Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from September 2007:
McNulty made right call on medical marijuana.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Although the Maurice Hinchey bill to prevent DEA enforcement against states that have approved use of medical marijuana was voted down 262-165, I am proud to see that my representative, Mike McNulty, voted for the bill. Most of Mr. McNulty's colleagues in Congress showed ...
Drinking with kin also can lead to alcohol abuse.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2007 ... I have to laugh when I read some of the suggestions that I have read recently about how we can curb the problem of alcohol abuse in this country, especially among young people. Among other suggestions, I found the one about drinking with family members to "teach them" how to drink ...
Jennings, chief must answer weapons questions.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Kudos to the Times Union for exposing the embarrassing and long-hidden scandal involving Albany police purchases of prohibited firearms through falsified documents intended to cover up private sales, break federal laws and avoid taxes that law enforcement personnel should have paid. ...
Use political bite to reduce animal abuse.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Thank you for the Aug. 26 article regarding Buster's Law, or lack thereof. After this latest case of animal abuse involving an innocent kitten, not to mention the plea from Michael Vick, I have to ask: When is somebody, anybody, going to stand up and put a law on the books that forces ...
It's unconscionable to stall health insurance.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Aug. 28 news headline regarding the expansion of the SCHIP program literally brought tears to my eyes. The federal folks who make the rules governing children's Medicaid programs really need to spend a day in a children's hospital, talk to the parents and ask, "Did the symptoms that ...
State's leaders must focus on grown-up issues.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Every time I hear someone from the Spitzer or Bruno camps, all I can picture is 10-year-olds squabbling in a schoolyard. I knew this governor would be aggressive, but it's stunning how quickly his administration engaged in, if not illegal acts, certainly an abuse of power ...
The left and right must unite to fix U.S. infrastructure.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: JAMES P. PINKERTON Let's stipulate, upfront, that there's plenty of blame to go around on Katrina. Two years ago this week, and ever since, a Republican president, a Democratic governor and a Democratic mayor all have seemed to be competing for the prize of ...
Fashion cops cry for a cover-up.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: TOM TEEPEN People have been dressing themselves with indifferent but little-contested results ever since lapsarian Adam and Eve set off the fig leaf fad. But now there are calls for government to step in. The problem in one place involves too little clothing ....
Time off is hard work.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Andy Rooney No period divides our year more definitely than the end of August and the beginning of September. Labor Day is the beginning of some things but the end of others. Vacation, for instance. It's interesting (though not very) that the word labor in many of the ...
Downside of much-touted global markets.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Cynthia Tucker Despite the harsh partisanship that had begun to infect politics by the 1990s, there was at least one tenet about which mainstream Democrats and Republicans agreed: Globalization is good. The wonders of free markets have been touted by Democrats Robert ...
Watch out, Mrs. Clinton.(Main)(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Hillary Rodham Clinton, of all people, should know better. The matter of whom to take contributions from, as she goes about running for president in what will far and away be the most expensive political campaign ever, should hit home like nothing else does. That was the real ...
PATENTS.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... SELECTING a service model from a plurality of service models Inventors: Mark Osborn, Schenectady; Rasiklal Shah, Latham; and Jieqian Chen, Palo Alto, Calif. Patent number: 7,254,747 Issued: Aug. 7 Filed: March 28, 2003 Assigned to: ...
Looking Back.(Capital Region)
Sep 01, 2007 ... On this date in 1907 Sept. 1 - W.M. Whitney advertised back-to-school clothing and accessories for boys and girls. Boys suits ...
A new thread for textile company.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: LARRY RULISON - Business writer COLONIE - Stein Fibers Ltd., a Colonie-based polyester fiber distributor, is partnering with a Korean businessman to open a manufacturing facility in South Carolina. The joint venture will be known as Innovative Fibers LLC ....
Game time.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Yankees Saturday, vs. Tampa Bay, 1L:05, YES Sunday, vs. Tampa Bay, 1:05 Monday, vs. Seattle, 1:05 Mets Saturday: at Atlanta, 3:55, Fox-23 Sunday: at Atlanta, 1:05 Monday: at Cincinnati, 1:15 Red Sox ...
Calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Sep 01, 2007 ... TODAY COMMUNITY Family Fun Weekend: "Harvest Time in New York" Where: State Museum, Empire State Plaza at Madison Avenue, Albany When: 1-4 p.m. Cost: Free Contact: 474-5877 or http://www.nysm.nysed.gov Notes: Crafts and activities inspired by the fall ...
Shared values link labor and religion.(Religion)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: PAUL F. COLE The major religions of the world and the American labor movement share many fundamental values. Religion and labor celebrate the dignity and worth of each individual and are committed to economic and social justice. Virtually every major religion has policy ...
