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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"When I said no negotiations, I meant no negotiations."
-PRESIDENT BUSH

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NATIONAL
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Investigators Say Some Terror Cells Broken Up in U.S.

Officials said that arrests of 10 people linked to Osama bin
Laden had broken up several active Al Qaeda cells.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/national/15INQU.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Is Stepping Up Plan for Handling Anthrax Threat

The Bush administration said it was moving to buy
antibiotics that could be made available quickly to treat
up to 12 million people.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/national/15ANTH.html?todaysheadlines

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Strike in Minnesota Ends as State and Unions Settle

More than 23,000 public employees will return to their jobs
today.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/national/15STRI.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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Explosions Rock Afghan Cities in Daylight Raids

Kabul and the eastern city of Jalalabad were hit this
morning, ushering in the second week of a U.S.-led air
campaign against Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Attacks-Afghanistan.html?todaysheadlines

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President Rejects Offer by Taliban for Negotiations

President Bush forcefully rejected another offer from the
Taliban to begin talks about the surrender of Osama bin
Laden if the United States stopped bombing Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/international/15PREX.html?todaysheadlines

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Two Are Killed at a Protest in Pakistan

Two demonstrators were killed and at least six were injured
on Sunday when the police fired on a crowd trying to block
entrances to an airport where American aircraft are based.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/international/15STAN.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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New Tactic of Terrorists Is to Attack Messengers

Whatever the purpose and whoever the culprits, the
scattershot attacks on national and regional news
companies were an unusual tactic.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/business/media/15MEDI.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Businesses Taking Steps to Protect Company Mail

News of possible attacks using the United States mail has
prompted many companies to examine how they run their
mailrooms, one of the most mundane business operations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/business/15ROOM.html?todaysheadlines

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At Global Crossing, It Pays to Be Inside

Global Crossing shareholders have seen their stakes become
all but worthless, unlike Gary Winnick, the company's
founder and chairman, who unloaded half his shares before
the stock tanked.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/business/15GARY.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Attacks Expose Telephone's Soft Underbelly

The damage sustained by Verizon in the attack underscored
the vulnerability of communications networks -- sprawling
systems that rely heavily on critical hubs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/technology/15PHON.html?todaysheadlines

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Anthrax Drug Promoted on Web Sites

Online advertisements promoting the availability of the
antibiotic ciprofloxacin had been proliferating on the
Internet since the first news of anthrax cases in Florida
a week and a half ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/technology/ebusiness/15CIPR.html?todaysheadlines

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At Global Crossing, It Pays to Be Inside

Global Crossing shareholders have seen their stakes become
all but worthless, unlike Gary Winnick, the company's
founder and chairman, who unloaded half his shares before
the stock tanked.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/business/15GARY.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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President Rejects Offer by Taliban for Negotiations

President Bush forcefully rejected another offer from the
Taliban to begin talks about the surrender of Osama bin
Laden if the United States stopped bombing Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/international/15PREX.html?todaysheadlines

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Threat of Terrorism Leaves Trade Summit Plans in Doubt

A Bush administration official said that the threat of
terrorism had left arrangements for the meetings in Qatar
in doubt.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/business/worldbusiness/15TRAD.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Is Stepping Up Plan for Handling Anthrax Threat

The Bush administration said it was moving to buy
antibiotics that could be made available quickly to treat
up to 12 million people.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/national/15ANTH.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Yanks Head Home for Deciding Game 5

The Yankees pasted the Oakland Athletics on Sunday to force
a Game 5 that will decide the American League division
series in Yankee Stadium on Monday night.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/sports/baseball/15YANK.html?todaysheadlines

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Arizona Goes to First N.L.C.S.

Tony Womack hit a game-winning single in the bottom of
the ninth inning, and Arizona beat St. Louis to advance to
the N.L.C.S. against Atlanta.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/sports/baseball/15ARIZ.html?todaysheadlines

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Adrift Early, Jets Rally to Win

The Jets, utterly hapless in the first half, were
indomitable in the second and surged to a win over the
Dolphins. It was their seventh straight win over Miami.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/sports/football/15JETS.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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Low Ratings Haunt Sitcoms With High-Profile Stars

Network expectations have been dampened for ABC's "Bob
Patterson," with Jason Alexander, NBC's "Emeril," with
Emeril Lagasse, and CBS's "Ellen Show," with Ellen
DeGeneres.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/arts/television/15FLOP.html?todaysheadlines

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From Delicate Whispers to a Furious Clamor

The National Symphony, joined by Evelyn Glennie for two
weekend concerts at Carnegie Hall, provided something of a
percussion festival.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/arts/music/15GLEN.html?todaysheadlines

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How the Net Is Documenting a Watershed Moment

As cultural institutions ponder what they will preserve from
Sept. 11, the Internet is figuring prominently in their
strategies.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/arts/15ARTS.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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Missteps Cited in Responding to NBC Scare

A New York City police detective and two Health Department
lab technicians have tested positive for exposure to
anthrax, Mayor Giuliani said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/nyregion/15YORK.html?todaysheadlines

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Insurance Could Largely Shape the City's Economic Future

Insurance money will go into the hands of individual
families and business owners across the city.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/nyregion/15BUCK.html?todaysheadlines

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Ferrer Doubts Green Victory After Miscount

Fernando Ferrer declared that "we don't know who" won the
Democratic mayoral runoff.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/nyregion/15CAMP.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Living With Fear
BY BOB HERBERT
Despite the best intentions of millions of New Yorkers,
anxiety makes it difficult to return to life as it was
before Sept. 11.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/opinion/15HERB.html?todaysheadlines

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My Dunno Sheet
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
A barrage of unanswered questions about the current
hostilities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/opinion/15SAFI.html?todaysheadlines

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Condemnation Without Absolutes
BY STANLEY FISH
Postmodern thought argues against the hope of justifying our
response to the Sept. 11 attacks in universal terms.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/opinion/15FISH.html?todaysheadlines

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