOWBIZ .....Your local weather forecast is at http://CNN.com/WEATHER/ .....Today's CNN Interactive Almanac is at http://CNN.com/almanac/daily/ .....Check the Allergy Report at http://cnn.com/WEATHER/allergy/ .....Get involved with Chat and Message boards http://cnn.com/chat Check out these special features in our In-depth section: Vietnam at 25: Echoes of War http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/vietnam/ # Subscribe to "Special Delivery" for a weekly e-mail update # # of CNN Interactive features and in-depth coverage: # # http://CNN.com/SPECIALS/mail # The full, updated version of Headline News is at http://www.HeadlineNews.com To unsubscribe go to http://CNN.com/EMAIL ~~~~~~~~~~~ TOP STORIES ~~~~~~~~~~~ > THOUSANDS LIGHT THE SYDNEY SKY AS 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES OPENING CEREMONY UNFOLDS In music and in words, with smoke and fire, from the populous coasts to the rugged, empty Outback, Australia's Olympic organizers thrilled the 110,000 spectators and an estimated four billion television viewers with a spectacular opening ceremony on Friday evening to herald the start of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Flamespinners, horsemen, figures real and mythic from Australia's past, 12,697 performers in all -- including some Aborigine women who had walked for five days to take part in the ceremony -- combined to bring the flavor of an MGM musical epic to the Olympics. .... http://CNN.com/2000/ASIANOW/australasia/09/15/olympic.preview/index.html > 8 KILLED, 21 HURT IN SUICIDE BOMBING IN SRI LANKA'S CAPITAL A suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 21 others Friday outside a Sri Lanka eye hospital in a busy section of the nation's capital, Colombo. Seven of the wounded were in critical condition, undergoing surgery. The bomber and a policeman were among the dead. .... http://CNN.com/2000/ASIANOW/south/09/15/srilanka.blast/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~ WORLD NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~ > FUEL PROTESTS SPREAD ACROSS EUROPE Germany was braced for an escalation of the protests over high fuel prices on Friday as blockades of oil refineries and go-slows on major roads spread across Europe. The Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, Greece, Hungary and Poland were also expecting direct action to disrupt daily life. And in the United Kingdom and Belgium, where most blockades have now ended, businesses, commuters and supermarkets struggled to recover from the paralyzing effect of days of fuel starvation. .... http://CNN.com/2000/WORLD/europe/09/15/london.petrol/index.html > INDONESIAN PRESIDENT ORDERS ARREST OF FORMER PRESIDENT'S SON Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid said Friday he had ordered police to arrest former President Suharto's youngest son in connection with a recent bomb blast. Wahid did not say if Suharto's son, Hutomo (Tommy) Mandala Putra, was wanted for questioning in relation to Wednesday's car bomb blast at Jakarta's stock exchange, in which 15 people died. .... http://CNN.com/2000/ASIANOW/southeast/09/15/indonesia.arrest/index.html > ETA BLAMED FOR SPAIN SHOOTING Police and politicians have blamed Basque separatist group ETA for an attack on a former Socialist party official. Jose Ramon Rekalde, a former local councillor for justice and education, was shot in the head by gunmen as he stepped from his car in city of San Sebastian in the northern Basque region. Hospital officials said they expected him to survive. .... http://CNN.com/2000/WORLD/europe/09/15/spain.eta.ap/index.html .....More World stories at http://cnn.com/WORLD ~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~ > CALIFORNIA'S VANDENBERG AFB REMAINS OPEN AS WILDFIRE RAGES A wildfire that has burned 11,000 acres at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California did not force the base to be closed and evacuated, a spokesman said. Air Force Master Sgt. Ty Foster said measures were taken to reduce base traffic and give firefighters better access the fire. .... http://CNN.com/2000/US/09/14/wildfires.03/index.html > LOS ANGELES COUNTY TRANSIT STRIKE POSTPONED 24 HOURS Bus and rail drivers agreed early Friday to postpone for 24 hours a planned strike that could have left 450,000 people without a means of getting around. Three unions are involved in the labor dispute with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The decision to extend negotiations came just minutes after a 12:01 a.m. strike deadline. .... http://CNN.com/2000/US/09/15/transit.strike.ap/index.html > VIRGINIA EXECUTION CARRIED OUT, ITALY OUTRAGED Despite protests in his mother's homeland and a plea for clemency from the Vatican, Derek Rocco Barnabei was executed by injection Thursday in Virginia for killing his teen-age girlfriend seven years ago. The execution was carried out days after DNA tests further implicated the 33-year-old Barnabei in the rape and murder of Sarah J. Wisnosky, a 17-year-old Old Dominion University freshman he had been dating. .... http://CNN.com/2000/WORLD/europe/09/14/italy.execution.02/index.html .....More U.S. stories at http://cnn.com/US ~~~~~~~~~~~ BUSINESS from CNNfn ~~~~~~~~~~~ > WALL STREET PONDERS ORACLE'S WORDS (AND NUMBERS) Better-than-expected earnings from a leading software maker, Oracle, and another report gauging inflation greet U.S. stock