Milwaukee Bucks defeat New Jersey Nets, 88-85, to tie first-round playoff series, 1-1; photos (M)

Bucks Catch Nets With Their Guard Down

Herbert Muschamp appraises Richard B Fisher Center for Performing Arts at Bard College, Frank Gehry's new two-theater concert hall, Annandale-on-Hudson; notes Leon Botstein, Bard's president, has emerged as a great patron of architecture; photos (L)

A Heritage Rediscovered, Then Remade

Alessandra Stanley reviews Mr Personality, Fox's latest reality dating game; Monica Lewinksy, former White House intern, is show's host (M)

The Name of the Game Is Class, Guys and Gals, or the Lack of It

Pres Bush says Alan Greenspan deserves fifth term as Federal Reserve chairman, in effect leaving to Greenspan decision of whether to extend his long tenure, interview with financial journalists; White House officials say Bush will renominate Greenspan before his current four-year term expires in June 2004; Greenspan, 77, has been chairman since 1987; he undergoes prostate surgery; photo (M)

PRESIDENT WILLING TO GIVE GREENSPAN NEW TERM AT FED

Houston Astros defeat New York Mets, 6-2; photos (M)

Cone and Burnitz Are Injured in Loss to the Astros

Growing number of pharmaceutical companies are offering to take on prominent health roles in helping to care for Medicaid patients in some states; drug companies create guidelines for treating patients with chronic conditions; companies then pay for case workers to help patients follow guidelines by phoning them to remind them of importance of taking their medicine regularly and eating properly; case workers also talk to patients' doctors so that care focuses on managing disease rather than treating acute event; drug companies say programs save taxpayers millions of dollars by keeping Medicaid patients out of hospital; critics say drug companies are sponsoring them to persuade state governments to drop efforts to demand lower drug prices; Florida started trend in 2001 when it allowed Pfizer Inc to provide services and later negotiated similar deals with Bristol-Myers Squibb and GlaxoSmithKline; Eli Lilly has set up similar programs at no cost to taxpayers in Arkansas and Colorado; photo (M)

Drug Makers Expand Their Medicaid Role

Mayor Bloomberg's establishment of 311 telephone call line to offer New Yorkers an ear to listen to their concerns is now drawing as many as 32,023 callers a day; Bloomberg decided after he was elected to set up single phone line that people could call to get answers to all questions pertaining to government, and to lodge their complaints; table shows most frequent types of calls to 311; photo (M)

Trouble Big or Small? City Lends a Headset; From Recycling to Poultry at Door, New York Has a Number to Call: 311

South Korea's Kookmin Bank reports income of 73.9 billion won ($61 million) in first quarter, down 89 percent from 672.2 billion won ($558 million) year earlier (S)

World Business Briefing | Asia: South Korea: Bank's Profit Falls

National Endowment for Arts is set to announce program that will bring professional-quality performances of some of Shakespeare's fundamental works, accompanied by educational programs, to some 100 small and midsize American cities in all 50 states (M)

Stratford-Upon-Main Street: Shakespeare to Tour, Thanks to N.E.A.

Selena Roberts Sports of The Times column contends that Sacramento Kings are built as emsemble cast of versatile players who allow each other to share responsibilities and success, which creates advantage against other teams; photos (M)

Sports of The Times; Ensembles Provide Resiliency

Michael Govan, director of Dia Foundation, describes acquisition of abandoned 1929 factory in Beacon, NY, that has been transformed into Dia: Beacon, $50 million art museum opening on May 18; photo (M)

An Old Box Factory Is a Haven for New Art

Questions about credibility of expert witness in lawsuits involving rollover accidents are putting Ford Motor Co on defensive, as lawyers for accident victims press claims that Ford covered up evidence that its Bronco II sport utility vehicle was dangerous; South Carolina Supreme Court last week said estate of Ray H Chewning Jr whose leg was crushed in 1990 Bronco II rollover can seek to reopen case he lost decade ago; court cited claims by Chewning's lawyers that Ford paid expert witness, former Ford engineer David Bickerstaff, to testify falsely on its behalf; decision follows 2001 finding by federal judge in West Virginia case that there was evidence of 'conspiracy' between Fod and Bickerstaff to mislead court; Ford settled that case, which involved fatal accident, within two days of judge's finding; photo (M)

Lawyers Taking Aim at Ford On Veracity of Expert

Honda Motor names Takeo Fukui, president of its research and development unit, to succeed Hiroyuki Yoshino as chief executive; Fukui is engineer who spent four years at company's American operation; Takeda Chemical names Yasuchika Hasegawa to succeed Kunio Takeda as president; Hasegawa once ran company's main American operation; photo (M)

2 New Chiefs in Japan Honed Skills in U.S.

World Business Briefing | Europe: Sweden: Electrolux Lowers Outlook

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and UCLA Hammer Museum frequently exhibit work of local artists and even compete among themselves to discover promising new ones; championing of local artists was not there 30 years ago and sets these museums apart from museums in many other cities; photos (L)

