Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from December 2002:
MAGNETIC POLE REMAINS AN ATTRACTION.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: ALEXANDRA WITZE Dallas Morning News Even though James Clark Ross found the north magnetic pole in 1831, scientists are still looking for it. Like a wayward albatross, the pole is zipping north by northwest across the Canadian Arctic. A new survey shows that ...
CORNY, BUT ECO-FRIENDLY: URBAN SILO MAKES A POINT.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: SUSAN LEVINE The Washington Post WASHINGTON -- Some cities trumpet their skyscrapers. Others, their coliseums and ballparks. But few cities have ever flaunted a grain silo, likely because few have ever considered the edifice something to brag about. Until ...
EH? YOU SAID YOU'RE STUDYING WHAT?(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: DANIEL Q. HANEY Associated Press BEAVER DAM, Wis. -- Naturally, the last thing older folks in Beaver Dam want to hear is that they are going deaf. So 3,753 of them have agreed to regular testing and probing to help people everywhere learn some simple and unexpected ...
FIREBOMBED AND FLOODED, GERMAN CITY WON'T GIVE IN.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: PETER FINN The Washington Post DRESDEN, Germany -- The 25,000 tons of river mud have been shoveled from the cobblestone streets of this baroque city. The 65,000 tons of trash have been carted away from deluged businesses, schools and homes. Across the city, the hum of ...
POST-WAR HISTORY HAUNTS THE CZECHS.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: KEITH B. RICHBURG The Washington Post KRAVARE, Czech Republic -- Horst Kostritza was 15 at the end of World War II, and he remembers well the retribution meted out by the newly liberated Czechs against local ethnic Germans like him who were caught on the wrong side of ...
WATER TRAVEL OPENS FLOODGATES TO AFRICAN TRAGEDIES.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: EDWARD HARRIS Associated Press ON THE GAMBIA RIVER, Gambia -- Its front wheels on the ferry and rear tires spinning uselessly on the muddy riverbank, a logging truck struggles to drive on board. Frantic passengers rush forward on the already laden boat as it bucks ...
EGYPT CLIMBS THE PYRAMID OF HIGH-TECH.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: ELISE ACKERMAN and JOSHUA L. KWAN Knight Ridder Newspapers ALEXANDRIA, Egypt -- The new library of Alexandria features recently unearthed antiquities, priceless Middle Eastern manuscripts and rare maps. But the highlight of Egypt's modern-day revival of the legendary ...
NOW THIS WALL IS FLOODED WITH ART.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: KATE ROBERTS Associated Press PORTSMOUTH, Ohio -- A wall built after a devastating flood has become an artistic jewel in an Ohio River town that otherwise is like so many others, with empty storefronts and memories of more prosperous times. The ...
A VICTIM NOW SITS IN JUDGMENT.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: MELANIE COFFEE Associated Press CHICAGO -- Michael Bland said he was molested by a Roman Catholic priest as a child, but his love for the church remained and he later became a clergyman. He joined a religious order and served for seven years until he told ...
BIG YACHTS SEE MONACO AS NOT DICEY AT ALL.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: JOSEPH COLEMAN Associated Press MONACO -- Monaco had a headache only a princedom could gripe about: its postcard-perfect harbor was too small to host huge yachts and cruise liners. So the wealthy Riviera enclave came up with a princely solution -- a $328 ...
HIGH-FLYING ENTREES FEATHER THAI NESTS.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: UAMDAO NOIKORN Associated Press PAK PANANG, Thailand -- The real estate market may be slumping elsewhere in Thailand, but it's flying high in this small, sleepy town -- thanks to the birds. Enterprising residents are building ``bird condos'' and converting ...
LETTERS FROM HER EVERYDAY LIFE.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: THOMAS J. SHEERAN Associated Press CLEVELAND -- The letters tell a trans-Atlantic love story of a Czech woman facing a new life in the United States and her family in the Old World. The package turned up at a house sale -- 110 letters written from ...
NATION'S SAD CHAPTER IN THE HOLOCAUST.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: ANTHONY DEUTSCH Associated Press AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Dutch bounty hunters in the pay of the Nazis captured thousands of Dutch men, women and children during World War II and sent them to their deaths in concentration camps, a new book says. ``A Price on ...
