Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from October 2001

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from October 2001

Author of Saudi-based `Princess' books publishes first novel, `Ester's Child'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... A decade ago, Jean Sasson, an Alabaman who worked in a Saudi hospital, sold 1.5 million paperbacks in a quick take on the Gulf War, "The Rape of Kuwait." A few years later, she sold seven million copies of a trilogy of books _...

Friends show respect.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... Much has been made about the conflicting response of Latin America to the events of Sept. 11, but little has been said to put this ambivalence in context, explain the feelings that produce it or suggest what could be done about it. At...

Making Tom Ridge the spokesman can help on anthrax.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
October 31, 2001... The following editorial appeared in the Wichita Eagle on Tuesday, 10-30: X X X The Bush administration and other federal authorities mostly have outdone themselves since Sept. 11, by rallying the nation and the world to the cause of...

Romance Reader: In 'Blackbird,' love story is secondary to suspense.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... "NIGHT OF THE BLACKBIRD" By Heather Graham; Mira (2001), 384 pages, $6.99 (paperback) Billed as a romantic suspense, "Night of the Blackbird" offers a better dose of suspense than romance. Pure romanticists might find Heather...

Reviews of recent contemporary Christian CDs.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... Third Day, "Come Together" (Essential) _ 4 stars You've heard the cliche that there are two things you can count on _ death and taxes. There seems to be another axiom almost as true: Every time Third Day makes an album it will be a hit....

Link between faith, patriotism requires reflection.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... As our leaders mix religious rhetoric and patriotic oratory to rally the nation, now is the time to consider not only what they're saying but how we should respond. To dig in to the topic, I consulted Robert Linder, co-author of "Civil...

Your pet's sight can be reflection of its health.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... The eyes are the windows to the soul" may sound like a lofty or poetic expression, but your pet's doctor relies heavily on the examination of your pet's eyes to determine whether there is disease, either within the eyes, around the eyes or...

Look beyond obvious for Sept. 11 effects.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ "But will it last?" I hear that question everywhere I go these days, and it has nothing to do with the anthrax scare in America or the fighting in Afghanistan. From sanctuaries to Sunday school classes, people want...

People still awed years after famed writer V.S. Naipaul interviewed S.C.'s Alex Sanders.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... COLUMBIA, S.C. _ These days former College of Charleston president Alex Sanders is getting more attention for a few hours he spent with a renowned writer than for his bid for Strom Thurmond's Senate seat. What's causing all the fuss is...

Tie on a scarf to add color, texture to outfit.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... If I gave you a dollar for every scarf you own, would it bump up your bank account significantly? Now, if I gave you a dollar for every scarf you wear, how would you fare? Scarves seem to be imprisoned in drawers, and some haven't seen...

Critics say city signs exploit terrorism.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... MIAMI_A publicity campaign by the city of Miami to bolster support for a bond issue on the November ballot is drawing criticism for using fear of terrorism to get voter backing. The city has put up posters and signs asking the community...

South Carolina launching ad campaign to boost tourism.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. _ New advertisements urging travelers to come to South Carolina will start appearing next week. The Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department is working on the details of the campaigns, which will focus on luring...

Bucks for the books.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... WICHITA, Kan. _ The sight of the fist-sized pocks in the sugary dust made Dean Hamilton stop and give a closer look. "I could tell they were made by a pretty good-sized deer," Hamilton said. "I thought I'd better follow them to see where...

Florida launches Operation Paycheck.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... dder Newspapers MIAMI _ Operation Paycheck, the statewide job retraining program for workers laid off after the Sept. 11 attacks, kicked-off Wednesday in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties and Thursday in Broward County. The program uses...

Gov. Bush left to pick up the pieces.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ After three years of surpluses and success in pushing his agenda, Gov. Jeb Bush is now presiding over the biggest internal Republican Party squabble since the GOP won control of state government in 1998. Instead of...

As anthrax scare continues, S.C. residents soon can get facts online.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... COLUMBIA, S.C. _ A state Web site is being developed to provide information on how to handle mail and respond to security threats in the midst of the anthrax scare. The Governor's Security Council, the S.C. Department of Health and...

Reed nears Hurricanes' interception record.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... CORAL GABLES, Fla. _ If not for University of Miami football, free safety Edward Reed said he would probably be ``in jail, dead, or working or something'' near New Orleans. ``It's rough where I came from.'' Where he's heading _...

