November 30, 2002

Residents with dementia at Hebrew Home for Aged in Riverdale to have special candle lighting celebration in home's synagogue; for three years, Hebrew Home has been conducting dual services in its synagogue on certain Jewish holidays, one for its lucid residents and one for residents with dementia; photo (M)

Stock of United Airlines' parent company, UAL Corp, loses nearly third of its value and company's credit rating is cut as financial markets grow increasingly doubtful that carrier will be able to stay out of bankruptcy court; UAL does not plan to seek bankruptcy protection immediately, however, and it is continuing to try to secure concessions from its workers and loan guarantees from government, participants in airline's restructuring effort say; company plans to take advantage of 10-day grace period on crucial debt repayment of $375 million (M)

North Carolina defeats Stanford, 74-57, in college basketball to win preseason NIT tournament; photo (M)

American Law Institute, influential group of lawyers and judges, calls for sweeping changes in family law that would increase alimony and property rights for many divorced women, while extending such rights for first time to many cohabiting domestic partners, both heterosexual and gay; seeks to update family law to reflect changes in society over last 30 years and to make it more predictable and consistent; holds spouse's adultery should not affect judge's decision about alimony or marital property; holds parent's sexual orientation should not be factor in child custody decisions; group's findings are likely to have major impact; proposals, circulated among state officials in recent weeks, have touched off furor among conservatives, who hold they are biased against marriage (M)

Disrupting terrorist attacks is becoming even more daunting as terrorist increasingly attack 'soft' targets like Israeli-owned Mombasa, Kenya, resort; at issue is deciding where to focus security and intelligence resources if enemy is able to strike almost anywhere; intelligence officials around world say they have become much more aggressive in collecting and distributing intelligence tips, even about unlikely threats; Australian officials say they got reports two weeks ago about threat in Mombasa, leading them to urge citizens not to go there; say all such data is automatically passed to United States; American officials say they were unaware of any credible and specific data that could have predicted attacks on hotel and on Israeli plane (M)