Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from December 2002

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from December 2002

Browns let one get away.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

People in the news.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002... POTTER, BOND DUEL FOR TOP SPOT MIAMI _ It was a photo finish between Harry Potter on his broomstick and James Bond in his Aston Martin at the box office over the long Thanksgiving weekend. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets won...

Dee Brown steps in, steps up for Panthers.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Browns lay an egg vs. Panthers.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Millen's driving Lions, but once again Fords hold key.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Sherman gets tough, Packers respond.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
December 1, 2002

Packers dodge bullet vs. Bears.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
December 1, 2002

Vikings' last-minute trick play backfires.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

O'Meara goes the short way to bank at Skins Game.(The Orange County Register)
December 1, 2002

Nets questioning logic of big trade.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Vick leaves Vikings reeling.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Homeless woman who rescued burning victim to be national spokesperson.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
December 1, 2002

Clemson set for Tangerine.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Decision day draws near for Phillies, Indians.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Colts ready to emerge as NFL's breakout team?(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

USC becomes key player in BCS setup.(The Dallas Morning)
December 1, 2002

After feasting on East, Mavs get test out West.(The Dallas Morning News)
December 1, 2002

Stars want to sustain momentum after avoiding early stumble.(The Dallas Morning News)
December 1, 2002

Eagles find another way to survive.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

It's no mystery; offense is dragging Rams down.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
December 1, 2002

Feeley, Eagles slip past Rams.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Panthers hold on in 4th, beat Browns.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002... CLEVELAND _ The Carolina Panthers had taken a seven-point lead with less than three minutes remaining, yet, the warning signs were popping up everywhere. "There was some celebration on the sideline," quarterback Rodney Peete. "I had to...

Snake-bit team reintroduced to joys of victory celebration.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

This time, Hearst does his talking with his play.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Pierce, Walker lift Celtics.(The Providence Journal)
December 1, 2002

Aid units, U.S. start talks on Iraqi relief in case of war.(Seattle Times)
December 1, 2002

Promising surge for Packers beats Bears, clinches division.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
December 1, 2002

Deacons show off young talentl stop Temple.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002... WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. _ While trumpets are already blaring the arrival of the new generation of freshmen stars at Duke and North Carolina, perhaps a bullhorn's low growl befits the emergence of Wake Forest's rugged newcomer Eric Williams. ...

Sloppy play sinks Rams' playoff hopes.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
December 1, 2002

Finally, Williams gets to show off his steps.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Brown on the brink of receiving milestone.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Chargers just the latest to kick Broncos.(The Gazette)
December 1, 2002

Sutter takes the fall for Sharks.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Finally, a blowout for Chiefs in 49-0 win over Cardinals.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Owens pens another happy ending.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Niners dodge Seahawks, avoid 3rd consecutive loss.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Niners start strong, hold off Seahawks.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Saints beat Bucs, keep playoff race wide open.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002... NEW ORLEANS _ A loss Sunday night would have been crushing for the New Orleans Saints on Sunday night. Had they lost to NFC South-leading Tampa Bay, it would have put them three games back. It's a whole new ballgame now. "It's big,"...

Returns of McAllister, Bentley drive Saints.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Sharks mum on possible Sutter successor.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Timberwolves hold off late Laker surge in L.A.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Sharks fire Darryl Sutter.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Military school provides press corps a bit _ or more _ of realism.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

U.S. consul says Arafat allowed Mideast uprising it but didn't plan it.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Kuwait's first private university has its roots in St. Louis.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
December 1, 2002

A new kind of war, uncertainty.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002... WICHITA, Kan. _ The fight against terrorism requires Americans to wage a fundamentally new kind of war, a security expert said Monday in Wichita. In this new battle, there will be uncertainty. Citizens will have to be patient with vague...

These old guys got name in their game.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Israeli paper says Palestinians being `robbed' of olive trees.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

States, cities still waiting for promised antiterrorism money.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

NASCAR drivers as athletes? Come on.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002... MIAMI _ All race-car drivers are athletes. Sure. And so are all cabbies and farmers who own tractors and that greasy, carnival-worker-looking guy who operates the garbage truck. Sorry, but driving a vehicle does not make you an athlete. No...

Athletes are driven by will to compete.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Escapees' car on eBay site; church's asking price is $10,000 in auction of Texas prisoners' vehicle.(The Dallas Morning News)
December 1, 2002

Michael Jackson, `Thriller' moonwalked to top of the charts 20 years ago.(The Gazette)
December 1, 2002

Suspect's life full of discord; Avila's sister says he's not capable of girl's murder, but still she has questions.(The Orange County Register)
December 1, 2002

Poverty, corruption, weak borders make Kenya easy target for terrorists.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Attorneys to argue whether political contributions protected under free speech.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Kerry takes first steps in run for the White House.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

International shipping vehicles vulnerable to terrorist attacks, FBI warns.(The Dallas Morning News)
December 1, 2002

Browns suffer 5 turnovers, fall to Panthers.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Vick takes game to new level, beats Vikings.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2002

Bears struggle to come to grips with 3-9.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2002... GREEN BAY, Wis. _ The more time you spend around the Bears, the more you realize that this is a team that has separated itself from reality, established residency inside a bubble and generally seceded from the union of right-thinking...

Bulls face hot rookie in key week.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2002... CHICAGO _ This week could determine whether the Chicago Bulls suffer yet another lost, meaningless season. Starting Tuesday, the Bulls play four games in five days: against New Orleans (11-5), which they beat in the home opener; Toronto...

