Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from October 2002:
PLUG POWER SHIPS BACKUP FUEL CELLS.(BUSINESS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: KENNETH AARON Business writer Plug Power Inc. has shipped its first fuel cells for use as backup generators, company officials said on Monday. The Long Island Power Authority bought three of the 5 kilowatt, hydrogen-powered units, which will be installed at ...
TRUSTCO SEEKS OK ON MERGER.(BUSINESS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: KENNETH AARON Business writer Glenville TrustCo Bank Corp NY is seeking permission from federal regulators to merge its savings and commercial banks. Bank spokesman Bob Leonard said it would make growth plans proceed more smoothly. As it stands, ...
DOW FALLS AMID HIGH ANXIETY.(BUSINESS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: AMY BALDWIN Associated Press NEW YORK -- Disappointed by news of frail consumer spending, investors sold stocks sharply lower again Monday, pulling the Dow Jones industrials down by triple digits for the second straight session. The downturn capped another ...
AGWAY PLANS CHAPTER 11 FILING.(BUSINESS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: Bloomberg News SYRACUSE -- Agway Inc., a farmers cooperative in the northeastern U.S., said it will file today for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because it is unable to meet debts in the face of slumping sales and mounting losses. The privately held ...
SPITZER SUES FIVE OVER IPO PROFITS.(BUSINESS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press ALBANY -- The New York attorney general sued five former and current top telecommunications executives Monday for allegedly taking millions in profits from initial public offerings of stock without disclosing potential conflicts of ...
LAW FIRM WILL APPEAL MALPRACTICE JUDGMENT.(BUSINESS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: JEREMY BOYER Business writer O'Connell & Aronowitz PC, a prominent Albany law firm, will appeal a court decision that awarded $3.7 million for attorney malpractice to the owners of a former hotel on Washington Avenue. Jagadish and Pushpa Garg convinced a ...
HOUSE CLOSINGS DOWN 10% IN REGION.(BUSINESS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: JEREMY BOYER Business writer Sales of Capital Region homes declined 10 percent in August, the fourth straight monthly drop, according to a report released Monday by the Greater Capital Association of Realtors Inc. The numbers could be a sign that a five-year ...
MUSIC PRICE-FIXING SUIT SETTLED.(BUSINESS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: Bloomberg News with staff reports PORTLAND, Maine -- Trans World Entertainment Corp. will pay part of a $143 million settlement of a compact disc price-fixing complaint brought by at least 40 states. The Albany-based chain of music and video stores joined ...
UALBANY, SEMATECH EXTEND NEGOTIATIONS.(BUSINESS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... ALBANY -- Negotiations to put International Sematech's new research center at the University at Albany have been extended another four weeks. ``There are a lot of complex technical issues that we are sorting through -- which is common,'' said Alain Kaloyeros, dean of UAlbany's ...
BANKRUPTCIES APPROACH RECORD FOR 1ST 9 MONTHS.(BUSINESS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: JEREMY BOYER Business writer Petitions filed through the end of September in the federal bankruptcy court serving the Capital Region reached their highest level since the record year of 1998. U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Albany received 6,276 petitions through ...
BEST BETS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Oct 01, 2002 ... It's season-premiere night for Amy Brenneman, below, and the rest of the cast of ``Judging Amy'' (10 p.m., WRGB Ch. 6), as well as ``According to Jim'' (8:30 p.m., WTEN Ch. 10) -- which is another way of saying that the heaviest opening salvos in the fall-season ratings war have already ...
HOLLYWOOD TAKES NOTICE OF GROWNUPS IN AUDIENCE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: LORENZA MUNOZ Los Angeles Times Many Americans appear to be fed up with Hollywood's obsession with youth and grosses. This summer, audiences seemed to tire of blockbusters, with such highly hyped movies as ``XXX'' and ``Men in Black II'' opening big and dropping ...
HOUSTON, YOUR COMEBACK CD HAS A PROBLEM.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: STEVE JONES and KEN BARNES USA Today Record labels plan the return of a musical superstar after a four-year absence like a military campaign, with a kickoff song establishing a strong beachhead in the public mind. But Whitney Houston's first salvo appears to have ...
