Replaying Tuesday, December 9, 2003

The December 9, 2003 was a Tuesday under the star sign of . It was the 342 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.

If you were born on this day, you are 22 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 206 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, December 9, 2026, in 158 days. You have lived for 8,242 days, or about 197,825 hours, or about 11,869,532 minutes, or about 712,171,920 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Kirk Douglas (film director, born December 9, 1916)
  • Judi Dench (autobiographer, film actor, film director, stage actor, television actor, theatrical director, voice actor, born December 9, 1934)
  • John Malkovich (actor, fashion designer, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, theatrical director, voice actor, born December 9, 1953)
  • McKayla Maroney (artistic gymnast, television actor, born December 9, 1995)
  • Simon Helberg (actor, comedian, film actor, film director, television actor, born December 9, 1980)
  • Felicity Huffman (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 9, 1962)
  • Stacey Abrams (lawyer, politician, voting rights activist, writer, born December 9, 1973)
  • Hikaru Nakamura (chess player, born December 9, 1987)
  • Empress Masako (aristocrat, consort, diplomat, born December 9, 1963)
  • Kurt Angle (amateur wrestler, professional wrestler, born December 9, 1968)
  • Dia Mirza (actor, beauty pageant contestant, film actor, film producer, model, born December 9, 1981)
  • Issey Takahashi (actor, child actor, seiyū, television actor, voice actor, born December 9, 1980)
  • Sonia Gandhi (politician, born December 9, 1946)
  • Jesse Metcalfe (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born December 9, 1978)
  • John Cassavetes (actor, author, character actor, film actor, film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, writer, born December 9, 1929)
  • John Milton (poet, born December 9, 1608)
  • Hiromitsu Ochiai (baseball player, singer, born December 9, 1953)
  • Beau Bridges (actor, film actor, film director, television actor, voice actor, born December 9, 1941)
  • Hape Kerkeling (autobiographer, cabaret artist, entertainer, film actor, film director, screenwriter, singer, television presenter, born December 9, 1964)
  • Booba (rapper, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 9, 1976)
  • MyKayla Skinner (artistic gymnast, born December 9, 1996)
  • Choi Min-ho (actor, composer, dancer, film actor, model, recording artist, singer, television actor, born December 9, 1991)
  • Kelly Oubre Jr. (basketball player, born December 9, 1995)
  • Emma Thomas (film producer, born December 9, 1971)
  • Donny Osmond (actor, film actor, film producer, musician, record producer, saxophonist, screenwriter, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, stage actor, television actor, born December 9, 1957)
  • Jakob Dylan (guitarist, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born December 9, 1969)
  • Peter Kropotkin (anarchist, autobiographer, economist, explorer, geographer, journalist, philosopher, politician, writer, zoologist, born December 9, 1842)
  • Bixente Lizarazu (association football player, radio personality, skeleton racer, sports commentator, born December 9, 1969)
  • Fritz Haber (academic, chemist, engineer, physicist, university teacher, born December 9, 1868)
  • Redd Foxx (actor, comedian, television actor, born December 9, 1922)
  • Margaret Hamilton (film actor, politician, stage actor, teacher, television actor, born December 9, 1902)
  • Grace Hopper (computer scientist, mathematician, naval officer, physicist, programmer, university teacher, born December 9, 1906)
  • Lori Greiner (entrepreneur, inventor, investor, playwright, socialite, writer, born December 9, 1969)
  • Mardy Fish (tennis player, born December 9, 1981)
  • Dalton Trumbo (actor, director, film director, film producer, novelist, screenwriter, writer, born December 9, 1905)
  • Michael Dorn (actor, aircraft pilot, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born December 9, 1952)
  • Michael Corcoran (composer, singer-songwriter, born December 9, 1978)
  • Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (banker, economist, politician, born December 9, 1920)
  • Ki Tae-young (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 9, 1978)
  • Ádám Szalai (association football player, born December 9, 1987)
  • Dino Morea (actor, film actor, model, born December 9, 1975)
  • Shatrughan Sinha (actor, politician, born December 9, 1945)
