January 27, 2003

Increased enrollment, coupled with more students driving to school, spells dearth of parking spaces at Greenwich High School; beginning next fall, juniors will no longer have parking privileges, and status of upperclassmen has new demarcation; in years past, having car was status symbol, but in today's tight market, parking permits trump even those; more students will be forced to rely on dreaded school bus; photo (M)

Tina Brown, former editor of defunct Talk magazine, agrees to host new series of four one-hour prime-time television specials on financial news network CNBC; will choose guests and lead discussions of current events topics; photo (M)

Joyce Purnick Metro Matters column foresees problems with Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal for selling corporate sponsorships to New York City sites to help offset budget gap; says natural progression of idea would be for wealthy individuals with outsized egos to buy naming rights as well and before long every street and building would be named for person or company that could afford to advertise itself (M)

$200 Million Health Grant The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving $200 million to try to help save millions of lives lost worldwide each year to malaria, tuberculosis and malnutrition. PAGE A16 Israel Cracks Down Two days before national elections, Israel imposed a ''total closure'' on the West Bank and Gaza Strip and indicated it was considering a reoccupation in Gaza. PAGE A3

Justice Department signs consent decree with New Times Media and Village Voice Media, newsweekly chains that it had accused of dividing markets when they closed competing papers, The Cleveland Free Times and The New Times Los Angeles, in October 2002; each company will pay fines to California and Ohio and aid in opening of new weekly papers in Los Angeles and Cleveland; newsweekly industry questions government action against it during period of uncontested media conglomeration; photo (M)