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Ira Berkow Sports of The Times column contends that NBA Comr David Stern is mistaken in belief that basketball players in high school should not be allowed to play in NBA after graduation without playing college ball; photo (M)
Pres Bush offers energy plan that calls for easing rules on oil and gas exploration, conservation-minded efforts like review of gas mileage standards and $4 billion tax credit for new generation of highly fuel efficient cars, and reconsideration of ban on reprocessing of nuclear fuel; warns America faces most serious energy shortage since 1970's, threatening its economy and security; orders sweeping review of public lands to determine whether more energy resources can be extracted; will issue energy report outlining 105 initiatives; plans executive orders directing federal agencies to weigh effects of all new regulation on energy production and to expedite permits for all energy projects 'while remaining mindful of protecting' environment; releases report overview holding federal regulation has unduly inhibited energy production and raised prices; report repeats Bush's commitment to explore for oil in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; urges revision or reinterpretation of major Clean Air Act provision that requires long government review of any modifications of power plants that affect emissions; photos (M)
Britain's jobless rate fell to 26-year low of 3.2 percent in April from 3.3 percent in March (S)
Sotheby's will auction more than 400 pieces and furniture and decorative objects from Villa Fiorentina, former summer retreat of Harding and Mary Wells Lawrence on French Riviera, who made it into showplace for great American decorating and drew to it the international jet set; photos (M)
Former F.B.I. Agent Indicted A federal grand jury indicted a former F.B.I. agent on charges that he spied for Moscow for years, revealing the identities of people working for the United States. PAGE A16 Hofstra Student Found Dead A sophomore missing for three weeks was killed by a fellow student, the authorities said. His body was found buried behind the suspect's apartment. PAGE B1
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 16, 2001, covering May 17, 2001.
Destiny's Child
Janet
Various Artists
Tim McGraw
Stevie Nicks
2001Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (born 1928)[†]
Jacques-Louis Lions was a French mathematician who made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control, among other areas. He received the SIAM's John von Neumann Lecture prize in 1986 and numerous other distinctions. Lions is listed as an ISI highly cited researcher.
2001Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author (born 1908)[†]
Frank Gill Slaughter, pen-name Frank G. Slaughter, pseudonym C. V. Terry, was an American novelist and physician whose books sold more than 60 million copies. His novels drew on his own experience as a doctor and his interest in history and the Bible. Through his novels, he often introduced readers to new findings in medical research and new medical technologies.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]