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Yankees Win in the 9th Alfonso Soriano's ninth-inning home run lifted the Yankees over Seattle, 3-1, and put them a victory away from their fourth straight American League championship. In the National League, Arizona beat Atlanta, 3-2, to reach the World Series for the first time. SPORTSMONDAY, PAGE D1
Microsoft and PC Industry Prepare for Windows XP Microsoft's Windows XP operating system is set for a big coming-out party on Thursday in New York, where Bill Gates and other leaders of the personal computer industry will gather for a celebration. The personal computer industry is eager for a blockbuster new product. But Microsoft has a larger agenda. Windows XP is part of a broader strategy that leans on the company's mainstay -- the PC business -- but reaches for the technology to build and deliver a range of new Internet services. [Page C4.]
The roar of the first jet this afternoon prompted reflexive fears of an enemy attack on this rebel-held territory. But when another and then another jet thundered overhead, flying so high they could not even be seen, it dawned on people what might finally be happening: the end of their years of isolation and defeat. As night fell, the news spread. The Americans were starting to bomb the Taliban front lines.
Four years ago, James E. McGreevey nearly won the governorship of New Jersey with a campaign that harnessed voter anger over high automobile insurance rates. This time, the rate debate has been muted at best -- in part because Mr. McGreevey has chosen to make his Republican opponent, Bret D. Schundler, the main issue, and in part because the Sept. 11 attacks have voters worrying about larger questions of safety and survival. Yet in a state with some of the highest auto insurance premiums in the country, the issue is never far in the background. And the problems have loomed even larger this year as several big insurers announced they would stop doing business in the state.
Afghan Opium Resurgent A Taliban ban on growing opium poppies has begun to unravel with the war, and American officials are concerned that drug money could be used to finance terrorism. PAGE B1 A Religious Gulf Since the terror attacks, a gulf has opened between many Jewish and Muslim leaders in the United States, endangering relationships that took years to build. PAGE B10
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 17, 2001, covering October 22, 2001.
Ja Rule
Jay-Z
Enya
Alicia Keys
Nickelback
2001Brian Branch, American football player[†]
Brian Amani Branch is an American professional football safety for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he was an All-American and a national champion. Branch was selected by the Lions in the second round of the 2023 NFL draft. In 2024, he earned his first Pro Bowl.
2001Jo Yu-ri, South Korean singer and actress[†]
Jo Yu-ri is a South Korean singer and actress. She is known as a former member of the South Korean–Japanese girl group Iz*One. She first gained prominence after participating in Mnet's reality competition series Produce 48 in 2018, where she finished in third place and debuted with Iz*One on October 29, 2018.
2001Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (born 1922)[†]
Helmut Krackowizer was an Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist known for his work with vintage motorcycles.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]