 Belgrade's Uncertain Future  It is unclear how the Yugoslav president, Slobodan Milosevic, will react if he loses the election today or how the people will react if they believe he won by fraud.   PAGE 6

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Gretchen Morgenson Market Watch column on 15-year-old Jonathan Lebed of Cedar Grove, NJ, who has been sued by Securities and Exchange Commission for touting nine companies' stocks on Internet and making $273,000 in process (M)

Professionals Play the Stock Manipulation Game, Too

Over 350 organizations opposed to globalization plan to demonstrate during annual meeting of World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Prague, Czech Republic; photos (M)

The World: Movement; Growing Up and Getting Practical Since Seattle

Article on Americans' apparent lack of interest in Formula One Grand Prix races; first such race in US since 1991 is slated for Indianapolis Motor Speedway; photos (M)

Hot Wheels: Can They Light America's Fire?

Behind the Wheel report on Mitsubishi Montero; photos (M)

BEHIND THE WHEEL/2001 Mitsubishi Montero; A Camel for Wilderness Exploration, Two Humps Included

Top financial officials of US, fresh from unprecedented plunge into world oil and currency markets, join other rich nations in vowing to fight what they describe as double jeopardy for global economy; ministers say they will monitor currency markets to see whether they need to take action to shore up euro with further intervention; say that it is crucial for world economy that oil producing nations take steps to reduce prices; photo (M)

U.S. and Others Press for Cuts In Price of Oil

Maurice Greene (US) wins gold medal in men's 100-meter run at Sydney Olympics; Ato Boldon (Trinidad and Tobago) wins silver medal and Obadele Thompson (Barbados) wins bronze medal; Marion Jones (US) wins gold medal in women's 100; Ekaterini Thanou (Greece) wins silver medal and Tanya Lawrence (Jamaica) wins bronze; photo (M)

Golden Redemption for Jones and Greene

Article on itinerant yoga teacher and musician Danny Paradise, whose first CD is about to be released; photo (M)

Yoga Teacher to Stars Tries Becoming One

William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column discusses Marion Jones winning gold medal in women's 100 meters at Sydney Olympics; Ekaterini Thanou (Greece) wins silver medal and Tanya Lawrence (Jamaica) wins bronze; photo (M)

The World's Fastest Woman Still Has More Work to Do

Article on impact on US economy as a whole as well as trucking, business, consumer and other sectors from prolonged rise in petroleum prices and, more recently, spike in natural gas prices; truckers, who swallow costs to keep their rigs going, are hardest hit, businesses are able to economize, conserve or pass costs on are in middle and consumers seem indifferent, believing higher energy costs will not persist; photos (M)

Energy Jolt: Who Wins, Loses or Shrugs

Attack on two Mexican immigrants seeking work in Farmingdale, NY, underscores dangers faced by unwanted strangers in sometimes hostile suburbs; estimated 1 in 15 of village's summertime residents is migrant worker, who have come in great numbers over past four years to take jobs locals are unwilling or unable to do; most are illegal immigrants, and it is their illegal status that irritates most local residents; violence has shocked some whites, and even prompted formation of community group by politicians and church leaders looking for ways to ease tensions; photos (M)

For Migrants, Hard Work in Hostile Suburbs

Douglas Davis article explores realm of art museum Web sites which, he says, for most part are boring, dense, confusing and difficult to navigate; focuses on plans by Museum of Modern Art and Tate Gallery to build profit-making sites; photos; drawings (L)

The Virtual Museum, Imperfect But Promising

Felicia Lee Coping column on Paul Thompson, who, twice a week, travels with his mobile music studio to juvenile detention centers in Bronx and Brooklyn in effort to help jailed teens improve their lives; drawing (M)

Using Music to Topple Walls for Jailed Youths

US Housing and Urban Development Department and US Environmental Protection Agency open new Web site that offers access to government maps and documents pinpointing environmental problems and information about communities across country (S)

POSTINGS: Maps Pinpoint Problem Areas; Web Site on Environment

When Roger Clemens limped off the field at the end of the fifth inning, the back of his bruised right thigh pounding from the ground ball he absorbed there in the third, he had given up seven runs and lost a 5-1 lead. The crushing blow was an upper-deck grand slam that he yielded to Billy McMillon, the Detroit Tigers' best minor-league player this year.    The Yankees, desperate for their first victory in seven games, were deflated. But this time, they were not done.  

