Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from April 2003

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from April 2003

Harry Potter and the Internet hoax.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Nancy Pate Cory Hoekstra couldn't believe it. The Monteverde, Fla., teen was surfing the Web when suddenly, there it was, like an early birthday present _ a copy of the fifth entry in J.K. Rowling's mega-selling Harry Potter...

`When Katie Wakes' by Connie May Fowler; `Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight' by Alexandra Fuller; `Lake Effect' by Rich Cohen.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Nancy Pate HER BEST FRIEND ``When Katie Wakes'' by Connie May Fowler (Ballantine, $13.95): Most readers know Florida writer Connie May Fowler, who is teaching at Rollins College this semester, as the author of the...

Marine scholar probes sacking of National Museum.
April 30, 2003... Byline: Bill Glauber BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Warrior and prosecutor, classicist and amateur boxer, Marine Col. Matthew Bogdanos faces one of the great legal and investigative challenges of his career: getting to the bottom of the plunder of the...

Returning Kurds evict Arabs.
April 30, 2003... Byline: Paul Salopek SINJAR, Iraq _ Revenge has come knocking at Arab homes in this lovely old hill town. Sometimes the knock comes in the morning. An old Kurdish neighbor, long absent, will be standing at the door. Awkwardly, he...

Ready to blow out of town.
April 30, 2003... Byline: Judy Hevrdejs CHICAGO _ For more than a decade, meteorology professor Paul Sirvatka has been teaching classes in weather forecasting and severe weather at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. He also teaches storm chasing....

To attain fame, poet needs own domain name.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: James Coates Q. Hi. I am a poet from Harvey, Ill. I have written about my life since the age of 10, describing hard times and the town I live in. How can I put my work out so the world could hear my story or hear my cries? I...

Media Center PC merges digital devices, works as video recorder.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: James Coates I have seen the future of the PC, brothers and sisters. The scales have been peeled from my eyes and I see the light at long last. It flickers. Yes brethren, the future of the PC is to become the TV. Yea, verily. ...

`Winterkill' by C.J. Box; Putnam.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Oline H. Cogdill Few mystery authors who use the environment as a plot foundation are as even-handed and clear-eyed in their approach as C.J. Box. He has established a solid reputation for keeping a balance between environmental...

`Monkeewrench' by P.J. Tracy; `No Second Chance' by Harlan Coben; `Ecstasy' by Beth Saulnier; `The Second Time Around' by Mary Higgins Clark.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Nancy Pate Serial killers have been done to death. Or so you think until you pick up P.J. Tracy's debut thriller, ``Monkeewrench'' (Putnam, $23.95, 373 pages), which is smart, stylish, suspenseful, surprisingly funny and wholly...

Moral authority AWOL on tax cuts.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Myriam Marquez We're at war, and the president's sense of "national sacrifice" is to stick it to America's poor by denying them Medicaid-backed health-care benefits. As for benefits for the rich, George W. Bush keeps stumping for...

Despite war, natural disasters, corruption, debt, Nicaragua is rich in one area: free speech.
April 30, 2003... Byline: Monica Eng MANAGUA, Nicaragua _ There are places in the world, like Syria or Cuba, where it's not always easy to tell what the man on the street really thinks about sensitive political issues. And then there is Nicaragua. ...

Fashion Q&A: Teacher overacted to unbuttoned jacket.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Jean Patteson Q: I am an interior design student at a technical college who recently gave a class presentation. I wore dress slacks, dress shirt, silk tie and an expensive, single-breasted, silk sport jacket with a two-button...

Twenty-five years after Derby glory, Cauthen sets his own pace.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Neil Milbert VERONA, Ky. _ The Kid is middle-aged. A quarter-century has passed since Steve Cauthen rode Affirmed, the 11th and most recent Triple Crown winner. A decade ago he gave up riding, ending a career that began on a...

After missing spot in LPGA qualifier, Suh looks ahead.(Daily Press (Newport News, Va.))
April 30, 2003... Byline: Dave Fairbank WILLIAMSBURG, Va. _ It was her first LPGA qualifier, her first time in an LPGA locker room, her first exposure to the perks and peeves of the LPGA Tour. If 17-year-old Jenny Suh wasn't hooked before, she is now. ...

Science won't let diver off the hook.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Steve Waters FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Technology is helping anglers catch more fish. It's also helping law enforcement officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission catch more fishermen who break the...

