Ponovno predvajanje nedelja, 16. januar 2005

16. januar 2005 je bil nedelja pod znakom zvezdice . Bil je 15 dan v letu. Predsednik Združenih držav je bil George W. Bush.

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Nekateri ljudje, ki delijo ta rojstni dan:

  • Aaliyah (baletnik, filmski igralec, fotomodel, glasbenik, igralec, maneken, pevec, plesalec, Rojen na 16. januar 1979)
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda (besedilopisec, dramatik, filmski režiser, gledališki igralec, gledališki režiser, igralec, libretist, pevec, pisec pesmi, prevajalec, raper, skladatelj, Rojen na 16. januar 1980)
  • John Carpenter (filmski producent, filmski režiser, igralec, montažer, pisatelj, scenarist, skladatelj, skladatelj filmske glasbe, Rojen na 16. januar 1948)
  • Albert Pujols (igralec bejzbola, Rojen na 16. januar 1980)
  • Sade Adu (glasbeni producent, jazz glasbenik, kantavtor, maneken, pevec, skladatelj, Rojen na 16. januar 1959)
  • Kate Moss (maneken, modni oblikovalec, Rojen na 16. januar 1974)
  • Vijay Sethupathi (igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1978)
  • Sidharth Malhotra (filmski igralec, igralec, maneken, Rojen na 16. januar 1985)
  • Takumi Minamino (nogometaš, Rojen na 16. januar 1995)
  • Fulgencio Batista (politik, vojaška osebnost, Rojen na 16. januar 1901)
  • James May (glasbenik, novinar, pisatelj, televizijski voditelj, Rojen na 16. januar 1963)
  • Roy Jones Jr. (boksar, igralec, novinar, pevec, raper, Rojen na 16. januar 1969)
  • René Angélil (glasbeni producent, igralec, igralec pokra, pevec, podjetnik, skladatelj, Rojen na 16. januar 1942)
  • Debbie Allen (TV-producent, filmski igralec, filmski producent, filmski režiser, gledališki igralec, igralec, koreograf, pevec, pisatelj, plesalec, scenarist, televizijski igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1950)
  • Kabir Bedi (filmski igralec, maneken, televizijski igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1946)
  • Joe Flacco (igralec ameriškega nogometa, Rojen na 16. januar 1985)
  • Thomas Fritsch (filmski igralec, glasovni igralec, pevec, televizijski igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1944)
  • Pelle Ohlin (glasbenik, pevec, vokalist, Rojen na 16. januar 1969)
  • Dian Fossey (akademik, antropolog, biolog, ekolog, etolog, pisatelj, primatolog, zoolog, Rojen na 16. januar 1932)
  • Yasmin Abdulaziz (igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1980)
  • Susan Sontag (avtor, borec za človekove pravice, esejist, feminist, filmski kritik, filmski režiser, filozof, gledališki režiser, literarni kritik, novinar, pisatelj, profesor, publicist, romanopisec, scenarist, zgodovinar, Rojen na 16. januar 1933)
  • Nicklas Bendtner (nogometaš, Rojen na 16. januar 1988)
  • Marwan Kenzari (filmski igralec, igralec, performer, televizijski igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1983)
  • Jay Mehta (poslovnež, Rojen na 16. januar 1961)
  • Carlo Maria Viganò (duhovnik, teolog, Rojen na 16. januar 1941)
  • Gregor Gysi (gostitelj dogodkov, odvetnik, pisatelj, politik, Rojen na 16. januar 1948)
  • Ethel Merman (filmski igralec, gledališki igralec, igralec, pevec, pisatelj, televizijski igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1908)
  • Walter Schellenberg (odvetnik, pisatelj, politik, vojaška osebnost, Rojen na 16. januar 1910)
  • Atticus Ross (filmski producent, glasbeni producent, glasbenik, skladatelj, skladatelj filmske glasbe, Rojen na 16. januar 1968)
  • Richard T. Jones (filmski igralec, igralec, producent, televizijski igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1972)
  • Renée Felice Smith (filmski igralec, igralec, televizijski igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1985)
  • Stephan Lichtsteiner (nogometaš, Rojen na 16. januar 1984)
  • Katia Ricciarelli (filmski igralec, operni pevec, pevec, Rojen na 16. januar 1946)
  • Ricardo Darín (filmski igralec, filmski režiser, igralec, scenarist, televizijski igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1957)
  • Katy Jurado (filmski igralec, gledališki igralec, igralec, kritik, novinar, televizijski igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1924)
  • Richard Bohringer (filmski igralec, filmski producent, filmski režiser, gledališki igralec, igralec, pesnik, pevec, pisatelj, scenarist, skladatelj, televizijski igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1941)
  • Sandra Ravel (igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1910)
  • Eric Liddell (misijonar, rugby igralec, šprinter, Rojen na 16. januar 1902)
  • Karen Friedman Hill (znana osebnost iz javnega življenja, Rojen na 16. januar 1946)
  • Greg Page (pevec, Rojen na 16. januar 1972)
  • Caroline Munro (filmski igralec, gledališki igralec, igralec, maneken, pevec, Rojen na 16. januar 1949)
  • Seydou Keita (nogometaš, Rojen na 16. januar 1980)
  • Alyssa Edwards (filmski igralec, koreograf, plesalec, poslovnež, Rojen na 16. januar 1980)
  • Ronnie Milsap (glasbenik, pevec, pianist, studijski glasbenik, Rojen na 16. januar 1943)
  • Zelous Wheeler (igralec bejzbola, Rojen na 16. januar 1987)
  • Pablo Zabaleta (nogometaš, Rojen na 16. januar 1985)
  • Mason Gamble (filmski igralec, igralec, televizijski igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1986)
  • Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (filmski igralec, glasovni igralec, gledališki igralec, igralec, Rojen na 16. januar 1982)
  • Eleanor Marx (pisatelj, politik, prevajalec, sindikalist, socialni aktivist, sufragist, Rojen na 16. januar 1855)
  • Dorothy Eady (egiptolog, Rojen na 16. januar 1904)

