* Headlines for Friday, August 9th, 2002 * When Public Media Becomes State Media: President Bush Bypasses the Vacationing Senate and Nominates Republican Fundraiser Cheryl Halpern to the Board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting * Activists Disrupt Dick Cheney's Speech On Corporate Responsibility * British Mp Meets with Saddam Hussein As Iraqi Opposition Groups Meet with State Department * The US State Department Urges a US Court to Dismiss a Human Rights Lawsuit Against Exxon Mobil * As Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill Ends His Latin America Tour, the International Monetary Fund Announces It Will Lend Debt-Laden Brazil Another $30 Billion, More Than the IMF Has Ever Provided Any Other Country