Microbes on planes still move faster than world health alert system.
April 30, 2003... Byline: Wes Smith ORLANDO, Fla. _ The rapid spread of SARS proves the global health alert system has not kept pace with modern viruses that travel as fast as the nearest jet airliner, epidemiologists and other health experts say. ...

Nicklaus gathers sons for charity event.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Randall Mell FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Over the most nerve-racking putts in golf, Jack Nicklaus was a rock. The man looked impervious to pressure on the game's most daunting stages. His concentration was so intense, his will so...

It's safe to say the long winter is finally over.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Barbara Brotman It's payback time. So open the window to the sun-warmed, blossom-scented air, and draw your salary. This is our reward. Call it spring; call it heaven; but this is what we've been waiting for, for what...

Parents guide to new movie releases.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Jay Boyar and Roger Moore X2: X-MEN UNITED Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action/violence, some sexuality and brief language. What it's about: Super-powered mutants unite to stave off an attack by humans. The Kid...

Postwar: a return to an empty reality.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Steve Johnson When the war was on, I couldn't wait for it to be over. I wanted people to stop dying, of course. I wanted to stop worrying about so provocative an action taken in my name and to start getting a clearer idea of...

Junior achievement for Earnhardt in Winston Cup standings.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Ed Hinton ORLANDO, Fla. _ All his rowdy friends have settled down _ and so has Dale Earnhardt Jr. Let him put it this way: "It takes a good damn reason to go out and raise hell now, instead of just for the hell of it." ...

Illini made the right move.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Abdrew Bagnato CHICAGO _ Imagine all the Steak `n Shakes that Illinois athletic director Ron Guenther must have visited during his statewide search for a men's basketball coach, which stretched all the way from DeKalb to...

Germany, France seek to create new defense policy, with few results.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: R.C. Longworth BERLIN _ Germany and France, desperately seeking a policy to cope with an all-powerful America, have tried to lay the cornerstone for a new European defense policy. The first reaction is that they laid an egg...

SARS spreads through Beijing hospital.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Michael A. Lev BEIJING _ When severe acute respiratory syndrome first seeped into Lu He Hospital several weeks ago, so little was understood about the disease that the initial patient denied the possibility of being infected. He...

Lawlessness in Baghdad a huge concern in reconstruction efforts.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Christine Spolar BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Baghdad's lawlessness ranks as one of the most vexing problems for U.S. and British officials attempting a vast reconstruction effort and seeking coordination with international aid groups eager...

Greenspan mildly optimistic on economy.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: William Neikirk WASHINGTON _ Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Wednesday the economy is poised to grow at a "noticeably better pace" now that the Iraqi war is over, but raised serious questions about the effectiveness...

H&R Block case demonstrates class-action problems, experts say.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Ameet Sachdev It was a stunning ruling by a federal judge exposing what she saw as lawyers trying to settle a big class-action lawsuit for their own benefit and with little regard for their clients. U.S. District Judge Elaine...

World track body clears USOC in 1988 decisions.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Philip Hersh CHICAGO _ The international track federation said Wednesday the U.S. Olympic Committee acted properly in allowing Carl Lewis and seven other athletes to compete at the 1988 Olympic Games after doping controls at the...

Republicans rally for tax plan despite dissent within the GOP.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Jill Zuckman WASHINGTON _ Senate Republicans and administration officials have begun trying to generate majority support in Congress for President Bush's tax package despite dissent within the GOP. Congressional leaders met...

Navy turns over bombing range; governor to place island on environmental priority list.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Ivan Roman VIEQUES, Puerto Rico _ Hours before the U.S. Navy's official exit from Vieques, Gov. Sila Calderon announced Wednesday that she was placing the island/municipality, which the military has bombed for 60 years, on the...

University of California may lose control of nuclear weapons lab.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Michael Kilian WASHINGTON _ Citing "systemic management failures," the Department of Energy announced steps Wednesday that could take control of the troubled Los Alamos National Laboratory away from the University of California,...

Violence again erupts between protesters, troops; 2 Iraqis killed.
April 30, 2003... Byline: Bill Glauber FALLUJAH, Iraq _ The growing mistrust between Iraqi civilians and U.S. troops in Fallujah erupted into bloodshed again Wednesday, as American forces opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators, killing two people and...

Weber makes perfect sense for Illinois.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Mike Downey CHICAGO _ Let me be the first _ OK, one of _ to give the University of Illinois credit for finding a fine basketball coach in Bruce Weber. "He's considered to be the_one of the_brightest young basketball coaches...

