The April 3, 2002 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 92 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 24 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, April 3, 2026, 69 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, April 3, 2027, in 295 days. You have lived for 8,835 days, or about 212,049 hours, or about 12,722,994 minutes, or about 763,379,640 seconds.
Date: 04 April 2002
By Caryn James
Caryn James
Caryn James Critic's Notebook column, using Passover suicide bombings and chain of violence they set off in Mideast as example, explores reasons why, despite frenzy of attention to cable news, presence or absence of big three network evening news anchors remains major symbol of a story's importance; photo (M)
Date: 03 April 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Lou Dobbs, anchor of CNN's Moneyline program, has used show to voice strong criticism of Justice Department's indictment of Arthur Andersen in Enron case, and this willingness to air an opinion while reporting news is becoming more common on cable television business programs; Dobbs is unapologetic, but Alex S Jones, director of Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard, says Moneyline viewers might well feel that they are not getting information that might undercut Dobb's editorial persepctive; Andersen once sponsored another cable program Dobbs anchored, and Dobbs acknowledges making paid appearance at Andersen-sponsored business forum in January 2000, when he was not working at CNN; photo (M)
Date: 03 April 2002
By Lorne Manly
Lorne Manly
Fox News Channel widens its ratings lead over CNN in first three months of 2002 despite being available in eight million fewer homes; leads among viewers between ages 25 to 54, and O'Reilly Factor on Fox has largest audience of all cable news shows, beating CNN's top-rated Larry King Live; CNN viewership is up 55 percent from first quarter of 2001, and CNN still leads Fox in advertising revenues; MSNBC lags far behind in ratings, followed by CNBC; photo (M)
Date: 03 April 2002
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
MSNBC is expected to sign Phil Donahue to be host of prime-time discussion program, going head-to-head with Bill O'Reilly on Fox News and Connie Chung on CNN; Donohue, 66, has been out of television since retiring from his syndicated talk show in 1996 (S)
Date: 04 April 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Lou Dobbs discloses on his CNN program Moneyline that Arthur Andersen is auditor of his Internet business called Space Holdings Inc, but defends his continued criticism of indictment against firm; his unusual comments come as articles in New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today raise questions about his critiques of Andersen indictment on Moneyline; Dobbs says he is not traditional network anchor and that he analyzes and interprets; reiterates his belief that Justice Department is unfairly punishing all of Andersen's employees for deeds of a few (M)
Date: 04 April 2002
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire Op-Ed column says Prime Min Ariel Sharon, after period of painful forbearance under intolerable provocation, is now decisively fulfilling mandate Israelis overwhelmingly gave him: to turn back tide of Palestinian terror; says Pres Bush is resisting powerful pressure from many in worldwide opinion media and oil industry to 'engage' and undermine him; says Sharon is demonized by extremist Arab dictators and despised by fanatics left and right, but he is average Palestinian's last best hope in this generation for good life in independent state (M)
Date: 04 April 2002
Editorial says democracy may have spread throughout Latin America, but it is having difficulties establishing deep roots; says widespread curtailment of press freedoms throughout region is worrisome; says journalists are being physically intimidated to extent not seen since days when military regimes dominated region; says Bush administration must stress importance of protecting free speech in its dealings with Latin American governments, particularly those eager to gain American support
Date: 04 April 2002
By Danny Hakim With Susan Sachs
Danny With
Federal Judge Nancy G Edmunds rules that immigration hearing in Detroit, Mich, for local suspect in government's terror sweep could not be closed to reporters; this is first federal court ruling on Justice Dept's effort to keep such cases closed; it could have ramifications for hundreds of other immigration hearings pending for men of Arab desccent since Sept 11 attacks; in another matter, inspector general's office of Justice Dept says it would review conditions at one or possibly two jails where dozens of Muslim men have been held in virtual secrecy after their arrests; jails are in Brooklyn, NY, and Paterson, NJ; Amnesty International reports that as of mid-Feb, 327 of 1,200 people detained after Sept 11 are still in government custody (M)
Date: 04 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Moody's Investors Service might cut long-term and short-term debt ratings of Corning Inc on concern that its telecommunications business may not recover until well into 2003 (S)
Date: 04 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federal Trade Commission will proceed with challenge of plan by Libbey Inc to buy Anchor Hocking unit of Newell Rubbermaid, rejecting its offer to buy only part of glassware-making operation; FTC tells federal judge that agency has voted to move ahead with lawsuit opposing purchase on grounds it would reduce competition and might create monopoly (S)