Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from December 2003

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from December 2003

Soaking up the heritage of Greece's sponge capital, Kalymnos.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Thomas Swick POTHIA, Greece _ Pothia napped in its hill-held hammock. Summer afternoon in an island capital. Shutters hid the contents of shops and, along the waterfront, regiments of empty cafe chairs stood in formation before a...

Easter Island: a remarkable culture built in the middle of nowhere.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Randy Curwen HANGA ROA, Easter Island _ After 4 { hours of nothing below but blue, we are going down _ and heading toward a thousand-foot cliff. This isn't like flying into Hawaii or Tahiti or most any other island in the world...

Easter Island: main sights and a Q&A.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Randy Curwen 1. Rano Raraku quarry "The nursery" where most of the statues were produced. Many of the almost 400 moais found here were uncompleted when work stopped. Some completed ones may have been left behind because they...

The Top Ten travel list: A-1 adventures.
December 1, 2003... "The Perfect 10" adventure lodges, from Outside Traveler's 2004 Annual: 1. Bellota Ranch, Bellota, Ariz. 2. Saga Eco Camp, Chilika Lake, India 3. Charit Creek Lodge, Jamestown, Tenn. 4. Lake Manyara Tree Lodge, Lake Manyara,...

Warhol puts focus on JFK's assassination.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Michael Kilian With his multiple image photo painting of a stunned Jacqueline Kennedy and related works, Andy Warhol has long been artistically associated with JFK's assassination and presidency. Pittsburgh's Andy Warhol Museum...

The resourceful traveler.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: June Sawyers GUIDE BOOKS _"Yoga Escapes: A Yoga Journal Guide to the Best Places to Relax, Reflect, and Renew" (Celestial Arts; $19.95) More than 150 retreats, resorts, spas, inns, B&Bs and ashrams around the world where...

Lawyer retools device that prevents an airline seat from reclining.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Carrie Alexander Just in time for the holiday travel season, Ira Goldman gives us the Knee Defender. Again. You may remember Goldman, who made the news several weeks ago when his plastic device, which blocks airline seats from...

Products zoom in on gender.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Patrick Kampert In England, the Nestle candy company has unveiled the Blokie, a candy bar aimed straight at boys as part of its "Not for Girls" campaign. You won't be finding the Blokie on these shores, according to Nestle USA. But...

Affordable Chilean taste.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Bob Hosmon This time of year I start looking for good but reasonably priced wines. And I've discovered Tarapaca. With most of its portfolio produced from grapes grown in an ancient extinct volcano crater in Chile's Maipo...

Vegetarian Today: The jump from customer to chef.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Steve Petusevsky While I am in Los Angeles teaching cooking classes, I decide to make a side trip to Malibu. Once a tiny fishing village, this town is now haven to the stars and entertainment industry executives. I wander by the...

Retirees finding cost of health benefits soaring.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Bruce Japsen Tens of thousands of retired workers, long accustomed to generous health benefits, are being hit with huge hikes in premiums as rising medical care costs strain tight corporate budgets in a lackluster economy. The...

`Death metal' comes alive for small but devoted following.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Sean Piccoli FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Brian Woody was by his own account a kid in a foul mood _ an uprooted child of divorce living with his mother and sharing a bedroom with his brother. One day in those cramped environs he noticed...

Sub-genres of extreme metal.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Sean Piccoli So-called extreme metal is like any genre of music in giving rise to sub-genres with their own rules and customs, the boundaries of which can confuse the horrified onlooker and even the committed fan. Here's a primer....

A `virtual' Mideast peace plan.
December 1, 2003... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Friday, Nov. 28: X X X It would be easy to dismiss the two-year effort to hammer out a "virtual" Middle East peace agreement, called the Geneva accord, as simply an elaborate...

Patriot Act has benefits, no danger.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Peter A. Brown From the flak the Patriot Act is drawing, you would think it rivals the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans as the greatest violation of civil liberties in U.S. history. Yet no one is giving the...

