February 27, 2005

Juliet Macur travel article on $1,000-a-day visit to high-end resorts on Anguilla; lists; photos; map (L)

Selena Roberts Sports of The Times column discusses implications of building new stadium and convention center on Manhattan's West Side on bid for 2012 Olympics in New York City (M)

Career officers at Central Intelligence Agency fear prosecution and punishment for conduct during interrogations and detentions of terrorism suspects; several cases are currently under review by Justice Dept; concern in ranks has been growing since removal of Baghdad station chief in December 2003 because of concerns about deaths of two Iraqis questioned by CIA employees (M)

New York Mets pitcher Kris Benson and wife Anna are seen as fascinating and surprising pair, with Benson known for soft and quiet demeanor, professionalism on mound and straight-laced upbringing, and Anna known for her often colorful comments, scant wardrobe and past as stripper; photos (M)

College basketball summarized (S)

Manohla Dargis column offers defense of annual Oscars awards ceremony; holds part of what makes Oscars addictive spectacle is struggle between cinematic art and the movie industry, vision and profit, that plays out openly during show; photos (M)

Islamic Jihad Says It Was Behind Tel Aviv Attack The radical Palestinian faction Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on Friday that threatened a fragile truce. Meanwhile, Israeli and Palestinian security forces each made arrests in the West Bank, and officials on both sides called for recent peace efforts to be sustained. PAGE 13 Terror Case Angers Muslims The charge that an American Muslim plotted with Al Qaeda to assassinate President Bush has outraged members of Northern Virginia's Muslim population. PAGE 29 Kurds Vow to Keep Militia Kurdish leaders want to write into Iraq's constitution a system granting considerable powers to individual regions, one that will legitimize the use of their formidable militia, the pesh merga. PAGE 18 Oscars Parody Is Not to Be During the Oscars, Robin Williams had planned to mock the tempest over SpongeBob SquarePants, then he faced critics of his own. PAGE 27 Martha Stewart's Return Around the corridors of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, the talk is of ''homecoming'' -- the return on March 7 of the founder, who has spent the last four months in prison. SUNDAY BUSINESS God in American History The religious right wants to stress the nation's Christian past. Some historians question the emphasis. WEEK IN REVIEW Henry Grunwald Is Dead Henry A. Grunwald, the editor who reshaped Time magazine in the years after the death of its founder, Henry R. Luce, and who was later the United States ambassador to Austria, has died. He was 82. PAGE 39

New York Knicks defeat Indiana Pacers, 90-79; photo (M)

Bonnie DeSimone travel article visit to Anguilla on budget of $250 a day; photos (M)

Article on workers who do volunteer work; says about 65 million people did volunteer work last year; holds volunteerism has aura of deal-making at times: people want to give, but they also need to get, in form of enhanced professional skills, real-life experience for their resumes and valuable business contacts; photo (M)

Egyptian Pres Hosni Mubarak asks Parliament to amend Constitution to allow direct, multiparty presidential elections for first time; some opposition politicians and analysts hail proposal, while skeptics await details; proponents regard move as first step in reviewing entire Constitution and response to domestic Bush administration pressure; Egypt's Parliament has long history of diluting reforms; recent arrest of Ayman Nour, leader of newly formed opposition party, seems at odds with Mubarak's commitment to democracy; photos (M)

Comedian and actress Kathy Griffin discusses dreaded worst-dressed lists; photos (M)