Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from June 2001

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from June 2001

People in the news.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 30, 2001... CLOONEY: IT WASN'T ME "Ocean's Eleven" star George Clooney was amused to hear that he's the reason co-star Julia Roberts and Benjamin Bratt split up, reports Mr. Showbiz. ``I didn't have time,'' the eligible bachelor tells the New...

Raleigh high school star takes note of NBA draft.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 30, 2001... CHARLOTTE _ Shavlik Randolph no longer has one huge decision to make in the next 10 months. He has two. First, he has to decide where to go to college, ending possibly the most heated three-way basketball recruiting battle ever...

Past sluggers avoided whiff of futility so common today.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 30, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Ted Kluszewski was Mark McGwire first, but without the weightlifting and Andro. They called him "Big Klu," and he would cut the sleeves off of his Cincinnati Reds jerseys, the better to display his massive biceps. And...

Former South Carolina star Clint Mathis' soccer season cut short.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 30, 2001... COLUMBUS, Ohio _ Clint Mathis knew. Immediately. If you've ever injured an anterior cruciate ligament _ ACL in sports medicine terminology _ you never forget the feeling. First, the excruciating pain, which lasts only a few minutes. Then,...

Line drives and winning drives.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 30, 2001... MIAMI A potpourri of 20 questions: 1. Do you have a recurring dream about your sport that actually creeps into your sleep? Atlanta Braves starter John Burkett: ``I dream of line drives being hit right back at me all the time....

Marlins shake up things.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 30, 2001... PHILADELPHIA _ As promised, Marlins manager Tony Perez shook up his lineup _ dropping Preston Wilson from fourth to sixth _ and held a closed-door meeting before Saturday's game. Perez didn't yell, scream or chastise his players during...

Dokic not laughing at London tabloid humor.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 30, 2001... WIMBLEDON, England _ Saturday was a downright crummy day for Jelena Dokic until she advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon. Even then, her natural scowl was more menacing than usual. It started in the hotel lobby, where Dokic was...

Panthers not too active for free agency.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 30, 2001... MIAMI _ Sunday's start of the NHL's free agency period will find the Panthers sitting on their auction paddle. Their weekend personnel moves likely were finished Saturday when they made qualifying offers to nine restricted free agents and let...

California agency says N.C. energy supplier followed orders.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 30, 2001... By Stella M. Hopkins SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ A memo from the agency running California's power system says that Duke Energy followed its orders during three days in January when the Charlotte, N.C., company is accused of manipulating power...

Blissful Kiss wins Calder stakes race.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 30, 2001... MIAMI _ In only her second start, Blissful Kiss won Calder's first stakes race for 2-year-old fillies Saturday. The daughter of Kissin Kris took the 5-{ furlongs, $100,000J j'sdream Stakes in 1:06.55. Sent off at 15-1 in the 12-horse...

Sol begins westward swing.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 30, 2001... MIAMI _ When the Sol started the season 4-0, the offense clicked and masked the mistakes the second-year team made. But at the same time, the flaws were being exposed, coach Ron Rothstein said. Now Miami's fortunes have been reversed...

Marlins lose fourth in a row.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 30, 2001... PHILADELPHIA _ No one has ever poked fun at the city of brotherly love like W.C. Fields, who used to constantly joke about how much he hated Philadelphia. He would have fit right in with the Marlins. ``We just want to get one win and...

Capriati steers focus back to tennis.(Chicago Tribune)
June 30, 2001... WIMBLEDON, England _ Something very strange and a little scary is happening to women's tennis. For the moment, anyway, it is actually about tennis. It's not about Martina Hingis' older boyfriend, whom she met when he was the...

Overhaul proposed by mayor nearly doubles O'Hare capacity.(Chicago Tribune)
June 30, 2001... CHICAGO _ Mayor Richard Daley unveiled a massive makeover of O'Hare International Airport that would add one runway and reconfigure five others, create a new terminal and open expressway access from the west. The controversial proposal,...