Debate ensues over laws crafted to help students with disabilities.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Bryan A. Keogh WASHINGTON _ When Brielle, a disabled 8-year-old girl from Maryland, gets excited, she flaps her arms as if hoping to fly. Though she means no harm, she has a developmental disorder and sometimes inadvertently hits...

Terror attacks down; official says threats from al-Qaida minimized.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Howard Witt WASHINGTON _ International terror attacks dropped significantly in 2002, and Bush administration officials are increasingly confident that the deadliest al-Qaida plotters are now on the defensive, a top U.S....

Illinois name Weber as basketball coach.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Gary Reinmuth CHAMPAIGN, Ill. _ Lon Kruger stayed for four years. Bill Self was in town for barely three. At Wednesday's news conference called to announce his hiring as University of Illinois basketball coach, Bruce Weber...

Bush to declare end of major military operations in Iraq.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Bob Kemper WASHINGTON _ President Bush will address the nation from the deck of a homebound aircraft carrier Thursday night to declare an end to major military operations in Iraq, but he will stop short of declaring victory or...

Republicans rally for tax plan despite dissent within the party.
April 30, 2003... Byline: Jill Zuckman WASHINGTON _ Senate Republicans and administration officials have begun trying to generate majority support in Congress for President Bush's tax package despite dissent within the GOP. Congressional leaders met...

Don't be too quick to knock fast starts as big Aprils often lead to playoffs.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Phil Rogers CHICAGO _ It's no surprise Bob Brenly and Tony Pena are managing teams at the top and bottom of the standings. But raise your hand if you predicted Pena's Kansas City Royals would be in first place while Brenly's...

`Road Map' for peace presented to Israel, Palestinians.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Joel Greenberg JERUSALEM _ After months of delays, a blueprint for Middle East peace was formally presented to Israel and the Palestinians on Wednesday, a plan to end 31 months of violence and resume negotiations leading to a...

Justice Department urges Supreme Court to hear case on pledge.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Jan Crawford Greenburg WASHINGTON _ The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to reverse a California-based federal appeals court decision that barred schoolchildren from reciting the phrase "under God" in the...

Magic goes poof in Motown.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Jerry Brewer AUBURN HILLS, Mich. _ They dreamed too soon. The Orlando Magic had grand thoughts as they took the court Wednesday night. They wanted to finish the Detroit Pistons, restore a franchise, earn some vindication,...

Mulder leaves White Sox' bats in a fog.(Chicago Tribune)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Teddy Greenstein CHICAGO _ Carlos Lee knows what fellow outfielder Magglio Ordonez was going through Wednesday night. "At some points during the game, you couldn't see anything," Lee said. The White Sox lost a game in...

Pistons play with renewed sense of purpose.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Brian Schmitz AUBURN HILLS, Mich. _ The Detroit Pistons started making travel arrangements to a vacation spot early Wednesday night. Their destination of choice, though, wasn't Cancun, Maui or the French Riviera. It was good...

Lightning can't strike Devils.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Tim Povtak TAMPA, Fla. _ These weren't just mistakes. They were blunders_and costly ones. The Tampa Bay Lightning practically buried themselves and their playoff hopes Wednesday, giving generously to the New Jersey Devils,...

Huge loss a masterpiece performance.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 30, 2003... Byline: David Whitley AUBURN HILLS, Mich. _ The Phat Lady sang. That would be Anita Baker, who is quickly becoming the Magic's least-favorite recording star. She sang the national anthem Wednesday night, and that was pretty much...

`Good Faith' by Jane Smiley; Knopf.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Margaria Fichtner Well, here we are, back in the 1980s, that bubblebath of insolence and excess, so surely the most obvious of the zillions _ yeah, why not zillions? _ of lessons clattering and flapping like blind magpies through...

Reviews of recent contemporary Christian CDs.
April 30, 2003... Joy Williams, "By Surprise" (Reunion) _ 3 { stars If you've heard "Surrender" or "Every Moment" on the radio lately, you've heard Joy Williams, one of the best young divas in the Christian music field today. Both songs are highlights on...

Formality heightens celebration of the holiday.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Ken Garfield ATLANTA _ It was Easter morning, the Braves weren't playing for a few more hours and Peachtree Road United Methodist near our hotel seemed the perfect place from which to watch the sun filter through stained glass....

EPA needs credibility not costly coffee breaks.
April 30, 2003... The following editorial appeared in the Kansas City Star on Tuesday, April 29: X X X Highly paid federal agents should be out protecting the environment, not massaging Christie Whitman's ego. Yet some criminal investigators at the...

