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They all expected that Lambert, a fourth-place finisher at U.K. Nationals and a bronze medallist at the 2001 World University Games, would blow away his current competitors...
...fact that Enron was able to hide its losses immediately raises the question of why Andersen, Enron’s auditor, did not blow the whistle. Much of the blame appears to fall on the codependent relationship of Enron and Anderson, but this situation is only indicative of a larger problem. The “Big Five” accounting firms often make more money from consulting fees from their audit clients than from audit fees themselves. They have the incentive to turn a blind eye to potentially illicit practices to make sure those consulting fees keep rolling...
DIED. TED DEMME, 37, promising film director and Emmy award-winning television producer; of an apparent heart attack during a celebrity basketball game; in Los Angeles. Known for his gritty stories and edgy humor, the gregarious Demme, nephew of Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme, directed Blow (2001) and Beautiful Girls...
...DIED. TED DEMME, 37, director of last year's Blow, starring Johnny Depp; in Los Angeles. Demme, who collaborated with his uncle, Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme, to make the 1994 video for Bruce Springsteen's Streets of Philadelphia, won an Emmy in 1999 for co-producing A Lesson Before Dying. Demme collapsed after playing in a celebrity basketball game. DIED. CYRUS VANCE, 84, veteran public servant and former Secretary of State for Jimmy Carter; in New York City. Vance also worked in the Johnson Administration, and was credited for warding off a war between Greece and Turkey over Cyprus...
UNITED STATES Suspects Booked Shoe-bomb suspect Richard Reid denied all nine charges against him brought by a Boston court, relating to his alleged attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner en route from Paris to Miami. New evidence suggested that British-born Reid, initially thought to be a maverick, operated as a terrorist scout for the al-Qaeda network. In Virginia, U.S. Taliban fighter John Walker was charged with four criminal counts, including conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals abroad...