Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from January 2001:
DUTCH FARMHOUSE SET TO BEGIN A NEW LIFE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: -- James G. Snyder BETHLEHEM -- Two years after an 18th-century Dutch farmhouse was abandoned, a local contractor has started work to restore the historic homestead. Brian Parker, an Albany contractor who specializes in historic structures, kicked off his ...
WOMAN DISCOVERED DEAD UNDER BLANKET OF SNOW.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: -- Associated Press SOLVAY -- The body of a village woman was found under a blanket of snow near her front yard Saturday night, police said. Marcia Mereweather, who would have turned 54 Saturday, was found next to a ramp at the home she shared with her ...
CRASH-LANDING INQUIRY FOCUSES ON PILOT ERROR.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... The pilot of a plane that crash-landed with Sandra Bullock aboard may have failed to turn on the runway lights, the Federal Aviation Administration says. No evidence of malfunctioning equipment has been found. The case is still being investigated. None of the four ...
PALACE SAYS PRINCESS MARGARET IS ILL AND IN BED PRINCESS MARGARET.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... is ill and has undergone medical tests, Buckingham Palace said Sunday night. Margaret, 70, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II, was absent from the royal family's Christmas Eve and Christmas Day church services. Margaret had been in bed at the royal Sandringham estate ...
FIRST COUPLE HUNT ANTIQUES FOR HOME.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... The President and First Lady, days after their purchase of a $2.85 million home in Washington, D.C., shopped for antiques Sunday afternoon before returning to Camp David for New Year's Eve. The Clintons visited antiques stores specializing in furniture and other household items ...
BLAST KILLS FIVE, INJURES 100 IN PACKED DUTCH CAFE.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: -- Associated Press VOLENDAM, Netherlands -- A New Year's Eve blaze in a packed cafe killed at least five revelers and injured more than 130 others, Dutch television reported. The fire started shortly after midnight in a three-story building in Volendam, a ...
SOCCER CLUB CRITICIZED AFTER STADIUM FENCE COLLAPSES.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: -- Associated Press SAO PAULO, Brazil -- The Vasco da Gama soccer club and its manager were roundly criticized Sunday, a day after a fence collapsed at the overcrowded stadium, injuring more than 100 fans. Scuffles had broken out high in the stands minutes ...
FAMILY OF 4 FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN TOKYO HOME.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: -- Associated Press TOKYO -- A family of four was found stabbed to death in their Tokyo home, police said Sunday, the latest in a series of violent crimes that have stunned this usually placid nation. A 44-year-old man was discovered on the first floor of the ...
STUDY: KUWAIT HAS OIL FOR 132 YEARS OF PRODUCTION.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: -- Associated Press KUWAIT -- Kuwait has enough oil to pump roughly 2 million barrels a day for the next 132 years before its vast reserves run out, according to a study published Sunday. Kuwait's reserves were estimated at 96.5 billion barrels, or 10.8 ...
SLAYINGS DIM MIDEAST PEACE HOPES.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: HUGH DELLIOS Chicago Tribune JERUSALEM -- Fear of revenge attacks that would further dim prospects for Mideast peace echoed across Israel and the West Bank Sunday after the son of slain Jewish extremist Meir Kahane and his wife were shot to death and, hours later, a ...
SHOVEL, SCRAPE, REPEAT.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: ROMA KHANNA Staff writer Capital Region residents broke out the plows, blowers and shovels Sunday as they began to dig out from the season's first major winter storm, which piled more than a foot of snow on most locations. The city of Albany and the immediate ...
OUT OF SIGHT, BUT NEVER OUT OF RANGE.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: MARY DEIBEL Scripps Howard Bill Brown became so worried about a 2-year-old granddaughter caught up in a custody fight that his wife told him to go out and buy a tracking device so they'd know her whereabouts. ``They have them for cars; they must have them for ...
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT CAME THE FUTURE.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: SYLVIA WOOD and MIKE FRICANO Staff writers Once the stuff of science fiction, 2001 arrived today to the cheers of First Night revelers, who greeted the new millennium amid fireworks and fanfare in Saratoga Springs and Albany. ``I'm looking foward and I hope ...
