Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from June 2003:
CONSERVATIVE COLLEGE STUDENTS CRANK UP PRINTING PRESSES.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: JOHN JOHNSON Los Angeles Times - WINGATE, N.C. -- More than a dozen earnest college students gathered in the marshy meadowland of rural North Carolina recently to plot the overthrow of campus liberalism. Their weapon of choice? The newspaper. ...
STRIKE ZONE BECOMES A MOVING EXPERIENCE.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: MEL ANTONEN USA Today A battle is being fought in major league baseball, but this time it's not over money. This fight is over territory -- about an inch, give or take a fraction -- on the inside part of home plate. Hitters, who have enjoyed a ...
IT'S ALL STILL HAPPENING AT THE BRONX ZOO.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: TYLER KEPNER New York Times News Service NEW YORK -- For the last few days, the Yankees' clubhouse has looked a bit like a youth soccer game. Large clusters of reporters scurried from space to space around the locker room, swarming a different Yankee in the news. The ...
A NEW SHERIFF SADDLES UP AND RIDES INTO DALLAS.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: VINNY DiTRANI The Record (Bergen County, N.J.) IRVING, Texas -- Things are hopping again around Valley Ranch, home of the team Bill Parcells used to refer to -- sort of -- as the ``Dallas (bleeping) Cowboys.'' Players are hustling with a renewed purpose, and that ...
THE HORSE THAT RAN AWAY WITH THE TRIPLE CROWN.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: BETH HARRIS Associated Press Nearly 30 years ago, a horse nicknamed ``Big Red'' captured the public's imagination and became a cultural icon. Secretariat made history with an incredible performance in the 1973 Belmont Stakes that was so dominating, it's hard ...
HIS SHOT GOT THE JUMP ON OTHER TEAMS.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: ROBERT W. BLACK Associated Press HILLSDALE, Wyo. -- It started out as just another one-on-one game between two farm boys. But this one, on a warm spring day nearly 70 years ago, changed the world of basketball. As usual, 13-year-old Kenny Sailors was being ...
MERRY PRANKSTERS FILLING THE NATION'S AIRWAVES.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: BOB BAKER Los Angeles Times What if ... ? wondered Cleveland disc jockey Shane French. What if a cat was tethered to a helium-filled balloon and launched toward the heavens, and callers to his station offered periodic reports, and finally, one gallant listener fired a ...
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS TURN TO REALITY PROGRAMMING.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Two drifters wend their way through villages from Pakistan to Papua New Guinea, carrying hand-held digital cameras with them. The pair are recording as they get lost in the jungles of Laos, have a nasty encounter with some leeches and nearly become lion chow. It's all grist for ...
DEAN BY DAY, HE'S RAPPER BY NIGHT.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. -- At Blueberry Hill, photos of famous musicians line the walls: Paul McCartney, Aretha Franklin, Steven Tyler. The restaurant, known for its juicy burgers and monthly performances by Chuck Berry, sits in The Loop -- a neighborhood popular with students for ...
HISPANICS LEAVE CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR OTHER WORSHIP.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: TOM RAGAN The Gazette COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- In the battle for immigrants' souls, the Catholic Church in Colorado Springs seems to be losing ground to more charismatic forms of worship or nondenominational Christian services. At Sunday services, many ...
SOCCER STAR BENDS BRITISH MALE STEREOTYPES.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: MICHAEL McDONOUGH Associated Press LONDON -- He loves to shop, looks good in a sarong, and spends almost as much time at the hairdresser's as he does on the playing field. Occasionally, he wears women's lingerie. For millions of English men and women, soccer ...
ORTHODOX LEADER BACKS ECOLOGY.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: BRIAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer ATHENS, Greece -- He has cast flower wreaths onto the oil-fouled Danube River. He's warned that the Black Sea is teetering on ecological collapse. After touring pollution hotspots along the Adriatic coast, he has joined ...
NEW EFFORTS TO REACH MARS TAKE OFF THIS MONTH.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: ANDREW BRIDGES Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- Since 1960, humans have lobbed roughly 34 unmanned spacecraft at Mars, in part lured by the prospect that the Red Planet may harbor extraterrestrial life. Life has yet to be found by the spacecraft, most of which ...
