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<p>A Senate subcommittee will send out 51 subpoenas Friday for information about the company's collapse.</p> <p>The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will be seeking documents back to 1991.</p> <p>No names of those recieving subpoenas are being released but it is known Enron's Chairman and CEO Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeff Skilling are on the list.</p>

University Is Buzzing as Young Pastor Resigns A homosexual scandal is rocking Rev. Jerry Falwell's archconservative Liberty University, where rumours are rampant that male students engaged in gay sex with a campus pastor.Scrambling to do damgae control, Falwell-an outspoken foe of homosexuality -slammed a news lid on his Lynchburg Va. campus.When an ENQUIRER reporter contacted the university to ask about the sudden resignation of Eric Lovett, 29, assistant pastor in Liberty's spiritual life department, Falwell himself called back within minutes."While I have heard rumours, I myself have no knowledge, no personal knowledge, of any gay movement," said the 68-year old ...

Nothing further-Just a link back to his site at this point.

Helen and Ron Meijer found the ransom note Christmas Eve morning in place of the baby Jesus. They said for years they have placed the Nativity scene without incident on their lawn in the gated Deer Creek neighborhood south of Sarasota.Included in the ranson note was a symbol of evolutionists: an outline of a fish with feet and the word "Darwin" written inside. The letter didn't ask for money but did make a demand the Meijer's said they couldn't meet."If you ever want to hear from Jesus again, put this on your car Christmas Eve and park out front," the ...

Is this policy to scramble jets on airliners when the passagners have subdued the assailant?The military expert on MSNBC was making a case that the jets were correct to have been scrambled becuase of another terrorist coming out of the woodwork.

A suspected plot by muslim fanatics to destroy the heart of London was smashed yesterday in a high-seas raid on a cargo ship.More than 20 tonnes of plastic explosives-enough to blow up Parliament-are feared hidden aboard the MV Nisha.The search of the 26,000-tonne cargo of raw sugar could take days.The ship was siezed 30 miles off the English coast after a tip-off from MI6 agents in the Middle East.A Special Branch source in London said: "This is not a speculative operation.""We have information that that the ship was loaded in Yemen with a large consignment of explosives, which were to ...

Matt Drudge has told Sean Hannity that after dining with a Time Magazine staffer, Rudy Guilani will be named 'Man of the Year' for 2001.Issue is due December 24, 2001 don't know when word will leak out or when it will hit the news.

I was all ready to see one of the 'best movies' of the year (No. 1 according to Entertainment Weekley) and let me just say I was a tad bit disappionted.I read the books as a child and there are some lovely mountains and set designs for which it will win Oscars but the humans on the screen are really disappionting.Liv Tyler and Viggo Mortenson just cannot act and Cate Blachett just sits there reciting her lines without emotion..I would give it 2 and 1/2 stars for the plot acting alone, expect a massive box office trail off after the ...

Our Brit watchers claim former President Bill Clinton partied with U2's Bono and daughter Chelsea to the wee hours at the Groucho Club recently. Chelsea had reportedly brought some pals from Oxford to join her dad, who is in London on a lecture tour.The Stats:Clinton was reportedly accompanied by 15 security men, and his private party numbered 17!The tab:The bill reportedly came to $14,000. A pittance compared to the $100,000 lecture fees Clinton gets.

Just picked this up on the crawl while watching Hardball.Evidently the lawyers are saying that the previous executive order does not apply to terrorists.

Al Qaeda has named a Palestinian to be Osama bin Laden's sucessor in case the latter is arrested or killed, Russian news agency Ria-Novosti reported.Quoting sources in Dubai, Ria-Novosti said Al-Qeada members fleeing Afghanistan have revealed this to Pakastani intelligence officers during interrogations.The leadership of the terrorist outfit would pass over to Zain Al-Abedin Hasan, a 30-year-old Palestinian from Gaza Strip, in case of Bin Laden's death or arrest, Ria-Novosti reported.Hasan has been based in Pershwar for the last few years, overseeing the recruitment and dispatch of mercenaries from different parts of the world to Afghanistan.The Palestinian is accused of ...

Look for the No. 4 House leader J.C. Watts, to make official his plans to run for the No. 3 job as majority whip.While it may seem like a natural progression, Rep. Roy Blunt, the leader in the race- which won't be decided until after next November's midterm elections -is backed by the expected new Majority Leader, Rep. Tom Delay.Blunt thinks he already has the edge on Watts and Rep. Ray Lahood.But the knives are out.Foes are spreading this story:While Majority Leader Dick Armey tearfully announced his retirement in a floor speech, Blunt was in the back of the chamber ...

<p>FOX just posted the official word from the Military brass on the update crawl.</p> <p>Geraldo said on the ground that OBL might be captured by Sunday, Osama's men running out of supplies in the mountains.</p>

Winona Ryder claimed her five finger discount at a posh Beverly Hills department store was really just reasearch for an upcoming movie role sources told the Post yesterday.After security guards nabbed Ryder the moment she left Saks Fifth Avenue without paying on Wednesday night, the world-famous actress apparently tried to pawn off her sticky fingered antics on work.'She said a director of an upcoming movie suggested she do this for research,' a source close the investigation told the Post yesterday. Ryder has not been reported to work on any new films, and her defense lawyer Mark Garagos, did not return ...

AnanovaWhat the Papers Say-The SunBUY ME AS YOUR WIFE FOR 1/4 MILLION POUNDSA pretty 24 year old blonde is auctioning herself off as a wife on the internet.

Cops also found that Ryder 30, was carrying pharmaceutical drugs without the necessary prescriptions.She was booked on suspicion of Grand Theft and possessing pharmaceutical drugs without a prescription.Saks officials and representatives of Ryder did not immediately return phone calls to the Post seeking their comments.But in a prepared statement, Ryder publicist Mara Buxbaum said she's trying to piece the story together.

Cabinet members are safe, 300 total locked inside Indian Parliament 100 which are officials.One of the terrorists got away, drove into Parliment building in Government vehicle-then gunfire and two bombs going off.Other 4 terrorists presumed dead.

HILL SWILL...December 12, 2001BY MICHAEL SNEED SUN TIMES COLUMNISTSneed hears former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is warming up to the idea of a presidential race in 2004.Stay tuned..

The scientists described bin Laden as being intensely interested in nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.(during the Kabul meetings in August)Mamood and Majid said bin Laden said he had obtained, or had acess to, some type of radiological material that he said had been acquired for him by the radical Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. The scientists said they left the meetings believing bin Laden had some such material, but Pakistani officials said they have been unable to verify those claims.The scientists reportedly said bin Laden asked how the material could be made into a weapon or something usable.