Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from February 2002:
RENSSELAER ROUNDUP.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 01, 2002 ... Germania Haus elects president, boardTROY -- Inge Eley has been reelected president of the Troy Germania Haus Association. Other members of the executive board: Evelyn Capelle will serve as first vice president; Ann DeWolf was re-elected second vice president; ...
MARKET FALLS ON PROFIT-TAKING.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: LISA SINGHANIA Associated Press NEW YORK -- Wall Street retreated Friday as investors collected their wins from a two-day rally, but the selling was subdued and focused on the technology sector. The pullback wasn't surprising, given the size and speed of the ...
BRIEFLY.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... CHAMBER NEWS The Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce has selected its 2002 Executive Committee and has named nine new board members. Committee members include: Eugene Schuler Jr., University at Albany, East Campus -- chairman of the board; Mary Martinez, The Phoenix Cos. -- ...
MEDICAL PRACTICE SEEKS SHIELD.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: DANIELLE T. FURFARO Business writer Twice in three years, Saratoga Springs plastic surgeon Dr. Steven Yarinsky has filed for bankruptcy protection. Now, the medical practice he owns also has made its way into bankruptcy court. This week, Saratoga Springs ...
JANUARY AUTOMOBILE SALES DECLINE.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: ED GARSTEN Associated Press DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. on Friday reported a 13 percent decline in January sales while sales slumped 12.6 percent at Ford Motor Co. Chrysler posted a more modest 9 percent decline last month from a year earlier. GM's ...
JOCELYNN'S BRIDAL CLOSING MARCH 1.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: -- Kevin Harlin CLIFTON PARK -- Jocelynn's Bridal, a family business with roots going back more than 25 years, is closing March 1. Alan Veet, who runs the store with his sister, Jocelynn Veet-Spensieri, said family health concerns -- not a slowdown in ...
AMERICAN SKIING CO. TO SELL COLORADO RESORT.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: --Associated Press Maine-based American Skiing Co., which owns Killington and Mount Snow in Vermont, has agreed to sell its Steamboat Springs ski resort near Denver to Triple Peaks LLC for $91.4 million. Triple Peaks is a consortium of investors led by Tim and ...
BANKRUPTCY COURT FILINGS SOAR AS ECONOMY SOURS.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: DANIELLE T. FURFARO Business writer Bankruptcy filings in the Capital Region rose more than 27 percent in the first month of 2002, compared to the same period last year, and attorneys say the numbers are not likely to drop any time soon. The Albany office of ...
EATERIES PLAN TO BE WINGING IT ON SUNDAY.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: ALAN WECHSLER Staff writer Football is a game of numbers. Just ask Shawn Roff, owner of Ralph's Tavern. For example: 16,400. That's the number of wings he expects to be cooking, saucing and packaging for the Super Bowl crowd. Or how about four? ...
JOBLESS RATE DIPS, BUT FEW LAND JOBS.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: JEANNINE AVERSA Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Nearly 1 million discouraged people suspended their job searches in January, producing an unexpected drop in the nation's unemployment rate. Even though there are mounting signs of an economic recovery, ...
INSURER AVOIDS PUNITIVE AWARD.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: -- Associated Press MIAMI -- A federal jury awarded $66,105 Friday to two families who sought billions of dollars in damages in a suit charging Prudential Life Insurance Co. with deceptive sales practices. The jury awarded compensatory damages but no punitive damages in ...
PARTS MAKER CLOSES 21 PLANTS.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: -- Associated Press SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- Auto supplier Lear Corp. is cutting its work force by 6,500 positions and is closing 21 facilities as it adjusts to declines in auto production that left it with a loss for the fourth quarter. The huge auto parts supplier said ...
EBAY FORMS TRAVEL ALLIANCE.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: -- Bloomberg News SAN JOSE, Calif. -- EBay Inc., the largest Internet auctioneer, and Priceline.com Inc., the third-largest Web travel seller, said they will collaborate for online sales of airline tickets, hotel stays and car rentals. Priceline.com will provide travel ...
