Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from July 2002:
IS IT PARITY OR PAUCITY?(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: JUAN RODRIGUEZ Miami Herald WIMBLEDON, England -- Unless Lleyton Hewitt wins Wimbledon, men's tennis will have its ninth different Grand Slam champion in as many majors. The Open Era never has seen such a degree of parity. The question now is whether it's helping or ...
`BOSS' ADMITS HE ERRED.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: Combined wire services NEW YORK -- George Steinbrenner appears to be softening as he gets older. ``A lot of what happened to me, I admit I deserved,'' the New York Yankees owner told The New Yorker in its latest issue. Steinbrenner was banned twice ...
DIAMOND DOGS GO BEAR HUNTING AGAIN.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: MATTHEW SPRAGUE Special to the Times Union Diamond Dogs 8 Black Bears 2COLONIE -- If Northern League teams could determine their own schedules, the Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs likely would have the Berkshire Black Bears penciled in for every other series. ...
SLUMPING 'CATS RECEIVE PEP TALK.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: MAUREEN KELLY Staff writer Muckdogs 4 ValleyCats 1 TROY -- Manager Ivan DeJesus held a closed-door meeting with his team Sunday after the Tri-City ValleyCats dropped a 4-1 decision to the Batavia Muckdogs in a New York-Penn League game at Joseph L. Bruno ...
OLYMPIC VIEW OF NEW YORK.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press - NEW YORK -- A U.S. Olympic Committee task force arrived in New York on Sunday for a two-day inspection of the area as the city bids to play host to the 2012 Olympics. The committee arrived in New York and went to a luncheon at the United ...
ROMANO GETS FIRST WIN.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... A.J. Romano won his first race of the season at Fonda Speedway late Saturday night after dominating the 30-lap modified feature following a controversial finish in which both the yellow and checkered flags were raised during the last lap. The victory was also Romano's first ...
FIGHTER WOULD CHECK LEWIS FIRST.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Wladimir Klitschko wants Lennox Lewis. And he's hoping the first moves in their matchup will involve pawns instead of punches. The brainy, brawny 6-foot-7 inch heavyweight, who overpowered 41-year-old Ray Mercer to ...
RONALDO EARNS HIS GLORY.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: FILIP BONDY YOKOHAMA, Japan -- He cried, he laughed, he scored. Ronaldo put his mark on this special World Cup Sunday with a redemptive samba -- two second-half goals in the 2-0 championship victory by Brazil over Germany, and eight goals in seven matches. ...
D'BACKS, YANKEES TAKE SIX.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: JOSH DUBOW Associated Press NEW YORK -- Bob Brenly and Joe Torre rewarded their own, each taking six players from their teams to the All-Star game. Brenly picked six of the World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks to come with him to Milwaukee for the ...
BRAZIL BEATS THE WORLD.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: MICHELLE KAUFMAN Miami Herald Brazil 2 Germany 0 YOKOHAMA, Japan -- It was somehow fitting in this World Cup of fairy tales and improbable finishes that Ronaldo, desperate for redemption, would score two goals off the world's best goalkeeper to lead Brazil to a 2-0 win ...
SNAGGING HARD HOPS IN CLASS A.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: DAVID DRIVER Special to the Times Union Danville, Va. Andruw Jones. Rafael Furcal. Kevin Millwood. Marcus Giles. All of them make their big-league homes in Atlanta, but their professional baseball roots run together here, in the red earth of Virginia's tobacco country. ...
BOMBERS PICK UP A SPLIT.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: PETE CALDERA Bergen Record Yankees 8 Mets 0NEW YORK -- The answer, the Mets said, was in Andy Pettitte's formerly long-lost cut fastball. That devastating pitch allowed the Mets to shade themselves from a harsh 8-0 shutout Sunday night, just a day after ...
KEILLOR MAKES BERKSHIRES A `PRAIRIE HOME'.(ARTS & ENTERTA)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: PAUL GRONDAHL Staff writer Garrison Keillor and ``A Prairie Home Companion'' meandered down the Mass Pike Saturday for a performance at Tanglewood that assayed the Berkshires' culture with all the insider knowledge of the desk clerk at the Red Lion Inn. ...
