Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from August 2003:
PLUG POWER POSTS $12.8M LOSS.(BUSINESS)(Financial report)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: KENNETH AARON Staff writer Colonie Plug Power Inc. posted a loss of 21 cents a share during the second quarter, missing analysts' expectations by a penny. The $12.8 million loss for the quarter ended June 30 was slightly more than the $12.2 million shortfall ...
GSA BARS MCI DEALS WITH FEDS.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The General Services Administration suspended federal business with telecommunications giant MCI on Thursday after an investigation concluded the company lacks necessary internal controls and ethics. MCI's government contracts ...
30-YEAR MORTGAGE RATES RISE SHARPLY TO 6.14%.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... WASHINGTON -- Rates on benchmark 30-year mortgages this week broke through the 6 percent mark for the first time this year, rising to the highest level since early December. Climbing mortgage rates are slowing refinancing activity and could turn off some prospective home buyers, ...
MARKETS MAINTAIN WINNING WAY IN JULY.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: AMY BALDWIN Associated Press NEW YORK -- Wall Street advanced Thursday on news that the economy grew at a much stronger than expected pace in the second quarter and that jobless benefits claims fell for a third week in a row. The market also rose for the month of July, ...
VERIZON TALKS OF DEAL, PREPARES FOR LONG STRIKE.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: BRUCE MEYERSON Associated Press NEW YORK -- Judging from Verizon's posturing and preparation for a looming strike by 78,000 workers, it considers the threats posed by a changing telephone industry worth risking a lengthier walkout than three years ago. ...
FIVE DEVELOPERS VIE FOR COUNTY TECH PARK.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: KEVIN HARLIN Business writer The Albany County Business Development Corp. has selected five developers with track records of Capital Region projects to make pitches for a new technology park in Albany County. The developers and property managers are: BBL ...
FEWER GUESTS CHECK OUT REGION.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: KEVIN HARLIN Business writer An unusually cold winter and a wet spring may have kept some travelers at home instead of in Capital Region hotel beds. Occupancy in the region's rooms fell 2.4 percent in the first six months of the year, according to the latest ...
DOCTOR EYES WEST MALL OFFICES.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: JEREMY BOYER Business writer A Greene County physician has signed a contract to buy a 200,000-square-foot office complex on Central Avenue in Albany that has operated under bankruptcy protection for more than two years. A U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearing is ...
OUTLOOK FOR U.S. ECONOMY IMPROVES.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: JEANNINE AVERSA Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Stirring from months of stubborn listlessness, the economy pushed ahead in the second quarter at the fastest pace since last summer. That, coupled with another drop in new claims for unemployment benefits, raised hopes that ...
TECH FIRMS REPORT PLANS TO HIRE MORE WORKERS IN QUARTER.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... ALBANY -- Technology firms in the region reported a sharp increase in hiring plans during the current quarter, according the latest Tech Valley Technology Hiring Index. The index is a quarterly survey of more than 50 local technology companies sponsored by the Albany-Colonie ...
BEST BETS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Prebiscuit Before writer-director Gary Ross turned his attention to ``Seabiscuit,'' he helmed the 1998 satiric fantasy ``Pleasantville'' (8 tonight, TNT), starring Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon as two modern teens sucked into the chipper world of a '50s sitcom. William H. Macy -- ...
CHICKEN GETS A CUBAN KICK BY SUSAN NICHOLSON UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE.(FOOD)
Aug 01, 2003 ... SUNDAY (Family) Cuba native and Miami resident Viviana Carballo simplified this POLLO RANCHO LUNA (see recipe) from a popular Havana country inn of the 1950s. Serve with FRESH CORN and a LETTUCE WEDGE. Add BAGUETTES. For dessert, buy or make FLAN. PLAN AHEAD: Save ...
ENCHANTING SCOOPSBY RENEE ENNA CHICAGO TRIBUNE.(FOOD)
Aug 01, 2003 ... ``Granita Magic'' (Artisan, $15), by Nadia Roden, scoops up dozens of recipes for one of the easiest ices to make. (You don't need an ice cream machine, either just a freezer.) The satisfying, shredded-ice texture of granita, combined with Roden's ...