AIRLINE POSTS RECORD LOSS.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: -- Associated Press CHICAGO -- United Airlines' parent company reported a $308 million fourth-quarter loss Friday, capping a calamitous year in which it lost $2.1 billion -- a record for any airline. Staggered by the recession and the aftershocks of the Sept. 11 ...
PUBLISHER FILES CHAPTER 13.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: DANIELLE T. FURFARO Business writer A startup company that has been trying to revive a law journal from the annals of Albany history has filed for bankruptcy protection, but the company's owner has vowed to push ahead with the project. Gerald Unger, who ...
RED CROSS GETS RIVAL FOR DRIVES.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: SYLVIA WOOD Staff writer St. Peter's Hospital will no longer rely exclusively on the American Red Cross to supply its blood, citing concerns about shortages and prices. The hospital's decision to hire California-based HemaCare Corp./Coral Blood Services is ...
BEST BETS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 02, 2002 ... TV: Yee-haw TNT gives over its entire programming day to Westerns, pardner. Highlights include the 1968 Clint Eastwood revenge drama ``Hang 'Em High'' (noon), the rousing 1960 classic ``The Magnificent Seven'' (5:15 p.m.) and Sam Raimi's underrated 1995 Sergio Leone pastiche ...
BEST PICKS OF CORDLESS TELEPHONES.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: Good Housekeeping Institute Tired of tripping on phone cords around your home? You might want to buy one of the newest cordless telephones. Their prices have come down, and their ranges for clear voice quality have gone up. But if you're ...
MENTALLY CHALLENGED HAVE LONG HISTORY IN HOLLYWOOD.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: MALCOLM JOHNSON Hartford Courant When Sean Penn chooses to play a mentally challenged man in ``I Am Sam,'' most film fans automatically think he is following in the shuffling footsteps of Dustin Hoffman in ``Rain Man.'' But Hoffman was not the only actor to win an Oscar ...
DVDS HELP CAPTURE MEANING OF SHOWS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: ROBERT HILBURN Los Angeles Times ``America: A Tribute to Heroes'' on DVD is a reminder of how much the nation was in shock in the days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon. That element alone establishes ``Tribute'' as one of the great ...
STUDIO PULLS PLUG ON DIGITAL STARS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: DAVID BRISCOE Associated Press HONOLULU -- The stars of the digitally animated movie ``Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within'' are being laid to rest. The Honolulu-based studio that created the groundbreaking -- but critically panned -- movie announced earlier this ...
TRANSPORTER GIVES LEGS TO IDEA OF HIGH-TECH TOY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: JIM SHEA Hartford Courant Comparing Ginger Rogers' dancing ability to that of her legendary partner, someone once observed that she did everything Fred Astaire did, only backward and in heels. Well, I recently danced with a Ginger myself, and let me tell you, ...
DOGS NEED BEHAVIOR TRAINING.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: KATHLEEN DOOLEY Staff writer Some five million dogs are surrendered to shelters and euthanized every year due to behavior problems, according to statistics from the American Veterinary Association. Dog trainer Brian Kilcommons says that stat should convince ...
A GAME OF DANCE THE HOTTEST ARCADE GAME HAS A GOOD BEAT AND YOU CAN MOVE TO IT.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: MIKE SWARTZ SPECIAL TO THE TIMES UNION Lured by a flashing video screen and a thumping dance beat, two teen boys walk past a long line of shooting and racing arcade machines toward today's hottest game. As it starts, a loud, repetitive techno beat blares, and two virtual ...
WHICH ICE SCRAPERS CLEAR THE HURDLES OF WINTER.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: STEVE BARNES Arts editor In the middle of Thursday afternoon's sleet onslaught, there we were, out in the company parking lot testing ice scrapers and snow brushes. Although inclement and, well, downright unpleasant, the weather was perfect for putting scrapers to the ...
