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Senate Approves Limiting Rights of U.S. Detainees
By ERIC SCHMITT
The Senate voted to strip captured "enemy combatants" at Guant嫕amo Bay of the ability to challenge their detentions in U.S. courts.
Iraq-Based Jihad Appears to Seek Broader Horizons
By DOUGLAS JEHL
Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, took responsibiltiy for deadly attacks in Jordan and Iraq over the past two days.
House Leaders Postpone Vote on Budget Bill
By CARL HULSE
The postponement on a contentious budget-cutting bill was a striking display of the discord and political anxiety running through the Republican Party.
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| QUOTATION OF THE DAY |
"You would boil pork rinds if someone told you it worked."
FELINA RAKOWSKI-GALLAGHER a mother of two, on remedies for colic.
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Angry Jordanians Mourn Dead, and a Bruised Image
By HASSAN M. FATTAH
Jordan grew defiant on Thursday after the worst act of terrorism in its history set off an outpouring of emotion in condemnation of the attacks.
Suicide Bombing Leaves 29 Dead in Baghdad Cafe
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
The bombing, one of the most deadly in the Iraqi capital in recent months, was claimed by Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia.
France Faces a Colonial Legacy: What Makes Someone French?
By CRAIG S. SMITH
At the heart of the unrest in France is a struggle between native French identity and a refusal to accept the increasingly multiethnic makeup of the population.
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Deal to Replace Schools After Katrina Is Faulted
By ERIC LIPTON
To critics, the 450 portable classrooms being installed across Mississippi are prime examples of wasteful spending and favoritism.
Genetic Find Stirs Debate on Race-Based Medicine
By NICHOLAS WADE
An Icelandic company says it has detected a version of a gene that raises the risk of heart attack in African-Americans by more than 250 percent.
Schwarzenegger Says the Fault Is His
By JOHN M. BRODER
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said that he alone was at fault for the decisive voter rejection of the four ballot measures he had promoted in California.
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September Trade Gap Set Record
By VIKAS BAJAJ
The U.S. trade deficit widened by a surprising 11 percent in September, reflecting a surge in energy imports after Hurricane Katrina and a drop in airplane exports.
And the Emmy for Best Actor on iPods Goes to ...
By LAURA M. HOLSON
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences plans to recognize original video content for computers, cellphones and other hand-held devices.
United Airlines Plans to Hire 2,000 Flight Attendants
By JEFF BAILEY
United Airlines said that it planned to hire 2,000 flight attendants, the first such hires for the company since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Report Finds No Evidence of Perjury by Palmeiro
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Lawmakers said there isn't enough evidence to prove Rafael Palmeiro lied when he told Congress under oath that he had "never used steroids."
Wagner Is Top Priority for Mets and Phillies
By BEN SHPIGEL
Although the Red Sox and the Braves lurk offstage, the leading suitors for Billy Wagner, the top free-agent closer, are the Mets and the Phillies.
Giants' Finn Is the Anonymous Blocking Back
By JOHN BRANCH
Jim Finn, who plays fullback to Tiki Barber's tailback, plays an integral but largely unsung role in the Giants' running game.
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CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Country Music? Whose Country?
By KELEFA SANNEH
In New York, a city that doesn't even have a country radio station, this weekend will offer an extraordinary lineup of country-music concerts.
ART REVIEW | 'THE ART OF RICHARD TUTTLE'
40 Years of Making Much Out of Little
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
Mr. Tuttle's rapturous brand of intimism in the form of exquisite assemblages caress the walls of the Whitney Museum.
THEATER REVIEW | 'SOUVENIR'
A Mighty Squeal From a Big Heart
By BEN BRANTLEY
"Souvenir" is a sweet but none-too-short love letter of a play about Florence Foster Jenkins, a socialite who set eardrums a-trembling.
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MOVIE REVIEW | 'BEE SEASON'
God Spells? School Champion Puts Cabala Theory to the Test
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Based on the well-regarded novel by Myla Goldberg, "Bee Season" is a serious film filled with both great and awkward ideas.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'PRIDE & PREJUDICE'
Marrying Off Those Bennet Sisters Again, but This Time Elizabeth Is a Looker
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
A sumptuous screen adaptation of Jane Austen's 1813 novel that gathers you up on its white horse and gallops off into the sunset.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE'
From Suburbia and Stranded Somewhere Near Saturn
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
An extraterrestrial fantasy, based on a children's book by Chris Van Allsburg, that feels both real and unreal, like a dream you could shake off at any moment.
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Memo to Poor Countries: Stand Fast
If the European Union is truly going to refuse to make right a half-century of trade-distorting farm subsidies, then the trade talks should just not move.
Murder in Jordan
We will have to live with terrorism, and find better ways to combat it, for a long time. The challenge is to resist the poisonous and paralyzing fear terrorists seek to spread.
Cleaner Cars for New York
Impatient governors who take global warming more seriously than President Bush and Congress do have decided to take matters into their own hands.
The Eternal Now of Television
A new concept of television is coming: a world in which nearly everything that has ever been produced is showing on your personal station now.
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OP-ED COLUMNIST
 The Deadly Doughnut
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Politicians who don't believe in a positive role for government shouldn't be allowed to design new government programs.
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Thou Shalt Not Destroy the Center
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
The gap between the problems our country faces and the tiny mandates that our democracy seems able to generate to address them is really worrying.
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Home Alone
By DANIELLE TRUSSONI
When my father marched in his first Veterans Day parade, people thanked him for his service. It was remarkable how much those thank yous meant to him.
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
For Election Reform, a Heartening Defeat
By SAM HIRSCH and THOMAS E. MANN
A redistricting initiative needs to have criteria that voters see as fair and enforceable.
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