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TODAY'S HEADLINES The New York Times on the Web Tuesday, July 17, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "There is a strong possibility that we will go through all this agony and it will end up changing nothing." -CHESTER E. FINN Jr., a former Reagan administration official, discussing Federal legislation on school testing. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/national/17EDUC.html?todaysheadlines NATIONAL ========================= Education Plan Comes Under Fire by State Officials Education officials say coming federal requirements for reading and math tests threaten to undermine the testing systems in virtually every state. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/national/17EDUC.html?todaysheadlines ----- Condit Facing Bills in Inquiry With Few Financial Resources Representative Gary A. Condit of California, caught in the middle of the Chandra Ann Levy controversy, faces big expenses for his team of lawyers and public relations advisers and it is unclear what resources he has to pay them. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/politics/17INTE.html?todaysheadlines ----- Church Bombing Figure Found to Be Incompetent An Alabama judge ruled that Bobby Frank Cherry, the sole remaining defendant in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing case, was mentally incompetent to stand trial. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/national/17CHUR.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html?todaysheadline /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ AFFORDABLE PRE-WIRED OFFICE SPACE... is available in NYC's hottest new high-tech districts: in Upper Manhattan; Long Island City, Queens; Staten Island; the South Bronx; and four locations in Brooklyn. 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of a law that seeks to punish foreigners for investing in property in Cuba that was confiscated by the Havana government. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/international/17PREX.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html?todaysheadline BUSINESS ========================= Panel Urges Higher Fuel Efficiency for Automobiles A federal panel backed by President Bush has recommended that the government require automakers to improve the mileage of new vehicles. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/business/17AUTO.html?todaysheadlines ----- Several Rough Years Are Seen for Semiconductor Industry Semiconductor equipment makers will see their industry decline by more than a third this year and will not surpass last year's sales levels until 2004. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/technology/ebusiness/17CHIP.html?todaysheadlines ----- Citigroup's Profits Rise, Bank of America's Fall Citigroup Inc. posted a 13 percent increase in quarterly profits on Monday, but earnings at Bank of America Corp., fell 2 percent. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/business/17BANK.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE BUSINESS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?todaysheadline TECHNOLOGY ========================= Compaq to Emphasize Computer Services Compaq will announce a change in the way it sells its products to large corporations, emphasizing the company's increasing reliance on its services division. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/technology/ebusiness/17COMP.html?todaysheadlines ----- Several Rough Years Are Seen for Semiconductor Industry Semiconductor equipment makers will see their industry decline by more than a third this year and will not surpass last year's sales levels until 2004. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/technology/ebusiness/17CHIP.html?todaysheadlines ----- Clever Wiring Harnesses Tiny Switches Researchers in the field of molecular electronics are now starting to tackle the problem of how to wire tiny molecular switches together into useful devices. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/science/physical/17SWIT.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadline POLITICS ========================= Cheney Calls on Navy to Pay Bill to Light His Home The White House has asked Congress to shift the $186,000 electricity bill for Vice President Dick Cheney's official residence from the vice president's official budget to the Navy. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/politics/17MANS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Moderate Democrats Seek Unity and a Leader This year's gathering of the Democratic Leadership Council has added significance as Democrats continue to seek the party's ideological footing now that the Republicans control the White House. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/politics/17DEMS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Study Says 2000 Election Missed Millions of Votes A study of the 2000 presidential election by scientists from the M.I.T. and the California Institute of Technology found that 4 million to 6 million votes of the 100 million cast last November were not counted. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/politics/17VOTE.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE POLITICS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?todaysheadline SPORTS ========================= Trachsel Wins to Continue Mets' Awakening Steve Trachsel, who has been a major disappointment for the Mets this year, pitched a splendid game in leading the Mets past the Toronto Blue Jays. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/sports/baseball/17METS.html?todaysheadlines ----- Yanks Overcome Missed Chances to Beat Phillies The Yankees won in spite of themselves, scoring an improbable go-ahead run on a balk with two out in the 13th inning and adding two more runs to win. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/sports/baseball/17YANK.html?todaysheadlines ----- Judge Dismisses Some Charges in Olympic Vote-Buying Case A federal judge threw out 4 of 15 felony charges in the Salt Lake City Olympics bribery case and indefinitely postponed the trial of two men indicted in the case. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/sports/othersports/17LAKE.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE SPORTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html?todaysheadline ARTS ========================= Reality Island: Overcrowded, but Showing No Signs of Sinking With as many as 15 to 20 reality shows crowding their way onto the broadcast networks next season, how much reality TV is too much? http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/arts/17REAL.html?todaysheadlines ----- A Sandinista Who Renounced the Sword for the Pen After quitting the Sandinista movement and dropping out of politics several years ago, Sergio Ramírez began a literary career that has won him worldwide renown. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/books/17ARTS.html?todaysheadlines ----- On the Stage or in the Tent, the Sound Was Spinning at Jones Beach Live bands performed on one stage while disc jockeys pumped out dance beats in a nearby tent at Area: One, the seven-hour event at the Jones Beach Theater. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/arts/17AREA.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE ARTS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?todaysheadline NY REGION ========================= Bloomberg Tops Combined Spending of All Opponents Billionaire businessman Michael R. Bloomberg has already spent more than $8 million of his own money in his bid for mayor, exceeding the combined expenditures of all four of the Democrats and one Republican vying against him. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/nyregion/17FINA.html?todaysheadlines ----- In Court, a Priest Reveals a Secret He Carried for 12 Years A Roman Catholic priest, the Rev. Joseph Towle, testified that in 1989 a man, now dead, confessed to him that he had killed a man whom two friends were convicted of murdering. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/nyregion/17PRIE.html?todaysheadlines ----- All Languages, All the Time, And All Over the Suburban Dial Ethnic radio stations are increasingly popping up in the far corners of the New York metropolitan area, reflecting both the growing diversity of suburbia and the changing nature of the radio business. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/nyregion/17RADI.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NY REGION NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html?todaysheadline OP-ED ========================= Demanding a Vote on Reform House speaker Dennis Hastert must know that in reneging last week on his promise to allow for a fair vote on campaign finance reform, he is further dramatizing the issue. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/opinion/17TUE1.html?todaysheadlines ----- A Missile Shield Road Map The Pentagon reports that last weekend's missile defense test was a success but many more tests will be needed before a reliable ground-based system is ready for use. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/opinion/17TUE2.html?todaysheadlines ----- New Man at the Olympic Helm The election of Dr. Jacques Rogge to serve an eight-year term as the International Olympic Committee president was as important a decision as the granting of the 2008 Summer Olympics to Beijing. http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/opinion/17TUE3.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE OP-ED NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html?todaysheadline HOW TO CHANGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------ You received these headlines because you requested The New York Times Direct e-mail service. 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