Outcome Online Before Voting Is Done
Date: 23 February 2000
By Peter Marks
Peter Marks
Results of exit polls suggesting that Sen John McCain would be defeat Gov George Bush in Michigan presidential primary were published on Internet by Slate, online magazine, well before polls closed, despite mutual agreement by news organizations that such numbers should remains secret until after voting ended (S)
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R. B. Casey, 48, Prize-Winning Journalist
Date: 24 February 2000
Ronald Bruce Casey, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial-page editor of Birmingham News, dies at age 48 (S)
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Times Is a Top Section Again
Date: 24 February 2000
Associated Press for second straight year selects New York Times as one of 10 best sports sections in country; also cites Times reporters James C McKinley, Selena Roberts and Bill Pennington in individual categories
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Lost in G.O.P. Hubbub, The Invisible Democrats
Date: 24 February 2000
By Katharine Q. Seelye
Katharine Seelye
Vice Pres Al Gore and former Sen Bill Bradley, Democratic candidates, are receiving far less media attention than two Republican front-runners, Sen John McCain and Gov George W Bush (M)
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Gore and Bradley Do Well; Gore Does Better
Date: 24 February 2000
By Michael R. Kagay
Michael Kagay
Latest New York Times/CBS News poll finds both Vice Pres Al Gore and former Sen Bill Bradley are viewed favorably by registered Democrats who are likely to vote in New York's presidential primary election, but Gore to greater degree than Bradley; twice as many people say they are likely to vote for Gore instead of Bradley (M)
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McCain Is Facing Labyrinth (a k a New York's Primary)
Date: 24 February 2000
By Adam Nagourney
Adam Nagourney
Sen John McCain faces two problems in New York primary: contest is closed to non-Republican voters and electoral system is designed to assist candidate favored by Republican establishment, meaning Gov George W Bush; latest New York Times/CBS News poll of likely Republican primary voters in New York State, completed before McCain's victories in Michigan and Arizona, found Bush with 43 percent and McCain with 36 percent; finding is notable given that McCain succeeded in fighting his way onto ballot only three weeks ago; but McCain's supporters acnkowledge that state's labyrinthine, indirect primary system threatens his hopes of strong showing in state which, ideologically, would seem somewhat partial to his moderate and maverick appeal; photos (M)
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Charge for Harding: Domestic Violence
Date: 24 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Figure skater Tonya Harding is charged with assaulting her companion Darren Silver in Camas, Washington (S)
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GATEWAY ANNOUNCES ALLIANCES WITH SUN AND OFFICEMAX
Date: 24 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Gateway Inc reaches deal to have Sun Microsystems Inc sell its personal computers to corporations and to open 1,000 sales departments in OfficeMax stores; expects revenues to more than triple to $30 billion by 2004 (S)
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MEDICALOGIC TO ACQUIRE MEDSCAPE AND TOTAL EMED
Date: 23 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MedicaLogic Inc, medical-records software company will acquire Medscape Inc, which runs health-care Web sites, for about $830.1 million in stock and medical transcription service Total eMed for about $405.5 million in stock (S)
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WISCONSIN SAVINGS INSTITUTION BUYS A RIVAL
Date: 23 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mutual Savings Bank, closely held Milwaukee-based savings institution, acquires public rival, First Northern Capital Corp, for $133 million (S)
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