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FDNY efforts to reform after Sept. 11 stunted

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael Weissenstein · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 1:05 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Two years after scores of firefighters perished in the World Trade Center, the Fire Department's efforts to prepare for future terrorist attacks have been hobbled by dwindling resources and political battles, fire officials and others say.

Bush asks for wider anti-terrorism powers

By Alyson Brodsy and Terence Hunt · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 1:05 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush told Congress Wednesday to "untie the hands" of law enforcement officials and arm them with wider legal powers to combat terrorists, saying the groups that struck America two years ago are wounded but still dangerous.

Gaps still remain in security

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 1:04 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- When a man recently stowed away in a cargo plane from New York to Dallas by shipping himself in a wooden crate, it raised questions about transportation security nearly two years after terrorists turned jetliners into missiles.

First bin Laden video in two years surfaces

By Alyson Brodsy and Sam F. Ghattas · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 1:04 a.m.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The first video image of Osama bin Laden in nearly two years was broadcast on Al-Jazeera TV Wednesday, the eve of the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Nothing 'Special' about Identity's special features

By -Paul Straw · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

An updated version of The Ten Little Indians, Identity combines the classic story line with a psychological thriller edge. When heavy rain floods the roads, 11 strangers are stranded at a motel in the middle of nowhere. One by one, people start dying, and a guessing game of whodunit proceeds.

BOOM! Madden '04 impacts market again

By -Mitch Nelson · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

When EA Sports' "Madden 2004" came out, it had a lot to live up to. Players expected all their favorite features of the previous Madden titles, but with all the advancements we as video game players have grown to love from our favorite sports game.

We wanted the funk, and we got the funk

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

I of all people, am certainly not the most qualified to be reviewing a show by George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic. What knowledge I had of Clinton and Co. going into the show was this: P-Funk recorded the dope-ass likes of "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof of The Sucker)," "Flash Light" and "Atomic Dog" during the mid-to-late '70s and early '80s.

Easy does it for hardcore gamers

By Warren Christopher Freiberg · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

Nearly all of us have memories of gathering around an NES with friends when we were younger to play the hottest new games; classics like "Super Mario Bros.," "Contra" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."

'Love' means having to be on a chain gang

By C. Warner Sills and -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

Certainly, it takes only one listen to The Raveonettes to make the connection between the Danish rock duo and '80s alt-rock faves The Jesus and Mary Chain. Upon further examination, they implement guitars so awash in sheer noise that this may as well be the 21st-century version of Phil Spector's wall of sound.

Ticketmaster of puppets in line for huge 'incident' with auction

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

For an avid concertgoer like me, Ticketmaster is a greatly appreciated service. Sometimes, the only distance I have to travel to purchase concert tickets for a show hundreds of miles away is from my couch to my phone.

'Rebel music from musicians not 'own'

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, whose name spurs from the Marlon Brando/Lee Marvin '50s biker pic, The Wild One, seems to have come into its own with Take Them On, On Your Own -- the band's second album. Many of my contemporaries wrote B.R.M.C. off as nothing more than a bunch of Jesus and Mary Chain rip-offs following its self-titled debut three years ago. Having never heard that record, I can't really speculate.

Sequel of same 'calibur' as predecessor

By David Antognoli · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

The weapon-based 3-D fighting of the "Soul Calibur/Blade" series has achieved an almost legendary status among gamers, largely because of the second entry, "Soul Calibur," and its exclusive release for Sega's short-lived Dreamcast console.

Underground hip-hop at its extreme finest

By C. Warner Sills and -Daniel Minchella · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

The world of underground hip-hop is difficult for outsiders to fathom. Not only does it sound intentionally odd -- underground rappers tend to rap wildly out of time with minimal beats -- but its exact purpose is open to question.

This 'noise' lacks personal punch

By C. Warner Sills and Josh Kastrinsky · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

"You warned me that I wasn't ready for this," growls Shaun Lopez on the opening line to his band's debut single, "Bonethrower." When the debut is produced by nu-metal kingpin Fred Durst and mixed by rock veteran Andy Wallace, expectations for the release should be high.

Funny Man

By C. Warner Sills and Nick Schmidt · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

Over the past 20 years, Bear's Place has seen its fair share of great comedians come and go, and as the school year begins, you can expect no less from the weekly "Comedy Caravan."

'Desperado' times call for 'Desperado' sequels

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

Being an avid fan of both Desperado and its multi-faceted director Robert Rodriguez, I very much wanted to walk into the theater and be blown out of my seat by Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Alas, it just wasn't meant to be.

Daddy's got a brand new bag

By -Kehla West · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

Matchstick Men is a movie that not everyone will enjoy, but if you like it, you'll love it. Dry, wry and dead-on funny, Ridley Scott's new film is a slippery little gem of a con artist movie.

Zevon's farewell album carried by The Wind

By C. Warner Sills and Isaac Edwards · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

Some would say Warren Zevon was a prophet, a street-wise poet always ahead of his time, who seemed to know just as much regarding his own fate as he did the ways of the world. Others speak of an artist cashing in on the most cliched angle in the business.

Frears' film a dirty, pretty gem

By by Isaac Edwards and Isaac Edwards · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

Stephen Frears eclectic career as a director could easily be compared to a gold-medal figure skater, one whose breathtaking risks are laced with such grace we forget the impact of ice.

Some Girls Just Feel It

By C. Warner Sills and -Meghan Dwyer · Thursday, Sept. 11,2003 12 a.m.

They're a rock band. A raw, groovy, rockin' power trio -- and they just happen to be chicks. Think Avril Lavigne meets The Rolling Stones, or the older, purer, "I don't have to wear a see-through miniskirt to sell records" Liz Phair.

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