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)

When Home Is Where the Job Is; More New Yorkers Bidding Farewell to Commuting

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)

Hip-Hop Sales Pop: Pass the Courvoisier And Count the Cash

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

Revisiting a Fabled, Doomed Partnership

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)

LINKING WEST NILE AND TRANSPLANTS MAY TAKE WEEKS

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)

Critic's Notebook; Gauguin and Eakins, Driven but Worlds Apart

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)

Powell Charts Low-Key Path In Iraq Debate

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)

For Arab Informers, Death; For the Executioners, Justice

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.  

Palestinian Deaths Spur Israeli Debate

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)

This Week in the City: Parades, Parties and Possible Gridlock

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

The Hokies Are Ready, The Tigers Are Not

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)

AOL Reaches to Create Its Own Big Music Scene on the Internet

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)

Big Hollywood Hits Don't Ensure Big Profits

Millions of low-skilled workers have turned to Social Security disability pay as refuge from layoffs in recent years, pushing benefit's cost to $60 billion last year, by far government's biggest income-support program; number of recipients has risen to 5.42 million from 3 million in 1990; economists say growing numbers signal reliance on disability benefits by low-end workers who ignored their ailments as long as they could get steady work; neither Congress nor Bush administration have challenged skyrocketing cost; graphs (M)

LAID-OFF WORKERS SWELLING THE COST OF DISABILITY PAY

New York Giants quarterback Kerry Collins has learned poise and control on field, and hopes that sense of composure helps in season opener against San Francisco 49ers; photos (M)

Surrounded by a Whirl of Bodies, Collins Keeps His Head on Straight

Michael Holroyd article, in series Writers on Writing, recalls conflict with his father, who wanted him to choose safe, sensible career, and how he became biographical author; photo (M)

A Career Despite Dad's Advice

Serena Williams defeats Daja Bedanova to advance to quarterfinals of US Open; photo (M)

Sunny Outlook Keeps Serena Williams Winning

Federal district court decision allows Martha Graham dance center to perform 45 of choreographer's dances, ending suit by her heir Ronald Protas; problem of assigning copyright of choreographed works discussed; photos (M)

Graham Company Leaps Back to Life; But After a Favorable Court Ruling, Questions Linger About Choreographers' Legacies

Police say Jamil Moore of Canarsie, Brooklyn, was shot and killed by police detective responding to 911 call reporting assault in progress; say he threatened detective with knife; Moore's mother says her son 'flipped out' and began breaking up things in house, but family disputes police account, saying Moore was not armed when he was shot; he is second man to be shot and killed by police in Brooklyn over Labor Day weekend; earlier, in Bensonhurst, Paul Angel is shot and killed by police after menacing shopkeeper, then stabbing police officer through window of car; photo (M)

Brooklyn Man Is Shot to Death In an Encounter With the Police

Planning for New York City's memorial to victims of Sept 11 attacks has laid bare tangle of unending grief, cultural chasms, distrust of government and pure and simple rage among host of disparate groups; residents of Lower Manhattan, business owners, architects, commuters, historians and relatives of dead are vociferously making their views known; it is not clear who will have to resolve conflicting demands, let alone when decision is likely to be made; officials who hae spent nearly year of focusing on site's commercial development are scrambling to assure everyone that memorial is not merely an afterthought; chronology of events in Oklahoma City, where building of memorial to victims of 1995 bombing of Alfred P Murrah Federal Building took five years; photo (M)

Many Minds, Each Envisioning a Different 9/11 Memorial

Survivors of 761st Tank Battalion, first black tank battalion to fight in World War II, hold annual gathering, Oakland, Ill; death and infirmity are thinning ranks of unit that survived racism, Germans and indifference to its exploits; veterans weigh holding next year's meeting with other black units to hold down costs; photos (M)

Some Notable Old Soldiers Fight to Avoid Fading Away

AMC Entertainment, one of nation's largest movie theater chains, suffers continuing share price plunge as investors fear that loans it made to and then forgave its top executives may have been part of deal to shift control of company to buyout firm Apollo Management; share price graph (M)

Market Place; Theater Chain Still Slumps After Revealing Its Loan Deals

Oakland Athletics defeat Minnesota Twins, 7-5, to win 18th consecutive game, extending baseball's best winning streak since 1953; team owner Steve Schott bemoans loss in baseball's new pact with players of first round amateur draft choices as compensation for losing top free agents, holding team used draft choices to rebuild franchise; photos (M)

Winning Is Cheap and Easy for Oakland A's

South Carolina's 10 active federal trial judges have voted unanimously to ban secret legal settlements, holding such accords make courts complicit in hiding truth about hazards; proposed ban, urged by Chief Judge Joseph F Anderson Jr, would be strictest in federal courts and would likely be influential in other federal courts and in state courts; Michigan has similar rule, which unseals settlements after two years; some legal experts and industry groups warn ban would discourage people from filing and settling suits and threaten personal privacy and trade secrets; photo (M)

Judges Seek to Ban Secret Settlements In South Carolina

Profile of William Dean Singleton, founder and chief executive of MediaNews Group, fast-growing newspaper company; he is known for bare-bones journalism; has bought, stripped down and sometimes closed newspapers across America, always aiming for profitability; his current focus is on improving quality of his journals' news; Singleton, 51, has multiple sclerosis; photo (M)

Businessman vs. Newsman, All in One Person

 Swedes Seek Plot Evidence  Swedish officials rushed to gather evidence by the deadline for holding a man arrested with a handgun as he tried to board a plane for London. They are trying to determine whether he planned a hijacking.   PAGE A4

INSIDE

Richard Sylvannus Reynolds was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

September 2, 2002

Headlines from September 2, 2002

When Home Is Where the Job Is; More New Yorkers Bidding Farewell to Commuting

Hip-Hop Sales Pop: Pass the Courvoisier And Count the Cash

Revisiting a Fabled, Doomed Partnership

LINKING WEST NILE AND TRANSPLANTS MAY TAKE WEEKS

Critic's Notebook; Gauguin and Eakins, Driven but Worlds Apart

Billboard 200

Nellyville

The Eminem Show

The Rising

October Road

Let Go

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for September 2, 2002