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<font size="2"<"This was a very large corporation. It would be impossible to
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/business/08ENRO.html?todaysheadlines"<JEFFREY K. SKILLING,</a<Enron's former chief executive.


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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/national/08HIJA.html?todaysheadlines"<Flight Student's Grand Goals Led to Suspicion, Then Arrest</a<</b<<br<
An e-mail sent by Zaccarias Moussaoui provides a detailed picture of the man federal authorities believe was meant to be the 20th hijacker on Sept. 11.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/health/08SCRE.html?todaysheadlines"<Scientists Report Initial Success With a Blood Test for Ovarian Cancer</a<</b<<br<
Researchers are reporting they have taken the first step toward developing a reliable blood test to detect ovarian cancer.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/national/08PRIE.html?todaysheadlines"<Six Priests Suspended After Claims of Sex Abuse</a<</b<<br<
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston said that it had suspended six more priests because of accusations of past sexual misconduct.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/international/asia/08DETA.html?todaysheadlines"<In Shift, Bush Says Geneva Rules Fit Taliban Captives but Not Qaeda Members</a<</b<<br<
President Bush decided on Thursday that the Geneva Convention would be applied to the Taliban captives being held in Cuba, but not to Al Qaeda detainees.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/international/middleeast/08PREX.html?todaysheadlines"<Sharon Tells Bush He Expects Creation of Palestinian State</a<</b<<br<
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel said in a visit to the White House on Thursday that he expected to see a Palestinian state at the end of the Middle East peace process.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/international/africa/08NIGE.html?todaysheadlines"<Nigeria's President Fears for His Fledgling Democracy</a<</b<<br<
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo told his anxious nation on Thursday that rising violence and lawlessness were dangerously undermining its three-year-old democracy.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/business/08ENRO.html?todaysheadlines"<Testimony of Enron Executives Is Contradictory</a<</b<<br<
Lawmakers heard sharply conflicting testimony from Enron's former chief executive, Jeffrey K. Skilling, who portrayed himself as ignorant of the company's questionable practices.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/business/08NOTE.html?todaysheadlines"<How Citigroup Hedged Bets Against Enron</a<</b<<br<
Citigroup, a major lender to Enron, decided to protect itself in the unlikely event that its borrower faltered. Now it is looking smart while others are smarting.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/business/08ASSE.html?todaysheadlines"<A Tale Told to Congress, Full of Sound but Blurry</a<</b<<br<
It is true that a lack of confidence doomed Enron, but the fact that so little is left makes it appear that the lack of confidence was richly earned.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/technology/08SOFT.html?todaysheadlines"<Remarks on Microsoft Case Mostly Oppose Settlement</a<</b<<br<
According to the sprawling democratic cacophony found in some 30,000 public comments received by the Justice Department, the Microsoft settlement gets a thumbs down.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/technology/08DATA.html?todaysheadlines"<Earnings Increase at E.D.S., but Sales Are Below Estimates</a<</b<<br<
The Electronic Data Systems Corporation reported fourth-quarter profits that rose 26 percent and beat analysts' expectations.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/technology/08PHON.html?todaysheadlines"<MCI Chief Says He Repaid Debt, Borrowing From His Company</a<</b<<br<
Bernard J. Ebbers, the president and C.E.O. of MCI WorldCom, said that he had paid off his margin loans by borrowing more than $250 million from the company he runs.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/politics/08UTAH.html?todaysheadlines"<Bush Administration Allows Oil Drilling Near Utah Parks</a<</b<<br<
The Bush administration is opening the red rock country near two of Utah's popular national parks to oil and gas drilling.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/politics/08SUBS.html?todaysheadlines"<Senate Votes to Cap Farm Subsidies at $275,000</a<</b<<br<
The Senate voted to cut in half the amount of money the biggest farmers could receive.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/politics/08AMTR.html?todaysheadlines"<Advisory Panel Tells Congress That Amtrak Should Be Split</a<</b<<br<
A panel created by Congress in 1997 to advise on the future of Amtrak said that the railroad should be broken up.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/sports/basketball/08KIDD.html?todaysheadlines"<From Any Position on the Floor, Jason Kidd Can See Tomorrow</a<</b<<br<
It is the passing that defines Jason Kidd, who will be the only Net in this year's All-Star Game on Sunday.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/sports/ncaabasketball/08DUKE.html?todaysheadlines"<After Sloppy First Half, Duke Avenges Its Loss</a<</b<<br<
Dahntay Jones and Mike Dunleavy sparked the Blue Devils in the second half to lead Duke over Florida State in a rout.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/sports/hockey/08DEVI.html?todaysheadlines"<Devils Squander Lead, Then Hold On for Tie</a<</b<<br<
With a point for the tie against the Thrashers, the Devils are now even with the Rangers for eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/arts/theater/08CARN.html?todaysheadlines"<Showcase for Muppets</a<</b<<br<
Puppets from the Jim Henson Company join Broadway stars in a production of "Carnival," part of the Encores! series at City Center.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/movies/08COLL.html?todaysheadlines"<Fed Up and Going After the Terrorist Himself</a<</b<<br<
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a Los Angeles firefighter who seeks revenge after his wife and son are killed by a terrorist.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/arts/theater/08HOLY.html?todaysheadlines"<The Answer Is Here, All Around You</a<</b<<br<
Kevin Bacon gives a sincerely modest performance as a man on a spiritual journey in Heather McDonald's sticky poem of a play.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/nyregion/08AIR.html?todaysheadlines"<With Uncertainty Filling the Air, 9/11 Health Risks Are Debated</a<</b<<br<
Residents of lower Manhattan returning to their homes are trying to assess the environmental risks that the proximity to a disaster site may entail.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/nyregion/08MUSE.html?todaysheadlines"<City Reconsidering Moving Museum Into Tweed Courthouse</a<</b<<br<
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg acknowledged that he was reconsidering a plan to move the Museum of the City of New York into the Tweed Courthouse.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/nyregion/08JUDG.html?todaysheadlines"<New Overseer for Courts in Brooklyn</a<</b<<br<
The state's top judges appointed a new administrative judge to oversee the problem-plagued State Supreme Court in Brooklyn.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/opinion/08KRUG.html?todaysheadlines"<Money-Grubbing Games</a<</b<
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President Bush reiterated his promise to provide $20 billion just in time to have another photo op with New York police officers and firefighters. But the money is still not in the budget.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/opinion/08KRIS.html?todaysheadlines"<A Safe Place for a War</a<</b<
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American troops are coming to the Philipines to continue the war on terrorism, but Abu Sayyaf, the group they are supposed to destroy, isn't a terrorist group.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/opinion/08PANE.html?todaysheadlines"<Can Congress Discipline Itself?</a<</b<
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Unless Congress and the president are willing to enforce budget discipline, the nation is likely to embark upon another long era of deficit spending.
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