Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from August 2002, page 6

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Roddick, Dent set for early battle.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 25, 2002... NEW YORK _ The Taylor Dent question put a quizzical look on Andy Roddick's face. "Are you telling me that he's in my draw?" Roddick asked a reporter who had just inquired if Roddick and Dent, two young Americans with two of the biggest...

Palestinian, Israeli officials say cease-fire plan has halted.(Chicago Tribune)
August 25, 2002... GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip_A week after Israel agreed to pull troops from Bethlehem and the Gaza Strip in an attempt to re-institute some Palestinian Authority control over security, the effort toward a gradual cease-fire plan has come to a...

Richard Williams back on scene.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 25, 2002... NEW YORK _ Coach Richard Williams is back, and he's not brooking any standing around. "You got a ball, let's go," he called out as his world-famous daughters, Serena and Venus Williams, exchanged shots with their hitting partner, Jovan...

Game's health is greatest issue.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 25, 2002... So far, the funniest logic about baseball's economics since Bud Selig last opened his mouth came from Mike Lowell, the third baseman who professed how the Florida Marlins are "crying that they're losing money" even though they aren't because...

D'backs' Johnson fans 16, improves to 11-0 vs. Cubs.(Chicago Tribune)
August 25, 2002... PHOENIX _ Pitting Randy Johnson against the Chicago Cubs is like a hosting a demolition derby with a Mack truck and a tricycle. And that's when the Cubs have Sammy Sosa in the lineup. On a day Sosa flew back to Chicago because of a...

Glover hits spot for Sox.(Chicago Tribune)
August 25, 2002... CHICAGO _ Two developments, one good and one bad, stood out in Sunday's 8-3 White Sox victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Comiskey Park. The good news: Gary Glover made an adjustment and came back after a shaky start to pitch seven...

War Emblem late from gate in California.(Chicago Tribune)
August 25, 2002... DEL MAR, Calif. _ War Emblem, crown prince of the 3-year-old division, went into his first meeting with older horses trying to prove he was the best horse in America. At the end of Sunday's Pacific Classic many had reason to suspect that...

Leisurely drive for Hokies: a 63-7 victory.(Daily Press)
August 25, 2002... BLACKSBURG, Va. _ In Virginia Tech's 63-7 victory against Arkansas State on Sunday, the Hokies were efficient. They were complete. They were even overwhelming, and yet they were totally unrevealing. There was plenty for the Hokies to be...

Andre Agassi, all grown up on and off the court.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 24, 2002... MIAMI _ Andre Agassi strutted into our tennis consciousness 16 years ago, long bleached locks, denim shorts over fluorescent cycling tights, Barbra Streisand _ and countless other women of all ages _ gushing over his every booming forehand....

Capsules for the Big Ten.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 24, 2002... 1. Ohio State (ASTERISK) Coach: Jim Tressel. (ASTERISK) 2001: 7-5, 5-3 Big Ten. (ASTERISK) Outlook: With seven starters back from a defense that allowed 349.1 yards per game, expect the Buckeyes to be among the nation's leaders...

People in the news.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 24, 2002... BOB GELDOF COPES WITH MISERY IN `SEX, AGE, DEATH' Bob Geldof has led multiple lives. His rock credentials were established more than 20 years ago with the Boomtown Rats. Geldof organized the Live Aid benefit concerts in 1985 to ease...

Debate begins over who should be AL MVP.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 24, 2002... MIAMI _ Who should be the Most Valuable Player of the American League? New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi, a candidate, says he would like to see second baseman and teammate Alfonso Soriano get it. "There isn't much Sori...

Is there a savior out there? No Ripken, no home run derbys this time.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 24, 2002... MIAMI _ So, the players want to go on strike. I have a question. Which player is going to woo back fans and mend the wounds this time? Any major-leaguer who thinks going on strike is a good idea should ask himself that question....

Breaking down the issues in baseball labor dispute.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 24, 2002... MIAMI _ Only five days to go. Five days until the Major League Baseball players' union goes on strike, a move that Seattle Mariners manager Lou Piniella said two months ago "would be bordering on the suicidal." Five days for owners...

