Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) articles from September 2001

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) archives from September 2001

Northwest Plan Threatens Webster City, Iowa, Rare-Breed Poultry Hatchery.
September 1, 2001... Byline: James P. Miller Sep. 1--WEBSTER CITY, Iowa--Here in the rolling hills of central Iowa, feathers are flying in a high-stakes dispute involving giant Northwest Airlines, the U.S. Postal Service and the not-at-all-giant Murray...

Natural Gas Prices Hit Two-Year Lows.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Melita Marie Garza Sep. 1--As consumers focus on rising gasoline prices, the price of another vital commodity--natural gas--is hovering at two-year lows. Temperate weather and weak demand in the depressed manufacturing sector...

Motorola Scientists Report Breakthrough in Chip Fabrication.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Jon Van Sep. 1--Scientists at Motorola Labs claim that new work on fabricating semiconductors is a breakthrough that will reshape the entire industry. The development also has the potential to turn around the fortunes of Motorola's...

Procter & Gamble Admits to Searching Trash to Gain Hair-Care Information.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Ameet Sachdev Sep. 1--Talk about a bad hair day. Procter & Gamble Co. has confessed to rifling through the trash to gain information on rival Unilever's hair-care business. A Unilever official confirmed Friday that the...

Chicago Tribune Retail Notebook Column.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Susan Chandler Sep. 1--TEENS' FALL FASHIONS FIT SEVERAL TRENDS: Those of us who haven't been in school for at least two decades may have problems identifying the fashion looks that teenagers are sporting. But apparently their...

Chicago-Area Wallboard Maker Asks Approval for Workers' Retention Plan.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Melita Marie Garza Sep. 1--USG Corp. is asking a federal bankruptcy judge to approve a compensation plan designed to encourage its top management to remain with company while it undergoes Chapter 11 reorganization, according to...

Chicago Tribune Workplace Buzz Column.
September 1, 2001... Byline: T. Shawn Taylor Sep. 1--JOB OUTLOOK: THE LOCAL PICTURE: The hiring forecast for the Chicago metropolitan area is going to be a bit sunnier during the final quarter of the year, according to the Employment Outlook Survey by Manpower...

White Sox eat Indians' dust; fall 8 { back in AL Central after sloppy loss.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Paul Sullivan CHICAGO When Cleveland overcame a 12-run deficit to shock Seattle on Aug. 5, a sense of invincibility began to pervade the Indians clubhouse. "Since that day, we kind of get the sense that no matter what the...

White Sox showing they can do it ... next year.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Rick Morrissey CHICAGO _ If you're prone to fits of hope, then I would suggest emotionally investing in something more feasible than the possibility of a White Sox playoff berth. Personally, I'd get behind the movement to abolish...

Liftoff, Sosa style: a 471-foot rocket.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Teddy Greenstein ATLANTA _ When the ball rocketed from Sammy Sosa's bat, about 45,000 sets of eyes watched it soar majestically into the screen beyond center field. But none of those eyes belonged to Sammy Sosa, who followed...

Tavarez makes pitch for turnaround.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Bonnie DeSimone ATLANTA_The Cubs went into Saturday's game against the Braves and starter Greg Maddux hoping the rain would hold off and Julian Tavarez's licorice whip of a right arm would hold out for five innings. ...

No pain a big gain for White; groin holds up in firstt game back from disabled list.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Teddy Greenstein bled list ATLANTA_For a guy who was supposed to be nothing more than a pinch-hitter, Rondell White looked awfully fast on the bases Saturday. "You still play the game hard," White said. "I'm not 100...

Stairs' homer lifts Cubs; 2-run blast backs Cruz's solid pitching.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Teddy Greenstein ATLANTA _ After seeing his name in the lineup Friday, Matt Stairs wondered aloud whether he should call a press conference. His sarcasm was easy to comprehend. Stairs had not started any of his team's previous...

