Innovative health care program in Whatcom County, Wash, has improved medical care and cut costs by, among other things, assigning nurses and creating electronic records for some patients; model program, which so far involves only patients with diabetes and congestive heart failure, is boon for health insurers and pharmaceutical companies; is cutting earnings of general practitioners, who are offered no financial incentives to buy electronic medical records systems and provide services that substitute for individual doctor visits, and of hospitals; some experts question viability of model; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation helps finance program; photos (M)

Health Plan That Cuts Costs Raises Doctors' Ire

World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Executive Extends Term

Marian Burros Eating Well column on difference between grains that are refined and those that are whole; says whole grains (and foods made from them) consist of entire grain seed or kernel, whose three components are bran, germ and endosperm; says refined grains have neither bran nor germ and therefore lack most of grain's B vitamins, certain minerals and fiber; says that in enriched products, some of B vitamins are added back; recipes; photos (L)

It's Better to Be Whole Than Refined

Jon Pareles reviews concert by Sarah McLachlan at Continental Arena; photo (M)

Heartache and Its Consolations,Rendered With Musical Grace

New York chefs discover bluefish; one of the most enthusiastic is David Pasternack, chef of Esca; recipes; photos (L)

With a Bit Of Love, The Blues Are Just Fine

Homeland Security Department, citing terrorism concerns, plans to give border patrol agents sweeping new powers to deport illegal aliens seized within 100 miles of Mexico and Canada without giving them chance to appear before immigration judge; officials say deportation process in immigration courts is sluggish and cumbersome, with illegal immigrants often waiting over year before being deported; say immigrants who have spent up to 14 days in United States will typically be deported within eight days of apprehension; say most Mexicans and Canadians will still have their cases heard in immigration court, as will those from other nations who show credible fear of persecution; agents will focus on immigrants from nations other than Mexico and Canada (M)

U.S. to Give Border Patrol Agents The Power to Deport Illegal Aliens

Australia's Woodside Energy's new American chief executive Don Voelte wants to accelerate company's expansion; Volte warned governments of Australia and East Timor in late July that Woodside would suspend development on Greater Sunrise gas field that lies in Timor Sea unless two sides settled bitter boundary and revenue dispute; company also informed Australian government that it wanted talks completed by December or it will pull out Woodside workers at project, which is valued at $3.7 billion; photos (M)

U.S. Chief Pushes Oil Giant's Moves Beyond Australia

Tenants at Murphy Houses, public housing complex in Bronx, are unsettled by discovery of body of woman, second woman's body to be found in building in last seven months; police are investigating both deaths as homicides and say they may be related; both victims are middle-aged Hispanic women (M)

Two Deaths In a Building Make Tenants Apprehensive

Article on financial problems plaguing Kraft Foods; says surging prices for commodities and drop in number of consumer eating carbohydrates are main factors in 25.5 percent drop in second-quarter earnings; photos (M)

Trends in Costs And in Carbs Nag at Kraft

 Pakistani Is Investigated After Taping Buildings  The federal authorities are investigating Kamran Shaikh, an illegal immigrant from Pakistan found with videotapes of buildings and transit systems in four Southern states and of a dam in Texas. Officials said they had no direct evidence linking Mr. Shaikh to terrorism, but they were interested in determining why he made the videos, which included narratives in Arabic.   PAGE A12

INSIDE

Dan Barry About New York column questions City Council report that designated Staten Island's South Beach as city's dirtiest; photo (M)

About New York; On Dirtiest Beach, Not So Much Filth

Organizers of largest protest planned for Republican National Convention back out of agreement with New York City to rally along West Side Highway and will push to hold event in Central Park despite city's opposition; Parks Department immediately rejects request by group, United for Peace and Justice, raising possibility of 250,000 people marching up Seventh Avenue from staging area south of 23rd Stret toward convention site with no set destination (M)

Convention Protesters Drop Deal For Rally, Pushing Anew for Park

Article on Spoke the Hub Dancing, dance company whose members, including children, elderly, professionals and amateurs, will perform Saraswati dance as part of Lincoln Center Out of Doors series; photos (M)

A Dance as Lighthearted Goddess Worship

Google says it will end registration period for its initial public offering by early Aug 13 and start bidding 'soon thereafter'; big institutional investors have scoffed at value of offering, in which Google has estimated company's worth at no less than $27 billion (M)

