Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Monday
October 26, 2009
Nine pages © 2009 The New York Times Visit The Times on the Web: www.nytimes.com
Major Madoff Investor Is Found Dead in His Pool pany, will become its own com-
pany, and Rogers will become
a minority stakeholder. Eis-
Jeffry M. Picower, a prominent investigated. According to the drew from their Madoff accounts ner, the former Walt Disney Co.
philanthropist accused of reap- police, emergency personnel re- over the years. The suit claimed chairman, said he expected Vu-
ing about $7 billion in profit from sponded at 12:09 p.m. Sunday to that the Picowers’ accounts with guru to generate 10 to 12 online
Bernard L. Madoff’s vast Ponzi a call from his wife, Barbara. She the Madoff firm were “riddled series in 2010, with the eventual
scheme, was found dead on Sun- said she had found him at the bot- with blatant and obvious fraud” goal of 30 a year. (NYT)
day in the swimming pool at his tom of the pool. He could not be re- that a finance professional like
mansion in Palm Beach, Fla. vived and was pronounced dead at Picower should have detected. It
In the last year, Picower’s life 1:30 p.m. at Good Samaritan Med- further asserted that he “knew or Capmark Bankruptcy
had become a tangle of litigation ical Center in West Palm Beach. should have known” that the large Capmark Financial Group,
arising from his disputed role William D. Zabel, a family law- and unusually reliable profits one of the nation’s largest com-
in the Ponzi scheme operated yer, said Picower, who was 67, from their Madoff accounts could mercial real estate lenders,
by Madoff, who was arrested in had Parkinson’s disease and a only have resulted from fraud. filed Sunday for bankruptcy
December and pleaded guilty in history of “cardiac issues.” The Picowers have emphati- protection amid mounting bad
March to operating a long-run- On May 12, the bankruptcy cally denied any knowledge of the debt. In its filing in Delaware
ning fraud that cost thousands of trustee seeking assets for Madoff Ponzi scheme, and Zabel has said bankruptcy court, the compa-
victims billions of dollars. victims sued the Picowers to re- they were deceived by Madoff. ny listed total debt of $21 billion
The cause of death is being cover at least $6 billion they with- DIANA B. HENRIQUES and assets of $20.1 billion. (AP)
For Comcast, a Big Deal, but Not a Good One Cosby, in Sweater,
Content never became king — gling, but whose cable channels — unintended consequences. He
Has Gone Web 2.0
search did — but the notion con- CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo, SyFy and cites the AOL-Time Warner deal, It is not unexpected today that a
tinues to lure otherwise careful USA — are profitable jewels. And in which the new company had to veteran comic would plant a flag
companies to the deal altar. at a time when video on demand sacrifice its proprietary messen- on the Internet: Shecky Greene
Sometime in the near future, is taking off, the enterprise would ger service, an asset that would has a Web site, and Shelley Ber-
Comcast, the nation’s largest have lots of audience and plenty have been golden for AOL. man has a Facebook fan page.
cable system operator, is likely to of studio product to show. Other stop signs are visible. In- But lately Bill Cosby has put
buy a majority stake from Brian Roberts, the chief vestors have already expressed them to shame. He has taken
General Electric in NBC The Media executive of Comcast, skepticism. And Roberts is send- the new-media plunge with both
Universal, a huge enter- Equation has never made a secret ing strong signals about his lack of feet: his Web site, billcosby.com,
prise with content assets of his desire to diversify. faith in Comcast’s core business. includes eight outlets to follow
in broadcast, cable and David Unfortunately for him, “Right now, they are in the most Cosby, including the micro-video-
film and on the Web. Carr his shareholders have the structurally advantaged busi- blogging site 12seconds; the au-
It’s just like the good old ability to diversify on their nesses there is in media,” Mof- dio streaming site blogtalkradio.
days, when media titans strode own, and they’d like the company fett said. “People can talk all they com; MySpace; Facebook; and
the earth in search of the grail to stick to its core knitting. want about content being king, but Twitter. There is a Flickr feed
of synergy, a magical elixir that “Media moguls see it almost distribution has historically been as well as Facebook application
emerged from vertically inte- as a birthright to buy and sell a much better business because of that allows users to try on one of
grating seemingly disparate en- assets, but most of it clearly has the huge barriers to entry.” Cosby’s familiar sweaters.
