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NBC News Audio Headlines11:04 AM ET Monday, May 12, 1997
Kasparov, hands covering face, in game six
Blue day for humans:
IBM’s chess computer
demolishes Kasparov
A BIG BITE FOR GRAND MET
$33 billion merger with Guinness
will create food and drink giant
RUMOR SWEEPS WALL ST.
Lehman stock leaps on cheap talk
WINE TOUR STARTS HERE
Cultivate your knowledge of vino
Toshiba. Click here.
 
 
 
  What year was it?
  Test your knowledge of popular culture with Dateline NBC’s interactive timeline.  
 
 
 
  Picture of bandaged young person   Iran begins relief effort  
    Rescue workers rushed on Sunday to villages in Iran that were devastated by an earthquake.  
 
  Bombing trial awaits
Fortier’s testimony
     
  The prosecution may hinge on Michael Fortier, reports NBC’s David Gregory.    
 
 
 
  Can Interzine cash in
on golf mania?
   
  Can Interzine Productions score an eagle with Tiger Woods and his legion of fans? By Jane Weaver.      
   
Nets Inc. goes bust,
joining the crowd 		 
 
      Jim Manzi’s Nets Inc. filed for bankruptcy Friday, a casualty of e-commerce. By Barton Crockett.  
 
 
 
  Knicks, Rockets, Bulls win
    
      NBA SECTION: Get complete coverage of Sunday’s playoff action.  
 
  Beasts of the East:
Rangers, Flyers advance
      
      NHL SECTION: The matchups are set for the conference finals, which begin Thursday.  
 
 
 
  I hold in my hand a machine
that’s not quite perfect
   
      Hand-held PCs aren’t ideal, but they can certainly be handy, Larry Magid writes.  
 
  Another security bug
in Microsoft wares
      
      A fix has been posted for a flaw that could allow access to your PC.  
 
 
    Bruce Willis in his own ‘Element’  
    Go behind the scenes of “The Fifth Element,” this year’s biggest science-fiction film.  
 
  Lighthouse occupied:
Do not disturb
     
  NBC “Today” show travel editor Peter Greenberg reports on weird, wonderful hotels.    
 
 
    Secrets and lies:
the abortion debate		  
    As the Senate considers a ban on “partial-birth abortions,” a reporter tells of her experience uncovering the truth about the procedure.  
 
  Editor’s note
     
  MSNBC Editor in Chief Merrill Brown discusses media “convergence.”    
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