Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from August 2002, page 3

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from August 2002

Swimming pool Q&A.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 29, 2002... Q. My pool is less then two years old and has a quartz interior finish that appears to be pitting. It has rust-colored marks and lines all over it. This started happening within a few months of the pool being finished. What would cause...

Pillar of America's educational past gives way to cost crisis.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 29, 2002... KENANSVILLE, Fla. _ The school bus on Route 62 makes its first stop in Yeehaw Junction around dawn. It pauses along country roads eight times to pick up 11 students, who include two pairs of siblings, three grades and two boys named Dusty....

What's that? A holder for old-fashioned hatpins.(Chicago Tribune)
August 29, 2002... Q. I found this ceramic object with a perforated top in my grandmother's garage in 1975, several years after her death at age 92. The base is hand-inscribed with the name "Keys." Do you know what this might be and what it's worth? _Ken...

How dangerous is ephedra?(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
August 29, 2002... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday, Aug. 28: X X X Need to lose some weight? Boost your energy? Improve your athletic performance? Millions of people looking for a quick fix to those kinds of health...

Saudi ambassador is a major player at home and in U.S.(Chicago Tribune)
August 29, 2002... WASHINGTON _ The Saudi prince to whom President Bush is pitching his hawkish Iraq policy is no stranger to the wily ways of Washington and the world. He's also a man no American president dares ignore. Dean of the capital's...

AutoNation bets on premium cars.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 29, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Defying an up-and-down economy, luxury vehicle brands are red hot _ and AutoNation Inc. has been quietly positioning itself to take advantage of America's voracious appetite for premium cars and SUVs. In the last...

Lack of depth may upend Notre Dame.(Chicago Tribune)
August 29, 2002... SOUTH BEND, Ind. _ The talk to close out spring practice went pretty much according to form. The coach told the talented linebacker he was so eager to contribute that his enthusiasm outran his discipline. "He told me I had done some good...

Romance reader: `Purity In Death' by J.D. Robb; Berkley Books.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... "Purity in Death" ranks last of the 15 books _ plus two anthology stories _ of the "In Death" series. And it's still a five. Although Nora Roberts, using her J.D. Robb pseudonym, has written what many would consider a career's worth...

`FDR and Fear Itself: The First Inaugural Address' by Davis W. Houck; Texas A&M University Press.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... "Recognition of that falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standards of pride and place and...

Behind the New Deal, letters from the Civil War front and a scholar's travel diary.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... ``Benjamin V. Cohen: Architect of the New Deal'' by William Lasser; Yale University Press ($35): Indiana-born Cohen went to Washington in the 1930s as "a leading intellectual force behind the political philosophy of New Deal liberalism."...

Reviews of recent contemporary Christian CDs.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... Jump5, "All The Time in the World" (Sparrow) _ 3 stars If you don't pretend this album is anything more than feel-good fluff, then you won't be disappointed. The message is lightweight, upbeat and accompanied by rhythms that are...

Workplace chaplains provide spiritual comfort.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... WICHITA, Kan. _ Jean McFarland didn't have to burden her co-workers the day her late sister was hospitalized three years ago. Nor when her niece went into the hospital last year for brain surgery. Chaplains _ hired by her employer,...

Despite difficulties, message of Promise Keepers hasn't changed.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... Since Promise Keepers' creation in 1990, the all-men's ministry has endured critics and a couple of years of financial difficulties. Yet, its message of men regaining their roles as leaders hasn't changed, officials said, and now a new...

Man is among many who found purpose, strength through Promise Keepers.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... WICHITA, Kan. _ Rick Sage was 11 when he found his mother and siblings around his father's slumped body one early morning. An ambulance would carry away Sage's fishing buddy, role model and best friend _ for good. A chasm of...

Rural Georgians getting fast Internet connections, too.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... DUBLIN, Ga. _ Jim Wilkes lives on 12 acres in the middle of nowhere in rural Laurens County, Ga., a half-mile off Toomsboro Highway down a grassy path he trims with a Bush Hog mower, a place so quiet he can't sleep when he travels away from...

Marlins outline options for ticketholders if players strike.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... MIAMI _ If a strike wipes out the remainder of the season, Florida Marlins season-ticket holders will get the option of a refund or having that money put toward next year's season tickets. The Marlins won't release an official statement...

