Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from August 2002, page 22

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Kindness takes a hit: As stock market sags, nonprofits, foundations suffer.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 1, 2002... MIAMI _ The stock market's recent plunge could mean fewer caseworkers for Florida's neediest families, reduced support services for neglected children and increased cutbacks to the region's HIV and AIDS programs. "I'm kind of panicking...

Gators' Zook not defensive about filling Spurrier's role.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 1, 2002... HOOVER, Ala. _ Ron Zook insists he never tires of Steve Spurrier's name being thrown around. "Not at all," the new University of Florida coach said Wednesday at the Southeastern Conference's annual football media days. "I worked for...

As wells run dry, 15 counties told to limit water they draw.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 1, 2002... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ One of North Carolina's most durable traditions, unfettered access to groundwater, ended Thursday in 15 eastern counties. Communities are pumping more water than aquifers can produce. New rules that take effect on the...

Study hopes to pinpoint sources of beach blight.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 1, 2002... BILOXI, Miss. _ Sections of the Harrison County beach have closed 21 times in the past two years because of high bacteria counts. For the man who oversees the beach, that's 21 times too many. "This is something that affects our tourism...

Sherrill's broadsides have punch, but little accuracy.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 1, 2002... HOOVER, Ala. _ Mississippi State's Jackie Sherrill had an agenda Thursday at Southeastern Conference Media Days, but that should come as no surprise. So did most everyone else in the Wynfrey Hotel. Sherrill made no attempt to...

Millions say goodbye as pope ends three-day visit to Mexico.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 1, 2002... MEXICO CITY _ Millions of Mexican Catholics Thursday frantically waved what many believed was a final goodbye to Pope John Paul II, leaving them at once ecstatic and profoundly sad. "I don't think we will ever see him again," Javier Luis...

King of Pop's $200 million loans at center of lawsuit.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 1, 2002... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ King of Pop Michael Jackson is in the middle of one "Thriller" of a lawsuit with a big Charlotte connection. The Gloved One has borrowed nearly $200 million from Bank of America since 1998 to support his extravagant...

People in the news.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 1, 2002... VAN HALEN'S VICIOUS ENDING Does it really surprise anyone that the Sammy Hagar/David Lee Roth tour would end poorly? Hagar, finished touring with fellow Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth, put a vicious finale on the whole ordeal by...

Lawmakers eye $120 million in funds that Easley put aside for emergency.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 1, 2002... RALEIGH, N.C. _ Anxious to balance the state's books, N.C. House leaders have picked a fight with the one guy who can tell them to take their budget and shove it. House budget-writers want to use $120 million or so that Gov. Mike Easley...

Two snakehead fish found in North Carolina.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 1, 2002... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Two fish reported to have been caught in Lake Wylie are snakeheads, a Chinese predator that's caused alarm elsewhere on the East Coast, a state scientist confirmed Thursday. Scientists in Maryland are scrambling to wipe...

House leaders eager to give governor blank check to draw companies to state.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 1, 2002... RALEIGH, N.C. _ To the dismay of critics both inside and out, N.C. General Assembly leaders are in a hurry to give Gov. Mike Easley a blank check to recruit new industry. Leaders of the N.C. House, usually deliberative to the extreme,...

UNC lawyers ask judge to dismiss Islam book lawsuit.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 1, 2002... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Lawyers for UNC Chapel Hill asked a federal judge Thursday to dismiss from a lawsuit five people who claim a requirement for new students to read a book on Islam violates their First Amendment rights. The suit was filed...

Ex-Cuban nurse who tortured prisoners convicted of lying to get U.S. citizenship.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 1, 2002... MIAMI _ In an historic decision, a federal jury in Miami on Thursday convicted a former Cuban psychiatric nurse for lying about his role in the electroshock torture of political dissidents on his application to become an American citizen. ...

Bears' defensive end Daniels gives a lesson in pass-rushing.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... BOURBONNAIS, Ill. _ If the season opener had been played Thursday, Henry Burris might have finished at quarterback. Defensive end Phillip Daniels put on a pass-rushing clinic Thursday at the expense of the Bears' two top left tackles. If...

Jockey is making quick strides from apprentice to journeyman.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... CHICAGO _ Elvis Trujillo is playing the transition game. Although he competes locally, the 18-year-old's rite of passage will take place out of view of the Chicago sports mainstream. Trujillo is jockey at Arlington Park. He's embarked on...

