Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from August 2002

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from August 2002

Mississippi town builds memorial to sons lost on Sept. 11.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... DURANT, Miss. _ What are the odds? People in Durant are still asking the question almost a year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but there's no mathematical answer for the sad coincidences in this town. Durant, a place so small it...

Parkinson's patients battle sleep attacks.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... Q. My husband takes medication for Parkinson's disease. Can these drugs cause sudden sleep attacks as I recently heard? A. In a 1999 column, I reported the apparent link between certain drugs taken for Parkinson's disease and sudden,...

Bush must make case for striking Iraq.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
August 31, 2002... The following editorial appeared in the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader on Thursday, Aug. 29: X X X Saddam Hussein is one of the bad guys. No one, at least not here in the United States, is arguing that point with President Bush. ...

Ministers cry out for unity after rebel flag displayed.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 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...

One thing that is settled: owners, players don't care at all about you.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... MIAMI _ The bloated liars and greedy thieves bickered late into Thursday night, looking for creative ways to divide your every last nickel and, oh, yeah, maybe getting around at some point to perhaps saving their sport, too. Baseball is...

Remember school's debut _ change is soon to come.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... MIAMI _ Keep a snapshot of this night when Florida International University christened a football team at last. Remember the sound of it. What it felt like inside this small, filled, alive stadium tucked onto the corner of the southwest...

Except for the few battling to make team, this meant nothing.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... MIAMI _ You did it, Dolphins fans. You survived the most meaningless game your team will play all season. You lived through this matchup Thursday against the Bears, a showdown that ended with a final score so insignificant we forgot to...

Charlotte bishop ready to retire.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Bishop William Curlin says he's eager for Pope John Paul II to accept his resignation as head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. Curlin turned 75 Friday _ the age at which bishops must submit a formal letter of...

High court hears arguments on putting price tags on proposed amendments.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... By Joni James Knight Ridder Newspapers TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ Gov. Jeb Bush's battle to put a state-estimated price tag on a pair of controversial education measures took a grilling from the Florida Supreme Court Friday. At issue:...

Fant ineligible for Oregon-Mississippi State game.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... EUGENE, Ore. _ Even before the Kevin Fant bombshell, Mississippi State free safety Josh Morgan understood the Bulldogs are decided underdogs on Saturday against 15th-ranked Oregon. Morgan knows the Ducks are loaded at the skill positions,...

N.C. developer uses water as bait.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... HICKORY, N.C. _ Here's a new twist on the drought. A Hickory development company executive is taking out newspaper ads touting the city's abundant water supply in hopes of siphoning business from neighboring drought-suffering communities....

Settlement in 2000 election lawsuit delayed.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... MIAMI _ The expected settlement of a federal voting rights lawsuit against the state was delayed Friday as the civil rights team handling the case scrambled to complete last-minute paperwork. Attorneys for the state and the plaintiffs...

Edwards to pen book on days as trial lawyer.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... WASHINGTON _ Sen. John Edwards has signed a deal with a major New York publishing house and will come out with a book about himself just months before the first presidential primaries. Neither Simon & Schuster nor Edwards' office would...

Dethroned beauty regains title _ for now.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ The state's beauty queen quarrel just landed in court, with recently dethroned Miss North Carolina Rebekah Revels regaining her title _ at least temporarily. Revels filed suit Thursday in Raleigh against the Miss North...

Legislators blast Musgrove's tort-reform 'game'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... GULFPORT, Miss. _ Republican legislators in South Mississippi said Friday they think Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, a Democrat, is playing a high-stakes political game with next week's special session. Musgrove's first term has been characterized...

Experts say new labor deal a step in right direction but won't solve competitive balance problem.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... MIAMI _ Major League Baseball spent Friday congratulating itself for making what commissioner Bud Selig called a "historic" deal, but what does the new collective bargaining agreement really mean to the game? Baseball averted a strike,...

Regier's views raise questions about his ability to perform job.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... MIAMI _ In the book of Matthew, Jesus says: "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other." The verse refers to God and money. But for Jerry...

A morning in the life of `Good Morning America's' news anchor.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... It's 4:30 a.m., still pitch-dark in Manhattan, when Robin Roberts leaves her 27th floor apartment to go to work at "Good Morning America." It takes two alarm clocks and several swipes at the snooze button to start her day. About...

