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<font size="2">"Our bottom line is that mammograms reduce deaths from breast
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/health/22MAMM.html?todaysheadlines">Guidelines by U.S. Urge Mammograms for Women at 40</a></b><br>
Federal officials issued new guidelines for breast cancer screening that strongly recommend the tests and lower the age at which women should begin receiving them.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/education/22COLL.html?todaysheadlines">As College Endowments Dwindle, Big Tuition Increases Fill the Void</a></b><br>
The nation's private colleges and universities are raising tuition for the next academic year more sharply than in recent years.
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John Geoghan, a central figure in a sexual abuse scandal in Boston, received the maximum sentence on Thursday.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>INTERNATIONAL</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/international/asia/22PREX.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Urges Freedom of Worship in China</a></b><br>
Calling the United States "a nation guided by faith" in a speech broadcast across China on Friday, President Bush pressed for religious freedom.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/international/middleeast/22MIDE.html?todaysheadlines">Sharon Has Plan for Buffer Zones to Protect Israel</a></b><br>
Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, said on Thursday that Israel would create buffer zones to achieve "security separation" from the Palestinians.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/international/asia/22MILI.html?todaysheadlines">U.S. Says 16 Killed in Raids Weren't Taliban or Al Qaeda</a></b><br>
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said on Thursday that 16 Afghans killed by American troops last month were not members of the Taliban or Al Qaeda.
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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/2002/02/22/business/22ENRO.html?todaysheadlines">Connecticut Feels Fallout From Enron</a></b><br>
Trying to make up for $220 million lost in a murky deal with the Enron Corporation, the Connecticut state trash authority voted to raise its rates.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/business/22CONS.html?todaysheadlines">Keen Rivalry by Consultants Expected After Auditors' Shift</a></b><br>
The shift away from consulting by big accounting firms is likely to lead to new and intense competition over clients.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/business/22GRAD.html?todaysheadlines">Not Wanted: '02 Graduates Seeking Jobs</a></b><br>
Students who complete their undergraduate degrees this year face the worst job market for college graduates in nearly a decade.
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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/2002/02/22/technology/22COMP.html?todaysheadlines">Computer Associates Stock Drops Sharply Once Again</a></b><br>
Shares of Computer Associates International skidded for a second day on reports that federal regulators and prosecutors are investigating its accounting practices.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/nyregion/22EBAY.html?todaysheadlines">EBay Is Asked to Remove Trade Center Items</a></b><br>
The Bloomberg administration demanded that eBay remove World Trade Center memorabilia from its Web site.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Global-Crossing-Shareholders.html?todaysheadlines">Global Crossing to File Another Plan</a></b><br>
A group of Global Crossing shareholders intends to file an alternative rescue plan for the telecom network firm that would save investors' holdings and kick out many of the top executives.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>POLITICS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/international/asia/22PREX.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Urges Freedom of Worship in China</a></b><br>
Calling the United States "a nation guided by faith" in a speech broadcast across China on Friday, President Bush pressed for religious freedom.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/politics/22DONA.html?todaysheadlines">Push From Senator May Break Campaign Finance Logjam</a></b><br>
Senator Gordon Smith indicated that he will oppose any filibuster by opponents of campaign finance.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/business/22ECON.html?todaysheadlines">End of Recession Is Seen, but Strength of Recovery Is Unclear</a></b><br>
Economists and government officials said the recession had almost certainly come to an end but how strong and sustained the recovery would be remained unclear.
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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/2002/02/22/olympics/22SKAT.html?todaysheadlines">Hughes Jumps Past 3 Rivals</a></b><br>
Sarah Hughes became the latest teenager to upend Michelle Kwan's Olympic moment when she began the night in fourth place and ended up with a gold medal.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/sports/basketball/22NETS.html?todaysheadlines">Kidd Helps Nets Deflate the Wizards</a></b><br>
Jason Kidd dazzled the Wizards with 30 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds as the Nets rolled to their fourth consecutive victory.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/sports/basketball/22NBAA.html?todaysheadlines">Van Exel and LaFrentz Are Dealt to the Mavericks</a></b><br>
The balance of power in the N.B.A. twitched a little when the Mavericks traded for Nick Van Exel and Raef LaFrentz of the Nuggets.
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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/2002/02/22/arts/design/22KIMM.html?todaysheadlines">Artistic Kin, So Different
Yet So Alike</a></b><br>
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition of Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi, father and daughter, proves their distinct styles.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/movies/22WATC.html?todaysheadlines">A Perfectionist's Pupil With a Major in Creepy</a></b><br>
Nicole Kidman chose to watch "The Shining" not because it's her favorite Stanley Kubrick film, but to see what the late director was able to do with the horror genre.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/arts/design/22SMIT.html?todaysheadlines">Grown Up and in Love With Color</a></b><br>
The Armory Show's claim to be the "International Fair of New Art" is more or less  fulfilled.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/nyregion/22RAMP.html?todaysheadlines">4 Dead in New Jersey Rampage; Ex-Officer Is Held</a></b><br>
A 70-year-old retired Newark policeman fatally shot his 22-year-old granddaughter and three of his neighbors.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/nyregion/22REBU.html?todaysheadlines">Proposals for Memorials Move Close to Approval</a></b><br>
Two proposals for temporary memorials to the victims of the World Trade Center attack are moving closer to approval.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/nyregion/22ONEI.html?todaysheadlines">After 5 Days, Oneida Deal Is Unraveling</a></b><br>
The deal with the Oneida Indians of New York State to end a $31 million dispute over a quarter million acres in Central New York has begun to unravel.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/opinion/22KRUG.html?todaysheadlines">The W Scenario</a></b>
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Both the administration and many   business leaders have taken a modest improvement in economic indicators as proof that the economy is   poised for full recovery. They could   be right  but don't count on it.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/opinion/22KRIS.html?todaysheadlines">A Life of Balances</a></b>
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As I mourn Danny Pearl's death, I hope  against   expectation  that we journalists   will be more cautious. And most of   all, I honor all those foreign correspondents out there.
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The horrors in Noble,   Ga., where hundreds of the dead have been   found in various states of putrefaction   in the Tri-State Crematory, are the   result of criminal conduct, professional neglect and a lack of regulatory vigilance.
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