Everyday foods might slow progression of cancer, research shows.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... MIAMI _ The maxim that we are what we eat is proving increasingly relevant in the war on cancer, research released this week shows. Scientists at a major international conference here reported that preliminary studies found everyday foods...

Business, Sierra Club opposing electricity rate hike.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... BILOXI, Miss. _ Environmentalists and big business have formed an unusual alliance to fight a proposed electricity rate increase of 9.5 percent. The Sierra Club has joined the Mississippi Manufacturers Association and the Mississippi...

State employees rally to raise public awareness of financial plight.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... GULFPORT, Miss. _ If the quality of work from civil servants declines, don't blame state employees, blame the politicians in Jackson, Miss., said Brenda Scott, president of the Mississippi Alliance of State Employees/Communications Workers of...

FBI investigating missing N.C. political figure.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ The FBI has confirmed it is investigating former Mecklenburg County Democratic Chairman Andrew Reyes. The Charlotte accountant disappeared in May, three years after channeling more than $1.5million from a client's...

Prison officials: Cuts risk safety.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... COLUMBIA, S.C. _ State prison officials say the latest round of budget cuts ordered Tuesday could jeopardize public safety. "This agency right now is bleeding," said Cheryl Bates-Lee, spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections. "I...

Veteran line coach shuffles players amid storm of injuries.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... DAVIE, Fla. _ The experienced starting left tackle is not re-signed. His replacement blows out his knee during the first contact drill. The replacement's replacement blows out his knee in the opener. Next in line is a career backup who signed...

Florida International to name business college after former Knight Ridder executive.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... COLUMBUS, Ga. _ It's not everyday that a business executive has a school named in his honor. Then again, few executives have shown a commitment to a university and a community like Alvah H. Chapman Jr. That's the view of Dr. Joyce Elam,...

Death of New York woman from anthrax baffling and ominous.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... WASHINGTON _ A 61-year-old woman died Wednesday in New York from inhaled anthrax, the fourth fatality in the biological assault against America _ and the most baffling and ominous thus far. Unlike previous victims, she was not a postal...

Biffle tries to improve fourth-place spot.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ As Greg Biffle looks at his NASCAR Grand National series debut season, he does so with a sense of accomplishment. After winning last weekend at Phoenix, he is tied with points leader Kevin Harvick for wins (five). He has...

Government goes after terrorist groups; Ashcroft creates tracking task force.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... WASHINGTON _ Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Wednesday sweeping changes in immigration policy, including how a new Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force will prevent terrorists from entering the United States and track them down if...

NASCAR to work on issue of restrictor plate.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Winston Cup drivers, crew chiefs and car owners will gather Thursday at the Joe Gibbs Racing headquarters in Huntersville to begin working on the riddle of the restrictor plate. NASCAR is looking for rules ideas at...

Williams goes public with displeasure.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... CHARLOTTE _ For a week, Panthers defensive end Jay Williams lived silently with what he believed was an unwarranted demotion. Wednesday, however, Williams aired his frustrations about being moved to the second team before last Sunday's...

Most criminal charges in fatal 1996 ValuJet crash thrown out on appeal.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... A federal appeals court Wednesday threw out eight of nine criminal convictions against SabreTech _ the aviation maintenance contractor linked to the ValuJet crash _ removing a $9 million restitution award for family members of the victims....

Flowers gives Ole Miss fresh face at receiver.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... BILOXI, Miss. _ He stands about 6 feet tall and weighs 180 pounds. Maybe. He's a redshirt freshman but could easily pass for a younger teenager. Don't let the Opie Taylor look fool you, though. Ole Miss wide receiver Bill Flowers is the...

Postal workers may have legitimate claim for better protection, judge says.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... ewspapers MIAMI _ A federal judge signaled Wednesday that South Florida postal workers who sued the U.S. Postal Service may have a legitimate claim for better protection against anthrax, in light of the deaths of two postal workers in...

Senate panel recommends overhaul of program to shoot down drug flights in Amazon.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... WASHINGTON _ A Senate oversight panel Wednesday cited serious flaws in a suspended U.S.-backed program to shoot down suspected drug flights in the Amazon and questioned whether the program should even be renewed. "This program needs a...

Government subpoenas records to anthrax research nationwide.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... MIAMI_Federal authorities have issued 60 subpoenas for records to anthrax research facilities nationwide in an effort to determine whether the bacteria used in deadly mail attacks was pilfered from a lab, according to sources close to the...

