Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) articles from August 2003

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) archives from August 2003

White Sox sweep away all doubt; they will pass Royals.
August 1, 2003

Royals left flush in White Sox sweep.
August 1, 2003

A sweep most royal for the White Sox.
August 1, 2003

Despite stadium deal, Reds going nowhere fast.
August 1, 2003

Grace searching for the proper exit.
August 1, 2003

Hustler publisher throws hat in ring to replace California governor.
August 1, 2003

Balky AOL 8.0 easily replaced by past version.
August 1, 2003

Hacker protection measures sure to generate collateral PC damage.
August 1, 2003

Toughest ticket ever would be Red Sox against Cubs.
August 1, 2003

HEADLINE HERE.
August 1, 2003

Debate intensifies over same-sex unions.
August 1, 2003

At this school, health education starts in the `cafe'.
August 1, 2003

Topping 100: Hope for the rest of us.
August 1, 2003

When it comes to design, Christian Liaigre's got it and the masterful Frenchman is taking it into the kitchen.
August 1, 2003

Usually regimented House GOP wobbles.
August 1, 2003

Fewer places to hide.
August 1, 2003

Horseback heroics: A brief vocabulary for Charros.
August 1, 2003

With reins in hand, charros hold on to Mexican heritage.
August 1, 2003

North Korea agrees to six-party talks about nuclear program.
August 1, 2003

Business events of the week ahead.
August 1, 2003

Then and now, a cruel cut.
August 1, 2003

Scripted dramas giving reality genre the boot.
August 1, 2003

United Airlines lost $623 million in 2nd quarter.
August 1, 2003

Public support for sending troops to Iraq erodes.
August 1, 2003

When assistant is away, Acrobat puts files in play.
August 1, 2003

An action figure for the books.
August 1, 2003

Activists Push for Affordable Chicago Housing.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Carolina Bolado Aug. 1--Hundreds rallied Thursday outside the Thompson Center in the Loop, urging Mayor Richard Daley to support a City Council ordinance that would require that a quarter of new residential units be set aside for...

Transportation Security Agency Presents Modified Passenger Screening Process.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Frank James Aug. 1--WASHINGTON--Responding to criticism that an earlier version of its proposed airline-passenger screening program would have greatly invaded individual privacy, the Transportation Security Administration unveiled...

U.S. and Arab Media at Odds over Coverage in Iran.
August 1, 2003... Byline: E.A. Torriero Aug. 1--BAGHDAD--The Bush administration and Arab media are in a dispute over coverage of Iraq that has seen U.S. forces shut down a Baghdad newspaper and charges by television networks of harassment and detention of...

Chicago Tribune Market Report Column.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Bill Barnhart Aug. 1--The Standard & Poor's 500 index is at 1000. Hey, you got a problem with that? Apparently, Wall Street does. A burst of upbeat economic reports on Thursday sent the benchmark S&P 500 index to 1004. But...

CFTC Eyes Proposal to Recognize Only U.S.-Born Cattle for Futures Contracts.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Mark Skertic Aug. 1--Only cattle born and raised in the U.S. could be used to satisfy delivery on cattle futures contracts if a rule change pushed by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is adopted. The proposal has angered Mexican...

Chicago Plans More Layoffs in 2004; Deficit Projected at $116 Million.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Sabrina L. Miller Aug. 1--The Daley administration announced Thursday that it projects a nearly $116 million budget deficit in 2004 and must decrease the city workforce to bridge the revenue shortfall. The projected deficit in...

Democratic Presidential Hopeful Says Democrats Must Beat Bush on U.S. Security.
August 1, 2003

Optimism in Economic Recovery Lifted by Influx of Bullish Manufacturing News.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Robert Manor Aug. 1--Mel Bergstein, chief executive of Chicago-based DiamondCluster International Inc., doesn't need the government's leading indicators report to tell him where the economy is headed. His own company can tell him...

Security Measures Put Foreign College Students in Security Vise.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Robert Becker Aug. 1--With fall classes just weeks away, college officials are watching nervously as two separate security measures stemming from the 2001 terrorist attacks take effect Friday, with the aim of better screening and...

