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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/national/16HOUS.html?todaysheadlines">A Quick Change in Fortune Dulls the Glimmer of Houston</a></b><br>
Although the national economic downturn was expected to bypass Houston, current indicators are showing that is not true.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/national/16TEAM.html?todaysheadlines">Hoffa Claims Victory in Bid to Stay Head of Teamsters</a></b><br>
With about half the votes counted, James P. Hoffa claimed victory on Thursday in his bid for re-election as Teamsters union president.
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Federal investigators say that they believe a Yemeni citizen may have been meant to be the 20th hijacker on Sept. 11 but that he failed to get into the United States.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/international/asia/16FORC.html?todaysheadlines">Allies Building Force to Keep Order in a Vacuum</a></b><br>
About 160 British Royal Marines and American Special Operations troops flew to Bagram airfield north of Kabul on Thursday.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/international/16GERM.html?todaysheadlines">U.S. Set to Retain Smallpox Stocks</a></b><br>
The Bush administration, reversing a course set two decades ago, has decided that the world's remaining stocks of smallpox should be retained.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/international/16PREX.html?todaysheadlines">Before and After Bush and Putin's Banter, No Agreement on Missile Defense</a></b><br>
Presidents Bush and Putin ended their three-day summit with warm jokes, but no discernible progress on amending the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/business/16OIL.html?todaysheadlines">Oil Prices Tumble to 2-Year Low</a></b><br>
Oil prices went into free fall as Russia rejected a challenge from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to stabilize prices by sharply cutting production.
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Bruce Wasserstein, a Wall Street deal maker who rose to prominence in the 1980's, is taking the top job at Lazard L.L.C., an investment bank adrift after a string of defections.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/business/16NAME.html?todaysheadlines">Philip Morris to Change Name to Altria</a></b><br>
Philip Morris, the owner of one of the world's best-known corporate names, plans to change that name next year to the Altria Group.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/technology/16DELL.html?todaysheadlines">Dell Rebounds After a 2nd-Quarter Loss</a></b><br>
Rebounding from a loss in the July quarter, the Dell Computer Corporation reported a third-quarter profit of $429 million.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/technology/16HEWL.html?todaysheadlines">Executive Bonuses Included in the Hewlett-Compaq Deal</a></b><br>
Senior executives of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq will receive bonuses totaling more than $55 million if the companies' merger succeeds and they stay on until September 2003.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/technology/16SOFT.html?todaysheadlines">U.S. Filing Supports Microsoft Settlement</a></b><br>
The Justice Department sought to convince the judge in the antitrust case against Microsoft that its settlement to end the trial will provide "prompt, certain and effective" help for consumers.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/national/16AVIA.html?todaysheadlines">Congress Agrees to U.S. Takeover for Air Security</a></b><br>
House and Senate negotiators reached agreement on a major aviation security bill that requires the federal government to hire 28,000 screeners for airport travelers and baggage within one year.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/politics/16BIO.html?todaysheadlines">Senators Seek $3.2 Billion to Fight Germ Threats, Doubling Bush Plan</a></b><br>
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation calling for $3.2 billion to fight bioterrorism.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/politics/16FARM.html?todaysheadlines">$88 Billion Farm Bill Wins Approval of Senate Panel</a></b><br>
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved an $88 billion farm bill that  places no limits on subsidies to America's  wealthiest farmers.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/sports/baseball/16CLEM.html?todaysheadlines">Clemens Wins His 6th Cy Young</a></b><br>
Roger Clemens won his sixth Cy Young award, dominating the balloting for the A.L.'s best pitcher. No other pitcher has won the award more than four times.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/sports/basketball/16KNIC.html?todaysheadlines">Knicks' Surge Holds Off the Heat</a></b><br>
Pushed to the brink of defeat by a depleted Miami team, the Knicks regrouped just in time, dominating the final minutes to escape with a victory over the Heat.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/sports/othersports/16OLYM.html?todaysheadlines">Bidding Charges Dismissed Against 2 Ex-Officials in Salt Lake City</a></b><br>
A federal judge dismissed all remaining   charges in the bribery scandal involving the two chief organizers of Salt Lake City's bid to win the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/arts/television/16TVWK.html?todaysheadlines">Days of War and Wonder in Afghanistan</a></b><br>
CNN's extraordinary "Unholy Wars" is one of three eye-opening documentaries about Afghanistan, and it's not easy to be eye-opening in the barrage of  recent news.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/arts/16COTT.html?todaysheadlines">Cosmopolitan Trove on the Road to China</a></b><br>
The headquarters of the Asia  Society reopen after a renovation that doubles its exhibition space. The exciting headline show is of Silk Road treasures.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/arts/theater/16GLOR.html?todaysheadlines">In Her World, Normalcy Includes the Grotesque</a></b><br>
Anna Paquin brings quiet centeredness to her stage debut as a disaffected  girl who goes directly from middle school to marriage and murder.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/nyregion/16JOBS.html?todaysheadlines">Loss of 79,000 Jobs Adds to City's Economic Woes</a></b><br>
A staggering 79,000 jobs disappeared from New York City in October, signaling that all the dire forecasts of economic fallout from Sept. 11 may have been understated.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/nyregion/16CRAS.html?todaysheadlines">Data Shows Jet Shook After Hitting Wake of 747</a></b><br>
American Airlines Flight 587 began to shake violently seconds after bumping over the second of two wakes left by a Boeing 747 that had left Kennedy International Airport just ahead of it.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/nyregion/16BLOO.html?todaysheadlines">Bloomberg Asks for Aid in Washington Pilgrimage</a></b><br>
Mayor-elect Michael R. Bloomberg urged the White House to reconsider its opposition to a measure that would immediately provide billions of dollars to help New York City rebuild.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/opinion/16FRIE.html?todaysheadlines">Breaking the Circle</a></b>
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By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
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Arab-Muslim countries crush or expell extreme Islamists without ever trying to reform the Islamic schools or the political conditions that keep producing angry Islamist waves.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/opinion/16PLIS.html?todaysheadlines">Bush by 537; Gore by 537,179</a></b>
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There's been enough talk about fixing the voting machines. It's time to abolish the Electoral College.
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With a stroke of the pen on Nov. 1, President   Bush stabbed history in the back and blocked Americans' right to know how presidents   (and vice presidents) have made decisions.
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