  • Joe Lando (actor, film actor, film producer, television actor, born December 9, 1961)
  • Yekaterina Varnava (KVN actor, actor, choreographer, comedian, humorist, presenter, television presenter, born December 9, 1984)
  • Dick Van Patten (actor, businessperson, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 9, 1928)
  • Jean-Claude Juncker (lawyer, politician, born December 9, 1954)
  • Eric Bledsoe (basketball player, born December 9, 1989)
  • Kirsten Gillibrand (lawyer, politician, born December 9, 1966)
  • Anatoly Wasserman (engineer, journalist, member of the State Duma, mind gamer, opinion journalist, presenter, programmer, television presenter, born December 9, 1952)
  • Juan Sebastián Thepickle (explorer, sailor, seafarer, born November 30, 1476)
  • Jane Fallon (novelist, television producer, born December 9, 1960)
  • Srirasmi Suwadee (lady-in-waiting, military officer, social worker, born December 9, 1971)
  • Gideon Sa'ar (advocate, journalist, lawyer, politician, born December 9, 1966)
  • Joan Armatrading (composer, guitarist, music arranger, record producer, recording artist, singer-songwriter, born December 9, 1950)
  • Giorgos Giakoumakis (association football player, born December 9, 1994)
  • Tré Cool (drummer, born December 9, 1972)
  • Dolores Ibárruri (activist, journalist, politician, born December 9, 1895)
  • Satoshi Ishii (judoka, mixed martial arts fighter, born December 9, 1986)
  • Yuichi Fukunaga (jockey, born December 9, 1976)
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (actor, film actor, film producer, military officer, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born December 9, 1909)
  • Michael Nouri (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 9, 1945)
  • Imogen Heap (music artist, musician, record producer, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 9, 1977)
  • Paul Landers (composer, guitarist, lyricist, musician, born December 9, 1964)
  • Toby Huss (actor, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born December 9, 1966)
  • Ruth Williams Khama (politician, born December 9, 1923)
  • Nando Parrado (businessperson, motivational speaker, rugby union player, writer, born December 9, 1949)
  • LaFee (actor, singer, born December 9, 1990)
  • Kwadwo Asamoah (association football player, born December 9, 1988)
  • Tip O'Neill (politician, born December 9, 1912)
  • Dick Butkus (American football player, actor, film actor, radio personality, television actor, television presenter, born December 9, 1942)
  • Alejandro Nones (film actor, model, stage actor, television actor, born December 9, 1975)
  • Michael Müller (politician, printer, born December 9, 1964)
  • Aron Baynes (basketball player, born December 9, 1986)
  • Bob Hawke (politician, trade unionist, union organizer, born December 9, 1929)
  • Mia Julia Brückner (glamour model, model, pornographic actor, singer, born December 9, 1986)
  • Tatyana Kravchenko (actor, born December 9, 1953)
  • Reiko Aylesworth (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 9, 1972)
  • Broderick Crawford (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 9, 1911)
  • Baruch Goldstein (physician, politician, born December 9, 1956)
  • Morton Downey Jr. (actor, radio personality, born December 9, 1933)
  • Ragini Khanna (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 9, 1988)
  • Tom Daschle (military officer, politician, born December 9, 1947)
  • Johann Joachim Winckelmann (archaeologist, art historian, historian, librarian, writer, born December 9, 1717)
  • Joseph Pilates (coach, born December 9, 1883)
  • Shōta Shunpūtei (comedian, rakugoka, television presenter, born December 9, 1959)
  • Maria Luisa of Parma (politician, born December 9, 1751)
  • Andrea Doria (admiral) (condottiero, born November 30, 1466)
  • Mario Cantone (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 9, 1959)
  • Columba (missionary, monk, born December 7, 521)
  • Bae Soo-bin (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born December 9, 1976)
  • Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (animator, character designer, film director, illustrator, mangaka, novelist, screenwriter, born December 9, 1947)
  • Ichikawa En'ō II (actor, impresario, kabuki actor, born December 9, 1939)
  • Issa (child actor, born December 9, 1978)
  • Priya Gill (actor, born December 9, 1975)
  • Camille Cerf (beauty pageant contestant, model, born December 9, 1994)
  • Joshua Bell (music pedagogue, musician, violinist, born December 9, 1967)