Give Sammy his due; sizzling Sosa carving legacy as one of the greats.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Phil Rogers CHICAGO _ Don't bother with an attorney. I'm pleading guilty on this one. There's no way that many of us have appreciated Sammy Sosa properly. In a classic case of not being able to see the forest for all those...

Houston calling upon so many hands14 starters go to the mound for resilient Astros.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Phil Rogers CHICAGO _ Talk about winning the hard way. The ongoing turnover in their starting rotation would seem to have made the Houston Astros vulnerable yet they have built a lead over the Cubs in the National League Central....

Doctoring age in Dominican: Good medicine.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Rick Morrissey CHICAGO _ The easiest thing in the world is to condemn what happened in this year's Little League World Series as either the worst kind of parental sliminess on record or the collapse of civilization as we know it....

It would be good to see more of GW.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Becky Waddingham WASHINGTON _ A rock-solid Baby Boomer, President Bush still seems to represent no Americans more than he does the Silent Generation that preceded him. Six months into his administration, Bush has held three...

Interview with Thomas Skinner, new head of EPA's Midwest office.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Jeff J. Long U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Whitman appointed Thomas Skinner to head the agency's Midwest office in June. With a budget of $900 million and 1,300 employees, Skinner oversees Illinois,...

Taylor demonstrates this is his kind of town; receiver wins MVP honors with 120 yards, 2 TDs.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Fred Mitchell CHICAGO _ T.C. Taylor just loves putting on a show in Chicago. The versatile Jackson State senior was named Offensive Most Valuable Player of the Chicago Football Classic as a quarterback last year. Saturday night...

Big plays ignite Illini; Kittner, Lloyd befuddle Bears.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Gary Reinmuth BERKELEY, Calif._In case you were wondering, Brandon Lloyd is back. For the moment so is Illinois' football swagger. At least if Lloyd has anything to say about it. "I was so excited just to be out there,"...

Barnes, Tuinei the latest to go.
September 1, 2001... Byline: John Mullin CHICAGO The releases of several veteran players during the preseason were high-visibility indicators of general manager Jerry Angelo's approach to reshaping the Bears. The final wave of roster moves this weekend...

`In this day ... why are we dying?' Linked in mourning, towns, schools, parents seek answers in football deaths.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Philip Hersh LULING, Texas_By the end of practice Aug. 17, it already was apparent to his coaches that sophomore Steven Taylor Coe would have started at defensive end and would have been a rotating play-carrier at receiver when...

Nationalism is an obsolete idea as Latinos outgrow labels.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Achy Obejas CHICAGO _ Ever since the U.S. Census began in 1970 to count Hispanics _ that was the term back then _ the results have consistently yielded a certain 1-2-3 order: People of Mexican descent had the greatest numbers, then...

New restrictions may dry up blood supply.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Carl J. Panek CHICAGO _ As the federal government unveils regulations aimed at safeguarding the nation's blood supply from mad cow disease, it becomes painfully obvious that the need for new donors never has been greater. Few...

Like it or not, hunting here to stay.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Lew Freedman CHICAGO _ Man has hunted since he made his first weapon and man will hunt as long as the planet as we know it exists. It is the way of the world, and only the naive and foolish who believe we should eat nothing but...

U.S. stumbles, `still in good position'.
September 1, 2001... Byline: James Warren WASHINGTON _ Honduras exploited a porous defense, a potent counterattack and a suspect penalty call to upend the United States 3-2 Saturday and deal a mild setback to the host's World Cup hopes. In front of 54,282...

George W. Reagan? Bush seems to be walking in another president's boots.
September 1, 2001... Byline: R.C. Longworth The latest news from Washington about disappearing surpluses and raids on Social Security trust funds brought pangs of nostalgia to fans of fiscal flimflammery whose memories go back 20 years or more. When Ronald...

Ashe's legacy all but ignored.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Melissa Isaacson FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. _ His presence is as unavoidable as the immense stadium that bears his name and dominates the grounds of the National Tennis Center. But Arthur Ashe's influence is nowhere near as large as it...