N. Dame, Marquette share legends.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2002... Digger and Al. Now there was a pair. Notre Dame's Digger Phelps and Marquette's Al McGuire. Showmen both, in love with the spotlight, iconoclastic, irrepressible, con men and basketball coaches too. Center stage was their home, and an edge, any...

Wannstedt challenges clock; refs say not this time.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2002... ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. _ The clock ran out on the Bills, but Dave Wannstedt was still out of luck. Wannstedt challenged Drew Bledsoe's 2-yard touchdown dive in the second quarter, not because he thought Bledsoe had failed to get in, but...

`Craziest minute of the season'.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2002... GREEN BAY, Wis. _Rod Walker made a snap decision. Javon Walker made a mad dash. Tony Fisher made a name for himself. Three anonymous Green Bay Packers did as much to beat the Bears on Sunday as Brett Favre. It is a sobering thought for Bear...

Kenyan farmer says he talked to suicide bombers.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2002... KIKAMBALA, Kenya _ Just minutes before the Israeli-owned Paradise hotel exploded in flames, a chocolate-colored sport utility vehicle carrying two Arab men turned off the dirt road that runs past the hotel and parked at the edge of Khamis...

Dolphins fall hard in Buffalo.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2002... ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. _ Before the lake effect really took effect in Sunday's second half, bringing a blizzard of swirling snow to complete Miami's miserable experience, the Dolphins had already lost traction, already slipped, already been buried....

USC is in solid shape for Orange or Sugar Bowl bid.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2002... No. 3 Iowa has pulled even with No. 13 Notre Dame as the first choice of the FedEx Orange Bowl, according to BCS sources. The 11-1 Hawkeyes, who have a strong following, are considered by most to be a lock for the Rose Bowl to play the...

Lucas, Fiedler get battered.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2002... ORCHARD PARK, N.Y _ The last time Miami Dolphins quarterback Jay Fiedler was playing in such snowy weather, he led his Dartmouth team to a come-from-behind victory over Princeton. When Fiedler replaced an injured Ray Lucas in the third...

Williams sets Miami mark for game, season.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2002... ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. _ He spent his youth in San Diego and didn't see snow until a teen. He had never played football in snow. And so all week Ricky Williams wondered and worried and most of all tried to get weather forecasts to prepare for...

Ducks' 3 quick goals cap awful trip for Chicago.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2002... ANAHEIM, Calif. _ Chicago Blackhawks rookie goaltender Craig Andersson was part of history Sunday night in his first NHL start. But it was the kind of history he would just as soon not have any part of. The Anaheim Mighty Ducks scored...

Jaguars kicked around again.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2002... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. _ Forget the kicking game, Jimmy Smith's inability to get open and a defensive line that would struggle to push a child on a playground swing, the Jacksonville Jaguars might want to keep an eye on Coach Tom Coughlin's memory....

Troubled Holland America cruise ship sails after anti-viral cleaning.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE _ After an extensive cleansing under the watchful eye of Centers for Disease Control inspectors, Holland America's cruise ship Amsterdam was ready to set sail again Sunday. The ship, at Berth 29 in Port Everglades, took on...

Foreign physicians take up nursing as they resettle in U.S.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Edwin Vides was a doctor in his native Colombia. Next year he will become a registered nurse, helping to ease the nursing shortage in South Florida. Vides, 30, practiced in Yopal, a city of 90,000 in the shadow of...

Senator sets sights on old Russia arms.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2002... WASHINGTON _ With his return as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Indiana Republican Richard Lugar plans to redirect attention to a $1 billion-a-year program to help Russia secure and dispose of huge quantities of Cold War...

Tiny, rich Qatar defies Arab taboos.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2002... DOHA, Qatar _ Out beyond miles of pale, sun-bleached sand and stones sit the plush, green fairways of the Doha Golf club, an 18-hole PGA-quality layout with a floodlit nine-hole course and a gleaming white, palace-like club house. Coming...

Leadership crisis adds to misery in Argentina.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2002... BUENOS AIRES, Argentina _ The economic and political turmoil that pushed Argentina to the brink of chaos a year ago has been replaced by a simmering mood of disappointment, rage and fear. Most unsettling for many Argentines is that the...

Trades may upstage free agents as teams remain cost-conscious.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2002... As early as Monday, free-agent first baseman Jim Thome could announce whether he will remain in Cleveland or bolt for Philadelphia. Tom Glavine, thus far the market's most sought-after starter, may have a new address next week as well. ...

On World AIDS Day, little hope exists in South Africa.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2002... SOWETO, South Africa _ A tiny tornado named Vuyiswa barrels through the orphanage door, squealing with delight as she launches herself into the lap of a young woman chatting to a group of children. "How is my angel?" pediatrician Carolyn...

Notre Dame needs a hand from UCLA.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2002... Notre Dame has a new favorite team: UCLA. If the Bruins can upend No. 7 Washington State on Saturday in Pasadena, they would do for Notre Dame what Notre Dame couldn't do for itself_clinch a Bowl Championship Series berth. The Fighting...

Hocus-pocus: Harry Potter befuddles James Bond again.(Zap2it)
December 2, 2002

Simulation may answer questions about planets.(The Dallas Morning News)
December 2, 2002

Coming this month: New from Mariah Carey, Phish, NAS.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 2, 2002

Physicists flummoxed by brothers Bogdanov.(The Dallas Morning News)
December 2, 2002