N.C. Agriculture Department workers subpoenaed.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... RALEIGH, N.C. _ Officials with the N.C. Department of Agriculture have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury next week, presumably to answer questions about Agriculture Commissioner Meg Scott Phipps' campaign finances and her decision...

Ministers cry out for unity during flag protest.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... BILOXI, Miss. _ The Rebel flag at Harrison County's Eight Flags display has divided South Mississippi, but it also has spawned a religious group that is seeking to unite people of different races and religious beliefs. Clergy United for...

Truth is out at squadron reunion.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... KEESLER AFB, Miss. _ Master Sgt. Sara Galvin had always assumed that a Saudi Arabian orderly had written "I love you" on delicate pieces of her laundry throughout the Gulf War, in which she served as a flight engineer. She had to come to...

People in the news.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... A STAR FOR BOLTON Singer Michael Bolton received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame while touring to promote his album "Only a Woman Like You." Bolton, 49, accepted the honor Tuesday amid a throng of admirers at a ceremony on...

Wimmer running near front, waiting to become winner.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ The momentum is building, and Scott Wimmer feels his first NASCAR Grand National series victory is right around the corner. "Our team has been running really strong lately, finishing in the top10 consistently. The...

Fla. families help officials ID remains of Cuban refugees.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... MIAMI _ Medical examiners in two Florida counties have made preliminary identifications on the remains of three of the four Cuban migrants found off the Florida coast last weekend, officials said Wednesday. The bodies were badly...

N.C. regulators move to ban snakehead fish.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ It's now illegal to buy, transport, own or sell snakehead fish, the Asian predators that biologists would dread to see in North Carolina's environment. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission adopted the emergency...

Broward lunches earn doctors' praise.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... MIAMI _ Stop serving those fries, and pile on the fruit. That's the menu mind-set that earned Broward County the No. 1 ranking for healthy school lunches among 10 of the nation's largest school districts. Miami-Dade was tied with...

Marlins top the Mets, leave with optimistic note.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 28, 2002... MIAMI _ Marlins third-base coach Ozzie Guillen trotted into the clubhouse after Wednesday's 7-3 victory over the New York Mets, waving to fans. ``We'll see you Friday,'' he shouted. Leave it to the Marlins to be optimistic. With...

Novelist's first effort nets windfall; is Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez the `Latina Terry McMillan'?(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. _ Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez is irritated. "I hate this ghetto," she says, her brown eyes sharp and hard. She's not talking about the upscale diner where she has just about given up on her half-eaten chicken salad. And...

Reaching for Latino market.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... In June, Landres, bidding on behalf of an affiliated imprint, Scribner, took part in the auction of "Dirty Girls Social Club," Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez's English-language novel of six Latinas who meet in college and keep in touch during their...

`The Rescue of Jerusalem: The Alliance Between Hebrews and Africans in 701 B.C.' by Henry T. Aubin; Soho Press.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... I'll admit to an ignoble response when this book thudded onto my desk last spring: Hmm, let's see here, Egyptians, Nubians, Hebrews, Assyrians, the siege of Jerusalem in 701 B.C.... Holy Christmas! Talk about ancient history! Why the heck...

`Law of Gravity,' `The Big Gamble'.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... ``Law of Gravity'' Stephen Horn; HarperCollins ($24.95) At one time, Philip Barkley was at the height of his career on Capitol Hill. He didn't just have an inside track with Washington's movers and shakers; he was among the elite himself....

The Art of Deception,' `The Truth Hurts,' `The Survivors Club,' `Nobody Knows,' `The Soul Catcher'.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... Forensic psychologist Daphne Matthews has not one stalker but two to contend with in Ridley Pearson's ``The Art of Deception'' (Hyperion, $23.95, 451 pages), and the result is doubly chilling. One stalker is the deranged brother of...

In Alan Furst's tales of intrigue, ordinary citizens try to resist Hitler in Europe.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... I feel like a spy coming in from the cold. For over a decade now I've been on a mission, trying to let people know that when it comes to historical espionage fiction, there's no one better than Alan Furst. Who? Too often that's been...

Environmental writing: `The Book of the Everglades,' `Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly,' `Tinkering With Eden: A Natural History of Exotics in America'.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... RIVER OF GRASS ``The Book of the Everglades,'' edited by Susan Cerulean (Milkweed, $18.95, paperback): The vast river of grass known as the Florida Everglades is an "irregular jewel," as Al Burt puts it in his introduction to this timely...

