Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) articles from July 2001

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) archives from July 2001

B-1 bomber is symbol of freedom for small Ga. town.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Dahleen Glanton WARNER ROBINS, Ga._For five years, residents of this central Georgia farming community have lived with the roaring thunder of B-1 bombers taking off and landing at Robins Air Force Base. The gigantic planes and...

Sox move on, set sights on Twins.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Bill Jauss CHICAGO _ The first-place Minnesota Twins are coming to town, and, like his teammates, White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko knows what that means. "We have to win three out of four, if not more," said Konerko. "I...

Lieber has ticket to ride . . . home.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Phil Rogers CINCINNATI _ Jon Lieber isn't trading in his plane tickets to Alabama just yet. But Lieber will be conspicuously absent if Mets manager Bobby Valentine doesn't pick him for the All-Star Game. The Cubs right-hander...

Penning a winning script.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Phil Rogers CINCINNATI_Not many managers would pull their ace with a one-run lead in the sixth inning. The Cubs' Don Baylor did. Baylor also stuck with slumping catcher Joe Girardi. Another manager might have yielded to the...

Jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson dies at 64.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Howard Reich Joe Henderson, one of the most intelligent improvisers ever to pick up a tenor saxophone, died Saturday in San Francisco of heart failure after an extended battle with emphysema. He was 64. Henderson, a three-time...

Blackhawks' Smith hits his target with Klemm.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Neil Milbert CHICAGO _ Jon Klemm, a defenseman who has just played on his second Stanley Cup championship winner in Colorado, is coming to Chicago to try to help the Blackhawks end their four-year playoff famine. "He's a...

Patients' bill of rights may change little for most consumers.
July 1, 2001... Byline: William Neikirk WASHINGTON_Patients' bill of rights legislation being hotly debated in Congress is designed to make health maintenance organizations come to heel and to put doctors back in charge of health care. But things may...

Israelis cannot make emotional voyage to relaxation.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Stephen Franklin NITZANIM BEACH, Israel_The road meandered left and right, climbed and dropped. It passed grassy sand dunes, a tree-shrouded stream and an old army base. The road straightened and there was the beach, with...

Tale of missing intern fixates capital.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Michael Kilian WASHINGTON_The Monica Lewinsky scandal that is part of President Bill Clinton's legacy was a story with the irresistible combination of a young intern, a powerful married politician and the kind of sexual intrigue...

Trimble's resignation casts doubt on future of Good Friday peace accord.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Liz Sly LONDON_Northern Ireland braced for a summer of political turmoil Sunday after the resignation of the province's first minister, David Trimble, cast into doubt the future of the Good Friday peace accord. The...

Burke's career takes flight.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Dave Surico ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. _ Trainer Donald Burke II used a lesson he learned from his old boss Charlie Whittingham to win the first race of his career, the $190,500 Grade III Stars and Stripes Breeders' Cup Turf Sunday at...

Chicago standout Magee earns harness racing top honor.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Dave Surico CHICAGO _ Like all Chicago drivers, Dave Magee worries about traffic. But the jams that concern the 47-year-old mostly involve harness horses, not cars. Because of his ability to maneuver standardbreds to the winner's...

A good first impression; call-up scores in third minute to ignite Fire.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Bob Foltman CHICAGO _ David Hayes has a little bit to learn about this big league sports stuff. Usually when someone scores his first anything, it's common to talk about it afterward. There the media waited in the Fire locker...

United calls off U.S. Air deal.
July 1, 2001... Byline: John Schmeltzer Thirteen months after proposing the controversial acquisition of US Airways, officials of United Airlines on Sunday said they are abandoning efforts to craft a deal that is acceptable to government regulators. ...

Developer Plans a New Chicago Luxury Apartment Building.
July 1, 2001... Byline: John Handley Jul. 1--CHICAGO--The boom in new downtown residences started about eight years ago with loft conversions in old buildings. But as the number of industrial buildings suitable for conversion dwindled, the trend has...

Chicago Tribune Auto Letters Column.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Jim Mateja Jul. 1--AIR BAGS SMARTER THAN `SOURCES': Could you direct me to a mechanic who would deactivate air bags? What legal or insurance consequences would there be in deactivating the bags? I'm 4 foot 6, and sources say that...

Chicago Tribune Inside Finance Column.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Melissa Allison Jul. 1--CHICAGO NO. 2 AS HOME FOR HEADQUARTERS: Every time a Chicago-based company leaves town, the hand-wringing begins over Chicago losing its cachet as headquarters city. It happened when Waste Management was...

