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<font size="2">"When they are being moved from place to place, will they be
restrained in a way so that they are less likely to be able
to kill an American soldier? You bet. Is it inhumane to do
that? No. Would it be stupid to do anything else? Yes." <br>
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/international/americas/23DETA.html?todaysheadlines">SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DONALD H. RUMSFELD,</a>on prisoners from Afghanistan who are being held in Cuba.


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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/national/24WALK.html?todaysheadlines">Walker, in U.S., to Appear Today in Court in Virginia</a></b><br>
John Walker, the 20-year-old Californian accused of fighting in Afghanistan against his own country, arrived on American soil to await trial.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/national/24RICO.html?todaysheadlines">U.S. Says Puerto Rican Officials Stole for Party and Profit</a></b><br>
A former education secretary of Puerto Rico and 16 others have been accused of diverting federal funds.
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The sagging economy has created a surge in applicants for graduate programs in colleges and universities.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/international/americas/24DETA.html?todaysheadlines">U.S. Suspends the Transport of Terror Suspects to Cuba</a></b><br>
Officials said prisoner flights to Cuba were suspended because the base had run out of space for the time being.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/international/middleeast/24SHAR.html?todaysheadlines">A Long, Bitter Feud Is Tipping Sharon's Way</a></b><br>
With the peace accords opposed by Ariel Sharon and signed by Yasir Arafat all but dead now, it is Mr. Sharon who has the upper hand.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/international/asia/24INDI.html?todaysheadlines">A Crime Boss Clouds Inquiry on Shooting in Calcutta</a></b><br>
Aftab Ansari, a Dubai-based gangster, has claimed responsibility for the attack on an American outpost in New Delhi on Tuesday, but few believe him.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/politics/24ENRO.html?todaysheadlines">Wide Effort Seen in Shredding Data on Enron's Audits</a></b><br>
Scores of Arthur Andersen employees shredded Enron documents, according to a chairman of a Congressional panel that will begin hearings today on Enron's collapse.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/business/24LAY.html?todaysheadlines">Calling Inquiries a Distraction, Enron Chief Quits Under Pressure</a></b><br>
Kenneth L. Lay resigned on Wednesday evening as chairman and chief executive of the Enron Corporation under pressure from outside creditors.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/technology/ebusiness/24SOFT.html?todaysheadlines">In AOL's Suit Against Microsoft, the Key Word Is Access</a></b><br>
The lawsuit filed on Tuesday by AOL Time Warner against Microsoft is merely the most recent clash in an escalating confrontation between the two large, powerful companies.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/technology/ebusiness/24SOFT.html?todaysheadlines">In AOL's Suit Against Microsoft, the Key Word Is Access</a></b><br>
The lawsuit filed on Tuesday by AOL Time Warner against Microsoft is merely the most recent clash in an escalating confrontation between the two large, powerful companies.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/technology/circuits/24ROBO.html?todaysheadlines">When Nerds Collide: Bots in the Ring</a></b><br>
If you feel the urge to smash a computer, fighting-robot shows may be the next best thing. There are now at least three of them on television.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/technology/ebusiness/24NAPS.html?todaysheadlines">Judge Grants a Suspension of Lawsuit on Napster</a></b><br>
A federal judge has granted a request by four of the five major record companies to suspend their three- year-old lawsuit against Napster.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/politics/24ENRO.html?todaysheadlines">Wide Effort Seen in Shredding Data on Enron's Audits</a></b><br>
Scores of Arthur Andersen employees shredded Enron documents, according to a chairman of a Congressional panel that will begin hearings today on Enron's collapse.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/politics/24BUDG.html?todaysheadlines">President to Seek $48 Billion More for the Military</a></b><br>
The additional spending on the military will be the centerpiece of the budget proposal President Bush sends to Congress next month.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/politics/24WELF.html?todaysheadlines">House Democrats Propose Making the '96 Welfare Law an Antipoverty Weapon</a></b><br>
House Democrats are proposing to convert the   1996 welfare law into a tool for reducing poverty, while extending its major provisions.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/sports/basketball/24KNIC.html?todaysheadlines">Knicks End Slide as Sprewell Scores 35</a></b><br>
Latrell Sprewell led the Knicks in their defeat of Toronto, ending their eight-game losing streak.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/sports/football/24STEE.html?todaysheadlines">Place-Kickers Struggle at Heinz Field</a></b><br>
The wind is only one explanation for the staggering futility of kickers at Heinz Field, the Steelers' beautiful new stadium.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/sports/tennis/24TENN-EARLY.html?todaysheadlines">No. 1 Capriati, No. 4 Clijsters in Semifinals</a></b><br>
Jennifer Capriati, the top-seeded defending champion, and Kim Clijsters each used dominant performances to advance to the semifinals at the Australian Open.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/arts/theater/24PROD.html?todaysheadlines">Youthful Threesome Won Bet on 'Urinetown'</a></b><br>
Three childhood friends from Cleveland have pulled off the unlikely feat of mounting a new Broadway musical while in their early 30's.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/arts/design/24WARH.html?todaysheadlines">$600,000 in Grants to Help Downtown Arts Groups</a></b><br>
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts on Wednesday announced $600,000 in emergency grants for New York City arts groups below 14th Street.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/arts/music/24POPL.html?todaysheadlines">Incongruously, Moldova Samples the Club Scene</a></b><br>
Promoters estimate that by spring six new discos will open in the capital of Moldova, a tiny republic squeezed between Romania and Ukraine.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/nyregion/24JERS.html?todaysheadlines">More Layoffs Are Expected in New Jersey</a></b><br>
Advisers to Gov. James E. McGreevey said that the administration expected to cut hundreds more jobs to close New Jersey's budget gap.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/nyregion/24MOB.html?todaysheadlines">Gigante Is Sane and Runs Mob, U.S. Charges</a></b><br>
Federal prosecutors asserted that Vincent Gigante, the convicted Mafia chief, continues to run the Genovese crime family from federal   prison.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/nyregion/24FINA.html?todaysheadlines">Short on Political Capital, Mayor Invites President to Fund-Raiser at His Home</a></b><br>
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will play host in his Upper East Side town house to President Bush at a $15,000-a-head campaign fund-raiser.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/opinion/24HERB.html?todaysheadlines">An Unlikely Coach</a></b>
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By BOB HERBERT
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If you went strictly by appearances, you would never guess that Tyrone Willingham is the new head football coach at Notre Dame.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/opinion/24SAFI.html?todaysheadlines">That Dog Won't Bark</a></b>
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Angered and injured by Sept. 11, the United States turned resolute, and lo! anticipated opposition from the rest of the world melted away.
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Moscow's attack on a national television network may well have serious effects   on regional journalism, including a   return to the self-censorship that was   such a noticeable feature of the Soviet   decades.
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