Speculation grows that suicide bombing attacks in Casablanca at five separate sites that killed 41 people, including 13 bombers, might have blended order from abroad with homegrown organization; Moroccan authorities are calling attacks highly coordinated terrorist operation linked to sophisticated international terrorist network; but fact that suicide bombers' likely target, sprawling Jewish cemetery, escaped harm, and that three young Muslim men are among victims, lends amateur quality to events; King Mohammed VI arrives in Casablanca to show his direct involvement in aftermath of attacks; stops at several bombed sites, including hotel, Jewish cultural center and private Spanish club; says he has asked Interior Ministry and security services to investigate 'in full transparency' and to keep public informed of developments; photos (M)

In Casablanca Neighborhood, Ruptured Calm

New Jersey Nets defeat Detroit Pistons, 76-74, to lead Eastern Conference final series, 1-0; photos (M)

Kidd Rises to Occasion With Winning Shot

Sheer number of star players in Western Conference, including Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan, make West teams better than those in East; photo (M)

West Has Teams And Players To Trump East

Texas Rangers defeat New York Yankees, 5-1; photos (M)

Slumping Yankees Crawl Off To Boston

Death of Alberta Spruill, who suffered heart attack after police mistakenly raided her home, draws relatively muted response in Harlem as activists like Al Sharpton take wait-and-see stance; photo; Police Department is credited with starting quick investigation and stopping use of concussion grenades; Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Comr Raymond Kelly also apologized immediately to family (M)

A Response More Mournful Than Enraged

Pres Ariel Sharon of Israel issues implicit repudiation of new international peace plan after barrage of four Palestinian attacks kills nine people; he postpones trip to see Pres Bush and decides that Israel would shun foreign representatives who meet with Yasir Arafat; says terror must be eradicated before progress toward peace can be made through political channels; Israel imposes 'general closure' on West Bank, barring any Palestinians from crossing boundary with Israel; Sharon tells his cabinet ministers that he intends to continue meeting with new Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas; at least two of terror attacks appear to be work of militants from Hamas, which oposes any negotiation with Israel; Arafat denies any involvement in attacks and condemns violence against civilians; attacks are seen as deliberate blow to new Palestinian government of Abbas, fanning Israeli doubts about his ability or willingness to fight terrorism; violence comes before, during and after three-hour meeting between Sharon and Abbas, during which Abbas insists that Israel must adopt peace plan before he could act against violence and Sharon insists Palestinians must stop terrorism before he could make substantial concessions called for in so-called road map; photos (M)

ISRAEL PULLS BACK FROM PEACE PLAN AFTER 4 ATTACKS

Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment are rumored to be near to selling their joint online music service, Pressplay, to Roxio; Roxio owns name and assets of Napster, bankrupt former online music service that unleashed era of Internet music piracy; Pressplay sale would highlight how hard it has been to attract customers to service critics say is hampered by antipiracy curbs (M)

Deal May Raise Napster From Online Ashes

Detailed plan to run Iraq was drawn up by White House and Pentagon long before war began, but it may be undermined by looting, lawlessness and violence that has proved more widespread and enduring than Pres Bush and his aides expected; five weeks after fall of Baghdad, Bush is being forced to impose control with larger number of troops and to delay start of efforts to turn power over to Iraqis; potential Iraqi leaders reportedly tell Americans it would be foolish to start experimenting with democracy without making people feel secure enough to go back to work or school, and without giving them back at least basic services they received during Saddam Hussein's brutal rule; original plans called for quickly returning Baghdad police officers to duty to maintain semblance of order and having Iraqi soldiers build roads and clear rubble; but many of capital's 10,000 police officers are just now trickling back, and Iraqi soldiers disappeared; senior administration officials say no one in Washington anticipated degree to which chaos would undermine central goal of presenting US as liberator, not occupier (M)