Strange Fruit: Tar Heels aiming for Orange Bowl.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... CHAPEL HILL, N.C.You've been there every step of the way, so all of this probably seems reasonable enough. You saw North Carolina open the season with three losses, then stomp unbeaten Florida State. That was a stunner, huh? But then the...

Hornets rally behind Davis' 33 points to beat Cavs.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... CHARLOTTE - Point guard Baron Davis scored exploded for 33 points, 21 of them in the fourth quarter, helping the Hornets come back from a 15-point deficit for a 100-94 season-opening victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday night at the...

Heat defeats Raptors.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... MIAMI _ So many questions remain unanswered about a Heat team with 10 new faces, two new starters, and three players who were appearing in a game for the first time since April. But the most critical question _ can Alonzo Mourning...

At least on this night, Mourning and Heat are all power and glory.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... MIAMI _ Maybe it won't last through the fierce test of a long NBA season. Maybe this was opening-night adrenaline. Whatever it was, Alonzo Mourning was Zo again _ all fist-shaking passion and monster slams for Halloween _ and the Miami Heat...

Dolphins hampered by the yellow flags.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... MIAMI _ The Dolphins are in the midst of a penalty binge that has them on track for a franchise record they won't want to celebrate. In the past three games, the Dolphins have been penalized 26 times for 215 yards. For the season, they...

Dolphins need a pass rusher.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... MIAMI _ The Dolphins still haven't made up for the loss of defensive end Trace Armstrong in pass-rush situations, but they might have finally found a solution _ moving Jason Taylor. Taylor, who had one of four sacks in Sunday's victory...

Cloud of contraction lingers over Series.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... NEW YORK _ The World Series might be dominating baseball this week, but the ugly idea of contraction and eliminating teams lingers. ``It's sad,'' said Yankees manager Joe Torre. ``It's sad because you realize how baseball is growing and...

Tour Championship missing out on attention.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... HOUSTON _ After managing to deflect attention from football and NBA openers the past two years, the PGA Tour Championship lacks a certain buzz this time around. A year ago, the PGA Tour's season-ending event drew the afterglow of Tiger...

Stern comes to praise Heat's business.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... MIAMI _ NBA Commissioner David Stern said he didn't come to the Heat's season opener against Toronto on Wednesday night at AmericanAirlines Arena to give the Heat or owner Micky Arison an award for the way the organization is run. But he...

One out away: Resilient Yankees find a way to win, again.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... NEW YORK _ One out. That's all Arizona needed to finally slay this mighty beast of a franchise. One out. A pop-up. A check-swing dribbler back to the mound. A line drive at somebody. A fly ball to the warning...

Yankees come back and do it again.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
October 31, 2001... NEW YORK _ Yankee Stadium was rocking, the grand old ballpark swaying on her ancient legs. The chant of Tino! Tino! Tino! was rising, filling the cool October night air, and Tino Martinez was dancing around the bases _ trotting right into...

Attacks on U.S. are affecting fragile Latin American economies.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil _ While U.S. officials have been proceeding with a global fight against terrorism, their Latin American counterparts have focused on a different task: Weighing the impact of the Sept. 11 attacks on their already fragile...

Stealth bombers go the distance.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. _ Some of the fliers taking part in the hard-fought air war over Afghanistan unwind after their combat missions in an unusual way. "They drive home and mow their lawns," said Col. Ned Schoeck, commander of...

War games are tough enough to save lives of troops.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... FORT POLK, La._The night had been a bloodbath. As units of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division moved in to capture the hilltop town, a small but fierce opposing force had shot down helicopters, picked off U.S. troops with snipers,...

Mourning Dr. Gregory: Hemingway's youngest son dies in women's jail.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... MIAMI_On his last night as a free man, Ernest Hemingway's youngest son slipped on a demure black cocktail dress and made his way to a small private party in the upscale Miami enclave of Coconut Grove, Fla. He introduced himself to...

A Hemingway family history.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... It's safe to say there are few families as fascinating as the Hemingways. Here is a brief look at some of the family members and their lives and their problems: Start, of course, with Ernest. Regarded as one of America's greatest...

`Ghost Dogs of the South' by Randy Russell and Janet Barnett; John F. Blair.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... Good storytellers store up tales like weekday sinners store up Sunday salvation. They listen to the past over the din of the present, believing in something they don't have to understand. The South's history, told person to person, comes...

