Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from May 2006:
Harriman redesign to consider more than car traffic.(Capital Region)
May 01, 2006 ... Q: I work at the Harriman State Office Campus in Albany. Every time I drive out of a parking lot, I see a person on a bicycle or walking or jogging, regardless of the season or the weather. I am glad they are so determined to keep themselves in good health, but I worry that some driver at ...
And they're off; Long before the horses run, the race for Saratoga rentals has begun.(Life-Money)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: TOM KEYSER Staff Writer {FACTBOX} For potential renters Thinking about renting your house for the racing season? Here are some points to consider: Preparation and maintenance. It will take work to get your place ready. You have to empty closets and drawers, remove valuable items ...
Yankees-Red Sox a relationship of mythical proportions.(Sports)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: Brian Ettkin The story goes like this: Ohio State coach Woody Hayes once ran out of gas in Michigan but pushed his car into Ohio because he refused to spend a dime on gas - or anything - in his despised rival's state. This often-recounted yarn is ...
Man charged in fatal knifing; Murder count lodged against Hudson Avenue resident who allegedly stabbed stranger.(Capital Region)(Correction notice)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II, COLIN McDONALD and JORDAN CARLEO-EVANGELIST Staff writers ALBANY - A 26-year-old Hudson Avenue man was charged with murder Sunday evening, less than 24 hours after police say he fatally stabbed a young man he had never met. While revelers ...
Look before you leap at job buyouts in today's world.(Life - Money)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: SANDRA BLOCK USA TODAY If you've ever daydreamed about getting paid to stay home from work, be careful what you wish for. Across the country, corporations are offering big checks to blue-collar, middle management and top executives to, well, go away. Recently, more than ...
Enter real world with renter's insurance.(Life - Money)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: Michelle Singletary If you are about to graduate from college, there are three financial things you should definitely do once you get your real-world job. First, make sure you sign up for the 401(k) plan or any similar retirement plan if it's available ....
Media bias is a danger to nation's morale.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: MAX BOOT On June 7, 1942, shortly after the Battle of Midway, the Chicago Daily Tribune carried a scoop: "Navy Had Word of Jap Plan to Strike at Sea." The story, written by a correspondent who had seen intelligence reports left in an officer's cabin, reported that the ...
Sports gear costly for parents.(Life - Money)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: Steve Rosen It's one of my most delightful and dreaded shopping excursions: hitting the sporting goods store to buy new gear for my kids. Delightful, because my three children live and breathe sports, and I love to eye everything from the tube socks to the ...
Belleayre resort plan costly in many ways.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2006 ... Your assertion (editorial, "Beauty and Belleayre," April 20) that both proponents and opponents of the proposed mega-resort at Belleayre agree on two points is misstated. Many of us who oppose Dean Gitter's proposal do so precisely because we believe that so far from reviving ...
Statewide rule needed on high-speed chases.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2006 ... We have seen quite an appalling rash of dangerous high-speed police chases in recent months. The result of one is still very much in evidence on Henry Johnson Boulevard right in the heart of downtown Albany. Twenty years ago, when I first got involved in criminal justice ...
Cable cashing in on summer break.(TV & Radio)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: MARISA GUTHRIE New York Daily News Summer is no longer the dog days of television. Yes, the cul-de-sac mavens may go into hibernation and the criminologists may hang up their holsters, clearing the way for unscripted broadcast series. But cable fills the rest ...
Let's face the realities of dependence on oil.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2006 ... I keep seeing President Bush and others talking like they had a sudden conversion to conservation, now that fuel prices are causing dwindling poll numbers with every penny they increase. Fact is, the supply of oil is finite, and is getting harder to get now that Iran is ...
More drilling for oil in U.S. should be approved.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2006 ... Gas prices are up again this year, and they are probably going to surpass the highs of last year. Isn't it about time that we approve drilling in Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico and off the California coast? If we had started drilling when the President requested it about six years ...