investors Friday. Early indications suggest U.S. stocks will open higher, but the Labor Department's release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for August before Wall Street opens for business could alter the picture. .... http://CNN.com/cnnfn/2000/09/15/markets/stockswatch/ > ASIAN MARKETS FALL, FORD HITS KOREA Ford Motor Co. dealt a blow to South Korea's benchmark stock index Friday, after it said it wouldn't go ahead with a bid to buy debt-laden Daewoo Motor, while Hong Kong stocks headed lower on concern the U.S. Federal reserve may soon raise interest rates again. The Tokyo market was closed Friday for a holiday. In South Korea, the Kospi index plunged 22.46 points, or 3.4 percent, to 627.68, while the tech-heavy Kosdaq fell 2.3 percent to 99.78. Ford, the world's No. 2 automaker, had been expected to complete the purchase of Daewoo Motor by the end of this month. .... http://CNN.com/cnnfn/2000/09/14/asia/markets_asia/ > REPORT: U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT MORE TIRES U.S. officials have received at least 12 complaints about tires other than those recalled by Bridgestone Corp., the Japanese company embroiled in controversy involving its Firestone tires, Business Week reported. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received complaints about blistering, bubbling and bulging sidewalls on Bridgestone Potenza RE040 radial tires on 2000-model Audi S4 sedans, the magazine said in its Sept. 25 edition, available on newsstands Friday. .... http://CNN.com/cnnfn/2000/09/15/news/wires/bridgestone_wg/ .....More Business stories at http://CNNfn.com .....For market numbers see http://CNNfn.com/markets ~~~~~~~~~~~ Sports from CNN/SI ~~~~~~~~~~~ > OPENING CEREMONIES CHRISTEN 2000 GAMES Unveiling itself to a curious world, Australia inaugurated the 2000 Summer Olympics on Friday with a color-soaked, multicultural journey through a history of triumphs and tears. In music, imagery and a few well-chosen words -- "G'Day, G'Day" was one signature song -- the nation's Olympic organizers created a fluid story to launch the new millennium's first Games. From the populous coasts to the rough, empty Outback, they told Australia's story. .... http://CNN.com/cnnsi/olympics/news/2000/09/14/opening_ceremonies_ap/ > N.Y. METS WIN, STAY TWO GAMES BEHIND BRAVES IN EAST The New York Mets know that every game counts, no matter who the opponent is. Edgardo Alfonzo, Robin Ventura and Jay Payton homered Thursday night as the New York Mets beat the Montreal Expos 10-4 and remained two games behind Atlanta, the NL East leader. .... http://CNN.com/cnnsi/baseball/mlb/news/2000/09/14/mets_expos_ap/ > PEDRO MARTINEZ GETS BEST OF INDIANS AGAIN Pedro Martinez can't be intimidated by taunts, boos or death threats. And as far as the Cleveland Indians are concerned, Martinez can't be beaten. Martinez did it to Cleveland once again Thursday night, allowing four hits in seven innings to remain undefeated in his career against the Indians in leading the Boston Red Sox to a 7-4 win. .... http://CNN.com/cnnsi/baseball/mlb/news/2000/09/14/redsox_indians_ap/ .....More Sports stories at http://CNNSI.com .....For scores see http://CNNSI.com/scoreboards ~~~~~~~~~~~ POLITICS from AllPolitics ~~~~~~~~~~~ > BUSH, GORE CAMPAIGNS AGREE TO THREE DEBATES After weeks of sparring, representatives of George W. Bush and Al Gore agreed Thursday to stage three prime-time presidential debates and one between the vice presidential nominees as originally proposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Campaign aides worked out a deal in Washington while Gore stumped in New England and Bush in California. .... http://CNN.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/14/campaign.wrap/index.html > U.S. SENATE SET TO VOTE SEPT 19 ON CHINA TRADE BILL A landmark China trade bill that could transform Sino-U.S. relations headed for final passage after months of delay as Senate leaders set a Sept. 19 vote. Senators said Thursday there was no doubt the legislation, granting permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) to China, would pass by a large margin, in a victory for big business and President Clinton. The last major hurdle was cleared Wednesday when senators rejected a controversial plan to impose sanctions on China for its alleged role in weapons proliferation. .... http://CNN.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/14/wto.china.congress.reut/index.html > FBI REVIEWING SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE CONTAINING BUSH DEBATE PREP VIDEOS The FBI is reviewing a package received by a confidant of Al Gore that contained documents and a videotape apparently related to rival George W. Bush's debate preparations. The mysterious parcel arrived a day before a meeting between the Gore and Bush campaigns Thursday with the Commission on Presidential Debates to try and work out details for fall debates. .... http://CNN.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/14/debate.prep.ap/index.html > AL GORE TAKES HIS CAMPAIGN TO LETTERMAN SHOW Vice President Al Gore on Thursday took his campaign to the "Late Show With David Letterman," reading off a "Top Ten" list of what he claimed were rejected slogans for his presidential campaign. Top on his list: "I'll be Twice as Cool as That President Guy on 'The West Wing."' Gore's appearance on Letterman followed an invitation by the show's host to the Democratic candidate and his Republican rival, George W. Bush, to debate on the late-night program. .... http://CNN.