Astros bolster staff in bid to catch Cubs.(Chicago Tribune)
June 30, 2001... CHICAGO _ While Andy MacPhail continues to study his options, the Houston Astros made two trades in five days to improve the chances they could rise past St. Louis to become the most serious challenger to the Cubs. Houston, which had won...

Earnhardt memory to cast shadow on Pepsi 400.(The Orlando Sentinel)
June 30, 2001... ORLANDO _ The calendar suggests that the weekend after the Fourth of July will be filled with fast cars, fun and fireworks as the Pepsi 400 returns to Daytona International Speedway for a prime-time telecast at 8 p.m. Saturday on NBC. ...

Andre Agassi right on the mark at Wimbledon.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
June 30, 2001... WIMBLEDON, England _ Andre Agassi had another breeze. Lleyton Hewitt had a few more palpitations. Patrick Rafter erased his adversary's fantasies of a U.S. Open reprise. And at the end of a festive Saturday that began with a few...

Davenport, Venus sweeping through.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
June 30, 2001... WIMBLEDON, England _ Lindsay Davenport and her less-than-pristine right knee finished a made-in-heaven first week at Wimbledon on Saturday, right on schedule to start a run for the big plate when she goes back to work Monday. No one...

Time for those All-Star ballots.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
June 30, 2001... FORT LAUDERDALE _ Surprisingly, neither Joe Torre nor Bobby Valentine has called us yet here at the Sun-Sentinel Center For Informed Discourse On All Things Baseball. Rather than write off this year's All-Star Game managers as hopeless...

Cheney surgery successful; implant acts like `insurance policy'.(Chicago Tribune)
June 30, 2001... WASHINGTON _ Vice President Dick Cheney had a sophisticated pacemaker and defibrillator implanted in his chest Saturday to help control rapid heartbeats. Cheney left the hospital about seven hours after arriving and doctors predicted he would...

NHL enters free-agency zone.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
June 30, 2001... FORT LAUDERDALE _ Teams are losing money by the Zamboni-load, and two-thirds of the NHL's leading scorers are conceivably available this summer. Something has to give. As free agency begins Sunday in the NHL, there's one question: Are...

In the aftermath: Breaking down the NBA trades.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
June 30, 2001... FORT LAUDERDALE _ There is the Pat Riley perspective, and then there is the NBA perspective. Last week, the two clashed. As the Heat coach fiddled idly by, the league's transaction wire burned, a volley of trades altering a multitude of...

Llamosa finds a bit of luck, too.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
June 30, 2001... FORT LAUDERDALE _ What was the best decision of your life? Getting married? Not getting married? Finishing school, taking a job, just saying no, moving to South Florida _ or leaving South Florida? For Carlos Llamosa, it was going to...

Bush, Japanese prime minister seek common ground at meeting.(Chicago Tribune)
June 30, 2001... WASHINGTON _ President Bush expressed unqualified support for the tough-medicine reforms Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has proposed for his nation's ailing economy even though some of those measures could slow Japan's economic...

Loud fan tops my least favorite list.(Chicago Tribune)
June 30, 2001... CHICAGO _ There's this guy who is really, really bugging me. I have a lot of irritants in my life, a steady procession of ants headed for my shorts, but this guy currently is No. 1. These are the times you wish No. 2 in the hit parade had a...

Kevin's Heaven: Millar set his career goals when he was a toddler and has been obsessed with the game since. Baseball, particularly hitting, has been his life.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
June 30, 2001... FORT LAUDERDALE _ Chuck Millar wants to know where you want to begin. Right from go? Top of the first? Well grab a chair and a cold drink because "I've got a few stories," he says. It's early evening in Valencia, Calif., and Chuck is...

Speed can't rescue Cubs; Tavarez allows rare power surge by Reds.(Chicago Tribune)
June 30, 2001... CINCINNATI_Corey Patterson's arrival gives Don Baylor a new weapon_speed. He hopes to use it to energize the Cubs' on-again, off-again production of runs. One inning into the experiment, Baylor believed he might be on to something. But...