terprises. We haven’t seen any- not worked out,” said Craig Mof- If Comcast is so determined to These vehicles were enlisted to
thing quite like it since the merg- fett, co-author of a Bernstein Re- go shopping, there is a company promote a new hip-hop compila-
er of Time Warner and AOL. And search report on the prospective out there that has been orphaned tion album, “Bill Cosby Presents
that turned out well, right? deal. “The value of the deal is the by the conglomerate that owned the Cosnarati: State of Emergen-
The Comcast deal is not without conceptual value of vertical inte- it, has demonstrated significant cy,” featuring songs conceived by
business logic. It’s not a bad time gration, and most of it is against growth, and whose stock has not Cosby in attempt to create social-
to buy NBC Universal, whose big the law as a regulatory matter.” only outperformed Comcast, but ly conscious hip-hop.
assets like the peacock network By attracting regulatory scru- also significantly outperformed All of this online promotion
and Universal Studios are strug- tiny, he said, Comcast could court the market: Time Warner Cable. was a bit much for a new-media
habitué like Pete Cashmore,
who runs the Mashable Web site
Big Cellphone Makers Shifting to Android System and posted last week that “Bill’s
‘people’ have determined that
Since 1996, Microsoft has been sung, LG, Kyocera, Sony Erics- is intended for modern screens Cosby needs to get involved with
writing operating systems for son — now also make Android de- you tap with a finger, while Win- this glitzy new ‘social media mar-
pocket-sized computers. It was vices. Motorola has dropped Win- dows Mobile was built for use keting’ thing the kids are all doing
a lonely business until Apple dows Mobile entirely in a switch with a stylus. Android has at- these days.”
introduced the Web-browsing, to Android. The four largest U.S. tracted far more applications for Cashmore also said he would
music-playing iPhone. But now carriers have agreed to offer An- consumers in the first year than wear a Cosby-style sweater in
that smartphones are popular, droid phones. When the first An- Windows Mobile has in a decade. his Facebook photo if Cosby re-
Microsoft’s system, Windows droid handset, the G1 from HTC, “A lot of manufacturers are sponded directly to his post using
Mobile, is foundering. More cell- was introduced last fall, only T- walking into our office and talk- 12seconds. About 12 hours later,
phone makers are turning to the Mobile offered it. Now Verizon is ing about how important Android Cosby responded in a grainy
free Android system made by Mi- putting a huge promotional push is becoming to them,” said Cole video, thanking Cashmore and
crosoft’s latest nemesis, Google. behind the Droid from Motorola. Brodman, the chief development telling him, “you look great in my
Cellphone makers that have Android is free, while Windows officer of T-Mobile. “It is going to sweatshirt.” So far, Cashmore’s
used Windows Mobile in their Mobile costs manufacturers $15 have a pretty significant impact.” Facebook photo has not been up-
smartphones — including Sam- to $25 a phone. Google’s software SAUL HANSELL dated. NOAM COHEN
Hollywood Studios, on a Quest for Life After DVDs, Explore Digital Delivery
LOS ANGELES — Movie stu- studios are finally confronting an consumers play a video on vari- Apple will be a partner.
dios, desperate to return their uncomfortable reality: DVDs ous devices without letting them A consortium of other studios
home entertainment divisions to may never recover their sales share it on a pirate site — and the has joined with companies like
growth, are scrambling to shape power. To grow, studios need to reluctance of studios to cooperate Comcast and Intel to pursue a dif-
the post-DVD era. figure out digital distribution. too closely with rivals. ferent strategy. Their initiative,
Until recently, Hollywood Everyone is trying to solve one The Walt Disney Co. will in- called the Digital Entertainment
heavyweights were loath to problem: consumers, the indus- troduce a technology that essen- Content Ecosystem, involves
speak too openly about the prom- try believes, will be reluctant to tially tracks digital ownership, so coming up with a common set of
ise of digital entertainment — the pay for digital movies and TV people don’t have to buy the same standards and formats.
