Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from September 2002

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from September 2002

Dinner in minutes: Southwestern Burgers With Slaw.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... Hamburgers with a touch of Southwestern spice and a simple slaw make a quick all-American dinner. Making hamburgers plump, juicy and flavorful can be difficult. Ground beef needs to be cooked to 160 degrees, which also means it can be...

New life for an old wine region.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... High in the Serra de Montsant mountains 100 miles southwest of Barcelona, an intrepid group of winemakers has banded to take an ancient, fallen wine area and restore it to past glories. It's called Priorato. It's an old story: an area...

Cook's corner: Los Ranchos Gallo Pinto, Hot New Potato Salad, Kind Of Red Licorice.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... Q: I have a daughter-in-law who is of Nicaraguan descent, and gringo that I am, I am having trouble finding out what is authentic Nicaraguan cooking. Are you aware of any cookbooks or Web sites where I might get recipes? _ Terry Williams, via...

Rooted in excellence, Chilean wines blend history, modernity.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... SANTIAGO, Chile _ What makes Chilean wines so special, say experts, are its roots. Literally. More than 450 years ago, the first grapes were brought here from Spain. Flash forward 300 years, when forward-thinking vintners added fine...

Born to be mild: Raised in New Mexico these chiles do more than just spice up dishes.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... WICHITA, Kan. _ There's more to chile peppers than heat. While small chiles such as jalapenos and habaneros add fire to dishes even when used in small amounts, long green chiles can play a more substantial role in casseroles, sauces, stews...

Online classes keep kids at tiny high school competitive.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... CAMBRIA, Calif. _ Coast Union High School senior Van Pierszalowski is four weeks into his Advanced Placement Government and Politics course but has yet to meet his teacher. In person, anyway. Pierszalowski is taking the AP course...

Pipeline project inflames passions in Ecuador.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... BELLAVISTA, Ecuador _ The buzzing of bulldozers pierces this cloud forest's cold misty air. Long a bird-watcher's paradise, the Northwestern Ecuadorean Forest is home to 320 bird species, 38 different kinds of hummingbirds _ and now, a...

'Shop' talk has writer in spotlight.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... Marshall Todd just turned 32, his film "Barbershop" is tops at the box office and the center of a headline-making controversy, and he's living in Century City, smack in the middle of L.A. Life can be grand. Todd, who spent his early...

The flavor of Tibet.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... COLUMBIA, S.C. _ When Dakpa Topgyl was a child growing up in Tibet, preparations for momos meant a celebration was just around the corner. The entire family would gather in the small kitchen fired by a wood-burning stove. As tradition...

Puebla is filled with elegant 17th-century architecture and art.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... What's it like to live in a far-off place most of us see only on a vacation? Foreign Correspondence is an interview with someone who lives in a spot you may want to visit. Lissette Garcia, 36, is a human-resources consultant in Mexico. She is...

Lack of birthday gift raises question.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... Dear Advice Diva: I'm dating a great girl whom I really enjoy being with. She's really fun and sweet, and we share many of the same interests. There's one thing that's a little weird, though. For my birthday she didn't give me a gift...

Tour the wineries of California _ and drink in the art.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... NAPA, Calif. _ A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, a wacky sculpture that looks like a praying mantis from Mars playing tennis, and thou beside me, singing in the wilderness.... Wait! Hasn't something been added here to the traditional...

Don't sign anything until your lawyer reviews it.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... Q. My husband and I have been "going through the motions" for the last 10 years with no love in our relationship. Our children are grown. He finally moved out and because I don't work outside the home, he has been paying my bills and giving...

Kegging history: Spain's vintage wine region.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... BARCELONA _ Enter the famous restaurant Los Caracoles through the kitchen, past cooking flames that erupt three feet into the air, and you're in the lower levels of Dante's Inferno. But you're in heaven when you eat in the dining room nearby,...

From an impulse thought mad, a wine to sigh for.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... GRATALLOPS, Spain _ Think twice if Rene Barbier offers you a ride through his 48 acres of vineyards in the Serra de Montsant mountains overlooking this medieval town (pop. 217), in Spain's hottest new wine area, the Priorat, two hours...

War on fungi may lead to more chocolate, fewer coca farms.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... PINECREST, Fla. _ Cocoa beans were so valued by the Maya and Aztecs, who made a drink called ``chocolatl'' from them, that the beans were sometimes used as money. The Aztecs believed the beans to be a gift of the gods. Yet the gods are...

Florida tracks record number of manatee deaths.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... MIAMI _ Florida has set a grim new high for manatee deaths. A manatee that died last week at Sea World after months of treatment was the 83rd to be killed by a boat collision this year, breaking a mark set in 1999. The record did...

