February 23, 2002

Semifinal matches played in Olympic hockey tournament; United States defeats Russia, 3-2; Canada defeats Belarus, 7-1; US and Canada will play for gold medal; photos (M)

Northrop Grumman Corp announces unsolicited $5.9 billion stock offer for TRW Corp in hope of becoming nation's leading satellite and missile contractor as military spending rises in reponse to terrorist threats; Northrop's chairman Kent Kresa says his company is most interested in TRW's space and information technology operations; adds he would sell automotive assets of TRW, which account for almost two-thirds of company's revenue; chart; photos (M)

Clyde Haberman column on murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl holds in newpaper's editorials on Pearl word 'hero' was avoided because that word would have embarrassed him, as it would most journalists and others whose work sometimes involves physical peril (M)l

Janica Kostelic of Croatia wins giant slalom, setting new standard by winning four medals in one Winter Olympics, and tying Jean-Claude Killy of France and Toni Sailer of Austria as only Alpine skiers to win three gold medals in one Winter Olympics; Sweden's Anja Paerson wins silver and Sonja Nef of Switzerland takes bronze; photos (M)

America's major record companies, which successfully sued to shut down online music-swapping service Napster, suffer serious setback as Federal Judge Marilyn Patel allows Napster to seek evidence that record companies colluded to monopolize digital music market; Patel writes that if Napster shows record labels were involved in illegal collusion, it could invalidate their lawsuit; decision is potential turnaround in case that has helped define how copyrighted material is distributed over Internet, who will profit from such distribution, and whether and how much consumers will pay; Napster says it is pleased by decision (M)