WHERE BRIBING OF OFFICIALS IS THE MOST UNDERHANDED.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: JULIE CHAO Cox News Service BEIJING -- Bribery in China used to be so simple. Give an official a carton of cigarettes, an expensive watch or a stack of cash, and get your contract signed or permission to have a second child or whatever request might be at hand. ...
THE NARROW TUNNEL INTO BRITAIN.(MAIN)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: ANDREA GERLIN Knight Ridder Newspapers CALAIS, France -- Outside the Red Cross camp near here that serves as a staging post for desperate migrants trying to sneak into Britain, the no-vacancy sign has been posted in big, red letters and several languages for three weeks ....
BANKRUPTCIES.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Name: William C. Utter Jr. and Teresa A. Utter, dba Eagle Mills Masonry Address: 125 Squire Road, Broadalbin 12025 Total assets: $56,680 Total liabilities: $59,946.21 3 largest creditors: City National Bank, Gloversville -- ...
INCORPORATIONS.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... The following companies in the Capital Region have filed corporate registration papers with the state Department of State: Attune Group Inc., 226 Third St., No. 3, Troy 12180 Superline Trucking Services Inc., 750 Watervliet Shaker Road, Latham 12110-3513 The Perfect Gift ...
ON THE MOVE.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... EDUCATION Sylvan Learning Center Robert Falle was named program coordinator at the Schenectady branch of the provider of personalized instructional services. Previously, he was technical assistant and learning disabilities specialist at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy. Capital ...
CONSUMERS BENEFIT IN BURGER CHAIN WAR.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: ELAINE WALKER Knight Ridder MIAMI -- It's a good time to be hungry for burgers and french fries. The nation's largest fast-food burger chains are duking it out in a price war, and the only one winning is the consumer. Hoping to boost declining ...
WALL STREET'S STARS JOIN JOBLESS.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: MATTHEW MOGUL Associated Press NEW YORK -- Wall Street cost cuts have found their way to the cushy corner offices where even star strategists are finding themselves expendable. As long as business remains bad, more high-profile layoffs should be expected, ...
SEARS SEES FUTURE IN MAKEOVER.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: DAVE CARPENTER Associated Press CHICAGO -- Donna Lucy strolled past a colorful display of Lands' End sweaters just inside Sears' main entrance and surveyed the other changes at a retail chain where she has shopped for years. ``It's brighter, it's more wide ...
SPACES.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... WHO: Anne McMahon, 52, co-owner with husband, Joseph WHERE: McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds LLC, 180 Fitch Road, Saratoga Springs ACCOUTERMENTS: McMahon and her husband, who have had a lifelong passion for horses, converted a farm dating from the 1800s into a ...
AT&T RETURNS TO CORE BUSINESS.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: PETER J. HOWE Boston Globe With its four-year foray into cable television officially ended, AT&T Corp. is heading into what many analysts are calling the most challenging phase of its 125-year history: succeeding once again as a ``plain old telephone'' company in a ...
STEP BACK CAN LEAD TO RISE IN CAREER.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: HARVEY MACKAY Assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had a knack for constantly sizing up the ``script'' of his life. Adversity perked up his ears. During King Farouk's regime, young Sadat was locked up in solitary confinement. Stephen Covey wrote that ...
LEAD CLUBS ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS TIGHTLY FOCUSED MEETINGS ARE KEY TO SUCCESS FOR ASSOCIATIONS DEVOTED TO NETWORKING.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: JEAN DerGURAHIAN Special to the Times Union At 7 a.m. on a recent Thursday, while much of the working world is at home reaching for a first cup of coffee, 20 businesspeople have gathered at Castelo's restaurant in Schenectady, chattering excitedly and nibbling fruit and ...
ADIRONDACK SUMMERS, NUCLEAR WINTERS.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... You can't put a price on Cold War charm, though an anonymous couple have made a hefty $2.1 million offer. That was the winning bid on the defunct Atlas F missile silo turned luxury -- and ultrasecure -- living accommodations in the town of Saranac. No deed or other ...
