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Headlines for 13 November 2002

New York’s currently: an asylum of sick people

 South Africa looks for equality in business-ownership, when 12 percent of the population still controls the economy.

 Homeland Security Department comes closer to fruition.

 President’s uncanny knack for predicting future explained.

 83-year-old Margaret Frascone busted for helping run ‘the family business.’

 Looking for alternatives to the cubicle: Metropolis asks designers and a physical therapist to come up with new ideas for office design.

 The Simpsons wasn’t kidding: Rock & Roll camp is for real, and middle-aged men love it.

 Cowboy couture celebrated in Japan, especially at Country Gold.

 Curb Your Enthuiasm explained with Richard Lewsis’s story of Larry David escaping group therapy.

 Boy kicked off D.A.R.E. hockey team because father, who uses medicinal marijuana, attends game.

 Senators plan ban on therapeutic and reproductive cloning.

 Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder wows Yale crowd; in case it’s not in your paper, today’s Boondocks.

 Sikh playboy will tell you, Manhattan women are never satisfied.

 A guide to truffles.

 Review of DuMont, where the burger is one of the best in the city.

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