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Little Difference Found In Schizophrenia Drugs A study that compared drugs used to treat schizophrenia has confirmed what many psychiatrists long suspected: newer drugs that are highly promoted and widely prescribed offer few if any benefits over older medicines that sell for a fraction of the cost. The study looked at four new-generation drugs, called atypical antipsychotics, and one older drug. SCIENCE TIMES, PAGE F1
Iraqi Newsman Is Killed Fakher Haider, an Iraqi journalist and photographer who worked for The New York Times since April 2003, was found dead on the outskirts of Basra. He had been abducted from his home by armed men claiming to be police officers, his wife said. Mr. Haider, who had three children, was 38. PAGE A10
A Bank Begins a Comeback Liberty Bank has long been a New Orleans success story, a homegrown institution in a predominantly African-American city. The bank's presence was greatest in the most-devastated part of the city. Now, its road back begins in a branch office in Baton Rouge.
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Oil Quota Increase Is Set OPEC said that it planned to allow its members to provide up to two million barrels a day of extra crude oil if needed. But oil traders brushed aside the move and sent oil prices higher on worries of another possible hurricane. BUSINESS DAY, PAGE C1
German Election Is Over, but Outlook Is Still Confused Election posters for Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and his rival, Angela Merkel, were removed in Mühlheim, Germany, as the political stalemate deepened in the wake of an inconclusive election. PAGE A8
The Science of Dirty Words Researchers who study the evolution of language say cursing is universal. Every language and dialect ever studied, living or dead, spoken by millions or by a small tribe, turns out to have its own forbidden speech. SCIENCE TIMES, PAGE F1
A War Called Hell In "The March," E.L. Doctorow mixes fact and fiction to draw a bloody, tactile portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman's march through the South and a visceral understanding of the horrors of war. Review by Michiko Kakutani.. THE ARTS, PAGE E1
Teachers' Union Leader Dies Sandra Feldman, a deft and intimidating powerhouse who led the United Federation of Teachers in New York and then the American Federation of Teachers, was 65. PAGE A27
Small Business Venture capital firms around Silicon Valley are fighting each other to get in on technology startups, making a sellers' market for entrepreneurs. Also: A look at the plight of small-business owners around the Gulf region, and the aid being promised after Hurricane Katrina. SECTION G
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