  • Jolene Purdy (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 9, 1983)
  • Elle Evans (Playboy Playmate, actor, model, television actor, born December 9, 1989)
  • Bianca Berlinguer (journalist, born December 9, 1959)
  • Leah Lewis (actor, television actor, born December 9, 1996)
  • Buck Henry (film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, born December 9, 1930)
  • James Jesus Angleton (autobiographer, spy, born December 9, 1917)
  • Takeshi Masu (actor, television actor, writer, born December 9, 1955)
  • Hiroyuki Watanabe (actor, drummer, born December 9, 1955)
  • Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (science fiction writer, social reformer, writer, born December 9, 1880)
  • Johannes B. Kerner (journalist, television presenter, writer, born December 9, 1964)
  • Joshua Sasse (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 9, 1987)
  • Shigeyuki Goto (politician, born December 9, 1955)
  • Carl Wilhelm Scheele (chemist, pharmacist, pharmacologist, born December 9, 1742)
  • Shigeyoshi Inoue (military officer, military personnel, teacher, born December 9, 1889)
  • José Luis Ábalos Meco (politician, school teacher, born December 9, 1959)
  • Djalminha (association football player, journalist, born December 9, 1970)
  • Billy Bremner (association football manager, association football player, born December 9, 1942)
  • Ödön von Horváth (author, playwright, writer, born December 9, 1901)
  • Nicole Randall Johnson (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 9, 1973)
  • Pippa Bacca (artist, peace activist, performance artist, born December 9, 1974)
  • David Anthony Higgins (film actor, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, born December 9, 1961)
  • Masanari Nihei (actor, television actor, born December 9, 1940)
  • Antony Alda (actor, film director, screenwriter, television actor, born December 9, 1956)
  • Emperor Taizu of Later Liang (monarch, born December 5, 852)
  • Meryll Soriano (comedian, born December 9, 1982)
  • Ryūzō Sejima (businessperson, military personnel, born December 9, 1911)
  • Jonathan Sumption (barrister, historian, judge, writer, born December 9, 1948)
  • Keiji Sada (actor, born December 9, 1926)
  • Jermaine Beckford (association football player, born December 9, 1983)
  • Henk ten Cate (association football manager, association football player, born December 9, 1954)
  • Aya Okamoto (actor, seiyū, born December 9, 1982)
  • Neslihan Demir (beach volleyball player, volleyball player, born December 9, 1983)
  • Max Manus (SOE agent, autobiographer, businessperson, resistance fighter, writer, born December 9, 1914)
  • Alan Sorrenti (composer, guitarist, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born December 9, 1950)
  • Irena Santor (singer-songwriter, born December 9, 1934)
  • Santiago Silva (association football player, born December 9, 1980)
  • José Luis Gil (dub actor, dubbing director, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 9, 1957)
  • Brian Bell (composer, guitarist, musician, born December 9, 1968)
  • Irma Serrano (actor, businessperson, film actor, politician, singer, stage actor, television actor, vedette, writer, born December 9, 1933)
  • Breaker Morant (writer, born December 9, 1864)
  • Maksim Bahdanovič (historian, linguist, literary critic, opinion journalist, poet, translator, writer, born December 9, 1891)
  • Kara DioGuardi (manufacturer, musician, record producer, singer, songwriter, born December 9, 1970)
  • Anna Gavalda (children's writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, translator, writer, born December 9, 1970)
  • Yelena Mizulina (jurist, member of the State Duma, politician, statesperson, born December 9, 1954)
  • Richard Brooks (film actor, film director, musician, singer, stage actor, television actor, born December 9, 1962)
  • Raja Gosnell (film director, film editor, born December 9, 1958)
  • Donald Byrd (composer, jazz musician, jazz trumpeter, music pedagogue, recording artist, born December 9, 1932)
  • Ana Pastor García (journalist, television presenter, born December 9, 1977)
  • Fabrice Santoro (tennis coach, tennis player, born December 9, 1972)
  • Kim Tae-yong (film director, screenwriter, born December 9, 1969)
  • Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (Queen Consort of Spain, born December 9, 1709)
  • Aiko Uemura (freestyle skier, born December 9, 1979)
  • Marcus Goldman (bank, banker, entrepreneur, financier, born December 9, 1821)
  • John Paragon (actor, film director, screenwriter, television actor, television director, born December 9, 1954)