Bin Laden tape reflects a historical mystery.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2006 ... Osama bin Laden's latest tape underscores the worst mystery of America's war on terror. When historians write the history of the American invasion of Iraq, and its bloody aftermath, they will wrestle with this question: Why did ...
Oprah's `Legends' airs May 15.(TV & Radio)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: Zap2it.com ABC is bringing Oprah Winfrey to prime time during May sweeps, scheduling a special that looks back at the daytime TV titan's "Legends Ball" last year. The hourlong special, appropriately titled "Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball," will feature footage ...
Hey, John, take a walk _ don't run.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: Ellen Goodman BOSTON - I have long believed that any columnist who writes about a presidential election more than two years before Election Day should have her fingers peeled from her keyboard and be taken off to a rehab clinic for political junkies. The only reason I ...
Mixed messages in Troy; Was tearing down a theater marquee more than meets the eye?(Main)(Editorial)
May 01, 2006 ... The future of Troy's Cinema Art Theater remains in doubt after State Police raided the premises early last month. But is City Hall sending a not-so-subtle message to the theater's owner that he won't be able to open again, no matter what? That question is being asked again and again after ...
President Arthur.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Today, constitutional representative government shows its grandest development. For months, a nation of fifty million has quietly moved on without a head; justice has been administered, finances have been administered, the army has been directed, the internal affairs have been conducted ...
Death of President Garfield.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... President James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau on July 2, 1881, and died on Sept. 19, 1881. He was succeeded by Vice President Chester A. Arthur, a Union College graduate who is buriedin Albany Rural Cemetery. For long, long weeks, the country's hopes and fears have ebbed ...
`United 93' movie is necessary.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: JOHN BAER I was at the crash site that day. It was just hours after United Flight 93 plowed into a field at an old strip mine at the edge of a forest in rural Pennsylvania. What I remember most was the quiet, a void. This despite hundreds of media ...
Margulies enjoys new role on `Festen'.(Arts & Entertainment)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: DONNA FREYDKIN USA Today NEW YORK - Julianna Margulies spends her nights at perhaps the most warped dinner party in town. And in her spare time, she peddles real estate to mobsters. Well, that's her life on stage and small screen, at least, thanks to her ...
Slim Kodak delivers hefty technology.(Life - Money)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: Gannett News Service Don't let the slim styling on Kodak's EasyShare V610 camera fool you. This dual-lens digital camera, less than an inch thick, is loaded with "big" technology with two all-glass lenses; 10X optical zoom is powerful enough to capture close-ups from ...
Eastwood respects 2 sides of Iwo Jima.(Arts & Entertainment)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press TOKYO - As a kid, Clint Eastwood watched his share of war movies. Later on, he starred in them. But now, as he puts the finishing touches on a pair of films about the bloody World War II battle for Iwo Jima, he says he has a changed ...
Cheap Trick, Allman sue for more royalties.(Arts & Entertainment)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK - Rock bands Cheap Trick and The Allman Brothers Band are suing Sony Music, claiming they are being shortchanged on royalties for songs downloaded legally over the Internet. The suit, filed at a federal court in ...
When life brings a windfall.(Business)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: JOHN WAGGONER USA Today Mutual fund companies like to tell you that, at your current rate of savings, you'll be reduced to a diet of fresh gravel when you retire. And that's if you manage your money wisely. What they don't mention is that sometimes fate ...
Lighter fare trumps history as `United 93' opens at No. 2.(Arts & Entertainment)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: Associated Press LOS ANGELES - Audiences hit the road with Robin Williams as his family-vacation romp "RV" opened at No. 1 with $16.4 million, while the acclaimed Sept. 11 drama "United 93" debuted with $11.6 million. Studio estimates Sunday had Universal ...
Many goods hitting wallets; A range of commodities see price spikes amid mine strikes and growing worldwide demand.(Business)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: ELLEN SIMON Associated Press NEW YORK - Commodities prices have had some hiccups lately, seeing some down days after flitting near record highs for more than a year. Don't count on a big price drop to stick anytime soon: Some analysts say energy prices and supply ...
