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...proceeding.Word on the street has it that Microsoft is sniffing for deals in China's online market. AOL Time Warner, which publishes TIME, is said to be the furthest along. Sources say it has held intense negotiations with Beijing's politically well-connected Legend Computer about forming a joint venture that would then snap up Netease. Rumors link Microsoft with Sina. (Spokesmen for Microsoft and AOL deny there are any deals in the works.) Amid all the jockeying, Yahoo!'s plans seem the murkiest. International expansion may no longer be a major priority: many of Yahoo!'s most senior international...
...Powell who finally splashed through the verbal puddles and repeated for the cameras his earlier, little noticed expression of "regret" for the loss of the Chinese plane and pilot. The letter that accompanied his statement signaled even more movement. It raised the possibility of a joint investigation into what had happened or an exchange of explanations. "Once we said 'regret' and 'exchange explanations,' they came back to us still saying 'apologize, investigate,' but also saying, 'Let's discuss how this can work.' Now they're talking mechanisms," said the State Department official...
DIED. ROWLAND EVANS, 79, nationally syndicated columnist and television pundit; of cancer; in Washington. Over the years, Evans worked as a reporter for the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Sun-Times. In 1963 he teamed with fellow journalist Robert Novak; the two subsequently penned joint columns, co-wrote several books and for nearly 20 years acted as hosts of a show...
...themselves mired in an even deeper flap. The surgery did help some patients a little, partially alleviating the rigidity and slow movements typical of Parkinson's. But for others, that improvement came at a price: a year or more after the operation, about 15% of patients developed uncontrollable writhing, joint flexing, chewing and other movements. At least one person was so debilitated that he could no longer eat and had to be fed through a tube...
...Monday morning, Williams smoked a joint with some friends at an apartment complex on Carefree Drive. Then he hung out with Shaun Turk, John Fields and Mike Wolfe outside "the Jack"--the Jack in the Box fast-food restaurant across from the school. The only unusual thing was that Williams told them, "I got to leave when it is 9:06." Says Turk: "We usually never leave the Jack until 9:15." Analisha Welbaum saw Williams there on her way to class and said he was "really calm; he wasn't shaking; he wasn't stuttering." Minutes later...