Subject: Today's Headlines: Senate Committee Takes Up Bid to Overhaul Social Security

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 03:50:11 -0500

TODAY'S HEADLINES
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Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Compiled 2 AM ET

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- TOP STORIES -

Senate Committee Takes Up Bid to Overhaul Social Security
By ROBIN TONER and DAVID E. ROSENBAUM
The panel could play a decisive role in the president's
drive to create private investment accounts in the Social
Security system.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/politics/26finance.html?th&emc=th

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Bush and Saudi Prince Discuss High Oil Prices in Ranch
Meeting
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON
President Bush said he wanted to discuss the capacity of
the Saudis to pump more oil to help offset a surge in
prices.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/international/middleeast/26prexy.html?th&emc=th

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Protest in a Urals Region Seeks the Ouster of a Putin Ally
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
An uprising against a regional government in Russia is
posing one of the most significant challenges yet to
President Vladimir Putin.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/international/europe/26russia.html?th&emc=th

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- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -

"People tend to forget what these guys are about. They watch 'The Sopranos' or some of these movies about the mob, and they think it's just some colorful characters. The thing is, they're still doingthis."
- THOMAS KIRKPATRICK, president of the Chicago Crime Commission.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/national/26mob.html?th&emc=th

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- INTERNATIONAL -

Afghan Arrested in New York Said to Be a Heroin Kingpin
By JULIA PRESTON
An Afghan tribal leader designated by the Bush
administration as one of the world's most-wanted narcotics
dealers was arrested in New York.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/international/asia/26afghan.html?th&emc=th

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Toll Rises to 71 in Japan Crash; Riders Blame Train's Speed
By NORIMITSU ONISHI
The train, which crashed into an apartment building, may
have been speeding to make up for a brief delay, survivors
said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/international/asia/26japan.html?th&emc=th

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Arms Move to Syria 'Unlikely,' Report Says
By DAVID E. SANGER
The Bush administration's senior weapons inspector said in
a report that it was "unlikely" that Saddam Hussein's
forces moved weapons to Syria.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/international/middleeast/26weapons.html?th&emc=th

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- NATIONAL -

Mayor of Scandal-Plagued San Diego Says He Will Quit
By JOHN M. BRODER
Dick Murphy, caught up in federal investigations into the
city's finances, said that he was resigning, effective July
15.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/national/26diego.html?th&emc=th

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Texas Officials Shrug Off Fine Over Bush Law
By SAM DILLON
The education commissioner of Texas said that classrooms
and teachers would not be harmed by the fine over President
Bush's No Child Left Behind law.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/education/26child.html?th&emc=th

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Some U.S. Security Agents Chafe Under Speech Limits
By ERIC LIPTON
A ban imposed on all federal air marshals on speaking about
their work set off a feud last year between Frank Terreri
and the marshal service.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/national/nationalspecial3/26marshal.html?th&emc=th

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- BUSINESS -

Big Board Deal Stirs Up the Rivalries
By LANDON THOMAS Jr.  and JENNY ANDERSON
The New York Stock Exchange's deal to buy an electronic
stock trading system has set off a battle involving some of
the boldest egos in finance.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/business/26nyse.html?th&emc=th

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Rigas Family to Cede Assets to Adelphia
By GERALDINE FABRIKANT
The family that founded Adelphia will forfeit almost its
entire fortune to pay for a $715 million fund to compensate
investors who lost money when the company collapsed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/business/media/26settle.html?th&emc=th

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Still Looking, A.I.G. Finds More Flaws in Its Books
By JENNY ANDERSON and KURT EICHENWALD
American International Group, the insurance giant under
scrutiny for its transactions, has uncovered at least $1
billion more in accounting problems.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/business/26insure.html?th&emc=th

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- SPORTS -

SERIES TIED, 1-1
Barrage by Miller Silences Boston and Its Vocal Fans
By HOWARD BECK
Reggie Miller shook off a poor Game 1 performance and led
the Indiana Pacers to an 82-79 victory over the Celtics.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/sports/basketball/26celtics.html?th&emc=th

