Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from September 2002:
BANKRUPTCIES.(BUSINESS)(Correction notice)
Sep 01, 2002 ... Name: Danny R. Toma, d.b.a. Omni Tech of Albany Inc. Address: 1177 New Scotland Road, Albany Total liabilities: $290,000.60 Total assets: $116,204 3 largest creditors: TrustCo Bank, Schenectady -- $82,360 Wells Fargo Bank, ...
A POTATO CHIPS AWAY AT BASEBALL'S SOLEMNITY.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 2002 ... Byline: DAN LEWERENZ Associated Press WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- It happens a couple times a week -- a new acquaintance will ask Dave Bresnahan about his claim to fame, or a fellow parent will crack a joke at their sons' baseball practice. It's been 15 years since ...
THE GAME AND ``THE MAN''.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 2002 ... Byline: WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Wearing his Cardinal red sports jacket and flashing an ever-present smile, Stan Musial is still ``The Man'' in St. Louis. Musial walks a little slower these days. He's slightly bent over. His hearing isn't as keen ....
RELIGIONS DIVIDE ON CONVERSIONS.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 2002 ... Byline: RICHARD N. OSTLING Associated Press Jewish leaders are assailing the Southern Baptist Convention -- and the Roman Catholics are to blame. The trio of faiths, all major forces in American religious life, are embroiled in an unusual three-sided dispute stemming ...
HANDICAPPED KIDS BRING REWARDS.(MAIN)
Sep 01, 2002 ... Byline: DAVID CRARY Associated Press COLT'S NECK, N.J. -- A few weeks after her second daughter was born, Carole Ehlinger received a card from longtime friends. The gist of the message: ``You're so lucky.'' Struggling to absorb the fact that her newborn had Down ...
HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS.(LIFE & LEISURE)(Correction notice)
Sep 03, 2002 ... The following alumni associations have scheduled high school reunions: The former Altamont High School classes of 1901 to 1954, Sept. 28. All former students and teachers welcome. Contact Doris Neese, 11 Gail Ave., Albany, or call 456-6239. The former Cathedral ...
2 SUITS AGAINST POLICE COST SCHENECTADY $15,000.(CAPITAL REGION)(Correction notice)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: ANDREW TILGHMAN Staff writer Two police misconduct cases cost the city of Schenectady $15,000 on Wednesday as the city lost one $10,000 jury verdict and settled another lawsuit $5,000 for just hours before a trial was set to begin. The two civil rights cases ...
SYNQUEST TO MERGE WITH 2 RIVALS.(BUSINESS)(Company overview)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: KEVIN HARLIN Business writer Ailing supply-chain software company SynQuest Inc. announced plans Wednesday to merge with a rival, and then to acquire a third player in a deal that will land the company as much as $30 million. SynQuest, the suburban Atlanta ...
CHANGES SOUGHT IN NAPSTER CASE.(BUSINESS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... WILMINGTON, Del. -- Napster Inc., the Internet music-swapping site whose proposed sale to Bertelsmann AG was rejected, should be allowed to liquidate, a federal official said. The U.S. Trustee asked the bankruptcy court to convert Napster's case from one that would let the ...
CENTER FOR THE DISABLED WORKERS TARGET OF UNION.(BUSINESS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... ALBANY -- A Manhattan-based union expects to file a petition today to organize workers from the Center for the Disabled.UNITE, the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, is angling to represent 1,200 to 1,400 workers from the Albany-based nonprofit agency, which ...
STOCKS CLIMB, BUT RALLY UNLIKELY.(BUSINESS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... NEW YORK -- Buyers returned to the market Wednesday, sending stocks sharply higher following five days of selling. While the Dow Jones industrials climbed more than 100 points, analysts were reluctant to call the performance a rally, attributing the gain to technical factors. ...
STATE'S LARGEST INSURER PLANS $400M STOCK SALE.(BUSINESS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: KENNETH AARON Business writer New York City-based Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield has filed plans to sell up to $400 million in stock as it moves to convert to a for-profit insurer. WellChoice Inc. of Manhattan, which would be Empire's corporate parent, ...
