June 16, 2002

ONE of the many mysteries left in the wake of Sept. 11 is just how hard the attack on the World Trade Center hit New York City's economy. Really hard, obviously. But how hard, exactly? And how much of the past year's economic carnage came from the national recession, rather than from the disaster in Lower Manhattan?

Six-story rental building with white stucco facade that recalls Greek isles is erected on East Village block of dark tenements; photo (S)

US national team prepares to face Mexico in second round of World Cup, hoping that crowd, which is not entirely pro-Mexico as is often case in United States, will help team to victory; photo (M)

Tiger Woods leads US Open after three rounds, with Sergio Garcia four strokes off lead and Phil Mickelson five; photos (M)

Michael Kimmelman article, in light of Thomas Eakins retrospective about to arrive at Metropolitan Museum of Art, on issue of whether works by artists who use lenses, cameras and photographs are not original; holds skill is more than manual dexterity, tools, whether brushes or lenses, are still tools and anxiety over fear of being tricked is misplaced; photos (M)

Analysis of jurors' verdict in Arthur Andersen criminal trial (M)

Article on Peter Bacanovic, Merrill Lynch stockbroker who has entered spotlight as result of Securities and Exchange Commission's insider trading case against former ImClone Systems chief executive Samuel Waksal; Bacanovic, frequent escort of older socialites, sold nearly 4,000 shares of ImClone stock for Martha Stewart just days before price plummeted in late December; photos (M)

Golf fans at United States Opens in Bethpage react to Tiger Woods's charisma and excellence by shouting 'Tiger, you rule!'; more than 42,000 people have descended on Bethpage each of last three days, and large protion of them have been transfixed by Woods; photo (M)

Last week's arrest of Brooklyn-born man, Jose Padilla, on charges of planning 'dirty bomb' attack and evidence that other US citizens have been trained in Al Qaeda camps revive fear that has permeated popular history: that home-grown fifth column is betraying fellow Americans on behalf of foreign foe; drawing (M)

Decision last week by America's Roman Catholic bishops, meeting in Texas, to adopt national zero tolerance policy toward priests who sexually abuse minors will ultimately go to Vatican, where pope and church leadership have often looked upon America and American Catholicism with combination of incomprehension, amusement and alarm; Vatican, by and large, has been less intrusive when dealing with issues of sexuality and priesthood in Europe; photo (M)

Warming of Alaska has dire consequences for state; effects of 7-degree rise in Alaska's temperature over last 30 years include buckling highways, shoreline erosion and forests killed by beatles; in Alaska, rising temperatures, whether caused by greenhouse gas emissions or nature in prolonged mood swing, are not a topic of debate or an abstraction; Sen Ted Stevens says that no place is experiencing more startling change from rising temperatures than Alaska and that problems will cost Alaska hundreds of millions of dollars; photos (M)

Developers are converting unneeded churches, convents, monasteries and synagogues to secular uses, including community centers, day care centers, restaurants, offices and homes; adaptive reuse of churches that have soaring and cavernous interiors poses serious challenge; photos (L)