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Friday, May 18, 2001
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"No matter how much we conserve, we're still going to need
more energy."
- PRESIDENT BUSH,
Full Story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/politics/18BUSH.html
NATIONAL
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Columbine Panel Blames Lack of Action for Deaths
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/national/18COLU.html
York, Pa., Mayor Is Arrested in 1969 Racial Killing
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/national/18YORK.html
Link Between Human Genes and Bacteria Is Hotly Debated
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/science/18GENO.html
Woman Is Convicted of Killing Her Fetus by Smoking Cocaine
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/national/18FETU.html
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POLITICS
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A New Focus on Protecting Production of Energy
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/politics/18ENVI.html
Bush, Pushing Energy Plan, Offers Scores of Proposals to
Find New Power Sources
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/politics/18BUSH.html
Fuel Economy for New Cars Is at Lowest Level Since '80
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/politics/18FUEL.html
Hybrid Cars Should Merit a Tax Credit, Report Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/politics/18CONS.html
INTERNATIONAL
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25 Years Later, Rumsfeld's Dream Is Alive Again
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/world/18MILI.html
China Charges U.S. Citizen With Spying for Taiwan
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/world/18CHIN.html
Role of U.S. Companies in Colombia Is Questioned
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/world/18COLO.html
A Trail of Misery as Macedonia Fights Albanian Insurgency
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/world/18MACE.html
BUSINESS
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Citigroup to Buy Mexican Bank in a Deal Valued at $12.5
Billion
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/business/18BANK.html
Alcatel Said to Be in Talks to Buy Lucent
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/technology/18LUCE.html
Airline Start-Up of Princely Origin
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/business/18PRIN.html
Ford Is Said to Consider Seeking Recalls of More Tires
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/business/18TIRE.html
TECHNOLOGY
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Questions Hover in Internet Sex Abuse Case
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/technology/18CYBE.html
Alcatel Said to Be in Talks to Buy Lucent
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/technology/18LUCE.html
Cyber Law Journal: Hacker Gadfly at Center of New Suit
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/technology/18CYBERLAW.html
Earnings Are Down a Bit at Dell
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/technology/18DELL.html
NEW YORK REGION
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Questions Hover in Internet Sex Abuse Case
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/technology/18CYBE.html
Two Contrasting Lives Intersect With Fatal Calamitous
Results
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/nyregion/18HOFS.html
Resort Is to Rise on Concord Site but Without the Concord
Name
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/nyregion/18CONC.html
Big Change Is Bearing Down on Small Town
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/nyregion/18AURO.html
SPORTS
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A Vintage Brodeur Allows the Devils to Take Command
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/sports/18DEVI.html
In Triple Crown Races, a Look at Fast Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/sports/18RACI.html
Mets' Trachsel Takes a Pounding, and Then Gets Ripped
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/sports/18METS.html
Good News for Yanks: They Play in the A.L. East
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/sports/18YANK.html
ARTS
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$22.5 Million Sale Breaks Contemporary-Art Records
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/arts/18AUC2.html
Watching Movies With Michael Bay
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/arts/18WATC.html
'Moulin Rouge': An Eyeful, an Earful, Anachronism
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/arts/18ROUG.html
'Malcolm in the Middle': Pouring Gold Into Old Molds
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/arts/18NOTE.html
OP-ED COLUMNISTS
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By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: A Perfect Storm?
President Bush is responsible for managing America's current
policy situations. And that is what's worrying.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/opinion/18FRIE.html
By GAIL COLLINS: Education on Ice
In Texas, where, our current president has assured us, no
child is left behind, a significant number do seem to have
been left holding the bag.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/opinion/18COLL.html
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