S.C. eyes Powerball millions.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... COLUMBIA, S.C. _ South Carolina lottery officials are betting that Powerball, with a minimum jackpot of $10 million, will lure new players, even if the odds of winning the big prize are long. "It's about buying a dream," said Tony Cooper,...

Tourism along Miss. Coast takes a dip in wake of Isidore.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... BILOXI, Miss. _ Raleigh Carter stood looking out over the Mississippi Sound on Saturday wondering where business would come from. It had been a week since the owner of Performance Jet Skis had set foot on the sandy beach to rent his...

Music of the Third World echoes in the songs of David Brown.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... In real life, Brazzaville is the capital city of The Congo. In David Brown's music, Brazzaville is an imaginary stop on an exotic world tour, a place of white linen suits, cheap gin, stale cigarette smoke and long nights in dockside bars,...

Most say late call to clear East Biloxi during Isidore was right one.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... BILOXI, Miss. _ Clutching Scooter, her cocker spaniel, Clara Oehms stepped off her porch and waded down the wheelchair ramp into waist-deep water. Slowly, carefully, the 78-year-old woman made her way through the howling storm to...

DCF grappling with how to handle runaway teens.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... By Carol Marbin Miller and Lisa Arthur Knight Ridder Newspapers MIAMI _ The death of 17-year-old Marissa Karp highlights a problem that has vexed Florida's Department of Children & Families for decades: What to do about teenagers who...

Leaders look to lift tourism.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. _ Another flat summer has some business leaders asking the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce to rethink the way it promotes the Grand Strand. The chamber's major marketing efforts are outdated and don't match the...

Lili becomes a hurricane; approaches Cuba.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... By Martin Merzer Knight Ridder Newspapers Now a hurricane, Lili closed in Monday on Cuba's western tip and Isle of Youth, the same region slammed 10 days ago by Hurricane Isidore. Cuban officials prepared to order mass evacuations....

Merger creates first combined active duty and Guard unit.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. _ Accompanied by a solemn drum roll, members of the 93rd Air Control Wing and the 116th Bomb Wing packed up their flags Monday in a ceremony deactivating the two units. Immediately afterward, Secretary of the...

People in the news.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... The National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences, the people who bring you the Grammys, has a new president: Neil Portnow. He replaces the often controversial Michael C. Greene, who resigned unexpectedly last April following a meeting...

Ex-Argentine economics minister offers no lessons for future.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... WASHINGTON _ Before his fall from power as Argentina's most famous economics minister, Domingo Cavallo was accustomed to lecturing about the rules for running a ship-shape economy: a tight government and no tinkering with interest rates. ...

S.C. ups bioterror defense, but state still has a long way to go.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... COLUMBIA, S.C. _ South Carolinians on the front line of terrorism say they're very familiar with the list of Iraq's biological and chemical weapons British Prime Minister Tony Blair laid out last week. They've been working on defending...

Prosecutors pledge appeal of ruling involving governor's daughter drug probe.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 2002... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ In a case that has captured the attention of legal scholars across the nation, a judge ruled Monday that Noelle Bush's drug therapists won't have to testify in court about the crack cocaine found in her shoe. ...

Using your heads: A culinary gathering of cabbages.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... Cabbage is among the most versatile of vegetables and has been in the repertoire of cooks speaking almost every culinary language for centuries. The round, tightly wrapped green or white cabbage is the best seller in this country among a...

Wine of the week: 1997 Le Bonheur Prima.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... The improvement in wines coming to us from South Africa is palpable. It seems that even an estate founded a couple of hundred years ago can benefit from replanting now and then. At Le Bonheur estate near the town of Stellenbosch, replanting...

Off the shelf: Optimum Slim cereal, Le-Nature flavored waters, `Desperation Entertaining,' McCormick Grinders.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... PARTY IN A JIFFY Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross, syndicated columnists and authors of "Desperation Dinners," aim to please time-pressed hosts and hostesses with a new book, "Desperation Entertaining" (Workman, $14.95). The emphasis is on...

Dinner tonight: Cheddar Potato-Beer Soup With Shredded Ham.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... With a fall snap in the air, it's time to think soup and Octoberfest. If you are a beer lover, you'll like this hearty soup that is rich enough to be the main course for dinner. The ham is simply a garnish here and can be eliminated if...

Vineyard spirits: Winery ventures into distilling, enticed by Michigan's overflowing fruit basket.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... BARODA, Mich. _ The road to Heart of the Vineyard leads down a winding dirt road with grapevines on one side and pine trees on the other. Ahead, as the road enters a clearing, sits a round white wooden barn. The setting harks back a century...