Arthur Ashe's legacy all but ignored.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Melissa Isaacson FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y._His presence is as unavoidable as the immense stadium that bears his name and dominates the grounds of the National Tennis Center. But Arthur Ashe's influence is nowhere near as large as it...

Sampras, Agassi roll toward possible match; 9th seed Henman loses; no upsets for top women.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Melissa Isaacson FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. _ It is either hellish or heavenly, depending on one's perspective. Either way the right lower corner of the men's U.S. Open draw is a killer quarter that currently houses seven of the...

Murder, racism hot topics in capital.
September 1, 2001... Byline: James Warren WASHINGTON _ When I heard the well-dressed gent with a clipped British accent refer to an "oily bed-hopper," I assumed he had U.S. Rep. Gary Condit in mind. This was, after all, the nation's capital, where we tend...

Plans for Chicago-Area Airport Threaten Virtual Pilots' Games.
September 2, 2001... Byline: William P. Bohlen Sep. 2--Howard Bloom once landed an MD-80 on the 3,899-foot runway at Chicago's Meigs Field. The landing was nearly impossible, but by shedding cargo and fuel, Bloom stopped the 147-foot, 130-plus passenger...

Chicago Tribune Auto Letters Column.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Jim Mateja Sep. 2--QUESTION: While driving in Woodridge, a police officer stopped me and issued two tickets: one for improper display of my front license plate, the other for having illegal blue headlights. I have a 2000 Audi A6...

Chicago Tribune Inside Finance Column.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Melissa Allison Sep. 2--TCF RIPE FOR GROWTH BEYOND GROCERIES: TCF Financial Corp., a Twin Cities bank with offices in almost every Chicago-area Jewel-Osco store, has ambitious plans to move beyond its supermarket base and operate...

Chicago Tribune Market Report Column.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Bill Barnhart Sep. 2--IN THE MARKET FOR CASH RETURNS: After years of seeking future growth and capital gains in their investments, stockholders are turning their attention to companies that pay dividends and repurchase their...

Boeing Tries To Pierce Fog of Investor Doubts about New Identity.
September 2, 2001... Byline: John Schmeltzer Sep. 2--In a test high above the Pacific Ocean two months ago, a ground-based missile fired from a South Pacific island successfully destroyed an incoming dummy warhead. The test was hailed as the opening shot...

Chicago Tribune Car Column.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Jim Mateja Sep. 2--QUESTION: Your response to the question about cars with automatic transmissions really hit home. You stated that kids learn to steer in cars with automatic and learn to drive in cars with manuals, and to get a...

Chicago Tribune Chicago Stocks Column.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Bill Barnhart Sep. 2--The gradual decline by the U.S. dollar over the last several weeks in currency markets has been good news for major consumer products stocks. Locally, McDonald's, Kraft Foods, Sara Lee and Wm. Wrigley...

Chicago Tribune Binary Beat Column.
September 2, 2001... Byline: James Coates Sep. 2--WINDOWS XP USERS TO FACE A HAILSTORM OF ADS: Microsoft executives have been visiting your humble correspondent with alarming regularity of late to show off the final look of the coming Windows XP operating...

Chicago Tribune Business Finance Notebook Column.
September 2, 2001... Sep. 2--TCF Financial Corp., a Twin Cities bank with offices in almost every Chicago-area Jewel-Osco store, has ambitious plans to move beyond its supermarket base and operate more branches here than the local banking leader, Chicago-based Bank...

Chicago Tribune David Greising Column.
September 2, 2001... Byline: David Greising Sep. 2--IN ECONOMIC BLAME GAME, CONSUMERS LOSE: With the Labor Day holiday and all, there's a million jobs to do. Get the yard ready for fall. Get a good start on school. Make certain the boss is happy so she doesn't...

Chicago Tribune Jim's Driveway Column.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Jim Mateja Sep. 2--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 Rick Kogan Column.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Rick Kogan Sep. 2--First, it was a cowboy, then a cop and, sometime between my 6th and 7th birthdays, a doctor. Later, of course, my job of choice was ballplayer (second base for the White Sox, to be precise). For most children,...