WOMEN IN SPOTLIGHT AS JAZZ FEST CLOSERS.(ARTS & ENTERTA)(Concert review)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: GREG HAYMES Staff writer SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Sisters were doin' it for themselves at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Sunday for the final day of the annual Freihofer's Jazz Festival. Natalie Cole, Angelique Kidjo and Cassandra Wilson ruled the stage with ...
WHARTON'S NOVEL A BIT WEAK ON STAGE.(ARTS & ENTERTA)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: MICHAEL ECK Special to the Times Union LENOX, Mass. -- Edith Wharton's only historical romance is onstage at Shakespeare & Company's Spring Lawn Theatre. ``The Valley of Decision,'' written in 1900, was actually Wharton's first novel as well, but it has ...
SANDLER'S `MR. DEEDS' IS NO. 1.(ARTS & ENTERTA)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- ``Mr. Deeds'' went to town in a big way as the Adam Sandler comedy debuted as the No. 1 weekend film with $37.6 million. Last weekend's No. 1 film, ``Minority Report,'' slipped to third place with $21.6 million, according to ...
`SCRUBS' EPISODE HONORED.(TV & RADIO)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: Knight Ridder LOS ANGELES -- The Humanitas Prize was awarded to the NBC sitcom "Scrubs" on Tuesday for the episode titled ``My Old Lady.'' The episode won in the 30-minute prime time network category. The Humanitas is awarded to programs that are entertaining ...
MARTHA'S IN A MESS THAT'S HARD TO CLEAN.(TV & RADIO)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: FRAZIER MOORE Associated Press NEW YORK -- David Letterman was looking for a bright side to the Martha Stewart scandal: Although shares of her company have recently been plummeting in value, Dave joked that the stock certificates make lovely place mats. ...
OFFICIAL INSISTS ON THE TRUTH.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: DAVID HO Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The top federal securities regulator put WorldCom Inc. executives on notice that ``people will pay heavily'' if there are any falsehoods in a report due today detailing the company's accounting scandal. ``We're ...
NO RECORD OF STEWART STOCK SALE AGREEMENT.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Congressional investigators reviewing documents concerning Martha Stewart's sale of ImClone stock have found no credible record of an arrangement with her broker to dump her shares when the stock fell below a certain price, according to a ...
THEIR BUSINESS IS HOT AMID SCORCHING WILDFIRES.(BUSINESS)(Company overview)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: COLLEEN LONG Associated Press DENVER -- With wildfires igniting almost daily across the country and torching more than two million acres, business is booming for Jim and Diane Felix. The couple owns Supply Cache Inc., a Fort Collins, Colo.-based catalog ...
HACKER TELLS TRICKS OF TRADE IN BOOK.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: JIM KRANE Associated Press NEW YORK -- Barred by the terms of his probation from messing with computers, ex-convict hacker Kevin Mitnick has turned to writing about them, baring the tricks of his former trade in a forthcoming book. An advance copy of ``The Art ...
OVERSEAS MARKETS LOOK GOOD.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: AMY BALDWIN Associated Press NEW YORK -- With Wall Street mired in a steep and protracted decline, it's hard to believe that the mood of mutual fund managers has improved, as a survey from Merrill Lynch & Co. indicates. But it has, and the reason why is a turnaround in ...
KEEP YOUR COOL WITH THESE UNITS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Most of today's air conditioners have electronic controls. These tend to be better than manual controls at keeping the temperature constant, and they let you program the unit, often via remote control, to start or stop cooling at a certain time. We recently rated 42 room air ...
NAIL POLISH WAY TO COLOR-CODE PARTS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: HELOISE DEAR HELOISE: I just received your daily e-mail hint about red polish. I use different colors of nail polish to color-code the jacks and plugs on my electronic equipment, like the computer. It was a nightmare to unhook all of those wires to take the ...
MANUFACTURERS RECALL PRODUCTS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: Good Housekeeping Institute The following products were recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. For information about the products, call the manufacturer or CPSC's toll-free hot line, (800) 638-2772. Smart Response Indoor Infant Swings made by ...
