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   February 4, 2002   QUOTE OF THE DAY "The reason I got involved is that A=
ndersen is in big trouble and they were looking for someone to sprinkle som=
e holy water on them."  PAUL A. VOLCKER JR., former Federal Reserve chairma=
n and new chief of an Arthur Andersen oversight committee.   NATIONAL Group=
 Backs Gays Who Seek to Adopt a Partner's Child  The American Academy of Pe=
diatrics is announcing its support on Monday for the right of gay men and l=
esbians to adopt their partners' children.   Bush to Request Big Spending P=
ush on Bioterrorism  The Bush administration has decided to seek $11 billio=
n over two years to protect the nation against bioterrorism, far more than =
experts had expected.   As Trust Develops, Guards Still Maintain Full Alert=
  Tensions are easing at the Guant?namo Bay Naval Station in Cuba as the Am=
erican captors and their prisoners from Afghanistan begin to see each other=
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NTERNATIONAL Leaders Warn U.S. It Must Deal Head-On With Mideast  Leaders g=
athered for the World Economic Forum have warned that the Bush administrati=
on cannot win a war on terrorism if does not deal with the Middle East.   P=
akistani Police Make Little Progress in Search for Reporter  The police in =
Pakistan have found no solid evidence linking any suspects to the kidnappin=
g of American journalist Daniel Pearl.   Bin Laden's Trail Is Lost, but Off=
icials Suspect He Is Alive  A month after United States officials expressed=
 confidence that they had cornered Osama bin Laden, they now acknowledge th=
ey have lost track of the terrorist leader.     MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS    =
BUSINESS At 11th Hour, Lay Says He Won't Testify  Kenneth L. Lay, Enron's f=
ormer chief executive,  told Congress yesterday that he would refuse to tes=
tify before two committees preparing to hear his testimony.   Talk of Crime=
 Grows Louder, Spurred by Report  The report released Saturday by a special=
 committee of Enron raises the specter that at the foundation of the compan=
y's downfall was a series of multimillion-dollar crimes.   Barnesandnoble.c=
om Officially Names Chief  After two years without an official chief execut=
ive, Barnesandnoble.com, the online bookstore, has named Marie J. Toulantis=
 to the post.     MORE BUSINESS NEWS    TECHNOLOGY The Increase in Chip Spe=
ed Is Accelerating, Not Slowing  At the world's premier chip design confere=
nce, there is evidence that PC performance increases of the last two years =
will not slow in the near   future, but actually accelerate.   WebMD Is Som=
ewhat Stronger After Therapy  After 15 months of turnaround therapy adminis=
tered by Martin J. Wygod, who took over WebMD from its founders, the stock =
price has rebounded somewhat.   It's the Scion vs. the Board in Merger Figh=
t  The dispute over Hewlett-Packard's plan to buy Compaq tends to be person=
alized as a confrontation of two individuals, but is it the right two?     =
MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS    POLITICS Bush to Request Big Spending Push on Biote=
rrorism  The Bush administration has decided to seek $11 billion over two y=
ears to protect the nation against bioterrorism, far more than experts had =
expected.   In New Hampshire, a New Face Gets a Warm Welcome  This weekend =
Senator John Edwards began early presidential politicking in New Hampshire,=
 garnering interest for being a fresh face among the current field of Democ=
rats.   Former Fed Chief Picked to Oversee Auditor of Enron  Arthur Anderse=
n on Sunday gave extraordinary authority to an oversight panel to be led by=
 the former Federal Reserve Board chairman, Paul A. Volcker.     MORE POLIT=
ICS NEWS    SPORTS Patriots Claim the Super Bowl  Adam Vinatieri kicked a 4=
8-yard field goal as time expired to lift the New England Patriots to an im=
probable win over the St. Louis Rams.   Patriots Help Vinatieri Experience =
the Moment  Tom Brady's late completions to Troy Brown for 23 yards and Jer=
maine Wiggins for 6 yards put Adam Vinatieri in his comfort zone.   Gogel F=
inds Redemption  Matt Gogel caught Pat Perez on the back nine and won the A=
T&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for his first PGA Tour victory.     MORE S=
PORTS NEWS    ARTS TV Diet of Torture Games and Gross-Out Stunts  Rude, cru=
de and above all dumb,  shows like "Fear Factor" are part of  the mainstrea=
ming of  a gross new world of  television.   Loving and Losing to Chase the=
 Blues  The talented R & B singer Alicia Keys  played a concert at Radio Ci=
ty Music Hall on Friday  that was a  night of celebration, not innovation. =
  Singers Merge Politics With Patriotism  Sunday's pregame and halftime sho=
ws were, as they were meant to be, jarringly different from most Super Bowl=
s, but it was easy to see where it all came from.     MORE ARTS NEWS    NY =
REGION Candidates Try to Fathom New York's Shifting Voters  The rules that =
have long guided candidates seeking statewide office in New York seem to ha=
ve been thrown out the window over the last four years.   A Little Violence=
 and Lots of Police Equal 150 Arrests Far From Forum  The calm that had inf=
used the weekend's protests against the World Economic Forum ended on Sunda=
y, when demonstrators took over parts of the East Village and the Upper Eas=
t Side.   Albany Bill Would Cover Birth Control  Republican lawmakers have =
offered a compromise bill requiring health insurers to cover contraceptives=
.     MORE NY REGION NEWS    OP-ED  Sharon Enters Armistice Talks   By WILL=
IAM SAFIRE  Last Wednesday night, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave me his t=
elephonic account of what could be the start of a true  truce process with =
three veteran Palestinian negotiators.   Sneak Attack   By  BOB HERBERT  Bu=
sh administration officials presented a plan as an altruistic attempt to  b=
ring more health care benefits to low-income pregnant women. It  was actual=
ly a guerrilla attack on  abortion rights.   America and Anti-Americans   B=
y SALMAN RUSHDIE  America finds itself facing a broader ideological adversa=
ry that may  turn out to be as hard to defeat as  militant Islam:  anti-Ame=
ricanism.     MORE OP-ED  NEWS    About This E-Mail You received these head=
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