Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from July 2005:
Downing Street memo says much of leaders.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2005 ... According to Rex Smith's, June 18 column, "nobody who follows public policy could have been surprised by what the memo (the Downing Street memo) relates." Which is that the British government at the highest levels thought the American government was fixing the intelligence about WMDs and ...
Cartoon by de Rosier is just too tasteless.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2005 ... With his June 22 cartoon, John de Rosier makes another attempt to see just how far he can go. This time I think he reached the nadir. He points out if you want someone to sell a product, a man who can dispense political wisdom and fatherly relationship advice with marketing appeal, then ...
De Rosier cartoon hardly thought out.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2005 ... John de Rosier's June 24 political cartoon, "It's comforting to know we are not alone," lessened my respect for his work. Without debating the merits or lack thereof concerning a constitutional flag-burning amendment in our nation, it is evident it would have nothing in common ...
High court condemns property rights via `Kelo vs. New London' ruling.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Like the majority on the Supreme Court who eroded property rights yet again with the Kelo vs. New London decision on eminent domain, you have a very strange understanding of liberty. Look it up in the dictionary. If you ask, as you did in the editorial "Seizing property" (June 26), "Why ...
Don't underestimate the dangers of diving.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2005 ... The hot summer weather is here. Everyone wants to stay cool. A favorite way is to enjoy those backyard above-ground and in-ground swimming pools. These pools are great; however, caution must always be used. Specifically: No diving permitted. Members of our organization know all ...
A father giving his son a loan isn't big news.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2005 ... The front page of a newspaper is expected to carry the big news of the world, such as battle updates from the Middle East, U.S. policy shifts and world reactions, and even perhaps wrongdoing in our government. Articles about a father loaning money to his son to buy a house and the son ...
Business certificates.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... The following is the list of business certificates filed with the office of the Saratoga County clerk for June 2-6: Ballston Douglass Winters is doing business as Doug Winters Roadside Emergency Service, 15 Birchwood Court, Ballston Spa. Michael Leffler is ...
Community Calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Jul 01, 2005 ... TODAY ENTERTAINMENT "The Notebook" WHERE: East Greenbush Library, 10 Community Way WHEN: 3 p.m. COST: Free NOTES: 2004 movie baked on book by Nicholas Sparks SATURDAY COMMUNITY 198th birthday celebration ...
Police Blotter.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... RENSSELAER Tuesday, June 21 10:33 p.m. CRIMINAL CONTEMPT. A First Street man, 23, was charged on Third Avenue. Officer: Malatino. Wednesday, June 22 9:35 a.m. PETIT LARCENY. Complainant reported that someone stole a stop sign and pole at ...
Panel helps with government relations.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS - The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce is offering a seminar on government relations for non-profit organizations from 3 to 5 p.m., Monday, July 11, at the Prime Hotel and Conference Center. Featured panelists will include Tracey Brooks, regional director ...
Tour takes in gardens.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS - Ten gardens around Saratoga Lake, Lake Lonely and in downtown Saratoga Springs are on the 11th annual Soroptimist Secret Gardens Tour from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, July 10. The gardens ...
Their new truck faces a baptism of fire.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: DENNIS YUSKO Staff Writer WATERFORD - Minutes before the Halfmoon-Waterford Fire District and the Halfmoon Fire Co. inaugurated a new, custom-made fire truck, the vehicle was called to a report of a working structure fire on Morgan Lane. Saturday's truck ...
Home theater.(Life - Scene)
Jul 01, 2005 ... CLASSICS The Josephine Baker Collection (Kino International; three DVDs, $29.95 each; unrated) 1927-1935. Baker's career remains a fascinating welter of contradictions. Here was a hugely talented woman, born in St. Louis in 1906, who escaped the crushing racial ...
Identity theft? Do me right.(Main)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: TANYA BARRIENTOS I called my credit card company the other day to ask if my account was one of the 40 million that was stolen from CardSystems Solutions Inc. and is now free pickings for thieves. The young lady on the other end of the line simply sighed. And ...
Weighing gains of war against the losses.(Main)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: ANDREW GREELEY When is a war necessary? When is it in the absolute vital interests of a country to go to war? What kind of calculations should be made before a leader plunges his nation into the unpredictability and horror of war? The Revolutionary War, which ...
Junior golfers: A profile of a 2003 boys champion.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Name: Matt Canavan Hometown: Saratoga Springs Birth date: Nov. 28, 1988 Birthplace: Albany School: Saratoga Springs High School Grade (in the fall): 12 Country club (or course you play most ...