PROGRAM TO SHOW HISTORY OF REGION'S MASS TRANSIT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 2002 ... ALBANY -- Local historian Anthony Opalka will be among the speakers discussing ``Trolleys, Highways and Aviation: The Emergence of our Modern World'' from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 10 at Albany International Airport's third-floor observation deck. Opalka will talk about Albany's ...
REDISTRICTING OPPONENTS PIN HOPES ON COURT DECISION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: JOEL STASHENKO Associated Press ALBANY -- Although one election already has been run on the district lines, opponents of the 2002 legislative redistricting plan say they still hope a court will invalidate the district boundaries for the state Senate. The plan ...
UNION OKS PACT TO END LAB STRIKE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Maintenance workers at a highly sensitive government laboratory on Plum Island ratified a contract Saturday, ending a 4-month-old strike, union officials said. The 76 workers are expected to go back to work sometime this week, ...
THREE MEN CHARGED IN ROBBERY, BEATINGS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: CAROL DeMARE Staff writer Three men were charged Saturday with forcing their way into an Orange Street home earlier in the morning, beating the residents and demanding money. They banged on the door and when a resident answered, they pushed their way in and ...
MARCHING OFFERS NEW VIEW OF PARADE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: MARV CERMAK For 32 consecutive years I covered the Downtown Schenectady Christmas Parade from the reviewing stand or elsewhere on the sidelines, but last Friday I decided to join the marchers. While standing along the parade route in past years, the event ...
AUTOPSY RESULTS WITHHELD IN DEATH.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 2002 ... TROY -- City police on Saturday were not releasing the results of an autopsy on the body of a man found Thanksgiving Day in the Postenkill Gorge. The cause of death could be made known in the next couple days, Assistant Chief Nicholas Kaiser said Saturday. Police ...
SHOOTING SURVIVOR CHARGED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: CAROL DeMARE Staff writer A man who narrowly escaped death last month when a bicyclist shot and killed a woman passenger in his car was charged Saturday with beating the mother of one of his children, police said. Haneef Washington, 22, of Albany was sent to ...
SEE SPOT SIT? IN THIS SPORT, IT'S MORE LIKELY SHE'LL SOAR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: ANNE MILLER Staff writer With a woof and a treat, they were off. About a dozen well-trained canines leapt over tall bars, scaled seesaws and clambered through tunnels to celebrate the opening of the Capital Region's first year-round dog agility training ...
DON'T BET THE RANCH ON A WEB SALARY TRANSLATOR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: STEPHANIE EARLS Staff writer If a planned move to greener pastures has you combing the Internet for dirt on your new digs, here's some free advice: Web surfer, beware. Crunching the numbers on virtual calculators -- Internet sites that promise quick answers on your ...
STUDENTS AND THEIR BABIES ARE WELCOME PROGRAM PROVIDES CHILD CARE AT SCHOOLS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: CLAIRE HUGHES Staff writer - Between classes at Ballston Spa High School, 17-year-old Carrie Keefe cuddles her 12-week-old son, Michael. The teenager said she can't imagine what she would do without the child care center at the school. She'd be hard-pressed to ...
BRAWLS GO FROM SCHOOLS TO COURT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: ANDREW TILGHMAN Staff writer It wasn't the first time 13-year-old William Conrad had trouble with some of the kids at Ravena Middle School. But one day last December, as he was leaving an after-school program, he got it worse than ever. Several boys jumped ...
WHEEZING AND GAGGING THANKS TO W.(CAPITAL REGION)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: FRED LeBRUN Since New York is directly downwind, pardon us while we gag over the Bush administration's systematic dismantling of clean air standards. As we hose down the acid rain and duck for cover. Sen. Chuck Schumer's reaction to the ...
SHENENDEHOWA PLAINSMEN (12-0) VS. WEBSTER SCHROEDER WARRIORS (12-0) GAME FACTS WHAT:.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Class AA state public-schools championship game. When: 3 p.m. today. Where: Carrier Dome in Syracuse. NYS Thruway west to Exit 36. The take I-81 southbound to Exit 18. Follow exit ramp under I-81 to Almond Street, and follow signs to Carrier Dome parking. TV: Time Warner Cable (Ch. 2 in ...