16th of January 2005 News

Novice, kot so bile prikazane na prvi strani New York Timesa na 16. januar 2005

MediaTalk; CBS News Draws Ire of Bloggers

Date: 17 January 2005

By TOM ZELLER JR

Tom ZELLER

Several Web sites note that posting of entire report about Pres Bush's National Guard duty on 60 Minutes Wednesday on CBS News Web site had been altered two days after it it was placed on Web page; CBS News executive Linda Mason says attorney from law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham called her and asked that digital restrictions be made; fear was that enterprising person could copy text into new document and begin circulating faked version of report; few bloggers believe that explanation (M)

Full Article

Titan's Big News: A Mysterious Shoreline

Date: 16 January 2005

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

John WILFORD

European Space Agency spacecraft Huygens lands on Saturn's moon Titan and shows pictures of drainage channels running to mysterious shoreline; flat dark areas could be lakes of liquid methane or just flat surface of dark material; craft sends back data and images for one hour and ten minutes; effort is hampered by loss of one communication channel for transmitting data to Cassini mother ship, cutting number of pictures to 350 from planned 700, but mission is considered success; photo (M)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 16 January 2005

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 17 January 2005

Full Article

All the President's Newsmen

Date: 16 January 2005

By FRANK RICH

Frank RICH

Frank Rich column contends that conservative journalist Armstrong Williams, featured guest on Crossfire television show, was not confronted aggressively enough by host Paul Begala about William's admission that he received $240,000 from Education Dept to promote Bush administration's 'No Child Left Behind' program; photo (M)

Full Article

For Better or for Worse

Date: 17 January 2005

By CATE DOTY

Cate DOTY

Nielsen Media Research ratings show unclear picture as to whether viewers really care about television news scandals, like one created by discredited National Guard segment on 60 Minutes Wednesday; cites earlier examples at some other news magazine programs; chart; photo (M)

Full Article

Page Two: Jan. 9-15

Date: 16 January 2005

By TIMOTHY EGAN

Timothy EGAN

Post-election contest for governor of Washington State has become mini-Florida, sign that contested elections are now part of both parties' playbooks; even though Democrat, Christine Gregoire was sworn in as governor, winning by 129 votes after two recounts, her opponent, Dino Rossi, has refused to concede; photo (M)

Full Article

Superlatives (and Contradictions) in a Fraud Trial

Date: 16 January 2005

By KEN BELSON

Ken BELSON

Superlatives, firsts and continuing fights over WorldCom are expected to make trial of Bernard J Ebbers, its former chief executive, the granddaddy of all corporate fraud cases; case is also seen as coda to excesses of stock market bubble that catapulted and then consumed telecommunications industry in last half decade; photo of Ebbers at Congressional hearing in 2002 with Scott D Sullivan, WorldCom's former chief financial officer, who has pleaded guilty and will testify against Ebbers (M)

Full Article

Remember When Ken Lay Was a Genius?