GALLETTA PACES UNION TO WIN.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Aaron Galletta scored 26 points, including the game-winner with a 3-point basket with 1.9 seconds left, to lift Union to a 70-69 victory over Hobart in Friday's men's basketball game at Bristol Gym in Geneva. Union (13-6, 6-2) was down by six with 2:15 left in the game before ...
NEW HAMPSHIRE APOLOGIZES.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer The University of New Hampshire's athletic director apologized Friday to the University at Albany for his team's behavior toward UAlbany students during a men's basketball game. UNH athletic director Marty Scarano expressed his ...
RIVER RATS GET A TIE.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... ROCHESTER -- Rookie goalie Scott Clemmensen stopped 38 shots, enabling the Albany River Rats to gain a 1-1 tie with the Rochester Americans in an American Hockey League game on Friday. Clemmensen made 14 saves in the third period and five in overtime as the Americans outshot ...
SHEN'S WIN ON FREE, NOT EASY, SIDE.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Shenendehowa overcame a stagnant offensive performance by making 21-of-30 free throws Friday night en route to a 45-39 Suburban Council win over Saratoga in Saratoga. The Plainsmen keep third place in the Blue Division with the win. The game was tied entering the ...
THANKS TO MURRAY, NO WORRY.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Hudson's Jamal Murray scored the winning basket on a lay-up as time expired as the Bluehawks edged Ichabod Crane 51-49 in a Patroon Conference boys' basketball game Friday night. The victory opened up a two-game lead in the league for Hudson with Ichabod Crane in second place. ...
RPI, DARTMOUTH TIE.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... HANOVER, N.H. -- Lee Stempniak netted a goal midway through the third period to give Dartmouth a 2-2 overtime tie against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Friday. Stempniak took a Jamie Herrington feed off the boards and slipped the puck between the legs of RPI goalie Nathan ...
FREEMAN HITS MILESTONE.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... SCHENECTADY -- Schenectady's Rashaun Freeman scored on a driving lay-up at 3:08 in the first quarter to give him four points in the game and, more importantly, 1,000 points for his career as the Patriots routed Catholic Central 62-38 Friday night in a boys' Big 10 basketball ...
UNION NETS RARE WIN IN VERMONT.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: MATT GRAVES Staff writer BURLINGTON, Vt. -- You know it's going well for Union College when it wins a hockey game at Gutterson Fieldhouse. The Dutchmen scored 20 seconds into the game and ended a decade of frustration Friday night with a 4-0 ECAC victory over ...
OLYMPIC TORCH LIGHTS UP COLUMBINE.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press LITTLETON, Colo. -- A student wounded in the Columbine High School massacre carried the Olympic torch to his former school in the flame's cross-country journey to the Winter Olympics. - Patrick Ireland passed the torch to Columbine principal Frank ...
ATTACK IS LOOKING TO MOVE UP.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer ALBANY -- The Albany Attack proved one thing to head coach Bob McMahon in the first half of the season. ``I think we're legitimate,'' said McMahon, whose team begins the second half at 7:30 tonight against the New York Saints in ...
PEREZ PULLS AHEAD OF FIELD.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Pat Perez, so sick that he thought about pulling out of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, is starting to feel good about sticking around. With birdies on four his last five holes Friday at Pebble Beach, Perez polished ...
SECURITY LEVEL HIGH IN BIG EASY.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW ORLEANS -- Something about the Big Easy seems too easy this Super Bowl week. As in, easy to make a dinner reservation, easy to hail a taxicab in a rainstorm, easy to push through the crowd on Bourbon Street at 1 in the morning. ...
DO YOU BELIEVE IN REUNIONS?(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: Combined wire services LOS ANGELES -- Middle- aged and pudgy now, you couldn't have blamed the graying men if they'd shed some tears when the crowd began chanting ``USA! . . . USA! . . . USA!'' The members of the gold medal 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team were ...