CASTING PROGRAM GOOD THERAPY.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: ROB STREETER Those of us who spend a lot of time in the outdoors know very well the value of some time outside. Nature has a way of healing our woes, whether it simply be getting away from the rigors of a job or daily stresses. Fly-fishing is one such escape ....
SCHENECTADY WINS TIP-OFF TOURNEY.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Raquel Collier scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as Schenectady won the Scotia-Glenville Tip-Off Tournament with a 62-28 victory over the host school Saturday night in girls' basketball. Kati Singsheim led Scotia (1-1) with four points and nine rebounds. Saratoga 45, ...
GUILDERLAND BESTS NISKAYUNA.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Jon Cianetta scored 17 points to lead Guilderland to the championship in the Niskayuna Tournament with a 60-49 victory Saturday over the host school. Matt Anderson added 11 points for Guilderland. Craig Zuspann was named the tournament Most Valuable Player. Ballston Spa 64, B ....
RATS SEE VALUE IN LOSS.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: MATT GRAVES Staff writer Americans2 River Rats1 ALBANY -- Nobody in the American Hockey League can be happier to see November come to an end than the Albany River Rats. Despite outplaying and outshooting Rochester in Saturday night's final game of the month, ...
NFL INJURY REPORT TODAY.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... ARIZONA CARDINALS (4-7) AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (5-6) -- Arizona Cardinals: OUT: DE Tom Burke (knee); T John Fina (ankle); LB Rob Fredrickson (neck). DOUBTFUL: C Mike Gruttadauria (knee). QUESTIONABLE: CB Duane Starks (ankle/leg). PROBABLE: DT Marcus Bell (shoulder); CB Renaldo Hill (groin); ...
DUAL SENSE OF URGENCY.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: TOM CANAVAN Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The Tennessee Titans and New York Giants probably understand each other as well as any two teams heading into the final month of the NFL season. After being written off early, both teams went on winning ...
ANDREWS AN AIR FORCE.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: TIM WILKIN Staff writer ALBANY -- It was almost as if the Northern Iowa basketball team was daring Siena's Austin Andrews to shoot. The Panthers left the 6-foot-9 Siena forward alone out on the perimeter during the first half of Saturday's game at Pepsi Arena. ...
LOTS OF WINNERS AT SKINS.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press INDIO, Calif. -- Tiger Woods won more skins. Phil Mickelson won more money. And when the first day of the Skins Game was finally over Saturday, everybody won something. Mickelson made his debut in the event by hitting into the bushes three ...
ENGINEERS STALLED IN LOSS AT HARVARD.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press Harvard3 RPI1 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Brett Nowak scored a goal and had an assist Saturday night as Harvard defeated RPI 3-1. It was the Crimson's seventh straight win on home ice, dating to last season. Harvard (7-3-0, 7-2-0 ECAC) ...
GILLIES LIFTS UNION TO WIN ON THE ROAD.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press Union4 Brown1 PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Nathan Gillies scored two short-handed goals and Marc Neron also scored twice Saturday night to lift Union to a 4-1 victory over Brown. - Neron scored his first just 57 seconds into the game, and Gillies got his ...
IMMORTALITY IS ONLY A BALLOT AWAY.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- Eddie Murray, Lee Smith, Ryne Sandberg and Fernando Valenzuela are among 17 players on baseball's Hall of Fame ballot for the first time this year. Darryl Kile, who died this summer, is also on the ballot released Saturday by the Baseball ...
FORMER BILLS LB KILLED.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: Combined wire services LINDENWOLD, N.J. -- Damien Covington, a former Buffalo Bills linebacker, was shot to death by robbers Friday night during a party at an apartment. Covington tried to fight off at least two attackers before being shot several times, Bill ...
BLOOD, MCTAGUE STILL RUNNING.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Saratoga's Nicole Blood and Niskayuna's Caitlin McTague each qualified to compete in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships with strong performances in the Northeast Regional at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx on Saturday. Blood finished second with a time of 17 minutes, 48 ...