Nation's ideals upheld by faith, dissent.(Main)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: PETER S. CANELLOS When the American literary lion William Dean Howells turned 75 in 1912, New York's superintendent of libraries asked him for some words of wisdom that could be read to children. Howells chose a subject that bristles with tension even now, 93 years ...
Ballet's orchestra in Thursday concerts.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS - Members of the New York City Ballet Orchestra and friends will present chamber music concerts at The Arts Center Theatre, 320 Broadway. The concerts will take place from noon to 1 p.m. on three Thursdays - July 7, 14 and 21. Admission is $5 for adults ...
Farmers Market's vendors growing.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... BALLSTON SPA - Three new vendors at the Ballston Spa Farmers Market will sell perennials, artwork and dog treats. There are 24 vendors at the market in Wiswall Park, open 3 to 6 p.m. Thursdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Hollyhock Hill Garden Design is selling plants in ...
Park's ownership reviewed.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: LEIGH HORNBECK Staff Writer BALLSTON - If the Jenkins Park Advisory Board members agree, the property owners whose taxes support the park will be asked to vote whether or not to turn Jenkins Park over to the town. Doing away with the special taxing district ...
HVCC athletes stand out in class.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2005 ... TROY - The National Junior College Athletic Association recognized several Hudson Valley Community College student-athletes as Academic All-Americans for having at least a 3.6 cumulative grade point average following the 2004-05 academic year. In addition, Hudson Valley's ...
Culture clashes close border to media exports.(Arts & Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: STEWART M. POWELL Times Union Washington bureau With more than 90 percent of Canada's population within 100 miles of the U.S. border, Canadian authorities have had a hard time trying to protect Canadian culture from the onslaught of the multibillion-dollar American ...
Program provides an education in Graham.(Life - Scene)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: TRESCA WEINSTEIN Special to the Times Union BECKET, Mass. - Before she was a pioneer of modern dance, a legend and eventually a caricature of herself, Martha Graham was an amateur choreographer whose work looked a lot like that of her mentors, Ted Shawn and Ruth St ....
Mining delay an either-ore matter.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff Writer NASSAU - Town officials will hold a public hearing next week on extending a six-month mining moratorium for the third time. But mining opponents say officials have done nothing to toughen zoning during the moratoriums. The hearing ...
Missioner home to celebrate anniversary.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... TROY - The Rev. Peter James Barry, who marked his 40th anniversary of ordination as a Maryknoll missioner on Sunday, will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving this weekend in Troy. The mass begins at 11 a.m. Sunday at Sacred Heart Church on Spring Avenue. The Troy native ...
Historical tales told by those who should know.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: LEIGH HORNBECK Staff writer BALLSTON SPA - In keeping with the oral tradition of preserving the past, eight local historians will trade tales at Brookside Museum tonight. As part of First Friday events in the village from 6 to 9 p.m., the historians will talk ...
THE TROY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION'S TENURE WAS HARDLY A DISASTER.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... This letter is in response to the June 7 column written by William Dowd. For the record, the (Troy Schools Superintendent Armand) Reo administration did not leave "several schools on the endangered achievement list." The state test results for fourth-graders in January 1999 ...
Happy birthday to Grafton.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... GRAFTON - The town celebrates its 198th birthday on Saturday. Events include a flea market from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. at town park, entertainment from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the town gazebo and the annual chicken barbecue at 1 p.m., hosted by the Grafton Methodist Church. The ...
Honors go to college graduates.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Meghan Mahoney, the daughter of Bill and Nancy Mahoney of Wynantskill, received her bachelor of arts degree in history from LeMoyne College, Syracuse. Mahoney is a 2001 graduate of Catholic Central High School. She graduated summa cum laude and was a member of four honor societies. Meghan ...
The real Warburton aims to escape Puddy.(Arts & Entertainment)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: ROGER MOORE Orlando Sentinel Patrick Warburton wants to set the record straight. "That's right," he says, in that punchy, clipped baritone we've all come to love. He's not that tall. No matter how big he looked standing next to the rest of the cast ...
Seniors News.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... HOOSICK CENTER 69 Church St., Hoosick Falls Monday: Center closed for holiday. Tuesday: Card party 10:30 a.m., health department, grocery shopping, van transportation. Wednesday: cards, 12:30 p.m.; exercise class, 1 p.m. Thursday: ...
Thank-yous are in the (designer) bag for celebrity performers at Live 8.(Life - Scene)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: ELIZABETH WELLINGTON Knight Ridder PHILADELPHIA - Performers at Saturday's Live 8 concert will appear for free, but they'll go home with pricey thank you gifts. Organizers of the concert, designed to raise awareness of crushing poverty in Africa, will show ...
