Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from July 2004

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from July 2004

Fitness through the ages.
July 31, 2004... Byline: Howard Cohen MIAMI _ Ariel Auerbach is not your typical 10-year-old. In between karate and kickboxing, she teaches hip-hop dance at Aventura, Fla.'s Olympia Fitness Center. "I love dancing, it's my life. I love to move." ...

Keep fit over a lifetime.
July 31, 2004... Exercising is a lifelong necessity but our bodies have various needs, plus challenges, as we age. Here is what to look out for: _Pre-teens: Lifelong habits are programmed at this stage so proper nutrition is paramount. Provide smart food...

Lunges could improve your game.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Nancy Cole You know that weight training can give you a killer body, but did you know it can create a killer instinct on the court? Your confidence level, agility, power, strength, endurance and timing can all be enhanced...

Spiritual sport.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Cristina Silva MIAMI _ Sitting in front of a makeshift altar decorated simply with fresh flowers and Japanese script, Sensei Peter Bernath peacefully commands the wiggly legs and giggly voices throughout the room. ``You're...

Insect repellant apparel maybe worth the cost.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Shari Rudavsky Product: Buzz Off Insect Shield Insect Repellent Apparel; socks $18, T-shirts $39, long-sleeved shirts $69 and $84, and pants, $79. Key ingredients: Permethrin, a government-approved repellent. The pitch:...

Lead in kids' vitamins? You decide.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Richard Harkness Q: We recently purchased children's "gummy bear" type vitamins and a calcium supplement for our 6-year-old granddaughter. My son read somewhere that this type vitamin contained lead. Is this true? We think...

Seeking diversity at the top.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Issac J. Bailey Has the question ever been asked? And if it ever were, how would John Kerry, John Edwards and the leadership of the Democratic National Committee respond? The question: Why hasn't the Democratic Party used...

Boston's past clouded with problems, but lit up by success.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Patrick S. Pemberton When Boston was at the peak of its arena-rock stardom in 1978, songwriter/band creator Tom Scholz decided he wasn't going to be hurried. So he spent eight long years creating the band's third album, prompting...

Sharon sees the light on Gaza.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Uri Dromi JERUSALEM _ One of the problems a columnist faces, apart from merciless deadlines and angry e-mail messages from people who disagree with him, is that his columns remain _ either on paper or in Internet sites. People...

Van Hunt re-energizes neo-soul.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Tonya Jameson Van Hunt doesn't want to be called neo-soul, but the Atlanta-based hipster gives the genre its best chance of becoming musically relevant again. In the years since neo-soul yielded incense-drenched,...

Democrats tone down anti-Bush sentiments to appeal to voters.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Frank Davies BOSTON _ John Kerry's crisp salutes. Bear hugs with his Navy "band of brothers" from Vietnam combat days. Max Cleland's emotional introduction of Kerry: "He is my hero." And the Democratic nominee's first words:...

People in the news.
July 31, 2004... Actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman have ended their 20,000-mile, round-the-world motorcycle trip in New York City's Battery Park, reports BBC Online. McGregor and Boorman spent more than three months driving through Eastern Europe,...

State agriculture chief charged with extortion.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Aaron Gould Sheinin COLUMBIA, S.C. _ S.C. Agriculture Commissioner Charles Sharpe was arrested Thursday and charged with extortion, money laundering and lying to law enforcement agents in connection with a cockfighting operation....

Panthers come to camp hungry to be a champion.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
July 31, 2004... Byline: David Newton SPARTANBURG, S.C. _ Brentson Buckner brought a 50-inch television, a La-Z-Boy recliner, a computer, a telephone and shag car-pet. Steve Smith brought an X-Box, a refrigerator and some Kool-Aid. Jeff Mitchell...

Angler Stone makes day on the lake noteworthy.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Tom Sorensen CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ The black Mercury 250 engine on the back of Marty Stone's yellow boat is the size of a high school fullback. To go where the fish are, speed is required, and we're moving 60 mph early Friday across...

Laura Bush lends support to Burr in N.C. Senate race.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Sharif Durhams WILMINGTON, N.C. _ Now it's the Republicans' turn. A day after the Democratic National Convention ended and John Kerry officially put John Edwards on the presidential ticket, first lady Laura Bush landed in...

