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October 3, 2004

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Your Broker as Your Friend, or Maybe Not

By Nadine Brozan

Relationship between broker and home buyer or seller can be emotional minefield; connection is highly personal, because broker must known great deal about client; can lead to enduring friendship or ongoing acquaintanceship; online survey finds most brokers and buyers in Manhattan do not hold one another in high esteem; brokers and buyers comment (M)

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Don't Call Her Socialite

By Josh Patner

Profile of and interview with Tory Burch, 37, young New York socialite and mother of six who has started her own clothing line, Tory by TRB, and opened shop featuring her own designs in Lower Manhattan; company plans to open 15 boutiques over next three years; photos (M)

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Domestic Issues Pushed to Front of Campaigns

By Adam Nagourney

Sen John Kerry's aides are moving to shift battle with Pres Bush to domestic issues of economy, job creation and health care as they prepare for second debate; even Republicans say Kerry gained ground as result of Sept 30 debate on foreign policy; some Democrats question whether it makes sense for Kerry to try to turn subject away from Iraq at time that continuing violence there is raising doubts among some voters about Bush's credentials to manage foreign policy; Bush's senior aides say Bush will continue to challenge Kerry's foreign policy fortitude, seizing in particular on his suggestion in debate that he might not engage in pre-emptive war without putting it to 'global test'; photos (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 29, 2004, covering October 3, 2004.

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    Album cover for Suit by Nelly

    Suit

    Nelly

    Last week
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Sweat by Nelly

    Sweat

    Nelly

    Last week
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw

    Live Like You Were Dying

    Tim McGraw

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
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    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Genius Loves Company by Ray Charles

    Genius Loves Company

    Ray Charles

    Last week
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    Peak
    2
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    3
  5. 5
    Album cover for Now 16 by Various Artists

    Now 16

    Various Artists

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8

Notable Births

Noah Schnapp

2004Noah Schnapp, American actor[†]

Noah Cameron Schnapp is an American actor. He is known for his role as Will Byers in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things. In addition to his work in television, Schnapp had a supporting role in Steven Spielberg's historical drama Bridge of Spies (2015) and voiced Charlie Brown in the animated film The Peanuts Movie (2015).

Notable Deaths

2004John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1960)[†]

John Joseph Cerutti was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers between 1985 and 1991, and was later a broadcaster for the Blue Jays.

Janet Leigh

2004Janet Leigh, American actress (born 1927)[†]

Jeanette Helen Morrison, known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress. Raised in Stockton, California, by working-class parents, Leigh was discovered at 18 by actress Norma Shearer, who helped her secure a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. With MGM, she appeared in films such as the drama The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947), the crime drama Act of Violence (1948), the adaptation of Little Women (1949), the comedy Angels in the Outfield (1951), the swashbuckler romance Scaramouche (1952), the Western drama The Naked Spur (1953).

Historical Context for October 3, 2004

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