Cushing's affects more than skin.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Dr. Jim Randolph Sometimes readers' mail creates fodder for future columns. We've been unfortunate enough lately to receive two requests for information about two patients affected by Cushing's syndrome, so it's timely that a...

Colombian court says president's `state of emergency' is illegal.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Frances Robles BOGOTA, Colombia _ Colombia's constitutional court has knocked down the nation's eight-month-old "state of emergency," a surprise political setback to President Alvaro Uribe's quest to gain an upper hand in the war...

Empire Maker to run at 6-5 favorite.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Gary Long LOUISVILLE, Ky. _ Empire Maker will keep a potential date with history and destiny Saturday in the 129th running of the Kentucky Derby. Trainer Bobby Frankel squelched speculation Wednesday morning that a tender...

Marlins fall to Diamondbacks.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 30, 2003... Byline: Clark Spencer PHOENIX _ The past few days have been rather unpleasant for the Marlins pitching staff. Sunday's 20-inning marathon left it fatigued. Fill-in Justin Wayne lost Monday and was returned to the minors. A.J. Burnett...

Spread out the newspaper, put on the smock, it's time for some messy fun.
April 29, 2003... Byline: Suzanne Perez Tobias If you're the type who goes nuts when your child has mud on his hands or paint in his hair, don't read this story. On second thought, read every word. For your child's sake _ and your own sanity _ it's...

Family briefs: Name meaning; Pizza garden.
April 29, 2003... WHAT'S IN A NAME? Want to know what your name means_or a name you may be considering for your child? Visit www.ivillage.com/namefinder and plug it in. In a matter of seconds, the site searches its catalog of more than 10,000 names and...

Nike's free-speech right; the case should be decided on First Amendment grounds.
April 29, 2003... The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Monday, April 28: X X X The thing to understand about the Nike case now before the U.S. Supreme Court is that it isn't about whether or not Nike lied. It isn't about whether...

Tomlinson aims for breakthrough with Sir Cherokee at Derby.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Gary Long LOUISVILLE, Ky. _ The career peak for the Oklahoma cowboy in five years roping and wrestling steers for a living came in 1981 in the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. He finished second in calf-roping. But Mike...

Take drastic action with teen who drives without her glasses.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 29, 2003... Byline: John Rosemond Q: Our 16-year-old daughter needs to wear glasses in order to legally drive. It clearly says so on her driver's license. We have discovered recently that she keeps her glasses in her car, but does not always wear...

Why don't we live longer?
April 29, 2003... The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Monday, April 28: X X X Why don't Americans live longer? It's a tough question, health experts agree: If we spend far more on health care than other developed nations, why...

New releases from Kelly Clarkson, Godsmack, ZZ Top and more.
April 29, 2003... KELLY CLARKSON "Thankful" (RCA) 1 star Considering that the Simple Simon judges on "American Idol" are so fond of saying, "You made it your own," it's startling how anonymous the debut CD feels from season one winner, Kelly Clarkson. ...

People in the news.
April 29, 2003... Jack Osbourne, the 17-year-old son of heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne, has checked into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic, reports People magazine. ``I got caught up in my new lifestyle and got carried away with drugs and...

Vieques ready to celebrate Navy's exit.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Marika Lynch SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico _ On May 1, the people of Vieques are planning a large party _ a four-day, 'round-the-clock fiesta of fireworks and salsa music _ to celebrate a landmark event: the official end of the tiny...

Accusation of racism will linger at Miami.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Linda Robertson MIAMI _ When Derrick Crudup Jr. found out he will not be the University of Miami's starting quarterback, he took the news with grace and said he was the loser of a "very fair" competition. When Derrick Crudup...

Wishing for a sister.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Ed Hayes Here's a story about my sister_a sister I never had. Call it a story about the sister I wish I'd had. Now, right off the bat, someone might hypothesize that my parents had brought a fourth baby into this world,...

Dixie Chicks episode spotlights government attack on liberties.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Myriam Marquez All eyes pop at the Dixie Chicks and their magazine cover spread. After bonfires of their CDs and boycotts by radio stations, the Texas chickies decided to make a statement by posing with nothing on except...

U.S. oil contractors eager to benefit from Iraq's resurgence.
April 29, 2003... Byline: James Janega KUWAIT CITY_The American oil contractors in the airport hotel dined on spaghetti and artichoke salad on "Italian night," smoked Cuban cigars in the ornate lobby, and spoke with a newcomer's distaste of the...

