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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"Let us hope that this is not a little bit of this and a
little bit of that but the beginning of the pullback."
-COLIN L. POWELL, secretary of state, on word of Israel's promised withdrawal
from two Palestinian areas. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/international/middleeast/09MIDE.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Boston Diocese Protected Priest Long Linked to Abuse

High-ranking Roman Catholic officials in Boston vouched for
the character of a priest when he was transferred even
though they knew he had been accused of sex abuse.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/national/09PRIE.html?todaysheadlines

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University's Role Examined in Inquiry Over Embalmings 

Regulators are trying to find out why a college in Boca
Raton, Fla., obtained bodies for embalming from a company
that was under investigation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/national/09EMBA.html?todaysheadlines 

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Many on Medicaid Lack Drugs, Study Says

States have become so aggressive in trying to control
Medicaid spending on prescription drugs that many Medicaid
recipients do not get all the drugs prescribed for them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/health/09DRUG.html?todaysheadlines 

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INTERNATIONAL
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Israel Starts Leaving 2 Areas, but Will Continue Drive

In defiance of the U.S., the Israeli leader said on Monday
that an offensive in the West Bank would continue, but
forces have begun moving out of two towns.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/international/middleeast/09MIDE.html?todaysheadlines

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Mideast and Venezuela Turmoil Sends Oil Prices Into Wild
Swing 

Oil prices, already up 40 percent this year, swung wildly
Monday, with political turmoil from the Middle East to
Venezuela threatening to crimp energy supplies.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/business/worldbusiness/09OIL.html?todaysheadlines 

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After Ferocious Fighting, Sri Lanka Struggles With Peace

A planned press conference by the leader of the Tamil Tigers
is the most remarkable sign of a peace process now
gathering momentum.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/international/asia/09LANK.html?todaysheadlines 

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BUSINESS
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The Third Oil Crisis?

Even if they stay where they are, the rise in oil prices
represents a serious shock to the system  and there could
be more to come.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/opinion/09KRUG.html?todaysheadlines

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Salton in Target Deal 

Salton, the maker of George Foreman grills and Timex clocks,
said that it planned to sell an exclusive line of small
appliances at the Target Corporation's stores, beginning
next month.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/business/09SALT.html?todaysheadlines 

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Eulogies? No, the Smart Money's Still on a 'Kid' of 69

Louis Rukeyser, the deposed host of "Wall Street Week,"
can't decide whether to be indignant or amused about his
current situation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/nyregion/09PROF.html?todaysheadlines 

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TECHNOLOGY
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I.B.M. Says Earnings to Fall Short of Estimates

I.B.M., the world's largest computer maker, warned that its
sales and earnings for the first three months of this year
would fall well below Wall Street's estimates.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/technology/09BLUE.html?todaysheadlines

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Betting the Farm That Online Trading Isn't Dead 

Ameritrade agreed to pay $1.29 billion in stock for the
rival Datek, effectively doubling-down on a business model
that many investors think is, well, so 1990's.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/business/09PLAC.html?todaysheadlines 

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Hewlett Must Face a Trial

Hewlett-Packard must face trial on a lawsuit by a dissident
director, Walter B. Hewlett, who says the company
improperly influenced some shareholders to support its bid
to buy Compaq.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/technology/09HEWL.html?todaysheadlines 

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POLITICS
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Corruption Case Against Ohio Congressman Goes to Jury

The government's racketeering and corruption case against
Representative James A. Traficant Jr. of Ohio went to the
jury on Monday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/politics/09TRAF.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Pushes Volunteerism, but a Senate Seat Shares the
Agenda 

President Bush tiptoed into a Republican Senate primary in
Tennessee on Monday, after conservatives warned that overt
White House meddling could backfire.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/politics/09BUSH.html?todaysheadlines 

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In Morocco, Powell Pleads for Arab Help in Mideast

The secretary of state began his Middle East peace mission
with frank pleas to two Arab leaders for more help in
stopping Palestinian violence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/international/middleeast/09POWE.html?todaysheadlines 

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SPORTS
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Yankees Unleash Ferocious Attack

The Yankees flattened the Toronto Blue Jays, pounding out 22
hits off another hapless division rival.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/sports/baseball/09YANK.html?todaysheadlines

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Tigers Fire Garner and Smith 

The Detroit Tigers fired Randy Smith, the general manager,
and Phil Garner, the manager, after losing the first six
games of the season.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/sports/baseball/09TIGE.html?todaysheadlines 

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W.U.S.A. Looks to Add Punch

The Women's United Soccer Association is praying for more
goals in its second season.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/sports/soccer/09WUSA.html?todaysheadlines 

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ARTS
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Joan Baez Remembers High Times, High Stress

Four decades into her career, Joan Baez is still at her
accustomed perch, with a microphone and an acoustic guitar,
singing songs she always sang.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/arts/music/09BAEZ.html?todaysheadlines

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Monteverdi's 'Ritorno,' Dependent on Nuance 

One thing this musically and dramatically astute production
accomplished  was to put the differences between early
opera and its more popular 19th-century form in high
relief.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/arts/music/09PATR.html?todaysheadlines 

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Mother Knows Best for Her Little Nero

"When in Rome . . .," goes the saying, and the production
team for New York City Opera's "Agrippina" opted to do as
the Romans do.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/arts/music/09AGRI.html?todaysheadlines 

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NY REGION
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Pulitzers Focus on Sept. 11, and The Times Wins 7

The New York Times won a record seven Pulitzer Prizes on
Monday, including six for coverage related to the terrorist
attack of Sept. 11.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/nyregion/09PULI.html?todaysheadlines

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Newark Relives Day of Machine in Mayor's Race 

Anyone who thinks the days of the old-style political
machines are gone has not been following the mayor's race
in Newark.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/nyregion/09NEWA.html?todaysheadlines 

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Council Seeks Tax Surcharge to Aid Schools

The New York City Council called on Monday for levying a new
income tax surcharge to fund schools, charting a collision
course with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/nyregion/09BUDG.html?todaysheadlines 

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EDITORIAL/OP-ED 
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The Third Oil Crisis?
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Even if they stay where they are, the rise in oil prices
represents a serious shock to the system  and there could
be more to come.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/opinion/09KRUG.html?todaysheadlines

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Fatal Delusions 
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
How can faith in the future of Israel be restored? Only by
giving up two dangerous delusions of Middle East politics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/opinion/09KRIS.html?todaysheadlines 

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The Peril of Too Much Power
By TIMOTHY GARTON ASH
The fundamental problem is that America today  has too much
power for anyone's good, including its own.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/opinion/09GART.html?todaysheadlines 

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