Unmanned spy planes targeting drug smuggling off Florida coast.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
August 31, 2002... KEY WEST, Fla. _ They have been deployed over the world's hot spots _ Iraq, Kosovo, and most recently, Afghanistan. Soon, they may be hovering over waters off South Florida _ scouting for smugglers of narcotics and human cargo or for...

Brewing a revolution.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
August 31, 2002... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, Aug. 29: X X X The latest news from California should be perfect kaffee klatsch material. This November, the citizens of Berkeley will vote on whether to...

Better to starve them?(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
August 31, 2002... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, Aug. 29: X X X Droughts and crop failures have left 2.5 million Zambians at the edge of starvation, yet the government has rejected thousands of tons of American...

Living the campus high life.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
August 31, 2002... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, Aug. 29: X X X Bluto and the "Animal House" frat boys would have loved to see their alma mater top-ranked in a list of the nation's best party schools. But for...

The `organic' label doesn't come easily.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... Standing in his central Illinois field, Henry Brockman looks every part the small-scale farmer. His arms glisten with sweat. A sun-deflecting flap hangs from the back of his worn ballcap. His two sons are standing close, the older one tamping...

Smithsonian exhibit features Julia Child's kitchen.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... WASHINGTON _ I now know how to bake a potato, but more about that later. Last week, you see, I was fortunate enough to have a kitchen table chat with Julia Child in her actual kitchen. It has been moved _ lock, stock and Waring...

Jim's driveway: Capsules of Jim Mateja's auto reviews.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 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...

Honda's plan to attract youth is Element-ary.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... DEARBORN, Mich. _ Tom Elliott has candor rarely found in an auto executive. As Elliott, executive vice president of Honda, peered at a 2003 Honda Element previewed for the media here, he bluntly offered: "You're either gonna love it...

Rules of circa 1860 baseball.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... The rules of baseball circa 1860 only resemble the rules of the game today. Here are some, according to the House of David Base Ball Club. _The umpire ensures that the game is played in a gentlemanly manner. He may fine ballists...

Some of the lingo.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... Aces: runs Ballists: players Behind: catcher Bullpen: spectator area Club Nine: ball team Daisy cutter or bug bruiser: ground ball Foul tick: foul ball Hurler: pitcher Muff: fielder's error Muffin:...

Vintage baseball a refreshing reminder of game of yore.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... BENTON HARBOR, Mich. _ It might be a stretch to call this some kind of baseball heaven. But this definitely is as close as one can get, given the current climate of America's pastime off the field and, in Chicago, on the field. Tucked in...

Cure to Virginia's budget blues isn't in cuts _ it's in your pocket.(Newport News (Va.) Daily Press)
August 31, 2002... NEWPORT NEWS, Va. _ I wonder when it will dawn on the voters of Virginia that the state can't cut its way out of the current budget crisis. When their children go to schools that pack 35 to 40 kids in a classroom? When they go to...

Rex Grossman a pro when it comes to dealing with the hype.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... GAINESVILLE, Fla._Nine months ago, the Heisman Trophy was the last thing on Florida quarterback Rex Grossman's mind. He was thinking about playing on Sundays. As the NFL draft deadline approached, Florida named New Orleans Saints...

Nursing leaders seek a cure for dwindling numbers.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... CHICAGO _ When Kristyn Gresham worked as a volunteer for the La Leche League, the breast-feeding-awareness organization, people frequently would remark that she would "be a great nurse." "I liked the idea," Gresham recalled. "It's a...

Fast-food lawsuits may be successful legacy of Big Tobacco penalties.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... WASHINGTON _ When a 56-year-old maintenance worker from the Bronx sued four fast-food restaurants last month for allegedly making him fat and causing his health problems, he quickly found himself facing a super-size round of ridicule. ...

Where happened to the black baseball fans?(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... CHICAGO _ As Michael Turner, his son and nephew push their way to the area just behind the visitors' dugout at Comiskey Park, they stand out among the sea of autograph seekers. Most are white. Turner, his son Mario and nephew Terrell are...

Quarterback Leftwich certain victories will translate into name recognition.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... HUNTINGTON, W.Va. _ In 1997, Marshall wide receiver Randy Moss finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy balloting. Two years later, Thundering Herd quarterback Chad Pennington finished fifth. Both were invited to the annual Heisman...