N.C. State shows its big-play side in rout of New Mexico.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 24, 2002... RALEIGH N.C. _ State's defense might or might not be very good. The same goes for its offensive line and tailbacks. Against an inferior team like New Mexico, some things are difficult to gauge. Philip Rivers isn't one of them. ...

Hoyt Wilhelm dies of heart failure.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 24, 2002... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Hoyt Wilhelm, a North Carolinian whose dancing and darting pitches carried him into the Baseball Hall of Fame, died of heart failure Friday in Sarasota, Fla. Wilhelm, 79, was born in Huntersville. He is one of seven Tar...

N.C. State ready to run with Rivers.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 24, 2002... RALEIGH, N.C. _ Philip Rivers seems like one of those ACC lifers. Every fall, he appears again _ a 6-foot-5, 236-pound quarterback who won't take no for an answer. What is Rivers, a seventh-year senior or something? Did he play pro...

Jeff Gordon ends 31-race winless streak.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 24, 2002... BRISTOL, Tenn. _ Jeff Gordon bumped his way back to victory lane Saturday night, winning for the first time in nearly a year by passing Rusty Wallace with less than three laps remaining to win the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. ...

Wallace bumped out of competition.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 24, 2002... BRISTOL, Tenn. _ Two drivers. Two winless streaks. One was going to be disappointed. Rusty Wallace, who hadn't won in 40 races entering Saturday night's Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, held the lead with three laps remaining,...

Marlins' Millar quiets Padres this time.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 24, 2002... SAN DIEGO _ A heckler seated in the front row at Qualcomm Stadium teased Kevin Millar as he took batting practice before Saturday's game against the San Diego Padres. Millar is not one of those players who shuts out the noise, pretending...

Why King George is mad.(Chicago Tribune)
August 24, 2002... CHICAGO _ George Steinbrenner is mad. For those of us who worry about the state of baseball, in particular baseball outside of New York, this is an excellent development. While there may be some perilous moments next week, there is no...

Finding accommodations the Bears way, and other items.(Chicago Tribune)
August 24, 2002... CHICAGO _ If the Bears can't keep their word with a hotel, then how can they be trusted to keep their word with your personal seat license money and honor your seat location in the new Soldier Field ahead of, say, politicians who helped push...

Burnett pushing 120-pitch mark too many times.(Chicago Tribune)
August 24, 2002... CHICAGO _ What was Jeff Torborg thinking? Given a chance to manage a team with some of the best young pitchers in the game, Torborg somehow overlooked the fact that the Florida Marlins weren't going anywhere this year. It served no...

Mexican leader under fire in `dirty war' probe.(Chicago Tribune)
August 24, 2002... MEXICO CITY_In the campaign to improve Mexico's record on human rights, President Vicente Fox often receives the most criticism from his would-be allies in the struggle. When former President Luis Echeverria reneged last week on...

Despite `92 hopes, emission levels grow as world leaders meet.(Chicago Tribune)
August 24, 2002... JOHANNESBURG _ In 1992, with a tremendous sense of optimism, world leaders gathered at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit and for the first time cobbled together agreements to begin jointly attacking emerging global environmental problems:...

Rio accord failures loom large 1992's promise never fulfilled.(Chicago Tribune)
August 24, 2002... RIO DE JANEIRO_A decade after the landmark Earth Summit in Rio, many environmental activists blame the world's richest nations, particularly the United States, for the slow rate of global progress in grappling with environmental destruction...

Fla. Gov. Bush fires back at critics over choice to lead child agency.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 24, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Newly discovered writings by Gov. Jeb Bush's choice to head the state's child welfare agency raised more questions Friday about whether Jerry Regier would impose his conservative Christian values on public policy. The...

Capsule for the Big Ten.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 24, 2002... DEFENDING CHAMP: Illinois. ASCENDING: Ohio State, in Year Two of the Jim Tressel era, should win the Big Ten for the first time since 1998. Tressel and his staff have recruited well in the past two years, and with the talent left by John...

