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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"We are saying we want to go to the gates of Kabul and stop
there."
-HARON AMIN, the senior Washington envoy for the Northern Alliance.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/international/asia/22MILI.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Postal Employee in Washington Has Anthrax in Lungs

A worker at the office that handles mail in the capital was
infected with a dangerous form of anthrax, health officials
said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/national/22ANTH.html?todaysheadlines

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Sept. 11 Attacks Led to Push for More Smallpox Vaccine

Officials say the terrorist attacks prompted President
Bush's decision to greatly expand the nation's smallpox
vaccine stockpile.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/national/22SMAL.html?todaysheadlines

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Air Control Has New Role in Spotting Trouble

The F.A.A. has overhauled the way air traffic controllers
respond when planes change course or lose normal
communications with the ground.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/national/22PLAN.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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Soldiers of the Northern Alliance Prepare for a Ground
Battle

American warplanes carried out their first   substantial
attack on the Taliban's front-line troops north of Kabul on
Sunday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/international/asia/22MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush and Putin Declare They Can Alter ABM Pact

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Bush
said they could reach agreements that would alter the 1972
Antiballistic Missile Treaty.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/international/22PREX.html?todaysheadlines

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A Youth Is Slain in Bethlehem, and Passions Flare

Israel is embarked on its biggest military strike in many
years against the Palestinians, in what it describes as an
effort to protect its citizens.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/international/middleeast/22MIDE.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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ABC Cancels a Planned Reality Show

ABC's cancellation of "The Runner" suggests that such
reality television programs may have run their course.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/business/media/22REAL.html?todaysheadlines

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News Media Risk Big Losses to Cover War

There is never a good time for a war, but   for big media
and news companies, the   timing of the current crisis is
especially   poor.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/business/media/22COST.html?todaysheadlines

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Newsweeklies Run to Keep Up Without Losing Balance

The news media are confronting a changed world and coverage
is a special challenge for a newsweekly.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/business/media/22MAG.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Microsoft's New Operating System Is the First Part of
Expanded Internet Services

Windows XP is part of a broader Microsoft strategy that
leans on the PC business but reaches to deliver a range of
Internet services.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/technology/ebusiness/22SOFT.html?todaysheadlines

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Aggressive Strategy Brought On Inquiry of Recording Industry

Rivals of the major record companies say the labels may have
moved online too aggressively, and the government is
exploring whether the recording industry is trying to
illegally dominate distribution on the Web.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/technology/ebusiness/22TUNE.html?todaysheadlines

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Registration for .Biz Is Delayed

Open registration for Internet addresses ending in .biz,
scheduled to begin tomorrow, has been postponed to Nov. 7,
according to the company that manages the .biz database,
NeuLevel.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/technology/ebusiness/22DOMA.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Bush and Putin Agree to Agree

For Vladimir Putin and President Bush, the road to the
tantalizing goal of rewriting the rules of arms control may
have rounded its last corner in Shanghai.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/international/22TREA.html?todaysheadlines

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Postal Employee in Washington Has Anthrax in Lungs

A worker at the office that handles mail in the capital was
infected with a dangerous form of anthrax, health officials
said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/national/22ANTH.html?todaysheadlines

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Sept. 11 Attacks Led to Push for More Smallpox Vaccine

Officials say the terrorist attacks prompted President
Bush's decision to greatly expand the nation's smallpox
vaccine stockpile.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/national/22SMAL.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Homers by Williams and Soriano Beat Seattle

Yankees' rookie Alfonso Soriano hit a dramatic two-run homer
in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Seattle
Mariners, 3-1, in Game 4 of the A.L.C.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/sports/baseball/22YANK.html?todaysheadlines

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Diamondbacks Capture N.L. Title

Randy Johnson lasted seven innings and closer Byung Hyun Kim
survived the last two innings to send Arizona to its first
World Series with a 3-2 win over Atlanta.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/sports/baseball/22BRAV.html?todaysheadlines

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Rams Have a Field Day Against Jets

In an exhibition of a running game without its star running
back, sprinkled with a dash of showmanship, the Rams beat
the Jets soundly on Sunday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/sports/football/22JETS.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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New York City Heroes Steal Thunder From Stars

The performers got applause at "The Concert for New York
City," but shouting and standing ovations greeted uniformed
workers and Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/arts/music/22MADI.html?todaysheadlines

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In England, 1937, They Said War Is Coming

PBS's upscale melodrama about a family in the English
countryside offers an absorbing twist on cliches about
wartime England.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/arts/television/22JAME.html?todaysheadlines

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Elliott Carter's Latest, Proudly Complex

An engrossing new commissioned work by Elliott Carter for
Yo-Yo Ma had its first New York performance at Carnegie
Hall, and it was riveting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/arts/22CARN.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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Defense Dept. Aids a Busy City Health Agency With Tests

The Department of Defense has dispatched specialists to
assist city health officials test for anthrax, Mayor
Giuliani said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/nyregion/22YORK.html?todaysheadlines

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Where Guests Used to Visit, Anxiety Sets In

Hotels and cafes are losing money as travelers stay home.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/nyregion/22HOTE.html?todaysheadlines

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Auto Rates Are a Campaign Issue Again as Insurers Prepare to
Leave

Bret D. Schundler says the system badly needs change. And
characteristically, his positions are more sharply drawn
than James E. McGreevey's.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/nyregion/22JERS.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Advance the Story
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
Veteran reporters and creaking  commentators have a single
goal in  writing about great events: advance  the story.
Allow this journageezer to dodder in.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/opinion/22SAFI.html?todaysheadlines

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Democrats Make Nice (Finally)
By BOB HERBERT
The city's leading  Democrats finally decided that
fratricide was not a reasonable  option. They united behind
the mayoral candidacy of Mark Green.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/opinion/22HERB.html?todaysheadlines

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The Ultimate Hatred Is Nuclear
By BRUCE G. BLAIR
The  need for nuclear safety and security   has never been
clearer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/opinion/22BLAI.html?todaysheadlines

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