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Tuesday, May 8, 2001
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"If you are H.I.V.-positive now, it doesn't mean you are
dying. If you want to go to school, you should go to school.
If you want to buy a car, you should buy a car."

- DR. DAVID MARUMO, in Botswana, where the promise of access to AIDS drugs has
brought new hope.

Full Story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/world/08BOTS.html



NATIONAL
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Statewide Blackouts Ordered in California
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/national/08CALI.html

Officer Charged in Killing That Roiled Cincinnati
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/national/08CINC.html

Drug Spending Grows Nearly 19%
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/national/08DRUG.html

Forensic Expert Under Scrutiny as DNA Test Frees 'Rapist'
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/national/08LAB.html




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POLITICS
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White House Selects Corporate Lawyer as Chairman of S.E.C.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/politics/08SEC.html

Rumsfeld Plans to Seek a Military Strategy Using Outer Space
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/world/08SPAC.html

Bush Chides Critics and Declares Freer Trade a Moral Issue
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/world/08PREX.html

White House Says No 'Magic Wand' to Cut Gasoline Prices
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Bush-Gas.html



INTERNATIONAL
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Rumsfeld Plans to Seek a Military Strategy Using Outer Space
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/world/08SPAC.html

Free AIDS Care Brings Hope to Botswana
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/world/08BOTS.html

U.S. Resumes Its Spy Flights Close to China
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/world/08PLAN.html

Bush Chides Critics and Declares Freer Trade a Moral Issue
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/world/08PREX.html



BUSINESS
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White House Selects Corporate Lawyer as Chairman of S.E.C.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/politics/08SEC.html

Market Place: A Prayer for Tech Stocks
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/technology/08PLAC.html

Dell to Cut 10% of Work Force
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/technology/08DELL.html

Priceline Fires Chief and Shuffles Officials
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/technology/08PRIC.html



TECHNOLOGY
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Dell to Cut 10% of Work Force
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/technology/08DELL.html

Market Place: A Prayer for Tech Stocks
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/technology/08PLAC.html

In a Shift in Strategy, Apple Is Making Plans to Open Its
First Stores
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/technology/08APPL.html

Priceline Fires Chief and Shuffles Officials
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/technology/08PRIC.html



NEW YORK REGION
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Mayor's Wife Wants His Friend Kept From Mansion
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/nyregion/08GIUL.html

Facing Scrutiny, President of Hale House Will Resign
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/nyregion/08HALE.html

Tempers Flare Near Deadline for Welfare
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/nyregion/08WELF.html

New Districts Imperil G.O.P. in New Jersey
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/nyregion/08DIST.html



SPORTS
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Fighting Devils Live to Play Another Day
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/sports/08DEVI.html

Rookie Wins as Mets Shut Down Late Rally
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/sports/08METS-LATE.html

Yankees Causing Havoc on the Bases
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/sports/08YANK.html

Yankees Bulk Up on Plankton
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/sports/08BASE.html



ARTS
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Court Considers Ownership of Seized 'Hitler' Paintings
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/arts/08HITL.html

MTV Gives 'Carmen' a Hip-Hop Update
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/arts/08NOTE.html

Spring Art Auctions Open at Phillips's New Home
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/arts/08AUCT.html

Museums as Walk-In Closets
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/arts/08VISI.html




OP-ED COLUMNISTS
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By GAIL COLLINS: Beam Me Up, Rummy

Don't settle for a lousy missile shield. Romulan cloaking
devices and transporter beams are obviously the way to go.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/opinion/08COLL.html


By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: It Takes a Satellite

The information revolution has offered young techies in
Ghana a real chance to leap forward.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/opinion/08FRIE.html



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