CAR SALES IN U.S. ROSE IN AUGUST.(BUSINESS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: DAVID RUNK Associated Press DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. on Wednesday reported its U.S. vehicle sales rose 22.6 percent in August from a year ago as the world's biggest automaker said consumers showed continued interest in incentive programs and the economic backdrop ...
PROBE WIDENING IN WORLDCOM CASE.(BUSINESS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press NEW YORK -- Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they will level new charges and may indict new defendants in the burgeoning WorldCom accounting investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney David Anders told U.S. District Court Judge ...
JUDGE RULES AGAINST MADSTER.(BUSINESS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY -- Saying the file-swapping service Madster appears to contribute to copyright infringement ``on a massive scale,'' a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction against the service Wednesday. The order issued from U.S ....
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE STABLE, SURVEY REPORTS.(BUSINESS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: KEVIN HARLIN Business writer New York's consumer confidence stabilized in August after four straight months of decline. The Siena Research Institute measured the confidence index at 76.3 in August, up from 75.9 the month before. Nationwide, confidence ...
JUDGE HALTS HERSHEY SALE.(BUSINESS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A judge blocked any plans to sell Hershey Foods Corp. on Wednesday after state officials warned such a move could devastate the hometown of the nation's largest candy maker. Judge Warren Morgan issued the temporary restraining order a day after hearing ...
SUPERMARKET TRAFFIC IS JUST CRIMINAL.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: JIM SHEA Hartford Courant Where do you run into -- or where do they run into you -- the country's worst driving conditions? New York? Chicago? Los Angeles? Try the grocery store. Getting behind the wheels of a shopping cart in the ...
BEST BETS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Sep 05, 2002 ... `Alien' invasion Sigourney Weaver, below, kicks intersteller rear end in ``Alien 3'' (8 tonight, FX), the unjustly maligned third chapter of the sci-fi series. Weaver's long-suffering Ripley crash-lands on a prison planet populated entirely by men. Unfortunately, she's brought along a ...
BEEF UP DINNER WITH NEW CUTBY SUSAN NICHOLSON UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE.(FOOD)(Recipe)
Sep 05, 2002 ... SUNDAY (Family) -- Fire up the grill and try one of the new steaks `discovered` from a different way of cutting the chuck, FLATIRON STEAKS (or top blade steak), and offer HORSERADISH SAUCE on the side. Serve the lower-cost steaks with the traditional BAKED POTATOES. Add a ROMAINE SALAD and ...
CONSUMER CONFIDANT.(FOOD)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: Staff and wire report Remember those commercials pitching brochures from the government that always ended with an address in Pueblo, Colo.? The commercials may be gone but Pueblo and the Federal Consumer Information Center are still there, and now you can find the same ...
SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.(FOOD)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: Ruth Fantasia There was something remarkably different about the linguine with white clam sauce the other night. We had gone out to dinner because my eldest sister and her husband were visiting from down south. Grazing our way through a myriad of Italian classics at ...
STEEP FLAVORS.(FOOD)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: CECE SULLIVAN Seattle Times Think of a marinade as an aromatic spa for food, bathing it in a blanket of moisture that enhances taste and texture. The best marinades combine a complex balance of flavor elements -- honey, molasses, white or brown sugar, ketchup, ...
ROASTED RATATOUILLE IN A FLASH.(FOOD)(Recipe)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: SARAH FRITSCHNER (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal Local, seasonal vegetables first inspired the French dish ratatouille (rah-tuh-TOO-ee). And one look at the ingredients tells you it is nothing more than a summer vegetable stew, made by a cook at the mercy of ...
DONAHUE: RATINGS MUST RISE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: STEHEN BATTAGLIO Knight Ridder NEW YORK -- TV talk-show legend Phil Donahue said he knows his ratings have to turn around soon if his comeback on MSNBC is going to last. ``If we don't make noise in six months, it's going to be hard for me to tell my family ...
