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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"The bottom line is we all need to take a breath and realize
that there does not have to be a single illness from this
point forward if we handle these situations calmly."
-DR. MICHAEL T. OSTERHOLM, on anthrax.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/national/16ANTH.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Anthrax Scare Grows as Baby Falls Ill in New York

The nation's anthrax scare widened as a new infection was
reported in New York City and an anthrax-laced letter was
opened on Capitol Hill.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/national/16ANTH.html?todaysheadlines

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'We Have Some Planes,' Hijacker Told Controller

Transcripts of the communications between pilots and
controllers capture the dawning awareness of the terror in
cockpits and control centers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/national/16PLAN.html?todaysheadlines

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In Shift, Officials Look Into Possibility Anthrax Cases Have
bin Laden Ties

The shift of the investigation is based not on definitive
proof but on circumstantial information.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/national/16INQU.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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U.S. Sends in Special Plane With Heavy Guns

In the first acknowledged dispatch of special forces in the
war on terror, the Pentagon said AC-130 gunships had been
ordered to Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/international/asia/16MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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Taliban Figure Asks Bombing Halt to Make Deal on bin Laden

A Taliban leader said moderates in his government would try
to negotiate the handover of Osama bin Laden if bombing
stopped temporarily.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/international/asia/16STAN.html?todaysheadlines

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Iran Said to Agree to Help U.S. With Rescues

In an important sign of growing cooperation, Iran has told
the Bush administration that it would rescue any American
military personnel in distress in its territory.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/international/middleeast/16IRAN.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Anthrax Fears Send Demand for a Drug Far Beyond Output

Bayer has only begun to increase production of its
antibiotic for anthrax and will probably take several
months to produce the drug in the quantities the government
wants.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/business/16DRUG.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Details Plan to Help Insurers on Future Terror Claims

The Bush administration proposed to pay the majority of
losses of the insurance industry from any terrorist attacks
next year and to cap the industry's liability at $12
billion.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/business/16INSU.html?todaysheadlines

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High Cost of Being Well: Benefits at a Premium

Workers now signing up for health plans for next year are
facing the largest rate increases in 10 years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/business/16HEAL.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Brill's Content Closes; Inside.com Is Cut Back

While Brill's Content shuts its doors, Inside.com will lose
its dedicated reporting staff and will be   remade into a
portal for the articles of its owner, Primedia.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/business/media/16BRIL.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Inquiry Is Under Way on Online Music Business

The Justice Department said that it was investigating
whether the major recording companies were engaged in
anticompetitive practices in the nascent online music
market.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/technology/16MUSI.html?todaysheadlines

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Accord Seen With F.C.C. on Licenses of NextWave

Federal officials and several of the nation's largest
wireless communications companies may announce a settlement
in a dispute over who owns more than 200 licenses to
provide wireless service.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/technology/16NEXT.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Powell, in Pakistan, Focuses on Shape of Post-Taliban Regime

Under tight security, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell
arrived in the Pakistan capital with plans to discuss how
to help orchestrate a new Afghan government.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/international/asia/16POWE.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Details Plan to Help Insurers on Future Terror Claims

The Bush administration proposed to pay the majority of
losses of the insurance industry from any terrorist attacks
next year and to cap the industry's liability at $12
billion.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/business/16INSU.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Administration Says G.O.P. Tax Cut Bill Goes Too Far

Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill said the tax cuts in the
House bill were more than the administration was seeking.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/politics/16STIM.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Yanks Come Back From Brink

The Yankees beat Oakland, 5-3, and became the first team
ever to win a best-of-five series after losing the first
two games at home. They will face the Seattle Mariners in
the A.L.C.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/sports/baseball/16YANK.html?todaysheadlines

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Seattle Advances by Pitching to Form

The Mariners' starter Jamie Moyer and a dominant bullpen
allowed only four hits, and Seattle finally shook the
Cleveland Indians in their division series.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/sports/baseball/16SEAT.html?todaysheadlines

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Johnson Will Match Power to Maddux's Finesse

Arizona's Randy Johnson, the intimidating left-hander, will
face Atlanta's Greg Maddux, the control artist, in the
first game of the N.L.C.S. on Tuesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/sports/baseball/16ARIZ.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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This Season Fewer Soldiers March Onscreen

One by one, movies featuring gung-ho images of American
soldiers in uniform have dropped off the Hollywood release
schedule.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/movies/16FILM.html?todaysheadlines

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Naipaul's Latest Parable of Dislocation

The fierce new novel by V. S. Naipaul, the new Nobel
laureate, is both a small masterpiece and a potent
distillation of the author's work to date.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/books/16KAKU.html?todaysheadlines

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The Puzzling Watts Towers, Restored but Not Revealed

The Watts Towers, built by Simon Rodia from 1921 to 1954,
recently reopened to the public after years of renovation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/arts/design/16ARTS.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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Anthrax Found in Baby of ABC News Producer

The 7-month-old son of an ABC News producer has been
infected with anthrax, symptoms of which   first showed up
last month.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/nyregion/16YORK.html?todaysheadlines

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Heated Race Revisited, Amid Claims of Racism

Antagonistic relations between Mark Green and Fernando
Ferrer could, for Mr. Green, be a debilitating dispute over
racial politics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/nyregion/16MEMO.html?todaysheadlines

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Trial Begins for a Rabbi in New Jersey Accused in His Wife's
Killing in 1994

A rabbi is accused of hiring a man to kill his wife so he
could continue an affair with a member of his congregation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/nyregion/16RABB.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Saudi Royals and Reality
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
The Saudis need to stop lying to themselves and to us about
where the roots of terrorism lie.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/opinion/16FRIE.html?todaysheadlines

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The Battlefield in the American Mind
By MARK DANNER
The terrorists greatest strength is their clear conviction
that this war is political and psychological.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/opinion/16DANN.html?todaysheadlines

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Heading Off Terrorism in the Balkans
By MISHA GLENNY
A monumental effort must be made to stabilize the Balkans
and prevent the region from turning into a black hole of
terrorism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/opinion/16GLEN.html?todaysheadlines

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