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Monday, February 4, 2002
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"The reason I got involved is that Andersen is in big trouble
and they were looking for someone to sprinkle some holy
water on them."
-PAUL A. VOLCKER JR., former Federal Reserve chairman and new chief of an Arthur
Andersen oversight committee.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/business/04VOLC.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Group Backs Gays Who Seek to Adopt a Partner's Child

The American Academy of Pediatrics is announcing its support
on Monday for the right of gay men and lesbians to adopt
their partners' children.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/national/04ADOP.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush to Request Big Spending Push on Bioterrorism

The Bush administration has decided to seek $11 billion over
two years to protect the nation against bioterrorism, far
more than experts had expected.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/national/04BUDG.html?todaysheadlines

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As Trust Develops, Guards Still Maintain Full Alert

Tensions are easing at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station
in Cuba as the American captors and their prisoners from
Afghanistan begin to see each other in human terms.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/national/04DETA.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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Leaders Warn U.S. It Must Deal Head-On With Mideast

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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/international/middleeast/04MIDE.html?todaysheadlines

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Pakistani Police Make Little Progress in Search for Reporter

The police in Pakistan have found no solid evidence linking
any suspects to the kidnapping of American journalist
Daniel Pearl.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/international/asia/04REPO.html?todaysheadlines

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Bin Laden's Trail Is Lost, but Officials Suspect He Is Alive

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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/international/04TERR.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Former Fed Chief Picked to Oversee Auditor of Enron

Arthur Andersen on Sunday gave extraordinary authority to an
oversight panel to be led by the former Federal Reserve
Board chairman, Paul A. Volcker.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/business/04AUDI.html?todaysheadlines

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Talk of Crime Grows Louder, Spurred by Report

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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/business/04CRIM.html?todaysheadlines

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Barnesandnoble.com Officially Names Chief

After two years without an official chief executive,
Barnesandnoble.com, the online bookstore, has named Marie
J. Toulantis to the post.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/business/media/04BOOK.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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The Increase in Chip Speed Is Accelerating, Not Slowing

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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/technology/04CHIP.html?todaysheadlines

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WebMD Is Somewhat Stronger After Therapy

After 15 months of turnaround therapy administered by Martin
J. Wygod, who took over WebMD from its founders, the stock
price has rebounded somewhat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/technology/ebusiness/04PLAC.html?todaysheadlines

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It's the Scion vs. the Board in Merger Fight

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?
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/technology/04HEWL.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Bush to Request Big Spending Push on Bioterrorism

The Bush administration has decided to seek $11 billion over
two years to protect the nation against bioterrorism, far
more than experts had expected.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/national/04BUDG.html?todaysheadlines

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In New Hampshire, a New Face Gets a Warm Welcome

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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/politics/04CAMP.html?todaysheadlines

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Former Fed Chief Picked to Oversee Auditor of Enron

Arthur Andersen on Sunday gave extraordinary authority to an
oversight panel to be led by the former Federal Reserve
Board chairman, Paul A. Volcker.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/business/04AUDI.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Patriots Claim the Super Bowl

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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/sports/football/04SUPE.html?todaysheadlines

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Patriots Help Vinatieri Experience the Moment

Tom Brady's late completions to Troy Brown for 23 yards and
Jermaine Wiggins for 6 yards put Adam Vinatieri in his
comfort zone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/sports/football/04PATS.html?todaysheadlines

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Gogel Finds Redemption

Matt Gogel caught Pat Perez on the back nine and won the
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for his first PGA
Tour victory.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/sports/golf/04GOLF.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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TV Diet of Torture Games and Gross-Out Stunts

Rude, crude and above all dumb,  shows like "Fear Factor"
are part of  the mainstreaming of  a gross new world of
television.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/arts/television/04NOTE.html?todaysheadlines

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Loving and Losing to Chase the Blues

The talented R & B singer Alicia Keys  played a concert
at Radio City Music Hall on Friday  that was a  night of
celebration, not innovation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/arts/_04KEYS.html?todaysheadlines

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Singers Merge Politics With Patriotism

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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/sports/football/04MUSI.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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Candidates Try to Fathom New York's Shifting Voters

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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/nyregion/04GOV.html?todaysheadlines

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A Little Violence and Lots of Police Equal 150 Arrests Far
From Forum

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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/nyregion/04STRE.html?todaysheadlines

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Albany Bill Would Cover Birth Control

Republican lawmakers have offered a compromise bill
requiring health insurers to cover contraceptives.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/nyregion/04WOME.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Sharon Enters Armistice Talks
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/opinion/04SAFI.html?todaysheadlines

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Sneak Attack
By  BOB HERBERT
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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/opinion/04HERB.html?todaysheadlines

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America and Anti-Americans
By SALMAN RUSHDIE
America finds itself facing a broader ideological adversary
that may  turn out to be as hard to defeat as  militant
Islam:  anti-Americanism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/opinion/04RUSH.html?todaysheadlines

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