Illinois Law Makes Identity Theft a Felony.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Christi Parsons Aug. 1--SPRINGFIELD, Ill.--People who commit identity theft will be subject to harsh new penalties in Illinois, under a measure Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed into law Thursday that takes effect immediately. The...

U.S. Official Leading Search for WMD in Iraq Upbeat Evidence Will Be Found.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Douglas Holt Aug. 1--WASHINGTON--While U.S. teams in Iraq have failed so far to find weapons of mass destruction, the official leading the search struck an upbeat note Thursday, all but promising to turn up evidence of forbidden...

Illinois High Court Takes Back Contempt Threat in Pay-Raise Battle.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Ray Long Aug. 1--SPRINGFIELD, Ill.--The Illinois Supreme Court backed away Thursday from its threat to hold Comptroller Dan Hynes in contempt of court for refusing to give judges a 2.8 percent cost-of-living increase and gave the...

Chicago Tribune Marketing Column.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Jim Kirk Aug. 1--AGENCY'S NEW PRESIDENT FEMALE, FROM MEDIA SIDE: Although the situation is changing, female advertising agency presidents are still rare in the business. Rarer still are advertising agency executives who came up...

Turkish Wireless Carrier to Pay Billions to Motorola, Nokia in Fraud Case.
August 1, 2003... Byline: John Schmeltzer Aug. 1--The world's two largest cell phone makers, Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp., were awarded billions of dollars in damages and control of Turkey's second largest wireless carrier on Thursday by a federal district...

Illinois Toll Highway Agency Collects Public Opinions on Service.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Virginia Groark Aug. 1--In another effort to improve customer service, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority launched a campaign Thursday to solicit people's opinions about toll collectors, asking motorists everything from...

Top Retailing Executive at Sears Resigns.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Lorene Yue Aug. 1--A top retailing executive is departing from Sears, Roebuck & Co., leaving the company with one less merchandising expert to engineer a successful turnaround. Dave Dyer, the chief executive officer who led a...

Illinois Approach to Trimming Deficit Has Towns Feeling Soaked.
August 1, 2003... Byline: H. Gregory Meyer Aug. 1--The mayor of Downstate Findlay was fretting over finding money to fix the village's obsolete sewage treatment plant when he learned of a $7,500 bill for a state permit just to operate it--part of a package...

Pentagon Says Figure at Heart of Controversial 'Terror Market' Plan to Resign.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Stephen J. Hedges Aug. 1--WASHINGTON--Defense officials said Thursday that retired Admiral John Poindexter, a central figure in the Reagan administration's Iran-Contra scandal, will resign his current job at a Pentagon research...

Number of U.S. Uninsured Children Decreases.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Bryan A. Keogh Aug. 1--WASHINGTON--Despite a struggling economy, the number of uninsured children in the United States has decreased by 1.8 million since 1999, particularly among low-income and minority youths, a report released...

Teamsters Endorse Gephardt.
August 1, 2003

South Africa seeks diversity, but English rules.
August 2, 2003

Cubs fall as Diamondbacks end losing skid.
August 2, 2003

New Cub Ramirez ends marathon with single in 14th.
August 2, 2003

QuesTec steams umpires, pitchers.
August 2, 2003

Driving great's efforts keep race at Road America.
August 2, 2003

Colombian rebels regard learning as threat to their causes.
August 2, 2003

Off-field issues cloud No. 1 debate in college football.
August 2, 2003

Gray steps in, steps up.
August 2, 2003

Hall of Famer Mike Ditka talks openly about impotence.
August 2, 2003

Border agents race to reduce immigrant deaths due to heat.
August 2, 2003

Palestinian officials detain 17 militants taking refuge in Arafat compound.
August 2, 2003

Race takes competitors from the depths to the heights.
August 2, 2003

Episcopal Church searches its soul.
August 2, 2003

Negativity or truth? Discussing Baker nothing if not baffling.
August 2, 2003

HEADLINE HERE.
August 2, 2003

VP's prewar role drawing attention; some allege misuse of Iraq intelligence.
August 2, 2003

Memories of summer hate camps haunt Iraqi `cubs'.
August 2, 2003

Calendar Retailers Get Ready for the Beginning of Selling Season.
August 2, 2003... Byline: Kevin Pang Aug. 2--In the calendar business, there is no greater truth than time is money. For the half-billion dollar a year industry, getting consumers to hang a calendar of a favorite pin-up is a battle against the clock....