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Gordon a Big Breath of Fresh Air in the Clutch
By LIZ ROBBINS
Twenty-two times this season, Ben Gordon scored 10 points
or more in the fourth quarter to help lead the Bulls to
victory.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/sports/basketball/26gordon.html?th&emc=th

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METS 5, BRAVES 4
Mets Enjoy a Surprising Performance
By LEE JENKINS
Aaron Heilman pitches either a masterpiece or a massacre.
When the Mets finally figured out which one they were going
to get, they backed him up with a victory.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/sports/baseball/26mets.html?th&emc=th

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- ARTS -

'The Pillowman' Audience: Shocked and a Bit Amused
By CHARLES McGRATH
Martin McDonagh's new play is, depending on how you look at
it, either the blackest of comedies or the most cheerful
and affirming of tragedies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/theater/newsandfeatures/26whip.html?th&emc=th

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Morgan Library Plans a Makeover and an Image Upgrade
By CAROL VOGEL
When the Pierpont Morgan Library reopens a year from now,
it will not only have undergone a physical metamorphosis;
it is hoping that its public persona will have changed, too.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/arts/design/26morg.html?th&emc=th

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On TV, Reality Loves a Villain
By KATE AURTHUR
CBS's "Amazing Race" has grown from a benign racing
competition to a more confrontational, character-driven
drama.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/arts/television/26race.html?th&emc=th

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- SCIENCE -

Mysterious Viruses as Bad as They Get
By DENISE GRADY
Some of the most basic questions about the Marburg virus
epidemic, centered in Angola, have yet to be answered.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/health/26viru.html?th&emc=th

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Tiny, Plentiful and Really Hard to Catch
By KENNETH CHANG
The neutrino, a seemingly magical, highly elusive particle,
may hold clues to the Big Bang.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/science/26neut.html?th&emc=th

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Prospect of a Mine Near a Salmon Fishery Stirs Worry in
Alaska
By LISA W. DREW
Prospectors are spending millions of dollars on plans for
mining operations in a depressed area of Alaska, which
could change the region forever.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/science/earth/26mine.html?th&emc=th

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- EDITORIALS -

TODAY'S EDITORIALS
The Disappearing Wall
The Republican campaign to breach the wall between church
and state is having a corrosive effect on policymaking and
the lives of Americans.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/opinion/26tue1.html?th&emc=th

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Keeping Amtrak Going
If Washington stalls next year's contribution to Amtrak,
the railroad could be forced into bankruptcy - a mistake of
historic proportions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/opinion/26tue2.html?th&emc=th

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Too Bitter a Rivalry
The long-running rivalry between the Police and Fire
Departments in New York City is threatening to undermine
public safety in the event of a terrorist attack.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/opinion/26tue3.html?th&emc=th

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An End to the Enterprise
Trekkies will be experiencing a dark void when the "Star
Trek" franchise comes to an end.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/opinion/26tue4.html?th&emc=th

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- OP-ED -

OP-ED COLUMNIST
N. Korea, 6, and Bush, 0
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
The single greatest failure of the Bush administration's
foreign policy is its refusal to negotiate bilaterally with
North Korea.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/opinion/26kristof.html?th&emc=th

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OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Proof's in the Pension
By JOHN TIERNEY
By adopting a private pension plan similar to that in
Chile, American workers could receive pensions triple the
amount of a Social Security check.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/opinion/26tierney.html?th&emc=th

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OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Terror in the Past And Future Tense
By ROBERT WRIGHT
We need to put our safety ahead of American sovereignty,
and address the technology of a terrorist threat, or we
won’t be secure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/opinion/26wright.html?th&emc=th

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- ON THIS DAY -

On April 26, 1986, the world's worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire in the No. 4 reactor sent radioactivity into the atmosphere; at least 31 Soviets died immediately.

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