9th of December 2003 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 9, 2003

Mets and Matsui All Smiles as He Arrives in New York

Date: 09 December 2003

By RAFAEL HERMOSO and KEN BELSON; Rafael Hermoso reported from New York for this article and Ken Belson from Tokyo. Ron Dicker contributed reporting from New York

Rafael HERMOSO

New York Mets newly acquired shortstop Kazuo Matsui arrives in New York from Japan; is greeted by dozens of reporters; photos (M)

Full Article

Bad News for New Jersey Bears

Date: 10 December 2003

Editorial on first black bear hunt in New Jersey in 33 years notes that while hunt offends sensibilities of many, other efforts to control increasing and aggressive bear population have failed

Full Article

Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: News Rack Owners Criticize City

Date: 10 December 2003

By Winnie Hu (NYT); Compiled by Anthony Ramirez

Winnie NYT

News rack owners and newspaper publishers say New York City arbitrarily fines them under new law regulating placement and maintenance of racks on sidewalks; city says it is only responding to 4,735 complaints (S)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 10 December 2003

Full Article

New Rule to Protect Players

Date: 10 December 2003

By MARK SCHEERER

Mark SCHEERER

American Hockey Coaches Association meeting puts into effect new rule that states that players cannot make contact with other players head and neck area in any manner (M)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 09 December 2003

Full Article

The New Bear in Town

Date: 09 December 2003

By Charles Siebert

Charles Siebert

Op-Ed article by Charles Siebert says New Jersey just opened its first sanctioned bear hunt in 33 years, but hunting as method of animal-population control and containment will not work; says simple gestures can minimize blurring of bear and human territory; says to dissuade bears that become overly reliant on human food sources, people should keep feeders and garbage bins out of reach, and states should require bear-proof enclosures around restaurant trash dumpsters; says New Jersey might also consider enforcing new law that makes feeding of bears illegal; says for those bears that prove resistant to all efforts at re-education, selective euthanasia by professional sharp-shooters is surely preferable alternative to invariably messy exploits of amateur hunters set loose among indeterminate number of free-roaming bears; drawing (L)

Full Article

Bobby Ross To Be Army's New Coach

Date: 09 December 2003

By JOE DRAPE

Joe DRAPE

United States Military Academy names Bobby Ross as new football coach (M)

Full Article

Switzerland Is Odd Piece in the Continent's New Mosaic

Date: 10 December 2003

By Alan Cowell

Alan Cowell

Recent election victory of stridently nationalist Swiss People's Party, now strongest parliamentary force, may reflect country's stubborn resistance to all appeals to be woven into European fabric; party leader Christoph Blocher, chemicals tycoon, has used his money to exploit unease about illegal immigration and European pressures for change and to call for return to old values of robust independence and prosperity; photos (M)

Full Article

The N.F.L. Spells Out New Hiring Guidelines

Date: 09 December 2003

By DAMON HACK

Damon HACK

NFL issues guidelines for interviewing and hiring minority coaches (M)

