New Jersey Nets defeat Charlotte Hornets, 89-79, in Game 4 of Eastern Conference semifinals to lead series, 3-1; photo (M)

Fearless Kidd Sets Tone for Nets

Two computer security researchers report finding smart cards vulnerable to a relatively inexpensive method of criminal attack. Page C2.

Security Alert on Smart Cards

Many New York City residents are confident that crime can be kept to low levels of recent years, while others have sense of foreboding and predict return to earlier years of rampant lawlessness; chart, which compares crime in current and previous years in seven major categories, shows overall decline; photo (L)

With Crime Low, Many Leave the Doom to Chicken Little

Los Angeles Lakers defeat San Antonio Spurs, 87-85, in Game 4 of Western Conference semifinals to lead series, 3-1; photos (M)

Will to Win Drives Bryant And Lakers Over Spurs

Historic preservationists opposed to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to transform newly renovated Tweed Courthouse into office building and school look to city building codes for support; New York Landmarks Conservancy president Peg Breen contends mayor's plan runs afoul of regulations governing building-code basics and that it would require invasive work prohibited by building's status as landmark; photos (M)

A Hall Monitor, in This Hall?; City Codes Cloud Plan to Use Tweed Building as School

This Week column: American Ballet Theater will open spring season with gala featuring honorary chairmen Pres George Bush and Laura Bush; photographer Joel Meyerowitz, who has documented recovery, reclamation, demolition and excavation of World Trade Center site, will deliver slide show and talk at New York University; ground zero archive will be in Museum of the City of New York's permanent collection; three finalists in seventh annual Essentially Ellington High School Band Competition & Festival will perform at Lincoln Center, where winner will be announced; retrospective of works by Pop art pioneer Larry Rivers will open at Corcoran Gallery in Wasington, DC; photos (M)

This Week

New television series will be introduced to advertisers starting May 13 in annual ritual known as 'upfront week'; broadcast networks, which hope to recover from last year's slump, are concerned about HBO' decision to begin The Sopranos new season on Sept 15 at 9 pm, just in time to possibly upstage new batch of network series, which will begin following week; graph; chart (M)

Big Networks Show Respect to 'Sopranos'

Article on conversation among mystery writers Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly, George P Pelecanos and Ian Rankin; they discuss character development and how their detective novels differ from traditional murder mysteries; photos (M)

The Crimes They Are A-Changin'

Pres Bush's top political adviser Karl Rove is expanding his White House portfolio by inserting himself into foreign policy matters; influence beyond domestic affairs has developed gradually, underscoring how world events have moved to forefront of White House and become intertwined with domestic policy and demands of political constituencies; has reportedly rankled Sec of State Colin Powell and others; Rove claims not to be deeply involved in foreign policy but admits expressing opinions to president on variety of issues; White House officials insist Rove has carefully limited role to questions of how foreign policy decisions are communicated and how White House deals with domestic organizations that have strong interests in specific foreign policy issue; photo (M)

Some in Administration Grumble As Aide's Role Seems to Expand

 Researchers Find Flaws In Smart Cards' Security  Two University of Cambridge computer security researchers plan to describe today an ingenious and inexpensive way to extract secret information contained in widely used smart cards.    The newly discovered vulnerability is reason for alarm, the researchers said, because it could make it cost-effective for a criminal to steal data from the cards. The cards are used for dozens of applications including identification and cellular phones. [Page C2.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

Sewa Dham school in Mandoli, India, where 300 young boys follow rigorous curriculum promoting Hindu nationalism, is central project of Hindu revivalist campaign, following years in which nationalists were banned and reviled because of connection to assassin of Mahatma Ghandi; is run by charity affiliated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or National Voluntary Service, oldest and most prominent of Hindu nationalist groups which was founded in 1925 by men who made no secret of admiration for German and Italian fascists; is substantially bankrolled by Indians in US; Hindu nationalist network's political wing, Bharatiya Janata Party, leads coalition government in New Delhi; Prime Min Atal Behari Vajpayee was once full-time worker for voluntary service; map; photo (M)

Hindu Right Goes to School to Build a Nation

First TriBeCa Film Festival, held in streets and buildings in shadow of ground zero, is as much about overcoming grief from Sept 11 attacks as about worshiping glamour; thousands of people flock to area in show of support for resurgence of Lower Manhattan; festival, conceived by Robert De Niro and others, is deemed unqualified success; photos (M)

Just to the North of Ground Zero, a Tribute in Light Sabers

Crystal-clear corn liquor of Appalachia, illegal essence of three centuries of mountain hollow stills, is being bottled and marketed for first time in West Virginia history; is being sold under Mountain Moonshine label by Payton D Fireman, local lawyer with flair for marketing and vision of doing for economically stressed region what microbrewing and vanity winemaking did elsewhere; he comments; photos (M)

Morgantown Journal; Yuppie Moonshine With the Old Kick, And It's Legal, Too

Anthony Tommasini Critic's Notebook column on performance by emerging Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra in Metropolitan Opera's season-closing opera Tosca; Licitra was last minute replacement for Luciano Pavarotti, who was nursing flu; it had been rumored that Pavarotti's performance was to be his farewell at Met; photos (M)

Instead of a Swan Song, A Warbler's Ardent Debut

Avery Fisher's family warns Lincoln Center of possible legal action if concert hall that bears his name is rebuilt or renovated under new name; Lincoln Center refuses to offer family any assurances (M)