downloading and streaming of shows until they get more por- movie or television show multiple “We can start to develop a digi-
movies and television shows on tability and can watch the same times for different devices. Called tal service where it’s better than
computers, Internet-enabled content on several devices. Stu- Keychest, it would allow consum- free because it offers consumers
televisions and mobile devices. dios want to make consumers ers to buy permanent access to more convenience and choice,”
Nobody wanted to anger retail collect digital entertainment the digital entertainment that then said Mitch Singer, chief technol-
partners or do anything that way they would DVDs or books. could be watched on computers, ogy officer of Sony Pictures En-
might slow the DVD gravy train. Standing in the way are tech- cellphones and cable on-demand tertainment, which is leading the
But the business has shifted and nological hurdles — how to let services. Analysts speculate that effort. BROOKS BARNES
journal Monday, October 26, 2009 6
China, Where the Bureaucrats Hold Sway and Odd Edicts Rule
HUANGPING, China — All the students burden children with such a requirement one county in Hubei Province in northern
at Luolang Elementary School, a yellow- rather than install speed bumps, others China drew nationwide ridicule after offi-
and-orange concrete structure off a winding insisted. cials ordered civil servants and employees
mountain road in southern China, know the This is hardly the only nation where local of state-owned companies to buy a total of
key rules: Do not run in the halls. Take your bureaucrats sometimes run a bit too free. 23,000 packs of the province’s brand of ciga-
seat before the bell rings. Raise your hand But in China, where many local officials are rettes every year. Departments whose em-
to ask a question. less than well trained and only the party ployees failed to buy enough cigarettes or
And oh, yes: Salute every passing car on can eject them from office, local govern- bought other Chinese brands would be fined,
your way to and from school. ments’ dubious edicts are common enough the media reported.
Education officials promoted the saluting that skewering them has become a favorite County officials said the increased rev-
rule to reduce traffic accidents and teach pastime of China’s netizens. Even the state- enue from the cigarette tax would buoy the
children courtesy. Critics, who have posted run media joins in, although they rarely local economy. After several weeks of em-
thousands of negative comments about the report who was behind the rules or suggest barrassment, Gongan County officials post-
policy on China’s electronic bulletin boards, that they indicate a lack of competence to ed a short message on the government’s
beg to differ. “This is just pitiful,” wrote one govern. Web site that read: “We have decided to
in a post last year. Only inept officials would Often, the skewering gets results. In April, remove this edict.”
Officials of Hanchuan, a city in Hubei
crossword Edited By Will Shortz Province, tried a similar ploy, with the
same effect. Determined to boost the local
PUZZLE BY MIKE NOTHNAGEL brand of baijiu, a sinus-clearing distilled
ACROSS 41 Party giver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 white liquor, they ordered state workers to
1 John of colonial 42 U.S. military vet
Jamestown buy about $300,000 worth in a year. Report-
43 Ancient Greek 14 15 16
6 The first “A” in city with a ers calculated that each employee would
N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr. mythical lion 17 18 19 have had to buy three bottles a day to meet
10 Bag 45 Learn the quota. The rule was later rescinded.
secondhand 20 21 22
14 “Tosca,” for one
Another county in Guizhou Province in
15 “Get out of here, 47 Having insurance
fly!” 50 Large, at
23 24 southern China compelled state workers
16 Surrounding glow Starbucks 25 26 27
last year to help inflate the number of tour-
17 Completely uses 51 Twigs for baskets ists visiting the ruins of an ancient village.
up, as a credit 52 “If I may …” 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Every government office was ordered
card, with “out” 55 Owner of the farm
18 Dana Scully’s
to organize field trips to the site so the
where Woodstock 35 36 37 38
sci-fi partner took place county could report 5,000 visitors within two
20 Prowling feline 57 Contest 39 40 41 42 months.
22 Nissan sedan submission The involuntary visitors had to take sev-
23 Letter-shaped, 58 Writer James
43 44 45 46
threaded fastener
eral buses to get to a village 20 miles from
59 Vases
24 Washed-up
47 48 49 50 the county seat. From there, they hired mo-
60 Have the wheel
person of a car 51 52 53 54
torbikes to carry them another nine miles
25 Course in which 61 Transmit down dirt roads, the Guangzhou Daily news-
to conjugate
“amo, amas,
62 Jab between the 55 56 57 paper reported.
ribs, say The Guizhou Commercial News reported
amat …”
63 Mob 58 59 60
27 “We ___ please” that some government offices were left un-
28 Dull pain 61 62 63 attended while state employees served as
29 Autumn
DOWN
1 Capital of Italia tourists. That order, too, was repealed the
31 When repeated,
bygone 2 Milky white gem
10/26/09 (No. 1026)
next month.
newsboy’s cry 3 “Superman” 8 “Red” or “White” 27 It acquired 42 Take away from, But a 2003 regulation that bars male of-
villain baseball team Reynolds Metals as profits
35 Con’s opposite
in 2000 ficials in Sichuan Province from hiring fe-
36 Mystery quality 4 Something for 9 Courteous 44 Goof
nothing rejection to a 30 Sighed with 46 Tangle up (in)
male secretaries may still be on the books.
