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<font size="2">"You are victims not only of your own actions but of the
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/nyregion/15TROO.html?todaysheadlines">JUDGE CHARLES A. DELEHEY,</a>fining two former New Jersey state troopers in a case that
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/health/15DOCT.html?todaysheadlines">Doctors' New Practices Offer Deluxe Service for Deluxe Fee</a></b><br>
The move has prompted accusations that the doctors are abandoning lower-income patients   to cater to the wealthy.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/national/15PRIE.html?todaysheadlines">Trial Begins for Priest Accused of Molestation</a></b><br>
A former priest in Boston has been accused by more than 130 people of sexually molesting boys for over 30 years.
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A Michigan man accused of killing his wife and three children on the Oregon coast was captured on Sunday.
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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/2002/01/15/international/middleeast/15MIDE.html?todaysheadlines">Key Militia Leader Dies in Bomb Blast in the West Bank</a></b><br>
After the head of a militia affiliated with Yasir Arafat's Fatah faction was killed on Monday, Palestinian gunmen killed an Israeli soldier.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/international/asia/15STAN.html?todaysheadlines">1,430 Being Held in Pakistan
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As part of a widening crackdown on extremists ordered by the president, Pakistan has detained 1,430 people and sealed 390 offices of militant groups.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/international/asia/15MILI.html?todaysheadlines">U.N. Pleads for More Aid for Afghanistan's New Government</a></b><br>
With Afghanistan's interim government unable to pay its workers, the United Nations made an impassioned plea for nations to increase their financial donations.
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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/2002/01/15/politics/15ENRO.html?todaysheadlines">Enron's Chairman Received Warning About Accounting</a></b><br>
An Enron executive told the chairman in August that improper accounting threatened to bring down the company, Congressional investigators said.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/business/15LAY.html?todaysheadlines">Chief Used Stock to Repay Enron Loan, Lawyer Says</a></b><br>
A lawyer for Enron said that Kenneth L. Lay used his company stock to repay a loan sometime last year, an indication that Mr. Lay had shed more of his holdings than had previously been disclosed.
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An international ruling is considered all but certain to renew trans-Atlantic trade tensions and could cost American companies billions of dollars in higher taxes.
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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/2002/01/15/science/physical/15FACE.html?todaysheadlines">New Side to Face-Recognition Technology: Identifying Victims</a></b><br>
Since Sept. 11, discussion of the disputed technology of face recognition has focused on its potential for identifying terrorists. But English police want to use the software to search for missing children.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/technology/15PALM.html?todaysheadlines">Palm Acts to Help Advance Technology on Wireless Links</a></b><br>
Palm introduced kits that help software developers create programs utilizing Bluetooth, an emerging technology for wirelessly connecting digital devices.
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A New York-based trade group is set to release a set of standardized guidelines to gauge the effectiveness of Internet marketing.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/politics/15ENRO.html?todaysheadlines">Enron's Chairman Received Warning About Accounting</a></b><br>
An Enron executive told the chairman in August that improper accounting threatened to bring down the company, Congressional investigators said.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/politics/15FAIN.html?todaysheadlines">Bush to Be Monitored in Wake of Fainting Episode</a></b><br>
The White House physician said that he would monitor President Bush for a few days.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/politics/15WETL.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Administration Rolls Back Clinton Rules for Wetlands</a></b><br>
The Bush administration said the changes would reduce unnecessary paperwork.
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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/2002/01/15/sports/football/15BUCS.html?todaysheadlines">Parcells Dismisses Reports That He'll Replace Dungy</a></b><br>
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired Coach Tony Dungy. Bill Parcells has been widely mentioned as a replacement but says "nothing is imminent."
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/sports/basketball/15NETS.html?todaysheadlines">Big Block Gives Nets the Edge</a></b><br>
With 10 seconds left and the score tied, Nets center Todd MacCulloch made the block that was the key to his team's win over the San Antonio Spurs.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-BBN-Giants-Bonds.html?todaysheadlines">Bonds Signs With Giants</a></b><br>
Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants agreed on Monday night to a $90 million, five-year contract.
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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/2002/01/15/arts/music/15NOTE.html?todaysheadlines">Making (and Breaking) an Opera Record: Domingo Celebrates Verdi</a></b><br>
Placido Domingo's landmark four-CD set of the complete Verdi arias for tenors is far more than a feat.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/movies/15DERR.html?todaysheadlines">A Cloud Over Sundance, but the Parties Go On</a></b><br>
"There's a future which is predictable." This kernel of reflection from the documentary "Derrida" summarizes the fare at the 20th annual Sundance Film Festival.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/arts/dance/15ARTS.html?todaysheadlines">In an 1881 Ballet, Optimism as It Used to Be</a></b><br>
Today a ballet that confidently portrays Light defeating Obscurantism can at most stir nostalgia for a paradise lost.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/nyregion/15TROO.html?todaysheadlines">New Jersey Troopers Avoid Jail in Case That Highlighted Profiling</a></b><br>
Nearly four years after they shot three unarmed men during a traffic stop, two troopers pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/nyregion/15STAD.html?todaysheadlines">Giuliani Loosened Ball Clubs' Leases Days Before Exiting</a></b><br>
Rudolph W. Giuliani gave the Yankees the right to leave the city on 60 days' notice if the team does not get a new stadium.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/nyregion/15HEAL.html?todaysheadlines">Health Bill Is Rejected in Assembly</a></b><br>
The Democratic majority in the State Assembly rejected Gov. George E. Pataki's request to pass a complex health care bill.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/opinion/15KRUG.html?todaysheadlines">Crony Capitalism, U.S.A.</a></b>
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The Bush administration fears, and the press suspects, that the latest revelations in the Enron affair will raise the lid on crony capitalism, American style.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/opinion/15RUBI.html?todaysheadlines">Putting an End to Warlord Government</a></b>
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The elimination of the Taliban   regime made possible the establishment of a new administration, but at   the price of empowering some corrupt   and brutal figures.
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The emerging story of Enron's collapse is   about an abuse of corporate power.
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