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/14/gore.letterman.reut/index.html .....More Politics stories at http://CNN.com/ALLPOLITICS .....Commentary & cartoons at http://CNN.com/ALLPOLITICS/analysis/ ~~~~~~~~~~~ SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY ~~~~~~~~~~~ > SCIENTISTS REJECT EASING BAN ON GAY MALE BLOOD DONORS Government scientists narrowly rejected a proposal to ease the ban on gay male blood donors Thursday, citing concern that there wasn't enough evidence about how the move might affect the AIDS risk to the nation's blood supply. .... http://CNN.com/2000/HEALTH/AIDS/09/14/blood.gaymen.ap/index.html > NEW X-RAY TELESCOPE COULD PEER INSIDE BLACK HOLES Astronomers have developed a design for an X-ray telescope so staggeringly powerful that it could see black holes gulping matter in distant galaxies. Government and university scientists successfully tested a small prototype at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. A full-size instrument based on the new design would be a million times more powerful than today's observatories, the researchers said. .... http://CNN.com/2000/TECH/space/09/14/blackholetelescope.ap/index.html > SPACE STATION TOILET INSTALLED, BUT FIRST FLUSH YET TO COME Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts installed one of the most critical parts of the new International Space Station on Thursday: the toilet. But they saved the first flush for the men who will be moving in November. In an interview with The Associated Press, spaceman Daniel Burbank said the space station already feels like a home. He and his six crewmates have been sprucing up the three-room complex and loading it with supplies in preparation for the first full-time crew's arrival. .... http://CNN.com/2000/TECH/space/09/14/space.station.ap/index.html > COMET-LIKE OBJECT DISPLAYS UNEXPECTED CRATER, MYSTERIOUS ICE A comet-like object with a mysterious crater could offer insights into the violent past of ghostly objects hovering in the far reaches of the solar system, Hubble scientists said Thursday. A chunk of ice and debris called Asbolus, which orbits the sun between Saturn and Uranus, surprised astronomers when they discovered it had what looked like a fresh crater. .... http://CNN.com/2000/TECH/space/09/14/hubble.centaur/index.html .....More Sci-Tech stories at http://CNN.com/TECH .....What's new in high-tech? See http://CNN.com/TECH/index.html#tomtod ~~~~~~~~~~~ SHOWBIZ ~~~~~~~~~~~ > MICHAEL J. FOX, MARY TYLER MOORE TESTIFY AT STEM RESEARCH HEARING Advocates for stem cell research told U.S. Senators on Capitol Hill Thursday it's time to move forward with the promising, but controversial, scientific work. Scientists, actors and activists testified before the Senate subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, which is trying to determine what kinds of patients might benefit from the research. Among the witnesses were celebrities Mary Tyler Moore, who chairs the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, and Michael J. Fox, who recently quit acting to focus on Parkinson's disease research. .... http://CNN.com/2000/HEALTH/09/14/stemcell.hearing.02/index.html > MADONNA BIDS TO WIN DOMAIN NAME GAME The Internet is the battleground and the domain name madonna.com is the prize up for grabs as a New Jersey pornographer slugs it out with singer Madonna in the hallowed halls of the United Nations in Switzerland. Dan Parisi, a former asbestos remover, purchased madonna.com in 1998 for $20,000. Madonna has filed a complaint the World Intellectual Property Organization. .... http://CNN.com/2000/WORLD/europe/09/13/switzerland.madonna/index.html > BEATLE LABEL TO GET BACK 'WORTHLESS' GOLD DISCS The Beatles' record label is set to get back 10 gold discs seized by Britain's Customs and Excise department from the Fab Four 36 years ago. Beatles spokesman Geoff Baker told CNN.com that their record label Apple "wants to pursue the matter" now that official papers have revealed the discs still exist, as museum pieces in the Customs own library. .... http://CNN.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/14/beatle.disc/index.html > 'BIG BROTHER' SPAWNS 'JAILBREAK' If you said "Oh, brother" to "Big Brother," wait until you hear about the latest reality show out of Britain. Channel 5 has begun airing "Jailbreak," a game show in which 10 contestants battle to escape from prison and win the top prize of $141,000. Thirty-five cameras monitor the inmates, whose ages range from 20 to 51, as they attempt to escape from the jail built in Hertfordshire, north of London. .... http://CNN.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/News/09/13/showbuzz/#story1 .....More Showbiz stories at http://CNN.com/SHOWBIZ .....Your local U.S. TV listings are at http://CNN.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/ ========================================================= = Please send comments and suggestions to: = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = = To unsubscribe from Headline News Mail go to = = http://CNN.com/EMAIL = ========================================================= > Copyright 2000 Cable News Network Inc. < CNN Interactive email id:27013073218356478