Dinner tonight: Gumbo is a creative destination for leftover turkey.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Carol Mighton Haddix Leftover turkey usually presents no problem in the days after Thanksgiving. After all, some people even prefer it leftover. There's the classic turkey soup, the hot sandwiches, the nibbling off the carcass when...

Buying a bottle: Now that you've got the basics down, venture into a store and ask questions.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Kristin Eddy Beginners often find one of the most intimidating aspects of wine is taking the first step: buying a bottle. There is a lot to decide, after all: color, price, vintage, style and producer. Getting recommendations from...

Off the shelf: Cheddar bunnies; Stencil-a-cookie; Amazon.com edibles.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Renee Enna BITE-SIZE BUNNIES Tasters happily nibbled on cheesy Cheddar Bunnies, baked snack crackers from Annie's Homegrown. They're made with organic wheat flour, aged Cheddar and no hydrogenated oils. A 7.5-ounce box costs...

Wine of the week: Delaforce tawny ports.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: William Rice Few wines inspire as much conversation among the cognoscenti as port (or "porto," as it is called in Portugal). In part, that is because the fortified wine offers a wonderfully complex palate of aromas and flavors....

A guide to cooking techniques and terms.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Deborah S. Hartz What's a nonreactive pan? How do you peel a pepper? Readers who call or write often ask us these and other questions. And anyone who regularly clips recipes from the newspaper knows that many cooking terms and...

Why not stay at home and prepare a better stew?(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: William Rice "Dinty Moore's Beef Stew" was the name on the can's label. The label also informed potential consumers this was the authentic recipe for the dish that had made Mr. Moore's New York City restaurant famous. Well, at...

State of our unions: Ca-ching with a ring.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Eric Edwards When it comes to my checkbook balance, I've always figured that the Man was keeping me down. I assumed there was a vast conspiracy that allowed my friends to acquire mountains of money while my idea of getting ahead...

Dabbling in the daring: Artist's henna designs express her free spirit.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Kate Santich Few people ever end up where they expected to in life. Oh, they usually have a plan somewhere along the way, but as the saying sort of goes, stuff happens. They fall in love. They move. They get married or divorced or...

Former gang tough Manny Sanchez fights to keep Latino kids from skipping college.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Tracy Dell'Angela Manny Sanchez strides to the podium to deliver what has become his motivational stump speech, his up-by-the-bootstraps biography that manages to be both charmingly self-deprecating and shamelessly...

In Washington and North Carolina, flight fanatics prepare to party.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Ken Kaye FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Wilbur and Orville were not exactly wild and crazy guys. But they sure are the life of the party now. Come mid-December, tens of thousands of aviation buffs will attend two spectacular...

Palestinians fear losing link to work, schools as Israeli barrier grows.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Evan Osnos ABU DIS, West Bank _ After snaking for months through farms and villages of the northern West Bank, the Israeli security barrier has reached the dense neighborhoods and fierce passions of Jerusalem. Already a flash...

Blair, Chirac alliance bodes well for U.S. security.(Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: John C. Bersia The slam-the-French crowd must really have its knickers in a twist over the latest from Jacques Chirac and Tony Blair: a proposal to establish a 1,500-strong force of European peacekeepers that could deploy rapidly....

Take a deep breath before climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Arline Bleecker Clambering along a narrow catwalk on the Sydney Harbour Bridge is a sobering thought. So you'd better be sober if you want to venture to the bridge's dizzying summit _ 441 feet above the water _ for a spectacular...

Travel Q&A: The Atlanta airport is busy, but also well thought out.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Jean Allen Q. I plan to fly north to visit relatives for Christmas. I seldom fly anywhere, but I will this time, and I am ticketed to change planes in Atlanta. Friends tell me that the airport there is confusing and crowded, so I...

