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In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]
2002Kelee Ringo, American football player[†]
Kelee Jahare-Hale Ringo is an American professional football cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs. He was a two-time CFP national champion with the Bulldogs, winning in 2021 and 2022.
2002John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and producer (born 1944)[†]
John Alec Entwistle was an English musician, best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band the Who. Entwistle's music career spanned over four decades. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member with formal musical training and also provided backing and occasional lead vocals. Entwistle was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990.
2002Robert L. J. Long, American admiral (born 1920)[†]
Robert Lyman John Long was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1977 to 1979 and Commander in Chief Pacific from 1979 to 1983.
Julie Salamon reviews Frontline segment Shattered Dreams of Peace: The Road From Oslo (M)
Swiss drug maker Serono agrees to buy Genset for 107.4 million euros ($105.2 million), more than three times French company's market value, to help it search for new medicines (S)
First of two articles, Blurred Vision, on large number of breast cancers that go undetected by radiologists; discusses research showing that doctors miss far more tumors than previously assumed, many because they lack ability to discern elusive signs of breast cancer in shadows and swirls of mammogram, widely regarded as hardest task in all of radiology; says that government holds doctors to only mimimum standards, that little specialized training is required, that doctors are not monitored by government and rarely know whether they are doing a good job or not; notes that deficiencies are being recognized at sensitive time, when mammography is struggled to attract top-flight doctors and when value of mammography screening is being questioned; photos (L)
Three of 19 present and former New York City plumbing inspectors charged with extorting payoffs from contractors were indicted on same charges isn 1993, cleared in 1995 and returned to old jobs; new federal complaints reflect seemingly ingrained culture of corruption in Buildings Department (M)
The Castle, 59-bed center on Hudson River in Harlem, is newly-renovated haven for ex-convicts who are released from prison with no place to go; photos (M)
Atlanta Braves defeat New York Mets, 6-3; photo (M)
First in series of articles, Notes From Music Camp, following experiences of gifted students at summer camp focuses on Perlman Music Program on Shelter Island; five-week summer camp, created eight years ago by Toby Perlman, features world-class faculty built around Toby's husband, violinist Itzhak Perlman; parents and young violinists and pianists comment; photos (M)
Tyco International former chairman-chief executive L Dennis Kozlowski is indicted on two new charges of tampering with evidence in case that accuses him of evading more than $1 million in sales taxes on six paintings that he bought last fall; Kozlowski pleads not guilty to new charges; new indictment contends Kozlowski removed fraudulent bill of lading, or cargo document, from file of papers kept at Tyco's offices in Boca Raton, Fla, before turning file over to Manhattan district attorney's office; investigators had requested complete file last month; prosecutors contend bill of lading, dated Jan 2, 2002, falsely reflected shipping from New York and receipt in New Hampshire of five paintings; photo (M)
New York Knicks obtain Denver Nuggets forward Antonio McDyess at NBA draft and send Marcus Camby, Mark Jackson and seventh pick Maybyner Hilario to Denver in return; photo (M)
WorldCom Inc's former chief financial officer Scott D Sullivan, who was 'whiz kid' Bernard J Ebbers relied on to put together many mergers that lifted WorldCom from obscurity as small long-distance phone company to prominence as global telecommunications giant, has dropped from public view, leaving deepening mystery about his actions; Securities and Exchange Commission says it plans to file fraud charges against Sullivan and other WorldCom executives; Jeffries & Co analyst Richard Klugman says Sullivan 'was the most credible CFO in the entire industry'; chief executive John W Sidgmore, who took over as chief executive when Ebbers resigned, says company had been 'shocked' when accounting transgressions it reported this week were uncovered during review of previous financial statements; records show most stock sales by WorldCom insiders occurred before 2000; chart; photos (M)
George Bastl defeats Pete Sampras in second round of Wimbledon; Paradorn Srichaphan defeats Andre Agassi in straight sets; photos (M)
David Pogue State of the Art column offers solutions for dealing with proliferation of annoying pop-up windows and self-propagating, unclosable windows that appear on Internet; number of inexpensive ad-filtering programs designed to suppress aggressive ads also speed up browser by up to 40 percent; while no software can eliminate all ads, most do impressive job; changing browser preferences to filter unwanted advertising discussed; free and nominally-priced software to help eliminate problem listed; caveat is that some Web sites will block users who ad have blocking software installed; drawing; photo (M)