July 3, 2000

Article on April Heinrichs's pruning of US women's soccer team roster in her first months as coach of World Cup-winning team; photos; 15 of 18 members of 2000 Olympic team are still expected to be players from World Cup team (M)

Metro Matters column muses on images of women in politics; observes that Westchester County Dist Atty Jeanine Pirro, whose career is in ruins following her husband's conviction for tax fraud, was not quite ready for prime time anyway, having resisted public discussion of her family's finances; says Hillary Clinton wants to be judged for her own accomplishments but piggybacks on her husband's career, fiercely defending him and trying to start at the top in state not her own (M)

Movie The Perfect Storm earns estimated $41.7 million, compared with $21.6 million for The Patriot, in first days of Independence Day weekend; photo; box office is up overall, after slump of recent weeks; top 12 movies earned estimated $121.7 million in last three days (M)

Rules on Wolves to Ease The federal government is preparing to announce that the gray wolf, once near extinction, no longer needs the protection afforded most endangered species. PAGE A10

Magazine industry is lobbying Congress intensively to block proposed postal rate increase that would lift cost of mailing subscription copies of magazines by 15 percent in 2001; rate increase will cost industry an estimated $300 million in next two years; Postal Serivce expresses willingness to negotiate the proposed increase, but notes that Postal Reform Act of 1970 mandates that every class of mail cover its own mailing costs (M)