A reason for hope: Yakubov shows promise amid Hawks' struggles.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Bob Foltman Scott Nichol was asked after Saturday's 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings, which capped a winless six-game trip, what could be taken from the last two weeks. "Let me think for a minute," he said. Indeed, it's...

The gift of time, a time of gifts.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Thomas Swick I recently had to postpone a trip because of an eye problem, and while I occasionally wonder about missed exotica (meeting princes? eating locusts?), I'm rather enjoying the borrowed time here with the known. I've...

Illini, Tar Heels to meet in first matchup since coaching switch.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Neil Milbert Roy Williams unwittingly did Bruce Weber a huge favor when he left Kansas to take the North Carolina coaching job last spring. When Williams went to North Carolina, Bill Self left Illinois to replace him at Kansas....

Carrey comedy, French drama make enjoyable DVD releases.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Jay Boyar and Roger Moore `Bruce Almighty' Three out of five stars Universal 101 minutes Rated PG-13 for language, sexual content and some crude humor $22.98 VHS, $26.98 DVD Set in Buffalo, N.Y., "Bruce...

Skiles is all basketball, all the time.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Melissa Isaacson CHICAGO _ He may have mellowed over the last few years, sanded down the edges, acquired a sense of humor about himself. Scott Skiles, in fact, may evolve into a regular renaissance man. Who's to say, really? ...

Probe of Lithuanian president opens door to impeachment.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Alex Rodriguez MOSCOW _ A special Lithuanian parliamentary panel investigating allegations that President Rolandas Paksas' office has ties to Russian organized crime called Paksas a threat to national security Monday, setting the...

Supreme Court to hear arguments on funding religious education.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Jan Crawford Greenburg WASHINGTON _ Joshua Davey had been a freshman at a Christian college in Washington state for all of two months when he got the unwelcome news: State officials were yanking away a scholarship he'd been...

Deputy decorated, promoted after being killed.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Pedro Ruz Gutierrez WINTER PARK, Fla. _ About 1,500 police and public safety officials from around the state gathered at Calvary Assembly of God Church to bid farewell Monday to an Orange County deputy sheriff who died after being...

Speculation begins on who will take over the reins at Boeing.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: James P. Miller CHICAGO _ The dust hasn't settled yet from the abrupt exits of Boeing's two highest-ranking corporate officers, but handicappers _ on Wall Street, in Boeing's shell-shocked executive suite, and throughout the...

Hawks have wish list to empty out injured list.
December 1, 2003... CHICAGO _ More than one NHL team wouldn't mind starting a game with Jocelyn Thibault in goal, Alexander Karpovtsev and Steve McCarthy on defense and a forward line of Steve Sullivan, Eric Daze and Alex Zhamnov. But those six players, plus Ryan...

Clark advocates doubling money spent on AIDS.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Buddy Nevins FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Warning that AIDS is ravaging countries in the developing world and creating a breeding ground for terrorism, retired Gen. Wesley Clark told a group of South Florida HIV activists Monday that...

Robinson eager to get call about coach's job.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Michael Russo SUNRISE, Fla. _ Convalescing in New Jersey after undergoing wrist surgery last week, Larry Robinson said Monday he's content if he continues to work with the Devils' youngsters as the team's special assignment coach....

Arizona gets the best of Milwaukee in Sexson deal.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Phil Rogers Plugging a few holes. That's the best the Milwaukee Brewers could do when they played their biggest hand of the winter, sending slugging first baseman Richie Sexson _ a perfect fit for his franchise in every way but...

Wyrick replaces injured Dolphin Fletcher.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Michael Cunningham DAVIE, Fla.*_ The Miami Dolphins on Monday signed free-agent cornerback Jimmy Wyrick to replace Jamar Fletcher, who is out for the season with a broken left forearm. Wyrick played four seasons as a reserve...

Israeli raid against Hamas kills three gunmen, one child.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Joel Greenberg JERUSALEM _ Israeli forces carried out a large-scale raid against Hamas militants in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday, killing three gunmen and a 9-year-old boy, demolishing three buildings and leaving dozens...