Rondell White won't rush groin injury.(Chicago Tribune)
June 30, 2001... CINCINNATI_Rondell White won't test his strained left groin muscle before Monday, if then. It's difficult for him to remain patient, but he said he learned a lesson from Reds shortstop Barry Larkin. Larkin, who was on the disabled list...

Grass could rain upsets; difficult surface brings chance for second week drama.(Chicago Tribune)
June 30, 2001... WIMBLEDON, England_Only here. Only at Wimbledon does the moisture of topsoil cause as much concern as the next opponent, do 30-year-olds have better chances than 18-year-olds, and do Englishmen appear to have any chance at all. Only...

Shaughnessy plans to stay around; No. 18 player overcomes lack of USTA support.(Chicago Tribune)
June 30, 2001... A support WIMBLEDON, England_Obscured in an American tennis landscape dominated by the drama of Jennifer Capriati's comeback and Andy Roddick's debut, 22-year-old Meghann Shaughnessy has an inspirational story of her own in reaching her...

Home runs by Perry, Konerko bring in three runs.(Chicago Tribune)
June 30, 2001... CHICAGO _ Shut out Friday night when they tried to play "small ball," the White Sox switched to their power game Saturday night and beat the Baltimore Orioles, 4-1. Instead of the sacrifice, the steal, the hit-and-run and the suicide...

Baptize pours it on in Arlington Classic.(Chicago Tribune)
June 30, 2001... CHICAGO _ Turf thoroughbred Baptize didn't let the sniffles ruin his trip to Chicago. He won Saturday's $200,000 Grade II Arlington Classic at Arlington Park. The son of Dynaformer almost saw his trip to Chicago scuttled Thursday because...

Wells may be DL-bound; Manuel: Pitcher may be placed on disabled list.(Chicago Tribune)
June 30, 2001... bled list CHICAGO _ David Wells' sore back worsened Saturday, and Sox manager Jerry Manuel said putting Wells on the disabled list is "a possibility" if the left-hander does not improve. Wells' painful back forced him out after...

A good first impression; call-up scores in third minute to ignite Fire.(Chicago Tribune)
June 30, 2001... CHICAGO _ David Hayes has a little bit to learn about this big league sports stuff. Usually when someone scores his first anything, it's common to talk about it afterward. There the media waited in the Fire locker room after Saturday...

Interstitial cystitis can be debilitating.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... Q. Interstitial cystitis is a terrible problem for me. Are there any natural supplements that might help? A. Interstitial cystitis, a chronic inflammation of the bladder, can be debilitating. People with IC usually have an urgent and...

A new park is a first step toward Macon's river walk.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... MACON, Ga. _ With a smile on his face, Ian Williams sprinted through the fountain at Charles H. Jones Gateway Park. The 5-year-old grabbed his mother's hand, urging her to come and join the fun. Ramona Williams decided to stay dry, at...

Journey guitarist Neal Schon wants out of the box.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... After nearly three decades of playing the pop-rock ballads that made Journey superstars, co-founder Neal Schon is ready for change. The guitarist, who cut his teeth with Santana before he was old enough to drive, wants to inject...

Jealous wife stabs `the other woman' _ the couple's kitty cat.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... WICHITA, Kan. _ A woman here allegedly used a butcher knife to try to get rid of a female she viewed as the object of her husband's affections: the couple's 18-month-old female cat, Sylvester. A quarrel between husband and wife sent...

Where's our Big Boy? Letter doesn't ease concern for Coast's catnapped star.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... GULFPORT, Miss. _ There's more to Big Boy's disappearance than a catnapping by a concerned pet lover. An international star is missing and with it a huge public relations draw for the Coast. Big Boy, a large cat, had been up in an oak...

Governor's veto returns $4.9 million to public schools.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... COLUMBIA, S.C. _ Public schools joined the state's colleges and universities this week in reaping benefits from Gov. Jim Hodges' veto pen. Among the 48 line-item vetoes were several that restored cuts to kindergarten through 12th-grade...