… or what 18-
and 55-Across 5 Start of a woman satisfaction 47 Unconscious
China Youth Daily reported then that the
and 3- and billboard 10 House style with 32 Cowboy who states official who authored the regulation wanted
32-Down have? catchphrase a long pitched sang the title 48 Missouri river or “to ensure that work can be carried out.”
38 Snakelike fish meaning “close roof in back song from “High Indian
39 H. Ross ___, to the highway” Noon” SHARON LaFRANIERE
11 Actor Murphy of 49 Reindeer teamed
candidate of 6 Equally plump old westerns 33 ___ Park with Prancer
1992 and 1996 7 Photographed (Queens
12 Middle of an Oreo 50 Esther 8:9 is the
neighborhood) longest one in
13 Designer Donna
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE 34 A, in Arabic the Bible
19 Coat named for
an Irish province 36 Nissan S.U.V. 52 Play a practical 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
B L U R A Y D I S C S T O P joke on, slangily •
21 Steep drop-off 37 None of the
T I N A T U R N E R M A N O above, on a 53 Talking horse of Tom Brady, Editor
E D D I E M O N E Y E X E S 24 Sword handles survey ’60s TV e-mail: digesteditor@nytimes.com
A D I N A N I S E W I L T 25 Northern 40 Like two jacks 54 Brontë’s Jane •
M E E S E E N T R E R I M Scandinavian in a deck of 56 Miracle-___ TimesDigest Sales Office
S D S A N D G O X T I N A 26 Field unit cards (plant food) phone: (212) 556-1200
T R E O S S P A D E R fax: (646) 461-2364
J A C O B I N B E R S E R K For answers, call 1-900-289-CLUE (289-2583), $1.49 a minute; e-mail: timesdigest@nytimes.com
O I L G U N F E T E S or, with a credit card, 1-800-814-5550. •
B R O A D T A D A S S O D Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle and more than 5,000 past
For advertising information
C D S S C E N T S H E R A puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). and to request a media kit
O R E S R E B A R Y A N N Mobile crosswords: nytimes.com/mxword. contact InMotion Media:
R I O T I V E B E E N H A D Annual subscriptions are available for the best of Sunday phone: (212) 706-2700
P E U R S E L L B Y D A T E crosswords from the last 50 years: 1-888-7-ACROSS. e-mail: info@immww.com
S S T S P E T E S E E G E R Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay.
opinion Monday, October 26, 2009 7
e di t o r i a l s o f t h e t i m e S paul krugman
WEATHER Houston
Kansas City
81/ 54
61/ 48
0
0
74/ 68 T
55/ 44 C
72/ 52 PC
59/ 40 PC
Cape Town
Dublin
74/ 61 0
57/ 52 0.02
66/ 55 T
59/ 50 C
72/ 55 PC
61/ 55 Sh
High/low temperatures for the 20 hours ended at 4 p.m.
