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Date: 28 August 2000
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
WBBM-TV, CBS station in Chicago has still not found enough of an audience for its 10 pm local news program, which sticks to news and information and avoids sensationalism and entertainment-world gossip (S)
Date: 28 August 2000
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Some competitors of MSNBC questions the viewership claimed for The News With Brian Williams on two billboards in New York; photo (S)
Date: 27 August 2000
By K. A. Dilday
K. Dilday
K A Dilday article on what presidential candidates have to offer single people in campaign that stresses family values; notes polls by Voter News Service and Associated Press show single adults made up 34 percent of voters in 1996; photo (M)
Date: 27 August 2000
By Rick Marin
Rick Marin
Article on September issue of W magazine featuring nattily-attired journalists; photos (M)
Date: 27 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
First Union Corp agrees to buy closely held Tribus Cos for undisclosed price; logo (S)
Date: 27 August 2000
INTERNATIONAL 3-14 Clinton Visits Nigeria To Encourage Democracy President Clinton began a four-day trip to Africa, landing in Nigeria to help support the shaky transition of Africa's most populous country to civilian rule from 16 years of entrenched military dictatorship. 1
Date: 28 August 2000
INTERNATIONAL A3-9 Clinton Urges Nigeria To Confront AIDS Crisis President Clinton, seeking to break down the taboos shrouding AIDS, a disease that has devastated Africa, urged Nigerians to fight the ''tyranny'' of AIDS with the same resolve they displayed in enduring decades of dictatorship. He also encouraged Nigerian businessmen to work to expand the economy beyond its heavy reliance on oil. A1 Fighting Not Over in Chechnya Chechnya continues to present Russia's gravest security challenge, a year after Russian troops poured into the breakaway republic. Russian casualties mount every week as the fighting has shifted from large-scale assaults to skirmishes. A1
Date: 27 August 2000
By Denise Grady
Denise Grady
The incidence of diabetes increased sharply in the United States from 1990 to 1998, a consequence of rising levels of obesity. The trend is ominous: diabetes is already a major cause of blindness, kidney failure and leg amputations, and it greatly increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, the leading causes of death in the United States. In a report published in the journal Diabetes Care, researchers predicted that the problems would only get worse in decades to come.
Date: 27 August 2000
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Internet Wire to Turn Over Records in Fake Emulex Release Probe
Date: 27 August 2000
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The New York Times: AP Technology