DEMOCRATS MENTION ASHCROFT AS PROBLEM.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: BRIGITTE GREENBERG Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Several influential Democrats said Sunday that they are distressed by President-elect Bush's Cabinet choices to date, mentioning attorney general-designate John Ashcroft as a particular problem because of his opposition ...
BUSH NEARS 2 BIG MOVES.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: SCOTT LINDLAW Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas -- As he puts the finishing touches on his Cabinet, President-elect George W. Bush also is preparing for dual relocations -- one into the White House, the other into the new home at his ranch. Bush has been building ...
CLINTON GIVES GO-AHEAD FOR WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL TREATY.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: LAWRENCE L. KNUTSON Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Acting at the last moment, President Clinton on Sunday authorized the United States to sign a treaty creating the world's first permanent international war crimes tribunal to bring to justice people accused of crimes ...
CHIEF'S WISH: NO MORE FLORIDAS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Only weeks after legal experts questioned whether the Supreme Court's Florida recount ruling might be political, Chief Justice William Rehnquist said he hoped the U.S. court system ``will seldom, if ever'' become embroiled in ...
HISTORIC TAIWAN TO CHINA TRIP SCRAPPED.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: Associated Press KINMEN, Taiwan -- A Taiwanese tourist boat that had set sail for China to end a five-decade ban on direct travel between the longtime rivals turned back to Taiwan later Monday. The reason for scrapping the voyage was not immediately clear. ...
FEDERAL WORKERS GAIN MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: ERICA GOODE New York Times Acting on an executive order issued by President Clinton, the federal government will offer its 9 million employees, beginning today, improved mental health benefits equal to those for physical ailments. Federal officials' embrace of ...
TRIM FEDERAL DEBT, TREASURY CHIEF SAYS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said Sunday he expects ``moderate'' economic growth in 2001, and argued federal debt reduction is crucial to economic health because it ``really functions like a tax cut.'' The argument ...
LOW PRICES MOTIVATE A LOW-FAT DIET.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: LAURA BEIL Knight Ridder Saving themselves from heart disease or cancer isn't enough to motivate most consumers to pick low-fat foods. Saving a quarter, however, is another matter. Public health experts have long warned Americans about their dangerous love of ...
MAD COW FEARS FUEL SLAUGHTER OF HORSES.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: TANIA BRANIGAN The Guardian LONDON -- European diners steering clear of beef because of fears of mad cow disease are responsible for a flourishing but brutal trade in British wild ponies, an animal welfare group says. Compassion in World Farming, a British ...
DATA DELIVER JOLT ON CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE RISK.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- A new picture of the ground beneath Southern California shows one of its most populous areas could be at greater risk of earthquake damage than previously realized. A basin of soft sediment beneath the San Gabriel ...
WORSHIPERS HACKED, BURNED AT SERVICES.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: GUY ELLIS Associated Press CASTRIES, St. Lucia -- Machete-wielding men stormed a Roman Catholic church Sunday, hacked at worshipers and set some on fire, killing a nun and injuring at least 13 others in the Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia. More than 400 ...
AT LAST, THE MILLENNIUM GETS REAL.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: Associated Press For purists, it's the turn of the ``real millennium." For everyone else, it's an excuse to party. Revelers around the country geared up for New Year's Eve celebrations Sunday, even as cities in the Northeast and southern Plains worked to ...
JENNINGS ROSE ABOVE POLITICS TO HELP ALBANY.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: SARAH CURRY-COBB Alderwoman, 4th Ward Albany I write to take issue with Paul Bray's assessment that there is ``even more of a my-way-or-the-highway message from City Hall than before.'' Eight years ago, when I became a member of the Common Council ...
APPLICANTS NEEDED FOR CITY OF ALBANY IDA.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: HELEN R. DESFOSSES President Albany Common Council Albany The Common Council is seeking applicants for the City of Albany Industrial Development Agency as a result of our approval of an ordinance adding two members to the board, increasing its size from five to seven ...