`Teenage Witch' expecting.(TV - RADIO)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: Associated Press LOS ANGELES - Melissa Joan Hart, who starred in the TV series "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," is reportedly expecting her first child. Hart, 29, is married to Mark Wilkerson, 28, lead singer and guitarist for the rock trio Course of Nature ....
`Cinderella Man' is no `Seabiscuit'.(Life - Scene)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: JACK MATHEWS New York Daily News There has been much wringing of hands over the perceived box-office failure of Ron Howard's "Cinderella Man," an $88 million feel-good movie that has made Howard, producer Brian Grazer and executives at Universal Pictures feel just awful ....
Live 8 adding more artists to its lineup.(Life - Scene)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: MICHAEL KLEIN Knight Ridder PHILADELPHIA - Russell Simmons, a producer of the Live 8 concert here, is behind new names just added to Saturday's bill, including Kanye West ("Jesus Walks") and Rita, Ziggy and Stephen Marley, who will lend a reggae edge to Black Eyed Peas. ...
Tour combines best ingredients.(TV - RADIO)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: RICK KUSHMAN Sacramento Bee SACRAMENTO, Calif. - There is one cause, one long-running show worth the price of missing some sunshine this holiday weekend: The venerable Tour de France starts Saturday on OLN. It's Lance Armstrong's last ride; it's the most visually ...
Ebbers sells assets in WorldCom pact.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: ERIN McCLAM Associated Press NEW YORK - Former WorldCom boss Bernard Ebbers will give up nearly everything he owns - including his Mississippi home and his stake in a golf course - in a settlement with angry investors in the fraud-toppled company. Ebbers, who ...
Family matters.(Main)(Editorial)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Despite the lobbying reforms approved by the Legislature last month, New York still needs tougher standards. A Times Union article last week by Michele Morgan Bolton and Bob Port is a case in point: It exposed one of the more egregious loopholes in the lobbying statute, as well as in ...
Saddam cast to adapt plot to today's politics.(Arts & Entertainment)(Opera review)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: MIKE CORDER Associated Press SYDNEY, Australia - The silhouette is unmistakable. A rifle pointing upward from his hip, the man in the fedora swaggers through the smoldering ruins of a Jewish temple. Saddam Hussein is taking center stage in an Australian ...
Church and state.(Main)(Editorial)
Jul 01, 2005 ... It would have been nice if the Supreme Court had drawn the line Monday when it handed down its rulings on public displays of the Ten Commandments. Instead the justices essentially came down to this: You'll know that line when you see it. Two cases were before the court. One ...
Boeing taps director as its new top gun.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: MIKE COLIAS Associated Press CHICAGO - Boeing Co. turned to an aerospace veteran to help repair the company's strained government relations and lead its market-share battle with rival Airbus SAS, naming 3M Co. Chief Executive W. James McNerney Jr. its new CEO Thursday. ...
Looking back.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... On this date in 1905 July 1 - Mrs. John F. Veelow of Schenectady drowned in the Mohawk ...
Investors sell after rate hike.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: MICHAEL J. MARTINEZ Associated Press NEW YORK - Disappointed investors sent stocks tumbling Thursday after the Federal Reserve said it would keep to its policy of raising interest rates at a "measured" pace. The decline, which took the Dow Jones industrials down nearly ...
Triton tells Maytag talks with rivals threaten deal.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... DES MOINES, Iowa - Household appliance maker Maytag Corp. said Thursday it was notified by Triton Acquisition Holding Co. that Maytag's talks with rival suitors give Triton the right to terminate their merger agreement and collect a $40 million termination fee. Triton is an ...
AT&T shareholders back $16B merger with SBC.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... DENVER - AT&T Corp. shareholders on Thursday approved the company's $16 billion acquisition by SBC Communications Inc., which would create one of the world's largest phone companies. About 98 percent of voting shareholders approved the merger, with less than 1 percent opposed ....
SEC commissioner named acting head of agency.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... WASHINGTON - President Bush named Securities and Exchange Commissioner Cynthia Glassman as acting SEC chairman on Thursday. SEC Chairman William Donaldson is stepping down. The Senate has yet to approve Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., Bush's choice to replace Donaldson. ...
Morgan Stanley picks ex-president as new chief.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... NEW YORK - Morgan Stanley named former president John Mack as its new chairman and chief executive officer Thursday, replacing Philip Purcell at the head of one of Wall Street's most storied investment banks. The widely anticipated move ended three months of turbulence that had cost the ...
Home mortgage rate drop keeps demand high.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... WASHINGTON - Rates on 30-year mortgages sank this week to their lowest level in more than a year, offering welcome news to prospective home buyers who face soaring home prices in many areas. Freddie Mac, in its weekly survey, reported that for the week ending June 30, rates on ...