PRINZE ON 200TH `FRIENDS'.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: Zap2it LOS ANGELES -- ``Scooby- Doo'' star Freddie Prinze Jr. will be guest starring on a milestone episode of ``Friends.'' On the series' 200th show, titled ``The One with the Male Nanny,'' Prinze plays an incredibly sensitive male nanny hired to care for ...
TV THEME SONGS MAKE A COMEBACK.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: RICHARD HUFF Knight Ridder Television theme songs -- both originals and recycled classics -- are back in a major way this season. After several waning years, networks are finding that a familiar tune can help separate a series from the pack when dozens of ...
MCLOUGHLIN TO RETURN TO WORK.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Oct 01, 2002 ... WTEN Ch. 10 managing editor/reporter John McLoughlin, off the air since mid-July after suffering a mild heart attack, is slated to return Monday. The 59-year-old had been hospitalized twice since the July 19 heart attack, including a stay ...
SHOCK WAVE STUDY FOR HEEL PAIN IS DISAPPOINTING.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: KAREN S. PETERSON USA Today A new type of therapy for heel pain, or plantar fasciitis, might not be all it has been cracked up to be. And that could be disappointing news for the 2 million Americans who suffer from it. Shock wave therapy, which sends sound ...
HIKERS LEAVE THOUGHTS ON THE TRAIL.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Oct 01, 2002 ... From the Northville-Placid Trail lean-to trail logs: Moose Pond lean-to (hiking from south to north, the last lean-to before exiting the 133-mile-long trail): ``Now's the time our trails divide For a while we walked side by side You go your way, I'll ...
REEVE WEB SITE A CLEARINGHOUSE ON SPINAL-CORD INJURY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: SUSAN COBURN The Stamford Advocate It has been heartwarming and thrilling to hear the recent health news about actor Christopher Reeve. Injured since May 1995, Reeve has, in addition to other advances, regained modest movement in his right wrist, feet and fingers of his ...
HEALTH CALENDAR.(LIFE & LEISURE)(Calendar)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Childhood Speech and Language Screenings. 4 to 5:30 p.m. today, and noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, The Rehabilitation Centers at Glens Falls Hospital, Third Floor of the Pruyn Pavilion, Glens Falls Hospital, 102 Park St., Glens Falls. Free screenings are for children 3 to 5. For an ...
THREESOME ADDS A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Oct 01, 2002 ... DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I have made friends this past year with another couple in our area, and though it takes me awhile to warm up to new people, these folks had seemed close. Then, suddenly (to us), our-friends-the-other-couple became the-other-couple-plus-one -- ...
SPIRIT WORLD WILDERNESS SOUJOURN IS A SOURCE OF RENEWAL.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: FRED LeBRUN STAFF WRITER As we gradually descended from the Cold River valley and meandered toward Long Lake 10 miles away, the going on the Northville-Placid Trail became easier. The tight tangle of spruces and balsam that had pushed against the trail at ...
FROM BUDDING FILMMAKER TO EXECUTIVE TV PRODUCER.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: MARK McGUIRE Staff writer Some moms prop up their sons, others make props for them. June Kline, for example, used to retreat to her Guilderland kitchen to cook up some scars for her little boy, Jeff. He was a comic-book collector, a horror-film fan and a ...
PUJOLS, MCRAE GET SACKED.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: Combined wire services Two major league managers got fired Monday. Luis Pujols was dismissed by the Detroit Tigers after their worst season in six years, and Hal McRae was let go by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, one day after the team finished a miserable 55-106 season. ...
NEWS GETS WORSE FOR RAMS.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: Combined wire services ST. LOUIS -- Kurt Warner will be sidelined 8-10 weeks with a broken pinkie on his throwing hand, the latest blow for the winless St. Louis Rams. The two-time MVP was injured in the first quarter of Sunday's 13-10 loss to the Dallas ...
HAKEEM CONSIDERS RETIRING.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: Combined wire services TORONTO -- Hakeem Olajuwon's NBA career appears to be over. - Olajuwon has a serious back injury, and the Toronto Raptors are awaiting a decision on whether he will retire. Toronto general manager Glen Grunwald said Monday he doesn't foresee ...
