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Wednesday, February 6, 2002
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"We have to be concerned about not focusing too much on
America. We have to emphasize the rest of the world. The
world expects an international event."
-DON MISCHER, producer of the Olympics' opening ceremony, on the impact of
Sept. 11.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/olympics/06FLAG.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Lindh Coerced After Capture, Lawyers Assert

Lawyers for John Walker Lindh, the American captured with
the Taliban, said he was harshly treated in coercive
conditions by his American captors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/national/06LIND.html?todaysheadlines

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Convict's DNA Sways Labs, Not a Determined Prosecutor

A district attorney in Pennsylvania is refusing to let a man
convicted of rape out of prison despite DNA evidence
proving him innocent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/national/06DNA.html?todaysheadlines

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Fraying Ties With Blacks, Los Angeles Mayor Opposes Rehiring
Police Chief

Mayor James K. Hahn of Los Angeles opposed giving a new
contract to Police Chief Bernard Parks, angering many local
African-American leaders.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/national/06ANGE.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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Powell Says U.S. Plans to Work Out Binding Arms Pact

The United States expects to meet Russia's demand for a
"legally binding" agreement on reducing their nuclear
stockpiles by roughly two-thirds, the secretary of state
said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/international/06DIPL.html?todaysheadlines

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Yemen Says It Is Pursuing 2 Men Wanted by the U.S.

President Ali Abdullah Saleh said that he was depending for
the moment on tribal chieftains to locate the men and
persuade them to surrender.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/international/middleeast/06YEME.html?todaysheadlines

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Terror Acts by Baghdad Have Waned, U.S. Aides Say

The Central Intelligence Agency has no evidence that Iraq
has engaged in terrorist operations against the United
States in nearly a decade.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/international/middleeast/06INTE.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Enron Executives Say They Debated Freeze on Pension

Before they temporarily barred employees from selling
company stock, Enron executives debated delaying the
moratorium because employees could suffer losses.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/business/06ENRO.html?todaysheadlines

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Deloitte Is Last Big Audit Firm to Revamp Consulting
Business

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu announced that it would separate
its accounting business from its consulting business in
response to growing pressure in the wake of the Enron
collapse.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/business/06AUDI.html?todaysheadlines

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2 Big Names Said to Drop Idea of Bidding for WorldCom

Verizon and SBC Communications each considered bidding to
acquire WorldCom, but backed out amid concerns that
WorldCom's core long-distance businesses face continued
difficulties.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/business/06PLAC.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Auction Sites in Japan Fear Move to Limit Online Sales

The Japanese National Police Agency is circulating a
proposal to require sellers of used goods through Internet
auctions to obtain licenses.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/technology/06AUCT.html?todaysheadlines

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2 Big Names Said to Drop Idea of Bidding for WorldCom

Verizon and SBC Communications each considered bidding to
acquire WorldCom, but backed out amid concerns that
WorldCom's core long-distance businesses face continued
difficulties.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/business/06PLAC.html?todaysheadlines

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Not in Finland Anymore? More Like Nokialand

Nokia's impressive growth has some Finns wondering if they
have not, in fact, exchanged one master  the Soviet Union
for another.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/international/europe/06NOKI.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Bush Plans Early Warning System for Terror

President Bush said that he envisioned a broad emergency
alert system to warn the country of biological attacks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/politics/06BUSH.html?todaysheadlines

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Economic Recovery Package on Brink of Dying in Senate

The Senate moved to the brink of abandoning efforts to pass
an economic recovery package.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/politics/06BUDG.html?todaysheadlines

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House Speaker Schedules Vote Next Week on Campaign Finance
Overhaul

Speaker J. Dennis Hastert announced that the House would
vote next week on long-stalled campaign finance
legislation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/politics/06DONA.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Baseball Won't Drop Teams This Season

Unable to hurdle legal roadblocks, Major League Baseball
abandoned its plan to eliminate the Minnesota Twins and the
Montreal Expos for the coming season.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/sports/baseball/06BASE.html?todaysheadlines

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Same Old Knight Getting Results

Still volatile and still brilliant, Bob Knight has led Texas
Tech to a 16-4 record in his first season as head coach of
the Red Raiders.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/sports/ncaabasketball/06KNIG.html?todaysheadlines

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Knicks Let One Get Away

After building an 18-point lead in the third   quarter, the
Knicks suffered a huge letdown that resulted in an
embarrassing loss to the Clippers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/sports/basketball/06KNIC.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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Two New Leads Are on the Way to 'The Producers'

The producers of the blockbuster musical confirmed on
Tuesday that the matinee on March 17 would be the last
performance for Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/arts/theater/06PROD.html?todaysheadlines

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A Curator Defends His Show Exploring Nazi Imagery

"We have a duty to show new ideas and concerns about the
Holocaust," says Norman L. Kleeblatt, curator of fine arts
at the Jewish Museum.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/arts/design/06CURA.html?todaysheadlines

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Ferreting Out the Loopholes in Oscar Rules

The guidelines for Oscar campaigns cover 13 points. The ways
around them are many.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/movies/06OSCA.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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CBS to Broadcast Videotape Shot Inside Towers During Attack

CBS announced that it would broadcast a documentary culled
from the videotape footage shot inside the World Trade
Center on Sept. 11.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/nyregion/06TAPE.html?todaysheadlines

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Ex-Head of Harlem Charity Is Arrested

Lorraine Hale and her husband, Jesse DeVore, were charged on
Tuesday with misappropriating more than $1 million from
Hale House.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/nyregion/06HALE.html?todaysheadlines

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Bloomberg Passes Hat, Aiming at Corporate Help

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, seeking ways to help the city
narrow a budget gap, wants to offer corporate naming rights
for city parks and stadiums.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/nyregion/06BLOO.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Barbie Loves Math
By MAUREEN DOWD
Only 10 years after Mattel put out Teen Talk Barbie whining
"Math class is tough," we have women unearthing the Rosetta
stone of the indecipherable Enron scandal.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/opinion/06DOWD.html?todaysheadlines

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Dear Arab League
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
President Bush should tell the Arab League members that they
are the ones with the power to reshape Arab-Israeli
relations, not the United States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/opinion/06FRIE.html?todaysheadlines

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Choosing the Right Enemies
By MICHAEL O'HANLON
We will harm our national security if we fail to appreciate
the great differences among the three countries President
Bush called the "axis of evil."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/opinion/06OHAN.html?todaysheadlines

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