Sunday, October 31, 1999

From the day

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The Headlines

BEHIND THE WHEEL /2000 Ford Focus; The Econobox Turns a Corner and Picks Up Some Edge

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Smooth

Santana featuring Rob Thomas

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Pokémon Cards

On This Day

• Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.

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• EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Hokusai (1760)
• John Keats (1795)
• Chiang Kai-shek (1887)
• Johannes Vermeer (1632)
• Peter Jackson (1961)

Slang

Tech Check

Napster, BlackBerry, Bluetooth & Wi-Fi (Apple AirPort).

Cost of Living (1995)