Date: 16 January 2005

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON

Gretchen MORGENSON

Gretchen Morgenson column on Thomas J Neff and James M Citrin's 1999 book Lessons From the Top: The Search for America's Best Business Leaders, focusing on secrets-of-my-success tips offered by Kenneth J Lay (Enron), L Dennis Kozlowski (Tyco) and Bernard J Ebbers (WorldCom); notes that since its publication, companies of nine of 50 executives profiled have become subject of criminal prosecution, regulatory rebuke, shareholder revolts or all three (M)

Full Article

Did You Read The Computer Today?

Date: 16 January 2005

By BILL SLOCUM

Bill SLOCUM

Article on popularity of reading local newspapers online among residents of Westport and Litchfield County, Conn; WestportNow.com, Web site devoted to continuous community coverage, was begun in March 2003 by former TV news and wire-service reporter Gordon Joseloff; Ted Marks, editor and publisher, started KentTribune.com, community-news Web site geared toward 10 towns in Litchfield County, in May 2002; photos (M)

Full Article

MediaTalk; CBS News Draws Ire of Bloggers

Date: 17 January 2005

By TOM ZELLER JR

Tom ZELLER

Several Web sites note that posting of entire report about Pres Bush's National Guard duty on 60 Minutes Wednesday on CBS News Web site had been altered two days after it it was placed on Web page; CBS News executive Linda Mason says attorney from law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham called her and asked that digital restrictions be made; fear was that enterprising person could copy text into new document and begin circulating faked version of report; few bloggers believe that explanation (M)

Full Article

Titan's Big News: A Mysterious Shoreline

Date: 16 January 2005

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

John WILFORD

European Space Agency spacecraft Huygens lands on Saturn's moon Titan and shows pictures of drainage channels running to mysterious shoreline; flat dark areas could be lakes of liquid methane or just flat surface of dark material; craft sends back data and images for one hour and ten minutes; effort is hampered by loss of one communication channel for transmitting data to Cassini mother ship, cutting number of pictures to 350 from planned 700, but mission is considered success; photo (M)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 16 January 2005

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 17 January 2005

Full Article

All the President's Newsmen

Date: 16 January 2005

By FRANK RICH

Frank RICH

Frank Rich column contends that conservative journalist Armstrong Williams, featured guest on Crossfire television show, was not confronted aggressively enough by host Paul Begala about William's admission that he received $240,000 from Education Dept to promote Bush administration's 'No Child Left Behind' program; photo (M)

Full Article

For Better or for Worse

Date: 17 January 2005

By CATE DOTY

Cate DOTY

Nielsen Media Research ratings show unclear picture as to whether viewers really care about television news scandals, like one created by discredited National Guard segment on 60 Minutes Wednesday; cites earlier examples at some other news magazine programs; chart; photo (M)

Full Article

Page Two: Jan. 9-15

Date: 16 January 2005

By TIMOTHY EGAN

Timothy EGAN

Post-election contest for governor of Washington State has become mini-Florida, sign that contested elections are now part of both parties' playbooks; even though Democrat, Christine Gregoire was sworn in as governor, winning by 129 votes after two recounts, her opponent, Dino Rossi, has refused to concede; photo (M)

Full Article

Superlatives (and Contradictions) in a Fraud Trial

Date: 16 January 2005

By KEN BELSON

Ken BELSON

Superlatives, firsts and continuing fights over WorldCom are expected to make trial of Bernard J Ebbers, its former chief executive, the granddaddy of all corporate fraud cases; case is also seen as coda to excesses of stock market bubble that catapulted and then consumed telecommunications industry in last half decade; photo of Ebbers at Congressional hearing in 2002 with Scott D Sullivan, WorldCom's former chief financial officer, who has pleaded guilty and will testify against Ebbers (M)

Full Article

Remember When Ken Lay Was a Genius?