Bugs provide learning opportunity.
July 31, 2004... Byline: Tom Schaefer I wasn't outside more than five minutes when I was struck. The pest zeroed in on one of my exposed legs and drilled its needle nose into my flesh. SLAP! Too late. The mosquito had drawn first blood....

Childe Hassam: Truly American impressionist.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Michael Kilian NEW YORK_Impressionism has always been such a French thing, don't you know. Chicago's grandly wealthy but secretly bohemian society queen Bertha Palmer was a passionate Anglophile (King Edward VII and Oscar...

Dialysis technology is on the way home.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Jon Van CHICAGO _ Nearly every night, Dadi Ding relaxes in her family room reading a book or watching TV while a machine removes toxins from her blood. Unlike most patients whose kidneys have stopped working, Ding treats her...

Twilight journey.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Judith Graham CHICAGO _ Often, when he looks up from watching CNN in his den, Les Dennis finds himself staring at a sign on the wall that reads: "dementia." It reminds him of who he is today: a 68-year-old man in the early...

Lose the diets, shred the books, shed the pounds.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Julie Deardorff Chicago's Rob Stevens recently launched a one-man crusade against the $50-billion-a-year diet industry by shredding dozens of donated weight-loss books outside a local health club. Not only is dieting a futile...

Ford making a list, checking it twice for GT early delivery.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Jim Mateja ROMEO, Mich._Ford Chairman Bill Ford gets one. So does Jon Shirley, retired president of Microsoft. Ditto comedian Jay Leno. Meanwhile, celebrity watchers should be advised that Oprah hasn't even expressed...

The Palestinian surrender.
July 31, 2004... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, July 29: X X X Almost two weeks of extraordinary political turmoil _ and violent unrest _ over Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's corrupt reign ended Tuesday in...

Your tax dollars at play.
July 31, 2004... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, July 29: X X X It's fashionable in the press corps to come to the big party conventions and pine for the good old days when conventions weren't so scripted, when...

Detroit is rolling out the welcome cab.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Jim Mateja First impressions are important They go a long way toward making visitors to your city return home with a favorable or not so favorable opinion that they'll pass along to others. To ensure visitors to Motor...

Iraq's labor force stifling growth: they need not work but must be paid.
July 31, 2004... Byline: Alex Rodriguez BAGHDAD _ The state-owned Sumer cigarette factory in Baghdad produces a fifth of what it should. It's a wonder it produces anything at all. Workers routinely shut off their machines and walk out. Some decide they...

Building brand South Africa.
July 31, 2004... Byline: Laurie Goering JOHANNESBURG, South Africa _ In South Africa, you can drink the tap water. You also can buy a dozen types of goat cheese, sip world-class wine, cage dive with great white sharks or try on some of the hottest...

U.S. will accelerate funding for Iraq reconstruction, Powell says.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Cam Simpson BAGHDAD, Iraq _ In his first visit here since the United States ceded authority to an interim Iraqi government, Secretary of State Colin Powell pledged to accelerate U.S. funding for reconstruction and suggested it...

Economy cooled in spring as consumers spent less.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: William Neikirk WASHINGTON _ Cautious consumer spending caused the hard-charging U.S. economy to cool in the second quarter, the government said Friday in a report that could impact the presidential campaign. The economy rose...

Florida looms big for Bush and Kerry.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Rafael Lorente BOSTON _ One convention down, one to go. With Democrats fleeing the site of their four-day national convention Friday, the Republican and Democratic candidates for president stormed out across the country in a...

Bears' Briggs embraces new role.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: David Haugh BOURBONNAIS, Ill. _ Lance Briggs didn't say a thing when Bears coach Lovie Smith surprised him Wednesday night with the news that he would be moving from strong-side linebacker to the middle in place of the injured...

Maddux vying for win No. 300 against Phillies.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Dave van Dyck CHICAGO _ Those fans who were not looking up for falling chunks of concrete Friday at Wrigley Field might have been looking ahead to Sunday_the day Greg Maddux hopes to become the 22nd pitcher in baseball history to...

Hyatt document says hotel chain may go public.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Kathy Bergen CHICAGO _ The privately held Hyatt hotel chain, the pearl of the Pritzker family empire, is being groomed to go public or to grow by acquisition as early as next year, according to a company document obtained by the...

Bush hits battleground states to counter Kerry's momentum.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Rick Pearson GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. _ Beginning a swing through the Midwest following the Democratic National Convention, an aggressive President Bush criticized Sen. John Kerry's Senate record and challenged Kerry's explanation for...