LOOTING DISRUPTS DETAILED U.S. PLAN TO RESTORE IRAQ

New York State Legislature's two minority leaders, Democratic Sen David A Paterson and Republican Assemblyman Charles H Nesbitt, step into limelight as they secure passage of $92.8-billion budget after months of deadlock and veto by Gov George Pataki; Paterson, 48, is lawyer who is legally blind and is son of Harlem political legend Basil A Paterson; Nesbitt, 55, from Albion, has 'methodical tenacity' recalling experience as pilot in Vietnam; photos (M)

Legislature's Second Fiddles Take Lead Roles in Budget Fight

Interview with Maury Yeston, who wrote music and lyrics for play Nine; photo (M)

A Song in His Psyche, As Hummable as Fame

Reality programs are meeting resistance from network television, despite their continuing popularity and role in rescuing ailing network television business; network officials pointedly disavow future reliance on reality shows; advertising officials are left wondering where networks' fresh new ideas are; photos; viewership table (M)

Even as Executives Scorn the Genre, TV Networks Still Rely on Reality

New York magazine, created in late 1960's and in barely-profitable slow decline in recent years, attracts takeover attention from varied magazine publishing magnates; New York has circulation of 433,000, is owned by Primedia and is not currently for sale; photos (M)

Hot Market for a Magazine Not Yet for Sale

 Chiron Said to Agree to Buy Rival for About $880 Million  Chiron, one of the largest American biotechnology companies, has agreed to buy PowderJect Pharmaceuticals, a British vaccine maker, for about $880 million, a person close to the transaction said.    The deal, which is expected to be announced this morning, would instantly allow Chiron to enter the American market for flu vaccines as a major participant. [Page C4.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

Investors see Sun Microsystems' current business weakness making it potential takeover target; Sun's share price is up sharply on takeover rumors; International Business Machines and Cisco Systems appear to be most logical suitors; Sun would likely resist any takeover; photo (M)

Market Place; Before Sun Is Reborn, It Must Resist Being Bought

 WorldCom Deal Called Near  The Securities and Exchange Commission is close to a fraud settlement with MCI, formerly WorldCom, people involved said.   PAGE A15

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Bill being considered by House that would force nation's foundations to give away more of their money in charity each year is creating furor in philanthropic world; bill would create potential windfall of billions of dollars for nonprofit groups, but foundations are warning that they could be forced to squander their assets and spend themselves out of existence; bill's supporters say it will actually rein in wasteful spending--on salaries and overhead--as it gives charities needed help in time of withering government budgets and growing economic pain; at issue is House version of bill passed in Senate intended to create incentives to charitable giving; unlike Senate bill, House bill would modify existing law that requires foundations to give at least 5 percent of their assets to charities every year in order to maintain their tax-exempt status; current law allows foundations to include administrative expenses like rent, accounting fees and salaries in that 5 percent target, while new bill would require that all 5 percent go to charity; Rep Roy Blunt, who introduced bill with Rep Harold E Ford Jr, says 5 percent provision was added because some foundations may be spending too much on compensation, rent and other expenses; several foundations have come under scrutiny for spending lavishly on offices and payments to board members; photos (M)

Foundations Roiled By Measure to Spur Increase in Charity

Bans on Sunday liquor sales, most durable of nation's old blue laws, are tumbling as state legislatures struggle to trim worst budget deficits in 40 years; states are eager to collect more revenues from excise taxes on liquor, on sales taxes and on liquor store profits; Gov Ruth Ann Minner of Delaware just signed law allowing Sunday liquor store sales from noon to 8 pm, and New York State Legislature allows Sunday sales, provided stores close another day of week; Oregon, with one of nation's deepest deficits, began allowing Sunday liquor sales last year; laws could be dropped or relaxed soon in Kansas, Rhode Island and Washington State; except for Texas, four of five most populous states now allow liquor stores to open on Sundays; photos (M)

