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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"I feel him kicking and I feel happy and then I feel sad."
-PAULINA DEL CARMEN CARDONA, on her baby, due four months after her husband, Jose, was
killed at the World Trade Center. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/05/nyregion/05BABI.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Justice Dept. Bars Use of Gun Checks in Terror Inquiry

The Justice Department has refused to let the F.B.I. check
its records to determine whether any people detained after
the Sept. 11 attacks had bought guns.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/national/06GUNS.html?todaysheadlines

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Man Is Arrested in Threats Mailed to Abortion Clinics 

The fugitive sought in a nationwide wave of hundreds of
anthrax threats against abortion clinics, was arrested by
federal agents after an employee at a photocopy store
recognized him.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/national/06HOAX.html?todaysheadlines 

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Robertson Resigns From Christian Coalition

Pat Robertson, the widely televised evangelist, resigned as
president of the Christian Coalition, the grass-roots
organization he made one of the most powerful political
forces in the country.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/national/06CHRI.html?todaysheadlines 

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INTERNATIONAL
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Bin Laden Hunted in Caves; Errant U.S. Bomb Kills 3 G.I.'s

Opposition forces closed in on the last Al Qaeda stronghold
in eastern Afghanistan, while  intensified combat in the
south led to the deaths of three American soldiers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/international/asia/06MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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A New Mideast Battle: Arafat vs. Hamas 

After 14 months of conflict, the radical group Hamas has
gathered such strength that it has as much claim as Yasir
Arafat to represent the Palestinian mainstream.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/international/middleeast/06HAMA.html?todaysheadlines 

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As Refugees Suffer, Supplies Sit Unused Near Afghan Border

Victims of war and three years of crippling drought, the
people of Afghanistan are at the end of their endurance,
aid officials say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/international/asia/06REFU.html?todaysheadlines 

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BUSINESS
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AOL Time Warner Gets a New Chief as Levin Departs

The chief executive of the world's biggest media company,
AOL Time Warner, surprised his company and   his industry
by announcing that he would retire in May.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/business/media/06AOL.html?todaysheadlines

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Surge in Stocks Arouses Visions of a New Bull Market 

Stocks shot sharply higher Wednesday on growing optimism
that the economy would quickly rebound. Are millions of
investors are jumping to a conclusion too soon?
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/business/06PLAC.html?todaysheadlines 

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Enron Paid Out 'Retention' Bonuses Before Bankruptcy Filing

Just days before Enron filed for bankruptcy and laid off
4,000 people, it paid out $55 million in bonuses to about
500 employees.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/business/06ENRO.html?todaysheadlines 

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TECHNOLOGY
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Levin to Retire as Chief Executive of AOL Time Warner

AOL Time Warner said that its chief, Gerald Levin, will
retire in May and would be succeeded by Richard Parsons,
the company's co-chief operating officer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/05/business/media/05CND-AOL.html?todaysheadlines

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The Web Turns Conversation Into a Trivia Contest 

Trivia debates are now easily and definitively settled with
the help of the Web.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/technology/circuits/06FACT.html?todaysheadlines 

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Sizing Up Camcorders Made Small

This year, JVC, Canon and Sony introduced spectacularly tiny
camcorders, but those who buy them must make some severe
compromises.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/technology/circuits/06STAT.html?todaysheadlines 

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POLITICS
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War on Terrorism Brings Plan to Cut Smithsonian Financing

In a sign of its intention to pare spending  to   pay for
the war on terrorism, the Bush administration has proposed
substantial cuts in the Smithsonian Institution's budget.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/politics/06SPEN.html?todaysheadlines

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Vote on Spending Bill Is Risky for Republicans 

President Bush threatened to veto a military spending bill
if it included money he had not sought.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/politics/06CONG.html?todaysheadlines 

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$25 Billion to Aid the Jobless Is Backed by House G.O.P.
Leaders

House Republican leaders offered to spend about $25 billion
to aid the unemployed as major issues before Congress
merged in furious end-of-session horse trading.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/politics/06TRAD.html?todaysheadlines 

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SPORTS
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Baseball Teams Lost Half a Billion, Selig Says

Major League Baseball will claim that it lost more than a
half-billion dollars last season in a report that
Commissioner Bud Selig will unveil in testimony before the
House Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/sports/baseball/06BASE.html?todaysheadlines

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Kidd Gets First Laugh in Marbury's Return 

Jason Kidd outplayed the player he was traded for last
summer, the Suns' point guard Stephon Marbury, and lifted
the Nets to an exultant romp over Phoenix.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/sports/basketball/06NETS.html?todaysheadlines 

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Tennessee's Defense Uses Element of Surprise

With a new defensive strategy called Prowler, Tennessee
sowed fresh confusion and reaped new success at Florida
last week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/sports/ncaafootball/06COLL.html?todaysheadlines 

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ARTS
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Looking for the Light in Cabaret Songs

Pop standards evoke a comforting continuity between now and
then, an assurance that in a climate overwhelmingly devoted
to disposable   novelty, some things are made to last.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/arts/music/06CABA.html?todaysheadlines

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How van Gogh Would've Painted, if He'd Been on TV 

"Rolf on Art" is an idiosyncratic BBC series that is as much
about its host, a jovial Australian with a triangular
beard, as it is about the artists he discusses.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/arts/television/06ARTS.html?todaysheadlines 

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De Niro Plans a Film Festival in TriBeCa

Robert De Niro and the film producer Jane Rosenthal say they
intend to bring some economic and emotional relief to the
beleaguered southern tip of Manhattan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/movies/06FEST.html?todaysheadlines 

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NY REGION
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Ex-Chief of Sotheby's Is Convicted of Price Fixing

A. Alfred Taubman, principal owner of Sotheby's, was
convicted of conspiring with rival Christie's to fix fees
charged to auction house sellers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/arts/06SOTH.html?todaysheadlines

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Indictments Name 73 Linked to the Genovese Crime Family 

Federal prosecutors announced sweeping indictments of dozens
of people they called leaders and associates of the
Genovese crime family.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/nyregion/06MOB.html?todaysheadlines 

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Private Security's Gain Is Public Safety's Loss, Police Say

In increasing numbers, the New York Police Department is
losing personnel to the private security industry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/nyregion/06SECU.html?todaysheadlines 

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OP-ED 
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'Voices of Negativism'
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
Military tribunals are beginning to be recognized by cooler
heads in the White House, Defense department and C.I.A. as
more than a bit   excessive.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/opinion/06SAFI.html?todaysheadlines

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Yesterday 
By BOB HERBERT
George was only 58 when he died,   still a young man, which
tells me that   1964 was both a long time ago and   only
yesterday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/opinion/06HERB.html?todaysheadlines 

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Rooting Out Terrorists Just Became Harder
By JAMES ORENSTEIN
Military tribunals may actually make it harder to prevent
and punish terrorism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/opinion/06OREN.html?todaysheadlines 

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