Ramirez belts three solo home runs as Cubs outslug Phillies.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Paul Sullivan CHICAGO _ On the day before the trading deadline, Aramis Ramirez showed why the Cubs might win the wild-card race without mortgaging their future for another hitter. Ramirez hit three solo home runs Friday to...

Even with flaws, U.S. basketball team may win gold medal.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Sam Smith JACKSONVILLE, Fla. _ First Puerto Rico, then the world. Well, you have to start somewhere. That's here in Jacksonville on Saturday, where the U.S. Olympic basketball team will play its first exhibition game against...

Blindness doesn't stop boy from fulfilling goals.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Karla D. Shores FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Jared Hara will feel the muggy Fort Lauderdale breeze. He'll hear a 12-volt pump shoot air into a custom made innertube. He'll taste salty ocean spray. He will see nothing. But...

Guillen happy Sox still have prospect.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Bob Foltman DETROIT _ White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said he almost called general manager Ken Williams when he heard one of the many trade rumors that have been circulating in the past week. Guillen heard the Sox were...

Data from 2002 Florida primary found, elections official says.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Tania Valdemoro MIAMI _ Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Constance Kaplan told county commissioners Friday that her department has found electronic voting records from the 2002 gubernatorial primary between Democrats...

Balcony seats made available for Heat games.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Harvey Fialkov MIAMI _ In recent years, only visits by aging superstar Michael Jordan and rookie phenom LeBron James prompted the Heat to open the balcony seats during regular-season games at AmericanAirlines Arena. That's...

Strike zone bothers Prior.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Paul Sullivan CHICAGO _ Right-handed starter Mark Prior was on automatic pilot down the stretch last year for the Cubs, going 10-1 with a 1.52 earned-run average after returning from the disabled list on Aug. 4. But now Prior...

Though cornerstone of offense is gone, Wannstedt only seeks tweaks.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Michael Cunningham DAVIE, Fla. _ Even a coach as committed to running the ball as Dave Wannstedt recognizes that without Ricky Williams, whose talent he built the Dolphins' offense around for two seasons, something has to give....

Heat offers lesson in flexibility to Dolphins.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Ethan J. Skolnick It can be done. It has been done here, in this area, this millennium. So, as training camp starts Saturday, Dolphins fans should expect their coaches to be creative enough and their players to be resilient...

ESPN plans BassCenter for reel sports fans.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Steve Waters CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ If you like watching SportsCenter and you like to fish for bass, then you'll want to catch a new show next year on ESPN. ESPN, which owns BASS, announced at the Citgo Bassmaster Classic on...

Japan's Omori in front fast in Bassmaster Classic.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Steve Waters CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ A quick five-fish limit enabled Takahiro Omori to take the first-day lead Friday in the Citgo Bassmaster Classic. The first Japanese angler to lead the Classic, Omori, who lives in Emory, Texas,...

Tight end revival on tap for Bears.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Terry Bannon BOURBONNAIS, Ill. _ Of all the maddening things about the Bears' offense of recent years, perhaps nothing was more aggravating than the role of the receivers. They often were asked to run to a spot and wait for a...

Bakers says Cubs have enough talent to reach postseason.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Paul Sullivan CHICAGO _ The Cubs enter the final day of the non-waiver trading deadline with a 50-50 chance of standing pat. If they wind up going with the hand they've been dealt, manager Dusty Baker said he believes there's...

Marlins presented with new stadium proposal.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Sarah Talalay MIAMI, Fla. _ Miami-Dade County and the city of Miami presented the Marlins on Friday with a ballpark financing proposal that holds the team responsible for an extra $30 million if it cannot secure state funding...

Urlacher out 4 to 6 weeks with hamstring strain.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: David Haugh BOURBONNAIS, Ill. _ It still hurts Brian Urlacher to walk. The pain only worsens when he steps into the Bears training room while the rest of his teammates head onto the practice field, but that ache has nothing...

Conine ignores trade talk, keeps hitting.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Juan C. Rodriguez MIAMI _ Many of the rumors circulating about the Marlins leading up to Saturday afternoon's non-waiver trading deadline directly or indirectly affected Jeff Conine. If they didn't have him heading out of town...