Date: 16 January 2005

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON

Gretchen MORGENSON

Gretchen Morgenson column on Thomas J Neff and James M Citrin's 1999 book Lessons From the Top: The Search for America's Best Business Leaders, focusing on secrets-of-my-success tips offered by Kenneth J Lay (Enron), L Dennis Kozlowski (Tyco) and Bernard J Ebbers (WorldCom); notes that since its publication, companies of nine of 50 executives profiled have become subject of criminal prosecution, regulatory rebuke, shareholder revolts or all three (M)

Full Article

Did You Read The Computer Today?

Date: 16 January 2005

By BILL SLOCUM

Bill SLOCUM

Article on popularity of reading local newspapers online among residents of Westport and Litchfield County, Conn; WestportNow.com, Web site devoted to continuous community coverage, was begun in March 2003 by former TV news and wire-service reporter Gordon Joseloff; Ted Marks, editor and publisher, started KentTribune.com, community-news Web site geared toward 10 towns in Litchfield County, in May 2002; photos (M)

Full Article

MediaTalk; CBS News Draws Ire of Bloggers

Date: 17 January 2005

By TOM ZELLER JR

Tom ZELLER

Several Web sites note that posting of entire report about Pres Bush's National Guard duty on 60 Minutes Wednesday on CBS News Web site had been altered two days after it it was placed on Web page; CBS News executive Linda Mason says attorney from law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham called her and asked that digital restrictions be made; fear was that enterprising person could copy text into new document and begin circulating faked version of report; few bloggers believe that explanation (M)

Full Article

Titan's Big News: A Mysterious Shoreline

Date: 16 January 2005

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

John WILFORD

European Space Agency spacecraft Huygens lands on Saturn's moon Titan and shows pictures of drainage channels running to mysterious shoreline; flat dark areas could be lakes of liquid methane or just flat surface of dark material; craft sends back data and images for one hour and ten minutes; effort is hampered by loss of one communication channel for transmitting data to Cassini mother ship, cutting number of pictures to 350 from planned 700, but mission is considered success; photo (M)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 16 January 2005

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 17 January 2005

Full Article

All the President's Newsmen

Date: 16 January 2005

By FRANK RICH

Frank RICH

Frank Rich column contends that conservative journalist Armstrong Williams, featured guest on Crossfire television show, was not confronted aggressively enough by host Paul Begala about William's admission that he received $240,000 from Education Dept to promote Bush administration's 'No Child Left Behind' program; photo (M)

Full Article

For Better or for Worse

Date: 17 January 2005

By CATE DOTY

Cate DOTY

Nielsen Media Research ratings show unclear picture as to whether viewers really care about television news scandals, like one created by discredited National Guard segment on 60 Minutes Wednesday; cites earlier examples at some other news magazine programs; chart; photo (M)

Full Article

Page Two: Jan. 9-15

Date: 16 January 2005

By TIMOTHY EGAN

Timothy EGAN

Post-election contest for governor of Washington State has become mini-Florida, sign that contested elections are now part of both parties' playbooks; even though Democrat, Christine Gregoire was sworn in as governor, winning by 129 votes after two recounts, her opponent, Dino Rossi, has refused to concede; photo (M)

Full Article

Superlatives (and Contradictions) in a Fraud Trial

Date: 16 January 2005

By KEN BELSON

Ken BELSON

Superlatives, firsts and continuing fights over WorldCom are expected to make trial of Bernard J Ebbers, its former chief executive, the granddaddy of all corporate fraud cases; case is also seen as coda to excesses of stock market bubble that catapulted and then consumed telecommunications industry in last half decade; photo of Ebbers at Congressional hearing in 2002 with Scott D Sullivan, WorldCom's former chief financial officer, who has pleaded guilty and will testify against Ebbers (M)

Full Article

Remember When Ken Lay Was a Genius?

