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<font size="2">"Miramax spends a fortune. And the people over at  
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/education/03TUIT.html?todaysheadlines">Hard-Pressed Parents Fall Behind on Tuition</a></b><br>
Showing the extent to which the recession is squeezing middle- and even upper-class families, many are seeking extensions on tuition bills.
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Religious conservatives are starting a campaign to remove the prohibition of churches endorsing political candidates.
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A couple belonging to a Massachusetts religious sect have been ordered by authorities to turn over a child that is believed to be in danger.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/opinion/03ARAF.html?todaysheadlines">The Palestinian Vision of Peace</a></b><br>
Palestinians want to live as equals alongside Israel in an independent and viable state on the territories occupied by Israel in 1967.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/international/03FORU.html?todaysheadlines">Economic Forum Shifts Its Focus to New Dangers</a></b><br>
Usually preoccupied with technology and borderless commerce, participants at the World Economic Forum this year seem more obsessed with their vulnerabilities.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/international/asia/03PEAR.html?todaysheadlines">New Hope That Kidnapped Journalist Is Alive</a></b><br>
The Pakistani police searched for a missing American reporter after e-mail messages said he had been killed, but a new e-mail offered hope that he may be alive.
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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/2002/02/03/business/03ENRO.html?todaysheadlines">Enron Panel Finds Inflated Profits and Few Controls</a></b><br>
In a report released Saturday night, a special committee of Enron's board said that the company had falsely inflated its profits by almost $1 billion last year.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/business/yourmoney/03CONG.html?todaysheadlines">Enron Scandal Shocks Even Those  
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Some of the lawmakers and regulators investigating some of the causes behind the Enron-Arthur Andersen scandal may need to look no further than a mirror.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/business/yourmoney/03OPTI.html?todaysheadlines">Even Last Year, Option Spigot Was Wide Open</a></b><br>
As corporate earnings and cash flow have ebbed and stock prices have fallen, boards have been doling out options as a cheap, balance-sheet-friendly way of compensating managers.
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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/2002/02/03/business/yourmoney/03INSI.html?todaysheadlines">The Strong Will Survive the Fallout in Telecom</a></b><br>
Adam Quinton, head of global telecommunications research at Merrill Lynch, talked last week about the current grim state of the industry and its future.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/business/yourmoney/03VENT.html?todaysheadlines">Losses Sour Companies on Venture Investments</a></b><br>
When the economy took a turn for the worse last year, so did the fate of billions of dollars in venture investments by many corporations.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/technology/02CHIP.html?todaysheadlines">Europe Is Said to Be on Verge of Ending Case Against Intel</a></b><br>
The European Commission is about to drop its antitrust investigation of the Intel Corporation, a person close to the investigation said.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/politics/03GORE.html?todaysheadlines">Gore Rebukes Bush, and Tries to Mend Fences at Home in Tennessee</a></b><br>
Al Gore re-emerged in his home state, criticizing President Bush's policies on several domestic issues.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/international/americas/03CUBA.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Hires Hard-Liners to Handle Cuba Policy</a></b><br>
The Bush administration is filling its Latin America policy ranks with officials known for a hard-line stance toward Fidel Castro's government.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/politics/03BUDG.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Budget Links Dollars to Deeds With New Ratings</a></b><br>
President Bush's proposed budget plan will for the first time formally assess the performance of government agencies and link their financing to the grades they receive.
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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/2002/02/03/sports/football/03FREE.html?todaysheadlines">A Game That's All a Matter of Vision</a></b><br>
As if the magnitude of the game isn't big enough, there will be the extra pressure of a personal battle between Mike Martz and Bill Belichick in the Super Bowl.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/sports/football/03GEOR.html?todaysheadlines">Coaching Results: Will X or O Determine Hirings?</a></b><br>
The winner of this Super Bowl will affect coaching hirings for seasons to come and will impact the way the game is played.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/sports/basketball/03NETS.html?todaysheadlines">Kidd's Big Shot Gives Nets Big Victory</a></b><br>
Jason Kidd's 31 points included a clinching 3-pointer that pushed the Nets over Toronto. He posted his second consecutive triple-double in the win.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>ARTS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/arts/03OSCA.html?todaysheadlines">What Price Buzz? Hollywood Breaks Bank for Oscar Race</a></b><br>
Hollywood studios are in the middle of the   biggest Oscar spending spree in history.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/arts/television/03RIDI.html?todaysheadlines">What Price Success for a Newly Popular BBC?</a></b><br>
The BBC beat its main rival, ITV, in the 2001 ratings race. The hallowed institution now finds itself being accused of having lowered its standards.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/movies/03HOHE.html?todaysheadlines">For Frances's Youth, 'un Teen Movie'</a></b><br>
French filmmakers have newly taken on a staple of American culture  the teen movie  and its raw  treatment of teenage sexuality.
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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/2002/02/03/nyregion/03DOWN.html?todaysheadlines">Near Ground Zero, Adage Is Location, Location and Luck</a></b><br>
The successes and failures of businesses near the former World Trade Center site can be traced to multiple factors.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/politics/03REBU.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Administration Approves $700 Million Grant to Help Rebuild Lower Manhattan</a></b><br>
The money is intended to create jobs and revive businesses devastated by the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/nyregion/03STRE.html?todaysheadlines">36 Are Arrested, but Demonstrations Remain Peaceful</a></b><br>
Saturday's protest agenda at the World Economic Forum turned out to be largely without incident.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/opinion/03DOWD.html?todaysheadlines">The Dude and the Dud</a></b>
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By MAUREEN DOWD
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How on earth-in-the-balance can   Al Gore succeed now that the Dude has   morphed into the Man?
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/opinion/03FRIE.html?todaysheadlines">The End of NATO?</a></b>
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The United States has become so much more technologically advanced than any of its NATO allies that America increasingly doesn't need them to fight a distant war.
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Palestinians want to live as equals alongside Israel in an independent and viable state on the territories occupied by Israel in 1967.
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