Sept. 11 was a tragedy many said would change everything. Has it?(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until in our despair against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God. _ Aeschylus ___ What a pity it isn't so. What a shame that, after...

Architecture: American builders go on the defensive.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... Architecture is the most expensive and the most complex of the arts, combining form with function, finance, politics and technology, so it is usually the slowest to change. But architecture also was at the heart of what happened on Sept. 11;...

Movies: Studios proceed with caution.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... In the eyes of many, movies haven't really changed since Sept. 11 _ or, if they have, it's been with typical glacial slowness and skittishness. That's hardly surprising. Everything happens slowly in the movies, the art form where...

Art: Signs of struggle and understanding.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... At 8:45 p.m. on a Friday in July, spotlights for a film being shot in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art illuminated a scene that proved deceptively gratifying. At first notice that the museum soon would close, visitors began exiting in...

Theater: Small productions affected more than large.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... In New York and Washington, D.C., the events of Sept. 11 were not so much a national phenomenon as a personal agony demanding a localized response. And during the last year, the terrorist attacks have blended into an even bigger picture of...

Classical music: Heightened senses, economic challenges.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... While the terrorist attacks certainly had an economic impact on the creators, producers and consumers of classical music, there is no evidence that 9-11 radically altered the cultural landscape beyond psychological damage. Ticket sales...

Rock: Skimming deeper emotions.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... Last Sept. 11, Laurie Anderson was in Chicago preparing for a concert when disaster struck only blocks from her apartment in Manhattan. After she found that her companion, Lou Reed, was safe, she decided that her show must go on. "They...

Jazz: Helping soothe terrorist fear.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, jazz musicians wasted no time getting back to business. Within the week, pianist Ramsey Lewis and vocalist Nancy Wilson returned to a Chicago recording studio to cut their latest release, "Meant...

Television: Cable news, comfort shows rate high.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... Bringing change to an industry so large and lumbering as television is, as the saying goes, like heating up the ocean. When it occurs, it does so degree by degree over long periods of time. But if anything was going to do the trick...

Comedy: Seriously folks, stand-ups are back.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... Because many stand-up comedians are the town criers of society, there was never any doubt that the events of Sept. 11 would affect what they did and said on the stage. "I was very actively pursuing those ends of doing comedy in relation...

Requiem for American Movie Classics.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 31, 2002... It may not rank with Milton Berle's death or Lucille Ball's stamp, but television notched a seminal and somewhat depressing landmark with the news that American Movie Classics, as we know it, will cease operation this fall. Oh, AMC will...

Batman gathers fellow heroes to set things right in DK2.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... Not many can say they've redefined a pop-culture icon or a medium quite like writer/artist Frank Miller did with Batman and the 1986 graphic novel ``The Dark Knight Returns.'' Through the tale of a graying Bruce Wayne who came out of...

Feature film of the week: `Tin Cup'.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 31, 2002... ___ TIN CUP 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9 TBS ___ Roy McAvoy was a golf star in college. But Roy (Kevin Costner) always went for the big, showy shot instead of taking the safer one that stood a better chance of bringing...

Movie classic of the week: `3:10 to Yuma'.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 31, 2002... ___ 3:10 TO YUMA 11:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9 TCM ___ Director Delmer Davies' suspense Western "3:10 to Yuma" (1957) has all the earmarks of a more exciting, action-packed version of "High Noon" (1952). And it is a far...

Budget woes force Va. college to cancel non-credit classes.(Newport News (Va.) Daily Press)
August 31, 2002... NEWPORT NEWS, Va. _ Christopher Newport University will no longer offer non-credit courses on topics like financial planning, SAT preparation, and foreign languages because of Virginia's budget crisis. The school expected to offer 35...

Schools prepare to address year anniversary of Sept. 11.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... DENVER _ American studies teacher Nicolle Robinson struck a nerve recently when she asked her Granite High School students in Salt Lake City to write an essay on the first day of school about how Sept. 11 affected them. "Usually, this...

African AIDS epidemic packs hospitals, leaves millions of orphans.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... INGWAVUMA, South Africa _ To comprehend the AIDS epidemic ravaging southern Africa, you need only count the children playing in the dust outside Busisiwe Nhleko's hut, perched on a parched hillside near town. Three are her brother's...