Date: 16 January 2005

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON

Gretchen MORGENSON

Gretchen Morgenson column on Thomas J Neff and James M Citrin's 1999 book Lessons From the Top: The Search for America's Best Business Leaders, focusing on secrets-of-my-success tips offered by Kenneth J Lay (Enron), L Dennis Kozlowski (Tyco) and Bernard J Ebbers (WorldCom); notes that since its publication, companies of nine of 50 executives profiled have become subject of criminal prosecution, regulatory rebuke, shareholder revolts or all three (M)

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Full Article

Did You Read The Computer Today?

Date: 16 January 2005

By BILL SLOCUM

Bill SLOCUM

Article on popularity of reading local newspapers online among residents of Westport and Litchfield County, Conn; WestportNow.com, Web site devoted to continuous community coverage, was begun in March 2003 by former TV news and wire-service reporter Gordon Joseloff; Ted Marks, editor and publisher, started KentTribune.com, community-news Web site geared toward 10 towns in Litchfield County, in May 2002; photos (M)

Full Article

MediaTalk; CBS News Draws Ire of Bloggers

Date: 17 January 2005

By TOM ZELLER JR

Tom ZELLER

Several Web sites note that posting of entire report about Pres Bush's National Guard duty on 60 Minutes Wednesday on CBS News Web site had been altered two days after it it was placed on Web page; CBS News executive Linda Mason says attorney from law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham called her and asked that digital restrictions be made; fear was that enterprising person could copy text into new document and begin circulating faked version of report; few bloggers believe that explanation (M)

Full Article

Titan's Big News: A Mysterious Shoreline

Date: 16 January 2005

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

John WILFORD

European Space Agency spacecraft Huygens lands on Saturn's moon Titan and shows pictures of drainage channels running to mysterious shoreline; flat dark areas could be lakes of liquid methane or just flat surface of dark material; craft sends back data and images for one hour and ten minutes; effort is hampered by loss of one communication channel for transmitting data to Cassini mother ship, cutting number of pictures to 350 from planned 700, but mission is considered success; photo (M)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 16 January 2005

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 17 January 2005

Full Article

All the President's Newsmen

Date: 16 January 2005

By FRANK RICH

Frank RICH

Frank Rich column contends that conservative journalist Armstrong Williams, featured guest on Crossfire television show, was not confronted aggressively enough by host Paul Begala about William's admission that he received $240,000 from Education Dept to promote Bush administration's 'No Child Left Behind' program; photo (M)

Full Article

For Better or for Worse

Date: 17 January 2005

By CATE DOTY

Cate DOTY

Nielsen Media Research ratings show unclear picture as to whether viewers really care about television news scandals, like one created by discredited National Guard segment on 60 Minutes Wednesday; cites earlier examples at some other news magazine programs; chart; photo (M)

Full Article

Page Two: Jan. 9-15

Date: 16 January 2005

By TIMOTHY EGAN

Timothy EGAN

Post-election contest for governor of Washington State has become mini-Florida, sign that contested elections are now part of both parties' playbooks; even though Democrat, Christine Gregoire was sworn in as governor, winning by 129 votes after two recounts, her opponent, Dino Rossi, has refused to concede; photo (M)

Full Article

Superlatives (and Contradictions) in a Fraud Trial

Date: 16 January 2005

By KEN BELSON

Ken BELSON

Superlatives, firsts and continuing fights over WorldCom are expected to make trial of Bernard J Ebbers, its former chief executive, the granddaddy of all corporate fraud cases; case is also seen as coda to excesses of stock market bubble that catapulted and then consumed telecommunications industry in last half decade; photo of Ebbers at Congressional hearing in 2002 with Scott D Sullivan, WorldCom's former chief financial officer, who has pleaded guilty and will testify against Ebbers (M)

Full Article

Remember When Ken Lay Was a Genius?

Date: 16 January 2005

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON

Gretchen MORGENSON

Gretchen Morgenson column on Thomas J Neff and James M Citrin's 1999 book Lessons From the Top: The Search for America's Best Business Leaders, focusing on secrets-of-my-success tips offered by Kenneth J Lay (Enron), L Dennis Kozlowski (Tyco) and Bernard J Ebbers (WorldCom); notes that since its publication, companies of nine of 50 executives profiled have become subject of criminal prosecution, regulatory rebuke, shareholder revolts or all three (M)

Full Article

Did You Read The Computer Today?