COMMITTEE FOUNDED TO ENSURE FAIRNESS IN PROBE.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: JAMES WALSH Chairman The Rensselaer County Committee for Fair and Impartial Justice Troy - As chairman of the newly formed Rensselaer County Committee for Fair and Impartial Justice, I strongly disagree with Fred LeBrun's Dec. 12 column titled, ``GOP flexes muscle by ...
IMAGINE OUR ELECTION IN A THIRD-WORLD CONTEXT.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: AARON MAIR Albany A history professor from Sweden shared an article she had read in which a Zimbabwe politician was quoted as saying that children should study this event -- the U.S. presidential election 2000 -- closely, for it shows that election fraud is not only a ...
STARTING ANEW IN 2001.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Happy New Year. And happy New Millennium. Today's holiday is for the purists and the patient. Mark off the years, from 1 A.D. to 2001, and it's clear that the last century, and thus the last millennium, ended last night rather than last year. So what if the year didn't exactly ...
FRIENDS OF MINE.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: ANDY ROONEY Christmas and the New Year are good times for friends. If we're lucky in life, we all make more friends than we can see every day and often more than we will ever see again. Inevitably, we lose touch with some of our best. We move, they move, or one of us ...
BALANCE OF POWER CAN SERVE BUSH.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: WILLIAM SAFIRE WASHINGTON -- In the midst of the Civil War, the two most politically powerful members of Lincoln's Cabinet clashed. Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase of Ohio enlisted most of the U.S. Senate to join him in demanding the resignation of Secretary of State ...
POWELL TO REVIEW U.S. DEPLOYMENTS.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: DANIEL BENJAMIN Listening to Gen. Colin Powell after President-elect Bush announced his nomination to be secretary of state, you could hear the sound of a door swinging open. That door was the exit to the box that national-security adviser-designate Condoleezza Rice had ...
HILLARY CAN'T OUTRUN FAME'S PECKS OF JEALOUSY.(MAIN)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: MARIANNE MEANS WASHINGTON -- Sen.-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton has not yet been sworn into office, but already she is replacing Sen. Edward M. Kennedy as Capitol Hill's favorite target of jealous resentment, partisan sniping and media furor. Her whopping $8 ...
PRISON FAMILIES OFFER STRENGTH OF SUPPORT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: ALAN WECHSLER Staff writer For Connie, 46, visiting her husband in prison was becoming too much. ``When I hear those bars close behind me I get this eerie feeling,'' she recently told the group Prison Families of New York. ``When I went in June, I was just a ...
ON THE SNOWY TRAIL OF LESSONS IN LIVING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: MIKE FRICANO Staff writer Subzero temperatures, expansive desolation and hundreds of dogs aren't usually the ingredients for a winter getaway from the Capital Region. But for Alaska-bound Southgate Elementary School teacher Regina Brown, they're perfect. ...
CAPITAL OTB PICKS WINNER WITH EZ-BETS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: CATHY WOODRUFF Staff writer The post-lunch lull at Pip's in North Troy was especially low-key on Friday as the sleepy week between Christmas and New Year's began to wrap up. Half a dozen men sat at the bar, chatting in pairs about their businesses, families ...
THEY HAVE SPIRIT, AND A SPECIAL COACH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer Lindsay Cooper and Jenn Cavallo have spent the winter season lifting weights and running wind sprints when they aren't out performing on the floor for Saratoga Springs High School. That might not sound unusual for most ...
GIULIANI NEEDLES PORT AUTHORITY OVER SNOW FIGHTING MAYOR OFFERS CITY HELP FOR KENNEDY AIRPORT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- The day after a major storm closed New York's airports,Mayor Rudolph Giuliani offered to have the city Sanitation Department plow the runways at Kennedy Airport. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs ...
EXTENDED LOBBYING MEASURE TAKES EFFECT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: JOEL STASHENKO Associated Press ALBANY -- Lobbying disclosure rules that have applied to lobbyists on the state level for two decades are being extended starting today to local government lobbyists. Though hailed by government reformers as a landmark statute, ...
CANADA-BOUND REFUGEES FLOCK TO BUFFALO SHELTER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Byline: Associated Press BUFFALO -- The number of refugees passing through upstate New York into Canada has quadrupled in just a year, immigration officials report. Men, women and children from places like Argentina, Sri Lanka and Colombia are seeking asylum and ...
