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  The New York Times on the Web
  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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