A look ahead at the what's coming up in books.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... FICTION September PAUL AUSTER: The Book of Illusions (Henry Holt): A novel about a man's obsession with a silent-film star. CONNIE BRISCOE: P.G. County (Doubleday): The lives, loves and secrets of the powerful and beautiful...

Emanuel attempts bold run from White House to Congress.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... WASHINGTON _ Although there are months still to go and an election yet to win before he can claim his seat in Congress, the re-emergence of Rahm Emanuel already has begun in the nation's capital. To an extent unusual even for a veteran...

Steal a peek at e-mail, but do it carefully.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... Q. Upgrading to Outlook Express 6.0 presented a new problem for me. Every time I open an e-mail, I get only a minimized window in which I cannot adequately see the message. How can I get Outlook Express 6.0 to open my e-mail into a maximized...

Apple may ride Jaguar into mobile computing.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... In 10 years of writing this column, your humble correspondent developed what might be deemed a binary bipolar disorder. Sometimes I'm a Windows weenie. Other times I'm a Macoholic. Sometimes I feel like a Mac. Sometimes I don't. ...

Apple turns search engine into concierge.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... Mac OS X 10.2 is far bigger than just Sherlock 3, but this one huge improvement in how people can use their Macs stands out far more for most users than the rest. Type in a rough approximation of a business' name and a city and state,...

Equestrian life galloping out of Zimbabwe under regime.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe _ As the afternoon sun slants across the manicured show grounds, the young riders in breeches and black hunt caps canter through their warm-up circles, then begin flying with their mounts over a course of gaily painted...

`The Flamboya Tree' by Clara Olink Kelly; Random House.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... America's war in Afghanistan seems such a remote-controlled, high-tech event _ except, obviously, to those Americans who actually have family or friends fighting in that distant land. But for the rest of us, the war is barely more than...

`Last Girls' author Lee Smith savors the journey, not the destination.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... _``The Last Girls'' by Lee Smith; Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill ($24.95) It sounds like something out of a novel _ a bunch of college students building a raft and floating down the Mississippi River like Huck Finn. And it is part...

`Vitals' by Greg Bear, `The Sum of All Fears' by Tom Clancy.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... ``Vitals'' by Greg Bear, read by Jeff Woodman; Random House Audio (abridged, 5 { hours, 3 cassettes. $25). The box containing this sci-fi bio-thriller says, "This abridgement has been approved by the author," which means either the...

A rush of books helps nation come to terms with 9/11.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... It was paper that made the fires burn with such ferocity _ all the paper in those World Trade Center offices. That was what readers learned from William Langewiesche's article in last month's Atlantic magazine, "Unbuilding the World Trade...

Autocracy ascendant in Pakistan.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
August 28, 2002... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, Aug. 23: X X X In the United States, amending the Constitution is a cumbersome and difficult process that can take years or even decades. In Pakistan, it's simpler...

Object lesson in protectionism.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
August 28, 2002... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, Aug. 27: X X X President Bush now has two big problems with protectionism, both stemming from the tariffs of up to 30 percent he imposed on foreign steelmakers in...

How low can you go?(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
August 28, 2002... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, Aug. 27: X X X So here's what it takes to get a shock jock fired in sophisticated and urbane New York. You induce two people to have sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral...

Here's a tip: Ban boorish behavior.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... Objections have been raining down on the controversial Operation TIPS anti-terrorist program that would encourage workers in certain industries to report suspicious activity they encounter that might be linked to terrorism. But I have been...

In black and white: Florida A&M seeking larger recruiting base.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... ORLANDO _ Billy Joe, football coach at predominantly black Florida A&M in Tallahassee, is expanding his recruiting radar. And he's hoping to pick up something unusual on his screen. White kids. "I'm trying to recruit them. Some just...

Now is the perfect time to get your fishing gear in order.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE _ As August fades into September, both fish and fishermen are in transition. Summer vacations come to an end as students head back to school and migratory species start heading south in advance of cooler temperatures. ...

Chicago River the latest scene for canoeists and kayakers.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... CHICAGO _ When the hardened paddler pulled his canoe up to the Clark Park boat launch, Ryan Chew asked where he came from. "Montana," he said. Chew asked where he was headed. "Maine," he said. Most paddlers spend only a few...

Stalk softly and wield a Harley net to outfox a wary crustacean.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... POMPANO BEACH, Fla. _ What would you do if you were standing outside your front door and you saw a guy running toward you, breathing heavily with arms waving wildly? If you said you'd probably scoot inside and slam the door, then you...

