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MSNBC.COM HIGHLIGHTS/ Friday, October 13 -- Friday, October 20 (http://www.msnbc.com): When You Really Want To Know.


Business & Entertainment Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 12, 2000

Note: Schedule subject to change.

Special Features

DECISION 2000 DEBATES Tuesday, October 17 -- MSNBC.com continues its coverage of the Presidential debates for the last of three debates at Washington University in St. Louis “Washington University” redirects here. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation).
Washington University in St. Louis is a private, coeducational, research university located in St. Louis, Missouri.
, Mo. MSNBC.com will stream video of the debate LIVE and offer full coverage and analysis at Decision2000.MSNBC.com. Additionally, MSNBC.com provides news and analysis, in-depth features, Live Chats, reader/viewer email, video highlights, full transcripts and a "Rate the Debate" interactive poll for readers to gauge a candidate's performance.

YUGOSLAVIA TRANSITION Friday, October 13 -- Continuing coverage of Yugoslavia's transition to democracy, with regular reports from MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company .com's Zoran Stanojevic in Belgrade.

MIDEAST TENSION Friday, October 13 -- MSNBC.com provides in-depth coverage of the tensions in the Mideast and further negotiations between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. With regular reports from NBC's Tom Aspell, Martin Fletcher Martin Fletcher (born 7/7 1956) was the Foreign News Editor of The Times, a British newspaper. Previously Washington Bureau Chief, Belfast correspondent, and European correspondent based in Brussels, Fletcher took over the foreign pages of the paper in 2002. , and Hanson Hosein in Israel.

FUELING THE FUTURE Thursday, October 12 -- From four different parts of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , MSNBC.com looks at the intersection of energy, the environment and politics as voters mull their choices and oil prices skyrocket. View a

special interactive simulation that allows users to "fuel the future."

WAGING WAR Friday, October 13 -- View video on demand of MSNBC's two hour documentary hosted by Norman Schwartzkopf looking back at the Gulf War 10 years ago. Read commentary by MSNBC.com military analyst Bill Arkin.

Weekly Segments

Weekdays (All Day) "PoliticsOnly!" Webcasts -- On-demand Webcasts will report on the latest political news from the campaign trail, complete with breaking news and campaign analysis from MSNBC.com, NBC News NBC News (along with NBC News + HD) is the news division of American television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric. Its current president is Steve Capus. It is the top-rated broadcast news division and has been for a decade. , Newsweek, The Washington Post and The Hotline.

Weekdays Noon - 11:00PM (EDT EDT
abbr.
Eastern Daylight Time


EDT Eastern Daylight Time

EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York

EDT 
) "Weekday NewsChat" -- MSNBC's daily chat about the news events of the day.

"The Week in Pictures" -- Pictures of the week's most important news events from around the globe.

Thursday, 1:00PM (EDT) "Politics on the Dot" -- In this presidential election year, how can the American public winnow out Verb 1. winnow out - dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
rule out, eliminate, reject
 what is truly significant from the rush and jumble of campaign news? Tune in to MSNBC.com's veteran national affairs National Affairs, Inc. is a U.S. organization which published both The National Interest and The Public Interest. The organization was run by Irving Kristol, and featured board members such as former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former U.  writer Tom Curry Tom Curry (born 1 September 1894 in South Shields; died 6 February 1958 in Munich) was the trainer for Manchester United F.C.

He played for Newcastle United as a half-back, making 221 appearances in the 1920s, and scoring 5 goals.
 every Thursday.

Thursday, 6:00 PM (EDT) "Health Chat" -- Ask our guest expert your health questions.

Co-Productions

Friday, October 13: Today: The Sweet Tooth: Find out how chocolate can be good for your health.

Friday, October 13: Today: Educating Children: Read a report on whether school systems should get rid of assigning homework.

Friday, October 13: HomePage: Jean Chatzky: Read tips from NBC/MSNBC financial advisor Jean Chatzsky on how to start your own business.

Sunday, October 15: Dateline: Joan Lunden Joan Lunden (born September 19, 1950) is an American broadcaster, most recently the host of the CBS reality series "Wickedly Perfect," and was a popular co-host of ABC's Good Morning America from 1980 through 1997. : Read an excerpt from Joan Lunden's new book "Wake-up Calls."

Sunday, October 15: Dateline: Acne Treatment: NBC's Dr. Bob Arnot reports on the facts and myths about acutane treatment for acne.

Sports

Friday, October 13: Baseball: Throughout the rest of the baseball playoffs MSNBCSports.com will be the place to go to for pitch-by-pitch coverage of the LCS's. The baseball "TotalCasts" provides fans in-game box scores, pitch-by-pitch reports, hitting charts and more.

Friday, October 13: Baseball: MSNBCSports.com is on site at each League Championships Series providing audio game reports analyzing critical parts of the previous games and a look ahead at the next game.

Friday, October 13: Baseball: Following each of the League Championship Series games, MSNBCSports.com provides a slide show, highlighting the games most important moments. The show is filled with color photos and captions detailing each picture.

Friday, October 13: Notre Dame: In a video feature located in Notre Dame Central, head Coach Bob Davie speaks of the improvement of Matt Lovecchio.

Friday, October 13: NFL NFL
abbr.
National Football League

NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga
: Former football great Jay Novacek provides predictions and game analysis for each of the upcoming games.

Friday, October 13: NFL: MSNBCSports.com columnist Bill Williamson provides in-depth analysis of the Oakland Raiders and their recent surge in the NFL. Williamson points out a few things the Raiders need to continue in order to stay on top in the NFL.

Business

Friday, October 13: Sharpe Capital Responds To Drug Allegations: There are new developments on the drugs-and-sex scandal surrounding Wall Street's Sharpe Capital Inc. brokerage firm, a major player in the small-cap and unlisted securities markets. Federal law enforcement has become involved in the case, and the co-owner of the firm, Lawrence Hoes, has spoken out publicly for the first time in response to the charges hurled at the firm last week by one of its former top officials. MSNBC.com's Chris Byron reports.

Living &Travel

Friday, October 13: Weekend Guide: The best of arts and entertainment, shopping, travel and more.

Friday, October 13: At the Movies: What's hot. What's not.

Friday, October 13: The Webby Ways of Halloween: A shopping guide by Teri Goldberg.

Sunday, October 15: New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, New York: Newsweek presents a first-timer's guide to the Big Apple, with tips on Downtown, Brooklyn, Yankee Stadium, Shopping, Arts and more.

Wednesday, October 18: The Children's Hour: MSNBC.com contributor Phoebe Herrick weighs in on the importance of reading.

Opinions

Friday, October 13: Gore Is A Liar/Bush Is Stupid (And Other Campaign Myths): The two prevailing media mantras of the campaign season are a bunch of hooey hoo·ey  
n. Slang
Nonsense: "the romantic hooey that always sold women's cosmetics" Jerry Adler.



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, writes MSNBC contributors David Neiwert and John H. Fund. Neiwert blames the lazy reporting habits of the campaign press corps, who have all but abandoned the principled practices of their craft. Fund looks deep into Bush's real abilities, and examines the reasons why they have not come to the surface.

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