BEST BETS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Southern gothic Creepy, affecting and often quite funny, Billy Bob Thornton's 1996 drama ``Sling Blade'' (8 tonight, WTEN Ch. 10) stars Thornton, above, as a hulking child-man who returns to his hometown decades after committing a double murder and falls into a relationship with a single ...
WORMS OF ENDEARMENT HIS FARM MAY BE A DIRTY JOB, BUT THERE'S NOTHING DAVE ROSSUCK WOULD RATHER DO.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: LYRYSA SMITH STAFF WRITER When Dave Rossuck props open the door of the small shed, the afternoon sun quickly heats up the moist air inside, intensifying the pleasant scent of damp, rich earth. Rossuck enters and hoists a lidded tub onto a wooden table. His ...
HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS SHOW MARCH OF TIME.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: SARAH ANCHORS Arizona Republic Cynthia Taylor's high school graduating class voted burnt orange and brown as their colors and related everything to the Byrds' song ``Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season).'' ``Those were the days,'' says Taylor, ...
TRAILHEADS DEVOTED TO MARK'S WORLD.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: David A. Fahrenthold The Washington Post It's not easy to kill Mark Trail. Gators and bears can't do it. Mustachioed poachers haven't been successful in 56 years of trying. If you're a newspaper editor, this is a fight you don't want. The Times ...
GROUP CLAIMS STATE IS AWARE OF HERBICIDE'S THREAT TO HABITAT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press ALBANY -- A high-ranking state official has been subpoenaed to testify at a hearing that will decide whether a potent herbicide is allowed in Adirondack lakes. The state is seeking a permit to use the herbicide Sonar on ...
MAN, 59, DIES IN APPARENT SUICIDE CASE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: Mike Fricano - GUILDERLAND -- Some 60 people were evacuated from their homes in the Woodlake Apartments complex Sunday during a four-hour standoff that ended with a 59-year-old man killing himself, police said. The incident began at 3:50 p.m. when the man, ...
ONEIDA COUNTY AIRPORT LOSES ITS FEDERAL SUBSIDY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press WHITESTOWN -- Federal officials have rejected an appeal to retain a subsidy for Oneida County Airport, effectively ending commercial air service at the 52-year-old facility. Oneida County Executive Ralph Eannace received word from Department ...
GOING WHOLE HOG TO KEEP SWINE FENCED IN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... The minutes of the first Guilderland Town Board meeting are recorded in antiquated written script that's fading after almost 200 years, but they clearly state: ``At a town meeting held in the town of Guilderland on Tuesday, the fifth day of April in the year 1803 the following ...
BIRTHS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Albany Medical Center Hospital, AlbanySOSSA, Cameron Mark, son of Denise and Mark Sossa, Catskill, March 11. WEINBERGER, Lauren Abigail, daughter of Sandra and Douglas Weinberger, Chatham, March 11. NUNZIATO, Amber Kaitlin, daughter of Dawne Amsler-Nunziato and ...
PARADE AN OCCASION OF PRIDE AND JOY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK -- Wearing boas, crowns and rainbow wigs, revelers at the gay pride parade Sunday danced down Fifth Avenue to a disco beat. ``There's joy in being who you are,'' said Sarah Kilborne of Manhattan, who watched the parade ...
SORRY, SIR, IT'S CLOSING TIME NOW.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Twice in one day, Assemblyman John J. Flanagan was outraged. First over the Pledge of Allegiance ruling, then over freedom of speech -- in this case, his own. The 16-year veteran Republican member isn't known as a loud-mouth. But the East Northport lawyer's request to make a few ...
MCCALL, CUOMO FORMING PLANS TO REFORM EXCESSES OF WALL STREET.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press ALBANY -- Democratic candidates for governor want to use the clout of the massive state pension fund to reform Wall Street. Former federal Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that the reform should begin in Albany ....
