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February 25, 2001

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Headlines from February 25, 2001

A Wonder of the Pitching World

By Buster Olney

Profile of New York Yankees' pitcher Roger Clemens, who remains one of baseball's hardest throwers at age of 38; exercise regimen that keeps Clemens in remarkable shape discussed; chart; photos (M)

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INSIDE

By Unknown Author

Serbs Arrest Ex-Police Chief The new Serbian government announced that it had detained Slobodan Milosevic's feared secret police chief on suspicion of involvement in murder. PAGE 8 Bush Readies First Budget President Bush will present his first budget this week, and aides say it will show he can restrain spending, pay for his $1.6 trillion tax cut and overhaul Social Security. PAGE 18

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Building an Empire One Party Page at a Time

By Alex Kuczynski

Profile of Jason Binn, magazine publisher, self-marketer and New York editor-about-town; Binn publishes Hamptons in summer and new magazine Gotham, paean to celebrity and bible for social climbers; interview; photos (M)

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Facing Facts: Aid to Colombia; America Gets Candid About What Colombia Needs

By Christopher Marquis

Pres Bush is preparing to meet Colombia's president, Andres Pastrana; Congress's $1.3 billion aid package, approved 8 months ago, was presented as latest effort to stem flow of drugs; it is morphing into rescue operation for failing state; American officials recognize that any effort to stop drug trade in Colombia must also deal with reasons drug lords there have so much power: government is weak, army has terrible reputation for human rights abuses, leftist guerrillas have long controlled much of countryside and have cast their lot with drug trade, and right-wing militias fighting leftists also get money from drug trade; photos (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 21, 2001, covering February 25, 2001.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Hotshot by Shaggy

    Hotshot

    Shaggy

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    27
  2. 2
    Album cover for 1 by The Beatles

    1

    The Beatles

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  3. 3
    Album cover for Save The Last Dance by Soundtrack

    Save The Last Dance

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    7
  4. 4
    Album cover for J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez

    J.Lo

    Jennifer Lopez

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  5. 5
    Album cover for Rule 3:36 by Ja Rule

    Rule 3:36

    Ja Rule

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    18

Notable Births

Vernon Carey Jr.

2001Vernon Carey Jr., American basketball player[†]

Vernon A. Carey Jr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for Karşıyaka Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. He finished his high school career at NSU University School as a five-star recruit and among the top-ranked players in the 2019 class.

Notable Deaths

A. R. Ammons

2001A. R. Ammons, American poet and critic (born 1926)[†]

Archibald Randolph Ammons was an American poet and professor of English at Cornell University. Ammons published nearly thirty collections of poems in his lifetime. Revered for his impact on American romantic poetry, Ammons received several major awards for his work, including two National Book Awards for Poetry, one in 1973 for Collected Poems and another in 1993 for Garbage.

Don Bradman

2001Don Bradman, Australian international cricketer; holder of world record batting average (born 1908)[†]

Sir Donald George Bradman, nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. His cricketing successes have been claimed by Shane Warne, among others, as making Bradman the "greatest sportsperson" in history. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 is considered by some to be the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport.

Historical Context for February 25, 2001

In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]