March 4, 2001

BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar and Aston Martin, which are all for pricey, upscale motor vehicles catering to affluent automobile enthusiasts, plan to offer cheaper, downscaled models; photos (M)

Ed Ward profiles singer-songwriter Andy Zwerling; photo with sister Leslie; they have recorded a double CD that they are marketing on the Internet (L)

Profile of Tyson Foods and challenges facing John H Tyson as he leads company through merger with IBP, world's largest beef processor, at time of slumping chicken prices and eroding profit growth; Tyson was addicted to drugs and alcohol just over a decade ago and became caught up in political scandal in mid-1990's when he was president of Tyson's beef and pork division, and it is measure of Tyson family's control over company that he was able to become chairman and chief executive; family owns less than 51 percent of outstanding shares but controls 90 percent of votes; photos (L)

Michael Keller, XFL Football's vice president for football operations, continues to plan league's future, even as television ratings plummet and predictions of downfall persist; newest wrinkle is signing players out of high school who have not qualified academically for college (M)

Article on motivations of today's 'gold-diggers,' who operate in open and marry men for millions; various books, movies and seminars on topic discussed; photos (M)

Felicia Lee coping column offers suggestions on some petty criminals in New York City who could use pardons from City Council, such as subway shufflers, pigeon feeders, nasty token booth clerks, bike messengers, dog walkers, men who spit in public and taxicab thieves (M)

Presidents of Columbia University and New York University, two of most popular colleges in country, plan to step down in 2002; both George Rupp, Columbia's head since 1993, and L Jay Oliva, at NYU since 1991, have helped build their schools' reputations, endowments, physical facilities and academic research in period of exceptional prosperity for higher education and city itself; tenures reviewed; their photos; coming changes at helms of Harvard, Princeton and Brown also noted, as well as open presidencies at Queens and City Colleges and Marymount Manhattan (M)

Article evaluates current and next-year models of light truck from Nissan Motors, 'Frontier'; photos (M)

Article on suits being filed by Connecticut doctors as well as Connecticut State Medical Society against six health maintenance organizations for failing to pay to provide proper and adequate patient care and seeking to bring about sweeping overhaul of managed care system; photos (M)

People driven from Manhattan by high housing costs find refuge in less expensive districts of other boroughs, in private houses in suburbanlike swath of city or in communities on other shores that offer gloriously detached views of Manhattan skyline; exiles miss Manhattan, but appreciate what they new neighborhoods offer; photo (M)

New wireless systems that can track people all over planet raise concerns about privacy, even as companies install devices in vehicles, hand-held computers, cell phones and watchbands; David Hancock, owner of Dallas car alarm company, explains how he monitors his six trucks, and caught one parked at strip club; his photo; market for location-based devices is already nearly $600 million, and may approach $6 billion within three years; federal program to reach people making 911 calls means that by next year cell phones sold in US will have tracking technology; various plans also alert cell phone users when they approach a McDonald's or hotels or restaurants; James X Dempsey of Center for Democracy and Technology warns of new realm of privacy abuses, such as insurer knowing when policy holder is rock-climbing, or employer who learning that worker is at AIDS clinic; embedding of Global Positioning System technology in devices explained (M)

Military transport plane flying from Florida to Virginia in rain crashes in field in Unadilla, Georgia, killing all 21 people aboard; map; C-23 Sherpa was assigned to Army Air National Guard in Lakeland, Florida, and was carrying members of Virginia Air National Guard (S)