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Rostenkowski Is Pardoned In his last holiday season in office, President Clinton pardoned 59 people, including Dan Rostenkowski, the once-powerful lawmaker who pleaded guilty to mail fraud. PAGE A12
The Florida Supreme Court got in the last judicial word on the recount, ruling 5 to 2 that the State Legislature should develop a standard for counting ballots in order ''to secure the fundamental right to vote.'' Article, Page A13.
President-elect George W Bush selects John Ashcroft, one of Republican Party's leading social conservatives, as next attorney general; Republican officials say that with choice of Ashcroft, Bush is hoping to placate party's right wing, which has been growing increasingly unhappy with his selection of a number of top officials from party's moderate wing; some Democrats promise vigorous examination of Ashcroft's record; Bush also announces selection of Christie Whitman, governor of New Jersey and a moderate, as administrator of Environmental Protection Agency; Bush says he supports upgrading EPA post to cabinet rank, which would require act of Congress; photos (M)
Nasdaq composite index soars 7.6 percent as bargain-hunters move in, gaining 176.90 points to close at 2,517.02; Standard & Poor's 500-stock index climbs 31.11 to 1,305.97, a 2.4 percent gain; Dow Jones industrial average rises 148.27 points, or 1.4 percent, to 10,635.56; slowing growth rate and possible Fed rate cut help drive Treasury security interest rates lower in abbreviated holiday session; 10-year note gains 7/32, to 105 21/32, yielding 5 percent; 30-year Treasuty bond's yield falls to 5.39 percent from 5.41 percent; graph; list of key rates (M)
William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column discusses Baltimore Ravens; after losing Colts, Baltimore suffered for 11 years with no pro team; comments from former Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas, who immediately embraced Ravens as Baltimore's team; photo (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 20, 2000, covering December 23, 2000.
The Beatles
Backstreet Boys
Various Artists
Creed
Britney Spears
2000Victor Boniface, Nigerian footballer[†]
Victor Okoh Boniface is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Nigeria national team.
2000Sekou Doumbouya, Guinean-French basketball player[†]
Sekou Oumar Doumbouya is a French professional basketball player for Sagesse Club of the Lebanese Basketball League. He plays both the small forward and power forward positions.
2000Billy Barty, American actor (born 1924)[†]
Billy Barty was an American actor and activist. In adult life, he stood 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m) tall, due to cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism. Because of his short stature, he was often cast in films opposite taller performers for comic effect. He specialized in outspoken or wisecracking characters. During the 1950s, he became a television actor, appearing regularly in the Spike Jones ensemble. In the early 1970s, he appeared often in a variety of roles in children's TV programs produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. As an activist for people with dwarfism, he founded the Little People of America organization in 1957.
2000Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, pianist, and conductor (born 1909)[†]
Børge Rosenbaum, known professionally as Victor Borge, was a Danish and American actor, comedian, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in both North America and Europe. His blend of music and comedy earned him the nicknames "The Clown Prince of Denmark," "The Unmelancholy Dane," and "The Great Dane."
In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]