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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/national/26PLOT.html?todaysheadlines">3 Teenagers Held in Plot at Massachusetts School</a></b><br>
Officials said a massacre may have been averted by their use of techniques and studies developed after the 1999 killings at Columbine High School.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/national/26TRAV.html?todaysheadlines">For Most, Holiday Travel Is Light and Smooth</a></b><br>
By most accounts the return trips home from the holiday weekend by plane, train, bus and automobile went smoothly.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/national/26FAIT.html?todaysheadlines">As Attacks' Impact Recedes, a Return to Religion as Usual</a></b><br>
Immediately after Sept. 11 Americans flooded to their local houses of worship, but polls now indicate that for most people the spiritual storm has passed.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/international/asia/26MILI.html?todaysheadlines">Hundreds of U.S. Troops Land 12 Miles From Taliban Stronghold</a></b><br>
Hundreds of marines landed at a makeshift airfield near Kandahar on Sunday in the first major infusion of American ground troops into Afghanistan.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/international/asia/26KUND.html?todaysheadlines">Taliban Foes Say Kunduz Is Theirs</a></b><br>
Northern Alliance commanders said Sunday night that their troops had captured the city of Kunduz, the last Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/international/asia/26FORT.html?todaysheadlines">An American Is Said to Be Killed During a Failed Prison Uprising</a></b><br>
Surrendered Taliban troops staged a revolt Sunday at a prison where hundreds of them were being held under the control of the Northern Alliance.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/business/26SHOP.html?todaysheadlines">Cautious Optimism on Shopping</a></b><br>
Shoppers went back to the malls after Thanksgiving, but it is still unclear whether they will spend enough to pull the economy from its downturn.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/business/media/26BOOK.html?todaysheadlines">Barnes &amp; Noble to Try to Squeeze Better Publisher Deals</a></b><br>
Leonard Riggio, the chairman of Barnes &amp; Noble, told analysts that his company might have to "persuade our suppliers to be fair to us."
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/technology/ebusiness/26GARY.html?todaysheadlines">Telecommunications Entrepreneur With a Colorful R&#233;sum&#233;</a></b><br>
Gary Breshinsky, originally from suburban Long Island, set up a telecommunications network in Afghanistan in the late 1990's. Now he's considering going back.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>TECHNOLOGY</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/technology/ebusiness/26GPS.html?todaysheadlines">Europe Plans to Compete With U.S. Satellite Network</a></b><br>
Countries are building independent satellite navigation networks, troubled that the G.P.S. system is run by the United States military.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/technology/ebusiness/26CHIP.html?todaysheadlines">Intel Unveils Chip Advances</a></b><br>
Intel semiconductor design innovations will help it to continue doubling the performance of microchips every 18 to 24 months through the end of the decade.
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Gary Breshinsky, originally from suburban Long Island, set up a telecommunications network in Afghanistan in the late 1990's. Now he's considering going back.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/politics/26ECON.html?todaysheadlines">Treasury Chief Sees an Economic Brightening</a></b><br>
Faced with the likelihood the U.S. is about to be declared officially in a recession, Paul H. O'Neill said the economy was "poised for recovery."
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Economy.html?todaysheadlines">Congress Divided on Stimulus Package</a></b><br>
Bush administration officials are stressing corporate tax cuts and Democrats are insisting on new help for the unemployed.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/politics/AP-Attacks-Justice.html?todaysheadlines">Ashcroft to Testify Before Senate</a></b><br>
Lawmakers critical of the Justice Department's anti-terrorism campaign will hear directly from the attorney general in early December.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/sports/football/26GIAN.html?todaysheadlines">Oakland Hammers Floundering Giants</a></b><br>
In a game played in a driving rain, the sloppy, reeling Giants were thoroughly outclassed from start to finish by the Oakland Raiders.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/sports/ncaafootball/26COLL.html?todaysheadlines">Hurricanes Leave Questions to Others</a></b><br>
With the season beginning its finishing kick, it is fair to wonder whether any team is good enough to give Miami a good game in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 3.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/sports/football/26EAGL.html?todaysheadlines">Redskins' Recovery Continues</a></b><br>
Squandering a chance to take command of the N.F.C. East, the Philadelphia Eagles fell to the streaking Washington Redskins, who have won five straight.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>ARTS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/arts/music/26ROBE.html?todaysheadlines">David Robertson: Rapport at the End of a Baton</a></b><br>
The conductor of the Orchestre National de Lyon in France frequently takes assignments with America's top orchestras, and he's become an audience favorite and a reviewer's darling.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/movies/26POTT.html?todaysheadlines">Are the Wizard's Numbers Just the Tip of the Iceberg?</a></b><br>
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"  chases after the still elusive box office record set by "Titanic," which earned more than $600 million.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/arts/design/26ELI.html?todaysheadlines">Power Meets Modern Art in Los Angeles</a></b><br>
The first major exhibition from the collections of  Eli and Edythe Broad is now under way at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/nyregion/26NASS.html?todaysheadlines">Nassau County Tries to Reach Budget Accord</a></b><br>
Leaders in the Nassau County Legislature are considering a package of budget cuts and increases in property taxes in order to avert a state financial takeover.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/nyregion/26PARK.html?todaysheadlines">Parking Garages Suffer From Manhattan Security Rules</a></b><br>
Parking garage operators in Manhattan say that   in the aftermath of the World Trade Center   attack they, too, are suffering.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/nyregion/26TENA.html?todaysheadlines">Landlord Kills Tenant and Tries to Commit Suicide, Police Say</a></b><br>
A Queens landlord who had been feuding with a tenant beat her to death and then poisoned himself by swallowing a bottle of Drano, the police said.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/opinion/26HERB.html?todaysheadlines">Justice, 200 Years Later</a></b>
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Last  month, New York State was ordered to pay the Cayuga Indians a sum which is believed to be the largest resolution of  an Indian land claim in U.S. history.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/opinion/26SAFI.html?todaysheadlines">Kangaroo Courts</a></b>
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President Bush's initiative to create military tribunals turns back the clock on all   advances in military justice, through   three wars, in the past half-century.
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Afghanistan has great potential for economic development.  There has been much devastation, but the country can be rebuilt.
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