Clemens Limps Off, But Yanks Finally Win

New York Senate candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Repr Rick Lazio reach tentative agreement to forgo use of millions of dollars in soft money for advertising but deal includes several conditions and provisions that could derail it and comes day after talks on similar proposal collapsed; photo (M)

CANDIDATES BACK 'SOFT MONEY' BAN IN NEW YORK RACE

Automotive News article charges that Mitsubishi has falsified sales records and possibly jeopardized customer warranties (S)

The Case of the Phantom Sales Logged by Mitsubishi Managers

R W Apple Jr reviews PBS special Debating Our Destiny: Forty Years of Presidential Debates; photo (M)

Where American Politics Becomes a Televised Sport

Article in series on Republican Presidential nominee George W Bush discusses his record as owner of Texas Rangers baseball team and his role in receiving financing for building of new stadium in 1994; photo (L)

Road to Politics Ran Through a Texas Ballpark

David E Sanger article on Clinton administration's decision to tap Strategic Petroleum Reserve for 30 million barrels of oil; holds that Vice Pres Al Gore, stung by Gov George W Bush's criticism that administration has stumbled along with no energy policy, feels he is facing political crisis; photo (M)

The Nation: Crisis Management; There's No Shortage of Repositioning on Oil

The administration took several more steps to cushion the oil market against shortages and to soften the shock of higher prices on consumers. President Clinton also directed the Department of Health and Human Services to release $400 million to help poor families buy fuel, a record allocation for the program.    Article, Page 29.  

Further Steps Taken To Lower Oil Prices

A dead heat in Florida has the Bush camp being criticized as having taken winning for granted.    Article, Page 32.  

Bush Courts Florida

If you locked Keyshawn Johnson and Warren Sapp in a room together with only one microphone, who would get the first word and who would have the last one? When both are in the same locker room, both as Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Johnson holds court on one side, Sapp on the other. They often meet in the center, offering playful jabs, pushing buttons, creating a fun ruckus.    Put both on the same field -- Johnson as a receiver and the team's offensive identity, Sapp as a tackle and the team's defensive identity -- and, thus far, winning has ensued. Tampa Bay is 3-0 and has outscored its opponents, 93-26.  

A Double Identity For Bucs

Federal and state officials say 40 states will lose hundreds of millions of dollars set aside to provide health insurance to children in low-income families; money, totaling 45 percent of $4.2 billion provided by Congress, remains unspent by states after three years; will be given to New York and nine other states that used full allotments of federal money under Children's Health Insurance Program, created by Congress in 1997 amid enthusiasm and fanfare; California and Texas, which together have 29 percent of nation's 11 million uninsured children, account for more than half of unspent money (M)

40 STATES FORFEIT HEALTH CARE FUNDS FOR POOR CHILDREN

Article on billionaire financier Carl C Icahn's abrupt turnaround in deciding against buying as much as 15 percent of General Motors shares; photo (M)

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Headlines from September 24, 2000

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Professionals Play the Stock Manipulation Game, Too

The World: Movement; Growing Up and Getting Practical Since Seattle

Hot Wheels: Can They Light America's Fire?

BEHIND THE WHEEL/2001 Mitsubishi Montero; A Camel for Wilderness Exploration, Two Humps Included

Billboard 200

Country Grammar

The Marshall Mathers LP

Oops!...I Did It Again

Human Clay

No Strings Attached

Historical Context for September 24, 2000