NYC column discusses capital punishment for mentally retarded using as example, Craig Godineaux, who, with John Taylor, are charged with killing five people and injured two others in Wendy's murders in Queens; Godineaux's lawyer argues that he is not subject to death penalty because he is mentally retarded; Texas has no such constraints to death penalty, and suggests New York's policy is more humane (M)

Eye for an Eye Is Human, But Is It Just?

Plan for branch of Solomon R Guggenheim Museum to be built along East River in lower Manhattan is announced by Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani, architect Frank Gehry and Guggenheim Foundation director Thomas Krens; fund-raising hurdles, governmental review and scrutiny from site's neighbors are acknowledged as possible stumbling blocks to $678 million project; City Council Speaker Peter Vallone says there is need for study of city's proposed $67.8 million commitment of assistance; photo (M)

Guggenheim On East River Is Years Away

Woodside Petroleum rejects Royal Dutch/Shell Group's sweetened bid for company as inadequate; graph (S)

WOODSIDE REBUFFS SHELL BID

New York Rangers defeat Los Angeles Kings, 7-6; photo (M)

On the Pond, Speed and Fury Serve Rangers

Complaint is filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan charging charity, Helpline Soul Rescue Ministry Inc, with conspiracy to defraud federal Department of Housing and Urban Development; alleges group bought brownstones using federally insured mortgage money, overstated prices and put no equity in homes, then skimmed from loan money (M)

Suit Alleges Major Housing Fraud Against U.S. by Brooklyn Charity

 Drug Ordered Off Shelves  The maker of Lotronex, a treatment for irritable bowel syndrome, agreed to a Food and Drug Adminstration order to remove the drug from pharmacies. Officials said the drug had contributed to the deaths of at least three people.   PAGE A21    King Puts Off Web Book  The horror writer Stephen King has decided to abandon his Internet-only novel, ''The Plant,'' at least for a while, saying on his Web site that he needs to work on other, more conventional books.   PAGE C1

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Survey by umbershoot.net finds that many highly successful people--chief executives, doctors, lawyers, venture capitalists, etc--still have dreams about careers in art and music they did not pursue; cartoon (S)

Is Bill Gates Really a Frustrated Rock Star?

Article speculates about reasons for delays in contract talks between New York Yankees and free agent pitcher Mike Mussina (M)

Yanks' Talks With Mussina Hit Undisclosed Snag

Supreme Court, 6-3, rules police roadblocks aimed at discovering drugs violate Constitutional ban on search and seizures not based on suspicion of individual wrongdoing; upholds lower court ruling involving drug interdiction checkpoints set up by Indianapolis in 1998; Justice Sandra Day O'Connor writes for majority; Chief Justice William H Rehnquist writes dissent; Court maintains its ban on television cameras for hearing on Florida presidential election case; says it will quickly release audio recording after session to network pool, modest concession; Sens Charles E Schumer and Charles E Grassley wrote to justices urging cameras be allowed at session; Schumer hails decision to release audio; Court, 9-0, affirms lower court ruling and upholds arbitrator's decision to reinstate truck driver employer wanted to dismiss for failing two drug tests (M)

Supreme Court Bars Roadblocks Set Up To Search for Drugs

Lawyers for Republican leaders of Florida Legislature tell select committee that Republican-dominated body is required by United States Constitution to promptly call special session to name state's 25 presidential electors; carefully orchestrated testimony sets in motion process that virtually assures Legislature will name electors for Gov George W Bush; Republicans hope to use special session to remove decision from state's courts, where Vice Pres Al Gore challenges decision by state canvassing commission that Bush won state; photo (M)

FLORIDA LAWMAKERS MOVING TO BYPASS COURTS FOR BUSH; JUDGE BARS A QUICK RECOUNT

Florida Judge N Sanders Sauls rejects Vice Pres Al Gore's plea to speed his suit that seeks to overturn Gov George W Bush's Florida victory, refusing to recount thousands of disputed ballots before Dec 2 hearing; agrees to Gore's request that nearly 14,000 such ballots be sent up from Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties; Bush lawyers press for leisurely schedule that would leave no time for appeals; photos (M)

Hearing Is Scheduled for Saturday Despite Demands of Gore Lawyers

Politicians and criminologists are beginning to confront problem of dealing with record numbers of prisoners jailed in crackdown on crime who are now being freed; some experts see self-perpetuating prison class resulting from prisons' cuts in rehabilitation services and parole officers new quickness in revoking parole for minor violations; signs of problems posed by big wave of returning prisoners are showing up across nation in form of rising crime rates; graph of parole violators returned to custody in California; photos (M)

