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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/national/15ALER.html?todaysheadlines"<Six Named in Terror Warning Had Already Been Imprisoned</a<</b<<br<
Six of the 17 men named in a public alert about a possible terrorist attack in the United States are already in custody in Yemen.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/national/15DNA.html?todaysheadlines"<DNA Testing in Rape Case Frees Prisoner After 15 Years</a<</b<<br<
Exonerated by DNA testing after 15 years in prison, Bruce Godschalk was released, despite the resistance of the district attorney.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/national/15EMBA.html?todaysheadlines"<In Wisconsin, Threats, 2 Dead Undertakers, and Plenty of Questions</a<</b<<br<
The murder of an undertaker and his intern have intrigued Hudson, Wis., authorities and left many suspicious of an anti-embalming group.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/international/europe/15MILO.html?todaysheadlines"<Defiant, Milosevic Begins His Defense by Assailing NATO</a<</b<<br<
A driven and indignant Slobodan Milosevic laid blame for a decade of carnage in the Balkans on everyone but himself on Thursday.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/international/middleeast/15MIDE.html?todaysheadlines"<Arabs Deploy New Explosive Against Tank; 3 Israelis Die</a<</b<<br<
Palestinian militants destroyed an Israeli tank on Thursday night, killing at least three soldiers and lightly wounding a fourth.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/international/europe/15BRIT.html?todaysheadlines"<Britain's Revived Labor Movement Is Spoiling for a Fight</a<</b<<br<
A resurgent labor movement is confronting the government of Tony Blair with the biggest threat of widespread industrial action in two decades.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/business/15ENRO.html?todaysheadlines"<Enron Official Says Many Knew About Shaky Company Finances</a<</b<<br<
Enron executive Sherron S. Watkins on Thursday placed much of the blame for the company's demise on its former chief executive, Jeffrey K. Skilling.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/technology/15BLUE.html?todaysheadlines"<As It Beat Profit Forecast, I.B.M. Said Little About Sale of a Unit</a<</b<<br<
Though I.B.M.'s ability to beat Wall Street expectations was applauded by investors, the Enron collapse has heightened concern about how companies make their numbers.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/business/15TELE.html?todaysheadlines"<Qwest Moves to Shore Up Its Finances</a<</b<<br<
Qwest Communications International said that it would draw on a $4 billion line of bank credit to cover its short-term cash needs.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/technology/15BLUE.html?todaysheadlines"<As It Beat Profit Forecast, I.B.M. Said Little About Sale of a Unit</a<</b<<br<
Though I.B.M.'s ability to beat Wall Street expectations was applauded by investors, the Enron collapse has heightened concern about how companies make their numbers.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/technology/15DELL.html?todaysheadlines"<Dell Reports Strong Earnings for Quarter</a<</b<<br<
Dell Computer said that it had reaped the benefits of unexpectedly good holiday sales to record strong earnings for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/technology/15SEC.html?todaysheadlines"<S.E.C. Studies Accounting of Specialty Chip Maker</a<</b<<br<
The Nvidia Corporation said Thursday that the Securities and Exchange Commission and federal prosecutors were examining its accounting practices.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/politics/15DONA.html?todaysheadlines"<Daschle Vows Prompt Action in Senate on Soft Money Ban</a<</b<<br<
The Senate majority leader, Tom Daschle, on Thursday pledged to speed the campaign finance bill to the president's desk.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/business/15ENRO.html?todaysheadlines"<Enron Official Says Many Knew About Shaky Company Finances</a<</b<<br<
Enron executive Sherron S. Watkins on Thursday placed much of the blame for the company's demise on its former chief executive, Jeffrey K. Skilling.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/international/asia/15PREX.html?todaysheadlines"<Personal Touches to Highlight Bush's Asian Visit Next Week</a<</b<<br<
President Bushs trip to Asia will be a test of whether his tough talk has helped or hurt his policy goals in the region.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/olympics/15SKAT.html?todaysheadlines"<Skating Officials Rebuff Call for Quick Action</a<</b<<br<
The International Olympic Committee urged a fast resolution to the pairs figure skating controversy, but the International Skating Union will not act before Monday.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/sports/baseball/15YANK.html?todaysheadlines"<Wells Is Happy to Be a Yankee Again</a<</b<<br<
David Wells looked good and felt good on the first day of a Yankee reincarnation he never thought would happen.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/sports/ncaabasketball/15STAN.html?todaysheadlines"<Stanley Earns a Starting Job on St. John's as a Walk-On</a<</b<<br<
Andre Stanley, who made the St. John's team as a walk-on, has started five straight games for the Red Storm, who have a decent shot of playing in the N.C.A.A. tournament.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/arts/design/15KIMM.html?todaysheadlines"<Helplessness and Beauty in the Vision of a Skeptic</a<</b<<br<
Gerhard Richter's retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art is a pitch perfect overview of this German master's maddeningly kaleidoscopic and exquisitely refined output.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/arts/television/15TWEE.html?todaysheadlines"<Grabbing TV Audiences 'Tween 8 and 14</a<</b<<br<
Several new programs are made to appeal to "Tweens," or 8- to 14-year-olds, a demographic group that is courted by marketers.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/arts/music/15EICH.html?todaysheadlines"<The Memorabilia of Music</a<</b<<br<
A remarkable couple, Marianne Wurlitzer and Gene Bruck, have a one-of-a-kind gallery of music-related artifacts and historical objects in their apartment on the Upper West Side.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/nyregion/15GRAN.html?todaysheadlines"<Deadline Nears for Money in 9/11 Attack</a<</b<<br<
Three of the biggest Sept. 11 charitable funds will soon stop taking applications for emergency cash grants.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/nyregion/15HIT.html?todaysheadlines"<Driver Who Mowed Down 19 Returned to Hit 7, Police Say</a<</b<<br<
A hit-and-run driver, suspected of a separate shooting, struck at least seven people at a busy intersection near Penn Station on Thursday.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/nyregion/15BUDG.html?todaysheadlines"<A Pragmatic Approach to a Bad-News Budget</a<</b<<br<
Budget cuts made by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg do not necessarily reflect his own political beliefs, unlike those of his predecessors.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/opinion/15KRUG.html?todaysheadlines"<Ersatz Climate Policy</a<</b<
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The Bush administration is offering the illusion of environmentalism by announcing policies that sound impressive but are nearly content-free.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/opinion/15KRIS.html?todaysheadlines"<The Philippine Wars</a<</b<
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By sending machine guns rather than medicine to Basilan, an impoverished island in the Philippines, we are aggravating the poverty, alienation and frustration that sustain rebel movements.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/opinion/15HUBB.html?todaysheadlines"<Realism in Cutting Emissions</a<</b<
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The climate policy President Bush announced on Thursday sets out a far more workable approach for measuring progress against global warming than the one in the Kyoto framework.
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