Watching on TV painful to FSU's Thorpe.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Josh Robbins Florida State wide receiver Craphonso Thorpe, who broke the tibia and fibula in his right leg on Nov. 15, watched Saturday's game against Florida from his family's home in Tallahassee. Watching his teammates play...

FSU AD opposes neutral conference officials.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Josh Robbins TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ Florida State Athletic Director Dave Hart said Monday that he does not support having a neutral conference supply the officiating crew for the annual Florida-FSU football game. "It is...

Decision still gnaws at Roy Williams.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Skip Myslenski CHICAGO _ Roy Williams calls and learns you have just seen a game at Kansas, and immediately and without prompting he says: "It's one of the greatest places of all time. I hope we can get it going like that here."...

Dolphins at pivotal point of season.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Alex Marvez DAVIE, Fla. _ If the Miami Dolphins are going to end seven years of December swoons, Sunday is the day to start. Although four games remain, New England (10-2) will clinch the AFC East title with a victory over the...

Bears' surge could save Jauron's job.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: David Haugh CHICAGO _ Playoffs or not, Dick Jauron may get a chance next season to fulfill the final year of his contract if the Chicago Bears continue to compete with same resolve in the last four games as they have in the...

Boeing CEO steps down following defense-related scandals.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Melissa Allison and Susan Chandler BC-BOEING_TUE:TB _ business, xtop (1330 words) CHICAGO _ Boeing Co.'s chief executive resigned following a series of defense-related scandals that left politicians doubting the company's...

Orlando bowl forced to wait.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Alan Schmadtke ORLANDO, Fla. _The Capital One Bowl will wait until the conclusion of the Southeastern Conference Championship Game before settling on that half of its New Year's Day game. Then bowl officials will wait until Sunday...

Disney's `Haunted Mansion' rides on the safe side.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Robert K. Elder In an extraordinary display of chutzpah, the words "Welcome foolish mortals" open Walt Disney Pictures' "The Haunted Mansion" _ a movie based on Disneyland and Walt Disney World's classic theme park attractions. The...

Battle for BCS No. 2 tight.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Mike Huguenin While Oklahoma will be in the Jan. 4 Sugar Bowl regardless of what it does in Saturday's Big 12 Championship Game, the Sooners' opponent remains up in the air. USC (10-1) is No. 2 in this week's Bowl Championship...

Homeland ends registration program aimed at Muslims.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Kelly Brewington The federal government on Tuesday will end a controversial program that required more than 80,000 men from predominantly Muslim countries to be fingerprinted, questioned and photographed by immigration officials....

`Timeline' goes by fast, even if you're not having fun.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Michael Wilmington "Timeline" is a briskly plotted and paced time travel adventure movie that often seems as ephemeral as a clock-tick. Taken from the 1999 Michael Crichton novel about young archeologists recruited for a mysterious...

Condit pushed Boeing to expand into space, communications.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: John Schmeltzer CHICAGO _ When Phil Condit joined Boeing Co. in 1965, the junior engineer was assigned to develop a supersonic transport plane. The aircraft never left the drawing boards. But it did help launch Condit on a...

R. Kelly attempts to have charges dropped.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Jeff Coen CHICAGO _ Lawyers for R&B superstar R. Kelly filed a flurry of motions on his behalf Monday in an attempt to have his child pornography indictment dismissed or at least to limit the case against him. Kelly's attorneys...

The air up there? It's no breeze altitude.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Ted Hutton FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Imagine running up a long, steep hill and being forced to breathe only through a straw while doing it. That is what Northern Arizona is hoping Florida Atlantic's players experience after the...

Court strikes down Colorado's Republican redistricting plan.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Judith Graham DENVER _ Ruling in one of the most contentious redistricting cases in the nation, the Colorado Supreme Court found Monday that the state's Republican-controlled legislature violated the state constitution in redrawing...