North Korea makes diplomatic gestures to Japan, South Korea.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... BEIJING _ North Korea took two significant steps out of isolation Friday, reaching a surprise agreement to play host to a first-ever visit by Japan's prime minister and concluding a deal with South Korea to reconnect a railroad and road...

Dolly gains strength, but poses no threat to any land.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 31, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Tropical Storm Dolly is expected to become the season's first hurricane by Friday evening or Saturday, but it poses no threat to any land. While Dolly still is too far away to say where it ultimately will go,...

Slow-moving economy still fragile, some analysts say.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... As the economy continues to move along a generally positive, if uneven, course, some experts are expressing concern that key elements remain fragile nearly a year into the recovery. By and large, analysts say the economy has picked up...

Explorers to probe Lake Huron's `Shipwreck Alley'.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... WASHINGTON _ This weekend, underwater explorers will be seeking the answer to a haunting mystery of the deep _ the identities of three sunken ships whose existence was not known until last summer. The exploration team is headed by...

Black market for human organs on rise, group says.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 31, 2002... HOLLYWOOD, Fla. _ Black market commerce in human organs, especially people selling a kidney because they need money, is increasing around the world, transplant experts said Friday, a practice that can endanger the seller's health while most...

Attendants blast UAL; 6 unions to meet.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... The flight attendants' union at United Airlines joined the pilots Friday in denouncing the company's call for $1.5 billion in annual wage and benefit cuts over the next six years. "United management wants its employees to invest $9...

Judge allows group to sue U.S. over property confiscated during Holocaust.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 31, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ A group of Hungarian Jews, whose property was confiscated during the Holocaust and eventually sold off by the U.S. Army, will be permitted to sue the United States for damages, a federal judge in Miami ruled. The...

Washington-Michigan highlights busy college football weekend.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... CHICAGO _ The Labor Day weekend may seem a bit early for high-stakes football, but as the longest regular season in Division I-A history swings into full gear Saturday, many teams are eager to set the tone for the fall. The day's biggest...

Cubs fall to Cardinals in road back from whirlwind week.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... CHICAGO _ Closer Antonio Alfonseca, normally the last Cub to appear in a ballgame, was the first player to arrive in the clubhouse Friday morning. He checked in at 11:05 a.m., about 10 minutes after getting word that the only strike he...

FBI search building where anthrax was sent.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 31, 2002... BOCA RATON, Fla. _ As FBI agents began their search Friday for the letter that delivered anthrax into the American Media Inc. building, experts and government officials believe the building's 10-month dormant state won't hinder their latest...

Owners, players find common ground to avert strike.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... NEW YORK _ For once, baseball owners and players found something on which they could agree. Enough really was enough. As much as any pie chart on revenue sharing or analysis of a luxury tax rate, that element of human nature led...

Blaming media proves baseball far out of touch.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... CHICAGO _ The sky was blue except for a few contrails that airplanes had left in their haste. Fans were draped over one another trying to get at two St. Louis Cardinals who were signing autographs. The comforting echo of baseballs meeting...

Vendors, personnel relieved after labor deal.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... CHICAGO _ Chuck Waddell had trouble sleeping Thursday night. A part-time bartender who works across from Wrigley Field, Waddell knew his job security lay in the hands of baseball negotiators in New York who don't even know his name. ...

Darlington rained out; the drivers' garage talk was all about the banging that went on at Bristol last week.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 31, 2002... DARLINGTON, S.C. _ While an all-day drizzle precluded Southern 500 qualifying, NASCAR officials spent Friday admonishing drivers to cool off about last week's tempestuous race at Bristol, Tenn. Payback, the various combatants were told,...

No television commercials for The Masters next year.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... CHICAGO _ The Masters will be broadcast commercial-free next year. It's not because Augusta National has decided it doesn't need sponsors. It's because the club says it wants to protect them. Under pressure to admit female members,...

Kline stands with fans; Cardinals' player rep saw little reason for another strike.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... CHICAGO _ St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Steve Kline understood why most fans regarded the players as the "bad guys" in the baseball strike that was averted Friday. "The fans had a right to be ticked off and mad at us," said Kline, the...

Roddick celebrates in fine style.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 31, 2002... NEW YORK _ Take a bow, kid. It was a great shot. And not only that, it's your 20th birthday. This deft little running backhand Andy Roddick swatted Friday is going to find a spot in his personal highlight catalogue. Hopefully, he'll get...