KNICKS' STREAK SNAPPED.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS -- Reggie Miller scored 20 points and Jermaine O'Neal and Jonathan Bender each had 18 as the Indiana Pacers beat New York 92-87 Friday night, snapping the Knicks' four-game winning streak. There were four ties and five lead ...
BILLIONAIRE ADDS `REF' TO RESUME.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press DALLAS -- For Mark Cuban, the hardest part about refereeing a Harlem Globetrotters game was trying to keep the whistle in his mouth while he was laughing. The billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks and critic of NBA officiating got a ...
ALABAMA TIED UP BY NCAA.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The NCAA placed Alabama on five years' probation Friday, jolting the program with a two-year bowl ban and scholarship reductions. The governing body said it considered giving the Crimson Tide the most severe punishment -- the death penalty -- under the repeat ...
RAIDERS LOOKING ROYAL.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: ALAN HART Staff writer COLONIE -- It was a performance worthy of a King ... and a Bruin. Junior guard Chris King scored 15 points, including a critical four-point play to break the final tie of the night, and senior center Anthony Bruin led all scorers with 17 ...
DANES, PASTA ON BILL.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer As if Will Brown's homecoming and 1,000 pounds of free pasta aren't exciting enough, the University at Albany has even more cause for enthusiasm as it enters today's men's basketball game at Stony Brook University. Not only are the ...
FANS LIKELY NEED OLYMPIAN PATIENCE.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: TIM DAHLBERG Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY -- Spectators might have a task of Olympic proportions themselves when the Winter Games begin -- actually getting to their seats. Organizers warned Friday that the Olympics will stretch the capabilities of ...
PATS' RB OVERCAME LIFE'S WOES.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: STEVE CAMPBELL NEW ORLEANS -- Antowain Smith makes a living running straight ahead, into the sharpened teeth of NFL defenses. Check out Smith's stutter step, though, when cornered by ordinary citizens armed only with questions. Tom Brady? Drew Bledsoe? For ...
RAMS SEEM HERE TO STAY.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: TODD ARCHER Palm Beach Post NEW ORLEANS -- You might want to get used to seeing the St. Louis Rams in the Super Bowl the next few years. They could be a regular at the NFL's biggest game. Like San Francisco and Dallas of the 1980s and '90s, the Rams have the ...
FACES OF FAITH.(RELIGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... The Rev. Tony Green: Associate pastor at The Presbyterian and New England Congregational Church, Saratoga Springs. Background: Born in New Hall, Calif. Raised in Gunnersville, Ala. 36 years old. Schuylerville resident. Graduate of Hesser College in New Hampshire, and Springfield ...
HIGH WINDS WHIP UP PROBLEMS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... With sustained winds of 30 to 35 mph and gusts as high as 50 mph, tree branches and power lines didn't stand much of a chance Friday night. The winds began picking up just after 6 p.m., and by 10 p.m. meteorologists at the National Weather Service station in Albany reported ...
COUNTY LAWMAKER WANTS TAX DELINQUENTS TO PAY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: MARV CERMAK Staff writer Schenectady Because the county has been left holding the bag for $8.4 million in delinquent property taxes, Legislator Brian Stratton is proposing an increase on the interest for back payments from 12 percent to 18 percent annually. ...
ELDERLY WOMAN DIES AFTER CRASH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... BALLSTON -- An 82-year-old Saratoga Springs woman died Friday following a two-car accident on Route 50, State Police said. Pauline Barcomb died at Saratoga Hospital a short time after the 11:30 a.m. crash. Troopers said cause of death is pending an autopsy scheduled for today. ...
SUIT SEEKS $3 MILLION FOR BURNS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: ANDREW TILGHMAN Staff writer A worker at a juvenile detention facility in Johnstown allegedly gave a 13-year-old Schenectady boy third-degree burns and then denied him medical treatment for fear the incident would be reported to authorities, according to a federal ...
SUSPECT HELD IN ABUSE CASE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... TROY -- A city man faces charges of sexually abusing a 4-year-old boy. Vincent Murray, 43, of 1829 Fifth Ave., was indicted Friday on charges of first-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse, both felonies, and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. ...