`The Missing' updates Western with gripping characters.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Michael Wilmington Good movie Westerns these days may be too few and far between, but Ron Howard's "The Missing" is almost a great one. Set in 1885 New Mexico, this dark, bristling adventure stars Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones...

Government ends controversial registration of Middle Eastern men.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Cam Simpson and Flynn McRoberts WASHINGTON _ The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that it is largely scrapping a controversial Justice Department-initiated program requiring men from predominantly Muslim nations to come...

Conflicting accounts emerge of firefight in Iraq.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Mike Dorning and Christine Spolar SAMARRA, Iraq _ A day after some of the fiercest fighting between armed Iraqis and U.S. soldiers since the fall of Baghdad, American forces and Iraqi residents of this loyalist stronghold sharply...

Officers testify former Magic point guard ignored orders.(The Orlando Sentinel)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Anthony Colarossi ORLANDO, Fla. _ Orlando police officers have few doubts that former Orlando Magic point guard Darrell Armstrong ignored their demands to move off Orange Avenue in the early morning hours of July 7. But now as...

Thomas still to start for Bears upon return.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: David Haugh CHICAGO _ No matter how many fans Chicago Bears running back Brock Forsey won over with a rugged 134-yard effort Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals, Anthony Thomas remains the starter when he returns from his bout...

Pats, Eagles are `Super' hot.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Don Pierson CHICAGO _ Heading into the fourth quarter of the season, the Super Bowl matchup now looks like the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles. They are the hottest teams in the NFL, with the Patriots on an...

Bulls tally a win for new coach Skiles over Bucks.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: K.C. Johnson Eighty minutes before tipoff Monday night, Kirk Hinrich was asked if he had met the Junkyard Dog. "Who?" Hinrich said. That's the nickname of Jerome Williams, Hinrich's new teammate. "Not yet," Hinrich...

Marquette rolls over the Irish.(Chicago Tribune)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Avani Patel MILWAUKEE _ There was a blue and gold party Monday night at the Bradley Center, and all Notre Dame could do was be impressed. Because while they occupied the same floor, the Irish were hardly in the same class as...

After many `tomorrows,' search for abuelo is successful.
December 1, 2003

Search for Hispanic roots.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Jane Wooldridge Whether looking for family from Latin America, Cuba or Spain, the parish church is probably the key, says Utah-based genealogist Mayra F. Sanchez- Johnson, author of ``Research Guide for Cuba.'' ``The first...

Museum puts a human face on immigration.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2003

Skeptic finds cruising is actually fun.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2003

Don't slip up during that oil change.
December 1, 2003

Take steps to fill in the gap on your resume.
December 1, 2003

Perks with your plastic.
December 1, 2003

What are some snacks that are low in refined sugar?
December 1, 2003... QUESTION: I am a 50-year-old woman who has been diagnosed as glucose intolerant. I want to start exercising after work, but I am always starving and blood sugars are dropping. If I went to work out, I would never have enough steam to get...

Get a load of the trans fat in Oreos.
December 1, 2003

Healthy Living: Brewing tea in capsule form.
December 1, 2003

Spider sidesteps easy extermination.
December 1, 2003

Keep your kitchen safe for kids.
December 1, 2003

Program collects frequent-flier miles to aid soldiers.
December 1, 2003

Dinner in minutes: Moroccan tagine.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Linda Gassenheimer Turkey seasoned with cinnamon, cumin and turmeric makes a savory Moroccan tagine. This is a great way to use up leftover turkey. Tagine is a Moroccan peasant dish that is usually served at home rather than in...

The Chef's Table: Healthier eggnog, tomato cream.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2003

Wines of Sonoma set the gold standard.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2003... Byline: Fred Tasker At first, some of us among the 20 wine writers, retailers, restaurateurs and winemakers judging wines at the Sonoma Harvest Fair were worried that we were giving too many gold medals. Then somebody pointed out that, in...

Belly up to the altar.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
December 1, 2003