Kerry, Edwards begin tour with message of optimism.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Jill Zuckman SCRANTON, Pa. _ Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards embarked on a triumphal cross-country road trip Friday with promises of optimism and better times ahead even as the Democratic nominee slammed President Bush, saying...

Bears' veteran tackles backup end job.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: David Haugh BOURBONNAIS, Ill. _ Bryan Robinson views it as job security. Coach Lovie Smith sees it as an insurance policy. Either way, Robinson taking practice snaps at left defensive end benefits both men _ and definitely...

Rugged drills will go on, says Bears' Smith.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: David Haugh BOURBONNAIS, Ill. _ Three days into training camp, with the Bears' injury list reading like a preseason prospectus of players to watch, Lovie Smith defended his tough practices and disputed their link to the rash of...

Mets are busy bodies in the trade mart.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Phil Rogers CHICAGO _ No team was busier on the eve of baseball's deadline for waiver-free trades than the New York Mets, who were in fourth place in the National League East and eighth in the wild-card race. The long odds...

Beckett's finger fine, but he was blistered by Expos' bats.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Juan C. Rodriguez MIAMI _ It wasn't the back or the blisters. It was the beating. Pitching in the shadow of the pending six-player trade between the Florida Marlins and Los Angeles Dodgers, Josh Beckett's return to action...

White Sox fall to Tigers.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Bob Foltman DETROIT _ Well, at least the winning run didn't score on an error. Small consolation for a Chicago White Sox team that is falling into the habit of giving games away. Friday night's gift, courtesy of a...

Williams pummels Tyson in 4th; 21 unanswered punches bring KO.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Michael Hirsley LOUISVILLE, Ky. _ Underdog Danny Williams scored a knockout of former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, standing up to everything Tyson threw for three rounds Friday night before rocking him with 21...

Tyson jolted in upset loss to Britain's Williams.
July 31, 2004... Byline: Michael Hirsley LOUISVILLE, Ky. _ Until Friday night, Danny Williams' only similarity to fellow British boxer Lennox Lewis had been his 6-foot-3-inch, 265-pound frame. But Williams changed all of that in the fourth round when...

It pays to shop for a loan before picking out that car.(Chicago Tribune)
July 31, 2004... Byline: Rick Popely CHICAGO _ A car shopper with a limited or spotty credit history should forget about zero percent financing and brace for the possibility of double-digit interest rates. That is the reality facing buyers who have...

In Cuba, drought hits crisis level.
July 30, 2004... Byline: Gary Marx CACOCUM, Cuba _ Manuel Batista walked through his small field of plantains and corn, surveying the damage wrought by a drought that has decimated crops, killed thousands of cattle and left residents scraping for water...

Retirees often suffer when government takes over pension plans.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Stephen Franklin CHICAGO _ On the most grueling days, Duane Warning reminded himself that there would be a pension awaiting him _ and that he had earned it. He got his pension, for sure, but it was not what he expected. ...

Britain's Williams thinking big for Tyson bout.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Michael Hirsley LOUISVILLE, Ky. _ Mike Tyson has been trying to soften his reputation, while opponent Danny Williams has sought to toughen his as the hours count down to their Friday night heavyweight fight at Freedom Hall. ...

Powell vows to study proposal for Muslim security force.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Cam Simpson JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia _ Although he outlined significant questions surrounding a Saudi proposal to deploy a Muslim security force in Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell promised Thursday to study it "very, very...

Thousands of Palestinians stuck in transit at Egypt-Gaza border.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Joel Greenberg JERUSALEM _ About 3,000 Palestinians have been stranded more than two weeks on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip in deteriorating conditions after the Israeli army shut the only crossing at Rafah,...

Spanish oil well off Cuban coast comes up empty.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Gary Marx HAVANA _ Seven weeks after beginning oil exploration efforts off Cuba's coast, a Spanish company announced Thursday that its first well was a disappointment but said there are indications the broader area contains...

Illinois Democrats say spat isn't personal.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Rick Pearson BOSTON _ As the Illinois convention delegation gathered for a farewell picture Thursday amid vows to unite for the November election, U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama likened feuding party leaders to squabbling...

Cubs' wild-card chances looking better.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Dave van Dyck MILWAUKEE _ Say what you will about the Chicago Cubs having a miserable season, but maybe it's not quite as bad as the standings show. With Thursday's 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers, the Cubs are on...