Avoid copying address book by exporting.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... Q. I must be doing something wrong, as I can't seem to export my address book to a disk. I have wanted to do this for a long time. I'm working on Windows 98, and when I go into my Outlook Mail, I do not have the option of copying the address...

Apple's best reason yet to pitch your Pentium.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... With the arrival of Windows XP, Microsoft's superb new personal computer operating system, there rarely has been a more appropriate time to consider dumping Bill Gates' enormously popular world of Windows and moving over to the Macintosh...

AOL upgrade laden with ads, troubles.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... America Online remains a great way to get online for beginners and for people accustomed to using computers. But this latest version of AOL's underlying software arrives as a far less significant change than prior upgrades, like the 6.0...

Consumer news and notes.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... It started 23 years ago as the Wholesale by Mail catalog. Many years and editions later, it's ``Wholesale by Mail & Online'' (Print Project, $20.95, paperback). But the aim is the same: to help consumers find bargains from reputable companies...

Reviews of new thrillers.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... There is no greater treat than to be held hostage by a book. Robert Crais' "Hostage" (Doubleday; 373 pages, $24.95) does just that. Its clever plotting, convincing characters and first-rate dialogue make it almost impossible to put down....

`From the Dust Returned,' by Ray Bradbury; William Morrow.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... With "From the Dust Returned," Ray Bradbury returns to October Country, that dreamscape he long ago conjured out of autumn nights, full moons and dry leaves rustling in the wind. It is a place like no other, what with its backward-spinning...

A shot of confidence: It's far better to be prepared with plenty of smallpox vaccine on hand.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
October 31, 2001... The following editorial appeared in the Orlando Sentinel on Tuesday, 10-30: X X X The Bush administration's announcement that it recently moved quietly to expand significantly the nation's supply of smallpox vaccine should be...

Immigrants suffer in rush to punish terrorists.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... On Friday, a live pig was left tied to a pole outside a Sikh temple in Davie, Fla. Maybe it was misplaced. The Sikh religion doesn't prevent eating pork. The Muslim religion does. Or maybe whoever left it there was just trying to tell...

Brief reviews of new paperbacks.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... "Set in Darkness," by Ian Rankin (St. Martin's, $6.99, paperback): If there were a "McNoir clan," Ian Rankin would be the laird. His gritty, atmospheric series featuring cynical, flawed detective John Rebus explores not only Edinburgh's...

`Damn Yankees' no more.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
October 31, 2001... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, 10-30: X X X After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the satirical publication The Onion had a headline: "Rest of country temporarily feels deep...

Novel relies on the amateur for `mosaic of American life'.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... Paul Auster writes an intellectual house-of-mirrors style of novel, full of thorny ontological dilemmas and mind-boggling coincidences. He has been compared with Franz Kafka and Samuel Beckett. He's big in France. Not exactly the...

`Bitter Sugar,' by Miami author Carolina Garcia-Aguilera.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla._Lupe Solano's skills as a tenacious private investigator have earned her the respect of some of Miami's best attorneys, police detectives and politicians. Her reputation has helped the Cuban-American build a successful...

Oprah pulls plug after author `snubs' Book Club.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... CHICAGO_In the latest chapter of a dispute that has escalated into a national literary furor, Chicago-born author Jonathan Franzen said Monday that he had been "ungracious" to question his inclusion in Oprah Winfrey's popular book club and...

NYPD now seen in a brighter shade of blue.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... When I was growing up in New York, the word among my girlfriends was that New York's finest were very fine, indeed. New York City cops were, in striking percentages, young and cute. Oh, maybe they were also brave and selfless, but in my...

Fear not on the itinerary.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... They are people who live by the motto "Have backpack, will travel." Anywhere. Any way they can get there. Any time they can go. So maybe it shouldn't be too surprising that members of the Adventure Travelers Society are still planning...

`Damn Yankees' no more.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
October 31, 2001... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, 10-30: X X X After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the satirical publication The Onion had a headline: "Rest of country temporarily feels deep...

Health officials struggling to prepare for bioterror.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... ORLANDO, Fla. _ When a Florida state trooper was airlifted with respiratory problems to Orlando Regional Medical Center last week, emergency-room staff quickly ushered him into a decontamination room. In the past, the trooper's ailment...