Arrow Financial Corp.(Business)
May 01, 2006 ... NASDAQ: AROW Headquarters: 250 Glen St., Glens Falls Founded: 1983; subsidiary bank dates to 1851 Activities: Holding company for Saratoga National Bank and Trust Co. and Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co., which have 31 branches. ...
Investing in IPOs alluring, but also risky; New exchange-traded fund tracks offerings during first 1,000 days.(Business)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: MARK HULBERT Dow Jones ANNANDALE, Va. - Should you invest in an exchange-traded fund that invests in initial public offerings? It's a complex question. The First Trust IPOX 100 Index Fund invests in 100 stocks chosen from the U.S. IPOX Composite ...
COMING UP.(Business)
May 01, 2006 ... TODAY Earnings expected: Humana Inc., Tyson Foods Inc. Government reports: Commerce Department reports on personal income and spending for March, and on construction spending for March. TUESDAY Earnings expected: Archer Daniels Midland Co., ...
Town boycotts Exxon.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: Associated Press BEEVILLE, Texas - High gas prices are unquestionably painful in this small South Texas town that is at least an hour's drive from malls and specialized medical care, but some residents are doubting the wisdom of the county board's call for a boycott of ...
LOBBYING OVERSIGHT TAKES AIM.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Three high-profile public contracts are on the state lobbying commission's radar as it prepares to begin enforcing new rules on procurement lobbying. Under the new law, lobbyists who are trying to get state contracts for their clients must follow rules similar to those of ...
Richards' fans rally outside hospital.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Keith Richards fans gathered outside a New Zealand hospital Sunday where the Rolling Stones guitarist was believed to be undergoing treatment for a mild concussion reportedly suffered when he fell out of a palm tree on vacation in Fiji. One newspaper also reported that Richards, ...
Peter Michalski.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Public Building Manager, Office of General Services 53, Amsterdam Personal: Married, two sons Hobbies: Skiing, camping, starting golf, plans to get back into tennis, water-color painting, traveling. Last movies: "Walk the Line," "Crash," "Ray" ...
Classical music home at historic venue.(Arts & Entertainment)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: JOSEPH DALTON Special to the Times Union {FACTBOX} Music review - MUSICIANS OF MA'ALWYCK "Let Us Serenade You" REST: When: 3 p.m. Sunday Where: Schuyler Mansion, Albany Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes The crowd: about 50 adults, most of whom seemed to be old friends of the ensemble ...
Rice says Iran is stalling.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON - Iran's offer to let a watchdog agency inspect the country's nuclear facilities is a stalling tactic to avoid U.N. penalties that would further isolate Tehran, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday. ...
Sudan peace talks extended 48 hours; Rebels reject deal after government indicated it would accept proposal.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: BASHIR ADIGUN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria - The deadline for peace talks to end bloodshed in Sudan's western Darfur region was extended by 48 hours on Sunday, after rebels rejected a proposed deal to halt the fighting that has left tens of thousands of people dead. ...
Ground zero search faulted; Bank building next to trade center never fully examined for human remains.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: GREG B. SMITH New York Daily News NEW YORK - For more than four years, the 40-story Deutsche Bank tower has stood silently at the edge of ground zero, a graveyard waiting to be found. The building was searched in 2002 and pronounced clear of all human ...
Fill-ups likely to stay pricey; White House admits plan to cut costs will have little effect on gas prices.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: PAUL RICHTER Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON - Gasoline prices will remain high for years to come and will be largely unaffected by the new White House plan to bring them down, Bush administration officials said Sunday. Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman said the ...
Times Union apology sought; Albany NAACP demands paper retract its story alleging Wilcox was drinking before fatal crash.(Capital Region)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff Writer ALBANY - The Albany NAACP criticized the Times Union's coverage of the death of decorated Detective Kenneth P. Wilcox and demanded an apology Sunday. "We urge the Times Union to end its malicious and slanted coverage of this ...
