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Jack Curry Sports of The Times column discusses Chuck Knoblauch's career with New York Yankees and comments about his reaction to speculation of possible trade to Seattle; photo (M)
COMING ON SUNDAY MADE-TO-ORDER SAVIOR Two families, two sick children, one revolutionary solution: a sibling conceived as a perfectly matched donor. Only one family would succeed, and make medical history. While society may question parents who breed for spare parts, the response is usually, ''How could we not?'' A report by Lisa Belkin in The Times Magazine.
Jose Rivera, Roberto Ramirez and Adolfo Carrion Jr are released from Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after serving 37 days for protesting Navy's bombing exercises on Puerto Rican island of Vieques; release signals end of hunger strikes; urge public not to forget their fellow prisoner still incarcerated, Rev Al Sharpton, who drew longer sentence because of prior conviction for civil disobedience; photo (M)
Many Serbs are happy that Slobodan Milosevic is gone, but many oppose his handover to international court on all grounds; indictment of Milosevic is expanded to include names of hundreds more victims in Kosovo; photo (M)
Vice Pres Dick Cheney says doctors will almost certainly implant sophisticated heart pacemaker and defibrillator to counter periodic episodes of rapid heart rhythms, problem that often develops among patients with history of heart attacks; says they have assured him that device, called implantable cardioverter defibrillator, will not impair his ability to do his job; photos (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 27, 2001, covering June 30, 2001.
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Staind
Destiny's Child
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St. Lunatics
2001Chet Atkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1924)[†]
Chester Burton Atkins, also known as "Mister Guitar" and "the Country Gentleman", was an American musician who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, helped create the Nashville sound, the country music style which expanded its appeal to adult pop music fans. He was primarily a guitarist, but he also played the mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and ukulele, and occasionally sang.
2001Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer (born 1937)[†]
Joe Henderson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and very occasional flute player. In a career spanning more than four decades, Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent labels, including Blue Note, Milestone, and Verve.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]