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Wanted to let you guys know up front what's going on with Chris...He's been
hospitalized with malaria and is resting comfortably at this hour (Actually he's been
busy this afternoon dictating his latest book to his researchers)...He's expected to
make a full recovery and return home by week's end...As you know Chris has traveled
extensively throughout the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia...Just got off the
phone with him and he's "betting on Zimbabwe" as to the origin of his
illness...Nonetheless, it hasn't dampened his spirits or feistiness, however...Watch
this space for updates..
Tonight Barnicle will talk to Jesse...Check below for two big Wash Times pieces on him
We'll do the economy story with Robert Reich, Ben Stein, and Warren Rudman...The
debate will be over the "sexualization" of kids..We got Donna Rice Hughes and Richard
Walters (UCLA Film Prof)....
Jesse will be in B
The orders came from on high in Secaucus this morning to kick it up a notch...This
will be a good one, trust me...Rios v. vanden Heuvel on the Priscilla Owen Judiciary
fight among other topics...
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There's a lot of buzz today up in the Big Apple over one of our former All Star Friday
panelists...Al "The Rev" Sharpton
The Rev. Al Sharpton discusses a major coke deal with an undercover federal agent on a
19-year-old video that will be aired tonight. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/53144.htm
"I can get pure coke ... for about 35,000 a kilo," says Victor Quintana, the FBI
agent, as Sharpton nods during the sting operation. "But I gotta get, you know, more
than one." "Right," Sharpton replies. (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/5261p-4844c.html
"This is nothing but some dirty tricks from some law enforcement officials," the civil
rights activist said from Cleveland on Monday night. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020723/ap_on_re_us/sharpton_tape_2
President and Dog:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/020722/168/1wb9o.html
Teens Before Their Time...With budding breasts and pubic hair, girls are developing
earlier than ever. What's causing it? And what are the psychological effects? (Time)
http://www.time.com/time/pacific/magazine/20001030/cover.html
A decade ago, more than half of high school teens had sexual intercourse while they
were in high school...Now, according to new federal data, it appears that the tables
have turned, and virginal teens outnumber the sexually active ones. (The Washington
Times) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020722-76660856.htm
SEC considers rule on analysts' picks...Influence of investment banking colleagues
under scrutiny (The Wall Street Journal) http://www.msnbc.com/news/784136.asp
Senior credit officers of Citigroup misrepresented the full nature of a 1999
transaction with Enron in the records of the deal so that the energy company could
ignore accounting requirements and hide its true financial condition, according to
internal bank documents and government investigators. (The New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/23/business/23CITI.html?ex=1028088000&en=521970df2888ac6e&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1
President Bush came to the southwest suburbs Monday to cheer on local scientists and
trumpet his homeland security plans, but he found himself giving a pep talk on the
economy as the stock market zigged and zagged like a football player who lost his
playbook. (Chicago Sun Times) http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-bush23.html
Bush's task: Turn back the bears...President presses for Congress to finish
corporate-reform package by Friday, as White House takes heat on economy (Christian
Science Monitor) http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0723/p01s01-uspo.html
Lobbyists Lose Clout...Business Groups Find Their Influence On Audit Reform
Legislation Shrinking (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47300-2002Jul22.html
As millions of Americans watched in horror as their nest eggs shrank with the stock
market's big nose dive last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill was noticeably
missing from the scene (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020723/ap_to_po/us_o_neill_mia__2
Corporate wrongdoing and economic jitters have soured the national mood noticeably in
recent weeks, according to prominent Republican pollsters who warn of "GOP turnout
problems" in midterm elections if the trend persists. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=513&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20020723/ap_on_go_ot/corporate_politics_8
Jackson plans peace talks with Arafat...Jesse Jackson pointedly criticized President
Bush's handling of the Middle East and said he will seek to meet with Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat on a peace mission "soon." (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020723-98951228.htm
Jesse Jackson yesterday equated police officers accused of brutality with terrorists,
referring to police as the "militia." There is a pattern of African Americans being
beaten by the militia and killed by the militia," Mr. Jackson said in an interview
with the Washington Times.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020723-85008396.htm
Senate ethics panel staff questions Torricelli...Sen. Robert G. Torricelli was
questioned yesterday by staff of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics about
accusations that he accepted cash in exchange for official favors. (The Washington
Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020723-7069774.htm
Israeli strike kills Hamas leader, 14 others...Israeli warplanes launched a missile
attack in Gaza early Tuesday, killing the military leader of Hamas and at least 14
other Palestinians, including several children.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, sharply criticized U.S. policy in
the Middle East yesterday, urging the Bush administration to leave Yasser Arafat alone
and warning that a military strike on Iraq would be an "attack against God Himself."