Love may last, but what about the job?(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Carol Kleiman Here is the latest inside news about employment issues: It's love, love, love: While many experts warn against office romances _ and I usually am one of them _ a recent poll of 391 managers and executives who...

If you're really ready to leave, go ahead and make a break for it.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Carol Kleiman Q. I'm 33 years old and suffering from job burnout, but because of all the scary stories about the economy I've played it safe and stayed put. But now I'm at the end of my rope. What do you think of my taking time...

XP Professional logon fix differs for XP Home.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2003... Byline: James Coates Q. You recently advised a reader to use the command "control userwords2" in order to find a menu that will allow a user to stop a Windows XP computer from continually displaying that logon screen every time the...

E-mail is easy way to reach customers.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Barry Flynn Faced with a price increase from a soft-drink supplier, the owners of Pannullo's Italian Restaurant went straight to their customers for guidance. However, instead of spending weeks walking up to every table to...

`X-2: X-Men United'.
April 29, 2003... Byline: Jay Boyar You don't have to be a mutant to enjoy at least some of "X2: X-Men United," the x-pansive sequel to the x-citing, if sometimes x-hausting, "X-Men" of 2000. Mutants may have a slightly greater sympathy for the...

Parents still face tough choices, research shows.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Carol Kleiman If working parents want to spend more time with their children, they have to pay a price at work, says Anne E. Preston, an associate professor of economics at Haverford College in Haverford, Pa. And that applies...

Public frustration boils over after spills from huge feedlot-farms.
April 29, 2003... Byline: Tim Jones CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. _ In the Midwest it is an ugly and dangerous fact of life that liquid manure spills from large livestock operations and sometimes fouls rivers and streams. But when the largest such megafarm in...

Glick back to click on Comedy Central.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Steve Johnson Jiminy Glick may be the perfect celebrity interviewer. He comes armed with an armada of questions that he'll either ask with scorn or miscomprehension of their meaning or ignore to follow the inclinations of his own...

Astronauts kept in space by shuttle crash glad to be coming home.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Gwyneth K. Shaw WASHINGTON _ As the two new arrivals to the international space station settled in, the three men preparing to leave talked Tuesday about coming home. During a brief news conference from space, American...

Anti-terrorism center set to open; fears of old turf battles remain.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Cam Simpson WASHINGTON _ An anti-terrorism center aimed at closing intelligence-sharing gaps among spy and law-enforcement agencies is scheduled to open Thursday, but crucial questions remain about what secrets will be shared,...

Supreme Court: Legal immigrants may be held without bail.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Jan Crawford Greenburg WASHINGTON _ Handing the government greater power to detain legal immigrants, the Supreme Court narrowly ruled Tuesday that legal immigrants convicted of crimes may be held without bail throughout the...

Citizens celebrate as Navy leave Puerto Rico, but cleanup still looms.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Ivan Roman VIEQUES, Puerto Rico _ Myrna V. Pagan should be ecstatic that as of Thursday no more bombs will fall and the U.S. Navy will be gone for good from this island she calls home. After all, she was arrested fighting for...

Blair fails to convince Putin Iraqi sanctions can be lifted.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Alex Rodriguez MOSCOW _ A visit by British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday aimed at persuading Russian President Vladimir Putin to back the lifting of U.N. sanctions on Iraq failed to sway the Russian leader. Speaking to...

Ridge announces plan to register U.S. visitors by physical attributes.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Frank James WASHINGTON _ Visitors to the United States will soon need to register with an electronic system that will record certain physical attributes, making it easier for immigration and law-enforcement officials to track...

Empire Maker hurting; Frankel says `he'll be all right'.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Neil Milbert LOUISVILLE, Ky. _ Kentucky Derby favorite Empire Maker is nursing a foot bruise, but trainer Bobby Frankel says he isn't worried. Dr. Ken Reed examined Empire Maker's right front foot Tuesday morning following a...

U.S. troops kill at least 13 Iraqis, wound 75 at protest.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Christine Spolar FALLUJAH, Iraq _ At least 13 Iraqis were shot to death and up to 75 were wounded during a demonstration late Monday that turned into a confrontation with American forces, the deadliest clash between civilians and...

Crudup Sr. satisfied with meeting's result in wake of racial issue.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 29, 2003... Byline: Omar Kelly CORAL GABLES, Fla. _ The waters appear calm for the Miami football program. In a joint statement released Tuesday, coach Larry Coker, quarterbacks coach Dan Werner, quarterback Derrick Crudup Jr. and his father,...