NOT QUITE FLAKY.(FOOD)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Many recipes say to cook fish until it flakes, but if you follow those instructions, the fish will be overdone. Cook it until it almost flakes, but is slightly ...
ARUGULA, YOUNG AND OLD BY LISA STEVENS STAFF WRITER.(FOOD)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Q: My family loves arugula on sandwiches and salads, but every season before we get to use it all, it begins to produce white flowers. It is OK to eat it when this happens, and why does it occur? A: The arugula plant (which also goes by the names rocket, roquette, rugula and ...
FAMILY TIME CAN BE ANYTIME BY RUTH FANTASIA.(FOOD)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Contrary to what many would have us believe, the fact that families eat dinner together less frequently than they did in the '50s and '60s is not the cause of everything from obesity to poor manners. Sure, sitting in front of the television while eating can make people unaware ...
GO FISH BY JANET BRANNIAN (SIOUX FALLS, S.D.) ARGUS LEADER.(FOOD)(Recipe)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Turn on the food channel and you might find a show about fish tacos, the camera focusing on sun-bronzed and golden-haired young men enjoying what Southern Californians call the surfer's hamburger. In the June issue of Gourmet magazine, famed food essayist Calvin Trillin took ...
RAVISHING RAVIOLI BY DOUG BLACKBURN STAFF WRITER.(FOOD)
Aug 01, 2003 ... New York Ravioli & Pasta Co. has an enviable problem. Some of its food is almost too beautiful to eat. Exhibit No. 1: the jumbo lobster ravioli. Filled with ricotta cheese and lobster meat, it is oval-shaped with a saffron tinted pasta decorated with squid ink stripes. ...
`RESPIRO' AN AMUSING SLICE OF ISLAND LIFE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: ROGER EBERT Universal Press Syndicate That there is something not right about Grazia, all the village agrees. ``Bring her shot!'' her husband calls out at fraught moments, and the children and neighbors hold her down while he jabs her with a needle filled with -- what? ...
CUNNINGHAM'S `EVENT' IS JUST THAT.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: TRESCA WEINSTEIN Special to the Times Union BECKET, Mass. -- After half a century, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company is still provoking one of three reactions in its audiences: They love it, they hate it or they fall asleep. A dozen or so audience members ...
CURVES AHEAD FOR LATIFAH.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: ANN OLDENBURG USA Today If anyone should know about curves, it's Queen Latifah. So who better to be spokeswoman for a new line of underthings called Curvation? ``It celebrates curvaceous women -- women who look like me,'' Latifah, 33, said ...
A GOOD HEART REDEEMS `AMERICAN WEDDING'.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: ROGER EBERT Universal Press Syndicate May the great gods of cinema forgive me, but I am becoming fond of the ``American Pie'' characters. Like regulars in a beloved sitcom, I forgive them anything as long as they remain true to their natures. Having survived high school ...
SOME RURAL MOVIE THEATERS BAN R-RATED FARE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: LORENZA MUNOZ Los Angeles Times ROCKY FORD, Colo. -- If 17-year-old Michelle Rodriguez wants to see Hollywood's latest buddy-cop action movie, ``Bad Boys II,'' she'll have to drive 60 miles through prairie fields on a two-lane highway. It's not that her ...
SOCIAL CALENDAR.(LIFE & LEISURE)(Calendar)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Symphony gala at SPAC Thursday The Schenectady Symphony Gala, which includes a performance by the Philadelphia Orchestra, will be held Thursday at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The event will begin with cocktails at 5:30 p.m in the Hall of Springs, with dinner at 6:30, followed ...
JUNIOR LEAGUE SEEKS MEMBERS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Aug 01, 2003 ... SCHENECTADY -- The Junior League of Schenectady kicks off its annual informational event Sept. 4. A new-member class for women interested in joining the league is planned. The organization has consisted of about 200 women from Schenectady and Saratoga ...
