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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"The winter days are long and dark and cold. They're
fourteen-and-a-half-hour days now. Maybe in the summertime,
I'll get some sleep, if I live that long."
-EDDIE REINLE, a worker at ground zero. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/nyregion/10ZERO.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Cities and States Say Confusion and Cost Hamper Security
Drive

Despite calls to a domestic defense drive, many local
governments are starting to balk because of the costs and
the frustration over confusing intelligence information.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/national/10HOME.html?todaysheadlines

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DNA Clears Virginia Man of 1982 Assault 

A new Virginia law that allows exoneration on the basis of
DNA testing has cleared a man of a rape conviction that
many complained was steeped in racism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/national/10DNA.html?todaysheadlines 

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California Appellate Ruling Aids Foes of 3-Strike Law

Public defenders across California have been digging up old
cases to mount the first broad challenge to the state's
three-strikes law.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/national/10STRI.html?todaysheadlines 

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INTERNATIONAL
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Taliban Give Way in Final Province Where They Ruled

The five-year rule of the Taliban, exceptionally harsh even
in a land governed for decades by bloodletting, came to an
official end on Sunday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/international/asia/10AFGH.html?todaysheadlines

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Terror Money Hard to Block, Officials Find 

Officials say Al Qaeda's money apparatus is so far-flung and
diversified that it could survive even if Osama bin Laden
is captured or killed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/international/10MONE.html?todaysheadlines 

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Tape Surfaces With Remarks by bin Laden

A tape of Osama bin Laden found recently in Afghanistan
shows him recounting news reports of the first plane
crashing into the World Trade Center.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/international/10TAPE.html?todaysheadlines 

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BUSINESS
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Hewlett Chief Battles for Her Deal and Her Career

If the proposed merger between Hewlett-Packard and Compaq
collapses, Carleton S. Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard's chief,
will likely depart the company.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/technology/ebusiness/10CARL.html?todaysheadlines

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Recovery and the Reluctant Consumer 

American consumers may still want to spend, but the earnings
gains that fuel buying are   slowing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/business/10ECON.html?todaysheadlines 

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AT&T Finds Cable TV Bids Unacceptable

AT&T has reviewed the three competing bids for its cable
television business, the nation's largest, and found all of
them inadequate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/technology/ebusiness/10ATT.html?todaysheadlines 

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TECHNOLOGY
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Hewlett Chief Battles for Her Deal and Her Career

If the proposed merger between Hewlett-Packard and Compaq
collapses, Carleton S. Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard's chief,
will likely depart the company.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/technology/ebusiness/10CARL.html?todaysheadlines

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New Chip Ideas Not So Far-Fetched 

Concepts that once seemed far-fetched suddenly have a 
tantalizing whiff of attainability as chip researchers
meet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/technology/10NECO.html?todaysheadlines 

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Online Archive for Coke Advertising

Coca-Cola is putting its marketing heritage into an online
archive for those who seek to expand on it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/business/media/10ADCO.html?todaysheadlines 

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POLITICS
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Analysts Say Condit's Run May Hurt Democrats in '02

Representative Gary A. Condit's decision to seek re-election
could hurt the Democratic Party as it tries to regain
control of the House, according to political analysts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/politics/10COND.html?todaysheadlines

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Hillary Clinton Returns to a National Forum 

On Sunday's "Meet the Press," Tim Russert questioned Hillary
Clinton on a range of topics, including military tribunals,
bioterrorism, and Israel.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/nyregion/10HILL.html?todaysheadlines 

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Parties Trade Charges Over Stimulus

Republican and Democrat leaders accused each other of trying
to sabotage talks on an economic stimulus package for
political advantage over the weekend.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/politics/AP-Attacks-Economy.html?todaysheadlines 

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SPORTS
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This Rose Bowl Has Its Thorns

Even though many coaches, journalists and fans disagree,
Nebraska finished No. 2 in the B.C.S. ahead of Colorado and
Oregon, putting the Huskers in the Rose Bowl.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/sports/ncaafootball/10BCSS.html?todaysheadlines

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The Giants Hit Bottom 

With an ugly loss to the Dallas Cowboys, the Giants seem to
have belly-flopped into the crowded pool of post-Super Bowl
busts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/sports/football/10GIAN.html?todaysheadlines 

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Sky Is Falling on Jets Again

While the Jets are still in playoff contention after losing
to the Pittsburgh Steelers, their position has grown more
perilous.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/sports/football/10JETS.html?todaysheadlines 

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ARTS
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South African Museum Recreates Apartheid

South Africa's first  apartheid museum opened two weeks  ago
in Johannesburg as a biting reminder of a past that many 
people here would prefer to forget.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/arts/design/10MUSE.html?todaysheadlines

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A Revolt Against God With No Apology 

The amazing Liev Schreiber presents a tic-ridden, sexually
crippled Iago who is as mad as a rabid raccoon in the
Public Theater's fast-paced production.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/arts/theater/10OTHE.html?todaysheadlines 

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Pain and Glory Meet on Track and Onstage

The 2002 Winter Olympics commissioned  Judith Jamison to
create a tribute to  Florence Griffith Joyner, and she
responded with a stunningly inventive work.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/arts/dance/10ALVI.html?todaysheadlines 

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NY REGION
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Ripples of Sept. 11 Widen in Retailing

Small businesses throughout New York City and   across the
nation have experienced a potentially devastating drop in
sales since Sept. 11.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/nyregion/10SMAL.html?todaysheadlines

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At the Pit, a Night Shift to Numb the Body and Soul 

Workers on the night shift at ground zero must grapple with
strained marriages, spotty eyes from the floodlights, the
cold and the wind.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/nyregion/10ZERO.html?todaysheadlines 

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States Seek More Federal Money to Meet Predicted Increase in
Medicaid Rolls

New York is helping to lead states in an effort to persuade
the federal government to provide billions of dollars of
additional aid to help cover the cost of Medicaid.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/nyregion/10MEDI.html?todaysheadlines 

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OP-ED 
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Mistakes Will Be Made
By BOB HERBERT
We're fallible, and it's important to  keep that in mind as
we put in place procedures to keep the nation as secure as
possible.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/opinion/10HERB.html?todaysheadlines

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Reading Putin's Mind 
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
What's on  the mind of President Vladimir V. Putin of
Russia? An op-ed columnist lets his imagination go there.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/opinion/10SAFI.html?todaysheadlines 

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The Broadband Economy
By KAREN KORNBLUH
A resource crucial to the economic recovery of the  United
States is buried underground: hundreds of thousands of 
miles of fiber-optic   cable.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/opinion/10KORN.html?todaysheadlines 

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