Chicago Tribune Business Outlook Column.
July 1, 2001... Byline: William Sluis Jul. 1--Although talk of slowdown has been in the air for months, one area of the economy that has put up resistance is the job market, which--historically speaking--has largely remained firm. But in recent...

Chicago Tribune Chicago Stocks Column.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Bill Barnhart Jul. 1--Call it window dressing. Call it bargain-hunting. The last week of the second quarter generated optimism among depressed technology and telecommunications stocks. Signs that the economy may be turning...

Chicago Tribune David Greising Column.
July 1, 2001... Byline: David Greising Jul. 1--DALEY'S O'HARE: TAKING ON THE EXPANSION FIGHT: Mayor Daley threw out a lot of big numbers Friday in laying out his O'Hare expansion plan. The $6 billion-plus-plus-plus price tag. One net new runway. Two...

Chicago Tribune Investing Column.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Kathy Bergen Jul. 1--INVESTORS TIRE OF EXOTIC TRIPS: They're the outcasts of the investment world. Once-hot emerging-market funds, rocked by tremors in Asia and Russia in 1997 and '98, continue to repel all but the hardiest...

Chicago Tribune Jim's Driveway Column.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Jim Mateja Jul. 1--Jim's Driveway is capsules of Jim Mateja's auto reviews that appear in the Chicago Tribune. The vehicles will be grouped by model year and listed alphabetically. The digested version of the most recent reviews...

Chicago Tribune New Cars Column.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Jim Mateja Jul. 1--CHICAGO--IT'S NO MIRAGE: LANCER BIGGER, MORE POWERFUL: Perhaps it's not as important what the 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer sedan is as what it will be. Reportedly the new Lancer has been earmarked to serve as the...

Chicago Tribune Real Estate Column.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Mary Umberger Jul. 1--CHICAGO--THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT TODAY, more of us than ever before own our own homes. The bad news is that we're also borrowing from our equity at a record-setting pace. So in a way, more of us own less of our...

Chicago-Area Collectors Build Realism into WWII Re-Enactments with Tanks.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Jim Binkley Jul. 1--CHICAGO--There's a large storage shed behind Chuck Roberts' home in Rochelle that looks like any other shed on the prairies of north-central Illinois. But slide open the door, and you'll find a bit of history....

Chicago Tribune Used Cars Column.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Rick Popely Jul. 1--USED-CAR SALES RIDE NEW-CAR SEESAW: While sales of new cars and light trucks sank 5.6 percent in the first five months of 2001, business has picked up at used-car lots. Art Spinella, general manager of CNW...

Ripken's last Comiskey stand.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Fred Mitchell CHICAGO _ The life and times of Cal Ripken could not be adequately captured in a 15-minute pregame tribute. But the White Sox organization succinctly paid homage to the retiring future Hall of Famer before...

White Sox defense, pitching falls short vs. Twins.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Paul Sullivan CHICAGO _ As White Sox fans performed the wave Monday night at Comiskey Park, Minnesota was intent on waving goodbye to the Sox. Corey Koskie's two home runs led the Twins to a 7-5 victory before 33,230 on...

The Big Ouch: the good times of 2000 are just a memory as White Sox struggle to stay in the 2001 race.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Paul Sullivan CHICAGO _ It was a year ago that we buried a time capsule for the 2000 White Sox, filling it with first-half souvenirs like Keith Foulke's stitches from the Sox-Tigers brawl and the bellman's cap Jerry Manuel donned...

Sosa 3-for-3 in picking up All-Star starts.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Phil Rogers CHICAGO _ Sammy Sosa was elected to the National League All-Star team Monday. He'll become the first Cubs outfielder to start three consecutive games. The indefatigable right fielder received 1,640,322 votes to...

3 All-Star starts in a row make Sosa No. 1 Cub.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Phil Rogers CHICAGO _ Sammy Sosa was elected to the National League All-Star team Monday. He'll become the first Cub to start three consecutive games. The indefatigable right fielder, received 1,640,322 votes to finish second...

Amazing, Cubs' lead grows despite injuries, lack of hitting.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Phil Rogers CHICAGO _ Another day, another lineup. The Cubs don't roll toward the All-Star break. They creep. Or creak. Surely Don Baylor needed Monday's down time as much as his bone-weary players, who have needed all their...

Gumming up Wrigley Field: Cubs consider ads in ballpark.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Blair Kamin CHICAGO _ It may be going too far to say that the question of putting ads in Wrigley Field is shaping up as a battle of the cathedral vs. the cash register. But it is certainly true that one of the things that makes...