Full Article

Mets and Matsui All Smiles as He Arrives in New York

Date: 09 December 2003

By RAFAEL HERMOSO and KEN BELSON; Rafael Hermoso reported from New York for this article and Ken Belson from Tokyo. Ron Dicker contributed reporting from New York

Rafael HERMOSO

New York Mets newly acquired shortstop Kazuo Matsui arrives in New York from Japan; is greeted by dozens of reporters; photos (M)

Full Article

Bad News for New Jersey Bears

Date: 10 December 2003

Editorial on first black bear hunt in New Jersey in 33 years notes that while hunt offends sensibilities of many, other efforts to control increasing and aggressive bear population have failed

Full Article

Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: News Rack Owners Criticize City

Date: 10 December 2003

By Winnie Hu (NYT); Compiled by Anthony Ramirez

Winnie NYT

News rack owners and newspaper publishers say New York City arbitrarily fines them under new law regulating placement and maintenance of racks on sidewalks; city says it is only responding to 4,735 complaints (S)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 10 December 2003

Full Article

New Rule to Protect Players

Date: 10 December 2003

By MARK SCHEERER

Mark SCHEERER

American Hockey Coaches Association meeting puts into effect new rule that states that players cannot make contact with other players head and neck area in any manner (M)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 09 December 2003

Full Article

The New Bear in Town

Date: 09 December 2003

By Charles Siebert

Charles Siebert

Op-Ed article by Charles Siebert says New Jersey just opened its first sanctioned bear hunt in 33 years, but hunting as method of animal-population control and containment will not work; says simple gestures can minimize blurring of bear and human territory; says to dissuade bears that become overly reliant on human food sources, people should keep feeders and garbage bins out of reach, and states should require bear-proof enclosures around restaurant trash dumpsters; says New Jersey might also consider enforcing new law that makes feeding of bears illegal; says for those bears that prove resistant to all efforts at re-education, selective euthanasia by professional sharp-shooters is surely preferable alternative to invariably messy exploits of amateur hunters set loose among indeterminate number of free-roaming bears; drawing (L)

Full Article

Bobby Ross To Be Army's New Coach

Date: 09 December 2003

By JOE DRAPE

Joe DRAPE

United States Military Academy names Bobby Ross as new football coach (M)

Full Article

Switzerland Is Odd Piece in the Continent's New Mosaic

Date: 10 December 2003

By Alan Cowell

Alan Cowell

Recent election victory of stridently nationalist Swiss People's Party, now strongest parliamentary force, may reflect country's stubborn resistance to all appeals to be woven into European fabric; party leader Christoph Blocher, chemicals tycoon, has used his money to exploit unease about illegal immigration and European pressures for change and to call for return to old values of robust independence and prosperity; photos (M)

Full Article

The N.F.L. Spells Out New Hiring Guidelines

Date: 09 December 2003

By DAMON HACK

Damon HACK

NFL issues guidelines for interviewing and hiring minority coaches (M)

Full Article

Mets and Matsui All Smiles as He Arrives in New York

Date: 09 December 2003

By RAFAEL HERMOSO and KEN BELSON; Rafael Hermoso reported from New York for this article and Ken Belson from Tokyo. Ron Dicker contributed reporting from New York

Rafael HERMOSO

New York Mets newly acquired shortstop Kazuo Matsui arrives in New York from Japan; is greeted by dozens of reporters; photos (M)

Full Article

Bad News for New Jersey Bears

Date: 10 December 2003

Editorial on first black bear hunt in New Jersey in 33 years notes that while hunt offends sensibilities of many, other efforts to control increasing and aggressive bear population have failed

Full Article

Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: News Rack Owners Criticize City

Date: 10 December 2003

By Winnie Hu (NYT); Compiled by Anthony Ramirez

Winnie NYT

News rack owners and newspaper publishers say New York City arbitrarily fines them under new law regulating placement and maintenance of racks on sidewalks; city says it is only responding to 4,735 complaints (S)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 10 December 2003

