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Philadelphia Eagles and quarterback Donovan McNabb prepare to face Atlanta Falcons and quarterback Michael Vick in first-round playoff game; McNabb and Vick are friends who share similarities as quarterbacks and team leaders (M)
Sony Corp of America names NBC Inc president and chief operating officer Andrew Lack as chairman and chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment; he succeeds Thomas D Mottola, who was forced out; choice of outsider surprises many music industry insiders; photos; graph (M)
Yale Leopold, 21-year-old college student visiting New York City from Massachusetts, is slashed several times with knife on Lower Manhattan subway platform by assailant who approaches her, asks her question and then attacks (M)
William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column contends that playing on home field during playoffs can often result in unfair advantage when referees side with home team in game-deciding calls; photos (M)
New York State official, releasing data on Dec tax receipts that were $1.3 billion below estimates, says Gov George E Pataki now faces budget gap of $2 billion to $2.5 billion in year ending Apr 1 and at least $10 billion in next fiscal year; says revenue shortfall is deepest in decades; says Pataki plans to balance budget next year without raising broad-based taxes; reports administration will spur more state workers to retire early over next two months because efforts to shrink payroll are lagging (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 8, 2003, covering January 11, 2003.
Soundtrack
Shania Twain
Avril Lavigne
Dixie Chicks
Jennifer Lopez
2003Jože Pučnik, Slovenian sociologist and politician (born 1932)[†]
Jože Pučnik was a Slovenian public intellectual, sociologist and politician. During the communist regime of Josip Broz Tito, he was one of the most outspoken Slovenian critics of dictatorship and lack of civil liberties in SFR Yugoslavia.
2003Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.[†]
The governor of Illinois is the head of government of Illinois, and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state. The governor is responsible for endorsing or vetoing laws passed by the Illinois General Assembly. The office also carries the power of pardon and commutation under state law. The governor is commander-in-chief of the state's land, air and sea forces when they are in state service. Illinois is one of 13 states that does not place a term limit for governor.
In 2003, the world population was approximately 6,420,361,634 people[†]