Head of State Environmental Agency Plans to Step Down
Date: 15 January 2005
By ANTHONY DePALMA
Anthony DePALMA
Erin Crotty will step down as New York State environmental conservation commissioner in February; has overseen several significant environmental efforts during her almost four years in office, but critics say she lacked sufficient independence from Pataki administration and was ineffective in warding off interference from industry sources opposed to tough regulations (M)
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Today's N.F.C. Matchup
Date: 15 January 2005
By FRANK LITSKY
Frank LITSKY
Chart discusses second-round playoff matchup between St Louis Rams and Atlanta Falcons; chart (S)
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Steelers' Voice Is Weathered But Polished
Date: 15 January 2005
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Richard SANDOMIR
Pittsburgh Steelers longtime stadium announcer Myron Cope will call second-round playoff game at Heinz Field (Pa) against New York Jets; photos (M)
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China Promotes Another Boom: Nuclear Power
Date: 15 January 2005
By HOWARD W. FRENCH
Howard FRENCH
China, in its seemingly bottomless demand for electricity, plans to build nuclear power reactors on scale and pace comparable to most ambitious nuclear energy programs world has ever seen; current plans call for new reactors to be commissioned at rate of nearly two a year between 2005 and 2020; China's eight nuclear reactors supply less than 2 percent of nation's current demand; critics question whether such small payoff warrants exposure to risk of catastrophic failures, nuclear proliferation, terrorism and unresolved problems of radioactive waste disposal; map; photo shows control room of China's nuclear power plant in Daya Bay (M)
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From Grand Jury Leaks Comes a Clash of Rights
Date: 15 January 2005
By JOHN M. BRODER; David Carr contributed reporting from New York for this article
Twice in past month, sensitive grand jury material from high-profile investigations has found its way into hands of news media, setting off collision between rights of accused and First Amendment; excerpts from grand jury material in Michael Jackson child molesting case were posted on Web site and broadcast on ABC News; San Francisco Chronicle published parts of federal grand jury testimony that implicated baseball players Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi in use of illegal steroids; lawyers and legal scholars say news organizations are on firm ground in publishing material from grand jury, as long as they obtained it legally (M)
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Primer Spoof With Yiddish Faces Suit (In English)
Date: 15 January 2005
By EDWARD WYATT
Edward WYATT
Pearson Education, which owns copyright to Dick and Jane reading primers, files suit in Federal District Court in Los Angeles claiming Little Brown & Co, Time Warner division, violated copyrights and trademarks in publishing Yiddish With Dick and Jane by Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman, with illustrations by Gabi Payn; photo (M)
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Arts, Briefly
Date: 15 January 2005
By Lawrence Van Gelder
Lawrence Gelder
Opening of Broadway musical Good Vibrations, currently in previews, is postponed until February 2 (S)
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After 100 Years, Japanese Will Go Abroad to Sell Bonds
Date: 15 January 2005
By TODD ZAUN
Todd ZAUN
Japanese finance officials will set to travel abroad to drum up sales for nation's bonds among foreign investors, with stops planned in New York and London; will be first overseas excursion to sell bonds since one that began in 1904 to finance Russo-Japanese war; Japan has worst fiscal health of any developed nation, with outstanding national debt that is expected to grow next year to 774 trillion yen ($7.4 trillion), or 150 percent of size of country's output; Toshihiko Fukui, chief of Japan's central bank, comments; photos (M)
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Flooded Midwest Braces for More Storms
Date: 15 January 2005
By GRETCHEN RUETHLING
Gretchen RUETHLING
Five Midwestern states where flooding has killed 11 people and forced thousands from their homes are bracing for worse as storm that caused mudslides in California continues its march east; hardest-hit areas in Midwest are in Ohio and Indiana; photo (M)
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