JORDAN NOT READY TO BE BACKUP.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Michael Jordan isn't ready to give up his spot in the starting lineup just yet. Jordan said Monday he'll keep an ``open mind'' about the possibility of playing this season as a backup for the Washington Wizards, but he would ...
SHEN, DESIMONE GET A SECOND CHANCE BY ALAN HART STAFF WRITER.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Life doesn't often offer you a second chance. Shenendehowa High's Michael DeSimone not only got one of life's rare second opportunities Monday afternoon, but he took advantage of it. The sophomore striker, who less than a minute earlier had missed ...
THE DRIVE FOR FIVE YANKEES HAVE DONE NEARLY AS WELL AT AVOIDING CONTROVERSY AS THEY HAVE AT SNAPPING UP WORLD SERIES BERTHS IN HTE PAST FOUR SEASONS.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: STEVE CAMPBELL NEW YORK -- It's just not true that anything can happen in a major-league playoff series. As long as Joe Torre is managing the New York Yankees, there will be no outbreak of foot-in-mouth disease during the postseason. Roger Clemens may throw ...
RATS SEEK FRESH OUTLOOK.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: MATT GRAVES Staff writer DELMAR -- Ray Giroux was busy playing for the Calder Cup last spring while many members of the Albany River Rats were already into the fifth or sixth rounds at their local golf course. Now the New Jersey Devils organization is hoping ...
WITH TOP SCORERS GONE, RPI EYES NEW IDENTITY.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: MATT GRAVES Staff writer TROY -- The RPI hockey team knew it was losing captain Matt Murley and seven other players at the end of last season. But when junior Marc Cavosie decided to pass up his senior year to sign a pro contract, the mountain became a bit steeper for ...
SHAKER BOYS MAKING BIG KICKS IN LEAGUE.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: ALAN HART Staff writer Last year, Shaker High boys' soccer coach Bill Bogue petitioned to try to get his Blue Bison admitted into the Section II Class A tournament despite a Suburban Council record of just 5-7-2. Ordinarily, only teams with records of .500 or ...
WOEFUL JETS JETTISON VINNY.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: KIT STIER Westchester Journal News HEMPSTEAD -- It was mounting desperation and failed expectations that brought the Vinny Testaverde era as quarterback of the New York Jets to an end. Testaverde, the two-time Pro Bowl quarterback who in 1998 nearly led the ...
BIRTHSBELLEVUE HOSPITAL NISKAYUNA.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... POMPILIO, Dominic James, son of Wendy S. and James D. Pompilio, Clifton Park, 6 lbs. 11 oz., July 18. BATTAGLIA, Nathen Riley, son of Sarah E. Pelaez and William J. Battaglia, Rotterdam, 6 lbs. 14 oz., July 18. GRECO, Abigael Grace, daughter of Amanda and Michael ...
CAMPAIGN BRIEFING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Highlights from the campaign trail Monday in the race for governor. McCall camp grapples with letters controversy The fallout continued from last week's revelations that Democratic gubernatorial hopeful H. Carl McCall wrote two letters seeking jobs for family members on official ...
MAN GETS PRISON FOR DRUG SALE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer A Waterford man, who police said was part of a drug ring that operated out of mortgage company offices, was sentenced in Saratoga County Court on Monday to three to nine years in prison for selling cocaine to undercover investigators, a ...
POLICE INTERRUPT 3 BURGLARIES IN 1 DAY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: BRUCE A. SCRUTON Staff writer Police interrupted three burglaries Sunday, arresting suspects in two cases, but losing out in the third when two officers were nearly run over by the possible getaway car. That case occurred Sunday night as officers Andrew ...
PREVIOUS CASE CITED AGAINST NURSE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: DANIELLE T. FURFARO Staff writer A former nursing supervisor at the Glendale Nursing Home, who is facing neglect charges for allegedly ignoring an elderly resident who was suffering a cerebral hemorrhage, was previously cited in a similar incident by the state Health ...