Iraq corruption slows reconstruction efforts; Report says money from country's oil industry may be aiding insurgency.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: ERIC ROSENBERG Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON - A new government report released Sunday says corruption in Iraq's oil and gas industry threatens to smother the country's nascent democracy, although the study also notes the United States is making slow progress ...
Suddenly, towns find greens are out of reach; Schodack, East Greenbush taken aback as owner of golf courses tops his own asking price.(Capital Region)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: KATE PERRY Staff Writer The cost has gone up on a pair of golf courses two local towns hope to buy, and officials say the price is too high for them. Schodack and East Greenbush town officials have collaborated since last summer to purchase Evergreen Country ...
Blaze triggers tourism worries; Some fear Lake George visitors won't venture beyond burned building.(Capital Region)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: COLIN McDONALD Staff Writer LAKE GEORGE - The day after a fire razed five businesses on downtown's Canada Street, officials gathered to express their concern about the charred building's impact on the coming tourist season. "This could not have come at a ...
Iraqi leader calls talks encouraging; Recent contacts with some insurgent groups raise hopes of deal.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: LIZ SLY Chicago Tribune BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Sunday that he thinks a deal is possible with seven Iraqi insurgent groups after a series of contacts involving his office and U.S. officials. "The Americans have entered into ...
Campus dining halls add some local flavor; Skidmore among first in area to embrace new food trend.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: KENNETH AARON Staff Writer SARATOGA SPRINGS - Those big bowls of plastic-wrapped apples at Skidmore College's cafeterias are more than just a healthy snack. They're a revolution. It was two years ago that Jonathan Greene, now a junior, thought it ...
Immigrants set to show strength; Employers scramble for contingency plans in anticipation of actions.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: New York Times Leading up to a new wave of immigration demonstrations around the country today, employers met with workers, posted letters on company bulletin boards and in employee lunchrooms, and braced for the day ahead. Some urged their employees to come ...
Same-sex marriage gains support in state; With high-court review near, groups, individuals file motions favoring legality.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: MICHELE MORGAN BOLTON Staff Writer ALBANY - Support for same-sex marriage is gaining in New York, a little more than a month before the state's highest court will hear debate on the constitutionality of the current ban. In the last week, 132 law professors - ...
Acid attacks on rise in poor countries.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Acid attacks by jealous men meant to disfigure women who jilted them are on the rise in poor countries around the world, according to Zainab Saldi, a founder of Women for Women International in Washington, D.C. "Acid is a cheap, accessible weapon in the developing world. It's ...
ACTORS AMONG NEWSMAKERS WHO SHAPE TIME'S WORLD.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Oscar winners George Clooney and Reese Witherspoon and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are among the newsmakers on Time magazine's list of 100 people who shape our world. The list of 100 most influential, in the issue on newsstands today, also includes world leaders Hugo ...
Author denies link to Duke in novel about lacrosse.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Tom Wolfe, who wrote about lacrosse culture in "I Am Charlotte Simmons," reiterates the novel's setting is not Durham, N.C., home of Duke University and its embattled lacrosse team. Answering an audience member's question at a book festival on the Duke campus, the author said ...
Happy anniversary, it's a boy for the Johnsons.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Don Johnson and his wife, Kelley, celebrated their seventh anniversary with the birth of their third child, a spokesman said Sunday. The boy, who is yet to be named, was born Saturday morning at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 27( inches long and weighed 7 pounds, said Elliot ...
Rocker Pete Doherty free on bail in drug case.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... British rocker Pete Doherty was released on bail Sunday in London by police investigating tabloid newspaper photos that showed him injecting himself and a woman with drugs, a police official said. The Babyshambles singer was detained Saturday morning on suspicion of recklessly ...