yesterday, Eastern time, and precipitation (in inches) Los Angeles 81/ 63 0 88/ 60 S 75/ 57 PC Geneva 60/ 48 0 61/ 45 PC 63/ 45 PC
for the 18 hours ended at 2 p.m. yesterday. Expected Miami 88/ 73 0 89/ 75 PC 89/ 78 PC Hong Kong 86/ 75 0 82/ 72 S 81/ 73 PC
conditions for today and tomorrow. Mpls.-St. Paul 48/ 45 0.03 47/ 37 C 52/ 37 PC Kingston 89/ 81 0.04 88/ 79 T 88/ 79 S
New York City 61/ 51 0 62/ 46 S 61/ 49 C Lima 66/ 63 0 68/ 61 C 68/ 61 C
Weather conditions: C-clouds, F-fog, H-haze, I-ice, PC- Orlando 83/ 64 0 88/ 66 C 88/ 73 PC London 64/ 52 0.04 63/ 50 PC 66/ 55 C
partly cloudy,R-rain, S-sun, Sh-showers, Sn-snow, SS- Philadelphia 62/ 50 0.17 64/ 42 S 63/ 44 C Madrid 73/ 50 0 73/ 57 S 73/ 57 PC
snow showers, T-thunderstorms, Tr-trace, W-windy. Phoenix 87/ 63 0 86/ 61 S 89/ 57 S Mexico City 69/ 51 – 75/ 52 C 75/ 50 C
Salt Lake City 49/ 34 0 58/ 34 PC 43/ 37 Sh Montreal 52/ 46 0.18 48/ 30 PC 52/ 36 R
U.S. CITIES San Francisco 76/ 53 0 68/ 54 S 67/ 52 W Moscow 39/ 36 0.16 41/ 32 C 48/ 41 R
Yesterday Today Tomorrow Seattle 48/ 37 0 52/ 45 Sh 51/ 40 C Nassau 87/ 75 0 91/ 79 S 91/ 79 S
Atlanta 65/ 42 0 68/ 47 C 62/ 53 Sh St. Louis 65/ 50 0 59/ 49 R 61/ 48 Sh Paris 62/ 48 0.06 64/ 48 PC 63/ 46 PC
Albuquerque 63/ 46 0 57/ 39 S 64/ 35 PC Washington 62/ 49 0 65/ 46 S 61/ 49 Sh Prague 57/ 36 0 59/ 43 PC 56/ 41 C
Boise 52/ 30 0 62/ 39 C 45/ 37 C Rio de Janeiro 87/ 73 0 86/ 72 T 77/ 70 R
Boston 67/ 54 0.13 57/ 44 S 57/ 44 PC FOREIGN CITIES Rome 73/ 54 0 72/ 57 PC 72/ 57 S
Buffalo 54/ 43 0 58/ 37 PC 59/ 45 PC Yesterday Today Tomorrow Santiago 74/ 48 0 81/ 46 PC 84/ 48 PC
Charlotte 60/ 48 0 65/ 42 C 61/ 52 C Acapulco 94/ 77 0 88/ 73 PC 88/ 73 PC Stockholm 46/ 43 – 46/ 41 C 46/ 37 Sh
Chicago 61/ 39 0 59/ 47 Sh 59/ 43 C Athens 68/ 64 0.05 75/ 61 T 75/ 59 C Sydney 71/ 64 0 64/ 57 Sh 64/ 57 Sh
Cleveland 60/ 36 0 66/ 42 PC 64/ 44 PC Beijing 69/ 52 0 66/ 48 S 64/ 45 PC Tokyo 62/ 55 0.31 70/ 61 R 72/ 57 PC
Dallas-Ft. Worth 75/ 55 0 59/ 55 T 70/ 50 PC Berlin 52/ 41 Tr 54/ 46 C 55/ 48 C Toronto 54/ 39 Tr 54/ 43 C 59/ 46 C
Denver 44/ 34 0 52/ 24 S 54/ 33 PC Buenos Aires 71/ 45 0 68/ 50 S 82/ 61 PC Vancouver 46/ 37 0 54/ 43 R 50/ 41 C
Detroit 59/ 34 0 63/ 43 PC 61/ 47 C Cairo 89/ 66 0 88/ 72 PC 90/ 73 PC Warsaw 51/ 46 0.24 52/ 45 C 50/ 46 C
sports journal Monday, October 26, 2009 9
Cedric Benson got his revenge start in franchise history, and John Kasay missed two field- East W L T Pct PF PA
on Chicago, all right. The rest of opened the game with a 16-play goal attempts, and the Panthers N. England 5 2 0 .714 198 98
the Bengals’ offense had a good drive for a touchdown. But Matt (2-4) saw their two-game winning Jets 4 3 0 .571 152 104
time, too. Ryan had his streak of 142 passes streak end. The Bills’ Jairus Byrd Buffalo 3 4 0 .429 113 138
Carson Palmer threw five without a sack ended with take- had two interceptions for the sec- Miami 2 4 0 .333 146 152
touchdown passes — four of them downs on consecutive plays in the ond week in a row. South W L T Pct PF PA
in a dominant first half — and first quarter. He was sacked four A Laugher, Times Three Indianapolis 6 0 0 1.000 179 77
Benson ran for a career-high 189 times, threw two interceptions ¶ Aaron Rodgers threw three Houston 4 3 0 .571 167 158
yards and a touchdown against and lost a fumble. touchdown passes, Ryan Grant Jacksonville 3 3 0 .500 120 147
the franchise that let him go, ¶ Near the end of the Jets’ first rushed for 148 yards and the Tennessee 0 6 0 .000 84 198
North W L T Pct PF PA
shocking visiting Chicago with a victory this October, Coach Rex Packers warmed up for Brett
Cincinnati 5 2 0 .714 163 128