Calendar.(Religion)(Correction notice)(Calendar)
Sep 01, 2007 ... SUNDAY Quarter-century Where: Oak Grove Baptist Church, 514 Seventh St., Troy When: 10:45-3:30 p.m. Notes: The Rev. Jackie Robinson Sr. celebrates 25 years as pastor. Joytime Singspiration Where: Whiteside Church, Center Cambridge Road, ...
'Green confession' offers reflection on environmental sin.(Religion)
Sep 01, 2007 ... LONDON - Did you forget to recycle your Coke cans? Feeling guilty over the carbon footprint you left by taking an airplane for a vacation far from home? In England, can do something about it. At the Waveney Greenpeace Fair in Suffolk this weekend, the Catholic Church is offering ...
SECURITY SCREENING OF PEOPLE WEARING TURBANS UPSETS SIKHS.(Religion)
Sep 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON - Officials of the Transportation Security Administration have pledged to continue discussions with Sikh leaders who expressed concern that revised airport screening procedures discriminate against people wearing turbans. "The new standard procedures subject all ...
The Rev. D. James Kennedy resigns from Florida church.(Religion)
Sep 01, 2007 ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The Rev. D. James Kennedy, a pastor who became one of the nation's top Christian broadcasters, has resigned from the pulpit of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church after 48 years. The 76-year-old senior pastor preached his last sermon there on Dec. 24. He ...
Reports differ on state's economy; Fiscal Policy Institute says New York's productivity is best in U.S.; Business Council says state lagging.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: CHRIS CHURCHILL - Business writer One day after the release of a scathing report on the New York state economy, a second report unveiled Friday presents a much more positive picture. The report by the Fiscal Policy Institute, a labor-backed think tank, said ...
Giving back to the community through church work.(Religion)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Steven McCoy: Youth director and music minister at New Jerusalem Home of the Saved, 160 Sheridan Ave. in Albany. Background: 34, grew up in Monticello, Sullivan County, and moved to the Capital Region in 1996. Associate degree from Onondaga Community College and 2006 ...
Church goes to popular bar to find a flock; Christians tired of traditional settings meet at Brooklyn pub to worship in informal location.(Religion)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: CATHERINE JHEE - Religion News Service NEW YORK - A rock 'n' roll bar with a neon "Pabst Blue Ribbon" sign in its window and truck-driver kitsch seems an unlikely setting for a room full of devout Christians gathered for prayer. But on a recent Sunday ...
Stocks gain after reassuring comments; Fed chief vows to protect economy; Bush pledges aid for home owners.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: TIM PARADIS - Associated Press NEW YORK - Wall Street closed out another erratic week with a big gain Friday after investors took comments from President Bush and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as reassuring signs Wall Street won't be left to deal with problems in ...
First Albany schedules meeting in New York City.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... ALBANY - First Albany Companies Inc. has finally set a date for its rescheduled annual meeting, but it won't be held in the investment firm's namesake city. The annual meeting of the shareholders will instead be held at the offices of Sidley Austin LLP, at 787 Seventh Ave. in ...
Saudi firm completes deal to buy GE Plastics.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... SELKIRK - Saudi Basic Industries Corp. of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia said Friday that it has completed the $11.6 billion purchase of GE Plastics, which employs 530 people in Selkirk and ...
Trade zone status sought for Waterford firm.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... WATERFORD - U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is calling on the U.S. Department of Commerce to quickly approve foreign trade zone status for Momentive Performance Materials in Waterford. MPM is the former GE Silicones, which was sold to a private equity group last year. It ...
Venture capital firm moves office to Glens Falls.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... GLENS FALLS - Advantage Capital, a venture capital firm that says it invests in areas that don't receive much venture capital funding, has moved its headquarters from Manhattan to 5 Warren St. in Glens Falls to be closer to its ...
SCA Tissue named union-friendly company.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... SOUTH GLENS FALLS - SCA Tissue, which operates manufacturing facilities in South Glens Falls and Greenwich, has been named to the list of union-friendly companies published ...
NBC to be plucked off iTunes.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK - Apple Inc. escalated a dispute with NBC Universal over the pricing of television shows by announcing Friday it would not sell any of NBC's programs for this fall season on iTunes. Earlier, NBC told Apple that it would no longer ...
Nanotech potential seen in Railroad Avenue; Planners look to redevelop industrial and warehouse area in Colonie and Guilderland.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: LARRY RULISON - Business writer COLONIE - Local economic development and planning officials are looking to redevelop the area around Railroad Avenue in Colonie and Guilderland, believing it could one day become home to nanotechnolgy firms working with Albany NanoTech. ...