PRESSURE DOESN'T HELP WHEN IN MOURNING.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Aug 01, 2003 ... DEAR MISS MANNERS: After the death of my father only two months ago, my mother and our family have all found that our mourning is more acute now that our perspectives have cleared of initial confusion. Our church family, colleagues of my father's, friends and neighbors have ...
`GIGLI' VEERS INTO STRANGE TERRITORY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: RENE RODRIGUEZ Knight Ridder In ``Gigli'' (pronounced gee-lee), Ben Affleck plays Larry, a lunkheaded hit man for the mob who is reputed to be a ``vicious mad dog.'' The key word here is ``reputed,'' since the meanest thing we ever see Larry do, aside from jabbing ...
ELEGIAC `NORTHFORK' IS A VISIONARY FABLE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: ROGER EBERT Universal Press Syndicate There has never been a movie quite like ``Northfork,'' but if you wanted to put it on a list, you would also include ``Days of Heaven'' and ``Wings of Desire.'' It has the desolate open spaces of the first, the angels of the second, ...
BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY GOING TO HOLLYWOOD FOR THE TV CRITICS PRESS TOUR IS NOT ALL SWIMMING POOLS AND MOVIE STARS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: MARK McGUIRE STAFF WRITER Hollywood Boulevard braced for its daily collision of glamour, commercialism and seediness. Overpriced kitsch shops opened. Tourists filtered out of hotels. Side-street hookers called it a night. The middle-aged street addict who ...
GIANTS CAMP.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... AttendanceWednesday 1,110 Total 9,345 Injury report Will Peterson, CB groin out indefinitely Rod Babers, CB hamstring out 1 week Frank Walker, CBelbow out 3 weeks Ron Dixon, WR knee out 1-2 weeks Clarence ...
ON THE RAIL.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... DAY 9TIM WILKIN TODAY'S BETS: Fiddler has tattoos high up on both arms and was showing them off today. He said they were of the Grateful Dead. His loose flesh is none too pretty to see. Also, Jarboe borrowed a sport coat from a colleague for his Wishing Well dinner and then bought a ...
BURROUGHS FORCED TO WATCH FROM SIDELINES.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: TOM CANAVAN Associated Press - EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Two weeks after a heart attack, Mal Burroughs plans on attending the Hambletonian on Saturday. Watching trotting's biggest race, however, is going to be difficult for the amateur driver who won the ...
OWNER IS TRUE SURVIVOR.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: TIM WILKIN Staff writer SARATOGA SPRINGS -- This game, it's all about surviving. The best horses survive and move on to the bigger races. That's what happens here Sunday when the Jim Dandy is run and those that survive put themselves in line to run in the ...
METRO OUTLASTS WESTERN, ADVANCES.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: JANNY HU Staff writer LATHAM -- Center fielder Dan Robinson and third baseman Chris Mauro had two hits apiece to help Metro New York defeat Western New York in eight innings, 4-3. The opening game on Field 2 was knotted at 2 after seven innings, but Metro ...
HARTMAN ENJOYING LIFE AT THE TOP BY ROBIN YASINSAC.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Sportsman driver Tim Hartman is experiencing a dream season at Albany-Saratoga Speedway. ``When you hang out at the races as a kid you dream of stuff like this but you really don't expect it to happen to you,'' said the 41-year-old Hartman, who has won eight of the 11 sportsman ...
WALLACE READY TO BREAK SKID.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: MICHAEL PARKER Rusty Wallace hasn't won a race in two years. He's two weeks from his 47th birthday, and he's got a 25-year-old teammate (Ryan Newman) who has just won for the fourth time in 14 races. He's old news. This is a 54-time race winner and 1989 ...
EAGLES SIGN TOP PICK.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: Combined wire services PHILADELPHIA -- First- round pick Jerome McDougle ended a one-week holdout by signing a six-year contract Thursday with the Philadelphia Eagles. The contract would pay McDougle up to $12.6 million with incentives over the first five ...
CAMPBELL WANTS TO SHOW BROWNS.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: Combined wire services PITTSFORD -- The urge to unload on someone across the line may be building within, but the fifth-year tight end Mark Campbell knows he must keep his emotions in check when the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns unite in Cleveland for practice ...
