September 2, 2002

Data from 2000 Census finds greatest number of New Yorkers working at home, 10.4 percent of working population, live in Tract 187, bounded by West 98th and West 102 Sts, Amsterdam Ave and Riverside Drive; neighborhood encompasses everything from five-bedroom apartments to public housing, but 17.5 percent of all its working-age residents fall into occupational category that Census Bureau defines as the arts, design, entertainment, media and sports; photo; map (M)

Hip-hop artists seek to cash in on free advertising in their music by rhyming about their own products as well as popular extant brands; photo (M)

CBS television movie to revisit fabled, doomed partnership of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; photos (M)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials say it will take at least two weeks to determine whether West Nile virus was transmitted through organ transplants or blood transfusions to four transplant recipients in whom encephalitis has been diagnosed or suspected; say it will take at least months to develop reliable test for rapidly screening blood; insist blood supply is safe and risk of acquiring virus is least concern for anyone needing blood or organ; New York Blood Center chief executive Dr Robert L Jones says blood banks may have to ask donors about mosquito bites, step that could vastly reduce number of donors (M)

Roberta Smith Critic's Notebook review of Metropolitan Museum's exhibits of paintings by Paul Gauguin and Thomas Eakins; article compares their lives, works, and influence; photos (M)

State Sec Colin L Powell, whose voice has been conspicuously absent as Bush administration debate over Iraq intensifies, recently said in BBC interview that United Nations arms inspectors should return to Iraq; spoke days after Vice Pres Dick Cheney said return of inspectors would provide only false comfort; is expected to explain administration plans while attending UN-sponsored conference, Johannesburg, South Africa; Bush aide insists there is no difference of opinion or emphasis between Powell and Cheney; says inspections, while important, are not enough (M)

Executions of sisters Ikhklas Khouli and Rajah Ibrahim by militant Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades in Tulkarm, West Bank, for allegedly collaborating with Israel have drawn attention as first executions of women in current Palestinian uprising; two allegedly worked for Ali Yassin, who has fled to Israel; Brigades spokesman says Ibrahim brought in bombs that killed group leader Raed al-Karmi, interview; photos (M)

A rash of recent killings of Palestinian civilians raised questions in Israel about whether restraints were slipping among Israeli troops after nearly two years of conflict with the Palestinians. There was also concern that the recurrent civilian killings could provoke revenge attacks in Israel after a nearly monthlong lull.

Labor Day weekend will give way to series of end-of-summer extravaganzas in New York; carnivals, festivals and parades can be expected to make city traffic nightmarish; photos (M)

Virginia Tech University defeats Louisiana State University, 28-6; photo (M)

Vanguard of music promotion has rapidly moved to Internet; AOL Music, America Online division headed by Kevin Conroy, attempts to simultaneously introduce new music via Internet and boost America Online's subscriber base; photo; chart of music Web sites (M)

Some blockbuster movies that appear to be huge moneymakers generate minimal profits for studios after marketing and 'participation' costs, which give stars and others percentage of revenue; photos (M)