WAR TRIALS POSE DILEMMA FOR PRESS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: MARK JURKOWITZ The Boston Globe Being cross-examined by an alleged international war criminal can be an unnerving experience. But the British Broadcasting Corporation's Jacky Rowland said her close encounter in a courtroom at The Hague with former Yugoslav president ...
ORIGINAL `TYPHOID MARY' WAS A CAPTIVE TO PUBLIC WELFARE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: ROSIE MESTEL Los Angeles Times For 26 years last century, a woman was held captive on a small island in New York's East River. Health officials kept her there because they said she was making people sick -- a charge that the woman, Mary Mallon, viewed as ...
THE ELDERLY STILL NEED VACCINATIONS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: KORKY VANN The Hartford Courant For many seniors, doctor visits, medications and treatments are all parts of aging. But vaccinations they assume, are not. Studies show that most older Americans believe shots are kid stuff, more important for their ...
TRACING DIVORCE IS CONVOLUTED.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Q: If you were married 16 years ago for approximately three months and your spouse abandoned you, saying only that a divorce was being filed in another state where they were moving -- is there a way to find out if you are divorced or still married? I cannot locate the person to ask. I now ...
CHILD NEEDS EVALUATION OUTSIDE SCHOOL.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: T. BERRY BRAZELTON, M.D. DEAR DR. BRAZELTON: My daughter has a difficult time reading, comprehending and writing, but she's good in math. She's been tested for learning disabilities. They said she's ``borderline.'' She was put into Reading Recovery classes ...
HEALTH NOTES.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Study touts aspirin for stroke victims Aspirin ingested as long as two days after a person suffers a stroke can help reduce death and morbidity, two medical groups have concluded. The American Stroke Association and the American Academy of Neurology both endorse aspirin therapy for ...
IT WAS, LIKE, A LINGUISTIC REVELATION.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: EILS LOTOZO Knight Ridder - It can drive some parents, like, nuts. We're talking about the way the word like has become a ubiquitous locution in kids' vocabularies. But for Muffy E.A. Siegel, a Temple University linguistics professor and the mother ...
INHERITED HEALTH A NEW WORKBOOK CAN HELP SORT OUT YOUR ALL-IMPORTANT FAMILY HEALTH HISTORY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: LYRYSA SMITH STAFF WRITER You got your mother's beautiful skin, your father's long legs and your grandmother's dramatic eyes, but you may have inherited other genetic qualities from your family that you should also know about. Like heart disease, diabetes, breast or ...
READING YOUR WATERMELON.(FOOD)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: LISA STEVENS Staff writer Q: How can you tell when a watermelon is ripe? A: The watermelon rind is a good indication of ripeness, says Daniel Egel, a pest management specialist at the Southwest-Purdue Agricultural Center at Purdue University. `A watermelon ...
FISHING FORECAST.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... 1. LAKE ONTARIO -- Salmon action remains good in 75-85 feet or as shallow as 25-40 feet. Northern King spoons are working, but j-plugs and cut bait are hot items. Try from Mexico Point to the south dunes off Sandy Pond. Bass fishing is excellent. Try the Mexico Point area in 25 feet using ...
THIS FARCE IS NO COMEDY.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: FRED LeBRUN Statewide, frustration continues to dominate efforts by many New York sportsmen to buy hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for the 2002-03 season, which begins Oct. 1. Frustration that slowly is yielding, I must say, to testier feelings ....
A RARE QUEST FOR REEL KEEPERS.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: ROB STREETER I've watched the tournament bass angling phenomenon from the sidelines for several years, and now I've experienced it up close. My brother Bill, one of the two family Bassmasters, asked me to substitute for him in the league that he fishes in with ...
CALLING ALL TRAPPERS.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... An advanced trapping workshop will be held from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, in the Millbrook Cooperative Extension Building on Route 44 in Millbrook, Dutchess County. The workshop is for experienced trappers and will cover using body-gripping traps on land, ...
METS STRETCH NEW STREAK.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Mets11 Marlins3NEW YORK -- Pedro Astacio's stellar string of outings abruptly ended in August, and his ERA over his next four starts stood at 11.44. Still, Bobby Valentine had no questions about the durability of Astacio's shoulder. ``His strength work, his bullpen sessions, ...