GETTING OUT/A special report.; Often, Parole Is One Stop On the Way Back to Prison

Interview with Eiko and Koma, dance duo whose new work, When Nights Were Dark, version of their outdoor Caravan Project, will be presented as part of Next Wave Festival at Brooklyn Academy of Music; photo (M)

It's a Cave? A Temple? It's a Mystery

Deutsche Borse, which owns Frankfurt Stock Exchange, holds merger talks with OM Gruppen, which owns Swedish stock exchange; both exchanges made unsuccessful bids for London Stock Exchange (M)

2 Exchanges Are in Talks On a Merger

Legal Sea Foods of Boston develops multitiered process to safeguard quality of fish it sells; there is no comprehensive, mandatory federal program of seafood inspection; Center for Science in the Public Interest estimates that 5,000 deaths and 76 million illnesses are caused each year by unsafe food; photos (M)

In the Quest for Safer Seafood, One Company Follows Its Nose

Conference is planned to determine how to deal with overpopulation of rats in New York City; main focus is how New Yorkers package trash; Manhattan borough president C Virginia Fields supports regulation requiring all garbage be in plastic bags, enclosed in metal or heavy plastic cans with attached lids; building managers oppose container regulation because of lack of space, smell and noise when they are emptied; City Hall will be represented at conference by Deputy Mayor Joseph J Lhota; photo (M)

A Rat Summit Is No Joke To Conferees; New Laws Are Proposed As the Rodents Increase

Guggenheim Museum launches program of screenings at videos documenting AIDS epidemic back in 1980's; videotapes, largely work of AIDS activists, were originally made to fill a perceived gap in news media's coverage of epidemic; photos (M)

Guggenheim to Show Video Series on Early Days of AIDS

Israeli Prime Min Ehud Barak, in surprise move that pre-empts opponents, gives up effort to save his government after failed day of intense politicking and calls for early election; experts say vote is unlikely before mid-spring; opposition Likud Party leaders laud him for not resigning in way that would have barred ex-Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu from running; Barak will remain in post during transition and is expected to press for reconciliation with Palestinians and resumption of peace talks; chronology of events; photos (M)

BARAK  DECLARES EARLY ELECTIONS, IN SURPRISE MOVE

Gumbo, soup made by simmering meats, seafood, vegetables and spices in thickened sauce, lends itself to considerable variation; recipes; photos (M)

The Gumbo Variations: To Each His Own

Gerald Schwartz and his wife, Heather Reisman, make hostile $41 million (US) offering for Chapters Inc, Canada's No. 1 book retailer, through Trilogy Retail Enterprises; hope to merge Chapters with Indigo Books Music and More, No. 2 retailer, which is controlled by Reisman, and thus reverse mounting losses at both chains; photo (M)

Canada's No. 1 Book Retailer Gets a Hostile Takeover Bid

George Vecsey Sports of The Times column discusses baseball's free agent market which he terms 'capitalism at its finest'; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; Suspended Animation Won't End

Three-judge panel of World Trade Organization, acting on European Union complaint, will examime US's tax benefits program for exporting companies to see if recent changes comply with free-trade rules (S)

POSSIBLE TRADE SANCTIONS

 Nasdaq Plummets by 5% On Economy and Election  Technology stocks plunged as investors used additional signs of a softening economy and confirmation from Vice President Al Gore that he intends to continue his fight for the presidency as an excuse to sell shares.    The Nasdaq composite index fell 145.51 points, or 5.05 percent, to 2,734.98, its lowest level since Oct. 19, 1999. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 38.49 points, or 0.36 percent, to 10,507.58. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index fell 12.88 points, or slightly less than 1 percent, to 1,336.09. [Page C14.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

William Grimes reviews Atlas, Manhattan restaurant; photo (M)

A Cheeky Ambassador Of the British Scene

AmBev of Brazil is in final stages of acquiring Cerveceria y Malteria Paysandu, Uruguayan brewer, gaining control of almost half of Uruguayan beer market; graph (S)

AMBEV ACQUIRES BREWER

Ilmar Laaban, was an Estonian poet and literary critic.

November 29, 2000

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Eye for an Eye Is Human, But Is It Just?

Guggenheim On East River Is Years Away

WOODSIDE REBUFFS SHELL BID

On the Pond, Speed and Fury Serve Rangers

Suit Alleges Major Housing Fraud Against U.S. by Brooklyn Charity

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