Terrorism softens Florida family whose home featured upside-down U.S. flags.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... ORLANDO, Fla. _ For more than two decades, the Winter Park, Fla., home of Grover Walker has been a shrine of upside-down U.S. flags designed to draw attention to his grievances with the federal government. But no more. Walker, whose...

Controversial snook regulation on the line.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Anyone who thinks there is a shortage of snook in Charlotte Harbor should talk to Larry McCorkle. McCorkle, the Lake Mary High School soccer coach, was fishing there with Lake Mary tennis coach Scott Reagan and friend Dick...

Florida small businesses requesting disaster-relief loans.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... ORLANDO, Fla. _ When Connie Prebenda heard about the U.S. Small Business Administration's disaster-relief loans, she thought she finally had the answer to her financial worries. Prebenda owns an embroidery and uniform shop that regularly...

Pastor's grace amid battle with cancer continues to inspire others.(Sun-Sentinel South Florida)
October 31, 2001... Roy Mays has been walking and talking on the railroad. Because of his undaunting spirit, the U.S. House of Representatives, Mayo Clinic doctors and nurses, University of Kentucky football players, C-Span junkies, a former governor, cancer...

Why the Emmy Awards should go on.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... CBS president and chief executive Leslie Moonves said the White House "encouraged" the restaging of the 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards as "part of the return to normalcy that they are urging on all of America." The phrase "return to...

The Emmys: Not now, not ever.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... Like a spectacular eclipse, like a visitation by a comet not set to recur for 10 millennia, like the precise alignment of planets during which Saturn's rings appear to be giving Uranus a noogie, a rare event lies before us: The chance to...

Fashion Q&A: Shearling jackets are this fall's material pleasure.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... Q. What is a shearling jacket? I gather it's a style that is in fashion this fall. A. The term refers to the material, rather than the styling, of the jacket _ although most shearling jackets feature casual styling. Shearling is...

Additional aid for jobless won't help all.(Newport News (Va.) Daily Press)
October 31, 2001... With great fanfare, Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore recently announced plans to offset the economic impact of terrorism with increases in state unemployment benefits of up to $100 a week. With no ritual whatsoever, Marcia Humphry discovered...

IRS owes 9,800 Virginians money.(Newport News (Va.) Daily Press)
October 31, 2001... NEWPORT NEWS, Va. _ There is mail everyone definitely wants to get: checks from the government. A bunch of those checks have gone undelivered. So the Internal Revenue Service urges more than 9,800 Virginians to act now so they can...

Gillen his earning his pay at U-Va.(The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.))
October 31, 2001... Keeping in character, Pete Gillen spins his lucrative contract extension with an amusing twist. "The dollars are a little deceiving," he says. "The last month of the 10 years I get about $8 million." Excuse Gillen if he's a mite...

Illini still can't shake skeptics.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... CHAMPAIGN, Ill. _ The bandwagon still is waiting. Illinois sophomore wide receiver Brandon Lloyd said fans are welcome to jump on_or not. "It's really about us and the people who are loyal to us," Lloyd said. "If we play in front of 10...

Big-hitter Fister in driver's seat.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... ORLANDO, Fla. _ When he was a somewhat scrawny member of the Florida track team in the mid-1980s, Sean Fister specialized in the pole vault and the javelin. So, he was pretty good with a sizable stick in his hand long before he claimed...

Shuttle Endeavour rolled out to launch pad under heavy security.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ Shuttle Endeavour rolled out to the launch pad Wednesday amid an unprecedented show of force in the skies above Kennedy Space Center. Two F-15 fighter jets briefly flew shotgun as the orbiter made the four-mile...

Gators state case for defense.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... GAINESVILLE, Fla. _ Every time they rise to get off the team bus, senior strong safety Marquand Manuel screams at his teammates, "What's it going to take?" As in, what's it going to take for Florida's defense to be recognized as one of...

Bucs' running game up for grabs.(The Orlando Sentinel)
October 31, 2001... TAMPA The numbers say Mike Alstott not Warrick Dunn should be carrying the running-game load for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but the numbers aren't making the decisions at One Buc Place. Who gets the call, and the ball, this week at...

Security firms to start verifying identities, asking about suspicious activity.(Chicago Tribune)
October 31, 2001... The next time you open an account at a brokerage house, don't be surprised if the firm quietly runs a credit check to verify your identity. The U.S. securities industry will be operating under new rules next year to suppress money...