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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"War is not something that any human being wants, but in
defense of ourselves we must fight. But, God, let us fight
for peace, let us not deviate from establishing peace."
-IMAM IZAK-EL MU'EED PASHA, the Muslim chaplain of the New York City police department.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/nyregion/29MEMO.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Anthrax Found in Mail Worker in New Jersey

A postal worker in New Jersey is the nation's   eighth
confirmed case of inhalation anthrax, bringing the total
number of cases, both skin and pulmonary, to 13.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/national/29ANTH.html?todaysheadlines

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San Jose Emergency Plans Set Example

San Jose, Calif., which has developed an elaborate response
plan to anthrax, sarin gas, smallpox or nuclear attacks,
among other horrors, is considered ahead of the game.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/national/29JOSE.html?todaysheadlines

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Organizations Call for End to Bombing

Several American Muslim groups are calling for a halt in the
United States' bombing campaign in Afghanistan and to
instead develop "a more effective and long-term policy" to
counter terrorism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/national/29MUSL.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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U.S. Planes Hit Taliban Positions Threatening Rebels

American warplanes on Sunday trained their weapons on
Taliban artillery threatening a vital Northern Alliance
supply line.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/international/asia/29MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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Partial Pullback Out of West Bank Started by Israel

Israeli tanks and troops began withdrawing from Bethlehem on
Sunday night even though Palestinian attacks in Israel
earlier in the day killed five people.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/international/middleeast/29MIDE.html?todaysheadlines

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Pakistani Intelligence Had Links to Al Qaeda, U.S. Officials
Say

Pakistan's intelligence service has had a longstanding
relationship with Al Qaeda, turning a blind eye to growing
ties between Osama bin Laden and the Taliban.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/international/asia/29PROB.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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G.M. Agrees to Sell Its Satellite TV Unit in $26 Billion
Deal

General Motors agreed on Sunday night to sell Hughes
Electronics, the owner of DirecTV, to EchoStar
Communications for about  $26 billion in cash and stock.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/business/29BIRD.html?todaysheadlines

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Verizon Wireless to Make Deal on NextWave Licenses

Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless have reached a deal
with NextWave Telecom that will help determine ownership of
more than $16 billion in wireless licenses.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/technology/ebusiness/29NEXT.html?todaysheadlines

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United Airlines Ousts Chief

James E. Goodwin was removed as chairman and chief executive
of the UAL Corporation, United's parent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/business/29AIR.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Verizon Wireless to Make Deal on NextWave Licenses

Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless have reached a deal
with NextWave Telecom that will help determine ownership of
more than $16 billion in wireless licenses.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/technology/ebusiness/29NEXT.html?todaysheadlines

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Qualcomm Plans Globalstar Airborne System

Qualcomm plans to breathe life into Globalstar
Telecommunications, the money-losing satellite company in
which it holds a minority stake.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/technology/ebusiness/29QUAL.html?todaysheadlines

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Elegies and Tone Poems Respond to Tragedy

A new music outpost on the Web has created an online
listening area devoted to compositions inspired by last
month's tragic events.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/arts/music/29ARTS.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Topping Off Strategic Reserve Is Proposed

As nervousness rises about how tensions in the Middle East
could disrupt oil supplies, President Bush is considering
the unprecedented step of filling the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve to full capacity.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/business/29RESE.html?todaysheadlines

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A Congressman Familiar With Joining the Fray, Fortunately
for New York

Days after warning the Bush administration not to tie up
money New York needs to rebuild from the terror attacks,
Rep. John Sweeney seems to be reveling in all the fuss he
has stirred up.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/politics/29SWEE.html?todaysheadlines

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Refugees at America's Door Find It Closed After Attacks

As many as 20,000 refugees, cleared to come to the United
States to escape persecution in their   homelands, have had
their arrival delayed indefinitely in the aftermath of the
terror attacks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/nyregion/29REFU.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Magical Number Is 2 for Diamondbacks

Arizona's Randy Johnson shut out the Yankees on three hits
in a 4-0 victory in Game 2. Matt Williams hit a three-run
homer for the Diamondbacks in the seventh inning.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/sports/baseball/29YANK.html?todaysheadlines

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Against a Bad Team, Giants Look Even  Worse

The Redskins (2-5), without a win in their first five games,
upset the Giants, who have lost three straight games for
the first time since 1999.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/sports/football/29GIAN.html?todaysheadlines

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Jets Do Everything but Lose

Perhaps nonloss best describes what the Jets accomplished
when they beat the 1-6 Carolina Panthers without scoring a
touchdown.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/sports/football/29JETS.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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Some TV Series Rush to Take Note of the Sept. 11 Attacks

The speed and immediacy of the response to current events by
several dramas speaks to the central role of television as
the country comes to terms with  the disaster.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/arts/television/29NOTE.html?todaysheadlines

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The Butler to the Rescue, Again

This slapstick farce reliant on routine stumblebum business
is unenlivened by a score of 13 formula songs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/arts/theater/29JEEV.html?todaysheadlines

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It's Official: Levine to Lead the Boston Symphony

The board of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as expected,
named James Levine  its next music director, starting in
2004.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/arts/music/29LEVI.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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Anthrax Found in Mail Worker in New Jersey

A postal worker in New Jersey is the nation's   eighth
confirmed case of inhalation anthrax, bringing the total
number of cases, both skin and pulmonary, to 13.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/national/29ANTH.html?todaysheadlines

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In New Jersey Governor's Race, Disputed Savings Plan for
Public Education

Bret D. Schundler says his proposal for reforming education
in New Jersey would save the state almost a half-billion
dollars a year, but is being met with criticism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/nyregion/29VOUC.html?todaysheadlines

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Tweedledum, Tweedledee and Nassau? Not This Race

The candidates for Nassau County executive are   worlds
apart in their backgrounds, careers,   campaign styles,
political resumes and personalities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/nyregion/29NASS.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Shame in the House
By BOB HERBERT
The stimulus package narrowly passed by the House last week
has little  to do with economic recovery. It's about using
hard times as a cover for  funneling government largesse to
the rich.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/opinion/29HERB.html?todaysheadlines

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An Optimist's What-If
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
What if there were a  nuclear or biological attack on the
"command and control" of our polity? Do we have backup?
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/opinion/29SAFI.html?todaysheadlines

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A Dangerous Appetite for Oil
By ROB NIXON
Oil is a major source both of America's strategic
vulnerability  and of its reputation as a bully, in the
Islamic world and beyond.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/opinion/29NIXO.html?todaysheadlines

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