Higher Casino Fees, Costs Drive Illinois Gamblers to Indiana.
August 2, 2003... Aug. 2--The Illinois casino industry feared it would lose gamblers to the betting emporiums in neighboring Indiana when it started to pass on the costs of a hefty state tax hike that went into effect July 1. As it turns out, Illinois...

Chicago Tribune Ask Jim Column.
August 2, 2003... Byline: James Coates Aug. 2--QUESTION: Every time I try to download AOL 8.0, I get a message that states AOL cannot find my modem, and then the computer freezes. When I try to download AOL 8.0, it only completes to 92 percent. I have tried...

Reports Indicate U.S. Economic Recovery May Be Closer.
August 2, 2003... Byline: John Schmeltzer Aug. 2--The nascent economic recovery appeared to gather more steam Friday on reports that the nation's unemployment rate dipped slightly in July to 6.2 percent, while the manufacturing sector grew for the first...

Tellabs to Cut Jobs, Shut Down Bolingbrook, Ill., Manufacturing Plant.
August 2, 2003... Byline: Jon Van Aug. 2--Tellabs Corp. will close its Bolingbrook manufacturing plant and shed another 325 jobs in a bid to restore the telecom equipment company to profitability. The moves will be completed by year's end, said Michael...

United Airlines' Second-Quarter Revenue Drops 18 Percent despite Federal Aid.
August 2, 2003... Byline: Melissa Allison Aug. 2--Even with a sizeable cash handout from the government, United Airlines posted a second-quarter net loss Friday larger than any other major U.S. carrier. The airline, operating under bankruptcy protection...

Mariners down White Sox, 8-2.
August 3, 2003

Olerud has 2 home runs, 7 RBI as Mariners pummel White Sox.
August 3, 2003

Sosa homers to help Cubs beat Diamondbacks, 2-1.
August 3, 2003

Brazil's homeless establish `roofless' movement to prompt reform.
August 3, 2003

Stram steals show at Hall of Fame induction.
August 3, 2003

As fence goes up, Palestinians on `Israeli' side left stranded.
August 3, 2003

Industry advocate flings mud at `nanny science' in nation's cultural food fights.
August 3, 2003

Episcopal church nears approval of first gay bishop.
August 3, 2003

Backers say FCC rule changes aid survival of free TV.
August 3, 2003

Chicago Software Company Helps Emergency Crews Locate Callers.
August 3, 2003... Byline: Jon Van Aug. 3--Sophisticated telecom technology that makes it easier to call someone can, paradoxically, also make it harder for police, fire and paramedic personnel to find them when responding to 911 calls. The days are long...

Chicago Tribune Auto Letters Column.
August 3, 2003... Byline: Jim Mateja Aug. 3--QUESTION: The auto industry should go back to building stronger cars. Today's cars look as strong as a tank, but fold up like a tin can when struck at even low speeds. Tell the truth, wouldn't you be willing to...

Chicago Tribune Business Outlook Column.
August 3, 2003... Byline: William Sluis Aug. 3--SERVICE SECTOR DYNAMIC DEMAND: Americans who harbor doubts about the economic rebound point to manufacturing, which seems interminably stuck in low gear. A 3-year hiring drought at the nation's factories...

Chicago Tribune Binary Beat Column.
August 3, 2003... Byline: James Coates Aug. 3--Call it the strange affair of the hackers versus the Office of Homeland Security. It's a tale that says much about the state of computer paranoia rampant in the land of the free and the home of the...

Chicago Tribune David Greising Column.
August 3, 2003... Byline: David Greising Aug. 3--LOSS OF POINDEXTER A WIN FOR ALL OF US: At least one good thing came from the zany idea for a "terrorism futures" market that was launched from an off-kilter corridor of the Pentagon. John Poindexter got...

Chicago Tribune Investing Column.
August 3, 2003... Byline: Andrew Countryman Aug. 3--Forgive investors in Allstate Corp. if they feel a bit whipsawed. In June, the Northbrook-based insurer was included on the much-noted Corporate Library research group's list of the bottom 10 U.S....