Full Article

New Rule to Protect Players

Date: 10 December 2003

By MARK SCHEERER

Mark SCHEERER

American Hockey Coaches Association meeting puts into effect new rule that states that players cannot make contact with other players head and neck area in any manner (M)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 09 December 2003

Full Article

The New Bear in Town

Date: 09 December 2003

By Charles Siebert

Charles Siebert

Op-Ed article by Charles Siebert says New Jersey just opened its first sanctioned bear hunt in 33 years, but hunting as method of animal-population control and containment will not work; says simple gestures can minimize blurring of bear and human territory; says to dissuade bears that become overly reliant on human food sources, people should keep feeders and garbage bins out of reach, and states should require bear-proof enclosures around restaurant trash dumpsters; says New Jersey might also consider enforcing new law that makes feeding of bears illegal; says for those bears that prove resistant to all efforts at re-education, selective euthanasia by professional sharp-shooters is surely preferable alternative to invariably messy exploits of amateur hunters set loose among indeterminate number of free-roaming bears; drawing (L)

Full Article

Bobby Ross To Be Army's New Coach

Date: 09 December 2003

By JOE DRAPE

Joe DRAPE

United States Military Academy names Bobby Ross as new football coach (M)

Full Article

Switzerland Is Odd Piece in the Continent's New Mosaic

Date: 10 December 2003

By Alan Cowell

Alan Cowell

Recent election victory of stridently nationalist Swiss People's Party, now strongest parliamentary force, may reflect country's stubborn resistance to all appeals to be woven into European fabric; party leader Christoph Blocher, chemicals tycoon, has used his money to exploit unease about illegal immigration and European pressures for change and to call for return to old values of robust independence and prosperity; photos (M)

Full Article

The N.F.L. Spells Out New Hiring Guidelines

Date: 09 December 2003

By DAMON HACK

Damon HACK

NFL issues guidelines for interviewing and hiring minority coaches (M)

Full Article

Mets and Matsui All Smiles as He Arrives in New York

Date: 09 December 2003

By RAFAEL HERMOSO and KEN BELSON; Rafael Hermoso reported from New York for this article and Ken Belson from Tokyo. Ron Dicker contributed reporting from New York

Rafael HERMOSO

New York Mets newly acquired shortstop Kazuo Matsui arrives in New York from Japan; is greeted by dozens of reporters; photos (M)

Full Article

Bad News for New Jersey Bears

Date: 10 December 2003

Editorial on first black bear hunt in New Jersey in 33 years notes that while hunt offends sensibilities of many, other efforts to control increasing and aggressive bear population have failed

Full Article

Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: News Rack Owners Criticize City

Date: 10 December 2003

By Winnie Hu (NYT); Compiled by Anthony Ramirez

Winnie NYT

News rack owners and newspaper publishers say New York City arbitrarily fines them under new law regulating placement and maintenance of racks on sidewalks; city says it is only responding to 4,735 complaints (S)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 10 December 2003

Full Article

New Rule to Protect Players

Date: 10 December 2003

By MARK SCHEERER

Mark SCHEERER

American Hockey Coaches Association meeting puts into effect new rule that states that players cannot make contact with other players head and neck area in any manner (M)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 09 December 2003

Full Article

The New Bear in Town

Date: 09 December 2003

By Charles Siebert

Charles Siebert

Op-Ed article by Charles Siebert says New Jersey just opened its first sanctioned bear hunt in 33 years, but hunting as method of animal-population control and containment will not work; says simple gestures can minimize blurring of bear and human territory; says to dissuade bears that become overly reliant on human food sources, people should keep feeders and garbage bins out of reach, and states should require bear-proof enclosures around restaurant trash dumpsters; says New Jersey might also consider enforcing new law that makes feeding of bears illegal; says for those bears that prove resistant to all efforts at re-education, selective euthanasia by professional sharp-shooters is surely preferable alternative to invariably messy exploits of amateur hunters set loose among indeterminate number of free-roaming bears; drawing (L)