Sharp LCD incorporates scanner.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press TOKYO - Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. plans to start shipping a new touchscreen liquid crystal display with scanner functions for mobile electronic devices this September, the company said Friday. Osaka-based Sharp, known for its ...
QUOTABLE.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... " Well, I think I've had a little more effect on tennis history than she has. I'm pretty excited about that. " SERENA WILLIAMS, asked about comments made by TV ...
Fire chiefs' judgment questioned; Mayor Bloomberg says department officials were aware of Deutsche building hazards and did nothing.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: SARA KUGLER - Associated Press NEW YORK - No one has pinpointed exactly why fire inspectors failed for months to check the condemned ground zero skyscraper where firefighters encountered a maze of hazards and potential deathtraps when responding to a blaze two weeks ago ....
Clinton urges gratitude for troops; Senator stresses need to bring home soldiers and reward their service.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: JOHN KEKIS - Associated Press SYRACUSE - Surrounded by supporters at every turn during her ninth visit to the New York State Fair, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated her goal of bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq. "Our young men and women have done ...
NEW RETAIL PLAZA KEEPS OLD ROOTS.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Long before construction began on Newbury Plaza earlier this summer, developers of the upscale strip mall on Wolf Road in Colonie were faced with a question: What should they do about the bunker-like brick building once used by AT&T Corp. for its high-end telephone line ...
CORRECTIONS.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... In a July 30 story about research into a growth spurt among the nation's oldest tree by Neil Pederson, an assistant professor at Eastern Kentucky University, a reference was made to factors that limit tree growth. While low winter temperatures play an important role, drought is the most ...
Candidate a winner with Web fans; Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul low in polls but leading on Internet.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: GRANT SLATER - Associated Press NEW YORK - Passengers on a plane leaving New York could see three words in 4-foot block letters painted on an East Village rooftop terrace as they ascended: GOOGLE RON PAUL. The entreaty to search the Internet for news of the ...
Can City Hall beat a flock of pigeons? Saratoga Springs seeks to keep troublesome birds off building.(Capital Region)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: DENNIS YUSKO - Staff Writer SARATOGA SPRINGS - The number of pigeons roosting and pooping on City Hall has apparently reached unacceptable proportions, and the city is considering spending tens of thousands of dollars to get rid of them. Dozens of fowl have ...
Sanctions by WWE tied to drug buys; Wrestlers' violations said to involve human growth hormone.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN - Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. - World Wrestling Entertainment said Friday its suspension of 10 wrestlers for violations of its drug testing policy involve drug purchases, mostly human growth hormones. WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said ...
FBI seeks suspects in store extortion case.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... CLEVELAND - The FBI is looking overseas for suspects who have phoned bomb threats to more than 24 grocery stores, banks and discount stores in 15 states, including at least six new cases Friday in Ohio. The callers have threatened to set off a bomb unless store ...
GOP Sen. John Warner won't seek reelection.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia, one of the most authoritative voices in Congress on the military and a key figure in the debate over Iraq, said Friday he will not seek a sixth term in 2008. Warner, 80, is leaving what would have been a safe seat ...
White House seeks cuts in Medicaid payments.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON - The Bush administration issued proposed rules Friday to trim payments to schools from Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for poor people. Schools are currently billing Medicaid for costs unrelated to delivering health ...
Spokesman Tony Snow to quit White House.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON - White House Press Secretary Tony Snow announced his resignation Friday, after 15 months of sparring with reporters over the Iraq war and battling cancer. President Bush tapped Snow's deputy, Dana Perino, to replace Snow, 52, who said he was leaving ...
Plant emissions expected to be cut; Waterford facility must meet tougher federal pollution rules during renewal of its permit.(Capital Region)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: BRIAN NEARING - Staff Writer WATERFORD - Stricter federal air pollution rules should mean fewer emissions from a silicones plant that has been cited by the state for pollution violations three times this decade. Momentive Performance Materials, new owners of ...
State advises smaller convention center; Albany asked to rethink project now estimated to cost $300 million.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: TIM O'BRIEN - Staff Writer ALBANY - The state is asking the Albany Convention Center Authority to re-examine its plans with an eye to possibly downsizing. The request came after board Chairman George Leveille recently estimated the project to build two hotels and a ...
Remaining fair amid hypocrisy.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Rex Smith A legislator claims the newspaper is out to get him. He knows, and the newspaper knows, about questions that have been asked and allegations raised that haven't yet yielded stories in print. And the newspaper continues doing its job, methodically gathering ...
