FRI, OCTOBER 10

LAST UPDATED 4:10 p.m.

EIGHT ITEMS OR LESS: BANKS, BENEFITS AND BASHING

1. English painter Joseph Gandy was fascinated with Roman ruins and the lessons to be learned by the fall of the Roman Empire. He painted this fantasy of the Bank of England in ruins in 1830. As of noon today, that bank was still standing. 2. Benefits battle it out in Miami. The promoters of the city's annual AIDS fundraiser, The White Party, are upset that another group is planning their own party on the same night. Both are scheduled for November 30 at South Beach...