RESEARCHERS HURRY TO CREATE VACCINE FOR SARS.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: DANIEL Q. HANEY Associated Press Fifteen or 20 years to create a new vaccine is considered quite speedy. So the federal government's blueprint for a shot to stop the SARS epidemic in a mere three years seems positively head-snapping. Can it be done? ...
PILOTS TAKE SHIPS OVER DANGEROUS BAR.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... ASTORIA, Ore. -- As the pilot boat Chinook pulls alongside the Japanese freighter Spring Leo, matching its cruising speed, both vessels rise and fall on the seas and swells of the Columbia River bar. A ladder drops over the freighter's side. Bar pilot Ellwood Collamore backs ...
GLOBAL POLIO FIGHT IS THREATENED IN INDIA'S SLUMS.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: BETH DUFF-BROWN Associated Press CALCUTTA, India -- Rani Begum lost her faith, somewhere in the wretched slums sandwiched between fetid sewage canals on the eastern outskirts of Calcutta. Despite her poverty, Begum obeyed the constant reminders by local ...
DEFEATED IRAQIS RECALL WAR.(MAIN)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: CHARLES J. HANLEY Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In the fourth day of war, the American bombs and shells slammed into their lines with such fury that some of Maj. Hikmat Khalaf's young soldiers wept from fear and hid. There at Nasiriyah he knew. ``We were finished.'' ...
JERSEY GIRL HAS PAIR OF FLEET FEET.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: MAUREEN KELLY Staff writer Briana Jackucewicz of Howell, N.J., was the first 12-year-old to cross the finish line Saturday, placing 36th overall in 17:45. ``It's a tough course, but the first mile goes by pretty fast,'' said the sixth-grader. ``The downhill at ...
RUSSELL A HAPPY BRIDESMAID.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer ALBANY -- That elusive championship was far out of Blake Russell's reach, and she missed another second-place finish by a few strides. But Russell, a two-time runner-up, said she was pleased with placing third in the Freihofer's ...
SAMUELSON REMAINS THE ONE THEY ADORE.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: JANNY HU Staff writer She may have been several steps behind the winner of Saturday's 5k national championship, but Joan Benoit Samuelson is still miles ahead of the pack when it comes to popularity and respect. Samuelson returned to Albany this weekend to a ...
OCTOGENARIAN CELEBRATES HER LIFE ON THE RUN.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: BUZZ GRAY Special to the Times Union ALBANY -- Hardly anyone noticed when the silver splinter of a figure trudged under the bridge of pipes and red tarpaulin, a castle-like structure with a ticking digital clock. Somewhere inside this official finish line for the ...
THE ROAD NEVER FELT SO GOOD.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: MAUREEN KELLY Staff writer Catherine Lempesis was back in Albany on Saturday morning to compete in the Freihofer's Run for Women. The 52-year-old Lempesis, of Columbia, S.C., ran the 5k in 1997, covering the course in 19:15, an excellent effort by any ...
THEY CAME, THEY SAW, THEY HAD A BLAST.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: BUZZ GRAY Special to the Times Union ALBANY -- On a morning of foreboding forecasts, how fitting that the only showers were produced by a firetruck at the corner of Madison and Eagle. That fine mist was a gift from the city to the overheated participants at the finish ...
RUNYAN GONE WITH THE WIN 2002 CHAMP BREEZES TO VICTORY.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer The Boston Marathon took its toll on Marla Runyan six weeks ago, but had no lingering effect on her in the 25th edition of the Freihofer's Run for Women on Saturday. Runyan, bitterly disappointed by her performance in Boston in ...
AYALA-TRONCOSO A MASTERS BLASTER.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: JANNY HU Staff writer ALBANY -- Carmen Ayala-Troncoso had it all figured out. Too many times during her past 11 Freihofer's Run for Women races, Ayala-Troncoso had charged hard at the beginning and faded near the finish line. This time, she would let others dictate the ...