Hardaway on Bulls? He's open to offers.
July 2, 2001... Byline: K.C. Johnson CHICAGO _ Henry Thomas offers a pertinent statistic for anyone who believes Tim Hardaway is washed up at the age of 34. "He played in 77 games last season, and he played more minutes in those games than (Utah's)...

Routers point the way to broadband nirvana.
July 2, 2001... Byline: James Coates Let others deal with halting global warming and other politically correct and worthy issues. For my part, I'm going to tell you how to wire your entire home from a single Internet connection. Get out your electric...

New Linksys product allows cheap long-distance calls.
July 2, 2001... Byline: James Coates Irving, Calif.-based Linksys Group Inc. dominates the fast-growing small business and home computer Internet-sharing market with its line of squat blue boxes that allow multiple computers to use a single cable Internet...

Paying to see free fireworks: Some shell out big time for good view.
July 2, 2001... Byline: John-John Williams IV CHICAGO _ The annual Monroe Harbor fireworks show is free _ unless you're one of the hundreds of Chicago residents and visitors who find more personal, creative and pricey ways to catch the show. Some go...

Allenby: Woods can be beaten.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Gary Reinmuth LEMONT, Ill. _ Tiger Woods doesn't scare Robert Allenby. As the defending Advil Western Open champion, Allenby probably would be playing in this week's tournament in any case. Having Woods in the field just makes...

Psyching it to a problem, Mickelson tired of last-round blues.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Ed Sherman CHICAGO _ New on the golf curriculum for 2001: Phil Mickelson 101. The course will delve into the unique psychology of the world's No. 2 player. Weekly observation required. Mickelson certainly has been a case...

Breaking down the Western Open field.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Ed Sherman LEMONT, Ill. _ Some of the players to watch at this week's Advil Western Open: Tiger Woods Woods comes into the tournament on a rare cold streak. He has finished out of the top 10 in his last two tournaments,...

Course changes reflect Woods' influence.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Gary Reinmuth LEMONT, Ill. _ One less oak tree, more room to see Tiger Woods. The new par-3 No. 2 hole at Cog Hill's Dubsdread will make its tournament debut this week. It was built partly with Tigermania in mind. At...

Woods goes one-on-one to tutor lucky students, stages exhibition, clinic at course in Rockford, Ill.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Ed Sherman ord, Ill. ROCKFORD, Ill. _ Pressure isn't only having Tiger Woods give you a golf lesson. Pressure is knowing that you can hit Woods flush in the forehead while he is giving you a lesson. Justin Hatch, a...

Three coaches who shaped Woods' early game.
July 2, 2001... Rudy Duran Coached Woods from 4-10 Tiger Woods was only 4 when his mother, Kultida, took him to meet Rudy Duran, who ran a junior program at Heartwell Golf Park, a modest par-3 facility in Long Beach, Calif. Duran worked with Woods...

Woods grew his game at modest facilities.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Ed Sherman Tiger Woods didn't grow up playing country club golf. He was given an honorary membership to an exclusive club when he was 16, but by then his game had long been established. Woods learned how to play golf at modest...

Woods' roots are firmly planted in middle-class suburb.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Ed Sherman CYPRESS, Calif. _ The tan house is modest, blending seamlessly with the rest of the neighborhood. The front lawn is the size of a narrow sand trap. Tiger Woods learned to play golf here. Starting as an infant, he...

London police permit smoking of marijuana in Brixton community.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Liz Sly LONDON _ There was no mistaking the aroma wafting over the market stalls Monday in the south London community of Brixton. It was the odor of marijuana, accompanied by the heady whiff of freedom. This teeming,...

Survey shows a sickening side to job rudeness.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Bob Condor Sight seen in New York City: A young woman walking in Midtown, talking in Japanese to a friend and wearing a shirt that says, "This is rude" in script across the chest. Rudeness usually is less obvious and, depending...

Consumers face broad array of choices.
July 2, 2001... Dozens of energy drinks, boasting a variety of flavors, vitamins, minerals and botanicals, are on market shelves these days. We shopped at one store and came up with these nine, which provide a snapshot of the choices that a tired and thirsty...

Today's `energy' drinks promise more than refreshment.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Judy Hevrdejs We're sleep-deprived, over-scheduled and pulled as tight as a rubber band. Hold on. Salvation is a sip away. At least that's the message splashed on the labels of beverages now in stores everywhere. Their...

Hungry rabbits are plundering plants in downtown Chicago.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Liam Ford CHICAGO _ It seems to be the ideal place for rabbits, a prairie filled with wild grasses and native flowers. Unfortunately, this prairie is a small one at the north end of Chicago's Grant Park, a garden not designed as a...