LOOKING AT OTHER RUNNERS.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer ALBANY -- The New York Giants held only one practice Thursday, and it ended with a live goal-line scrimmage that took a dozen plays from the 3-yard line. The offense scored three touchdowns -- Dorsey Levens twice on runs and Ron ...
'CATS GO WILD, DROP ONE TO LOWELL.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: MATT RYBALTOWSKI Special to the Times Union Spinners9 ValleyCats7TROY -- The Lowell Spinners have a unique promotion to offer fans on Aug. 21 -- Jack Kerouac bobblehead night. Thursday, on the road, they defeated the ValleyCats 9-7 on a night as wild as ...
BOSTON DONE IN BY A-ROD'S SLAM.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: Associated Press Rangers7 Red Sox3ARLINGTON, Texas -- Alex Rodriguez hit a grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning, giving the Texas Rangers a 7-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night. The Rangers took a 3-2 lead into the ...
RED SOX, YANKS LOADED FOR BATTLE.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: KEN DALEY Dallas Morning News There was joy and excitement Thursday for the baseball fans in Boston, New York and San Francisco. Baseball's non-waiver trading deadline passed Thursday afternoon with a flurry of moves, but without any true superstars changing ...
METS CONTINUE A SLIDE TO OBLIVION.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: MIKE FITZPATRICK Associated Press Brewers4 Mets3NEW YORK -- Seemingly in slow motion, Eddie Perez hit third base and turned for home. No way this slow-footed catcher could score from second on a wild pitch, right? There was no way the ...
YANKEES SWEEP FADING ANGELS.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: JOHN NADEL Associated Press - Yankees2 Angels1 ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Nick Johnson's two-out, RBI single drove in the go-ahead run Thursday night as the New York Yankees beat Anaheim 2-1 in 10 innings to complete their first three-game sweep of the Angels in ...
RED SOX ADD SUPPAN TO ROTATION.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: BEN WALKER Associated Press - The Boston Red Sox escalated their arms race against the Yankees by acquiring Jeff Suppan and two other pitchers from the Pirates Thursday while the San Francisco Giants made the biggest deal of the day, getting Baltimore ace Sidney Ponson. ...
UNIFORM COMPANY KEEPS UP WITH TRADES.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants were busy making trades. Workers at Russell Athletic were just as busy keeping up. Workers at the company's manufacturing plant in Alexander City, Ala., make ...
GLENS FALLS LINEMAN SET TO PLAY FOR BC.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: RICHARD CLEMENSON Staff writer Justin Tougas has verbally committed to play football at Boston College following his senior year at Glens Falls High School. Tougas, 17, was recruited by Syracuse, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, Maryland, Rutgers and Toledo. He had ...
UNKNOWNS LEAD BUICK.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: Combined wire services GRAND BLANC, Mich. -- The names of the first-round leaders at the Buick Open hadn't likely come up in many casual golf conversations before Thursday. Ever heard of Mike Sposa? How about Paul Gow? Sposa is in front with a ...
WEBB, WARD TIED.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: ROBERT MILLWARD Associated Press LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England -- It's been Annika Sorenstam's year. It's always Karrie Webb's British Open. Webb, the defending champion and a three-time winner of the Open, shot a 5-under 67 Thursday and shared the first-round ...
MAN U A HIT IN JERSEY.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: Combined wire services EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Tim Howard made 12 saves in his first game with Manchester United, and the English Premier league champion beat Italian League winner Juventus 4-1 in an exhibition game Thursday night. Howard's debut with the ...
CONQUEST'S HILL TIES HIS AF2 RECORD.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: Staff reports Arenafootball2 has given Albany Conquest receiver Corey Hill credit for an additional two catches, meaning that Hill tied his own league record with 161 receptions for the year. A review of film indicated that two screen passes to Hill this ...
BRYANT MUST APPEAR.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: Combined wire services EAGLE, Colo. -- A bid by Kobe Bryant to skip his first court appearance next week on a sexual assault charge was rejected Thursday by a judge. The decision came the same day attorneys for several media organizations asked the judge to ...