After cutting 590 workers, textile company calls them back for a job fair.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ James Huneycutt returned to the Kannapolis factory that laid him off. His last day at struggling textile giant Pillowtex Corp. had been two weeks ago. Now, the company was holding a job fair for the hundreds of its laid-off...

Heavy-truck producer says a new line next year could restore some jobs.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. _ The 475 layoffs announced this week at Freightliner LLC's Mount Holly plant might not be the last. A company spokesman hinted that more layoffs could be on the horizon. "We're not prepared to say that this is the...

Can big-time athletics and universities be reunited?(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... I'm a fan of big-time college athletics, especially football and basketball. I love the big games and the big names. But I don't confuse college athletics with college itself. They are two very different things. Big-time college athletes...

Conway, county pay the price when inmates use toilet as garbage disposal.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... CONWAY, S.C. _ Plastic forks, food trays and underwear are just some things inmates at J. Reuben Long Detention Center flush down the toilets. "We have no way of stopping it," said Detention Center Deputy Director Joey Johnson. "It's...

Missing accountant's associates often gave to campaigns after limits reached.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Former Mecklenburg County Democratic Chairman Andrew Reyes was a generous political contributor. So, it turns out, were some of his friends. Since Reyes started making big contributions in 1997, a handful of friends and...

People in the news.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... ANOTHER CHILD FOR UMA AND ETHAN "The Golden Bowl" star Uma Thurman, 31, and her husband of five years, "Snow Falling on Cedars" star Ethan Hawke, 30, are fixing up the nursery again, reports People magazine. ``It's true,'' said...

Pan Am to start new service in Florida.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... MIAMI _ Three years after Pan American Airways was pulled out of bankruptcy in Miami, the small carrier with the storied name is returning to South Florida, launching service from Miami International Airport to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and...

Labor talks continue as Sunday deadline looms for actors.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... MIAMI _ The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists are expected to continue labor contract negotiations with representatives of the major Hollywood studios up to and possibly beyond a 12:01 a.m. Sunday...

Sampras continues to win at Wimbledon.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... WIMBLEDON, England _ Sprawled on Court 1 Friday with a tennis ball up his shorts, Pete Sampras chose what some might consider an odd way to handle the situation. He called over a ball boy and invited him to dig it out. "I said it was...

Portland blocks Sol in 74-72 overtime loss.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... MIAMI _ Sol point guard Debbie Black wore the emotion of Miami's fourth consecutive loss and second in overtime on her face. Her crystalline eyes, reddened and moistened when she tried to discuss Miami's 74-72 overtime loss to Portland on...

Dolphins add Wooden.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... MIAMI _ The Dolphins continued to add depth in their secondary by signing former starter Shawn Wooden to a two-year contract Friday. Wooden, who played with the Dolphins from 1996 to 1999, returns after one season with the Chicago Bears....

Welcome, Fusion _ stay awhile.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... MIAMI _ The Miami Fusion finally plays in the city where the team was meant to be all along. Call Saturday night's game at the Orange Bowl a homecoming for the lads of summer. The players and coach Ray Hudson couldn't help but gawk a...

Miami fans welcome Fusion game.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... MIAMI _ Miami-Dade soccer fans are finally getting their wish _ a Fusion game close to home. The Orange Bowl field is all spruced up for the occasion. Miami officials are beaming because they have made peace with the Fusion and convinced...

Marlins don't give Perez any reason to smile in 5-0 loss to Phillies.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... PHILADELPHIA _ Tony Perez smiles a lot. It's in his nature. But the Marlins manager had no reason to smile Friday on a sweltering, muggy night at Veterans Stadium. Perez was so disgusted with his team he promised changes in tonight's...

In oil parlance, this could be a diet gusher.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... A couple years ago, University of Massachusetts researcher Robert Nicolosi predicted Americans would be hearing more about healthy cooking oils _ no, that's not an oxymoron. Turns out Nicolosi was right. The once lowly culinary ingredient...