MCCALL BREAKS INTO A RUN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 01, 2001 ... Democratic state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, who dodged questions throughout 2000 about a potential bid for governor in 2002 by saying he'd make a decision after the elections were over, can barely hide his ambitions now. A year ago, a swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol for ...
A YEAR SPENT IN MOURNING BY PETE DOUGHERTY.(SPORTS)
Jan 01, 2001 ... The year started out on a sad note when Skip Vigars Sr., the only area resident ever to win a Professional Bowlers Association national tournament, died on New Year's Day. Several months later the bowler with the most career PBA titles (41), left-hander Earl Anthony, also passed on. ...
STEIN MART TO CLOSE LATHAM CIRCLE MALL STORE.(BUSINESS)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Byline: -- Jean DerGurahian Stein Mart Inc. will close its store at Latham Circle Mall March 27, after only two years of operation. The Jacksonville, Fla.-based off-price specialty retailer identified the store as among six underperforming sites targeted last year ...
NBT BANCORP TO MERGE WITH FIRST NATIONAL.(BUSINESS)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Byline: -- Staff report NORWICH -- NBT Bancorp Inc. announced Wednesday that it will merge with First National Bancorp Inc. of Norfolk, St. Lawrence County. The $15.1 million deal requires regulatory and FNB shareholder approval, and is expected to close this spring. ...
COMMERCIAL PROJECT PROPOSED FOR BALLSTON.(BUSINESS)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Byline: --Kevin Harlin BALLSTON SPA -- A developer plans to add about 75,000 square feet of office, retail and professional services to the intersection of East Line Road and Route 67. Hal Schultz, principal of H.R. Schultz Real Estate Development, is behind the ...
FAMILY DOLLAR SALES FALL.(BUSINESS)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Byline: -- Bloomberg News MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Family Dollar Stores Inc. said fiscal second-quarter profit may miss estimates because sales fell during the holiday shopping season, which it blamed on bad weather and the slowing U.S. economy. Family Dollar shares fell 56 cents to ...
OFFICE DEPOT STORES TO CLOSE.(BUSINESS)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Byline: -- Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- Office Depot Inc., the world's largest seller of office supplies, is closing 67 stores in the United States and three in Canada. Approximately 1,520 jobs will be affected. The closures of what the Delray Beach-based company ...
BASS BREWERS BUYOUT HITS SNAG.(BUSINESS)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Byline: -- Associated Press LONDON -- British regulators on Wednesday objected to the $3.45 billion purchase of Bass Brewers by Belgium's Interbrew, saying the deal would stifle competition, and ordered Interbrew to sell the British brewer. Interbrew said the ruling ``defies ...
MICROSOFT WORKERS SUE FOR $5B.(BUSINESS)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Byline: -- Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Seven current and former Microsoft Corp. employees filed a discrimination suit against the computer software maker Wednesday, alleging racial bias. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court here, asks for at least $5 billion -- by far the ...
COURAGE TO CHANGE? YOU'LL NEED MORE THAN THAT BY KAREN S. PETERSON USA TODAY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 04, 2001 ... It's 2001, and time to think about making those changes you have put off for 12 months. Or, you just might be saying, ``I think not.'' Change, even good change, can be extraordinarily difficult. It's so difficult, in fact, that most of us need some kind of assistance to get off ...
BEST BETS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Final bow American Movie Classics devotes an evening to Jason Robards, featuring the craggy actor's performances as two very different bosses. At 8 p.m., ``All the President's Men'' has Robards' Oscar-winning turn as Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee (above); at 10:30, Robards stars as Al ...
SUNDAY'S LAMB BOWLS OVER DINNER BY SUSAN NICHOLSON UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE.(FOOD)(Recipe)
Jan 04, 2001 ... SUNDAY (Family) Put ROSEMARY LAMB KEBABS on the menu. In a medium bowl, combine 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper, 2 teaspoons minced shallots, 2 teaspoons minced fresh rosemary, 1 large minced garlic clove and 2 tablespoons bourbon or beef broth. Add 1 1/2 pounds 1-inch ...