Vice presidential haunts: a tour of political graveyards.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... This story ought to come with a warning label: Contents best suitable for history buffs. And, we're not talking garden-variety history travelers, drawn to the manicured grounds of Civil War battlefields or the air-conditioned exhibition halls...

The final resting places of America's vice presidents.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... Note: States listed below after vice presidents' names were home states at time of election. Phones listed are for church, cemetery or burial site, unless otherwise indicated. ___ 1. John Adams Mass. (Federalist) Served:...

Elite meat: New approaches to raising America's food animals give consumers more choice _ if they can afford it.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... A meat-and-potatoes American in the 1960s had a straightforward question when standing in front of an enticing case full of T-bones or inch-thick pork chops: Can I afford it? As the drawbacks of a meat-centered diet became apparent, the...

Elite meat tasting _ the proof in the pan.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... A wide range of styles and prices confronts shoppers, from dry-aged prime beef to plain old pork chops. We gathered several from stores and via mail, confining ourselves to ribeye steaks and loin pork chops. We also bought supermarket cuts...

Farmers Market Onion-Ginger Chutney, Tomato And Green Peppercorn Butter, Thick Chops/Steaks In A Skillet.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... FARMERS MARKET ONION-GINGER CHUTNEY Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 55 minutes Yield: 6 servings The sweet and acidic flavors of this mixture make it a good match for pork. Use cipollini and tropea onions from the...

Much to do at Ballymaloe: Irish teacher bites off more of the world than she can chew.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... Slowly, people who are interested in cooking and dining have come to realize that Ireland has more to offer the culinary world than potatoes and stout. With a bounty of fresh seafood, lamb, a sure hand with green vegetables and a love of...

Looking for the train trip's silver lining from Miami to New York.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... "It's all downhill from here," Bernie said over his French toast. We were sitting in the dining car of Amtrak's Silver Meteor on its way from Miami to New York City. The Kravis Center had just appeared in the window, making somewhat...

Miss Betty gives risotto an Atlanta twist.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... This past week I was in Atlanta to teach at a cooking school. I wasn't quite ready for the variety of people I would meet in the next 48 hours. My first stop was the television station where I was scheduled to do a cooking segment. Miss...

Yarden among Israel's best.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... For almost 20 years, the Golan Heights Winery in Israel has been making distinguished wines from familiar and popular varietal grapes. If any winery has proven that Israel can produce first-rate wines, this one is it. Consider some...

Murcielago translated: Fast, tight, bruising.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... CHICAGO_Lamborghini calls it the Murcielago. After a weekend behind the wheel of one, we call it a $273,000, two-seat taxi. It may do zero to 60 m.p.h. in the blink of an eye (just over 3 seconds) thanks to its 6.2-liter,...

Visiting another city can invigorate the spirit.(The Orlando Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... Visiting another city feels liberating. The mere act of escaping mundane surroundings invigorates the spirit. I don't travel much, so this feeling has an especially exhilarating effect on me when I do manage to find myself in a ZIP...

A German's photos look at life in modern times.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... Life in modern times is examined in a context that mingles chaotic and contemplative street scenes of Chicago, New York, Tokyo and Dusseldorf with intense portrait studies of families and individuals as well as with gigantic images of lush...

Travel Q&A: Riverboats are still plying American waters.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... Q. I've always wanted to take a river cruise on one of the Mississippi paddlewheelers, and hoped to go at Christmas time this year or next. But now the line is bankrupt and out of business, according to a travel agent friend. Did I wait...

The Top Ten travel list: On the high seas.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... The top large-ship cruise lines, from Travel + Leisure magazine's 2002 readers' poll: 1. Crystal Cruises 2. Holland America Line 3. Orient Lines 4. Celebrity Cruises 5. Princess Cruises 6. Disney Cruise Line ...

Some players let their characters get steamy.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... The psychology of The Sims can get pretty, uh, unusual. Though some players use Sims to let off steam, others find the best way to let off steam is to watch their Sims characters get steamy. Some Sims fans have "X-rated love bed"...

Gamers use The Sims to test behavior _ or just to watch their bosses fry.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... When Jennifer Kersten was passed over for a job after a grueling interview, she went home and played The Sims on her computer. She created characters based on the people who rejected her, then killed them off over and over by drowning them in...

Daschle's tantrum masks union agenda.(The Orlando Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... The dispute between President Bush and Senate Democrats blocking his proposed Homeland Security Department boils down to their view that union rules should take priority over national security. Despite the political sound and fury...

