May 14, 2002

Eight months after Sept 11, many New York children continue to struggle with deep psychological scars; Board of Education study says more than 25 percent of public school children in grades 4 through 12 were candidates for some sort of mental health intervention because of lingering trauma and fear; phtos (M)

John Tierney The Big City column wonders how patriotic New Yorkers would be if terrorists had struck somewhere other than Manhattan; cites article in American Enterprise Institute's magazine that offers mixed review of New York (M)

Sears to Buy Lands' End Sears will pay $1.9 billion in cash to buy Lands' End, the catalog retailer. It is the first time that Lands' End clothing will be sold through another company. BUSINESS DAY, PAGE C1 Does the Moon Throb? Beneath the Moon's cold craters, some scientists say, lies a warm and yielding heart, a finding that may aid a theory about how the Moon was born. SCIENCE TIMES, PAGE F1

Seattle Mariners attract more television viewers than any other major league team, getting highest ratings at 15.7 on Fox Sports Northwest; photos (M)

Sears Roebuck & Co will pay $1.9 billion in cash to buy mail-order retailer Lands' End; agreement gives Sears exclusive rights to Lands' End products for its 870 stores nationwide; Sears also plans to tap into Lands' End customer file, estimated at 30 million households, to sell other products; Lands' End president-chief executive David F Dyer will manager Sears online shopping and catalog business; Lands' End is expected to expand sales by having its clothing and other products on Sears shelves and by having them featured on Sears Web site; Sears executives say they plan to operate Lands' End with no layoffs or cutbacks, but they hope that Lands' End customers will spill over into their sections of Sears stores; Sears chairman-chief executive Alan J Lacy says he expects that 15 percent to 20 percent of all apparel for sale in Sears will be from Lands' End by next year; graph; photo (M)