STATE POLICE SEEK SUSPECT IN ASSAULT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... MALTA -- A teenage girl reported she was sexually assaulted Friday as she walked on a path near Arrow Wood Place near Luther Forest, State Police said. The victim, who was later taken to Saratoga Hospital, was attacked just after 4 p.m. She ...
WGNA SWITCH TO RADIO DISNEY ON HOLD.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Station? Check. Programming? Check? Satellite dish? Uh-oh. The planned switch today of WGNA (1460 AM) to Radio Disney -- it currently simulcasts WGNA-FM (107.7) -- has been put on hold. Disney officials discovered this week the local station has no ...
ACCEPTING A UNIQUE MESSAGE.(RELIGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: THE REV. JIM HALE Is conversion so bad? She was upset, no doubt about it. As a child she had been dragged to a church that preached the need to be converted. Now, as an adult, she had come to appreciate another religion that was more accepting, more tolerant ...
LUTHERAN OFFICIAL IN SPOTLIGHT FOR PRAYER.(RELIGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: HILLARY WICAI Religion News Service ST LOUIS -- The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod still is wrestling with whether one of its own should be punished for praying at a televised ecumenical service for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. After weeks of ...
VATICAN AFFIRMS OLD TESTAMENT'S IMPORTANCE.(RELIGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: PEGGY POLK Religion News Service VATICAN CITY -- In an authoritative document that has taken Jewish scholars by surprise, the Vatican has affirmed the ``extreme importance'' of the Old Testament and stated that Jews do not wait ``in vain'' for the Messiah. ...
2 MURDER SUSPECTS HELD IN 2001 KILLING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: KIM MARTINEAU Staff writer SchenectadyTwo men were charged with murder Friday in the death of an 18-year-old whose frozen body was found in the back yard of a house in Hamilton Hill last winter. Kie ```Gun Talk'' Washington, 22, and Omar ``K.O.'' Wright, ...
WATERVLIET MAN CHARGED WITH CUTTING DRIVER, WIFE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer TroyA Watervliet man is charged with cutting a cabdriver and his wife in a robbery attempt. Ronald L. LeFavour Jr., 22, of 1540 Fifth Ave., is charged with two counts each of robbery and assault in the second degree, both ...
WEEKEND HAPPENINGS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... ``ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE STORYTELLER WHO BECAME A STORY,'' 2 p.m. Sunday. Ada Paresky Education Center, Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vt. Gary Moore to speak about the president's storytelling techniques, which were often effective in disarming political opponents. (802) 447-1571. Free. ...
CONCRETE BARRIER PINS MAN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... COLONIE -- A 47-year-old worker was injured when he was pinned by a concrete barrier on Friday. Raymond Stevens of Gallupville was hurt shortly before 9 a.m. when a jersey barrier, weighing 1,200 pounds -- the kind used to divide highways during construction -- was being moved ...
JURY REJECTS CLAIM OF POLITICAL PRESSURE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: ANDREW TILGHMAN Staff writer After an eight-day trial, a federal jury rejected claims by two men who said their supervisor at a state agency violated their civil rights by pressuring them to join the Republican Party. The jury Thursday found no cause to grant ...
RICH NATIONS URGED TO HELP THE POOR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: MALCOLM FOSTER Associated Press NEW YORK -- America can fight terrorism around the globe but can't eliminate it without stopping the poverty and despair that helps create terrorists, participants said Friday on the second day of the World Economic Forum. ``We ...
ICE STORM PUMMELS REGION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press CLARENCE -- An icy rain followed by gusting winds brought down tree limbs and power lines, knocking out electricity to more than 120,000 homes and businesses in the western end of the state Friday. At least two people died. ...
RED CROSS EXPANDS ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Feb 02, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- As part of its plan to disburse money from the Liberty Fund, the American Red Cross will allow for $15 million to assist attack victims' extended family members or nontraditional family members. The amount was part of an ...