Who will win the U.S. Open.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 24, 2002... MEN LLEYTON HEWITT Ht/Wt: 5-10/150. Age: 21. Country: Australia. Rank/ Champions race: 1/1. Seeded: 1. 2002 record (hardcourts): 45-10 (23-5). 2002 titles: 4 (San Jose, Indian Wells, Queens, Wimbledon)....

Twins peak in Minnesota, and other notes.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 24, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE _ Dave Dombrowski knows what a championship team is supposed to look like, having built the 1997 Marlins into a World Series winner. So when Dombrowski says we should take the Minnesota Twins seriously come October _ if...

Illini set bar even higher this year.(Chicago Tribune)
August 24, 2002... CHICAGO _ Kurt Kittner's generosity knew no bounds. Kittner was a giver. In his four years in Champaign, Kittner gave Illinois football fans more victories (24), more career touchdown passes (70) and probably more come-from-behind...

Struggling Federer is searching for missing game.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 24, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE _ There is a fluid beauty to Roger Federer's play when he's at the top of his game. To watch him move into his shots or stroke the ball is to watch a man without a ripple in his mechanics. But he's not at the top of his game...

Ohio State routs Texas Tech with freshman Clarett leading the way.(Chicago Tribune)
August 24, 2002... COLUMBUS, Ohio_With the game ball tucked under his left arm and his scarlet jersey hanging out of his gray pants, Ohio State tailback Maurice Clarett walked off the field after the 13th-ranked Buckeyes' 45-21 rout of Texas Tech on Saturday...

Florida's new child-welfare chief brings controversial legacy.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 24, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ The man Gov. Jeb Bush has chosen to protect Florida's children leaves a "troubling" child welfare record behind in Oklahoma, national reform advocates say. The rates of children abused in foster care and recycled through...

Cubs blank the Diamondbacks.(Chicago Tribune)
August 24, 2002... PHOENIX_Cubs manager Bruce Kimm planned to remove Matt Clement when he visited the mound in the ninth inning of Saturday's game. But Kimm quickly realized he would have had to pry the ball from Clement's right hand. "I'm not a...

Bush's three-day campaign swing nets string of protestors.(Chicago Tribune)
August 24, 2002... LAS CRUCES, N.M. _ President Bush on Saturday wrapped up three days of politics, policy, and something he has seen little of since the nation united behind him after Sept. 11: protests. In a swing through Oregon, California and New...

Hitting crucial stage time; union's `out-of-whack' proposal increases chances of a walkout.(Chicago Tribune)
August 24, 2002... CHICAGO _ The clock is ticking toward a potentially devastating baseball strike, and Saturday the ticking took on a tone both ominous and familiar. Players union leader Donald Fehr appeared to shock Major League Baseball's negotiating...

Lee's homer sparks White Sox's comeback.(Chicago Tribune)
August 24, 2002... CHICAGO _ For a guy who wasn't supposed to start Saturday night, Carlos Lee did pretty well for the White Sox. Lee, playing because Magglio Ordonez had a sore toe, hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning, tying the game 2-2 and...

Jeff Gordon finally wins one in crash-filled race.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 24, 2002... BRISTOL, Tenn. _ Jeff Gordon is back. And how. The 31-race losing streak of NASCAR's winningest active driver ended Saturday night as he first dominated, then fought his way back through a shuffle, in the wild, crash-filled, hot-tempered...

Florida State holds off Iowa State's late charge.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 24, 2002... KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ All summer long, the Florida State Seminoles talked and talked and talked. Stanford Samuels predicted the world would flood again before the Seminoles lose four games in a season, as they did in 2001. Starting his...

Big Bobby surpasses Big Bear on all-time win list.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 24, 2002... KANSAS CITY, Mo._The good people of Alabama will gladly inform you that Bobby Bowden is but a poor imitation of Paul Bryant. They will tell you that no matter how many games Bowden or Joe Paterno or anybody else wins, there is still nobody as...

