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<font size="2">"The reason I got involved is that Andersen is in big trouble
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/business/04VOLC.html?todaysheadlines">PAUL A. VOLCKER JR.,</a>former Federal Reserve chairman and new chief of an Arthur
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/national/04ADOP.html?todaysheadlines">Group Backs Gays Who Seek to Adopt a Partner's Child</a></b><br>
The American Academy of Pediatrics is announcing its support on Monday for the right of gay men and lesbians to adopt their partners' children.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/national/04BUDG.html?todaysheadlines">Bush to Request Big Spending Push on Bioterrorism</a></b><br>
The Bush administration has decided to seek $11 billion over two years to protect the nation against bioterrorism, far more than experts had expected.
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Tensions are easing at the Guant&#225;namo Bay Naval Station in Cuba as the American captors and their prisoners from Afghanistan begin to see each other in human terms.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>INTERNATIONAL</b></font><br>




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Leaders gathered for the World Economic Forum have warned that the Bush administration cannot win a war on terrorism if does not deal with the Middle East.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/international/asia/04REPO.html?todaysheadlines">Pakistani Police Make Little Progress in Search for Reporter</a></b><br>
The police in Pakistan have found no solid evidence linking any suspects to the kidnapping of American journalist Daniel Pearl.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/international/04TERR.html?todaysheadlines">Bin Laden's Trail Is Lost, but Officials Suspect He Is Alive</a></b><br>
A month after United States officials expressed confidence that they had cornered Osama bin Laden, they now acknowledge they have lost track of the terrorist leader.
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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/2002/02/04/business/04AUDI.html?todaysheadlines">Former Fed Chief Picked to Oversee Auditor of Enron</a></b><br>
Arthur Andersen on Sunday gave extraordinary authority to an oversight panel to be led by the former Federal Reserve Board chairman, Paul A. Volcker.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/business/04CRIM.html?todaysheadlines">Talk of Crime Grows Louder, Spurred by Report</a></b><br>
The report released Saturday by a special committee of Enron raises the specter that at the foundation of the company's downfall was a series of multimillion-dollar crimes.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/business/media/04BOOK.html?todaysheadlines">Barnesandnoble.com Officially Names Chief</a></b><br>
After two years without an official chief executive, Barnesandnoble.com, the online bookstore, has named Marie J. Toulantis to the post.
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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/2002/02/04/technology/04CHIP.html?todaysheadlines">The Increase in Chip Speed Is Accelerating, Not Slowing</a></b><br>
At the world's premier chip design conference, there is evidence that PC performance increases of the last two years will not slow in the near   future, but actually accelerate.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/technology/ebusiness/04PLAC.html?todaysheadlines">WebMD Is Somewhat Stronger After Therapy</a></b><br>
After 15 months of turnaround therapy administered by Martin J. Wygod, who took over WebMD from its founders, the stock price has rebounded somewhat.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/technology/04HEWL.html?todaysheadlines">It's the Scion vs. the Board in Merger Fight</a></b><br>
The dispute over Hewlett-Packard's plan to buy Compaq tends to be personalized as a confrontation of two individuals, but is it the right two?
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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/2002/02/04/national/04BUDG.html?todaysheadlines">Bush to Request Big Spending Push on Bioterrorism</a></b><br>
The Bush administration has decided to seek $11 billion over two years to protect the nation against bioterrorism, far more than experts had expected.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/politics/04CAMP.html?todaysheadlines">In New Hampshire, a New Face Gets a Warm Welcome</a></b><br>
This weekend Senator John Edwards began early presidential politicking in New Hampshire, garnering interest for being a fresh face among the current field of Democrats.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/business/04AUDI.html?todaysheadlines">Former Fed Chief Picked to Oversee Auditor of Enron</a></b><br>
Arthur Andersen on Sunday gave extraordinary authority to an oversight panel to be led by the former Federal Reserve Board chairman, Paul A. Volcker.
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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/2002/02/04/sports/football/04SUPE.html?todaysheadlines">Patriots Claim the Super Bowl</a></b><br>
Adam Vinatieri kicked a 48-yard field goal as time expired to lift the New England Patriots to an improbable win over the St. Louis Rams.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/sports/football/04PATS.html?todaysheadlines">Patriots Help Vinatieri Experience the Moment</a></b><br>
Tom Brady's late completions to Troy Brown for 23 yards and Jermaine Wiggins for 6 yards put Adam Vinatieri in his comfort zone.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/sports/golf/04GOLF.html?todaysheadlines">Gogel Finds Redemption</a></b><br>
Matt Gogel caught Pat Perez on the back nine and won the AT&amp;T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for his first PGA Tour victory.
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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/2002/02/04/arts/television/04NOTE.html?todaysheadlines">TV Diet of Torture Games and Gross-Out Stunts</a></b><br>
Rude, crude and above all dumb,  shows like "Fear Factor" are part of  the mainstreaming of  a gross new world of  television.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/arts/_04KEYS.html?todaysheadlines">Loving and Losing to Chase the Blues</a></b><br>
The talented R &amp; B singer Alicia Keys  played a concert at Radio City Music Hall on Friday  that was a  night of celebration, not innovation.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/sports/football/04MUSI.html?todaysheadlines">Singers Merge Politics With Patriotism</a></b><br>
Sunday's pregame and halftime shows were, as they were meant to be, jarringly different from most Super Bowls, but it was easy to see where it all came from.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/nyregion/04GOV.html?todaysheadlines">Candidates Try to Fathom New York's Shifting Voters</a></b><br>
The rules that have long guided candidates seeking statewide office in New York seem to have been thrown out the window over the last four years.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/nyregion/04STRE.html?todaysheadlines">A Little Violence and Lots of Police Equal 150 Arrests Far From Forum</a></b><br>
The calm that had infused the weekend's protests against the World Economic Forum ended on Sunday, when demonstrators took over parts of the East Village and the Upper East Side.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/nyregion/04WOME.html?todaysheadlines">Albany Bill Would Cover Birth Control</a></b><br>
Republican lawmakers have offered a compromise bill requiring health insurers to cover contraceptives.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/opinion/04SAFI.html?todaysheadlines">Sharon Enters Armistice Talks</a></b>
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By WILLIAM SAFIRE
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Last Wednesday night, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave me his telephonic account of what could be the start of a true  truce process with three veteran Palestinian negotiators.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/opinion/04HERB.html?todaysheadlines">Sneak Attack</a></b>
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Bush administration officials presented a plan as an altruistic attempt to  bring more health care benefits to low-income pregnant women. It  was actually a guerrilla attack on  abortion rights.
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America finds itself facing a broader ideological adversary that may  turn out to be as hard to defeat as  militant Islam:  anti-Americanism.
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