WILDCATS CAUGHT BY THE STORM.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: Staff reports Storm94 Wildcats88GLENS FALLS -- The Oklahoma Storm defeated the Adirondack Wildcats 94-88 Saturday night in a United States Basketball League game at Glens Falls Civic Center. Simeon Haley led the Wildcats with 16 points. Eugene Edgerson ...
2,000 BELMONT SEATS AVAILABLE.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Still don't have a seat for Saturday's Belmont Stakes? There's one chance left if you don't want to rely on scalpers or eBay to be an eyewitness to Funny Cide's attempt to become the 12th winner of the Triple Crown. The New York Racing Association will put ...
PERRY UNFAZED BY COLD.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: Associated Press DUBLIN, Ohio -- Another brutal Saturday at Muirfield -- in Ohio, not Scotland -- was too much for Tiger Woods. But not for Kenny Perry. Despite cold, whipping winds and the toughest weekend conditions at Muirfield Village in almost ...
CHAMPS PACE THE PACK IN DELMAR.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: Staff reports Defending champions Dan Russo (Antlers) and Jim Cocca (Shaker Ridge) followed up an opening-round 63 with a 4-under-par 66 Saturday to take five-stroke lead into the final day of the 13th annual Normanside Invitational in Delmar. Earl Winchester ...
LAUNCH TIME NOT FOR COMIC RELIEF BY ROB STREETER.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... And now, ``A Life at the Boat Launch.'' The fishing season is in full swing, as is the sailing season, powerboat season and -- love it or hate it -- personal watercraft season. Yet nowhere is man's inhumanity to man more obvious than at a public boat launch. If I ...
HEWITT TUMBLES ON CLAY.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press PARIS -- Top-ranked Lleyton Hewitt screamed at himself, trying to get back into a groove as a big lead slipped away in his marathon match at the French Open. Meanwhile, at the other end of Roland Garros, defending champion ...
SHEN'S PIRO IS NO. 1.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: Staff reports Shenendehowa junior Tony Piro defeated Brandon O'Gara 6-3, 6-0 in singles tennis to claim the New York State Championship Saturday at the U.S. National Tennis Center in Fleshing Meadows. Tony Piro defeated Bryan Konicko of Syosset High School, ...
DANES' COVERT MOVES ON.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer - University at Albany sprinter Teresa Covert overcame a poor start Saturday to finish fourth in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Regional track and field championships in Fairfax, Va. By placing in the top five, Covert ...
SCHUYLERVILLE WINS TITLE.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: Staff reports Schuylerville won its first Class CC-C baseball title with a 4-3 win over Salem on Saturday. Schuylerville (20-3) will play the winner of Norwood-Norfolk or Rushton-Moira, both of Section X, in regional play at Geyser Road Park in Saratoga ...
MAAC HAS MOVEMENT IN MIND.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: TIM WILKIN Staff writer The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is holding its annual meeting this week at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, but far more than routine business is on the table. It's not every year that league officials have to concern themselves ...
ORIOLES' NEW REGIME A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: PHIL ROGERS Chicago Tribune Maybe Syd Thrift would have gotten Adam Loewen signed. Maybe he wouldn't have gotten him signed. All we really know is the Baltimore Orioles' new management team, the one Jim Beattie and Mike Flanagan head, got it done. That's the ...
COUNTDOWN TO 300 RESUMES.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: JOHN DELCOS Westchester Journal News - DETROIT -- There now appears to be a sense of anxiousness in eventually. ``Eventually, it will come,'' Roger Clemens of the New York Yankees has said about becoming the 21st pitcher in history to win 300 games. ...
METS' STANTON LANDS ON DL.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- The New York Mets placed left-hander Mike Stanton on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a swollen left knee and recalled lefty Mike Bacsik from Triple-A Norfolk. Stanton has been bothered by the knee for about two weeks and ...
WEAVER ROLE IS IN DOUBT AFTER DEFEAT.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: DON AMORE Hartford Courant Tigers4 Yankees2 DETROIT -- Jeff Weaver's simple former baseball life crossed paths with his current complicated one Saturday. Maybe Weaver wasn't looking back, but looking ahead is no fun, either. After losing to his former team, ...
