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Deutsche Telekom acquires 51 percent of Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa it does not already own after raising cash offer by 10 percent, to 1.1 billion euros ($1.24 billion); will pay Vivendi Universal 691 million euros, Elektrim 400 million euros and Ymer Finance 9 million euros (S)
East Coast girds for worst as Hurricane Isabel, with winds easing slightly to still-powerful 120 miles per hour, churns up Atlantic; National Hurricane Center says if storm stays on track it would slam into fragile Outer Banks of North Carolina at 2 pm on Sept 18 and grind on up Chesapeake Bay; disaster plans are activated from South Carolina to Massachusetts; Navy orders 40 warships and submarines in Norfolk to put to sea, Air Force orders fighter jets at coastal bases to fly inland and governor of Virginia declares state of emergency; evacuations are ordered in some coastal communities in Virginia and North Carolina; officials in New York City and its suburbs review evacuation procedures; Mayor Michael Bloomberg urges city residents to stock up on flashlights and other supplies; photo; map (M)
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Some lawmakers say mounting fear of retirees of losing drug benefits they already have from former employers poses most immediate threat to legislation to cover prescription drugs under Medicare; Medicare generally does not cover outpatient prescription drugs, but some employers voluntarily provide such coverage; members of Congress now realize that any Medicare drug benefit they may approve will have profound effect on health coverage provided to retirees by former employers; as result, Congress is frantically seeking ways to address concern, by offering tax credits, subsidies or other incentives for employers to continue providing drug benefits to retirees; about 12 million of 40 million Medicare recipeints have retiree health benefits, usually including some drug benefits; Congressional Budget Office estimates that one-third of people with such drug coverage could lose it under bills pased in June by House and Senate; photo (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 10, 2003, covering September 16, 2003.
Mary J. Blige
Hilary Duff
Various Artists
Alan Jackson
YoungBloodZ
2003Ryan Couchman, Australian rugby league player[†]
Ryan Couchman is an Australian professional Rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL.
2003Toby Couchman, Australian rugby league player[†]
Toby Couchman is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL).
2003Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter (born 1921)[†]
Shelby Fredrick Wooley was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs, including the 1958 hit rock-and-roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater", and under the name Ben Colder, the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2". As an actor, he portrayed Cletus Summers, the principal of Hickory High School and assistant coach in the 1986 film Hoosiers; Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller in the film High Noon; Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales; and scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide. Wooley is also credited as the voice actor who provided the Wilhelm scream and all of the other stock sound effects for Thomas J. Valentino's Major record label during the 1940s.
In 2003, the world population was approximately 6,420,361,634 people[†]