Zambrano stays calm and ends personal losing streak.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: John Mullin MILWAUKEE _ It was only one pitch, but it may have been a turning point for Carlos Zambrano. With two Brewers in scoring position in the first inning, the 23-year-old Cubs right-hander threw a two-strike fastball...

Party reaches out to young voters with mix of politics, entertainment.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Dahleen Glanton BOSTON _ The scene outside the nightclub across from Fenway Park looked more like a gathering for the MTV awards than a political event. For more than three hours, hundreds of young people, clad in high heels...

Behind capital's sleepy summer facade, business goes on.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: William Neikirk WASHINGTON _ John McDonald of Zimmerman, Minn., figured this might be a good week to bring his family to the nation's capital, with the Democrats in Boston, the president in Texas and Congress not in session. ...

Union files lawsuit over United's pension funding.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Robert Manor CHICAGO _ The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers on Thursday sued three top United Airlines executives, saying their decision to stop funding pension plans violates their responsibility to...

Cubs will try to solve lefty woes against Phillies.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Dave van Dyck MILWAUKEE _ Warning to fans attending Friday's Cubs-Phillies game in Wrigley Field: Be prepared for the worst. And we're not talking about concrete chunks falling. No, we're talking the Cubs facing a left-handed...

Sprinter Grimes charged with another doping violation.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Philip Hersh CHICAGO _ U.S. sprinter Mickey Grimes formally has been charged with his second doping violation. International track federation (IAAF) spokesman Nick Davies confirmed Thursday the second part, or "B" sample, of...

Democrats may use assault weapons ban against Bush, GOP.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Frank James WASHINGTON _ When former President Bill Clinton sought to frame differences between Democrats and Republicans in his prime-time convention speech Monday, he made a point of citing the soon-to-expire federal ban on...

In Boston, heavy security ensures protesters are rarely seen, heard.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Tim Jones BOSTON _ In the self-proclaimed American birthplace of dissent, where the tossing of tea crates into Boston Harbor made a powerful statement that helped launch a nation, the practice of free speech is alive, if not...

Democrats draw upon Boston's revolutionary, patriotic history.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Dahleen Glanton BOSTON _ With the birthplace of American independence as a backdrop, Democrats this week have sought to use the city's revolutionary history to their advantage, painting presidential candidate John Kerry as a...

Search for oil off Cuban shores yields mixed findings.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Vanessa Bauza HAVANA _ A Spanish company's search for oil off Cuban shores has yielded signs that high-quality petroleum is in the area, but the oil found so far is not commercially viable. Repsol YPF'S mixed findings,...

Baseball haze: time to kiss the sky, Everett style.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Rick Morrissey CHICAGO _ Carl Everett hit a home run, deep and straight and true, over the center-field wall the other night. As he rounded third base, he kissed the fingers on his right hand, then pointed to the sky. He did the...

Scientist who helped crack genetic code dead at 88.
July 30, 2004... Byline: Ronald Kotulak and Peter Gorner CHICAGO _ Francis Crick, the British scientist who shared in biology's most important breakthrough _ the discovery of the spiral double helix structure of DNA _ then abruptly turned his back on...

Authorities unsure of when Pannell will be brought back to Chicago.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Glenn Jeffers Former Black Panther Joseph Pannell CQ has spent more then 20 years living under the alias Douglas Freeman, fleeing charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery after allegedly shooting an on-duty police...

Senate committee to begin hearings on 9-11 panel recommendations.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Frank James WASHINGTON _ With efforts by Republicans and Democrats to outscore each other on homeland security as the backdrop, the first of many congressional hearings on the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations was scheduled...

Bears make preparations without Urlacher.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Terry Bannon CHICAGO _ Ron Rivera sure didn't count on this as he began his new career as the Bears' defensive coordinator. Two days into training camp, he's juggling his linebackers, knowing he may have new starters at two...

Ratings down for convention so far.(Chicago Tribune)
July 30, 2004... Byline: John McCormick and John Cook BOSTON _ The John Kerry Show, the most important so far in his campaign for the White House, has signed off and there are signs it didn't draw the intensely interested audience his political party...

Williams faced four-game suspension for drug use.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
July 30, 2004... Byline: Alex Marvez and Michael Cunningham FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Ricky Williams' NFL career has gone up in smoke. Six days after telling Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt of his plans to retire, it was learned Thursday that Williams...