HEARING TODAY ON PARKING LOT PLAN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: DANIELLE T. FURFARO Staff writer For months, residents of Bradley and McClellan streets have made passionate pleas to council members asking for help in stopping St. Clare's Hospital from tearing down a group of houses to build a parking lot next to their homes. ...
CANDIDATE REGAINS SLOT ON SCHOOL BALLOT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... City school board candidate Sue Kushner is back on the ballot for November. ``I'm very pleased. I feel vindicated,'' Kushner said Monday after learning that Supreme Court Justice Edward Sheridan ruled that she didn't need an acceptance letter to be on the ballot. ...
FUGITIVES ARRESTED AT MOTEL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: CAROL DeMARE Staff writer Two area men, one wanted for allegedly selling cocaine and the other accused of trying to run down U.S. marshals in Buffalo, were arrested Monday morning at a Colonie motel after a spree that took them through several states. The ...
FIVE NURSES AT JAIL FIRED AFTER EFFORTS TO UNIONIZE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: CATHY WOODRUFF Staff writer The new company hired to provide health care at the Albany County jail has fired five nurses involved in efforts to unionize the staff. Ken Fields, spokesman for St. Louis-based Correctional Medical Services, said the company took ...
ROUNDTABLE SET FOR 23RD SEASON.(CAPITAL REGION)(Discussion)
Oct 01, 2002 ... ALBANY -- The Albany Roundtable will begin its 23rd season of luncheons next week. The once-a-month sessions provide an opportunity to discuss current issues with local leaders in an informal setting. The first one, on Oct. 9, will feature Chris Brunner, news director of Capital ...
BUSY CASALE READY TO DEBATE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Republican Assemblyman Pat Casale is ready to debate his Democratic opponent, Tracey Brooks, if only he can fit it into a schedule packed with visits throughout new territory in his redrawn 108th Assembly District, his campaign manager insists. ``He wants to debate her as much as he can,'' ...
FOUR ACCUSED OF BEATING 15-YEAR-OLD IN HIS HOME.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... KNOX -- Three 18-year-olds and a juvenile face felony charges after allegedly breaking into the home of a 15-year-old and beating him up, Albany County sheriff's officials said. Michael A. Snyder, Roger M. Chrysler and Wesley Grippin, all 18 and all of Berne, were arrested late ...
MANHATTAN DRIVERS FACE NEW RESTRICTION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a plan Monday that will bar drivers from making turns onto 10 busy crosstown streets. Bloomberg's ``express street'' pilot program means drivers on five pairs of streets, from ...
BACKING MCCALL CAUSES A BATTLE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: ELIZABETH BENJAMIN Capitol bureau A decision over the weekend by the 40,000-member Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club to endorse Democratic gubernatorial hopeful H. Carl McCall has caused dissension among members who say Gov. George Pataki's environmental record is ...
FAMILIES DEMAND DATA ON WTC FALL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: TIMOTHY WILLIAMS Associated Press NEW YORK -- Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., and families of victims of the 2001 World Trade Center attack on Monday demanded the release of an immense body of documentary evidence about the collapse of the twin towers. The ...
GOVERNOR SIGNS LABOR NEUTRALITY BILL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: JAMES M. ODATO Capitol bureau Flanked by some of New York's most influential labor leaders, Gov. George Pataki signed into law a measure that prohibits the use of state funds to influence union organizing drives. Representatives of businesses and hospitals ...
AFTER AFFAIR, WOMAN SUES WEIGHT WATCHERS OFFICIAL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... NEW YORK -- A Manhattan woman sued the board chairman of Weight Watchers for $5 million on Monday, claiming that after he ended their nine-year sexual affair he reneged on promises to pay her for her business advice. Adrienne Papp, 37, says in court papers that Raymond Debbane, ...
STATE PROBES SITE FOR PCBS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: DINA CAPPIELLO Staff writer A former asphalt company that workers say collected waste PCB oil from tanks at the General Electric Co.'s Fort Edward capacitor plant is under investigation by the state as a potential hazardous waste, or Superfund, site. The ...
COLONIE RESIDENTS FACE RISE IN TAXES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: CATHY WOODRUFF Staff writer Town residents would see their first property tax increase in 11 years next year under a $66.8 million budget being proposed today by Colonie Supervisor Mary Brizzell. During a preview of the budget Monday, Brizzell and town ...