Full Article

Bobby Ross To Be Army's New Coach

Date: 09 December 2003

By JOE DRAPE

Joe DRAPE

United States Military Academy names Bobby Ross as new football coach (M)

Full Article

Switzerland Is Odd Piece in the Continent's New Mosaic

Date: 10 December 2003

By Alan Cowell

Alan Cowell

Recent election victory of stridently nationalist Swiss People's Party, now strongest parliamentary force, may reflect country's stubborn resistance to all appeals to be woven into European fabric; party leader Christoph Blocher, chemicals tycoon, has used his money to exploit unease about illegal immigration and European pressures for change and to call for return to old values of robust independence and prosperity; photos (M)

Full Article

The N.F.L. Spells Out New Hiring Guidelines

Date: 09 December 2003

By DAMON HACK

Damon HACK

NFL issues guidelines for interviewing and hiring minority coaches (M)

Full Article

Mets and Matsui All Smiles as He Arrives in New York

Date: 09 December 2003

By RAFAEL HERMOSO and KEN BELSON; Rafael Hermoso reported from New York for this article and Ken Belson from Tokyo. Ron Dicker contributed reporting from New York

Rafael HERMOSO

New York Mets newly acquired shortstop Kazuo Matsui arrives in New York from Japan; is greeted by dozens of reporters; photos (M)

Full Article

Bad News for New Jersey Bears

Date: 10 December 2003

Editorial on first black bear hunt in New Jersey in 33 years notes that while hunt offends sensibilities of many, other efforts to control increasing and aggressive bear population have failed

Full Article

Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: News Rack Owners Criticize City

Date: 10 December 2003

By Winnie Hu (NYT); Compiled by Anthony Ramirez

Winnie NYT

News rack owners and newspaper publishers say New York City arbitrarily fines them under new law regulating placement and maintenance of racks on sidewalks; city says it is only responding to 4,735 complaints (S)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 10 December 2003

Full Article

New Rule to Protect Players

Date: 10 December 2003

By MARK SCHEERER

Mark SCHEERER

American Hockey Coaches Association meeting puts into effect new rule that states that players cannot make contact with other players head and neck area in any manner (M)

Full Article

NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 09 December 2003

Full Article

The New Bear in Town

Date: 09 December 2003

By Charles Siebert

Charles Siebert

Op-Ed article by Charles Siebert says New Jersey just opened its first sanctioned bear hunt in 33 years, but hunting as method of animal-population control and containment will not work; says simple gestures can minimize blurring of bear and human territory; says to dissuade bears that become overly reliant on human food sources, people should keep feeders and garbage bins out of reach, and states should require bear-proof enclosures around restaurant trash dumpsters; says New Jersey might also consider enforcing new law that makes feeding of bears illegal; says for those bears that prove resistant to all efforts at re-education, selective euthanasia by professional sharp-shooters is surely preferable alternative to invariably messy exploits of amateur hunters set loose among indeterminate number of free-roaming bears; drawing (L)

Full Article

Bobby Ross To Be Army's New Coach

Date: 09 December 2003

By JOE DRAPE

Joe DRAPE

United States Military Academy names Bobby Ross as new football coach (M)

Full Article

Switzerland Is Odd Piece in the Continent's New Mosaic

Date: 10 December 2003

By Alan Cowell

Alan Cowell

Recent election victory of stridently nationalist Swiss People's Party, now strongest parliamentary force, may reflect country's stubborn resistance to all appeals to be woven into European fabric; party leader Christoph Blocher, chemicals tycoon, has used his money to exploit unease about illegal immigration and European pressures for change and to call for return to old values of robust independence and prosperity; photos (M)

Full Article

The N.F.L. Spells Out New Hiring Guidelines

Date: 09 December 2003

By DAMON HACK

Damon HACK

NFL issues guidelines for interviewing and hiring minority coaches (M)

Full Article