AD WATCH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: Elizabeth Benjamin and Mark McGuire - Candidate: George Pataki (Republican)Sponsor: Friends of Pataki Title: ``Emily'' (TV)Time: 30 seconds Producer: Target Enterprises When and where it aired: Began running statewide June 25.What it says: Twenty-three year old Emily ...
GOVERNOR VOWS NO BUILDING AT `FOOTPRINTS'.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK -- Relatives of World Trade Center victims welcomed Gov. George Pataki's promise that there would be no commercial development on the ``footprints'' of the 110-story Twin Towers. ``I'm very happy with that stand,'' ...
NEW YORK CITY ROLLING BACK RECYCLING PROGRAM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: KATHARINE ROTH Associated Press NEW YORK -- The nation's largest city will eliminate glass and plastics from its recycling program today, in what advocates say is the first significant rollback of a recycling program in the United States. ``No other big cities ...
BUST NETS COCAINE, VEHICLES, 9 ARRESTS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: DEBORAH MARTINEZ Staff writer Amsterdam A local drug kingpin's arrest this weekend brought down one of the city's largest cocaine rings in history, Police Chief Thomas V.N. Brownell's office said Sunday. Alex Zayas, 61, had been operating in the city for at ...
CITY'S TRAILBLAZER TAKES HER TURN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: CLAIRE HUGHES Staff writer Rensselaer Lorinda Brown never thought too much about blazing trails -- just battling blazes. Nonetheless, she is charting new territory as the city's first woman firefighter. On Sunday, the 35-year-old was sworn in ...
PARISHIONERS TORN OVER THE DISMISSAL OF PASTORS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: DEBORAH MARTINEZ Staff writer At Corpus Christi Church on Ushers Road in Halfmoon, the Rev. Edward C. Pratt's departure loomed heavily Sunday. Parishioners shared tears, hugs and whispered memories of a man they had loved since he became their pastor in ...
RESIDENTS MARCHING AHEAD TO RECLAIM THE STREETS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: CLAIRE HUGHES Staff writer Schenectady They lit the candle and encircled it with flowers on the sidewalk at Emmett and Steuben streets, knowing it wouldn't be long before others destroyed it. That didn't matter. For the 50 or so marchers who walked two ...
DEADLY RISK IN 2-WHEEL FREEDOM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: MIKE FRICANO Staff writer The motorcycle: doorless, compact and a knife in the wind. But the same qualities that make the two-wheelers the epitome of open road freedom also make them among the most dangerous vehicles on the road. In the last five weeks, five ...
OUR VOICE BROADCASTS TERROR?(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: WILLIAM SAFIRE WASHINGTON -- In a column soon after 9/11 titled ``Equal Time for Hitler?,'' I noted that our taxpayer-supported, government-sponsored Voice of America was ``balancing'' reports of the terrorist outrage by broadcasting interviews with Muslim supporters of ...
TERRORISTS STAY FOCUSED ON THEIR GOALS.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: IRWIN J. MANSDORF RA'ANANA, Israel -- Ever stop and ask why supposedly bright people say silly things? In Israel, where suicide terrorists target and kill people on the way to school, in the street and in their beds, people are at their wits' end trying to ...
SCHOOL CHOICE SHOULD BE A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: SAUNDRA SMOKES Three weeks ago, my friends Kathie and Spencer moved into a new home about a mile and half from their old neighborhood in Westchester County. They relocated even though Kathie had just renovated their old house with her ``dream kitchen,'' fit for magazine ...
FIRES IN WICKED-HOT WEST OFFER A VISION OF THE FUTURE.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: DAN RATHER How bad is it in the American West? The straight answer is: It's bone-dry, and large portions of the region have become a virtual tinderbox. It's so bad that many West Coast residents are actually looking forward to the storms that this year's El Nino might ...
NEW CRIME STATISTICS SHOULD GIVE US PAUSE.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: TERRY O'NEILL Albany TerryONeillEsq@aol.com The recent publication of U.S. Department of Justice statistics (Times Union, June 24) suggests that the nation's decade-long decline in the incidence of violent crime may well be over. That will spark considerable debate on ...
