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Restaurant business in New York is feeling pinch of tighter economy since Sept 11; diners still come, but spend less; restaurants outside Manhattan are suffering most and are not eligible for aid given to those closer to ground zero; photo (M)
Bridge Toll Reaches 7 Despite strong currents and bad weather, Oklahoma officals recovered four more bodies from the Arkansas River, where a barge took down part of a bridge. Three bodies were found on Sunday. PAGE A12 Stealing Homes From Elderly Federal prosecutors in Detroit say con artists are stealing the identities of elderly homeowners and then stealing their paid-off homes. One brick home was sold; another mortgaged. PAGE A12
Pres Pervez Musharraf says in nationwide address that Pakistan does not want conflict with India but will 'respond with full might' if war breaks out; urges India to open dialogue and to move toward normalization of relations; lays full blame for standoff on India; repeats he will not allow Pakistan to be used as staging ground for terror attacks, India's chief complaint against him; denies Islamic militants are crossing into India's side of Kashmir to carry out raids; pledges support for those resisting Indian rule in mostly Muslim region; Indian officials react with anger to address, finding little by way of conciliation; maps; photo (M)
First Memorial Day since September 11 terrorist attacks is commemorated across New York metropolitan region with cheering crowds and quiet prayer; parades and other events in New York City described; Mayor Michael R Bloomberg attends ceremony honoring war dead with hundreds of veterans aboard aircraft carrier Intrepid; photos (M)
Stephen Kinzer Arts in America column on Chicago, which has become America's second most important theater center; focuses on current Tony-nominated plays that began life in Chicago, including Thoroughly Modern Millie, Urinetown and Sweet Smell of Success; photos (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 22, 2002, covering May 28, 2002.
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Celine Dion
Lauryn Hill
Ashanti
Kenny Chesney
2002Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (born 1905)[†]
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and writer of children's books. She wrote some of the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries and created the detective's adventurous personality. Benson wrote under the Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name, Carolyn Keene, from 1929 to 1953 and contributed to 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew mysteries, which were bestsellers.
2002The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.[†]
The World Trade Center site, often referred to as "Ground Zero" or "the Pile" immediately after the September 11 attacks, is a 14.6-acre (5.9 ha) area in Lower Manhattan in New York City. The site is bounded by Vesey Street to the north, the West Side Highway to the west, Liberty Street to the south, and Church Street to the east. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) owns the site's land. The original World Trade Center complex stood on the site until it was destroyed in the September 11 attacks.
In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]