Hard-Pressed States Try Sunday Liquor Sales

So-called morning after pill that could prevent pregnancy comes out of shadows; two companies distributing drug in United States are so tiny they could barely afford advertising, and people who do know about it often confuse it with RU-486, the abortion pill; now New Mexico has become fourth state to allow pharmacists to dispense drug directly to women, without doctor's prescription, and legislators or pharmacists in at least 14 states are agitating to do same; one company that sells pills, Women's Capital Corp, has applied to Food and Drug Adm for permission to sell its pill, called Plan B, over the counter; other, Gynetics, says it, too, expects its product, called Preven, to be sold over counter by end of next year; new research shows emergency contraceptive pill can prevent pregnancy even if taken five days after sex; pills are essentially birth control pills in higher doses; they are available over counter in more than dozen countries; photo (M)

Use of Morning-After Pill Rising And It May Go Over the Counter

Four suspects apparently linked to Al Qaeda are arrested on suspicion of having advance knowledge of three lethal bombings in Riyadh last week, and three of suicide bombers are identified as members of cell uncovered just days before attacks; announcement by Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz, Saudi interior min, is strongest official confirmation to date that Al Qaeda, terrorist network founded by Osama bin Laden, may have guided attacks in Saudi Arabia; Prince Nayef says there is no immediate known link between attack in Riyadh and recent suicide bombings in Casablanca, Morocco; says three of mangled bodies of nine suicide bombers are identified as members of heavily armed cell who eluded capture when their safe house was raided by police on May 6; plays down American role in investigation in Saudi Arabia; suggests that American investigators would be merely observers (M)

Saudis Link 4 In Bomb Plot To Qaeda Cell

ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox television networks preview their new programming lineups for next fall; fail to stir much excitement among potential advertisers; no single show attracts particular attention from advertising industry; traditional-looking sitcoms and crime dramas dominate networks' offerings; photos (M)

No One Standout and Few Big Risks in the Fall Lineup

Annika Sorenstam prepares to take on PGA Tour players at Colonial Tournament; photos (M)

Having the Time of Her Life, Sorenstam Is Ready to Play

Army Corps of Engineers is sampling famously festering muck in waters of Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal as first step in addressing environmental problems and determining what activities canal and surrounding area could sustain; photos; canal was fouled by sewage soon after it was built in late 19th century as commercial thruway (M)

What Rots Beneath; Investigating Exactly What Fouls the Gowanus Canal

Kelefa Sanneh reviews performance by pop singer Erykah Badu at Apollo Theater; photo (M)

Toying With Looks And Expectations

Jennifer Dunning reviews American Ballet Theater performances of HereAfter; photos (M)

Memories As Detours En Route To Death

Over dozen of Chicago's nearly 200 theater companies are presenting world premieres of works by both new and veteran playwrights this season; trend reflects deep pool of Chicago-based dramatic talent and city's growing appeal to playwrights and producers from other parts of nation; plays can be produced relatively cheaply in city; directors and playwrights say Chicago critics and public seem more interested in new work than their counterparts in New York and other cities; list of productions; photos (M)

Opening in Chicago, a Wave of the New; World Premieres Signal a Theater Town's Openness to Fresh Voices

Joelle Joanie "JoJo" Siwa is an American singer, dancer, actress, and media personality. From 2015 to 2016, she appeared as a dancer on two seasons of the reality television show Dance Moms alongside her mother, Jessalynn Siwa. She was included on Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.

May 19, 2003

Headlines from May 19, 2003

In Casablanca Neighborhood, Ruptured Calm

Kidd Rises to Occasion With Winning Shot

West Has Teams And Players To Trump East

Slumping Yankees Crawl Off To Boston

A Response More Mournful Than Enraged

Billboard 200

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

American Idol Season 2: All-Time Classic American Love Songs

Thankful

The Very Best Of Cher

Come Away With Me

Notable Births

Historical Context for May 19, 2003