Chicago Tribune New Cars Column.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Jim Mateja Sep. 2--DETROIT--Only minutes into Don Esmond's speech, the media audience began shifting uneasily in their chairs. Just might have been the first product introduction in the industry in which after a new car was...

Chicago Tribune Software Spotlight Column.
September 2, 2001... Byline: James Coates Sep. 2--PDA KEYBOARD COULD BE YOUR TYPE: For owners of Palm-type personal digital assistants who absolutely detest using the tiny plastic stylus to scrawl individual letters on a postage stamp-size screen, this latest...

Stocks' Scary Season Starts in September.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Kathy Bergen Sep. 2--Chicago public school students were not the only folks to wake up the morning after Labor Day with butterflies in their stomachs. As children headed out for their first day back to school, beaten-down...

Mt. Prospect, Ill.-Based Company to Bring Superconductors to Wireless Phones.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Jon Van Sep. 2--In an era when technical advances are announced on a daily basis, it is refreshing to discover that an innovation promoted during the Reagan administration is finding new life to improve wireless communication. ...

Chicago Tribune Transportation Notes Column.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Jim Mateja Sep. 2--AUTOS: James Bond is trading in his BMW on a new Aston-Martin for his next movie. The legendary British secret agent 007 drove Aston-Martins for three decades, starting with a DB5 in the 1964 film "Goldfinger."...

Technology Is `Mixed Blessing' for Executives on Vacation.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Bonnie Miller Rubin Sep. 2--For an employee who's been on the job just eight months, George W. Bush certainly is not shy about using his vacation benefits. Although he trimmed his planned 30-day hiatus by three days, returning...

Steering Aid for Water Jets Gets Applause from Acting Head of NTSB.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Mike Esposito Sep. 2--CHICAGO--Thermometers bottomed out in inferno regions as something nice was said about a personal watercraft manufacturer. Bombardier Recreational Products was praised for responding to National...

Walk starts run-in; White Sox erase 6-0 deficit; Konerko drives home 5.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Paul Sullivan CHICAGO _ In a Comiskey Park slugfest that included 29 runs and 29 hits, Jose Canseco's leadoff walk in the second inning Sunday was the impetus to another White Sox comeback. After Rocky Biddle put his team in a...

Bottom of order at top of game for White Sox.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Bill Jauss CHICAGO _ Magglio Ordonez, Paul Konerko and Jose Canseco_the big boppers hitting third, fourth and fifth in the White Sox's lineup_combined for seven runs, eight hits and 12 RBIs in Sunday's 19-10 slugfest victory over...

Biddle rocky, but bats rolling; ERA takes a hit, though won-lost record looks fine.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Paul Sullivan ooks fine CHICAGO _ Rocky Biddle is rapidly turning into the Teflon pitcher of the White Sox's staff. No matter how bad his statistics look, the Sox often come out smelling like a rose. Biddle has a 7.52...

No sweep, but 2 of 3 not bad; defeat doesn't get Cubs down.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Teddy Greenstein ATLANTA_Greed still might be a popular concept on Wall Street, but the Cubs were not about to complain after falling short of their quest to sweep Atlanta. "It's not too many times you come here and win two out...

Public Citizen demands government reduce exposure to beryllium.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Sam Roe The consumer watchdog group Public Citizen is demanding that the government immediately take measures to reduce workers' exposure to the highly toxic metal beryllium. "The lack of any action is certain to lead to...

Internet law has libraries in middle.
September 2, 2001... Byline: LeAnn Spencer Along with the usual summer responsibilities of ordering textbooks and hiring new teachers, educators in Hinsdale Township High School District 86 had another duty this year: installing computer software that filters...

Ravens get Bears' attention.
September 2, 2001... Byline: John Mullin CHICAGO The Bears turned their attention from the final three roster cuts Sunday to the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens. In fact, for some, preparations for the season opener at Baltimore started a long time...

