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Saturday, February 2, 2002
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and
hopelessness, where people see no future."
-COLIN L. POWELL, secretary of state.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/international/02DIPL.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Idaho Legislature Repeals Term Limit Law

The nation's most Republican Legislature overrode Republican
Gov. Dirk Kempthorne's veto of a repeal on the state's term
limit legislation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/national/02IDAH.html?todaysheadlines

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New Orleans, Amid Revelry, Makes Time to Vote Today

Mayoral candidates in New Orleans are having a hard time
bringing attention to the primary election on Saturday - a
day before the Superbowl.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/national/02ORLE.html?todaysheadlines

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Winter Storm Moves East, Cutting Power to Thousands

A storm blamed for at least 20 deaths blew a double-barreled
blast of snow and ice across the Northeast on Friday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/national/02STOR.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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Reservists Balk at Occupation, Roiling Israel

More than 100 Israeli Army reservists signed a statement
published on Friday saying they would refuse to continue
serving in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/international/middleeast/02RESE.html?todaysheadlines

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2 Top Officials Offer Stern Talk on U.S. Policy

Paul H. O'Neill and Colin L. Powell bluntly defended the
Bush administrations policies on terrorism and Argentina at
the World Economic Forum on Friday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/international/02DIPL.html?todaysheadlines

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Most Recent E-Mail on Seized Reporter Sends Grim Message

The fate of Daniel Pearl remained unclear on Friday after a
ransom demand was followed hours later by an e-mail message
saying he had been executed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/international/asia/02REPO.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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White House Told to Save Enron Records

The Justice Department on Friday night directed the White
House to preserve records of contacts between government
officials and Enron executives.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/business/02ENRO.html?todaysheadlines

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Son and Sister of Enron Chief Secured Deals

Enron had extensive business dealings with companies
controlled by Lay family members and investments in
companies in which family members had substantial holdings.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/business/02INVE.html?todaysheadlines

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Economy Shows Healing Signs as Recession Is Still Wheezing

The pace of layoffs clearly slowed last month, the
government said, adding to growing evidence that the
recession that began in March could be drawing to a close.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/business/02ECON.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Europe Is Said to Be on Verge of Ending Case Against Intel

The European Commission is about to drop its antitrust
investigation of the Intel Corporation, a person close to
the investigation said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/technology/02CHIP.html?todaysheadlines

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As WorldCom Stock Falls, a Debt Rises

Bernard J. Ebbers, the man who built WorldCom into a giant
company, now owes at least $92 million more than his stock
in the company is worth.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/business/02EBBE.html?todaysheadlines

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Hackers Hit Global Leaders' Summit

An invisible cyber assault has cut off access for the second
day running to the Web site of the World Economic Forum,
organizers of the gathering confirmed.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-forum-hackers.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Bush Sees Big Rise in Military Budget for Next 5 Years

The Bush administration will call for increasing the
Pentagon's yearly budget by $120 billion over the next five
years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/politics/02PENT.html?todaysheadlines

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Budget Would Cut Medicaid Payments

President Bush's budget would rein in the growth of Medicaid
by reducing payments to public hospitals.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/politics/02HEAL.html?todaysheadlines

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New Leader Picked for Religion-Based Initiative

Jim Towey was named by President Bush to lead his effort to
provide federal money for religious charities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/politics/02BUSH.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Rams' Wistrom Has Family Swept Up in Football

From high school through college and the pros, St. Louis
defensive end Grant Wistrom has always had a parent in the
stands to watch him play.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/sports/football/02RAMS.html?todaysheadlines

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Knicks' Streak and Strength Run Out

After losing Marcus Camby five minutes into the game, the
Knicks rallied from a 13-point halftime deficit only to
fall to the stronger and smarter Pacers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/sports/basketball/02KNIC.html?todaysheadlines

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Rookie in Lead at Pebble Beach

With his seven-under-par 65, Pat Perez will take an
unexpected four-stroke lead into the third round of the
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/sports/golf/02GOLF.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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Accord in Legal War Over Sondheim Musical

Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, the creators of the
musical "Gold!," have settled their lawsuit against the
producer Scott Rudin, clearing the way for future
productions of the oft-delayed show.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/arts/theater/02SOND.html?todaysheadlines

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Man Who Would Be God: Giving Robots Life

Steve Grand, the author of "Creation: Life and How to Make
It," is searching for the Holy Grail of artificial
intelligence, a way to build a   robot that thinks, feels
and learns.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/arts/02GRAN.html?todaysheadlines

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An Outsider Teaches Japan About Itself

It is rare that a foreign-written book becomes critical in
explaining another country's history to its own people. But
John W. Dower's "Embracing Defeat" is such a work.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/arts/02JAPA.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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Marketing Patriotism, Companies Blur Lines of Charity and
Profit

Companies that align themselves with Sept. 11 charities can
not always guarantee that monies donated will actually
benefit the victims.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/nyregion/02CHAR.html?todaysheadlines

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City College, the Faded Jewel of CUNY, Is Recovering Its
Luster

City College is shaking an old underachieving academic
stigma that stuck to it for decades.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/education/02COLL.html?todaysheadlines

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Pataki Urges Reassessment of Safety Plan

Gov. George E. Pataki called on the federal government to
reassess its guidelines for dealing with an emergency at
the Indian Point nuclear power plant.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/nyregion/02NUKE.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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State of the Enron
By FRANK RICH
Enron may be as much a cultural scandal as it is a business
and political scandal. It reveals a world in which insiders
get to play by one set of rules while the unconnected and
uninitiated pick up the bill.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/opinion/02RICH.html?todaysheadlines

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Public Education in Private Hands
By WILLIAM C. KASHATUS
Philadelphia, the cradle of American liberty, now finds
itself in a situation that generations of its educational
reformers never would have anticipated.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/opinion/02KASH.html?todaysheadlines

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Forgotten Prisoners of War
By JENNIFER LEANING and JOHN HEFFERNAN
Some 3,500 Afghan and Pakistani Taliban men are being held
in dangerously squalid conditions in the Shebarghan prison
in northern Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/opinion/02LEAN.html?todaysheadlines

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