Disney's light reflects in today's small-town architecture.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Michael Kilian WASHINGTON_Among the more astounding events of the capital silly season was the announcement that the National Building Museum was giving its prestigious annual Honor Award for "the enhancement of American public...

Ogilvy & Mather head sees ad spending falling, not cut off.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Jim Kirk There is little to cheer about on Madison Avenue, as forecasters of advertising spending continue to spew forth gloom and doom while the TV networks sell airtime at steep discounts. But at least one top global ad...

False test results flaw breast cancer care.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Judy Peres CHICAGO _ Laboratory tests routinely used to determine if breast cancer patients should receive a life-saving new drug often yield false results, so some women who desperately need the drug do not receive it, and others...

Hospital that revolutionized mental health is on its deathbed.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Ron Grossman Please edit and put story on hold for Monday. It needs trims. I have bjt. Line. Thanks, Karen TOPEKA, Kan ._ The Menninger Clinic, an internationally famed hospital that revolutionized mental health care in the...

Lutein shows arterial promise that would make a plumber proud.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Ronald Kotulak and Jon Van A new study suggests that the nutrient lutein may help prevent clogged arteries, which is interesting because a major dietary source of lutein is egg yolks, which tend to be shunned by dietary guidelines...

Mexican president ends speculation, marries his press secretary.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Laurie Goering MEXICO CITY _ President Vicente Fox marked the first anniversary Monday of his historic election with a soap opera twist: He married his spokeswoman and longtime girlfriend, Martha Sahagun. The president, who...

Violence escalates in Mideast; cease-fire hangs in balance.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Hugh Dellios JERUSALEM _ An Israeli man was shot to death in an Arab market Monday and two powerful car bombs rocked a city near Tel Aviv causing minor injuries as another day of violence passed with no sign that a U.S.-brokered...

Rouge River churns its way to a comeback.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Tim Jones DEARBORN, Mich. _ Ed McNamara remembers childhood summers of diving under little brown bubbles and dodging some of the "strange things" that floated atop the Rouge River. That was more than 65 years ago, when the Rouge...

Sara Lee to acquire Earthgrains bakery.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Ameet Sachdev CHICAGO _ Investors have been wondering for months what Sara Lee Corp. would do with the $3 billion war chest it built by divesting 15 businesses in the past year. The consumer goods giant finally answered that...

The lasting power and the gory glory of Slayer, masters of metal.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Greg Kot Slayer is one of the handful of great rock bands to emerge in the last two decades. The Southern California quartet hasn't just redefined heavy metal; it has raised the stakes for any band that tries to play hard rock with...

From aria to whole new area: Teen opera star tries mountain music.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Gary Dretzka HOLLYWOOD _ In "Songcatcher," Maggie Greenwald's loving ode to America's musical heritage, fresh-faced newcomer Emmy Rossum plays an Appalachian orphan who is blessed with a heavenly voice. But while the curly haired...

Once burned out, Capriati's back on fire.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Melissa Isaacson WIMBLEDON, England_Even during her darkest moments, Jennifer Capriati had to know it was there. This refuge and albatross, a gift she was blessed with and stuck with, pulling her up and dragging her under and...

S. Williams-Capriati quarter has looks of a final.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Melissa Isaacson WIMBLEDON, England _ In the tightly-knotted world that is the upper echelon of women's tennis, this is one of those matches that comes about a half-dozen times a year. One of those matches that deserves to be a...

Sampras' streak comes to end at Wimbledon.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Melissa Isaacson WIMBLEDON, England_If not Roger Federer, someone would have done it. If not this match, then the next. If not this year, then another. Pete Sampras, like all great champions, eventually falls. "You know...

Outside the box: The arts don't fit into the picture for TV news.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Steve Johnson Looking at television news, you could reasonably arrive at the ridiculous conclusion that people almost never talk about books, movies, television or theater. You could come away believing that at parties and over...

Plans for first airline owned by minority collapse along with United-US Airways deal.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Robert Manor CHICAGO _ For billionaire Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, DC Air is the airline that never left the ground. The collapse of the merger between United Airline's corporate parent, UAL, and...

With deal collapsing, United has few options left, analysts say.
July 2, 2001... Byline: John Schmeltzer United Airlines' move to terminate its proposed takeover of U.S. Airways Group will leave it with limited strategic options as it faces a future as the nation's No. 2 carrier. With its successful acquisition of...

Milosevic to face arraignment Tuesday before international court.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Ray Moseley THE HAGUE, Yugoslavia _ Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic refuses to recognize "the very existence" of the International War Crimes Tribunal and will not answer to the charges of war crimes against him when...

