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Thursday, May 10, 2001
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"We like living here. It's a beautiful place. The only thing
we don't like, you can't make any money to survive. My son
is getting straight A's. He's not going to be around here."

- FRED PRATT, of Morland, Kan.

Full Story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/national/10TOWN.html



NATIONAL
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Bit by Bit, Tiny Morland, Kan., Fades Away
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/national/10TOWN.html

U. of Virginia Hit by Scandal Over Cheating
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/national/10CHEA.html

Smithsonian Is Promised $38 Million, With Strings
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/national/10SMIT.html

Western Governors Turn Focus to Need for More Power Lines
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/national/10GRID.html




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POLITICS
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In Show of Unity, House Republicans Pass Budget Bill
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/politics/10HOUS.html

Price of Gasoline May Pose Problem for White House
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/politics/10POLI.html

White House Asks Unions to Meet on Energy Policy
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/politics/10ENER.html

Bush Appeals for Peace on His Picks for the Bench
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/politics/10JUDG.html



INTERNATIONAL
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Families of Chechnya's Disappeared Seek Answers
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/world/10CHEC.html

Mexico's Leader Is Finding the Democratic Road Bumpy
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/world/10FOX.html

Death Toll Thought to Top 100 in a Soccer Stampede in Ghana
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/world/10GHAN.html

2 Jewish Teenagers Are Beaten to Death in the West Bank
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/world/10ISRA.html



BUSINESS
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Suits Accuse Drug Makers of Keeping Generics Off Market
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/business/10DRUG.html

Public Ventures Do Private Deals but Sometimes Are Left
Bloodied
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/business/10PIPE.html

Firm Auditing MicroStrategy Settles Lawsuit
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/business/10AUDI.html

Black Sales Agents File Discrimination Suit Against Xerox
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/business/10BIAS.html



TECHNOLOGY
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Looking Back at My First PC
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/technology/10BLUE.html

Hackers Report a Truce
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/technology/10HACK.html

Nintendo Grows Up and Goes for the Gross-Out
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/technology/10CONK.html

How It Works: Fuel Cells Provide Clean, Reliable (and
Pricey) Electricity
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/technology/10HOWW.html



NEW YORK REGION
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Yellow Cabs Battle Invasion of Their Turf
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/nyregion/10CABS.html

Friends Mourn Slain Bronx Girl as Police Investigate
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/nyregion/10GIRL.html

Board Allows Rent Increases of 3% and 5%
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/nyregion/10RENT.html

Ferrer Refuses Endorsement Linked to Race
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/nyregion/10MAYO.html



SPORTS
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Devils Beat Toronto to Advance
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/sports/10DEVI.html

Niedermayer Shouldn't Have Played in Devils Game, and He
Didn't
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/sports/10ANDE.html

A Masterful Clemens Nibbles at a No-Hitter
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/sports/10YANK.html

This Time, It's Iverson's Turn to Light the Fire
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/sports/10SIXE.html



ARTS
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Christopher Wheeldon, City Ballet's Meteor, Lights Up the
Mirror
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/arts/10WHEE.html

Ken Kesey, Checking In on His Famous Nest
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/arts/10KESE.html

A Supermodel of a Hotel Sashays to Astor Place
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/arts/10NOTE.html

'Wingspan': Home Movies Starring the Cute Beatle
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/arts/10GATE.html




OP-ED COLUMNISTS
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By BOB HERBERT: Mr. Ferrer's Dilemma

Bronx borough president Fernando Ferrer's courting of the
Rev. Al Sharpton's support has provided a bumpy start to a
New York City mayoral campaign.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/opinion/10HERB.html


By WILLIAM SAFIRE: Battle of the Blue Slips

Senate Democrats prepare for war over President Bush's
judicial nominations.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/opinion/10SAFI.html



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