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Date: 03 December 2000
By David Rakoff
David Rakoff
William Bastone and Daniel Green explain their Web site, thesmokinggun.com, for which they hunt down public-realm documents behind stories in the news; interview; photo (M)
Date: 03 December 2000
By Erik Eckholm
Erik Eckholm
Abuse of power by rural officials is receiving increasing attention in China's national press, sign of concern among Communist leaders about lawlessness in countryside even as they struggle against corruption in cities; central party leaders publicly encourage press to help expose local corruption, but are also obsessed with maintaining stability; all reports are vetted as party still fears free, probing press (M)
Date: 03 December 2000
By Marc A. Santora
Marc Santora
Nation's latest political drama has also produced new product placement: yellow Ryder truck tracked by cameras as it carried disputed Florida ballots to state capital (S)
Date: 03 December 2000
By William M. Arkin
William
Sampling of some of US government's secret designations for classified documents and programs (S)
Date: 03 December 2000
By Margaret Talbot
Margaret Talbot
Margaret Talbot comment on Chelsea Clinton and how journalists and general public have complied with her parents' efforts to give her normal upbringing with as little media attention as possible; photos; questions why Chelsea, now a young adult who has campaigned with her mother, is still only seen and not generally heard (M)
Date: 03 December 2000
By Clifford Krauss
Clifford Krauss
Intrigue-laced events that led Peruvian Pres Alberto K Fujimori to step down after decade in power are only now becoming clear; Fujimori's fate became deeply entangled with that that of his shadowy spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos, whom Fujimore had allowed to run a virtual state within a state, appointing army commanders and judges, manipulating media--and the vote count--to ensure Fujimori's re-election and bribing lawmakers to provide a quiescent Congress; beginning of end for Fujimori was September television broadcast of videotape showing Montesinos bribing member of Congress; subsequent chain of events leading to Montesinos becoming fugitive wanted on corruption charges and Fujimori's resignation detailed; photos (M)
Date: 03 December 2000
By Jane Mayer
Jane Mayer
Jane Mayer essay on leaking information as way of life in Washington, DC; relates cases in which presidents have leaked information intentionally, practice raised to new levels in Bill Clinton's 'virtually transparent' White House (M)
Date: 02 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Raytheon Co alerts analysts that its 2001 earnings will come in 5 to 10 cents per share lower than previously forecast (S)
Date: 02 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Canadian closed-end energy fund, ARC Energy Trust, will buy Startech Energy Inc, oil and gas producer, for $216 million (S)
Date: 02 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Miller Brewing Co unit of Philip Morris Companies plans to sell its Celis Brewery business (S)