MediaTalk; Lou Dobbs May Yet Help Out 'Moneyline'
Date: 09 April 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Speculation about successor to Stuart Varney as co-anchor of CNN's Moneyline News Hour focuses on return to post of Lou Dobbs, who has refused to return in past, or deal in which CNN lets Dobbs out of contract so he can appear on CNBC in return for CNBC letting one of its financial news stars take post (M)
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View: In Florida, Another Demand for a Do-Over
Date: 08 April 2001
By Jessica Yellin
Jessica Yellin
THE Florida recount is back in the news. And I may be the only person in the nation who is thrilled.
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Media; Those who want to control information find an ally in a public that seems to accept restrictions.
Date: 09 April 2001
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer column on increasing pressure to control and limit information and apparent public willingness to accept new curbs; sees people more concerned about personal privacy than about public's right to know; notes legal ground of new information battles is unfamiliar (M)
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A New Royal Blush in Britain's Press
Date: 09 April 2001
By Warren Hoge
Warren Hoge
Latest embarrassment for Britain's House of Windsor involves Sophie Rhys-Jones, Countess of Wessex, public relations executive who married Prince Edward, youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II, two years ago; Britain's best-selling paper, News of the World, publishes clandestinely taped interviews with her and her business partner in which she speaks indiscreetly of her misgivings about British politicians and other members of royal family; partner talks of his drug use and of arranging sex tourism and setting up trysts for clients with groups of young gay men; Sophie announces her resignation from her company; voices regret for her own misjudgment in succumbing to what she terms entrapment operation; photo (M)
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Gretzky Struggles as Rookie Executive
Date: 08 April 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PHOENIX, April 7 — Wayne Gretzky has had a tough first six weeks adjusting to his role as the minority owner of the Phoenix Coyotes.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 09 April 2001
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 U.S. Warns China of Harm In Spy Plane Standoff The Bush administration warned Beijing that its relationship with the United States risked further harm if the crew of a downed American spy plane remained in detention. Officials again firmly rejected the kind of apology China has demanded for the plane's collision with a Chinese fighter jet, and insisted that the United States would not give up its right to such eavesdropping flights. A10 American diplomats were allowed to meet with only 8 of the 24 detained crew members at their third meeting and were denied a fourth meeting later in the day. A10
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 08 April 2001
INTERNATIONAL 3-15 China Insists on More From U.S. in Plane Crisis China insisted that the United States has not done enough to end the crisis over the 24 Americans detained after their spy plane made an emergency landing. While negotiations continued to find a way out of the standoff, official propaganda in China both reflected popular anger and kept it ratcheted high. A letter from Chinese officials explained their position. 1 Two American diplomats began a third meeting with the detained crew. They said that China had indicated that it would provide the diplomats ''unfettered access'' to the crew members until they are released. 10
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How to Deliver Bad News
Date: 09 April 2001
Photograph by Brenda Ann Kenneally Interviews Catherine st. Louis
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Mark Peterson, Kathy Peterson and Dr. Michael A. Weiner, Children's Hospital of New York, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, March 21, 2001
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The Way We Live Now: 4-08-01: What They Were Thinking; How to Deliver Bad News
Date: 08 April 2001
By Catherine Saint Louis
Catherine Louis
Mark Peterson, Kathy Peterson and Dr. Michael A. Weiner, Children's Hospital of New York, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, March 21, 2001 Weiner (right): ''When parents first hear the word 'leukemia,' they are absolutely devastated. They think, 'Oh, my God, my son is going to die.' Their world stops. But during that hour and a half that I sit with them, we go into the nuances of treatment and cure. I give families news in a sequence starting from the test results that confirm the diagnosis -- in this case leukemia. I give them information about the particular type of leukemia, give the treatment plan and go back and reiterate. The quote-unquote bad news I mention once or twice and mention the good news five, six or eight times so that's what they'll walk away with. Today we can offer children a cure rate that approaches 85 percent. I try not to allow any thoughts of that 15 percent to creep in. I am hopeful. That's what I want to convey.
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