Germany's economic slowdown having ripple effect in Europe.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Ray Moseley WOLFEN, Germany _ Boasting the world's third-most powerful economy, Germany was the locomotive that drove growth throughout Western Europe during most of the postwar period. But as the economic bubble burst in the U.S....

Strange things are done under the midnight sun, golf, for one.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Tim Jones FT. RICHARDSON, Alaska_"There are strange things done in the midnight sun," wrote the poet Robert W. Service. And none are stranger than what occurs during the short and often wild season on Alaskan golf courses. Oh,...

States in a tug-of-war over where Lewis and Clark launched expedition.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Christi Parsons HARTFORD, Ill. _ The romance of the Lewis and Clark saga has always been in where the famous explorers went on their epic journey into the American frontier, not in where they began it. But Illinois and Missouri...

How about Saturday night NFL games?
September 2, 2001... Byline: Ed Sherman CHICAGO _ If you want to hear some real crying, whining, and flat-out ear-piercing squealing, just consider what would happen if the NFL decided to schedule Saturday games from Week 1 of the season. Do you think the...

California will yield bumper crop of marijuana.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Karen Brandon FRESNO, Calif._The annual harvest season has arrived again in California, the nation's top agricultural state, and by all accounts this year will produce another bumper yield of what is believed to be its most...

Mapping of human genome could make way for genetic testing by employers.
September 2, 2001... Byline: T. Shawn Taylor CHICAGO _ As scientists begin exploring the newly mapped human genome, concern is mounting over how employers could use genetic testing to discriminate against individuals. A federal lawsuit filed earlier this...

Outside Washington, no one is surprised that federal surplus is diminished.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Tim Jones The scene is painfully familiar to Pat Rodgers, who gives the weary look of someone subjected to too many acts of Washington's theater-in-the-Beltway. Now that the White House and the Democrats have begun vigorous...

Gandhi's settlement shows real face of ethnic strife in South Africa.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Paul Salopek PHOENIX SETTLEMENT, South Africa_If he were alive today, Mahatma Gandhi, one of history's greatest crusaders against discrimination, wouldn't recognize his old farm near Durban, the city where delegates from more than...

Chicago Tribune Business Outlook Column.
September 3, 2001... Byline: William Sluis Sep. 3--EMPLOYMENT/DRIP, DRIP, DRIP: As a holiday devoted to American workers is at hand, the outlook for employment is somewhat disturbing. Manufacturing is in the midst of a lengthy slump, and industrial...

Drivers Make It Easy for Car Thieves, Say Chicago-Area Police, Insurers.
September 3, 2001... Byline: Rick Popely Sep. 3--CHICAGO--Police and insurance companies say skilled car thieves can circumvent the most sophisticated theft-deterrent devices, but a surprising number of consumers may make it easy for even rank amateurs to...

Chicago Tribune Ask Jim Column.
September 3, 2001... Byline: James Coates Sep. 3--SAY GOODBYE TO ANNOYING: QUESTION: PC greetings Q I am an instructor of retirement home residents and need help solving a problem with annoying sounds on their computers. They get an audio "good morning"...

Ford Paves Way for Hybrid Explorer.
September 3, 2001... Byline: Jim Mateja Sep. 3--CHICAGO--Ford says its hybrid gas/electric Escape SUV that goes on sale in 2003 will be followed by a hybrid gas/electric Explorer at an unnamed date. The Escape HEV will feature an electric drivetrain...

Chicago Tribune Technology Buzz Column.
September 3, 2001... Byline: James Coates Sep. 3--JUST ANOTHER EXCUSE FOR KIDS TO BE LATE: America's gadget-spoiled preteens are being targeted by low-end wristwatchmaker Timex with a $28 watch that certainly isn't their fathers' Timex. The candy-colored Timex...

