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Jorge Lopez named Rho-Sigma-Tau Robert L. Shoemaker Professor fo Physics
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President Bush committed the United States today to building a missile defense system and indicated he would not allow a Cold War-era arms treaty to stand in the way. Go to Article
Republicans Strike Tentative Tax Deal
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
House and Senate Republicans tentatively agreed today to push for an 11-year, $1.35 trillion tax cut, G.O.P. aides and lawmakers said.
F.B.I. Director to Retire
By DAVID STOUT
F.B.I. director Louis J. Freeh, whose tenure was marked by conflict with the Clinton White House over fund-raising improprieties, said today he would retire next month.
Marc Rich Said to Have Pledged Donations to Ex-Wife's Charity
By ALISON LEIGH COWAN
Shortly before they received pardons from President Bill Clinton, Marc Rich and his business partner reportedly promised to donate $1 million a year to a charity run by Denise Rich.
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President Bush announcing his plans for a missile defense system at the National Defense University in Washington. Go to Article

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Closing Arguments in Church Bombing Trial

Undocumented Immigrants Rush for Legal Status

River's Power Aids California and Enriches the Northwest

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Bush Calls Putin in Attempt to Pave Way on Missile Plan

Bush, Senate Wrangle Over Schools

Cheney Promotes Increasing Supply as Energy Policy

Lunch at the White House Proves No Big Draw

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U.S. Asks Painkiller Maker to Help Curb Wide Abuse

Hepatitis C Poses New Threat to Many With AIDS

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Model for Research Rises in a Third World City

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Space Tourist Encourages Others

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Model for Research Rises in a Third World City

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For TV's Vulnerable Shows, It's Fear-and-Lobbying Season

The Party's Hardly Over for Faith Prince

'A Pitcher's Story': Toting the Wins and Losses of a Pitcher's Art

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra: The Sounds of Terrified Sinners

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Bush Calls Putin in Attempt to Pave Way on Missile Plan

Philippine Police Start to Arrest Opposition

Bomb Blasts in the Gaza Strip and West Bank Kill 2

May Day Protesters Clash With Police

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Embassy Bombing Trial in Closing Arguments

Three Catholic Schools to Close

Water Main Break Disrupts New Jersey

Files Suggest Profiling of Latinos Led to Immigration Raids

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Camby Rejoins Knicks

Camby Shows How to Put Family First

Mets Land Back Home Right in Comfort Zone

Yankees Find Twins No Longer Pushovers

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Web Archive Opens a New Realm of Research

Computer Associates Officials Defend Accounting Methods

A Solid April Takes Some of the Sting Out of Winter Losses

Monster.com Ends Suits on Ex-Workers

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Galliano's Dior Finds Street Cred at Last

Front Row: Writers and Retail Are Made for Each Other

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Why Johnny Can't Mate: Dysfunction as a Game Show

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Boox: A Comic by Mark Alan Stamaty

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On May 1, 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane near Sverdlovsk and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers. (See this front page.) In 1909, Kate Smith, the American singer who was considered the "first lady of radio," was born. (Read about her life.) In 1880, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the mass migration of Southern blacks to the West. (See the cartoon.)

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