Bush Administration Doves May Drive Out Antitrust Hawks.
July 2, 2001... Jul. 2--Last week's court decision overturning the breakup of Microsoft Corp. may well signal the end of the hawkish antitrust enforcement that prevailed throughout the 1990s, experts say. Under departed antitrust chief Joel Klein, the...

Test Problems Flaw Breast Cancer Care.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Judy Peres Jul. 2--Laboratory tests routinely used to determine if breast cancer patients should receive a life-saving new drug often yield false results, so some women who desperately need the drug do not receive it, and others...

Chicago Tribune Ask Jim Column.
July 2, 2001... Byline: James Coates Jul. 2--A QUICK SALUTE DISPLAYS LISTING OF PC'S TASKS: I would like some help with the box that comes up in Windows when you press Control+Alt+Delete. I read somewhere that if you press these three keys you will be...

Voice-Over-DSL Has Companies Talking Savings.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Jon Van Jul. 2--Perhaps the best thing about the latest advance in telephone technology is that nobody notices it. "People here don't realize they're using it, and I didn't tell them," said Steve Loria, controller at a Crystal...

Food Industry Aims to Turn Profit, Please Palates with New Items.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Ameet Sachdev Jul. 2--Tony Mantuano, executive chef of Spiaggia, one of Chicago's finest Italian restaurants, is known as a painstaking craftsman with a passion for pure Italian cooking. His menu has included pancetta-wrapped...

Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja Column.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Jim Mateja Jul. 2--TECHNOLOGY CAN PUT CARS IN A TELLING SITUATION: You may have the right to remain silent. But be advised that you car is back at the shop spilling its guts to the authorities. Thanks to an age in which...

Microsoft Case May Force Bush to Seek a Stiff Penalty for Antitrust Violations.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Frank James Jul. 2--WASHINGTON, D.C.--Now that a federal appeals court has dismissed two of the Justice Department's three claims against Microsoft Corp., the conservative President Bush might prefer to be as hands-off as possible...

Mitsubishi Case Provides More Than a Test of Whether a Vehicle Will Roll Over.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Rick Popely Jul. 2--CHICAGO--In rating the 2001 Mitsubishi Montero "not acceptable" because tests indicate the vehicle rolls over easily, Consumer Reports magazine raises new concerns about the safety of sport-utility vehicles and...

Recession Debate Continues in Washington.
July 2, 2001... Byline: William Neikirk Jul. 2--WASHINGTON, D.C.--In little more than half of a year, the U.S. economy has gone from boom to bust to the blahs. Some analysts say it went into a recession during the first six months of the year. And...

Chicago Universities Already Experiment with Forms of Artificial Intelligence.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Jeff Meredith Jul. 2--The ethical ramifications of using artificial intelligence to help people play God are bound to spark debate in cinema parking lots this summer. Most researchers in the field, however, are just trying to...

Chicago Tribune Software Spotlight Column.
July 2, 2001... Byline: James Coates Jul. 2--Irving, Calif.-based Linksys Group Inc. dominates the fast growing small business and home computer Internet sharing market with its line of squat blue boxes that allow multiple computers to use a single cable...

Phalanx of Collectors Preserve WWII Tanks.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Jim Binkley Jul. 2--CHICAGO--So, you want to be the first on your block with a World War II tank in the garage? It's not such a far-fetched idea. The Military Vehicle Preservation Association has 9,500 members worldwide, and...

Chicago Tribune Technology Buzz Column.
July 2, 2001... Byline: James Coates Jul. 2--WIRELESS RELIGION: YOU'VE GOT A DIVORCE: Although Vatican lawgivers rejected the idea of conducting confessions online, there are stirrings in the Islamic world that clerics will allow men to divorce via speed...

Chicago Tribune Technology Notebook Column.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Jon Van Jul. 2--PROTEIN SNAPSHOTS MAY HOLD KEY TO IMPROVED DEPRESSION TREATMENT: The key to treating depression, anxiety and related ailments requires a better picture of the locks that populate the outer surface of nerve cells,...

Chicago-Based Tech Company Rings Up Changes to Phone Use.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Jon Van Jul. 2--Combining telephone and computer networks can be done several ways, and the voice-over-DSL offered by Chicago-based Focal Communications Corp. is just the first step. Focal's service digitizes voice calls and...

United Airlines Calls Off Deal to Acquire US Airways.
July 2, 2001... Byline: John Schmeltzer Jul. 2--Thirteen months after proposing the controversial acquisition of US Airways, officials of United Airlines said Sunday that they are abandoning efforts to craft a deal that is acceptable to government...