November 11, 2001

Portaits in Grief of 30 victims of attacks on World Trade Center; photos (L)

Article on backlash from fat Americans over new movie, Shallow Hal, co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow, who donned fat suit that made her appear 200 pounds heavier; Paltrow comments on discrimination against obese people; photos (M)

Thirty-six hours before the polls opened on Election Day, Michael R. Bloomberg's campaign staff felt the race was slipping away. Mr. Bloomberg prevailed with a combination of luck, money, high-priced strategy and hands-on management. Article, Page A39.

Article on controversy surrounding radio consultant David Giovannoni, whose company, Audience Research Analysis, holds contracts with Corp for Public Broadcasting, National Public Radio, Public Radio International and nearly every major NPR member station in US; NPR stations across country, based on Giovannoni's findings, have switched from jazz, classical and bluegrass music programming to news and talk format, which has moved many toward financial self-sufficiency; critics maintain changes have undermined kind of programming that made NPR worth saving; photos (L)

At time when information has emerged as world's most valuable currency, owners are asserting, and winning, more control than ever over how ideas are used, sold and consumed; proponents hail advent of era of 'intellectual capitalism,' latest stage in evolution of post-industrial economy; critics warn that, far from promoting innovation, America is in midst of information-age enclosure movement comparable to fencing off of public grazing lands at dawn of Industrial Revolution; charts; photos *M)