Diversity not part of national parks scene.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... In between sweeping views of vast vistas and jagged cliffs at Badlands National Park this summer, visitors may have noticed one element of the surroundings that didn't have to do with the scenery _ the visitors around you were as uniformly...

Lawyers, judges push to open civil court records.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... LOS ANGELES _ Spurred in part by recent revelations about Roman Catholic priests and sexual abuse, lawyers and some federal judges are pushing to make it harder to seal records in civil court cases_a practice often employed in product...

Aerospace center moving in.(Daily Press (Va.))
September 30, 2002... HAMPTON, Va. _ Hampton city officials are hoping that the forthcoming National Institute of Aerospace sets up shop on city-owned property, anchoring a new 350-acre business park about a mile from the NASA Langley Research Center's main gates....

Miami's Payton battles injuries, but loss of his father is hurt that won't heal.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... CORAL GABLES, Fla. _ Walter Payton and his son, Jarrett, spent their final days together talking, and one theme came up consistently in those heart-to-heart conversations about life, love and football. Walter, the legendary Hall of Fame...

Riley: Rebuilding is a natural practice'.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... We should have known, we should have known there would be more, that in Pat Riley's world, a single word would not suffice. To anyone else in the NBA, the word rebuilding translates into losing. You rebuild, you lose. You lose, you're...

Politics of oil grind European gears to halt on Iraqi invasion.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... LONDON _ One reason that George W. Bush has had a hard time selling a war against Iraq to Jacques Chirac, Vladimir Putin and others is oil. The U.S. economy gulps more than a quarter of the world's annual oil production _ and Iraq rests on...

If you're out of line, you're off the ship.(The Orlando Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... For some passengers, the appeal of cruising is the cocoonlike experience a ship can bestow _ a tidy little world where the cruise line does much of the hard thinking for you. To the extent that such a notion is the quintessence of cruise...

Juanes' Grammy-caliber music born of war-torn Colombia.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... It was noticeable to everyone who watched the Latin Grammys: The young Colombian rocker Juanes, the night's first act, was so nervous as he began to sing his latest hit, "A Dios Le Pido," his latest hit, that his voice was quavering. And...

`Jonah _ A VeggieTales Movie'.(The Orlando Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... Those Christian bookstore faves, the VeggieTales, make a pleasant and promising bow on the big screen with Jonah _ A VeggieTales Movie. It's a wholesome, witty cartoon retelling of the parable of Jonah, the Old Testament prophet who had to be...

Ham, Sweat and Cheers: Smithfield does a bit of biscuit baking, waits to hear from Guinness.(Newport News (Va.) Daily Press)
September 30, 2002... SMITHFIELD, Va. _ For about an hour Saturday, it looked as if the dream of making the world's largest ham biscuit might crumble right before the eyes of several hundred onlookers. But with a team of engineers, a whole lot of patience, an...

Judge rules in Noelle Bush case.(The Orlando Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Chief Circuit Judge Belvin Perry Jr. ruled Monday that four subpoenaed workers from the Center for Drug-Free Living where Noelle Bush is being treated do not have to talk to Orlando police investigating reports that the...

Research dollars roll in to state.(The Orlando Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Research is booming at Florida's public universities, which won more than $1 billion in research grants for the first time last year. Money to study everything from cancer to the development of miniature submarines is...

Capsules for baseball playoffs.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... ANAHEIM ANGELS VS. NEW YORK YANKEES RECORDS: Angels 99-63, AL wildcard; Yankees 103-58, AL East champions. SEASON SERIES: Yankees won, 4-3. MANAGERS: Mike Scioscia is 256-230 (.527) in three years with the Angels; Joe Torre is...

Cuba agrees to buy almost $90 million in U.S. products.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... HAVANA _ Cuba's first U.S. agricultural trade fair in four decades ended Monday with a flurry of contracts and a burst of publicity but also questions about how big a potential market the communist island represents for American companies....

New York sues telecom execs in alleged fraud scheme.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... The assault on the 1990s bull market excesses moved to another front Monday, with the state of New York suing five telecom executives to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in profits from stock sales. Among those named in the civil...

U.S. food firms enthusiastic about selling to Cuba.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... HAVANA _ Cuba's five-day shopping spree at the first U.S. agribusiness exhibition totaled about $89 million, nearly doubling sales estimates and handing Fidel Castro a public relations victory with industry giants and small family farmers...

This postseason field has great depth in winning.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... CHICAGO _ Three things worth noting about the Arizona Diamondbacks' chance to repeat as World Series winners: 1. They still have Randy Johnson. 2. They still have Curt Schilling. 3. Despite having the two best pitchers in the...