Two teen-age girls rescued, kidnapper shot to death.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... LANCASTER, Calif. _ Nearly 12 hours after they were abducted at gunpoint from a lovers' lane, two teenage girls were found safe Thursday, but the suspect in their kidnapping was shot dead in a case that exacerbated fears of parents around the...

Scientists find gene that may be linked to aggression.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... CHICAGO _ A gene that may help explain why some children exposed to violence, neglect and abuse become violent adults while others growing up in the same type of environment do not has been identified by University of Wisconsin scientists....

Witnesses to fatal mob beating sought.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... CHICAGO _ Frustrated by a perceived lack of community cooperation with police investigating the mob beating of two men earlier this week, two South Side community leaders distributed fliers around the Oakland neighborhood Thursday, urging...

No quick finish to skate scandal.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... CHICAGO _ Several months may elapse before a reputed Russian mobster whom the U.S. government has charged with conspiracy to fix the pairs skating and ice dance events at the 2002 Winter Olympics can come to trial. Italian officials who...

Net may be closing on vigilantes; at least 5 identified in police lineups.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... CHICAGO _ As community leaders Thursday implored witnesses to come forward with information about the mob beating deaths of two Chicago men, investigators said they were slowly sorting out who was involved in the frenzied attack. ...

White Sox recycle futility; Wright has 1 bad inning, Twins' Milton has none.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... MINNEAPOLIS _ The past week has been something of a blur for the White Sox, who have been watching teammates come and go like cast members on "ER." Though the Sox still may make a few moves in the last two months, the roster isn't likely...

Illinois town looking to ditch Swedish image for fresh look.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... LAKE ZURICH, Ill. _ It's been more than a century since a hotel owner who loved all things Swiss persuaded a small Lake County farming community to change its name from Cedar Lake to Lake Zurich. Never mind that the original settlers were...

Illinois town looking to ditch Swiss image for fresh look.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... LAKE ZURICH, Ill. _ It's been more than a century since a hotel owner who loved all things Swiss persuaded a small Lake County farming community to change its name from Cedar Lake to Lake Zurich. Never mind that the original settlers were...

Israelis `chilling out' in Palestinian territory a thorny obstacle to peace.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... AVIGAL, West Bank_The West Bank hilltop outpost of Avigal does not appear on the map, but the young Jewish settlers who claim the Judean hills as part of the biblical Promised Land have little doubt about Avigal's rightful place within...

Wedgwood vase is beautiful but only dates to 1960.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... Q. A beautiful Wedgwood vase has come down through generations in my family. It is blue with white miniature flowers and people on it and is about 6 inches high. _Emily Lamb, Ripley, W.V. A. Wedgwood is perhaps the most recognizable...

Kodak says work on digital photos is looking bright.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... While the buzz in recent months has been about digital cameras and what changes they may usher in, Eastman Kodak Co. has its sights on digital processing and how it plans to change that side of the business. So far, the company likes what...

Tips for doing plastic right.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... For many people, plastic furniture conjures up images of cheap patio furniture. The new "designer" plastics are sleeker, slimmer, bigger, bolder, better colored, more visually interesting and usually hardier. Here are a few ideas for how to...

Plastic timeline.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... 1910ish: Bakelite cool-touch handles appear on irons and coffeemakers 1913: The Formica Insulation Co. takes the first order for its plastic resins, which were then used as an electrical insulation material. By the 1930s, it is turned...

European furniture designers embrace plastic.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... MILAN _You would think it were some sort of wonder material. The way hotshot European designers and furniture manufacturers have taken up with plastic over the last decade-each year more jubilantly-it would seem as though this couldn't be the...

Live long and starve.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
August 1, 2002... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday, July 31: X X X Scientists may be closing in on the elusive Fountain of Youth, the regimen of drugs and diet that will significantly prolong human life. That's the...

Generic heartburn pill may ease drug cost headache.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... Coming soon to a drugstore near you: prescription-strength heartburn pills that won't burn a hole in your wallet. Every day, more than 2 million Americans take the ubiquitous $4 "purple pill" called Prilosec, making it the No. 2-selling...

The big yellow spat.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
August 1, 2002... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, July 30: X X X The furor over a yellow house in a Sacramento suburb brings to mind a children's book called "The Big Orange Splot" in which the main character, Mr....

