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Tuesday, January 15, 2002
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"You are victims not only of your own actions but of the
system which employedyou."
-JUDGE CHARLES A. DELEHEY, fining two former New Jersey state troopers in a case that
started a racial profiling debate.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/nyregion/15TROO.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Doctors' New Practices Offer Deluxe Service for Deluxe Fee

The move has prompted accusations that the doctors are
abandoning lower-income patients   to cater to the wealthy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/health/15DOCT.html?todaysheadlines

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Trial Begins for Priest Accused of Molestation

A former priest in Boston has been accused by more than 130
people of sexually molesting boys for over 30 years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/national/15PRIE.html?todaysheadlines

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Husband Sought in Killings Is Seized on Mexican Coast

A Michigan man accused of killing his wife and three
children on the Oregon coast was captured on Sunday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/national/15FATH.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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Key Militia Leader Dies in Bomb Blast in the West Bank

After the head of a militia affiliated with Yasir Arafat's
Fatah faction was killed on Monday, Palestinian gunmen
killed an Israeli soldier.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/international/middleeast/15MIDE.html?todaysheadlines

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1,430 Being Held in Pakistan as Part of Terror Crackdown

As part of a widening crackdown on extremists ordered by the
president, Pakistan has detained 1,430 people and sealed
390 offices of militant groups.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/international/asia/15STAN.html?todaysheadlines

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U.N. Pleads for More Aid for Afghanistan's New Government

With Afghanistan's interim government unable to pay its
workers, the United Nations made an impassioned plea for
nations to increase their financial donations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/international/asia/15MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Enron's Chairman Received Warning About Accounting

An Enron executive told the chairman in August that improper
accounting threatened to bring down the company,
Congressional investigators said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/politics/15ENRO.html?todaysheadlines

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Chief Used Stock to Repay Enron Loan, Lawyer Says

A lawyer for Enron said that Kenneth L. Lay used his company
stock to repay a loan sometime last year, an indication
that Mr. Lay had shed more of his holdings than had
previously been disclosed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/business/15LAY.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Loses Trade Case to Europeans on Offshore Tax Havens

An international ruling is considered all but certain to
renew trans-Atlantic trade tensions and could cost American
companies billions of dollars in higher taxes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/business/worldbusiness/15TRAD.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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New Side to Face-Recognition Technology: Identifying Victims

Since Sept. 11, discussion of the disputed technology of
face recognition has focused on its potential for
identifying terrorists. But English police want to use the
software to search for missing children.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/science/physical/15FACE.html?todaysheadlines

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Palm Acts to Help Advance Technology on Wireless Links

Palm introduced kits that help software developers create
programs utilizing Bluetooth, an emerging technology for
wirelessly connecting digital devices.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/technology/15PALM.html?todaysheadlines

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Effort to Measure Online Ad Campaigns

A New York-based trade group is set to release a set of
standardized guidelines to gauge the effectiveness of
Internet marketing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/business/media/15ADCO.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Enron's Chairman Received Warning About Accounting

An Enron executive told the chairman in August that improper
accounting threatened to bring down the company,
Congressional investigators said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/politics/15ENRO.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush to Be Monitored in Wake of Fainting Episode

The White House physician said that he would monitor
President Bush for a few days.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/politics/15FAIN.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Administration Rolls Back Clinton Rules for Wetlands

The Bush administration said the changes would reduce
unnecessary paperwork.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/politics/15WETL.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Parcells Dismisses Reports That He'll Replace Dungy

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired Coach Tony Dungy. Bill
Parcells has been widely mentioned as a replacement but
says "nothing is imminent."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/sports/football/15BUCS.html?todaysheadlines

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Big Block Gives Nets the Edge

With 10 seconds left and the score tied, Nets center Todd
MacCulloch made the block that was the key to his team's
win over the San Antonio Spurs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/sports/basketball/15NETS.html?todaysheadlines

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Bonds Signs With Giants

Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants agreed on Monday
night to a $90 million, five-year contract.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-BBN-Giants-Bonds.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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Making (and Breaking) an Opera Record: Domingo Celebrates
Verdi

Placido Domingo's landmark four-CD set of the complete Verdi
arias for tenors is far more than a feat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/arts/music/15NOTE.html?todaysheadlines

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A Cloud Over Sundance, but the Parties Go On

"There's a future which is predictable." This kernel of
reflection from the documentary "Derrida" summarizes the
fare at the 20th annual Sundance Film Festival.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/movies/15DERR.html?todaysheadlines

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In an 1881 Ballet, Optimism as It Used to Be

Today a ballet that confidently portrays Light defeating
Obscurantism can at most stir nostalgia for a paradise
lost.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/arts/dance/15ARTS.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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New Jersey Troopers Avoid Jail in Case That Highlighted
Profiling

Nearly four years after they shot three unarmed men during a
traffic stop, two troopers pleaded guilty to misdemeanor
charges.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/nyregion/15TROO.html?todaysheadlines

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Giuliani Loosened Ball Clubs' Leases Days Before Exiting

Rudolph W. Giuliani gave the Yankees the right to leave the
city on 60 days' notice if the team does not get a new
stadium.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/nyregion/15STAD.html?todaysheadlines

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Health Bill Is Rejected in Assembly

The Democratic majority in the State Assembly rejected Gov.
George E. Pataki's request to pass a complex health care
bill.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/nyregion/15HEAL.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Crony Capitalism, U.S.A.
By PAUL KRUGMAN
The Bush administration fears, and the press suspects, that
the latest revelations in the Enron affair will raise the
lid on crony capitalism, American style.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/opinion/15KRUG.html?todaysheadlines

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Putting an End to Warlord Government
By BARNETT R. RUBIN
The elimination of the Taliban   regime made possible the
establishment of a new administration, but at   the price
of empowering some corrupt   and brutal figures.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/opinion/15RUBI.html?todaysheadlines

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Private Sector, Public Doubts
By DAVID CALLAHAN
The emerging story of Enron's collapse is   about an abuse
of corporate power.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/opinion/15CALL.html?todaysheadlines

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