ZONING RULES FOR ADULT BUSINESSES GOING TO COURT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... The future of adult entertainment in the city of Albany hinges on a legal battle launched by a woman whose Central Avenue strip club was shut down by city officials earlier this year. Linda Derusso contends that the city violated her constitutional right to free speech ....
A WEAPON OF WAR BECOMES A TOOL OF LEARNING.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: PAUL GRONDAHL Staff writer As the nation braces for a possible military strike against Saddam Hussein, a group of Hudson Valley Community College students is building working scale models of the Abrams Main Battle Tank that routed Iraqi forces in the Gulf War a decade ...
PHYSICIAN, FAMILY EVACUATED SAFELY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: DENNIS YUSKO Staff writer A physician from Queensbury, his wife and five children were successfully evacuated from an Ivory Coast hospital Sunday night by French and American troops. Dr. Stephen Merry, 41, and his family landed safely in a hotel in Ghana ...
CHILD PEDESTRIAN DEATHS DROP.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The rate at which children were hit and killed in traffic was cut almost in half during the 1990s as fewer kids walked to school and improvements in traffic safety prevented deaths, according to a report to be released today. ...
LONG-SUFFERING KASHMIRIS DESERVE PEACE.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: RACHEL S. TAYLOR and SIMI MIR As Kashmiris go to the polls, violence in the world's most dangerous nuclear flashpoint is raging. When the election cycle that concludes next week began in early August, one of us, a journalist covering the area, started sending ...
A, YES, RISKY SCHEME FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BY ROBERT M. BALL.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Older working people thinking about retirement can be thankful that President Bush's plan to substitute private savings accounts for part of Social Security isn't already in effect. The stock market's gyrations would create enormous problems for anyone trying to retire and convert a ...
EXECUTIVES NEED TO FEEL THE PAIN, TOO.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: SAUNDRA SMOKES Of the tens of thousands of people who were laid off this month from companies around the nation, I bet none of them received a send-off like Mark Swartz, the former chief financial officer at Tyco International. Swartz, who resigned from ...
BUSH USES FLEXIBILITY TO CURTAIL CIVIL SERVICES.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: HERBERT M. ENGEL Albany Certain words and terms become shorthand indicators of what politicians, TV pundits and op-ed writers produce as they deliver ``messages'' intended to attract attention and support. At the same time, they may obfuscate the honest and accurate ...
WHY SHOULD WE TOLERATE BOISTEROUS STUDENTS?(MAIN)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: STEPHANE SCHWARTZ Albany I am a teacher who has worked for years at the Parkview Apartments on Hudson Avenue, teaching different courses to the senior citizens living there. So it disturbs me no end to read in your paper about the callous disregard for the law ...
SPITTING LAW AN EXCUSE TO TARGET MEN OF COLOR.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: MERCEDES LIPSCOMB Albany I had the opportunity to read Valerie Surette's Sept. 22 letter, ``Communities should act to stop spitters.'' Apparently Ms. Surette has missed the point made by Jessica Ashley, a past president of the Troy NAACP. Troy's spitting ban ...
BECKER MEMORIAL SHOULD BE BETTER CARED FOR.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: SELMA MASLAN-BROADHURST Albany Ben Becker was one of the most prolific youth rehabilitators and defenders in Albany. He also was one of Albany's greater and better known sportsmen, training some of the United States of America's champion boxers. ...
THERE ARE BETTER USES FOR GOLISANO'S MILLIONS.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: HELGA HARTMAN Albany What is a guy, who has amassed multimillions, to do when he is bored? Go into politics. Throw some pocket millions and empty promises around and see if the bait can secure the top seat in New York state and get his name in ...
ANGLICAN-CATHOLICS MAY PROVIDE INSIGHT.(MAIN)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Byline: JOHN SICKLES Ravena Christopher Ringwald's op-ed article, ``Gospels provide the answers,'' is an accurate and persuasive argument in favor of the necessary exercise of power by the church laity, as he puts it, ``to participate and make decisions, rather than just giving ...