Brazil drug gangs escalate battle with police, shut down parts of Rio.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... RIO DE JANEIRO_Drug gangs ordered schools and businesses shut down across large swaths of Rio de Janeiro on Monday in what officials said was an unprecedented show of force by criminals in an increasingly public war with Brazil's police. ...

Moussaoui granted trial delay until next June.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... WASHINGTON _ The trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only man charged in the United States for complicity in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was postponed until June 30 after a federal judge Monday said she feared "a miscarriage of justice"...

New York Times places Notre Dame No. 1.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... CHICAGO _ Notre Dame football is No. 1 again. Yes, you read it right. Your eyes didn't deceive you. Your mind is not playing tricks on you. It isn't just your wishful thinking. The Irish really, truly are No. 1. The New York Times'...

Sharon under fire for assault on Arafat HQ.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... JERUSALEM _ Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who ordered Israeli tanks to roll into Ramallah and lay siege to the compound of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, now finds himself under a kind of siege from Israeli opinion-makers second-guessing...

Orlando judge rules against police in Bush daughter drug probe.(The Orlando Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... BC-JEBBUSHDAUGHTER-1st-LEDE:OR _ national (1060 words) ORLANDO, Fla. _ A circuit judge Monday blocked Orlando police from questioning drug-center workers in a cocaine investigation of Noelle Bush, ruling that privacy laws take priority...

Administration pushes case with video of Iraqi anti-aircraft firings.(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... WASHINGTON _ The Bush administration Monday unveiled previously classified video of Iraqi anti-aircraft batteries firing on U.S. and British planes to bolster its case that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is violating UN mandates even as he is...

Changing of guard for Jets: 38 and done _ Vinny next?(Chicago Tribune)
September 30, 2002... CHICAGO _ The New York Jets benched quarterback Vinny Testaverde on Monday for third-year man Chad Pennington. If it marks the beginning of the end of Testaverde's career, he will join a long list of NFL quarterbacks who hit the wall at age...

A's, Cardinals headed for Fall Classic.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE _ In a perfect world, Diamondbacks closer Byung-Hyun Kim will maintain his regular-season form. But those two meltdowns in last year's World Series can't be forgotten. AP file photos he has a point to make: Giants...

A's, Cardinals headed for Fall Classic.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... FORT LAUDERDALE _ There's a reason Fox and Disney spend billions of dollars for the rights to October baseball. For those who pay attention, and even for the casual fan, prime-time programming doesn't come any more compelling. The drama...

Florida doctors hit with soaring insurance rates.(The Orlando Sentinel)
September 30, 2002... ORLANDO, Fla. _ Dr. Eric Frohn closed his obstetrics practice last month to start anew in another state. Family physician Sanford Kinne is cutting back on the number of nursing homes he visits. Cardiologist Curtis Weaver gave up privileges at...

Mecca of design.([c] 2002, Southrn Living, Inc.)
September 30, 2002... (c) 2002, Southrn Living, Inc. CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Just get Tony Pressley talking about the impact of Charlotte's design industry. He breathes sincerity as he enthusiastically describes the Design Center of the Carolinas and its place in...

A few blowouts you expected and one thriller you didn't.(BlackVoices.com)
September 30, 2002... Week One of the 2002 season saw expected losses by Black College football's top teams as Florida A&M (63-17, Miami), Jackson State (55-7) and Southern (37-19, Tulane) took it on the chin from Division I foes, while Grambling was floored...

Movie news briefs.(Zap2it)
September 30, 2002... ERIC BANA HEADS TO `TROY' HOLLYWOOD _ If "The Hulk" doesn't make Eric Bana Hollywood's next "it" boy, then "Troy" should seal the deal. The Australian actor has signed up to star opposite Brad Pitt in the Warner Bros. project, in...

Colombia hopes thousands of informants will help quell kidnappings, terror attacks.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 29, 2002... VALLEDUPAR, Colombia _ He is a merchant, an unassuming, shrunken little man with large ears and _ fittingly _ an even larger mouth. He is known only as Informant No. 250. "I report on everything I hear, everything I see, and everything I...

Lili expected to hit Cuba with full hurricane force Tuesday.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 29, 2002... MIAMI _ Tropical Storm Lili cruised through the Caribbean near Jamaica's northern shore Sunday. Forecasters expected it to hit western Cuba as a hurricane Tuesday, its outermost wind and rain brushing South Florida. Heavy rain produced...

Johnson's tire problem doesn't deflate attitude new points leader.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 29, 2002... KANSAS CITY, Kan. _ Jimmie Johnson, come on down. You're the next driver to take a shot at holding the Winston Cup series points lead. Johnson's 10th place in Sunday's Protection One 400 at Kansas Speedway was enough to give the...