Redskins score 40 in Spurrier's return to old stomping grounds.(Daily Press)
August 24, 2002... TAMPA, Fla. _ Washington Redskins coach Steve Spurrier returned to the scene of some of the best and worst moments of his football life Saturday night and left with his perfect record intact. The Redskins rolled to a nine-point halftime...

Steve Spurrier a master at sparking interest.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 24, 2002... TAMPA _ No-back sets. Flea-flickers. Reverses. All-out blitzes. Taunting. Scalpers. Scalpers. Only Steve Spurrier could give a meaningless game meaning. Only Coach Superior could inject intrigue into a typical NFL sound-check. Only...

Bobby Bowden passes Bear with win over Iowa State; JoePa is next.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 24, 2002... KANSAS CITY _ The good people of Alabama will gladly inform you that Bobby Bowden is but a poor imitation of Paul Bryant. They will tell you that no matter how many games Bowden or Joe Paterno or anybody else wins, there is still nobody as...

Recalling the nightmare: Hurricane Andrew 10 years later.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 23, 2002... MIAMI _ Stanley Goldenberg crouched in the hallway at 16922 SW 119th Ct. in South Miami-Dade. He was one of the nation's leading hurricane researchers, and also a father, and he felt responsible for his three sons, his sister-in-law, his...

Visa applications from Argentines increase dramatically.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 23, 2002... MIAMI _ Non-immigrant visa applications from Argentina expanded dramatically between March 2001 and June 2002, reflecting tougher U.S. immigration standards as the South American country's economic crisis worsened. During the six-month...

Statins' effect on bone loss mixed.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 23, 2002... Q. I am a postmenopausal woman taking Evista for osteoporosis prevention. I read that statin drugs also work well as bone builders. I am also having a cholesterol problem. Would taking a statin drug help both conditions? A. Evista...

American scullcap is touted as a sedative.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 23, 2002... The product: Nature's Way Scullcap Herb. The claim: That it will ensure a good night's sleep. Because it is known to have a calming effect on the body, it's also touted as a way to reduce stress, anxiety and depression and frequently...

For many freshmen, gaining knowledge also means gaining weight.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 23, 2002... When Russ Elmore left for college last year, everyone warned him about the Freshman 15. It turned out to be more like the Freshman 25. "I got lazy," said Elmore, a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of South Carolina. "I only...

David Carr ready for on-the-job training.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 23, 2002... MIAMI _ Houston Texans rookie quarterback David Carr broke the huddle, ready to run a play that called for him to roll right. He then tried to figure out one critical detail. Where exactly does New York Giants defensive end Michael...

Taylor's father expected to go to trial for assault case against son.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 23, 2002... MIAMI _ Anthony Taylor, the adoptive father of Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor, has declined a plea-bargain offer from the State Attorney's Office, virtually assuring he will be tried in late September in Broward County Court, his...

Talkin' about sporting an attitude, from Little League to Letterman.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 23, 2002... MIAMI _ You are not allowed to be surprised. Disappointed? Outraged? Amused? Those feelings are fine. But not surprised, please not surprised, not if you've been paying attention at all to where we've been careening for the last few...

Snafu thwarts some trying to vote.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 23, 2002... MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. _ Rusty Kidd's family is practically religious about voting on election day. But this week, Kidd and his son were sidelined. Their voter registration got mixed up when they went to get their driver's licenses this...

Georgia plumbers turn to GPS to monitor employees' movements.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 23, 2002... MACON, Ga. _ The owners of two local plumbing companies say they didn't know where their employees were every minute of every day. They could be killing time chatting with their favorite convenience store clerk or hanging out at a local...

Some new homes won't withstand hurricane minimums.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 23, 2002... MIAMI _ Houses built in South Florida since Hurricane Andrew are generally better prepared to withstand high winds than dwellings shattered by the storm a decade ago. But spot-checks of homes under construction suggest that at least some...

Top-selling PT gets Chrysler to thinking.(Chicago Tribune)
August 23, 2002... The best-selling Chrysler nameplate? Just happens to be the smallest Chrysler vehicle, the PT Cruiser, which also just happens to be the vehicle brought out in the 2001 model year to build showroom traffic to entice folks to buy other...