YOUTH HAS SIENA ON THE MOVE.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: TIM WILKIN Staff writer Siena69 No. Iowa58 ALBANY -- Michael Haddix, the 6-foot-7 forward, was marvelous. Paul Williams, the 6-9 center, was steady, and so was Antoine Jordan, the 6-5 swingman. The Siena College men's basketball team has played ...
DANES IN A PURPLE DAZE.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: ERIC HANSEN Special to the Times Union Notre Dame90 UAlbany55SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Before Crohn's Disease began to eat away at University at Albany coach Will Brown's playing career, recruiting letters from Notre Dame fueled his wildest dreams. Saturday, ...
PREPPING PLAINSMEN COACH TRIES TO KEEP SHEN ON EVEN KEEL FOR STATE FINAL.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: DAN HOWLEY Staff writer The Shenendehowa Plainsmen usually take 50 minutes to warm up before a football game, but they'll only get 25 minutes today at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. So, on a snow-covered field at Shen on Saturday morning, they were rehearsing ...
MIAMI MERCILESS AS ALWAYS.(SPORTS)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: STEVE CAMPBELL SYRACUSE -- Hide the women. Hide the children. Hide the Hokies. Hide the Buckeyes. Hide all of God's creatures, great and small, from the ravages of nature. The Miami Hurricanes are on another rampage. Pillaging. ...
`TALIBAN' CRACK IS DRIVER'S UNDOING.(PERSPECTIVE)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: WAYNE PARRY Associated Press MARLBORO, N.J. -- Passengers on a Greyhound bus said the driver told them he was taking them ``to the Taliban'' after they criticized his meandering route Saturday night, prompting a massive police response. The New York-bound bus ...
CHINA REALIZES AIDS CRISIS.(PERSPECTIVE)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press BEIJING -- Authorities scoffed when the United Nations warned in June that 10 million Chinese would be infected with AIDS by 2010. They called the findings unreliable and the authors biased. But in the five months since, the ...
JFK: COURAGE OR COVERUP?(PERSPECTIVE)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: JANE EISNER Josiah Bartlet is only the latest American president to hide a serious medical condition from the public, and the fact that his administration exists only on the small screen and in the viewers' imagination makes the issue no less compelling. The ...
KISSINGER RIGHT FOR WRONG JOB.(PERSPECTIVE)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: MAUREEN DOWD WASHINGTON -- It's an inspired choice. Bold, counterintuitive, edgy, outside the box. Who better to investigate an unwarranted attack on America than the man who used to instigate America's unwarranted attacks? Who better to ferret out ...
ABRAHAM, GUIDE US ON SADDAM.(PERSPECTIVE)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The U.N. inspectors in Iraq have begun their investigation of various Iraqi factories and military sites. Pay no attention. They will find nothing. The key to this whole inspection gambit -- indeed, the key to whether we end up in a war with Iraq -- ...
THE DEBATE OVER NANOTECHNOLOGY BY JULIA A. MOORE.(PERSPECTIVE)
Dec 01, 2002 ... It's official. The nanotechnology debate is under way. Michael Crichton's alarmist book, ``Prey,'' with its menacing swarms of molecule-sized robots, has hit bookstores this week, with a Hollywood spectacular soon to follow. Nongovernmental groups, scientists and industry are ...
POLITICAL ADS A FREEDOM OF SPEECH.(PERSPECTIVE)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: GEORGE WILL WASHINGTON -- Come Wednesday, in a District of Columbia courtroom, litigation begins that will reach the Supreme Court and determine the future of political speech in America. At issue is the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA, alias McCain-Feingold), by ...
PELOSI AND HOUSE ARE DEMOCRATS' BEST HOPE.(PERSPECTIVE)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: JOHN S. HOAGLAND, Ph.D. Clarksville At last, I read a George Will column (Nov. 24) that I could understand. Unfortunately, it deals with the impending long-term domination of the Senate by Republicans, despite the result ...
WINE-IMPORT RULING IS HARD TO FATHOM.(PERSPECTIVE)
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: JOSEPH A. EARLY Niskayuna It's difficult for me to understand a recent ruling in U.S. District Court that declared New York's law banning direct shipment from out-of-state wine sources to consumers in New York to be unconstitutional. The 21st Amendment to the ...