Chicago Tribune Technology Buzz Column.
September 3, 2001... Byline: James Coates Sep. 3--AMAZON TO CDW: CRY ME A RIVER: The timing couldn't be much worse as the money-losing Amazon.com Web site marks summer's close by opening its long-promised personal computer sales area...

Chicago Tribune Technology Buzz Column.
September 3, 2001... Byline: James Coates Sep. 3--BOOK'EM, DANNO, TO TELL A STORY WITH THOSE DIGITAL PHOTOS: Why go to the greeting card store to buy cards with somebody else's trite artwork and smarmy captions when you can use your own trite artwork and...

Chicago Tribune Technology Notebook Column.
September 3, 2001... Byline: Jon Van Sep. 3--TECHIES GET MODERN-DAY POCKET-PROTECTOR: A persistent problem for wireless product enthusiasts is how to carry all their phones, pagers, hand-held computers and the like without toting around a briefcase full of...

Race over? White Sox hit the wall.
September 3, 2001... Byline: Paul Sullivan CHICAGO The expiration date on the 2001 White Sox appears to have been marked Labor Day, the day when America's workers are honored. Though the Sox worked hard to come back from 15 games under .500 to remain...

Catching ball with E's.
September 3, 2001... Byline: Paul Sullivan CHICAGO _ The White Sox don't expect to make many major personnel changes this off-season, hoping the return of Frank Thomas and a few minor additions will turn the clock back to 2000. And if most of the same cast...

Signing Durham next up for White Sox.
September 3, 2001... Byline: Paul Sullivan CHICAGO Now that negotiations between the White Sox and Keith Foulke are dead in the water, general manager Ken Williams can turn his attention to re-signing second baseman Ray Durham. A notoriously streaky...

Two pitches up bring Tapani down; Braves' Joneses make him pay.
September 3, 2001... Byline: Bonnie DeSimone ATLANTA_Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. So the saying goes, but sometimes you lose and it rains. Then you sift your pan of silt for the bright spots. Kevin Tapani has gotten a lot of...

Hundley back in swing.
September 3, 2001... Byline: Teddy Greenstein ATLANTA_Cubs manager Don Baylor could have given up on Todd Hundley. He could have looked at Hundley's .173 batting average, could have paid attention to the boos raining down from the Wrigley Field rafters,...

Long bus trips help Mexican immigrants reach both old and new homes.
September 3, 2001... Byline: Teresa Puente LAREDO, Texas _ Josefina and Alvaro Garcia loaded their three children, clutching water bottles and blankets, onto the red, white and blue bus with the speedy rabbit logo, ending their 10-week Guanajuato, Mexico,...

Bush visits union members in 2 states to discuss economy.
September 3, 2001... Byline: Jeff Zeleny WASHINGTON _ President Bush launched the first of a September series of campaign-style trips designed to confront the souring economy head on by traveling to two key political states Monday to assure American workers he...

Double-celebration finish; Lazier wins race; points title goes to Hornish Jr.
September 3, 2001... Byline: Mark Shapiro rnish Jr. In a sport in which speed is everything, it all has come together remarkably fast for Jaques Lazier and Sam Hornish Jr. In only his second race for Team Menard, Lazier dominated Sunday's Delphi Indy...

Congress expected to fight long and hard over budget priorities.
September 3, 2001... Byline: Jill Zuckman WASHINGTON _ Congress returns to work this week arguing over who is responsible for running down the surplus and needing to pass 13 annual appropriations bills by month's end just to keep the federal government...

A visit to Cuba's premier spa.
September 3, 2001... Byline: Laurie Goering SAN DIEGO DE LOS BANOS, Cuba _ The premier spa of Cuba's lovely western Pinar del Rio province looks like the setting for a tropical remake of "The Shining." The huge, decaying building, sprawled along the...

Medinah to have face lift.
September 3, 2001... Byline: Ed Sherman CHICAGO Medinah Country Club's famed No. 3 course will be undergoing major renovations next year. The changes, though, are aimed at restoring the course's old look rather than giving it a new one. The members...