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<font size="2"<"Now I can go home and all my friends will make fun of me for
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/olympics/12SNOW.html?todaysheadlines"<DANNY KASS,</a<silver medalist in the men's halfpipe snowboard competition.


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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/national/12FBI.html?todaysheadlines"<Attack Possible in U.S. or Yemen, the F.B.I. Warns</a<</b<<br<
The F.B.I. issued a new security threat alert on Monday night, more specific than any before, warning of a possible attack as early as Tuesday in the United States or Yemen.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/national/12FIRE.html?todaysheadlines"<Small Fire Becomes Inferno, Burning Homes in California</a<</b<<br<
Fierce gusting winds transformed a small brush fire on Monday into walls of flame that burned more than 4,000 acres in northern San Diego County.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/politics/12BUSH.html?todaysheadlines"<Bush Urges $300 Billion for Health Care Changes</a<</b<<br<
President Bush outlined a $300 billion, 10-year health care plan on Monday that he said would overhaul Medicare and help the elderly buy prescription drugs.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/international/middleeast/12IRAN.html?todaysheadlines"<Millions in Iran Rally Against U.S.</a<</b<<br<
Galvanized by President Bush's branding of their nation as part of an "axis of evil," Iranians marched in a nationwide pep rally.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/international/europe/12MILO.html?todaysheadlines"<Milosevic, 'The Biggest Fish,' on Eve of War Crimes Trial</a<</b<<br<
On Tuesday, Slobodan Milosevic will be the first head of state to face charges so grave: genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the Geneva conventions.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/international/europe/12FRAN.html?todaysheadlines"<Scolding Socialists, Chirac Opens His Re-election Effort</a<</b<<br<
President Jacques Chirac defended himself against accusations of corruption and accused Socialists of squandering the benefits of France's recent economic growth.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/technology/12GLOB.html?todaysheadlines"<U.S. Widens Global Crossing Inquiry</a<</b<<br<
The investigation of the accounting practices of Global Crossing, the troubled telecom company, expanded into an inquiry on a type of financial transaction also used by Enron.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/business/12ENRO.html?todaysheadlines"<G.O.P. Studies New Rules on Companies</a<</b<<br<
House Republicans are circulating proposals for post-Enron legislation that they say will strengthen federal standards for auditor independence and corporate financial disclosure.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/business/12PLAC.html?todaysheadlines"<J. P. Morgan Seems to Feel the Ripples</a<</b<<br<
J. P. Morgan's executives have been reassuring employees in recent weeks and telling investors that much of the market's anxieties about the company are overblown.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/technology/12GLOB.html?todaysheadlines"<U.S. Widens Global Crossing Inquiry</a<</b<<br<
The investigation of the accounting practices of Global Crossing, the troubled telecom company, expanded into an inquiry on a type of financial transaction also used by Enron.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/technology/12NEXT.html?todaysheadlines"<U.S. Seizes Bank Business of Web Credit Card Issuer</a<</b<<br<
The government took control of the banking operations of NextCard, saying that it had grown too fast and with scant attention to lending quality.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/technology/12NORT.html?todaysheadlines"<Nortel Officer Forced to Quit on Suspicious 401(k) Trades</a<</b<<br<
The chief financial officer of Nortel Networks was forced to resign after the company said it had notified regulators of suspicious trades in his 401(k) retirement account.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/politics/12DONA.html?todaysheadlines"<White House Is Backing Foes of Finance Bill</a<</b<<br<
The White House is quietly working through the Republican Party to scuttle campaign finance legislation before the House this week.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/national/12INQU.html?todaysheadlines"<Lawmakers to Investigate U.S. Failures in Attacks</a<</b<<br<
The House and Senate intelligence committees are set to begin a joint investigation into United States intelligence gaps in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/politics/12REPU.html?todaysheadlines"<Bush Featured in G.O.P. Ads Criticizing 5 Senators</a<</b<<br<
President Bush has taken a starring role in an advertisement running in the states of five senators who voted against his economic stimulus package.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/olympics/12VECS.html?todaysheadlines"<Judging Falls Between Fix and an Injustice</a<</b<<br<
The big problem for Canada's Jamie Sal&#233; and David Pelletier is that they do not have the reputation of their Russian counterparts.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/sports/baseball/12YANK.html?todaysheadlines"<With His Career at Crossroads, Giambi Took It</a<</b<<br<
After leading Oakland to within a game of eliminating the Yankees in the playoffs the last two seasons, Jason Giambi has embraced the enemy and is not looking back.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/sports/othersports/12DOGS.html?todaysheadlines"<Westminster Favorites Are Fetching the Prizes</a<</b<<br<
The first two group winners at the Westminster Kennel Club's 126th annual show were best-in-show favorites: Mick in the terrier group and Rocky in the working group.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/arts/design/12CURA.html?todaysheadlines"<A Global Vision for a Global Show</a<</b<<br<
The artistic director of Documenta 11, an international exhibition that is to contemporary art what the Olympics are to sports, sees art as an expression of social change.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/books/12TRIL.html?todaysheadlines"<For Trillin, Parking Is an End, Not a Means</a<</b<<br<
Calvin Trillin hesitates to call his new book the ultimate New York novel, but he does claim that it is the ultimate New York parking novel, if only by default.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/arts/music/12PARK.html?todaysheadlines"<A Howl of Total Anguish With a Punch in the Head</a<</b<<br<
While most rap-rock acts feel obliged to choose a side, Linkin Park strives for impartiality.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/nyregion/12BUIL.html?todaysheadlines"<Rescuing the Buildings Beyond Ground Zero</a<</b<<br<
Five months after the World Trade Center attack, the focus of the recovery effort is moving to the ring of battered skyscrapers around ground zero.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/nyregion/12IMMI.html?todaysheadlines"<Judge Says Child's Well-Being Is a Factor in a Deportation</a<</b<<br<
A federal judge in Brooklyn recently ruled that an immigrant who is a felon cannot be deported unless officials first consider the impact on his family.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/nyregion/12ATTO.html?todaysheadlines"<Problem in Candidacy for U.S. Attorney's Aide</a<</b<<br<
A background check of the prime candidate for the job of assistant to New Jersey's United States attorney revealed a possibly illicit meeting with Senator Robert G. Torricelli.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/opinion/12KRUG.html?todaysheadlines"<Business Versus Biznes</a<</b<
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Memo to critics of the media's liberal bias: the pinkos you really should be going after are those business reporters.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/opinion/12MORR.html?todaysheadlines"<Taming Tyranny in Zimbabwe</a<</b<
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Washington may be able to shift the focus in southern Africa to a post-Mugabe future in which a renewed democratic process is still possible.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/opinion/12SOKO.html?todaysheadlines"<Foreign Aid in Our Own Defense</a<</b<
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We need a program of tightly focused foreign aid to address the economic, political and social conditions that will otherwise continue breeding new terrorists.
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