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March 8, 2004

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On the Gaming Floor A look inside one of New York's new video lottery parlors, which Gov. George E. Pataki has promoted as a way to help finance public education without raising taxes. PAGE B1

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For a Promising but Poor Girl, A Struggle Over Sex and Goals

By Nina Bernstein

Second of two articles Young Love, New Caution cites example of Tabitha, promising but poor 17-year-old high school senior who lives in New York City homeless shelter, in warning of threats posed by poverty to national crusade to prevent teenage pregnancy; she cites cost as reason she stopped using birth control patch obtained through pregnancy prevention clinic at her Bronx high school, clinic that itself is threatened with cutbacks; graphs of link between poverty and pregnancy and age of men with whom teenage mothers have children; photos (L)

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Looking to Add Bit of Glamour To Adelphia Trial

By Barry Meier

Adelphia Communication fraud trial may get a little glamour if prosecution calls to stand Peta Wilson, actress who once starred on cable television series La Femme Nikita and who was guest on several occasions of Timothy J Rigas aboard Adelphia corporate jet; prosecution's opening statement made much of Rigas's supposed excesses; legal experts say prosecutors in complex financial fraud cases are often eager to bring jury's attention back from mind-numbing details of abstract financial concepts to simple matters like charges of greed and high living; Wilson photo; photo of Rigas with his father, John J Rigas, company's founder (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 3, 2004, covering March 8, 2004.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Feels Like Home by Norah Jones

    Feels Like Home

    Norah Jones

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for The College Dropout by Kanye West

    The College Dropout

    Kanye West

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for Fallen by Evanescence

    Fallen

    Evanescence

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    51
  4. 4
    Album cover for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

    Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

    OutKast

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    22
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    Album cover for When The Sun Goes Down by Kenny Chesney

    When The Sun Goes Down

    Kenny Chesney

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3

Notable Births

Kit Connor

2004Kit Connor, English actor[†]

Kit Sebastian Connor is an English actor. He gained recognition for starring as secondary school student Nick Nelson in the Netflix teen series Heartstopper (2022–2024). He won the inaugural Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performance for the role.

Notable Deaths

Muhammad Zaidan

2004Muhammad Zaidan, Syrian terrorist, founded the Palestine Liberation Front (born 1948)[†]

Muhammad Zaidan aka Muhammad Abbas, sometimes known as Abu Abbas, was a founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) Organization.

Historical Events

2004A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.[†]

The Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period, also called the Transitional Administrative Law or TAL, was Iraq's provisional constitution following the 2003 Iraq War. It was signed on March 8, 2004 by the Iraqi Governing Council. It came into effect on June 28, 2004 following the official transfer of power from the Coalition Provisional Authority to a sovereign Iraqi government. The law remained in effect until the formation of the government in May 2006, when it was superseded by the permanent constitution that had been approved by referendum on October 15, 2005.

Historical Context for March 8, 2004

In 2004, the world population was approximately 6,503,377,772 people[†]