A City Where Locals Are Welcome

Profile of Ellen Levine, editor in chief of Good Housekeeping, who has updated its focus to reflect its working mom readers; gives recipe for popovers served at lunches she regularly gives in magazine's living room and dining room suite; photos (M)

Popovers, and a Century of Advice

In Los Angeles, they not only show the work of local artists but even compete to find the next new star.  Also: Is there a cure for art anxiety?  SECTION G

Editors' Note; SPECIAL TODAY -- Museums

United States officials say Iranian-trained agents have crossed into southern Iraq since fall of Saddam Hussein and are working in Najaf, Karbala and Basra to promote friendly Shiite clerics and advance Iranian interests; say agents reportedly include members of Badr Brigade, military wing of Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, Iraqi Shiite group with headquarters in Iran; other agents may include irregular members of special unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards; express concern that Iran may be meddling to promote Iranian model of government, Islamic republic headed by Shiite cleric (M)

IRAN SAID TO SEND AGENTS INTO IRAQ

New York Yankees defeat Anaheim Angels, 8-3; photo (M)

Against Angels, Yankees Carry A Bigger Championship Chip

Recording industry executives say copyright infringement suits seeking billions of dollars in damages from four students at three colleges who ran campus Web sites that let fellow students copy music files stored on one another's computers marks turning point in battle they have been waging since Napster popularized Internet music trading three years ago; say earlier pressure on college administrators to discipline students had little effect, but suits have spurred number of sites to close; Cary Sherman, president of Recording Industry Association of America, which brought suits, comments; photo (M)

Recording Industry Goes After Students Over Music Sharing

Islamic religious passions long suppressed under Saddam Hussein escalate in Karbala, city holy to Iraq's majority Shiites, while Iraqis in Baghdad await United States aid but are wary of American political influence; Jay Garner, leader of interim US civilian authority, visits Kurdish strongholds in northern Iraq; is welcomed with gratitude for relief effort he led after Hussein crushed 1991 uprising in region; some of his aides are unable because of poor security to travel to Baghdad to begin resconstruction effort; Iraqi workers in city are able to do little to straighten out their bombed and looted government offices; photos (M)

AS BAGHDAD WAITS FOR AID, PASSIONS RISE IN THE SOUTH

Brazil needs to export more to wean itself from dependence on foreign investment and China is new priority for producers of various products; Brazil's Pres Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is less enthusiastic about Free Trade Area of Americas agreement being negotiated with US, is training his sights very publicly on China; says Brazil's new foreign policy has defined China as fundamental partner; photo (M)

Cultivating a Partnership

Russia's largest oil producer Yukos Oil Co will pay $13 billion in cash and stock to buy Sibneft, nation's fifth-largest oil company; Yuko's principal owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky will manage new company, to be called YukosSibneft; Sibneft's principal owners, including enterpreneur Roman Abramovich will hold about 29 percent of new company; company will produce estimated 2.4 million barrels of oil per day and hold estimated 19 billion barrels of oil and gas reserves; Russia's Prime Min Mikhail Kasyanov calls new company 'a flagship for the Russian economy,' and Finance Min Aleksei L Kudrin says deal will help Russian companies strengthen their positions abroad; chart; photo (M)

Merger Creates Russian Oil Giant With Big Dreams

 Candidate From the Left  Representative Dennis Kucinich, the boy wonder of Ohio politics in the 1970's, is trying to live up to his early potential with a long-shot liberal bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.   PAGE A23    Strike by Doormen Averted  A tentative agreement was reached this morning that averted a strike by 28,000 service workers at 3,000 apartment buildings in New York City.   PAGE B1

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New York Stock Exchange says contrary to news reports, it is not investigating whether its traders improperly bought stocks in advance of big orders from investors, practice known as front-running; says it is investigating whether handful of specialists failed to match orders from small investors directly, instead making profit by buying from one and selling to another; rules require that specialists directly match orders whenever possible; Edward A Kwalwasser, executive vice president of exchange for regulation, comments (Market Place column) (M)

THE MARKETS: Market Place; Big Board Says Inquiry Is of Breach Of Lesser Sort

Fernand Fonssagrives, born Fernand Vigoureux near Paris, was a photographer known for his 'beauty photography' in the early 1940s, and as the first husband of the model Lisa Fonssagrives. He died in 2003 at Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.

April 23, 2003

Headlines from April 23, 2003

Bucks Catch Nets With Their Guard Down

A Heritage Rediscovered, Then Remade

The Name of the Game Is Class, Guys and Gals, or the Lack of It

PRESIDENT WILLING TO GIVE GREENSPAN NEW TERM AT FED

Cone and Burnitz Are Injured in Loss to the Astros

Billboard 200

Faceless

Meteora

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

Now 12

To Whom It May Concern

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for April 23, 2003