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   November 22, 2001  QUOTE OF THE DAY "I think there is going to be some heartburn on the part of police chiefs to take on this role because this is not how we usually do business."  KEN YARBROUGH, police chief of Richardson, Tex., on Attorney General John Ashcroft's request for help interviewing 5,000 Middle Eastern men.    HolidayShopping Holiday Shopping Take advantage of special offers and discounts -- on gifts, travel and luxury items from NYTimes.com's premium advertisers -- with the Holiday Shopping E-Mail.  Sign up now .     NATIONAL Police Are Split on Questioning of Mideast Men  Police chiefs are concerned that Attorney General John Ashcroft's request that they help interview thousands of Middle Eastern men seems like racial profiling.   Connecticut Woman, 94, Is Fifth to Die From Inhalation Anthrax  Medical investigators began searching for clues as to how a widow who rarely left her house had become the country's fifth recent anthrax fatality.   Hints of an Alzheimer's Aid in Anti-Inflammatory Drugs  Middle-age and elderly people who took anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen or naproxen for at least two years were apparently protected from Alzheimer's disease.     MORE NATIONAL NEWS   Advertisement  FREE annual reports-- Order Now!   Get FREE annual reports from EuroLand.com. Featuring a wide range of information from world-class companies including Toyota, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, NTT, DoCoMo, UBS, Tomkins Solvay, Assa Abloy, Royal & Sun Alliance and many more. Click here to order now.   INTERNATIONAL Foreign Militants Seek Safe Passage From Afghan City  Foreign militants trapped inside Kunduz have asked to leave Afghanistan through a protected corridor and travel to Pakistan.   4 Palestinian Children Killed in Blast  Four Palestinian children were killed today when an explosion went off near their elementary school.   How bin Laden and Taliban Forged Jihad Ties  Osama bin Laden's relationship with the Taliban helped lead the Afghan religious movement into a more global jihad and, eventually, doom.     MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS    BUSINESS Employees' Retirement Plan Is a Victim as Enron Tumbles  The rapid decline of the Enron Corporation has devastated its employees' retirement plan, which was heavy with company stock.   Circling the Wagons Around Enron  Officials of Dynegy weighed whether to seek to renegotiate the terms of the company's agreement to acquire Enron, while Enron and its bankers sought to shore up the company's finances.   Reports Suggest Recovery Soon, but Not Exactly a Robust One  The economy remains weak but reports suggest it is no longer worsening, giving weight to the increasingly popular view that a recovery is only a few months away.     MORE BUSINESS NEWS    TECHNOLOGY What Did You Do Before the War?  New fears and new data tools are yielding a boom in background checks -- even after your hired.   Microsoft's Top Lawyer Sets Retirement  On the heels of two major settlements, William H. Neukom, the legal field general in Microsoft's antitrust conflicts, said that he would retire next year.   A Thermometer That Squawks When the Bird Is Done  By providing remote readouts, digital meat thermometers are designed to take the worry and the guesswork out of cooking the holiday turkey.     MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS    POLITICS Bush Says War May Go Beyond Afghan Border  President Bush said that the United States would take the war on terrorism to nations beyond Afghanistan that harbor terrorists.   Ridge to Seek Big Increases for Fight on Terror  Tom Ridge, the director of homeland security,  said that he will seek new spending for federal law enforcement agencies and public health facilities.   Some Wonder Where Pataki Has Been During Uphill Fight for Billions  Gov. George E. Pataki remained curiously silent while New York politicians spoke up as the White House and Congress tried to clamp down on federal aid for New York.     MORE POLITICS NEWS    SPORTS High-Flying Suns Pull Knicks Back to Earth  With Stephon Marbury directing the action, the Suns put on a high-flying, dunk-laden display as they dominated and deflated the Knicks.   Gruden Is Brains Behind the Raiders  The Oakland Raiders' Jon Gruden possesses a multilayered personality that has led many N.F.L. general managers to call him the best young coaching talent in years.   Giant Optimism Well Above .500 Level  Despite losses in four of their last six games, the Giants still stress the positives about their season and expect to win most of their remaining games.     MORE SPORTS NEWS    ARTS Where Old Pianos Go to Live  Unlike most museums, this important collection of historic 19th-century pianos is meant to be used.   Ballet as Balm in a Tribute to a City on the Mend  It was certainly not your usual opening of   a winter season by the New York City   Ballet.   Catching the World in the Act of Changing  The man who recorded the events of Sept. 11, Evan Fairbanks, has made a Zapruder film for our time.     MORE ARTS NEWS    NY REGION Connecticut Woman, 94, Is Fifth to Die From Inhalation Anthrax  Medical investigators began searching for clues as to how a widow who rarely left her house had become the country's fifth recent anthrax fatality.   Some Wonder Where Pataki Has Been During Uphill Fight for Billions  Gov. George E. Pataki remained curiously silent while New York politicians spoke up as the White House and Congress tried to clamp down on federal aid for New York.   Developer Briefs Bloomberg on Plans to Rebuild Towers  Larry A. Silverstein, the developer who holds the lease on the World Trade Center, met with Mayor-elect Michael R. Bloomberg and said that he would go ahead with plans to rebuild at the site.     MORE NY REGION NEWS    OP-ED  Hunger in the City   By BOB HERBERT  There is something very wrong, in a society as affluent as ours, when families have to choose between food and rent.   Welcome Back, Politics!   By WILLIAM SAFIRE  Here is the trick in political prognostication: Take what you know to be true and then play   fast and loose with the possible.   Educating the World   By GENE SPERLING  The United States should commit to getting all the world's children in school.     MORE OP-ED  NEWS    About This E-Mail You received these headlines because you requested The New York Times Direct e-mail service. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or your e-mail address, see http://www.nytimes.com/email .   Check or un-check the headlines you would like to receive or cancel and remember to go to the bottom of the page and click on "Save Selections."  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