Retailers hope to spring into fall.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... CHICAGO _ New fall fashions are arriving almost daily at Clever Alice, and owner Tamara Tatkus Chaponot can't wait to get them on the floor. Her trendy boutique is showcasing two new European lines she expects to be hot sellers. And for...

Everyday products pose a threat to Florida's drinking-water supply.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ The newest water-pollution threat starts with a simple cup of coffee, a smoke break, a spray of cologne, a few headache pills or some cholesterol-lowering medicine. Thousands of man-made chemicals and drugs are designed to...

Gay Republican candidate makes waves.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Patrick Howell has a 3-{-year old son, makes his living practicing law, and is a fiscally conservative Republican with a Ronald Reagan quote at the ready. He is also an openly gay candidate for an Orlando-based House...

New Spanish-language network broadcasts in Orlando.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ A fifth Spanish-language television network has quietly begun broadcasting in the Orlando area. As part of an expansion into three U.S. markets, Azteca America Network, a subsidiary of Mexican programming giant TV Azteca...

Q&A: Golf legend Lee Trevino talks the talk.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Lee Trevino is in the midst of a public comeback of sorts. Thank goodness. The sports world can always use a few more belly laughs. Truthfully, he was never actually gone. So he hasn't won on the Senior PGA Tour in two...

Father-in-law John Brodie's advice kept Chandler in the game.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... BOURBONNAIS, Ill. _ They can't talk much these days, but Chris Chandler still hears John Brodie's voice in his head. He usually can guess what his father-in-law would say, which comes in handy when the politics and pettiness of pro football...

Blacks see lack of roles as TV, movie decision-makers.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... LOS ANGELES _ Frustrated by the lack of black decision makers in entertainment, even after the historic Oscar wins this year by Halle Berry and Denzel Washington, a panel of actors and directors assembled by the National Urban League on...

Reviews of ABC's `Widows' and The History Channel's `Mail Call'.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... After learning her husband has died, Dolly Rawlins (Mercedes Ruehl) flips out at the morgue. She finds her swank home vandalized. A masked man grabs her, throws her down and threatens her. Her posh antiques business is burglarized. And that's...

`The Master of Disguise'.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... Fans of Dana Carvey who are old enough to remember him fondly as the Church Lady and the first President Bush on "Saturday Night Live" can safely take a pass on "The Master of Disguise." No amount of nostalgia for Carvey's glory days can...

Home energy Q&A.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... Q. We've just moved to South Carolina from New England, and I read something in our local paper that you wrote about radiant barriers. I've never heard of them before. Can you give information? A. Yes I can. While builders have used foil...

Florida fireman deserves honor, his widow says.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... OVIEDO, Fla. _ Rachel Kelly instantly recognized the envelope from the federal government as she thumbed through her mail. She assumed the letter from the Justice Department would confirm that her husband, Oviedo firefighter Shane Kelly,...

Tourism industry could use shot in arm.(Newport News (Va.) Daily Press)
August 1, 2002... WILLIAMSBURG, Va. _ After rebounding with a decent spring, the local tourism industry's momentum has been stalled by hot summer weather and a sluggish economy. Several area attractions report poor ticket sales for July. Though hotel room...

Democratic gubernatorial primary shaping up to be a real snoozer.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ With just three months until Election Day, a cautious cast of famous and not-so-famous Democrats has yet to clearly spell out an alternative to the agenda of Republican Gov. Jeb Bush. Janet Reno, running as a...

Once again, the Kennedy Center couldn't find enough Americans.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... The Kennedy Center Honors people strike again. As if Sir Paul doesn't have enough honors, they've named the 60-year-old McCartney, a Brit, one of this year's five honorees. The others, at least, are Americans: Broadway star Chita Rivera,...

U.S. urges Russia to end nuclear cooperation with Iran.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... MOSCOW _ On the heels of Russia's surprise disclosure that it plans to build five more reactors in Iran, a U.S. delegation here "frankly and directly" urged the Putin administration to cease nuclear cooperation with the Islamic republic, a...

Bucs want Gramatica to find another way to get his kicks.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. _ How fitting. Martin Gramatica is staying in Celebration. It's a city, and for Gramatica, a constant state. Well, at least it used to be. Now he's trying to figure out another way to get his kicks. ...