VOELKER LANDS JOB MARKETING UALBANY.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer - The University at Albany named Charlie Voelker its interim director of marketing, corporate sales and ticket operations on Thursday, two months after Voelker was cleared of a larceny charge. Voelker, former general manager of ...
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER FOR STRAM.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: Associated Press The Kansas City Chiefs dominated the AFL and won a Super Bowl with Hall of Fame talent on offense, defense and special teams. Now it's time to add their coach to the list. ``We had great people, and you just can't win if you don't ...
HOSTS LOSE RUTH OPENER.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: JANNY HU Staff writer - LATHAM -- Jerome Washington had been in the Capital Region for only a few hours, and already he was a fan of Boght Baseball Complex. The freshly mowed fields were in excellent condition, fan turnout was solid, and Washington's personal favorite -- ...
YANKS ACQUIRE REDS' BOONE.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: Combined wire services CINCINNATI -- The New York Yankees added an All-Star third baseman and yet another reliever, getting Aaron Boone and left-hander Gabe White on Thursday in a pair of trades with the payroll-slashing Cincinnati Reds. - The Yankees gave up left-hander ...
SIX TO FACE FUNNY CIDE.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: MATT GRAVES Staff writer SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Sackatoga Stable's New York-bred Funny Cide will have six opponents as the 8-5 favorite Sunday in the $1 million Haskell Invitational, Monmouth Park's annual showpiece. He'll try to become just the second Kentucky ...
SOME FAST COMPANY MEDAGLIA D'ORO A CLEAR FAVORITE IN THE WHITNEY.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: TIM WILKIN Staff writer SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Best horse in the country? He just might be on display Saturday in the 76th running of the Grade I, $750,000 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga Race Course. Medaglia d'Oro is a familiar name to Saratoga race fans, having ...
FOR BRYANT, HOLLIS, TIME TO GET A LEG UP.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer ALBANY -- New York Giants kicker Matt Bryant exited the team cafeteria at the University at Albany only to face a wall of reporters and television cameras. Then he fielded his first question -- how does this training camp feel ...
A LESSON IN COMMON INDECENCY.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: BRIAN ETTKIN COLONIE -- They keep the photocopy of the bounced check on the kitchen shelf with the junk mail, keys and loose change. Charlie Sullivan and his father, Chuck, joke that maybe they'll frame it. Sometimes, laughter is the best salve for disappointment. ...
WHITNEY FIELD HAS SOME STRINGS ATTACHED.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: TIM WILKIN and DAN HOWLEY Staff writers SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Trainer Todd Pletcher finally decided to enter Harlan's Holiday in Saturday's Whitney Handicap, but don't expect to see the horse on the track at post time. Pletcher said Thursday that he entered the ...
WEEK 2 AT THE TRACK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2003 ... There are giveaways, Hall of Fame signings and much more at Saratoga Race Course this week.TODAY Salute to Harry Downie, one of the Capital Region's best-known radio personalities and a longtime member of the Turf Writers Association, celebrating the life and career of the announcer ....
BIRTHSALBANY MEDICAL CENTER ALBANY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2003 ... COLLADO-HOFFMAN, Jolyce Ariana, daughter of Tomica Collado and Jamie Hoffman, Albany, April 1. HODOROSKI, Devin Michael, son of Stacey and Michael Hodoroski, Schenectady, April 1. YOUNG, Riley Taylor, son of Natalie Darling and Nicholas Young, Shaftsbury, Vt., April ...
`LUCKY' FOLDS DUE TO POOR RATINGS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: Zap2it Like a poker player holding nothing better than a 10 high, FX has folded its comedy "Lucky" after only one season. The show, which starred John Corbett as a former world poker champ trying to rebuild his life after losing everything, won some of the ...
HOPE EULOGIZED, BUT NOT BY NBC.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Byline: ED BARK Knight Ridder NBC's king of comedy received royal treatment on Monday night -- from CBS and ABC. The Peacock Network, home to each and every one of Bob Hope's 285 specials, decided against a requiem for its heavyweight. NBC chose to stick with its ...