February 14, 2005

Real estate developers are snapping up land on Manhattan's Far West Side and prices are rising; say it is Manhattan's last area for type of construction they envision; resurgence is due in some degree to dream of Deputy Mayor Daniel L Doctoroff and Mayor Michael R Bloomberg, who have spent years promoting area's potential; much of current interest is fueled by insatiable thirst for housing and Bloomberg administration's rezoning of area for large projects; market is backdrop for uproar over sale of development rights at railyards by Metropolitan Transportation Authority; photo (M)

Rutgers University women's college basketball team defeats Connecticut University, 76-62; photo (M)

Edward Rothstein comments on mathematician-logician Kurt Godel's famous theorem on incompleteness, in light of Rebecca Goldstein's new book Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel; notes Godel's uncertainty principle specified inability to be too exact about small particles; photos (L)

Some NHL players are turning to minor leagues for playing time while league is locked out and in contract negotiations with players union; move has been both exciting for fans and players in small markets and source of tension for veteran players who have worked in minors for low wages for years; photos (M)

Reasons for Carleton S Fiorina's downfall at Hewlett-Packard include both her failure to produce kind of profits she promised and collision of her management style with egalitarian corporate culture where workers were treated like family; interim chief executive Robert P Wayman denies culuture clash played role in her ouster, interview; other employees have said she was divisive force, with passionate supporters and bitter enemies; photos (M)