What pastors' kids hold as truths.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... "I'm different." "I have to be perfect." "I should already know." "I can ruin my dad's ministry." "Other people's needs are more important than my own." "I'm here for others." "The ministry is all a farce,...

Life in a fishbowl increases stress on pastors' kids.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... CHICAGO _ The Camden children have certainly put their parents through the wringer at times. Mary and her basketball teammates vandalized the school gym. Matt and Simon falsely accused a family of a hate crime. Each week, it seems,...

UWB waits in wireless wings.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... Wireless communication's hottest new development is still a year away from putting a commercial product on the market, but it has already been adapted for a wired application to double cable TV capacity. This development for...

7 Theme Parks ... 2 Fools ... 1 Day.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Humans test themselves in punishing ways. We run 26.1 miles, climb high peaks, mush sled dogs for days on end. The hardiest of us can survive the tiny bicycle seats of the Tour de France. In Orlando, we are positioned for...

Miss Florida USA a well-rounded talent.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ To hear her mother tell it, Carrie Ann Mewha is "just a normal person, who dresses up well." Of course, her mother acknowledges that her 23-year-old middle child is also bright, hard-working, multitalented and...

New license plate aims to fund fight against terrorism.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Florida drivers showed their true colors in solidarity after Sept. 11 when they affixed plastic American flags and bumper stickers to their cars. Now they have a more lasting way to display their patriotism and...

New campaign will promote Florida's non-tourist industries.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ A much-anticipated Sunshine State business marketing campaign is set for launch on Oct. 16, though even its supporters say the $1 million budget is far too little to make a profound difference. In less than two...

A little Bill Murray with a little side sauce.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... ORLANDO _ Phil Mickelson, who talks like an animated teenager at times, calls it "side sauce," a term he coined for the sidespin he imparts on a golf ball in an attempt to make it dance in particular directions. He works it left. He...

The upper class? It's clear they have no class.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... CHICAGO _ There oughta be a law. There oughta be a law requiring major-league baseball players to walk a picket line if they go on strike. For fans, this would afford an opportunity to mix together a spectator sport, a contact sport and...

Ethnic-Arab comic loses Jackie Mason gig.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... CHICAGO _ A comedy club here canceled a comedian of Palestinian descent as an opener for Jackie Mason this week because of the comedian's take on Arab-Israeli relations and because he violated protocol about pre-show publicity, according to...

One year later, ordinary folks muddle through after extraordinary events.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ The tower is blue and green, yellow and red. The plane is in the hand of a 3-year-old. It might have been November or December. Several weeks, at least, after 9/11. "Look mommy. Look daddy. I CRASH my tower!" the...

Marines get realistic anti-terrorism training in Chesapeake.(Daily Press)
August 28, 2002... CHESAPEAKE, Va. _ Virginia soybean fields might seem a long way from terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan, the Philippines or even Washington, D.C. But Marines and FBI agents are training here to combat al-Qaida cells in this country and around...

Oklahoma allies, foes say Regier gets results.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Across party lines, Oklahoma politicians agree that Gov. Jeb Bush's choice to lead Florida's troubled child-welfare agency is a man best known for getting things done. While Jerry Regier's conservative religious views have...

Capsules for Thursday games.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... Thursday's games Syracuse at BYU TIME: 7:30 p.m. EDT. TV: ESPN. WEATHER: Partly cloudy, 83 degrees. STORY LINE: Both were surprisingly good last season, but there are myriad questions surrounding both this season. ...

Consumer group: Florida is soft on flawed docs.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... MIAMI BEACH, Fla. _ The Florida Board of Medicine is not tough enough on the doctors it disciplines for serious problems such as wrong-site surgeries, prescribing problems, medical incompetence or sexual misconduct with patients, a national...

More mysterious deaths associated with Fla. pain center.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Three more people have died _ two on the same day this month _ of suspected drug overdoses while under the care of a Plantation, Fla., pain management center, according to police and medical examiner records. One...

From nearby shanty town, poor watch summit, hope for end to plight.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... JOHANNESBURG, South Africa _ Four years ago, Kenneth Mulambo left his home and family in economically depressed Zimbabwe and made his way to Johannesburg. He found work in a cleaning crew and when that ended sunk his meager savings into an...

