Publisher weighs leaving state as anthrax cleared

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The tabloid empire American Media Inc. says it plans to stay in Florida, at least for the next year or two while its headquarters is cleaned of anthrax.

Chief executive David Pecker said last week that he might relocate his $400 million publishing operation outside Florida because of lack of support from county and business leaders.

Since then, at least five states have said they were interested in housing the company, AMI spokesman Gerald McKelvey.

But Pecker told employees at a private meeting Wednesday night that he is negotiating to lease office space for one to two years in one of three sites in south Florida, McKelvey said. He has not ruled out an eventual move to another state, a decision that would be made by employees.

Concourses closed because of security lapse

BOSTON -- US Airways concourses at Logan International Airport were closed for 90 minutes Thursday after the FAA discovered some employees at security checkpoints had no training.

The checkpoints were being run by Argenbright Security Inc., Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters said.

"We noticed some things going on, we went over, we asked some questions and it turns out some of the screeners who were manning the checkpoints were not trained at all," he said.

Argenbright spokesman Brian Lott had no immediate comment.

Argenbright, the nation's largest airport security company, agreed last month to cease operations at Logan after several breaches. Its final day at Logan is today.

Yahoo bids $436 million for HotJobs Inc. site

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Yahoo! Inc. is making a $436 million unsolicited bid for the career Web site HotJobs Inc. in hopes of beating an earlier offer from the parent company of Monster.com.

Yahoo said Wednesday it would pay $10.50 in cash and stock for each share of HotJobs, a significant premium over the shares' Wednesday closing price of $6.47.

Chairman and chief executive Terry Semel said Yahoo was offering HotJobs shareholders a better value, less regulatory risk and faster merger execution than New York-based TMP Worldwide Inc., Monster.com's parent company.

IRS worker dies from Sept. 11 attack injuries

CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- An Internal Revenue Service employee who was hit by debris from the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11 attacks has died of his injuries.

Dave Bernard, 57, died Tuesday at Massachusetts General Hospital, hospital spokeswoman Sue McGreevey said.

A technical adviser with the IRS, Bernard was in New York for a business meeting in Building 7 of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.

He was caught in the falling debris from the trade center's north tower moments after it was struck by American Airlines Flight 11.

Bernard suffered two broken vertebrae and serious spinal cord injuries, leaving him without feeling below the waist.

Judge tells Marc Rich: Turn over pardon papers

NEW YORK -- A federal judge Thursday ordered lawyers for Marc Rich to turn over documents withheld from a grand jury investigating President Clinton's last-minute pardon of the fugitive financier.

The documents involve efforts by Rich's lawyers to win him a pardon.

U.S. District Judge Denny Chin said attorney-client privilege does not protect the materials from release.

"The Marc Rich lawyers were acting principally as lobbyists, working with public relations specialists and individuals -- foreign government officials, prominent citizens and personal friends of the president -- who had access to the White House," Chin wrote.

-- From wire reports