COOKING WITHOUT POWER.(FOOD)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Just because the power's out doesn't mean you can't cook. Here are a few tactics to get you through the storm: If you have a gas stove or range, you can probably ignite the range burners with a match. check your owners' manual for specific instructions. Here is the method posted ...
NO CORKSCREW? NO PROBLEM BY RUTH FANTASIA FOOD EDITOR.(FOOD)
Jan 04, 2001 ... The current issue of Outdoor Explorer magazine includes a story on how to survive anything, including bear attacks, floods, avalanches and losing your corkscrew. Their suggestions for the last of those problems: 1. Wedge ...
SNOWED IN BY RUTH FANTASIA FOOD EDITOR.(FOOD)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Winter blew in with a blanket of snow but, luckily, it was the light, powdery kind that doesn't weigh down tree branches and cause power lines to fall. The Capital Region's not always that lucky, and, before the season's out, it's a good bet that you'll have a power outage or two. ...
EPAZOTE FIRES UP BEAN DISHES BY LISA STEVENS STAFF WRITER.(FOOD)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Well, beans to epazote. The pungent herb, popular in Mexican and Southwestern cooking, is most commonly used in bean dishes. Adding a sprig or two of epazote to beans helps make them more digestible while also infusing a deep, unique flavor to the dish. Epazote ...
WATER CHARGES MISTAKENLY ADDED TO SOME TAX BILLS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Byline: -- Tim O'Brien TROY -- As many as 200 homeowners may have received faulty tax bills after a clerical error resulted in water bills being listed as unpaid and added to property tax bills. Two days' worth of water bill payments made in ...
ATTORNEY CRISCIONE TO JOIN COLONIE BOARD TONIGHT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Byline: -- Mike Fricano COLONIE -- Attorney Nicole Criscione will become the newest member of the Town Board when she is sworn in at tonight's organizational meeting. Criscione, 30, succeeds Councilwoman Monica Bell, who resigned at the final meeting of 2000 citing the ...
STOWAWAY ON BUS HEADED FOR BUFFALO FOUND DEAD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Byline: -- Associated Press BUFFALO -- A 36-year-old man was found dead after he apparently stowed away on a Greyhound bus that was headed for Buffalo from Toronto. The bus driver had pulled over near the administration building at the Peace Bridge Plaza at about 7:30 ...
OFFICIALS URGE CLOSING OF REOPENED NUCLEAR PLANT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Byline: -- Associated Press WHITE PLAINS -- Just hours after the Indian Point 2 nuclear power plant went back into service Wednesday, local officials -- including Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano -- demanded that it be shut down again because of a small, contained leak ...
TRIAL BEGINS TODAY ON BOMBINGS OF EMBASSIES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Byline: -- Associated Press NEW YORK -- Nearly 2 years after U.S. embassies in Africa were bombed, a trial began Wednesday for four men facing conspiracy charges that could bring the death penalty for two of them. In a heavily guarded Manhattan courtroom, jury ...
TEXTILE EXEC'S GIFT ALTERS FABRIC OF COMMUNITY.(MAIN)
Jan 04, 2001 ... A wealthy textile executive who lived in a trailer behind his flagship plant in Greenville, S.C., has bequeathed nearly his entire $400 million estate to Furman University and various charities. John D. Hollingsworth Jr., 83, died Saturday after falling out of bed the day before. He ...
EMINEM LEADS PACK IN GRAMMY NODS.(MAIN)
Jan 04, 2001 ... Rapper Eminem's controversial but critically acclaimed ``The Marshal Mathers LP'' received four Grammy nominations, including album of the year, Wednesday. He and his mentor, Dr. Dre, who produced the album, received a combined nine Grammy nominations for it and ``Dr. Dre -- 2001.'' ...
POLICE BLOTTER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jan 04, 2001 ... WATERFORD Wednesday, Dec. 27 4:42 a.m. HARASSMENT. A Saratoga Avenue man, 35, was arrested on a female's complaint and charged with second-degree menacing and second-degree aggravated harassment. Officer: Tim Keyoskey. Thursday, Dec. 28 1:45 ...