U.S. unilateralism helps weaken ties with allies.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... BERLIN _ The Atlantic alliance between the United States and Europe, the most successful international bonding of all time, is breaking down amid starkly differing visions of a changing world and both sides' proper place in it. The...

Brickyard 400 has been a huge success from the very beginning.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... INDIANAPOLIS _ A decade ago this summer, Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Tony George was a man in a quandary over this NASCAR business. He wasn't sure whether to accept a proposal for the grandest wedding in modern-day motor sports...

U.S., 10 nations in Southeast Asia forge bond to fight terrorism.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei _ Concerned that Southeast Asia may become a new haven for Islamic terrorists, the United States and 10 nations in the region signed a treaty Thursday pledging to plug security holes, share intelligence information...

Jones says he has answers to reforming state's ailing child welfare system.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ A day after the two high-profile contenders for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination made pitches for fixing the state's ailing child welfare system _ without saying how they would pay for them _ the underdog in the...

Speed curbs lifted for trains.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Tri-Rail and Amtrak are back on track. Both rail agencies won a reprieve Thursday from heat-related speed restrictions that slowed trains to 50 mph during Wednesday's evening rush hour. CSX Transportation...

Cops find $100,000 in jewelry in robber's stomach.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... BOCA RATON, Fla. _ It took an X-ray to do it, but police say they found more than $100,000 in jewelry taken from a Boca Raton shop Wednesday _ in the alleged robber's stomach. Mark Kennedy, 38, of Fort Myers, Fla., was arrested following...

Airlines will cut back flights on anniversary of Sept. 11.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... CHICAGO _ The nation's biggest airlines say they plan to reduce the number of flights operating on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks, citing softer demand. The decision is an acknowledgement that reservations for that date are off...

Once troubled Hollywood Henderson wins lottery on life.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE _ First of all, there was an 80-year-old woman who entered his office, took off his shoes, kissed his feet and said, "God has told me you should give me $1 million." But wait. That's just the beginning of how life is...

GM leads auto sales in July with 24 percent increase in sales.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... CHICAGO _ General Motors led auto industry sales in July with a 24 percent increase as buyers shrugged off grim economic news and latched onto king-size incentives. July sales at GM, the most aggressive with zero-percent financing and...

Manacled WorldCom execs send message about corporate fraud.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... CHICAGO _ Two former WorldCom Inc. executives, accused of misleading investors and helping hide billions in expenses, surrendered to authorities Thursday and were taken to a New York federal court in handcuffs. The arrest of WorldCom's...

Magic send Reid to Nuggets for draft pick.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... ORLANDO _ In another calculated move to trim salary, the Orlando Magic traded reserve forward/center Don Reid and a future first-round selection to Denver on Thursday for the Nuggets' 2004 second round pick. On the surface, the deal is a...

Pope says an emotional goodbye after three-day visit to Mexico.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... MEXICO CITY _ Pope John Paul II bid an emotional farewell to Mexico on Thursday, leaving behind millions of tearful fans but also no shortage of questions about the impact of his three-day visit on the nation's Indians and the once-frosty...

Miami tops preseason USA Today/ESPN poll.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE _ The Miami Hurricanes begin this season where they ended the last one, ranked No. 1 in the USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll, one of the two polls used by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) formula to determine the two teams that...

Former Cuban nurse who tortured prisoners convicted of lying to get U.S. citizenship.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... MIAMI _ A Miami federal jury on Thursday convicted former psychiatric nurse Eriberto Mederos of lying to get U.S. citizenship by hiding the fact that he tortured political prisoners on behalf of Cuba's communist government. Former...

ESPAN/USA Today poll ranks Miami Hurricanes No. 1.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 1, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Where Miami finished 2001, the Hurricanes will start 2002 _ on top. College football's reigning national champions will start their title defense at No. 1, at least in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll. UM , the only...

Senate approves fast-track trade authority for Bush.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... WASHINGTON _ After a rough-and-tumble battle in Congress over the merits of free trade in a global economy, the Senate handed President Bush a major prize Thursday, granting him powers to negotiate trade deals that lawmakers can approve or...

Cubs fight for life as Gonzalez' double in ninth beats Padres.(Chicago Tribune)
August 1, 2002... CHICAGO _ San Diego closer Trevor Hoffman is generally synonymous with two words: Game over. Hoffman has converted 93 percent of his save opportunities since 1998 and was 26-for-27 this season entering Thursday's game. "When you play...