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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"To those who scare peace-loving people with   phantoms of
lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics only aid
terrorists."
-JOHN ASHCROFT, attorney general

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/politics/07CIVI.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Indiana Factory Shooting Leaves 2 Dead and 6 Hurt

Hours after arguing with a co-worker, an angry employee
opened fire at a small factory in Goshen, Ind., killing one
worker and wounding six others before committing suicide.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/national/07SHOO.html?todaysheadlines

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Mail at Federal Reserve Tests Positive for Anthrax

A batch of mail delivered to the Federal Reserve on
Wednesday tested positive for anthrax, raising further
concern about cross-contamination among letters in the
postal system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/national/07INQU.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Appeals Court Hears Debate on Race-Based Admissions

The constitutionality of race-conscious admissions policies
at the University of   Michigan was debated before a
federal appeals court in Cincinnati.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/education/07AFFI.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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Surrender Deal May Hinge on Amnesty for Mullah Omar

The Taliban agreed on Thursday to surrender the city of
Kandahar, but negotiators had yet to resolve the fate of
Mullah Muhammad Omar, the Taliban leader.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/international/07AFGH.html?todaysheadlines

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Officials Say Bomber of the Cole Was in Yemeni Custody
Earlier

One of the suicide bombers who attacked the destroyer Cole
last year had been arrested  and released  just 17 months
earlier by Yemeni authorities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/international/europe/07COLE.html?todaysheadlines

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Fatah-Hamas Truce Seen; Israel Continues Retaliatory Strikes

Yasir Arafat's Fatah faction and the extremist   group Hamas
appeared to have achieved a fragile truce on Thursday,
after clashes left a young Hamas activist dead.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/international/07GAZA.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Retailers Post Dismal Sales for November

The nation's merchants reported sales growth for November
that was below already low expectations, as not even
desperate pre-holiday price slashing   enticed consumers to
spend.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/business/07SHOP.html?todaysheadlines

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AOL's Problems Go Beyond Even Harry Potter's Magic

AOL Time Warner's new management team faces a whole range of
urgent operating challenges on the way to realizing its
enduring dreams of media convergence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/business/media/07AOL.html?todaysheadlines

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House Supports Trading Powers Sought by Bush

The House passed legislation that gives the Bush
administration a stronger hand to negotiate trade
agreements.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/politics/07TRAD.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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AOL's Problems Go Beyond Even Harry Potter's Magic

AOL Time Warner's new management team faces a whole range of
urgent operating challenges on the way to realizing its
enduring dreams of media convergence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/business/media/07AOL.html?todaysheadlines

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2 Big Chip Makers Raise Forecasts

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices raised their financial
forecasts for the current quarter, saying that their
microprocessors that power personal computers were selling
better than expected.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/technology/07TECH.html?todaysheadlines

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Deal for COR Continues Merger Trend in Biotech

Millennium Pharmaceuticals said that it would buy COR
Therapeutics, the maker of the heart drug Integrilin, for
about $2 billion in stock.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/technology/07BIOT.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Ashcroft Defends Antiterror Plan and Says Criticism May Aid
Foes

Attorney General John Ashcroft defended the Bush
administration's array of antiterrorism proposals and
accused some critics of aiding terrorists.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/politics/07CIVI.html?todaysheadlines

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House Supports Trading Powers Sought by Bush

The House passed legislation that gives the Bush
administration a stronger hand to negotiate trade
agreements.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/politics/07TRAD.html?todaysheadlines

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Republicans in Senate Win Round on Curbing Spending

Republicans won two early skirmishes in their effort to
block $7.5 billion in additional spending for domestic
security and $7.5 billion in aid to New York.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/politics/07CONG.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Giambi Deal Is Expected, but No One Says When

Jason Giambi is eventually expected to sign a seven-year
contract for around $17 million a year, but Yankees
officials and Giambi's agent stress that the agreement is
not completed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/sports/baseball/07YANK.html?todaysheadlines

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Putting a Price on the Heisman

Besides determining a tight race among quarterback
candidates, the big question looming for the members of the
Downtown Athletic Club this year is just how much the
Heisman Trophy is worth.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/sports/ncaafootball/07COLL.html?todaysheadlines

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Selig Defends Contraction to Congress

Commissioner Bud Selig told the House Judiciary Committee
why baseball needed to eliminate two teams and why its
economic system led to a $519 million loss last season.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/sports/baseball/07BASE.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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The Miracle of Coltrane: Dead at 40, Still Vital at 75

John Coltrane's albums are better understood   as markers of
his own thought than of jazz at the time.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/arts/music/07COLT.html?todaysheadlines

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Auction Houses Are Set Back by Price-Fixing Conviction

After the conviction of Sotheby's former chairman, A. Alfred
Taubman, for his pivotal role in the conspiracy, the
economic situation   for Sotheby's and Christie's looks
many times worse.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/arts/design/07SOTH.html?todaysheadlines

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For a Body That Nobody Ever Had

"Extreme Beauty: The Body  Transformed" at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art's Costume Institute may be the ultimate
fashion survey.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/arts/design/07SMIT.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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Clouds Loom for New York, but Bloomberg Stays Sunny

Mayor-elect Michael R. Bloomberg is taking office without
blaming his predecessor for the financial crisis that he is
inheriting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/nyregion/07BLOO.html?todaysheadlines

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In the Ongoing Search for Bodies, Hope Is Derived From the
Horror

The discovery of bodies on the lower levels of the ruins of
the World Trade Center confirms a theory that the deeper
recovery workers dig, the greater the chances of finding
human remains.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/nyregion/07BODI.html?todaysheadlines

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Auction Houses Are Set Back by Price-Fixing Conviction

After the conviction of Sotheby's former chairman, A. Alfred
Taubman, for his pivotal role in the conspiracy, the
economic situation   for Sotheby's and Christie's looks
many times worse.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/arts/design/07SOTH.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Hitting the Trifecta
By PAUL KRUGMAN
President Bush and Enron used the same strategy: Use cooked
numbers to justify big giveaways at the top. Then, if
things don't work out, let ordinary workers pay the price.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/opinion/07KRUG.html?todaysheadlines

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Welcome to Kabul
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
America needs to deploy diplomats in Afghanistan as well as
troops.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/opinion/07KRIS.html?todaysheadlines

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The Peacemaker of the Pashtun

    Past
By KARL E. MEYER
Pashtuns are thought of as warriors, but they also produced
one of the most remarkable pacifist movements of the 20th
century.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/opinion/07MEYE.html?todaysheadlines

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