45-10 victory Sunday that will go Ryan grabbed his quarterback, Favre’s first visit back to Lam- Pittsburgh 5 2 0 .714 167 129
down as one of the worst days in Mark Sanchez. Together, they beau Field next week with a 31-3 Baltimore 3 3 0 .500 169 130
Bears history. drenched Bill Callahan with a laugher over the Browns, who got Cleveland 1 6 0 .143 72 179
The Bengals improved to 5-2 for cooler full of Gatorade. over the flu but could not shake West W L T Pct PF PA
the first time since 2005, when a Callahan coordinates the Jets’ their other problems. It would Denver 6 0 0 1.000 133 66
fast-strike offense got them to the rushing attack, which topped 300 have been understandable if the San Diego 3 3 0 .500 161 143
playoffs. There was a strong re- yards for the second straight Sun- Packers (4-2) had overlooked an Oakland 2 5 0 .286 62 177
semblance in the first half, when day. The Jets became the sixth inferior opponent like the Browns Kansas City 1 6 0 .143 105 181
Cincinnati scored on all five pos- team in N.F.L. history and first (1-6), who had a dozen players
sessions and went ahead, 31-0. since 1975 to deliver such consec- miss practice last week with the
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
In that half alone, Chad utive performances, resulting in flu. Cleveland gained only 139
Ochocinco had 103 yards receiv- a rare shower for an assistant. yards and failed to score a touch- East W L T Pct PF PA
ing and Benson had 98 yards rush- The Jets snapped their three- down for the fourth time in its Giants 5 1 0 .833 178 119
ing as the Bears (3-3) gave up game losing streak by pounding seven games. Dallas 4 2 0 .667 159 119
more points than they had in any the Raiders, 38-0, and delivering ¶ LaDainian Tomlinson rushed Phila. 3 2 0 .600 136 99
game all season. Palmer finished the most lopsided home loss in for a season-high 71 yards, and his Washington 2 4 0 .333 79 96
20 of 24 for 233 yards and was one Oakland history. But the victory 36-yard run got his team rolling South W L T Pct PF PA
shy of his career high for touch- came at a steep price, as the Jets on its first touchdown drive in the New Orleans 6 0 0 1.000 238 127
down throws. lost Leon Washington for the sea- Chargers’ easy 37-7 win against Atlanta 4 2 0 .667 144 114
Carolina 2 4 0 .333 94 145
Cowboys Pull Away son with a broken right fibula. the Chiefs.
Tampa Bay 0 7 0 .000 96 203
¶ The Cowboys (4-2) roared out ¶ The Bills trailed badly in ¶ Peyton Manning completed North W L T Pct PF PA
of their bye with their most im- nearly every statistical category passes to eight receivers but did Minnesota 6 1 0 .857 206 148
pressive win of the season, a 37-21 but still beat the Panthers, 20- not throw enough of them to tie Green Bay 4 2 0 .667 161 96
victory over the visiting Falcons. 9. Buffalo (3-4) won on the road the league record with his sixth Chicago 3 3 0 .500 129 144
It was Dallas’s first win against a despite being outgained, 425-167. consecutive 300-yard game in the Detroit 1 5 0 .167 103 188
team with a winning record. Tony Carolina led in first downs (20- Colts’ 42-6 victory over the Rams West W L T Pct PF PA
Romo threw three touchdown 9) and held the ball for nearly 35 in St. Louis. Manning finished 23 Arizona 3 2 0 .600 112 92
passes, including two to Miles minutes. But Jake Delhomme for 34 for 235 yards and 3 scores. San Fran. 3 3 0 .500 133 122
Austin. The Falcons (4-2) came in was intercepted three times, He was not sacked and was rarely Seattle 2 4 0 .333 118 109
looking to keep pace with the best Kenny Moore fumbled a punt, touched. (AP) St. Louis 0 7 0 .000 60 211