PISTONS TO HIRE BROWN AS COACH.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: Associated Press AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Rick Carlisle sat elbow-to-elbow with the man who had just fired him, Joe Dumars. In a bizarre scene, talk turned to Larry Brown, who will become Detroit's next coach. ``If you think he's going to bring in a stiff behind ...
NEMECHEK WINS BUSCH.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: Associated Press DOVER, Del. -- Joe Nemechek took advantage of Matt Kenseth's late-race blunder Saturday and became the first driver in 17 years at Dover International Speedway to win a NASCAR Busch series race from the pole. Winston Cup points leader Kenseth ...
LECLAIR, MCGROTY REACH MATCH PLAY.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: Staff reports ALBANY -- Brian LeClair of Athens and Hugo McGroty of Schenectady are among 16 players to advance to match play during qualifying Saturday in the Professional Bowlers Association East Regional tournament at Sunset Recreation. LeClair, a national ...
NYC'S RUN GETS BACKER.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: Combined wire services NEW YORK -- The New York City Marathon has taken on a title sponsor for the first time. ING, a Dutch financial services company, has signed a three-year agreement, with the announcement to be made Monday, organizers said Saturday. ...
SKIDMORE'S BIVONA SELECTED.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: Staff reports Skidmore College men's lacrosse senior midfielder Chris Bivona has been selected to the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division III All-America third team. Bivona led Skidmore with 34 goals and 15 assists this season. He is the ...
HOWE WELL AFTER HEART TREATED.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: Combined news services DETROIT -- Hockey Hall of Famer Gordie Howe was released from a Detroit-area hospital early Saturday after receiving treatment for an irregular heartbeat, said John Hahn, a spokesman for the Detroit Red Wings. Howe, 75, had gone to a ...
ALBANY MAKES CASE FOR TROPHY.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: TIM WILKIN Staff writer Conquest64 Brigade40ALBANY -- Late Saturday night, in the far end zone of Pepsi Arena, members of the Albany Conquest gathered as one to collect the I-90 Trophy. It's staying here, no matter what happens when the Conquest and the Rochester ...
DUCKS GAIN LIFE WITH WIN IN OT.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: MIKE KERWICK Asbury Park Press Ducks3 Devils2ANAHEIM, Calif. They are no closer now than they were Saturday morning. An epic loss is still a loss. And the Devils remain two wins from the Stanley Cup title. Anaheim defenseman Ruslan Salei ended Game 3 of ...
MAYBE A MOTIVE FOR DEATH BY MIKE LOPRESTI.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Maybe now, we'll know. The Atlanta Olympics of 1996 have remained uncompleted and unavenged. The flame went out in Georgia on a Sunday night that summer, missing some answers. Who bombed the Games? And why? That was a long time ago. Maybe now, ...
OWNERS ENTER THE LIMELIGHT FUNNY CIDE BRINGS EXPOSURE TO SACKETS HARBOR GANG.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: DAN HOWLEY Staff writer Jack and Dorothy Knowlton have been carrying on a Memorial Day weekend tradition for years. They leave their home in Saratoga Springs and head to tiny Sackets Harbor on the edge of Lake Ontario in central New York. That's where they ...
GREAT TIME FOR A NO-HITTER.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: DAN HOWLEY Staff writer - Shen1 Colonie0CLIFTON PARK -- Carolynn Sloat wasn't taking a lot of credit for the no-hitter she pitched Saturday as Shenendehowa High captured its first Section II Class A softball championship since 1989 with a 1-0 victory over top-seeded ...
TRACK IS SUMMER PLACE TO WORK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: DANIELLE T. FURFARO Staff writer Job applicants sat at picnic tables Saturday at the track, filling out forms as they listened to human resources manager Frank Franzini explain the ins and outs of working at Saratoga Race Course. It had been a busy morning, ...
JERRY'S STILL GOTTA LOTTA YADA.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: STEVE BARNES Arts editor ALBANY -- Jerry Seinfeld remains exasperated. He may be a 49-year-old father of two -- a toddler and an infant, meaning he'll be making whining jokes about his infuriating teens when in his 60s -- but the comedian continues to get wound up about ...