It's not easy to bond with sold-out Aston.(Chicago Tribune)
August 23, 2002... Let's get this straight. You buy Playboy to read the jokes and watch a James Bond movie to see the cars. And that's why the folks from Aston Martin are excited about the fact that the Pierce Brosnan rendition of 007 will tool around...

Ford shows the high-tech innovations it's cooking up in its research lab.(Chicago Tribune)
August 23, 2002... DEARBORN, Mich. _ The styling dictated by designers and the price dictated by the marketing folks will attract consumers to one vehicle over another. But don't rule out the role of scientists, says Richard Parry-Jones, group vice...

Belarus may return to Russian fold in exchange for economic security.(Chicago Tribune)
August 23, 2002... MOSCOW _ Seven years of human-rights trampling and iron-fisted rule has left Europe's last vestige of Soviet-style autocracy, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, with a single ally: Russia. Now, that friend has offered impoverished...

Author tells how families can make more of so little time.(Chicago Tribune)
August 23, 2002... During 15 years of conducting "spiritual parenting" workshops, Mimi Doe has asked a common question: What is your biggest regret as a parent? The top answer is inaction or "failing to seize the day." In some ways, that's a peculiar...

Uma's vision becomes reality in `Hysterical'.(Chicago Tribune)
August 23, 2002... BAYONNE, N.J. _ Crossing the high New Jersey Turnpike bridge here countless times on the way to and from Manhattan, I've passed over this grubby, grungy little waterfront community without once giving thought to the people living out their...

Volvo Cross County is practical, fun SUV alternative.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 23, 2002... If you're Volvo, and you are stuck with a station wagon when the world seems to want sport utility vehicles, what do you do? You raise one of those wagons farther off the ground, add some larger tires and plastic fender flares, make it...

Say it ain't so.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
August 23, 2002... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, Aug. 22: X X X As Major League Baseball moves once again to drive itself off a cliff, the inclination is to forget about the selfish adults and look to the kids to...

I'm so glad my kids aren't babies anymore.(Orlando Sentinel)
August 23, 2002... The 24-hour cable-news channels' hysterical coverage in the past few weeks of kids who were abducted under bizarre circumstances made it seem as if this was fast becoming the No. 1 problem in America. For the record, it's not. Surely the...

Where's the Islamic outrage?(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
August 23, 2002... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, Aug. 22: X X X The decision by an Islamic court in Nigeria to uphold the sentence of death by stoning of a woman who had a child out of wedlock, has been roundly _...

Jim's driveway: Capsules of Jim Mateja's auto reviews.(Chicago Tribune)
August 23, 2002... 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 will replace older ones each...

Accord remake subtle outside, potent inside.(Chicago Tribune)
August 23, 2002... DEARBORN, Mich. _ The engineers and designers who spent 24/7 the last two years developing the next-generation Accord need to sneak out to a movie or play a round of golf. When Charlie Baker, project leader for the crew that produced the...

Amber Alerts raise hopes _ and questions.(Chicago Tribune)
August 23, 2002... LOS ANGELES _ The rash of high-profile child abduction cases in California, Texas, Virginia and Utah this summer has riveted public attention on dramatic rescues made possible by the previously little-known Amber Alert system. Put to the...

Florida coach Ron Zook has formidable task of replacing Spurrier.(Chicago Tribune)
August 23, 2002... GAINESVILLE, Fla. _ It's 6 a.m., and 29 Florida freshmen are stretching to the accompaniment of crickets. An air horn punctures the steamy predawn air. Decked out in blue jerseys and orange helmets, the freshmen break into groups by...

Antwaan Randle El leading the preseason in oohs and aahs.(Chicago Tribune)
August 23, 2002... LATROBE, Pa._Antwaan Randle El doesn't have to say he told you so. Considered too little at Thornton High School in Chicago to play college football, too small at Indiana for the pros, too untested as a quarterback-turned-receiver to be a top...

