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New York City's Little Italy, like other downtown areas, is suffering from severe lack of trade following Sept 11 terrorist attack; comments from restaurant and shop owners who say they feel powerless in situation beyond their control; photo (M)
Prominent Democrats who campaigned for Al Gore in 2000 presidential race laud Pres Bush's leadership in war on terrorism, interview; some sound relieved that Gore did not win, questioning whether Gore would have surrounded self with equally experienced foreign policy team or been as nimble at communicating to public; photo (M)
Nokia says profits fell 18 percent in third quarter from year earlier, decline less severe than some investors expected; revenue in quarter fell 7 percent, to 7.05 billion euros ($6.3 billion); company accompanies report with rosy forecast of its business prospects for remainder of year and for 2002 (M)
Overview of day's events in war on terrorism, including fighting in Afghanistan and anthrax scare (M)
Military analysis of United States Army's first ground raid in Afghanistan; raid can be seen as start of dangerous but potentially decisive stage of war; goal is not to occupy territory, but to move into enemy's lair, complete mission and leave; it is expected to be first of many raids by Special Operations forces in weeks or months ahead; raid demonstrates wilingness to risk American casualties, which in past conflicts have often generated political opposition at home; polls show American public overwhelmingly backs not only military operations in Afghanistan but use of ground forces; public seems to have shed its expectations of casualty-free operation (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 17, 2001, covering October 20, 2001.
Ja Rule
Jay-Z
Enya
Alicia Keys
Nickelback
2001Paige Bueckers, American basketball player[†]
Paige Madison Bueckers is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the UConn Huskies where she led her team to four Big East Tournament wins, four Final Four appearances, and a National Championship title.
2001Ted Ammon, American financier and banker (born 1949)[†]
Robert Theodore Ammon was an American financier and investment banker. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was murdered in his home in 2001 by electrician Daniel Pelosi, who was convicted in 2004. Ammon and his wife Generosa Ammon were in the midst of a divorce at the time of his death, and Pelosi was later romantically linked to Ammon's soon-to-be ex-wife. Ammon and his wife had married on February 2, 1986, and had two children, the twins Greg Ammon and Alexa Ammon, who they adopted from the village of Medvedivtsi in the Mukachevo Region of Ukraine in October 1992.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]