Jealousy blamed in acid attack; The suspect's estranged husband says she was agitated and despondent in the weeks leading up to the incident.(Main)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: PAUL GRONDAHL Staff Writer The story of Rihab Hagelkhider and how she allegedly threw acid on another Sudanese woman at a pre-wedding party in Schenectady spread rapidly across parts of Africa and the Middle East over the Internet and in Arabic-language newspapers. ...
'College Hoops 2K6' defeats sports rivals.(Life-Money)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: DOUG ELFMAN Special to the Times Union What a weird turn of events for the new season of sports games. Out of all the new baseball, hockey and tennis titles on the market, the most fun new title is a college basketball game and it's not even college basketball season, ...
Looking Back.(Capital Region)
May 01, 2006 ... On this date in 1856 May 1 - The young son of Capt. T. Knight of Beaver Street almost drowned ...
Community Calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
May 01, 2006 ... Today BINGO American Legion Melvin Roads Post Where: 200 Columbia Turnpike, East Greenbush When: 7:30 p.m. Notes: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Saratoga-Wilton Elks Lodge Where: 1 Elk Lane, Wilton When: 7:15 p.m. Notes: $1,500 in prizes ...
Taylor takes TV tourney; Beats Walther for $4,000 prize.(Sports)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: PETE DOUGHERTY Staff Writer SCHENECTADY - If a bowler is going to win one tournament, why not do it on live television and in the event offering the biggest first-place prize? Mark Taylor, winless in area singles tournaments in 3( years as an Albany resident, ...
Funny Cide ends drought; Captures Kings Point to end eight-race slump.(Sports)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: Staff and wire reports NEW YORK - Funny Cide, the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, ended an eight-race losing streak with a victory Sunday in the $65,000 Kings Point Stakes at Aqueduct. The 6-year-old chestnut gelding hadn't won since the 2004 Jockey ...
Long name may be short on speed; But Sweetnorthernsaint has won impressively.(Sports)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: TIM WILKIN Staff Writer If you look at what he's done on the racetrack, maybe it isn't so crazy to think the horse with the longest name in the Kentucky Derby field can win the Run for the Roses on Saturday. His name is Sweetnorthernsaint and he most likely ...
Armed robber strikes at Schenectady shop.(Capital Region)
May 01, 2006 ... SCHENECTADY - A man armed with a handgun walked in to a Union Street bagel shop in broad daylight Sunday and walked out with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said. Neither employee working at the time was hurt in the robbery, which happened just before 4 p.m. at the ...
Autopsy set today on remains found in field.(Capital Region)
May 01, 2006 ... FORT EDWARD - Authorities are waiting on the results an autopsy expected to be performed today to help them identify human remains found in a farm field Saturday afternoon. The partially clothed skeletal remains were found in an unused private field at about 3 p.m. by a man ...
Tournament to decide AAU's king; Winner advances to national tourney.(Sports)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: DAVID FILKINS Staff Writer The King of the Mountain AAU basketball tournament May 19-21 will determine which Capital Region high school players advance to the AAU national championship July 26 to Aug. 1 in Orlando, Fla. The tournament will take place at Shaker ...
Danes set for league tourney.(Sports)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: Staff reports The University at Albany men's lacrosse team earned the third seed in a field of four for Friday's America East Tournament at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County Complex in Baltimore. The Great Danes (7-6, 3-2), who have captured three ...
Bachetti takes 30-lap opener; Quinn captures 358 modified race.(Sports)
May 01, 2006 ... Byline: Staff reports Rallying from the eighth row in the early laps, Andy Bachetti overtook pacesetter Matt Quinn before holding off Wayne Jelley to win Saturday night's late season opener in the 30-lap big block modified feature at Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon. ...
Angler drowns after boat capsizes.(Capital Region)
May 01, 2006 ... JOHNSBURG - A 19-year-old Warrensburg man drowned Saturday evening when the boat he and a friend were in capsized on Garnet Lake, police said. Jesse A. Ackley of Sanford Street in Warrensburg was tossed into the lake with his fishing companion, 20-year-old Adam B. Arnold of ...