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<font size="2">"You're perhaps the most accomplished confidence man since
Charles Ponzi. I'd say you were a carnival barker, except
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/business/13ENRO.html?todaysheadlines">SENATOR PETER G. FITZGERALD,</a>in comments to Kenneth L. Lay, former chairman of Enron.


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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>NATIONAL</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/national/13ALER.html?todaysheadlines">Some in F.B.I. Alert Are Thought to Belong to Al Qaeda</a></b><br>
Members of Al Qaeda are suspected of being among the 17 men identified in  the latest terror alert issued by the F.B.I.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/national/13CASI.html?todaysheadlines">Texas Casino Shut Down in Supreme Court Ruling</a></b><br>
The United States Supreme Court refused to let a Texas casino run by the Tigua Indian tribe remain open.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/national/13DEAT.html?todaysheadlines">In Dallas, Dismissal of Black Jurors Leads to Appeal by Death Row Inmate</a></b><br>
A death row inmate's lawyers say the jury on his case was selected using racially discriminatory practices and have asked that his sentence be commuted.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>INTERNATIONAL</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/international/13IRAQ.html?todaysheadlines">Powell Says U.S. Is Weighing Ways to Topple Hussein</a></b><br>
Amid indications that the administration is close to settling on a plan to topple Iraq's Saddam Hussein, the secretary of state said a variety of options were being considered.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/international/europe/13MILO.html?todaysheadlines">Power Drove Milosevic to Crime, Prosecutors Say as Trial Opens</a></b><br>
Prosecutors accused the ousted Yugoslav leader of committing genocide and other crimes that wrecked his country and killed more than 200,000 people.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/health/13AIDS.html?todaysheadlines">AIDS Fund Falls Short of Goal and U.S. Is Given Some Blame</a></b><br>
The White House's pledge of $200 million to a global fund to fight AIDS this year set a poor example for other countries, advocates and some lawmakers said.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>BUSINESS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/business/13ENRO.html?todaysheadlines">Lay Takes Fifth in Enron Inquiry but Hears Earful</a></b><br>
After being subjected to a bipartisan oral barrage from 21 senators, Kenneth L. Lay, the former chairman of Enron, asserted his right against self-incrimination.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/business/13AIR.html?todaysheadlines">United Mechanics Reject Contract Proposal</a></b><br>
Mechanics at United Airlines voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract settlement proposed by a White House-appointed panel.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/business/13DRUG.html?todaysheadlines">Uneasy Truce for Bristol and ImClone</a></b><br>
Although ImClone rejected demands by Bristol-Myers to rework their cancer drug agreement, Bristol-Myers did not carry through with a threat to terminate the deal.
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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/2002/02/13/technology/13SOFT.html?todaysheadlines">Microsoft Putting Its Muscle Behind Web Programming Tools</a></b><br>
Microsoft begins a huge campaign Wednesday to woo millions of computer programmers to use its new generation of Internet software tools.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/technology/13NORT.html?todaysheadlines">Nortel Says Orders Are Slow and Key Product Is Delayed</a></b><br>
Nortel Networks said that demand for its telecommunications equipment had been softer than expected and that delivery of a crucial new switching product had been delayed.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/technology/13NET.html?todaysheadlines">Computer Security Experts Warn of Internet Vulnerability</a></b><br>
A government-backed computer security group warned of a security flaw that could make computers across the Internet and within company networks vulnerable to hackers.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>POLITICS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/politics/13DONA.html?todaysheadlines">House G.O.P. Leaders Push Rival Campaign Finance Bill</a></b><br>
In a final scramble to defeat a broad overhaul of the campaign finance law, House Republican leaders struggled on Tuesday to shape a rival bill.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/business/13ENRO.html?todaysheadlines">Lay Takes Fifth in Enron Inquiry but Hears Earful</a></b><br>
After being subjected to a bipartisan oral barrage from 21 senators, Kenneth L. Lay, the former chairman of Enron, asserted his right against self-incrimination.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/international/asia/13PREX.html?todaysheadlines">Bush May Meet China's New Star</a></b><br>
President Bush is likely to meet with Hu Jintao, the man expected to take over as China's supreme leader, during the president's trip to Asia next week.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>SPORTS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/olympics/13SKAT.html?todaysheadlines">Inquiry Started on Figure Skating Judging</a></b><br>
Responding to widespread disenchantment over the judging in Monday night's pairs figure skating, the International Skating Union is investigating.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/sports/basketball/13NETS.html?todaysheadlines">Slow Start, Poor Finish Doom Nets</a></b><br>
Jason Terry's two free throws with 4.4 seconds left gave lowly Atlanta the victory over a Nets team that seemed off its rhythm.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/sports/hockey/13ISLE.html?todaysheadlines">With Little Help, Peca Lifts Isles</a></b><br>
Michael Peca shot his fifth short-handed goal of the season to lead the Islanders over the Flyers in overtime.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/movies/oscars/13OSCA.html?todaysheadlines">'Lord of the Rings' Is Big Nominee for This Year's Oscars</a></b><br>
A three-hour epic about elves, dwarfs, wizards and small, hairy-footed hobbits dominated the 74th annual Academy Award nominations on Tuesday, coming away with 13.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/movies/13AWAR.html?todaysheadlines">The Gold Starts With the Nomination</a></b><br>
Whether at the box office, the video rental store or through sales of DVD's, a best picture nomination can add up to Oscar gold even before the engraved statuettes arrive.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/movies/13ARTS.html?todaysheadlines">German Film Festival Looks Homeward</a></b><br>
This year's Berlin Film Festival featured more German films and fewer from Hollywood, prompting an important question: can German cinema deliver?
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>NY REGION</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/nyregion/13BUDG.html?todaysheadlines">Officials Brace for a Budget That Spreads the Pain Around</a></b><br>
City officials said the bare-bones budget Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will propose will more than match his warnings of belt-tightening to come.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/politics/13REPU.html?todaysheadlines">G.O.P. Lesser Lights Are Lining Up to Take on Torricelli</a></b><br>
The lack of Democratic candidates vying for the nomination to run against Senator Robert G. Torricelli suggests he may be seen as too strong.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/nyregion/13HOST.html?todaysheadlines">Fairfield U. Graduate Takes Class Hostage With Bomb Threat</a></b><br>
A former student claiming to have a bomb took nearly two dozen students and an associate professor hostage on Tuesday but released them hours later.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/opinion/13FRIE.html?todaysheadlines">Crazier Than Thou</a></b>
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By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
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The Bush team's willingness to be as crazy as some of our enemies is one thing they have   right.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/opinion/13DOWD.html?todaysheadlines">The Axis of No Access</a></b>
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We're supposed to be influencing the Saudis and other Middle Eastern countries in the direction of honesty and transparency, but instead, the vice president operates with high-handed secrecy.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/opinion/13HAQQ.html?todaysheadlines">Trying to Create a New Pakistan</a></b>
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For extremism to be curbed, Pakistani society needs to be freed from the grip of the military.
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