Zimbabwe Arrests 4 Over News About Police
Date: 16 August 2001
By Rachel L. Swarns
Rachel Swarns
Authorities in Zimbabwe arrest three senior editors and one reporter from nation's only independent daily newspaper, The Daily News, one day after paper reports that militants used police cars during recent looting of white-owned farms; journalists are charged with publishing 'false news' and are eventually released but warned they may be called in for further questioning; arrests mark Zimbabwean government's latest effort to stifle independent news media, which have sharply criticized authorities for condoning political violence, disregarding its courts and encouraging invasion of white-owned farms (M)
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CBS Executives Take a Journey To CNN Land
Date: 16 August 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CBS News executives visit CNN's Atlanta headquarters as part of continuing discussions about possible news-gathering partnership (M)
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Seeking Sizzle at CNN
Date: 15 August 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CNN approaches Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio talk show host, about taking part in a program (S)
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For All Creatures, A Publicity Hound; Getting Press for Pets (It's Not Hard)
Date: 15 August 2001
By Sherri Day
Sherri Day
Profile of Jane Colton, flight attendant who helps rescue pets through her media connections in New York City metropolitan area; says over past six years, she has gained reputation as real-life pet detective who advocates for animal rights and helps people find lost animals; holds although Colton does not physically rescue animals, she has been homebound for over two years because of surgery resulted in damage to her femoral nerve, she has leared to exploit press on behalf of pets; photos (M)
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Topics of The Times; Free Press, Everywhere but Here
Date: 15 August 2001
Topics of The Times editorial scores Freedom Forum decision to kill project for biography of media magnate Allen H Neuharth that was to be written by Michael Gartner
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Does 'Jackass' Have a Life?
Date: 15 August 2001
By Jim Rutenberg and Bill Carter
Jim Rutenberg
Johnny Knoxville, the star of MTV's "Jackass," has cast the show's future in doubt, telling the Knoxville News-Sentinel that he had no interest in continuing the show
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In America; Hiding in Plain Sight
Date: 16 August 2001
By Bob Herbert
Bob Herbert
Bob Herbert Op-Ed column comments on makeovers for mayoral hopefuls in New York City; says Mark Green, Michael Bloomberg, Alan Hevesi and Fernando Ferrer are presenting themselves in ways they hope will improve their poll numbers, even when it is at odds with their previous personas; says they will emerge in sharper relief over next few weeks as debates are held, press coverage intensifies and television ads multiply (M)
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OSI PHARMACEUTICALS TO CLOSE 2 PLANTS AND CONSOLIDATE
Date: 15 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
OSI Pharmaceuticals will close its plants in Tarrytown, NY, and Birmingham, England, early in 2002; move follows recent agreement to buy research lab from British Biotech and is part of plan to concentrate its research operations at two new sites in Farmingdale, NY, and Oxford, England (S)
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AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS RECALLS HORMONE TABLETS
Date: 16 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Home Products recalls two batches of its best-selling hormone-replacement drug, Premarin, after tests show that some of tablets do not meet certain quality requirements; drugs failed to meet government quality-control standard during what is known as 'dissolution test' (S)
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MASTERCARD INTENDS TO BECOME PRIVATE SHARE COMPANY
Date: 16 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MasterCard International plans to issue tradable shares to banks around world that own it (S)
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