YANKEES PULL DOWN RED SOX.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: RONALD BLUM Associated Press Yankees3 Red Sox1NEW YORK -- For the New York Yankees, September is time to refine postseason plans. For the Boston Red Sox, it's just another month of heartache, weeks spent wondering what went wrong. With another ...
PEDRO LIKELY TO MISS START.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Pedro Martinez probably will miss his a second straight start for Boston. Martinez, replaced by Frank Castillo in Tuesday night's 4-2 loss to the New York Yankees, probably will not pitch Sunday against Toronto. ...
JETS TO UNLEASH OFFENSE.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: Combined wire services HEMPSTEAD -- It won't be the latest version of Air Coryell or even an East Coast model of the Rams' high-powered offense. What the New York Jets are promising to provide this season is less conservatism and more attacking. ...
SECTION II IS SET FOR ACTION.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: DAN HOWLEY Staff writer Some of them have been working out for months. Many of them attended off-season camps to improve their skills. Their practices began officially on Aug. 19, and since then they've gone from just helmets, shorts and T-shirts to full equipment and ...
AGASSI-HEWITT CLASH OF THE AGES.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: HAL BOCK Associated Press - NEW YORK -- It had all been so easy for Andre Agassi, embarked on a straight-sets march through the U.S. Open, rarely challenged in his first four matches. And then came Max Mirnyi. Agassi, seeded No. 6, had his hands ...
GIRL DIES FOLLOWING FOOTBALL PRACTICE.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: Combined wire services CHICAGO -- Taylor Davison was a 10-year-old Girl Scout and avid horseback rider who was good at math and science -- and the only girl on her football team. - Last week, Taylor left practice in suburban Bartlett, Ill., complaining of a headache and ...
UALBANY BASKETBALL RECRUIT IS IN LIMBO.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer After only one day of classes, University at Albany guard Jimmy Moore has left campus, and it's unclear whether he'll stay in the men's basketball program. Moore, a transfer from Youngstown State who won't be eligible to play until ...
ALBANY TEAM TAKES TITLE.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... A team of Albany all-stars went undefeated in the Capital District Men's Senior Baseball League Labor Day Tournament and captured the tournament's title, edging Westchester, 9-7, in the final game on Monday. The championship, a first by an Albany team in the tournament's ...
PRO SPORTS TO HONOR 9/11 VICTIMS.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press Professional baseball, football and basketball teams plan to honor the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the one-year anniversary of the event. Major league baseball night games on Wednesday will pause at 9:11 p.m. local time for a ...
PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: LIZ ROBBINS New York Times - NEW YORK -- On Wednesday, the day before his 28th major quarterfinal, Pete Sampras rested in Manhattan, working out on an exercise machine for a quick sweat. The day before his second major quarterfinal, Andy Roddick made an ...
58 AND NO: U.S. STUNNED.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: SAM SMITH Chicago Tribune - Argentina87 U.S.80INDIANAPOLIS -- Does anyone know how to say ``Do you believe in miracles'' in Spanish? Once considered invincible, the USA basketball team composed of NBA players, the so-called ``Dream Team,'' lost 87-80 to ...
'CATS DROP CURTAIN ON FIRST RUN.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer - Spinners12 ValleyCats0TROY -- With a 12-0 loss to the Lowell Spinners on Wednesday night, the Tri-City ValleyCats finished their debut season as a failure on the field but something of a success at the box office. The ...
NOSTALGIA NOT SERVED AT OPEN.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: JOHN POWERS Boston Globe NEW YORK -- While the raindrops fell here Monday, the big screen showed her 1991 classic semifinal with Monica Seles. Jennifer Capriati didn't bother watching. ``I go way past that now,'' Capriati said. ``I don't even think about it.'' ...