Signs of weakness in spending, income.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: MARTIN CRUTSINGER Associated Press WASHINGTON - Personal income growth slowed sharply in May and people's spending didn't increase at all, but analysts viewed the weakness as temporary and not as a signal of a serious slowdown of the economy. The Commerce ...
Merger a major problem for rival.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: TIM WHITMIRE Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A month ago, Wachovia Corp. Chairman Ken Thompson told investors he wanted his bank back in the credit card business it left behind five years ago. So why was crosstown rival Bank of America - not Wachovia - ...
Credit giant brings $35B.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: PAUL NOWELL Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. - In a bold move that reinforces Bank of America Corp.'s dominance of consumer banking in the United States, the nation's third-largest bank said Thursday it will buy credit-card leader MBNA Corp. in a deal worth $35 billion ...
Community Calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Jul 01, 2005 ... TODAY COMMUNITY Construction site tours WHERE: Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks' access road off of Hosley Avenue, Tupper Lake, Franklin County WHEN: 3 p.m. CONTACT: 359-7800 or http://www.adknature.org NOTES: Half-mile walk over uneven terrain ...
Three more auto insurers cutting premiums in state.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... ALBANY - Three more insurers - American International Group, Chubb and General Motors Acceptance Corp. - have joined the list of companies cutting auto insurance premiums in New York, bringing the total savings for state policyholders this year to more than $360 million. State ...
4th commercial building under way in Latham park.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... COLONIE - Commercial real estate developer First Columbia LLC is building the fourth of five structures at its office park off Route 9 in Latham. Workers have erected the steel for the three-story, 45,000-square-foot building at 22 Century Hill Drive. It should be completed by ...
Idaho aircraft firm using Valogix Inc. software.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS - Valogix Inc. has a new customer: Western Aircraft of Boise, Idaho, which selected the company's software to control its inventory. Valogix software replaces spread sheets and regular reports with automatic forecasting and plans that optimize the process of ...
Job fairs planned for Saratoga track positions.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS - Saratoga Race Course will hold the first of two summer job fairs next weekend, New York Racing Association officials said this week. Positions available for the 36-day meet: admissions, parimutuel clerk, cleaning, customer service, parking, ...
Corporate training is child's play.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: DAN HIGGINS Business writer SARATOGA SPRINGS - A young woman in stocking feet stands before a large, flat-screen television and tries mightily to keep up with the animated hipster swaying and stepping to a 1970s disco hit. She is dancing to the future of ...
At 46, Hearns hasn't heard final bell.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: Associated Press DETROIT - Former champion Thomas Hearns is planning to a return to the ring for the first time in five years, a spokeswoman said Thursday. His opponent for the July 30 bout in downtown Detroit was scheduled to be announced today, spokeswoman ...
`It's a mad dash to the courthouse'.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: ALAN WECHSLER Business writer ALBANY - Many who have brought their woes - and their debts - to bankruptcy attorneys have heard that the law is changing. They can't say when, and they don't know exactly how. But they're filing now, before it's too late. ...
Former chief leaves MTI post.(Business)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: KEVIN HARLIN Business writer The former chief executive officer of Mechanical Technology Inc. left his job Thursday as president of the company's Government Systems office in Washington, D.C. Dale W. Church asked the Colonie instrument and fuel cell developer ...
Center Square group loses building appeal.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: BRIAN NEARING Staff Writer ALBANY - A state appeals court Thursday rebuffed efforts by the Center Square Neighborhood Association to stop an apartment building from reopening near Lark Street. The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court ruled the city Board ...
CORRECTIONS.(Main)
Jul 01, 2005 ... A story in Thursday's Capital Region section about a man who admitted to sexually abusing a child misstated the charge against him. Malcomb Kogut pleaded guilty to a criminal sexual act. In the Belmont Race Course entries in Wednesday's sports section, the horse ...
Suspect held in rape of girl.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: MIKE GOODWIN Staff Writer SCHENECTADY - An 11-year-old girl returning home with a meal of Chinese food for her family was grabbed off a main Mont Pleasant street and raped behind an abandoned house, police said. Detectives charged Parsram Chettana, 43, with ...
Troy council candidate faces sales tax warrants.(Capital Region)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff Writer TROY - Restaurant owner Michael LoPorto, a Democratic candidate for City Council, owes tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid sales tax to the state, according to tax warrants filed in Rensselaer County. LoPorto, who owns LoPorto's on ...
A high cost for success.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2005 ... Byline: SANDRA HARWITT Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England - Richard Williams says his daughters, Venus and Serena, have paid a price for their success. They've struggled, he says, because of criticism from fans and the media, who grew tired of watching them play in ...