Nagging baseball issues are swept under the rug.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
August 31, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE _ If you're like most North Americans, you're probably still more than a little confused by the all-nighter that resulted in Friday's new labor agreement for Major League Baseball. Who won? Who lost? What's the point...

Anxious moments in the making of baseball deal.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... NEW YORK_Like scores of other commuters traveling from Manhattan to homes in the suburbs, Rob Manfred stepped down off the train and headed toward his weekend. This Friday afternoon, there was just one problem. "I have no idea where my...

An encore for 13-victory season? How about harder schedule, less luck may leave Bears at 10-6.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... CHICAGO _ It may be as predictable as the next Champaign joke or as dull as a quarterback controversy, but you can count on one thing for this Bears season. They won't go 13-3 again. And considerable panic will set in. As tough as...

Atkins' foods gain weight in the snack niche.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... Alan Portnoy is an avid fan of the Atkins diet. The Columbus, Ohio, accountant lost 40 pounds and four inches from his waist in a few months by avoiding sugar, bread and cereal, all carbohydrates that the diet severely limits. And he was...

Honda set to turn hybrids Insight out.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... DEARBORN, Mich. _ The Honda Insight has performed well. So well, in fact, that it may disappear to make room for more Civic Hybrid gas/electric vehicles in the lineup. "We'll see how long it continues, but Insight has a limited...

Looking ahead the new job for GM's Hogan.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... DETROIT _ Local boy makes good. Mark Hogan, a Wilmette, Ill., native and a graduate of the University of Illinois, has been promoted again, this time to group vice president of General Motors' newly formed advance vehicle development...

Old Moose are fading away as lodge memberships dwindle.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 31, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Outside Orlando's Moose Lodge 766, an elderly man wearing a sweater the color of AstroTurf inches his walker toward the front door marked "Moose House. Members Only." The lodge, founded in 1947, is a solid, windowless...

Electric `car' hopes to spark a revolution.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 31, 2002... (EDITORS: Big John in 16th graf from end is correct.) By Sandra Pedicini DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. _ Corbin Motors Daytona Beach wants to set up shop along Interstate 95 and churn out Sparrows _ colorful, electric minicars like the one the...

Repairs, maintenance on used luxury cars crucial to consider.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... Why buy an ordinary new car when for the same money you can park a used BMW, Jaguar or Mercedes-Benz in your driveway? Because the cost of parts and service may be a lot more than you imagine, warns Bill Weismann Jr., a used-car dealer...

A head vs. heart matchup.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... When it's love at first sight, common sense flies right out the sunroof. That is what happened to an Orlando, Fla., man smitten by a 1985 Rolls-Royce in a drive-by sighting that scuttled his plans to buy a 2002 Toyota Avalon. So...

New Mercury Marauder a great alternative to the `60s muscle cars.(The Orlando Sentinel)
August 31, 2002... Rumors continue that with Ford's current financial challenges, the Mercury brand may be discontinued, as DaimlerChrysler canceled Plymouth, General Motors is erasing Oldsmobile. Ford denies it, pretty convincingly. Exhibit A: The 2003...

College soccer player brings culture with him.(Daily Press)
August 31, 2002... (KRT) WILLIAMSBURG, Va. _ Things run through Carlos "Charlie" Garcia. He is a connector, a conductor, what in Spanish is referred to as "un ayudante." At William and Mary these days, he's much more than student and soccer player. A...

Remote gorge at forefront of Russia, Georgia feud.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... AKHMETA, Georgia _ Russian generals portray the Pankisi Gorge in neighboring Georgia as a seething hotbed of violence and terrorism, a refuge for hundreds of Chechen separatist rebels who are as sinister and dangerous as the militants of...

Bush team sees new democracy in Post-Hussein Iraq, but critics fear a splintered mess.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... WASHINGTON_Even before the White House decides whether to try to militarily oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the Bush administration has begun planning for what might happen the day after the dictator is toppled. But critics contend that...

Energy industry a volatile issue for Mexicans.(Chicago Tribune)
August 31, 2002... MEXICO CITY _ Accustomed to the warm glow of candlelight during temporary blackouts, Mexicans already are aware when officials warn that the nation's energy industry might falter if lots of money is not found to modernize it. Yet they...