(The Washington Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20020723-32514064.htm
Gertz: China recently test-fired a medium-range missile that contained numerous dummy
warheads designed to defeat missile defenses, according to U.S. intelligence
officials. The launch of a CSS-5 medium-range missile occurred in early July from a
missile base in southern China, said officials familiar with the intelligence report.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020723-368019.htm
U.S. shifts policy on Iranian reform...Bush administration appeals to 'aspirations of
Iranian people' (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/784207.asp
Video from the U.S. warplane that attacked villages in central Afghanistan earlier
this month shows gunfire from the ground, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said.
But Rumsfeld said it is difficult to tell from the nighttime video whether
anti-aircraft guns were being fired at the Air Force AC-130 gunship. (AP)
http://nandotimes.com/special_reports/terrorism/story/474904p-3796910c.html
Liberals step up fight against nominee Owen...Liberal groups want to derail the
nomination of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen, who faces a rocky reception
from Democrats today at her confirmation hearing. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020723-15065258.htm
A number of prominent Republicans, led by former White House counsel C. Boyden Gray,
have formed a committee to pressure the Senate to approve President Bush's nominees
for federal judgeships (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47344-2002Jul22.html?referer=email
Bush holds funds on family planning...The Bush administration said yesterday that it
will not pay the $34 million Congress has earmarked for U.N. family-planning programs
overseas. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020723-12697648.htm
Two grounded America West pilots drank nearly three gallons of beer before they
allegedly tried to fly a jetliner earlier this month, prosecutors are charging. (NY
Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/53179.htm
Hispanic Group Assails INS Enforcement Plan...La Raza Says Fla. Pact Stirs Immigrant
Fears (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47483-2002Jul22.html
House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt told a national Hispanic rights group meeting
in Miami Beach on Monday that he plans to introduce a bill within the next few weeks
that would grant legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants (Miami Herald)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/3715216.htm
"Fear Factor Sundae," "Will & Grace's Rocky Road of Romance," "Good Morning Miami
Mint" and "Pralines 'n' American Dreams" are among the upcoming Baskin Robins flavors
named after NBC shows (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020723-19243202.htm
Al Gore will be kicking off his second summer camp for young activists in Tennessee
and raising money for a Senate candidate this week (AP)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-elect/2002/jul/22/072208298.html
Actor Bruce Willis and the White House are teaming up to recruit more people to adopt
the tens of thousands of often older, emotionally bruised children languishing in
foster care. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=5&u=/ap/20020723/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_adoption_6
Sen. Robert Torricelli testified before an ethics panel Monday that is probing
allegations that he accepted gifts and cash from a campaign contributor and, in
return, helped the contributor with business dealings overseas. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020722/ap_on_go_co/torricelli_ethics_6
Sneed hears rumbles former President Bill Clinton is seeking help in adjusting to his
new life as an ex-U.S. commander in chief.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/sneed/cst-nws-sneed23.html
Washington Whispers: Bruce Lindsey, former President Clinton's closest confidante and
trusted advisor, is headed back to Little Rock to rejoin the firm that bears his
father's name-Wright, Lindsey & Jennings.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/whisphome.htm
Foundation to Honor Martha Stewart (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020719/ap_on_en_ot/people_martha_stewart_and_russell_simmons_2
Earle's Lindh Song Hits Sour Note in Nashville (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47483-2002Jul22.html
Grove: ...We're not shocked to hear that over the weekend at Camp David, Bush screened
the latest Mike Myers vehicle, "Austin Powers in Goldmember." No word yesterday on the
presidential verdict.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46714-2002Jul22.html
Drudge reports that Bush "loved it" http://www.drudgereport.com/gold.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Hollywood's bad mothers...Hollywood seems to have a fascination with bad mothers,
writes Moira Redmond in Slate in exploring the depiction of motherhood in recent films.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/783898.asp
Mitch Daniels: Homeland Security: Do It Right
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47410-2002Jul22.html
Altman: The Market Punishes Its Own...Congress won't fix corporate accounting.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002026
Mark Levin: Joe Lieberman's Cover-Up...Where is Robert Rubin?
http://www.nationalreview.com/levin/levin072302.asp
DeWayne Wickham: Skip Gore this time, please
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/wickham/2002-07-23-wickham_x.htm
Treasury Secretary O'Neill is missing in action. He should resign. (Orlando Sentinel)
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-edped231072302jul23.story?coll=orl%2Dopinion%2Dheadlines
Samuelson: The Real Price of the Slide...The market has dropped by a dizzying $7.7
trillion since its peak. Will falling stocks cause a 'double dip' recession-or will
the rising economy help salvage our investments? http://www.msnbc.com/news/783516.asp
Ingraham: No time for vacation
http://jewishworldreview.com/0702/ingraham.html
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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