A THING OF BEAUTY CAN'T LAST FOREVER.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: STEVE CAMPBELL NEW YORK -- Pedro Martinez may pitch again soon. He may not. It's that simple and that complicated, and it's just one more vital sign that does not bode well for the health of the Boston Red Sox's season. Martinez is the hothouse orchid of ...
GIANTS, 49ERS WILL GET THE PARTY STARTED.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: KEN MURRAY Baltimore Sun EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Caught up in the moment and a fit of hyperbole, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Terrell Owens heralded tonight's kickoff of the NFL's 2002 season this way: ``This is what everybody, God and country, has been ...
TWENTY-STRAIGHT A'S.(SPORTS)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: GREG BEACHAM Associated Press Athletics12 Royals11 OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Oakland Athletics set an American League record by winning their 20th straight game -- in the most improbable way -- blowing an 11-run lead before Scott Hatteberg homered in the bottom of the ...
BIRTHSCOLUMBIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 05, 2002 ... SMITH, Maurice Jaheed, son of Andrea and Maurice Smith, Hudson, July 1. BALLOU, Mercedes Margaret, daughter of Dawn Ballou, Catskill, July 2. CASIVANT, Katelyn Paige, daughter of Stephanie and Edward Casivant, Hudson, July 5. McGRIFF, Aaliyah Demetria, ...
COUNCIL VOTE ATTACKS FUSCO.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff writer During an emotionally charged meeting marked with raucous applause, the Common Council cast a vote of no confidence Wednesday in Police Chief Rick Fusco and called for him to step down. ``I hope he will take the hint,'' Second Ward ...
RULING GIVES POLICE 11.5% RAISE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: TIMOTHY WILLIAMS Associated Press NEW YORK -- A long-awaited ruling from a state arbitration panel has given police officers a raise of 11.5 percent over two years, a decision celebrated by the union but derided by Mayor Michael Bloomberg as ``a missed opportunity.'' ...
ATTACK AIMED AT LAWYERS, MAN SAYS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 05, 2002 ... NEW YORK -- A suspected former top adviser to Osama bin Laden testified Wednesday that the stabbing of a federal prison guard with a sharpened comb in 2000 came in a failed bid to attack his lawyers in a desperate try to get them off his case. Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, 44, his feet ...
STATE GRANT TO BOOST CHILD CARE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: SYLVIA WOOD Staff writer The Capital District Child Care Coordinating Council received a $674,150 state grant on Wednesday that will be used, in part, to help educate and train area child care providers. The money was part of a $13.2 million award distributed ...
ASSEMBLY HOPEFULS DISCUSS ROOTS, TAXES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 05, 2002 ... In their debate Wednesday night, State Assemblyman Roy J. McDonald and Easton Supervisor Daniel B. Shaw lived up to the adage that all politics is local as they attacked downstate liberal Democrats and reminded the audience of their Washington County roots. The two Republicans ...
WOMAN CONVICTED OF STEALING PRESENTS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 05, 2002 ... ALBANY -- A jury convicted a woman on Wednesday of stealing Christmas gifts from a church on Quail Street. Juanita Branch, 40, of First Street, faces up to 2 to 7 years in prison for her conviction on charges of third-degree burglary and petit larceny. Branch ...
TEEN TO DO TIME FOR FATAL CRASH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer A teenage girl took responsibility Wednesday for a drunken driving accident that left two of her friends dead, and now faces a prison term when she is sentenced next month, Washington County District Attorney Robert Winn said. ...
JOHANS TO LEAD FAMILY AGENCY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 05, 2002 ... SCHENECTADY -- James Johans has been appointed executive director of the Northeast Parent and Child Society. A former president and chief executive officer of Action Youth Care in Ripley, W. Va., Johans helped found Citizens Against Sex Abuse in Lewisburg, W. Va. He ...
COPS CHARGE SUSPECT IN 2 STORE BREAK-INS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Sep 05, 2002 ... Byline: CAROL DeMARE Staff writer Albany A city man was in jail on Wednesday, charged with smashing the front door of a Radio Shack store to steal DVD players twice over the past week. Levi Malloy, 41, of Livingston Avenue, was arrested by Officer Joseph Harrigan of ...