August 6, 2004

New York Giants quarterbacks Kurt Warner and Eli Manning will compete for starting role at training camp; photos (M)

Germany's HVB Group says net income was 155 million euros ($187 million) in second quarter, compared to 217 million euro loss year earlier; photo (S)

St Louis Cardinals players Scott Rolen, Jim Edmonds and Albert Pujols are strikingly different in personality and background, but have combined forces to lead Cardinals to top of National League; photos (M)

Patrick Ryan, New York City's director of ferry operations, pleads not guilty to charges arising from crash of Staten Island ferry in October 2003; prosecutors say Ryan failed to enforce rules governing ferry operations and, with ship's pilot, Richard J Smith, was chiefly to blame for accident; city seeks to limit its liability in crash to price of ferry, $14.4 million, under 19th-century maritime statute; maritime lawyers say that city will have hard time winning motion if Ryan is found negligent; John Mauldin, former port captain, and Dr William Tursi, who treated Smith and is accused of lying on report, also plead not guilty; photos (M)

Historic Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn is completing five-story deluxe community mausoleum with room for 2,300 crypt spaces for coffins and 3,800 niches for cremains; community mausoleum contrasts with Green-Wood's classic private family monuments; revenue from $17 million building will contribute to cemetery's $10 million annual operating budget and allow Green-Wood remain working cemetery for several more years; photos (M)