When it comes to the power of a vehicle, torque is doing the job.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... CHICAGO_Tell someone that your car has 300 horsepower and most people will think you have a fast car. Boast that your car has 300 pounds/feet of torque, and they'll think you need to get a life. Engine performance is rated two ways, and...

In Mexico, a quest for autonomy.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... YALALAG, Mexico _ High in the Juarez Mountains of southern Mexico, life finally is changing for the better for the Zapoteca people who have grown corn and squash on the mountain slopes for a thousand years. A pipe run from a high mountain...

W. take note: ABA debunks your `liberal, elitist' theory.(Orlando Sentinel)
June 29, 2001... You love to hate them and hate to need them. Lawyers _ they aren't popular people. Neither are activist judges who conservatives believe liberally legislate from the bench instead of narrowly sticking to the parameters of the law and the...

Best buys: The picks of the pack for this model year and some early `02s.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... CHICAGO_It's again time to weed the contenders from pretenders and choose the Best Buys from among the vehicles in showrooms. Best Buy, remember, doesn't mean lowest price and highest incentives. It means optimum performance in terms of...

Veteran airman's flight harks back to days at Tuskegee.(Daily Press)
June 29, 2001... LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. _ Time fell away with every step 79-year-old Francis L. Horne Sr. took up the ladder to the F-15D Eagle's cockpit. By the time the one-time Tuskegee Airman pulled himself into the two-seat fighter, Horne was...

It's no Mirage: Lancer bigger, more powerful.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... CHICAGO _ Perhaps it's not as important what the 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer sedan is as what it will be. Reportedly the new Lancer has been earmarked to serve as the platform for the next-generation DaimlerChrysler small car to be produced...

When buying van, have trailer facts in tow.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... Q. I'm about to buy a new minivan and a new boat and trailer. I've checked out the new Chrysler minivans and need to know if they can tow up to 3,000 pounds with the 3.8-liter, V-6 engine but without the optional trailer-towing package....

Jim's driveway: Capsules of Jim Mateja's auto reviews.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... 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...

BMW cruising on the road less traveled.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... CHICAGO _ Three years ago, survival in the auto industry meant that big automakers gobbled up little automakers so they could pool their talents as well as their treasuries. Or so most everyone thought. BMW, however, didn't buy into...

Jack Lemmon proved that nice guys can finish first.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... When two-time Oscar winner Jack Lemmon died of complications from cancer Wednesday night in Los Angeles, America lost one of the most complete and consummate actors in the history of cinema. A romantic comedian of deftness and dazzle; a...

How Barry Manilow writes his songs.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... CHICAGO _ George Gershwin had it. So did Franz Schubert, Elton John, Giacomo Puccini, Neil Diamond and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. At first glance, these musicians might not seem exactly like kindred spirits, but each was born with a gift...

Children of Cuban defector allowed to leave Cuba to reunite with father in Miami.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
June 29, 2001... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Often criticized for not letting the relatives of Cuban exiles off the island, the Cuban government has given permission for the children of a high-profile defector to join him in the United States. Leonel...

Dead singer the latest to exemplify emotional tie to tragic endings.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... Certain voices get under your skin like a letter opener does the flap of an envelope. Your soul is exposed. All of your secrets tumble out. Eva Cassidy had that kind of voice. It was lilting and husky, a thing of steel and a thing of...

Five years after her death, Eva Cassidy is a hot commodity.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... How did a singer hardly anybody had ever heard of _ and who had been dead five years _ suddenly become a hot commodity? Eva Cassidy, who died Nov. 2, 1996, had released two little-known CDs before she was stricken with terminal cancer:...

Philippine hostages comforted by U.S. mission couple.(The Orlando Sentinel)
June 29, 2001... ORLANDO, Fla. _ After a month of captivity in the jungles of the Philippines, missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham are a strong force helping their fellow hostages cope with the crisis. Filipinos who have escaped or been released by...