Lieberman, poised to enter 2004 White House race, looks to Gore.(Chicago Tribune)
August 23, 2002... DES MOINES, Iowa _ The moment she spotted him, Kathy Aller pushed through a small crowd of people and marched up to Sen. Joseph Lieberman. She grabbed his arm, gave the Connecticut senator a sturdy embrace and left him with a succinct...

Famine looms for half of troubled Zimbabwe's 12 million people.(Chicago Tribune)
August 23, 2002... MBERENGWA DISTRICT, Zimbabwe _ Elphas Zhou's corn crop died this year when the rains didn't come, so since April he's hiked two miles to the closest UN World Food Program distribution site, where once a month workers hand him a 120-pound bag...

Feature film of the week: `Lethal Weapon'.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 23, 2002... ___ LETHAL WEAPON 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 TNT ___ Here it is, "Lethal Weapon," the 1987 action-thriller-comedy that spawned three sequels _ none of which matched the fun of the original. (And one of which, "Lethal...

Movie classic of the week: `The Red Pony'.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 23, 2002... ___ THE RED PONY 5:20 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5 AMC ___ "The Red Pony," director Lewis Milestone's tasteful version of the John Steinbeck novel of a young boy and his attachment to his red pony, is an oddity film that...

Plants on bottom of Lake Okeechobee showing recovery.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 23, 2002... WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. _ Bottom plants that nurture fish are sprouting again in Lake Okeechobee, providing more evidence that the lake is recovering from ecological damage caused by high water before the 2000-01 drought. Scientists at the...

Drought getting worse each day; Virginia heat aggravates dire situation.(Newport News (Va.) Daily Press)
August 23, 2002... NEWPORT NEWS, Va. _ Drinking water supplies continue to drop throughout the state. Crops are wilting prematurely. Rivers are running low, and some streams have completely dried up. Mandatory water restrictions have been imposed in 14...

Virginia man convicted on moonshine charges.(Newport News (Va.) Daily Press)
August 23, 2002... WILLIAMSBURG, Va. _ After a brief trial Thursday, a 44-year-old man was convicted of illegally manufacturing alcohol, possessing moonshine and possessing a police scanner while committing a felony. Daniel Wayne New, of News Road in James...

Police shoot 5 cows on road.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 23, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Five cows wandered onto the Beeline Expressway in southeast Orange County Thursday night, causing havoc on the roadway and forcing authorities to shoot and kill the wayward animals. The Beeline was closed in both...

Nine men with criminal backgrounds work with Orlando's football league.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 23, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Volunteers with felony records are being allowed to coach in Orlando's youth football league against the advice of city attorneys, not only working with the kids on the field, but also taking them out to eat, buying them...

`Sea wasp' leaving stung swimmers in its wake.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 23, 2002... NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. _ About 40 more swimmers reported being stung Thursday by jellyfish that have swarmed along the Volusia County shore in the past three weeks, the Volusia County Beach Patrol said. New Smyrna Beach marine biologist...

Capsules for the AFC.(Orlando Sentinel)
August 23, 2002... AFC EAST Buffalo Bills COACH: Gregg Williams (second season, 3-13) ON OFFENSE: The salary cap is structured in a way that high-priced players rarely get traded in their primes, yet get ready for Drew Bledsoe taking the field to the...

Capsules for the AFC.(Orlando Sentinel)
August 23, 2002... AFC EAST Buffalo Bills COACH: Gregg Williams (second season, 3-13) ON OFFENSE: The salary cap is structured in a way that high-priced players rarely get traded in their primes, yet get ready for Drew Bledsoe taking the field to...

Business events of the week ahead.(Chicago Tribune)
August 23, 2002... With school bells ringing and campus doors swinging open all over the land, this is the season when Americans rev up their zest for buying. Retailers trot out ads touting fall bargains, trying to stir up a mass trek to the malls. This...

Capsules for the NFC.(Orlando Sentinel)
August 23, 2002... EAST Dallas Cowboys COACH: Dave Campo (third season, 10-22) ON OFFENSE: Dallas was in all but three games last season -- and that was with the worst passing game in the NFL. QB Quincy Carter showed some promise, leading the club...