HIATT PROVIDES MEMORABLE NIGHT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: DAVID MALACHOWSKI Special to the Times Union TROY -- Venerable singer-songwriter John Hiatt has a vast catalog wide and long, and he picked through the decades in a freewheeling show Friday night at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. A near-sellout crowd ...
BRANCH DISPLAYS PIPES, PROMISE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: GREG HAYMES Staff writer CLIFTON PARK -- Leading the charge of the second wave of the current teen-pop assault, 19-year-old Michelle Branch invaded Northern Lights on Friday night with a small-club tour to preview her sophomore album, ``Hotel Paper,'' due in stores later ...
EX-AIRPORT CEO TO BE FETED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: CATHY WOODRUFF Staff writer A tribute to former Albany International Airport CEO John Egan will benefit a cause close to the longtime public servant's heart, the Wildwood Programs. The Aug. 19 event at Empire State Plaza, which Egan had a hand in creating ...
BUS RIDER FACES GUN, DRUG CASE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 2003 ... ALBANY -- A 21-year-old man was arrested Saturday afternoon after he was spotted on a CDTA bus carrying a stolen, loaded pistol, Albany Police said. Police received a call from a person who got off the bus near Lexington and Central avenues and immediately phoned to report a man ...
SCHOOL BUDGETS GO TO THE VOTERS ON TUESDAY.(CAPITAL REGION)(Correction notice)
Jun 01, 2003 ... On Tuesday, voters around New York state will decide their school budgets and board members. In some areas, library budgets and trustees are also under consideration. The tax impact figures here are estimates only. They may change due to property assessments, equalization rates ...
MAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT.(SPORTS)
Jun 01, 2003 ... GLEN -- A 56-year-old man was killed and his 55-year-old wife injured when their car collided with a truck Saturday afternoon, State Police at Fonda said. Daniel P. Taylor of 297 Eggelston Road, Fultonville, was driving his 1992 Lincoln Continental east on Route 5S at 3:41 p.m ....
STUDENT DIES IN HORSE JUMPING ACCIDENT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 2003 ... BETHLEHEM -- A 17-year-old Guilderland high student died from injuries she suffered Saturday afternoon while taking horse jumping lessons, the Albany County Sheriff's Department said. Christine Davies of 18 Pinewood Drive, Guilderland, was taking lessons from Amanda DeSarbo at ...
WORRIES MARK END OF LAW SCHOOL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: ANNE MILLER Staff writer For newly minted Albany Law School graduates, Saturday's commencement ceremony marked a beginning and an end. The best part of law school was finishing, said a smiling 36-year-old Jeff Zimring, who quit flying airplanes for American ...
HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 2003 ... The following alumni associations have scheduled high school reunions: The former Cathedral Academy and Cardinal McCloskey High School, combined reunion Sept. 14, West Albany Italian Benevolent Society, 50 Exchange St., Colonie. Call Mary Jane Hunter Kretzler, '55, 482-7335, or ...
POLICE CHIEF BACK ON STREET BEAT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: MARV CERMAK A Friday street shooting that wounded two people stretched Schenectady police resources so thin that Chief Mike Geraci put himself back on the beat. ``Things got so busy I went on the street three times to help out, including taking an accident ...
FBI ARRESTS ALBANY MAN ON PENNSYLVANIA WARRANT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 2003 ... ALBANY -- A city man wanted on an FBI warrant out of Pennsylvania was arrested here Saturday morning. Mark McCann, 37, of 333 Orange St., was indicted May 13 on two counts of transporting a minor across state lines, according to FBI Special Agent Bill Crowley, who works out of ...
CONSUMERS SPEND TO BEAT TAX HIKE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: JAMES M. ODATO Staff writer - Shoppers rang up purchases Saturday, trying to save before today's double-whammy sales tax increases. Clothing and shoe purchases below $110 will now be taxed. The overall sales tax also is at a record high as a result of a 0.25 ...
KERRY, DEAN DUEL AT CONFERENCE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Byline: ELIZABETH BENJAMIN Capitol bureau LAKE PLACID -- Only three of the four expected presidential hopefuls showed up here Saturday at the Democratic Rural Conference's forum, where it became clear that the rivalry between U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and former ...