Date: 16 January 2005

By BILL SLOCUM

Bill SLOCUM

Article on popularity of reading local newspapers online among residents of Westport and Litchfield County, Conn; WestportNow.com, Web site devoted to continuous community coverage, was begun in March 2003 by former TV news and wire-service reporter Gordon Joseloff; Ted Marks, editor and publisher, started KentTribune.com, community-news Web site geared toward 10 towns in Litchfield County, in May 2002; photos (M)

Full Article

MediaTalk; CBS News Draws Ire of Bloggers

Date: 17 January 2005

By TOM ZELLER JR

Tom ZELLER

Several Web sites note that posting of entire report about Pres Bush's National Guard duty on 60 Minutes Wednesday on CBS News Web site had been altered two days after it it was placed on Web page; CBS News executive Linda Mason says attorney from law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham called her and asked that digital restrictions be made; fear was that enterprising person could copy text into new document and begin circulating faked version of report; few bloggers believe that explanation (M)

Full Article

Titan's Big News: A Mysterious Shoreline

Date: 16 January 2005

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

John WILFORD

European Space Agency spacecraft Huygens lands on Saturn's moon Titan and shows pictures of drainage channels running to mysterious shoreline; flat dark areas could be lakes of liquid methane or just flat surface of dark material; craft sends back data and images for one hour and ten minutes; effort is hampered by loss of one communication channel for transmitting data to Cassini mother ship, cutting number of pictures to 350 from planned 700, but mission is considered success; photo (M)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 16 January 2005

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 17 January 2005

Full Article

All the President's Newsmen

Date: 16 January 2005

By FRANK RICH

Frank RICH

Frank Rich column contends that conservative journalist Armstrong Williams, featured guest on Crossfire television show, was not confronted aggressively enough by host Paul Begala about William's admission that he received $240,000 from Education Dept to promote Bush administration's 'No Child Left Behind' program; photo (M)

Full Article

For Better or for Worse

Date: 17 January 2005

By CATE DOTY

Cate DOTY

Nielsen Media Research ratings show unclear picture as to whether viewers really care about television news scandals, like one created by discredited National Guard segment on 60 Minutes Wednesday; cites earlier examples at some other news magazine programs; chart; photo (M)

Full Article

Page Two: Jan. 9-15

Date: 16 January 2005

By TIMOTHY EGAN

Timothy EGAN

Post-election contest for governor of Washington State has become mini-Florida, sign that contested elections are now part of both parties' playbooks; even though Democrat, Christine Gregoire was sworn in as governor, winning by 129 votes after two recounts, her opponent, Dino Rossi, has refused to concede; photo (M)

Full Article

Superlatives (and Contradictions) in a Fraud Trial

Date: 16 January 2005

By KEN BELSON

Ken BELSON

Superlatives, firsts and continuing fights over WorldCom are expected to make trial of Bernard J Ebbers, its former chief executive, the granddaddy of all corporate fraud cases; case is also seen as coda to excesses of stock market bubble that catapulted and then consumed telecommunications industry in last half decade; photo of Ebbers at Congressional hearing in 2002 with Scott D Sullivan, WorldCom's former chief financial officer, who has pleaded guilty and will testify against Ebbers (M)

Full Article

Remember When Ken Lay Was a Genius?

Date: 16 January 2005

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON

Gretchen MORGENSON

Gretchen Morgenson column on Thomas J Neff and James M Citrin's 1999 book Lessons From the Top: The Search for America's Best Business Leaders, focusing on secrets-of-my-success tips offered by Kenneth J Lay (Enron), L Dennis Kozlowski (Tyco) and Bernard J Ebbers (WorldCom); notes that since its publication, companies of nine of 50 executives profiled have become subject of criminal prosecution, regulatory rebuke, shareholder revolts or all three (M)

Full Article

Did You Read The Computer Today?

Date: 16 January 2005

By BILL SLOCUM

Bill SLOCUM

Article on popularity of reading local newspapers online among residents of Westport and Litchfield County, Conn; WestportNow.com, Web site devoted to continuous community coverage, was begun in March 2003 by former TV news and wire-service reporter Gordon Joseloff; Ted Marks, editor and publisher, started KentTribune.com, community-news Web site geared toward 10 towns in Litchfield County, in May 2002; photos (M)

Full Article