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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"What we're trying to do here is strike a blow at the heart
of the scalping operation. The scalpers and their profits
serve no one but the   scalpers. Those monies belong to the
people who created the show, pure and simple."
-ROCCO LANDESMAN, president of Jujamcyn Theaters, on plans to charge $480 for
some tickets to "The Producers."

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/arts/theater/26PROD.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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After a Week of Reassurances, Ridge's Anthrax Message Is
Grim

Homeland security chief Tom Ridge publicly acknowledged for
the first time that the anthrax germs in a letter opened on
Capitol Hill were very pure, very concentrated and very
deadly.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26RESP.html?todaysheadlines

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Another Postal Worker Contracts Inhaled Anthrax

A mail handler at a State Department postal  center in
suburban Virginia has anthrax in his lungs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26ANTH.html?todaysheadlines

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Ridge Deflects Pleas to Help the Cities Pay Security Costs

Tom Ridge, director of the Office of Homeland Security,
turned away pleas from the nation's mayors for help in
paying millions of dollars in overtime to police and
firefighters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26MAYO.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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U.S., Awaiting Putin, Delays Missile Defense Tests

The Bush administration has postponed three tests that
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said might be
interpreted as violating the 1972 Antiballistic Missile
Treaty.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/international/26MISS.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Steps Up Air Attack, While Defending Results of
Campaign

American warplanes pounded Taliban forces along the front
lines Thursday with troop-killing and armor-penetrating
cluster bombs for the first time.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/international/asia/26MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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Israeli Raid Turned Village Into War Zone

The Israeli army's incursion into a West Bank village early
Wednesday  one it has called a police action to round up
terrorists  very closely resembles war.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/international/26MIDE.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Bayer Halves Price for Cipro, but Rivals Offer Drugs Free

Three big drug makers have stepped forward to offer large
quantities of their antibiotics free if the F.D.A. will
approve their use for the treatment of anthrax.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/business/26CIPR.html?todaysheadlines

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G.M. Expected to Take Pick of 2 Suitors for DirecTV

General Motors hopes to decide whether to sell its
communications satellite business to the News Corporation
or the EchoStar Communications Corporation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/business/media/26BIRD.html?todaysheadlines

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Economic Data Are Suggesting Slower Recovery

In recent days, a handful of economic indicators have been
weaker than expected, suggesting that a recovery could be
difficult for policy makers to bring about quickly.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/business/26ECON.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Pornography Takes Over Financial Site for Children

Visitors to a financial Web site for children this week were
in for a shock: the math-and-money game they expected to
find had been replaced by a pornography site.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/technology/26NET.html?todaysheadlines

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Ericsson Cites Weak Demand in Latin America for
Third-Quarter Loss

Ericsson reported a third-quarter loss after sales declined
nearly 20 percent because of weakness in Latin America and
other markets.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/technology/26ERIC.html?todaysheadlines

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Jupiter, an Internet Research Firm, Is Being Bought by
NetRatings

Jupiter Media Metrix, the Internet research firm that once
was one of the pillars of Silicon Alley in New York, agreed
to sell itself to the much smaller NetRatings in Silicon
Valley.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/technology/26JUPI.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Antiterrorism Bill Passes; U.S. Gets Expanded Powers

The Senate passed sweeping antiterrorism   legislation that
would expand the government's ability to conduct actions to
thwart terrorist acts and those who perpetrate them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26CONG.html?todaysheadlines

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After a Week of Reassurances, Ridge's Anthrax Message Is
Grim

Homeland security chief Tom Ridge publicly acknowledged for
the first time that the anthrax germs in a letter opened on
Capitol Hill were very pure, very concentrated and very
deadly.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26RESP.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Supports House Bill on Airport Screeners

The White House supported a House Republican plan that would
put the federal government in charge of baggage and
passenger screening but would not require 28,000 screeners
to be federal employees.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26AIR.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Mussina Is Where He Wants to Be: On a Contender

Mike Mussina has gotten precisely what he wanted after
leaving a comfortable place with Baltimore and signing with
the Yankees last winter: A part in a dynasty.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/sports/baseball/26MUSS.html?todaysheadlines

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Going In, Diamondbacks Stress Defense

The Diamondbacks know that defensive mistakes against the
Yankees will quickly turn to losses in the World Series.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/sports/baseball/26SERI.html?todaysheadlines

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Bailey's Edge Is Strength and Smarts

A combination of strength and smarts has enabled Jerry
Bailey to become one of the nation's greatest jockeys.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/sports/26RACI.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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For the Asking, $480 a Seat for 'The Producers'

In an effort to cut into the market of scalpers, the
producers of "The Producers" will set aside seats every
show and charge an unprecedented $480 a ticket.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/arts/theater/26PROD.html?todaysheadlines

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Brazil in All Its Extravagant Glory

The show at the Guggenheim Museum is a phenomenal sampler of
Brazilian art displayed in an over-the-top installation
designed by Jean Nouvel.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/arts/26KIMM.html?todaysheadlines

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One Flew Over the Cuckold's Nest

Two big talents, choreographer Susan Stroman and composer
Harry Connick Jr., have produced a limp  and lugubrious
musical.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/arts/theater/26THOU.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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Sorting Machines at N.Y. Mail Center Are Contaminated

The Postal Service announced that laboratory tests had found
anthrax contamination at four   high-speed sorting machines
at the largest mail distribution center in New York City.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/nyregion/26YORK.html?todaysheadlines

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State Office's Anthrax Testing Given Priority

Some media organizations waited days for results of
laboratory tests, while tests taken from Gov. Pataki's
offices were done within 24 hours.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/nyregion/26LAB.html?todaysheadlines

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Thousands of Orphans? An Urban Myth

Despite the response to the supposed "hundreds" of children
left orphaned by the Sept. 11 disaster, officials say there
are none.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/nyregion/26KIDS.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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We Are All Alone
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
My fellow Americans, I hate to say   this, but except for
the good old Brits,   we're all alone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/opinion/26FRIE.html?todaysheadlines

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Time to Regulate the Trade in Toxins
By JONATHAN B. TUCKER
Few of the world's germ banks are adequately   secured or
regulated.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/opinion/26TUCK.html?todaysheadlines

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Arming Soldiers for a New Kind of War
By ANDREW F. KREPINEVICH
As we confront enemies who   align their strengths against
our   weaknesses, military reform has never been more
important.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/opinion/26KREP.html?todaysheadlines

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