Avery Fisher Hall Forever, Heirs Say

 Looking at Enron's Assets  The Securities and Exchange Commission is stepping up its investigation of Enron by examining the valuation of billions of dollars of its assets.   BUSINESS DAY, PAGE C1    G.O.P. Rethinks Medicare  Caught in the crossfire among doctors, hospitals, nursing homes and H.M.O.'s, House Republicans are revising their plan to provide Medicare drug benefits.   PAGE A13    Glamour and Remembrance  Thousands attended the first TriBeCa Film Festival, held near ground zero. The festival was as much about overcoming grief as it was about glamour.   PAGE B1    Nets, Celtics and Lakers Take 3-1 Leads in Playoffs  Jason Kidd, not seming too troubled by the cut over his right eye, scored 24 points to lead the Nets to an 89-79 victory over Charlotte. Boston defeated Detroit, 90-79, and the Lakers rallied past San Antonio, 87-85.   SPORTSMONDAY  

INSIDE

Some people in Hollywood liken management style of Jeffrey Evan Kwatinetz, co-founder of upstart entertainment management company Firm, to young Michael S Ovitz, founder of Artists Management Group that has been acquired Firm; photo (M)

Some See a Young Ovitz in Emerging Power Broker

Interview with Italian Neo-Conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan, who comments on his latest exhibit, part of his trilogy of power, which depicts life-size wax figures of pair of New York City policemen propped upside down along wall; photos (M)

Don't Get Angry. He's Kidding. Seriously.

Often-outspoken horse trainer Bob Baffert used silence to lure news media away from War Emblem as part of pre-race strategy for Kentucky Derby, but must use new strategy to win Preakness; is back to old camera-ready self; photos (M)

A Man Who Stole the Roses

Israel's Likud Party votes in favor of resolution never to allow creation of Palestinian state, defying leader Prime Min Ariel Sharon as he postpones planned military offensive into Gaza Strip; while vote does not change policy of current coalition government, it harder for US to build on current military lull and begin serious negotiations toward Middle East settlement; vote is orchestrated by former Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu, Sharon's rival who is seeking to lead party into new elections; photo (M)

REBUFFING SHARON, PARTY REPUDIATES PALESTINIAN STATE

Prada is expected to proceed with plan to sell 30 percent of itself to public in initial stock offering; chief executive Patrizio Bertelli is expected to provide more details of plan on May 16; stock sale, which is scheduled for midsummer and could value company at roughly $4 billion, would be one of largest initial public offerings this year; sale is expected to raise about $1.2 billion; Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas are jointly underwriting stock sale (M)

Prada Plans Stock Sale To Pay Off Large Debt

Newsweek magazine has substantial editorial momentum, with recent National Magazine Award for general excellence against Time after number of news exclusives, but at same time, magazine has lost significant market share and seen profits decline; Time magazine has growing share of advertising pages sold by weekly news magazines, but all three, including US News & World Report, have lost ad pages in last two years; chart; photos of Newsweek editor Mark Whitaker and Time managing editor Jim Kelly (M)

Newsweek Scores Gains on Rival In War of the News Magazines

Securities and Exchange Commission is stepping up its investigation of Enron Corp by questioning about its recent disclosure that it may have overstated value of its assets by up to $24 billion in last year; SEC appears to be concentrating on how company values everything; agency has been examining Enron's financial reporting over last few years, when it was led by former executives Kenneth L Lay, Jeffrey K Skilling and Andrew Fastow; SEC recently questioned chief financial officer Raymond M Bowen Jr about recent disclosure of possible correction in value of Enron's assets; investigators are trying to determine how and when assets whose stated value is expected to be cut were placed on balance sheet; regulators are also looking into whether their value was artificially inflated and what executives were involved in those decisions (M)

Enron Inquiry Now Focusing On Valuations

Joyce Purnick Metro Matters column comments on Board of Education study that shows more than 10 percent of students at city public schools have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder from Sept 11 terrorist attacks; study spurs intense debate about how to proceed, and specifically how to identify students who need help (M)

Metro Matters; In Schools, A Hidden Toll Of Sept. 11

Tens of thousands of stolen credit-card numbers are being offered for sale each week on Internet in handful of thriving, membership-only cyberbazaars, operated largely by residents of former Soviet Union who have become central players in credit-card and identity theft; security experts say buyers of card numbers are spread worldwide, but often come from former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Asia, particularly Malaysia; buyers use numbers in variety of frauds, including making purchases over Internet, having them fenced in West, or even extracting cash advances directly from credit-card accounts; cost to financial institutions and individual businesses discussed; security experts comment; say people living in former Soviet Union who are operators of marketplaces are typically buying card numbers from so-called black-hat computer hackers, who obtain numbers by breaking into computer systems of online merchants and getting access to thousands of records at a time (M)

CREDIT CARD THEFT IS THRIVING ONLINE AS GLOBAL MARKET

Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi was а Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager. He was Master of Sports of the USSR, Distinguished Coach of the USSR, and a laureate of the UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby (2002) and FIFA Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded by FIFA. In 2002 he was awarded the Hero of Ukraine award (posthumously), his nation's highest honour, for his contribution to Ukrainian football. In 2008, Lobanovskyi was ranked 6th in Inter's list of the 100 Greatest Ukrainians following a nationwide poll that saw around 2.5 million people casting their votes.

May 13, 2002

Headlines from May 13, 2002

Fearless Kidd Sets Tone for Nets

Security Alert on Smart Cards

With Crime Low, Many Leave the Doom to Chicken Little

Will to Win Drives Bryant And Lakers Over Spurs

A Hall Monitor, in This Hall?; City Codes Cloud Plan to Use Tweed Building as School

Billboard 200

No Shoes; No Shirt; No Problems

Ashanti

A New Day Has Come

C'mon; C'mon

Now 9

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for May 13, 2002