An Unexpected Visit by Powell to Baghdad Sets Off an Angry Walkout by Journalists
Date: 20 March 2004
By Steven R. Weisman and Jeffrey Gettleman
Steven Weisman
Sec of State Colin L Powell makes unannounced visit to Iraq, intending to highlight progress under way on first anniversary of start of war; 30 Iraqi and other journalists for Arabic news media walk out of briefing by Powell in Baghdad in protest over deaths of Ali al-Khatib and Ali Abdul Aziz, journalists working for Arabiya satellite network who were killed in shooting episode with US forces; photo (M)
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Times and PBS Win a Reporting Prize
Date: 19 March 2004
New York Times and PBS program Frontline win Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for joint project in 2003 that traced injuries and deaths of factory workers to their employers' disregard of safety rules; Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism is given to Linda Greenhouse, Times's Supreme Court correspondent; awards are presented by Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy (S)
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BOLDFACE NAMES
Date: 19 March 2004
By Joyce Wadler
Joyce Wadler
Boldface Names column; Kelly Gang, whose members share that name, hold St Patrick's Day party honoring Michael Kelly, journalist killed in Iraq last April; Donald Trump also attends; Diane Keaton reminisces with director Nancy Meyers at US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen (S)
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USA TODAY FINDS TOP WRITER LIED
Date: 20 March 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
USA Today reports that Jack Kelley, foreign correspondent at newspaper before he resigned on Jan 6, appears to have fabricated substantial portions of at least eight major articles in last 10 years, including one that earned him finalist nomination for Pulitzer Prize in 2002; accuses Kelley of using at least two dozen passages from work of other news organizations without attribution and trying to subvert newspaper's investigation by concocting scripts for associates to follow if his editors tried to substantiate his work; says its investigation is continuing; Kelley photo (M)
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90-DAY STRATEGY BY BUSH'S AIDES TO DEFINE KERRY
Date: 20 March 2004
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Pres Bush's campaign is following aggressive 90-day media strategy to define Sen John Kerry as indecisive and lacking conviction, with coordinated blitz of advertisements, speeches and sound bites; campaign aides say goal is to strip Kerry of positive image that he carried away from Democratic primaries and to define him issue by issue in their own terms before summer vacation season; say central thrusts will be national security and taxes; say strategy was planned in coordination with Karl Rove, Bush's chief political aide; photo of Vice Pres Dick Cheney making speech attacking Kerry (M)
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USA Today Says Reporter Faked Stories
Date: 19 March 2004
By Christine Hauser
Christine Hauser
Journalists who examined the work of Jack Kelley found evidence that he made up portions of at least eight major articles.
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CHIRON HALTS DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
Date: 20 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chiron Corp halts development of experimen
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WARNACO AND S.E.C. DISCUSS SETTLEMENT OF COMPLAINT
Date: 19 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Warnaco Group says Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed settlement of its investigation into company's financial statements (S)
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ALLEGIANCE TO END BANKRUPTCY WITH SALE TO XO
Date: 19 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Allegiance Telecom Inc files plan to emerge from bankruptcy that would sell most of its assets for $631 million to XO Communications, controlled by Carl C Icahn (S)
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NEBRASKA COURT REVIVES SUIT AGAINST MICROSOFT
Date: 20 March 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nebraska Supreme Court revives class-action lawsuit contending Microsoft overcharged consumers in state for its Windows 98 operating software; reverses its own June 25, 2003, decision, which had upheld lower court's dismissal of case (S)t
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