February 4, 2002

Article on best-selling novelist John Grisham who, after two-year hiatus to write autobiographical novel and lighthearted novella, has completed new legal thriller, The Summons; photo (M)

Reporter Believed Still Alive The police in Pakistan say all leads on the trail of Daniel Pearl have proved to go nowhere, but they believe he is still alive. PAGE A11 Bin Laden's Trail Is Cold U.S. officials acknowledge they have lost track of Osama bin Laden, who was last traced to eastern Afghanistan in early December. PAGE A8

Andersen Hires Volcker To Lead Oversight Board Arthur Andersen, rushing to contain the damage from attacks including those in the Enron board's report on Saturday, has hired Paul A. Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman, as an adviser. Mr. Volcker will lead an oversight board with a mandate to change the firm's policies and practices, Andersen's chief executive, Joseph F. Berardino, said. In Washington, meanwhile, the House and Senate have a full week of hearings on the collapse of Enron. [Section A.]

Bush administration, spurred by spate of anthrax-filled letters that followed September 11 terrorist attacks, will seek $11 billion over two years to protect nation against biological terrorism--far larger amount than bioterrorism experts expected; budget for fiscal 2003 will propose $5.9 billion to finance improvements in nation's public health system that would help defend against use of disease as weapon; increase is more than four times what administration spent before attacks to counter threats of bioterrorism, and comes on top of $1.4 billion approved by Congress in fiscal 2002 and $3.7 billion supplemental request granted by lawmakers; breakdown of administration's bioterrorism budget request discussed; officials say anthrax-tainted letters laid bare serious vulnerabilities, and that new budget request reflects effort to address weaknesses; also reflects growing influence of Office of Homeland Security, headed by Tom Ridge (M)

Kelefa Sannah reviews concert by pop singer Alicia Keys at Radio City Music Hall; photo (M)

Article on dearth of starring roles, except in a few disaster movies, that World Trade Center's twin towers had in movies; photo (M)

City and state officials are confident that scaled-down plan to rebuild section of Rockaway section of Queens in project called Arverne by the Sea will succeed; developer Benjamin-Beechwood is scheduled to begin construction in June 2002 on 100 acres, and discussions are under way about remaining 200 acres that were razed 40 years ago in ancipation of major development; photo; map (M)

Wild salmon and those spawned in hatcheries are at heart of legal battle over issue of extinction, and of just how much should be done to protect and restore habitat that wild salmon need to spawn; some critics of Endangered Species Act deny any difference between wild fish and hatchery ones; accuse federal fish regulators of wrongly looking only at condition of wild salmon to determine whether fish in rivers like Alsea in Oregon's coastal range should be considered threatened; are backed in ruling by Federal Judge Michael R Hogan, who says regulators acted arbitrarily and capriciously in treating Alsea's wild and hatchery salmon differently when listing wild fish as threatened; ruling has prompted Bush administration to announce thorough review of listings for two dozen groups of Pacific salmon and other species in other Western rivers, and to consider new rules that would factor in strength of hatchery stock in designating species as endangered; photos (M)

Many former Enron employees and executives say atmosphere became so intensely competitive in recent years that people often did not feel secure enough to question irregularities, if they were aware of them at all; many who left, whether voluntarily or not, say much of change in Enron's culture coincided with rise of Jeffrey K Skilling, who became president and chief operating officer in 1996; Enron he began advising in 1982 and joined in 1990 was very different from one he would eventually run; table of Enron executives and when they left; photos (M)

Joyce Purnick Metro Matters column longs for Robert Moses-type figure to lead rebuilding of Lower Manhattan, holding that he would have vision to realize that there is more at stake than construction of appropriate memorial and new buildings; says reinvention of strategic section of city is vital piece to rebuilding and may be hindered by committee atmosphere that is developing (M)

Dave Anderson Sports of The Times column praises New England Patriots, winners of Super Bowl XXXVI, for exceptional teamwork; calls victory second most surprising in Super Bowl history after New York Jets' upset of Baltimore Colts in 1969; photo (M)

On Pro Football column provides analysis of New England Patriots' stunning upset of St Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI; says close game was good battle of wits between two great coaches: Bill Belichick of New England and Mike Martz of St Louis; says Belichick is best defensive mind in game; Patriots capitalize on mistakes and use shifting defensive formations to confuse Rams; photo (M)