Regulators eye IPO reform.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... Like so many Americans in the late `90s, Laurie Krigman kept a close eye on the superheated IPO market. Her interest, however, wasn't from a burning desire to get in on the game _ Krigman is a finance professor at Babson College in...

Florida workers facing more than a weak job market.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ A weak job market may not be all that Florida workers have to worry about these days. A report issued Wednesday by a labor market researcher suggests income growth in Florida lags behind the rest of the nation even...

Government seeks materials of tabloids to look for anthrax motive.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... BOCA RATON, Fla. _ Federal agents seeking clues on why American Media Inc. was a target of anthrax mailings will search old copies of three AMI tabloid publications to find articles that may point to a motive, according to a letter from the...

Prosecutors told to wrap up case vs. Milosevic.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... THE HAGUE, Netherlands _ With time running out before a court-imposed deadline, war crimes prosecutors have yet to produce the "smoking gun" that directly ties former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic to atrocities committed in Kosovo. ...

Moody's more pessimistic on states' future.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... Citing the one-two fiscal punch of declining tax revenues and relentlessly rising expenditures, a new report from Moody's Investors Service offered a gloomy outlook for many states' credit ratings. With the recession forcing corporations...

Ohio Supreme Court says local officials can't ban all public smoking.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... CHICAGO _ Dealing a setback to the efforts of Ohio's anti-smoking activists, that state's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that local health boards have no authority to ban smoking in all public places. The 6-1 decision from the Ohio court...

California considers full paid family-leave program.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... LOS ANGELES _ Despite qualifying for the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, Amy Tucker said she made the painful decision earlier this year to stay on the job instead of taking unpaid time off to care for her terminally-ill father. ...

Head of Florida child agency leaves, makes little comment about mistakes.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Given one last high-profile chance to answer critics or sound off on the future of Florida's child welfare system, the state's embattled child protection chief opted for a quiet exit Wednesday. Unlike the critics who...

In wake of bombings, Florida Muslims seek protection for mosques.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Central Florida Muslim leaders Wednesday called on authorities to take steps to prevent someone from amassing arsenals, such as that of the St. Petersburg-area doctor accused of plotting to bomb mosques in the state. ...

Gay-rights issue draws threat in Orlando.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ A conservative Christian group is playing hardball politics over Orlando's gay-rights proposal, privately threatening to trash a City Council member's reputation if he doesn't abstain from voting on the initiative. ...

New Milwaukee archbishop installed.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... MILWAUKEE _ In a cathedral packed with eight cardinals, dozens of clerics and hundreds of enthusiastic Catholics, Rev. Timothy Dolan became the 10th archbishop of Milwaukee on Wednesday with a message that befit his reputation as a funny,...

Pete Sampras rolls into second round.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... NEW YORK _ In one hour and 33 minutes of brisk if not brilliant tennis Wednesday, Pete Sampras produced his easiest Grand Slam victory in nearly a year, then savored it, quite appropriately, with all the fervor of an undertaker. "Pretty...

Serena Williams plays her role.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... NEW YORK _ Venus Williams got a double-bagel Tuesday. Sister Serena settled for a bagel and bread stick. "I tried," Williams said after demolishing 16-year-old Dinara Safina, 6-0, 6-1. "But she played a good game. A few good games. Next...

Garland hits new heights, blanks Blue Jays in first complete game with White Sox.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... CHICAGO _ It may have been the perfect ending to an imperfect White Sox season. Right-hander Jon Garland had the best outing of his career in the final game before a potential players' strike, shutting out Toronto, 8-0, before 12,972...

Tryon to make return at Buy.com.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 28, 2002... ORLANDO _ Fittingly, the youngest regular in PGA Tour history will mount a comeback of sorts on the organization's junior circuit. Orlando's Ty Tryon, sidelined nearly six months by a lingering bout with mononucleosis, has committed to...

IOC ready to call strike three; Games may drop baseball, softball.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... CHICAGO _ Baseball may be on its way out in more ways than one. Thursday could be the last day of major league baseball for a while. The 2004 Athens Games could be the last for Olympic baseball, period. A day before the strike date...

Black Catholics to meet in Chicago; discrimination, leadership roles are issues.(Chicago Tribune)
August 28, 2002... CHICAGO _ More than a century ago, when delegates to the Congress of Colored Catholics met in Chicago in 1893, they called for the ordination of black priests, an end to discrimination in churches and schools, and more evangelism in black...