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<font size="2"<"The reason I got involved is that Andersen is in big trouble
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/business/04VOLC.html?todaysheadlines"<PAUL A. VOLCKER JR.,</a<former Federal Reserve chairman and new chief of an Arthur
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/national/04ADOP.html?todaysheadlines"<Group Backs Gays Who Seek to Adopt a Partner's Child</a<</b<<br<
The American Academy of Pediatrics is announcing its support on Monday for the right of gay men and lesbians to adopt their partners' children.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/national/04BUDG.html?todaysheadlines"<Bush to Request Big Spending Push on Bioterrorism</a<</b<<br<
The Bush administration has decided to seek $11 billion over two years to protect the nation against bioterrorism, far more than experts had expected.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/national/04DETA.html?todaysheadlines"<As Trust Develops, Guards Still Maintain Full Alert</a<</b<<br<
Tensions are easing at the Guant&#225;namo Bay Naval Station in Cuba as the American captors and their prisoners from Afghanistan begin to see each other in human terms.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/international/middleeast/04MIDE.html?todaysheadlines"<Leaders Warn U.S. It Must Deal Head-On With Mideast</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/international/asia/04REPO.html?todaysheadlines"<Pakistani Police Make Little Progress in Search for Reporter</a<</b<<br<
The police in Pakistan have found no solid evidence linking any suspects to the kidnapping of American journalist Daniel Pearl.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/international/04TERR.html?todaysheadlines"<Bin Laden's Trail Is Lost, but Officials Suspect He Is Alive</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/business/04AUDI.html?todaysheadlines"<Former Fed Chief Picked to Oversee Auditor of Enron</a<</b<<br<
Arthur Andersen on Sunday gave extraordinary authority to an oversight panel to be led by the former Federal Reserve Board chairman, Paul A. Volcker.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/business/04CRIM.html?todaysheadlines"<Talk of Crime Grows Louder, Spurred by Report</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/business/media/04BOOK.html?todaysheadlines"<Barnesandnoble.com Officially Names Chief</a<</b<<br<
After two years without an official chief executive, Barnesandnoble.com, the online bookstore, has named Marie J. Toulantis to the post.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/technology/04CHIP.html?todaysheadlines"<The Increase in Chip Speed Is Accelerating, Not Slowing</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/technology/ebusiness/04PLAC.html?todaysheadlines"<WebMD Is Somewhat Stronger After Therapy</a<</b<<br<
After 15 months of turnaround therapy administered by Martin J. Wygod, who took over WebMD from its founders, the stock price has rebounded somewhat.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/technology/04HEWL.html?todaysheadlines"<It's the Scion vs. the Board in Merger Fight</a<</b<<br<
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?
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/national/04BUDG.html?todaysheadlines"<Bush to Request Big Spending Push on Bioterrorism</a<</b<<br<
The Bush administration has decided to seek $11 billion over two years to protect the nation against bioterrorism, far more than experts had expected.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/politics/04CAMP.html?todaysheadlines"<In New Hampshire, a New Face Gets a Warm Welcome</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/business/04AUDI.html?todaysheadlines"<Former Fed Chief Picked to Oversee Auditor of Enron</a<</b<<br<
Arthur Andersen on Sunday gave extraordinary authority to an oversight panel to be led by the former Federal Reserve Board chairman, Paul A. Volcker.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/sports/football/04SUPE.html?todaysheadlines"<Patriots Claim the Super Bowl</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/sports/football/04PATS.html?todaysheadlines"<Patriots Help Vinatieri Experience the Moment</a<</b<<br<
Tom Brady's late completions to Troy Brown for 23 yards and Jermaine Wiggins for 6 yards put Adam Vinatieri in his comfort zone.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/sports/golf/04GOLF.html?todaysheadlines"<Gogel Finds Redemption</a<</b<<br<
Matt Gogel caught Pat Perez on the back nine and won the AT&amp;T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for his first PGA Tour victory.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/arts/television/04NOTE.html?todaysheadlines"<TV Diet of Torture Games and Gross-Out Stunts</a<</b<<br<
Rude, crude and above all dumb, shows like "Fear Factor" are part of the mainstreaming of a gross new world of television.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/arts/_04KEYS.html?todaysheadlines"<Loving and Losing to Chase the Blues</a<</b<<br<
The talented R &amp; B singer Alicia Keys played a concert at Radio City Music Hall on Friday that was a night of celebration, not innovation.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/sports/football/04MUSI.html?todaysheadlines"<Singers Merge Politics With Patriotism</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/nyregion/04GOV.html?todaysheadlines"<Candidates Try to Fathom New York's Shifting Voters</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/nyregion/04STRE.html?todaysheadlines"<A Little Violence and Lots of Police Equal 150 Arrests Far From Forum</a<</b<<br<
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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/nyregion/04WOME.html?todaysheadlines"<Albany Bill Would Cover Birth Control</a<</b<<br<
Republican lawmakers have offered a compromise bill requiring health insurers to cover contraceptives.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/opinion/04SAFI.html?todaysheadlines"<Sharon Enters Armistice Talks</a<</b<
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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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/opinion/04HERB.html?todaysheadlines"<Sneak Attack</a<</b<
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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.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/opinion/04RUSH.html?todaysheadlines"<America and Anti-Americans</a<</b<
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America finds itself facing a broader ideological adversary that may turn out to be as hard to defeat as militant Islam: anti-Americanism.
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