EUROPEANS BECOMING IRRELEVANT IN MIDEAST.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: KENNETH STERN Albany stern@albany.edu On June 26, we saw (pictured on the front pages of The New York Times) the spectacle of French foreign minister Dominique de Villepin standing in Ramallah with Yasir Arafat as the latter repudiated President Bush's speech suggesting ...
A TALE OF TWO CLINTONS.(MAIN)(Editorial)
Jul 01, 2002 ... This in from Chappaqua. Former President Clinton is operating in his retirement of sorts just as he tended to in office. He's behind, again. That book of his, and what a book it could be, won't be out any time soon. Certainly not the 2003 publication date that the publisher, Knopf, had ...
NO JUSTIFICATION FOR TERRORISM BY PALESTINIANS.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: JACK LAUBER Latham Grace White is sorely mistaken in her June 26 letter calling for an end to Israel's occupation of so-called Palestinian lands. This is a shopworn argument to try to explain and justify Palestinian terrorism. The land of Judea and Samaria ...
GOODMAN DOESN'T GIVE TEENS ENOUGH CREDIT.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: BETTY MADIGAN Melrose ElizabethMadigan777@msn.com Ellen Goodman's June 24 column regarding abstinence-based education is laced with sarcasm and elitist judgmentalism. Her article criticizes public funding for abstinence education based on the involvement of religious ...
IN BOLIVIA ELECTION, TWO EMERGE ON TOP.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: VANESSA ARRINGTON Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia -- A mining executive and a former military captain were in a tight presidential race Sunday in an election seen as a test for democracy in South America's poorest country. Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, president ...
HEAVY ISSUES OR NOT, NEW LAWS TAKE EFFECT.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: DAVID CRARY Associated Press Smokers in six states will pay more for their habit as of today, nudity with ``artistic value'' will no longer be off-limits to minors in Utah and teddy bears will have official status as the state toy of Mississippi. Hundreds of ...
GORE USES HINDSIGHT TO LOOK AHEAD.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: DAN BALZ Washington Post MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Former Vice President Al Gore conceded this weekend that his 2000 presidential campaign was too heavily influenced by polls, consultants and tactical maneuvering, telling key supporters here that, if he runs in 2004, he will ...
POPE SAYS THE PRAYERS OF OTHERS KEEP HIM GOING.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II, whose frail health has been a great concern to Catholics, thanked the faithful Sunday for their prayers during his moments of suffering. The 82-year-old pontiff did not refer directly to his health in ...
BUSH SAYS HE FEELS GREAT, RECOMMENDS SCREENING.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Bush ran three miles and took a walk in the woods with the First Lady on Sunday at Camp David, resuming an active schedule after his colon screening. The President and First Lady Laura Bush also attended church ...
BALLOONIST CRUISING IN THE HOME STRETCH FOR RECORD.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- On the final leg of his around-the-globe balloon quest, American adventurer Steve Fossett cruised Sunday over the Indian Ocean after breaking his own record for distance traveled by a solo balloonist. The Chicago millionaire had ...
VENEZUELAN LEADER HOPES CARTER VISIT SPARKS TALKS.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's president said Sunday he hoped that former President Carter's visit next week will help revive talks between the government and its opposition, which have been locked in a power struggle since a failed coup. ...
NORTH KOREA OFFERS MIXED MESSAGES.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: DOUG STRUCK Washington Post SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea delivered both a congratulatory soccer letter and a harsh propaganda attack to Seoul on Sunday after Saturday's sea battle with South Korea, continuing the contradictory moves that raise questions about the ...
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK KEEPS SPERM BANK BUSY.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: EMMA ROSS Associated Press VIENNA, Austria -- More than two-thirds of single women who choose to have a baby using donated sperm do so because they fear they are running out of time to find a man they would want to have a child with, new research indicates. ...
AIRPORT SECURITY FAILS WEAPONS TEST.(MAIN)
Jul 01, 2002 ... Byline: BLAKE MORRISON USA Today Checkpoint screeners at 32 of the nation's largest airports failed to detect fake weapons -- guns, dynamite or bombs -- in almost a quarter of undercover tests by the Transportation Security Administration last month, documents obtained by USA ...