Church opening set back by fire; Lightning strike caused blaze in steeple just as cleanup was ending.(Capital Region)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II - Staff Writer WATERVLIET - Anna Mae Behuniak sat in a chair pulled from the United Methodist Church Thursday night watching the 135-foot-tall, octagon steeple burn for the second time in 13 years. "Like they say, lightning doesn't strike ...
Pedro may go Monday.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press ATLANTA - Pedro Martinez threw so well in a bullpen session on Friday that he may return to the New York Mets next week without making another minor-league rehab start. With New York's NL East lead down to two games following a four-game ...
Ex-Danes take pro game indoors; Thomson, Resetarits eye National Lacrosse League.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: PETE IORIZZO - Staff Writer On an early August evening, Frank Resetarits and Merrick Thomson, who last year led the University at Albany to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament, saw each other on a lacrosse field. Except, for a change, they stood on ...
Sex arrest senator to resign; Idaho Republican Larry Craig unable to muster public support of party.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: JOHN MILLER and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press BOISE, Idaho - Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig will resign from the Senate amid a furor over his arrest and guilty plea in a police sex sting in an airport men's room, Republican officials said Friday. Craig, ...
President acts to prevent foreclosures; Mortgage refinancing plan to aid homeowners and reassure Wall Street.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: CHRIS CHURCHILL - Business writer Faced with rising foreclosure rates and jittery Wall Street investors, President Bush on Friday moved to help homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages. Bush announced the launch of a program called FHA Secure, which would let ...
Alarms pinpoint prison workers' whereabouts.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... ALBANY - Civilian employees in state prisons are getting some new security devices - personal alarms that can pinpoint where they are in the facility. The devices, which will debut in Elmira, Auburn and Gowanda correctional facilities and be expanded from there over three years, ...
Officer in Diallo case cannot carry a weapon.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... NEW YORK - A police officer involved in the 1999 fatal shooting of an unarmed African immigrant, Amadou Diallo, has lost his bid to carry a gun. U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein, in a ruling this week, sided with the city in ...
Woman who protested church closing mourned.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... NEW YORK - The church has been closed, so family and friends of Carmen Gonzalez got as close as they could for her funeral - the sidewalk outside. Mourners gathered in front of Our Lady Queen of ...
Fordham intends to sell Marymount campus.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... TARRYTOWN - Five years after acquiring Marymount College and two months after closing it, Fordham University announced Friday that it is planning to sell the 24-acre Marymount campus above the Hudson River in Westchester County. Marymount, a small, ...
New York City gives shoppers a tax break.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... NEW YORK - Shoppers in New York City will be getting a break: a tax break on clothing and shoe purchases. Currently, shoppers pay no city or state sales tax on clothing and shoe purchases under $110. Beginning Saturday, the ...
Air Force sergeant sentenced in drug case.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... NEW YORK - A military cargo loader who admitted smuggling thousands of Ecstasy pills aboard a U.S. Air Force jet from New York to Germany was sentenced Friday to 17 1/2 years in prison. Master Sgt. John Fong, 38, was sentenced to the same prison term as ...
Saratoga Almanac.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Number of races: 11 Post time: 1 p.m. Saturday's feature: The $500,000 Woodward, 3-year-olds & up, 11/8 miles Morning-line favorite: Lawyer Ron, 2-1 Weather forecast: Sunny, high 77, chance of rain 10 percent FRIDAY'S RECAP ...
Cubs get Trachsel.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press CHICAGO - The Chicago Cubs turned to their past to bolster their current push for the playoffs, acquiring right-hander Steve Trachsel from the Baltimore Orioles on Friday. The 36-year-old Trachsel, who was drafted by the Cubs in 1991 and ...
Mine rescue efforts suspended indefinitely.(Main)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: JENNIFER DOBNER - Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - Federal officials have indefinitely suspended efforts to find six men trapped for nearly four weeks inside a coal mine after a robotic camera failed to provide any useful information, an attorney for the men's families ...
Starters sit in final tuneups.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press ATLANTA - Not even $40 million running back Willis McGahee could stir much excitement at the Georgia Dome. McGahee was one of the few players with name recognition to play in a game decided by second-string kickers. Atlanta won 13-10 when Matt ...
Danes sense confidence; Preseason NEC top pick, Danes kick off at Colgate.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: PETE IORIZZO - Staff Writer ALBANY - Colin Disch, the University at Albany's star linebacker, last attended a Colgate game four years ago, when he watched his brother, Ryan, play for the Raiders. During Ryan's senior season in 2003, Colgate made a surprise ...
Bogey day by big three; Woods, Mickelson, Singh are combined 3 over par.(Sports)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Combined wire services NORTON, Mass. - They have combined for 121 victories and 19 majors. But when Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh played together Friday for the first time on the PGA Tour, the only number that mattered was on their scorecards. ...