Arafat praises Powell, White House involvement in Middle East.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... RAMALLAH, West Bank _ Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, smiling and unusually upbeat, was praising the United States and visiting Secretary of State Colin Powell for "continuing their role to protect the peace process." Without going...

Popular Japanese prime minister struggles with unpopular issues.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... TOKYO _ When Junichiro Koizumi meets President George Bush on Saturday, the prime minister carries with him the trust of four in five Japanese citizens who believe he will make good on his pledge of political and economic reforms. One reform...

Feature film of the week: `Michael'.(The Orlando Sentinel)
June 29, 2001... X X X MICHAEL 8 p.m. Thursday, July 12 TNT X X X An angel named Michael comes to us in an enjoyably oddball romantic comedy of the same name. Technically an archangel, Michael is the one who threw Lucifer out of...

Movie classic of the week: `Back to Bataan'.(The Orlando Sentinel)
June 29, 2001... X X X BACK TO BATAAN 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 13, and 12:30 p.m. Saturday, July 14 AMC X X X "Back to Bataan" (1945) is a grand and rousing flag-waver that combines a documentary approach and dramatic incidents in...

University of Chicago philosopher stressed Great Books.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... CHICAGO _ Mortimer J. Adler, the high school dropout who became a philosopher at 15 and revolutionized American thought by insisting that reading the Great Books was the key to understanding the human condition, died Thursday in his San...

Residents appeal to officials to fix York water system.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 29, 2001... YORK, Va. _ During the 27 years Hank Robertson has lived in Nelson Park, he assumed the fire hydrants near his home were there for his protection. He told his insurance company he was safe because a hydrant sits right around the corner,...

Surry nuclear plant called safe in annual inspection report.(Newport News (Va.) Daily Press)
June 29, 2001... SURRY, Va. _ The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave Dominion Resources all "green" marks for its safety performance during the past year at the Surry Nuclear Power Station. The safety inspection, which the NRC completes every...

Critics zap regulators' efforts to unite the state's grid under one entity.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
June 29, 2001... Federal regulators' efforts to consolidate pieces of Florida's electric grid under one entity late this year are sparking friction. In a sharply worded protest filed this week, the Orlando-based Florida Municipal Power Agency criticized...

A new design should settle the long dispute over the glass facade of courthouse.(The Orlando Sentinel)
June 29, 2001... WASHINGTON _ The long and contentious dispute over Orlando's new federal courthouse will be settled with a new design, U.S. Rep. Ric Keller said this week. The General Services Administration, which has been loath to change its...

Business events of the week ahead.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... Although talk of slowdown has been in the air for months, one area of the economy that has put up resistance is the job market, which _ historically speaking _ has largely remained firm. But in recent months, a rising tide of layoffs and...

Expert says WWII fighter wreckage found in lake is Army's, not Navy's.(The Orlando Sentinel)
June 29, 2001... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Jay Wisler knows his World War II aircraft, so when he saw a Tampa TV station referring to parts of a Navy plane found partially submerged in Lake Louisa, he knew immediately they had the wrong plane and the wrong...

AMA fires head after he sues group.(Chicago Tribune)
June 29, 2001... The American Medical Association fired its chief executive Friday, less than two weeks after he slapped the group and its chairman with a breach of contract and defamation lawsuit. In a statement, the AMA said E. Ratcliffe Anderson Jr.'s...

Without Regents, students say costly lobbying group not needed.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
June 29, 2001... With the Board of Regents shutting down on Sunday, student leaders at Florida Atlantic University are pulling out of a statewide student-lobbying group, saying they don't want to spend money in Tallahassee if university decisions will soon be...

Two who helped bring down Mob family, Gotti, get 16 years in theft.(The Orlando Sentinel)
June 29, 2001... ORLANDO, Fla._Federal agents credit them with risking their lives to infiltrate the dangerous underworld of the Gambino Crime Family. Angry New York mobsters have placed $1 million bounties on their heads. Michael Blutrich and Lyle...