A Bit Battered, Google Still Sticks to Plan For Its Offering

News analysis of public relations missteps that have recently bedeviled Gov James E McGreevey of New Jersey; critics are accusing McGreevey of various broken promises, on issues ranging from environmental protection and development, borrowing money to balance budget, and campaign finance reform (M)

For McGreevey, Lost Chances Are Piling Up

Actor Craig Smith, wife, Elise Stone, two other actors, board president Brady Baxter and four of 11 board members resign from Jean Cocteau Repertory Co; Smith, mainstay of Cocteau for 30 years, says he has no animosity toward artistic director David Fuller; Fuller says he wants to move theater toward becoming full Actors' Equity company; photo (M)

Off Broadway, Resignations Follow Rift At Cocteau

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens answers questions about remarks he made in magazine about homosexuality and Cleveland Browns quarterback Jeff Garcia; photos (M)

Owens Uses a New Sharpie to Ignite a New Inferno

In the cardboard kingdom of Genovia, the setting for the new feature-length fairy tale &quot;The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement,&quot; the streets are as scrubbed of dirt and personality as a Disney theme park. A mythic European country where everyone speaks accented English by way of Britain, France and Brooklyn, Genovia is the adopted home of Princess Mia (Anne Hathaway), a one-time San Francisco teenager-turned-old-world pretender. Unlike Pinocchio, Mia doesn't hang her wish on just any star; she hangs it on the movie-made promise that every girl can find her inner princess and, like, you know, rule. Directed by Garry Marshall, who's been selling wish-fulfillment fantasies for years, most notably in &quot;Pretty Woman,&quot; and written by Shonda Rhimes, &quot;The Princess Diaries 2&quot; combines a classic storybook scenario, in which the former ugly duckling refines her swan standing, with the usual self-help uplift. This time around, the princess who would be queen learns what the rest of us know already: happy movie endings generally come to those women who eat their independence and, in time, a wedding cake too. — Manohla Dargis

To Take the Crown, Princess, You'll Need a Ring

World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Consumer Confidence Rises

 Federal Reserve Raises Key Rate a Quarter-Point  The Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by one-quarter of a percentage point, to 1.5 percent, and strongly implied that it would keep raising rates modestly but regularly in the months ahead. Analysts had almost uniformly expected the rate increase, the second such move since June 30.    But the Fed's statement after the meeting was tougher than some had thought it would be and increased the prospects that policy makers will follow with an additional rate increase at their next meeting in September, less than six weeks before the election. [Page A1.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

Texas Rangers defeat New York Yankees, 7-1; photo (M)

Soriano, That Other Player, Lifts Rangers

Private Banking Fees Drive Profit at UBS

Donald Trump will invest $55 million of his money to maintain 25 percent stake in Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts as part of bankruptcy deal; Trump says he has cash on hand, pegging his net worth at $4 billion to $5 billion, interview; cursory examination of Trump's finances suggests his claims of being billionaire may be greatly exaggerated; photos (Market Place column) (M)

Trump Must Ante Up $55 Million To Hold On to 25% of His Casino

United States men's Olympic basketball team defeats Turkey, 80-68, in exhibition game; photos (M)

After Anxious Morning, Basketball Team Plays On

Stocks and dollar rally and bond prices fall after Federal Reserve policy makers say economy will soon return to stronger pace of growth; Dow Jones industrial average gains 130.01 points, or 1.3 percent, to close at 9,944.67; Nasdaq composite index rises 34.06 points, or 1.9 percent, to 1,808.70; Standard & Poor's 500-stock index closes at 1.079.04, up 13.8 points or 1.3 percent; US Treasury prices decline; 10-year note falls 9/32, to 103 20/32; yield rises to 4.29 percent from 4.26 percent; euro drops to $1.2231 in afternoon trading against dollar from $1.2275; price of crude oil for September delivery falls 32 cents, to $44.52 per barrel in New York trading; graphs; photos (M)

August 11, 2004

Headlines from August 11, 2004

Health Plan That Cuts Costs Raises Doctors' Ire

World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Executive Extends Term

It's Better to Be Whole Than Refined

Heartache and Its Consolations,Rendered With Musical Grace

With a Bit Of Love, The Blues Are Just Fine

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