November 1, 2001

Michael R Bloomberg accuses Mark Green of failing to disclose campaign finance information and suggests Green was behind publication of 1998 deposition in which Bloomberg said he would need 'unimpeachable third-party witness' to believe allegation of rape at his company; Bloomberg does not deny making that statement but says that in general, he does not believe women need witnesses to be believed when making rape charge; billionaire Republican grows testy when reporters ask about his own level of openness and his refusal to release his tax returns like other mayoral candidates; Green wins support of Roberto Ramirez, Bronx Democatic leader; photos (M)

Dave Anderson, in Sports of The Times, comments on New York Yankees' victory over Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 4 of World Series (M)

Alcatel will eliminate additional 10,000 jobs and expects to report loss of $4.5 billion for year; work force will have been reduced by 30 percent since January 2001, down to 77,000 employees from 110,000; company reports loss of $502.7 million in third quarter, compared with profit of $268 million year earlier (M)

New York Yankees defeat Arizona Diamondbacks, 4-3, in 10 innings, to tie World Series at two games each, Yankee Stadium; photos (L)

Pres Bush pressures moderate House members to vote against Senate bill, which would make airport security workers federal employees; rather, Bush favors legislation that would leave workers airline employees but under government supervision; polls show majority of Americans favor Senate bill; Democrats threaten to turn aviation security into political issue in next year's election; photo (M)

Interview with Maira Kalman, children's book author and wife of late graphic designer Tibor Kalman; photos (M)

Models trains enter digital era and give hobbyist closer feel of what it is like to run a real train, collisions and all; several trains can be run on single layout without cumbersome wiring or central control station that was previously necessary, and more people can run trains at same time, using hand-held throttles; photo (M)

Biographical profile of James E McGreevey, Democratic candidate for governor in New Jersey; says his boundless energy, laserlike focus, good-natured sense of humor and unmatched capacity for hard work helped him rise through Democratic politics, culminating when he turned on one of his mentors in 1991 and won election as mayor of Woodbridge; says he is battle-hardened by his near-upset of Gov Christie Whitman in 1997; says his corny, self-deprecating jokes and canned delivery mask disciplined, calculating, tough-as-nails political animal; photos (L)

Bridgeport, Conn, Mayor Joseph P Ganim, is indicted on charges of federal bribery, extortion, mail fraud and racketeering; he is accused of receiving $425,000 from friends and former members of his administration in cash, meals and other goods and services in exchange for pressing businesses to pay them consulting fees; Ganim denies charges and characterizes indictment as conspiracy concocted by those who sought to blame him for corrupt practices of current and former associates; photo (M)

Justice Department and Microsoft Corp reportedly reach tentative settlement in long-running antitrust suit; settlement reportedly calls for five-year consent decree between government and Microsoft governing company's conduct, with possibility of two-year extension if company violates it, and three-member advisory committee will be established to try to ensure enforcement; some state officials are said to fear that deal will not effectively prevent Microsoft from leveraging its monopoly in operating systems market into computer servers and hand-held devices (M)

Government analysts from variety of agencies, scrambling to discern what weapons might be aimed at nation in wake of Sept 11 attacks, agree threat of terrorists wielding mass-casualty weapons is more serious than they had believed; possible chemical, biological or even nuclear weapons terrorists might use discussed; table (M)

Images of 272 heroes, survivors and relatives of victims of Sept 11 terrorist attacks are captured on film by magazine photographer Joe McNally, using world's biggest Polaroid camera with lens from U-2 spy plane; color portraits, on sheets of Polaroid paper nearly 8 feet high by 4 feet wide, to be featured full-size in coming gallery exhibition and auction; reduced variations will appear in 128-page Life magazine called In the Land of the Free, with essay by Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani, and in hardcover book, One Nation; 10 percent of proceeds to go to disaster victims through charities designated by AOL Time Warner; photos (M)