Charleston Daily Mail back issues from January 2003:
FBI expands its dragnet for manhunt: Local authorities help with search for men in U.S. illegally
Jan 01, 2003 ... FROM STAFF, WIRE REPORTS WASHINGTON - FBI agents are expanding their dragnet for a growinglist of foreign-born men they believe may have entered the UnitedStates illegally from Canada in a false ID case that has heightenedterrorism fears around the New Year's holiday, government ...
City revelers greet 2003: People will do just about anything to grab spotlight
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF For one shining night every year, two men have the power to decidewho is in the spotlight. In this case, that's a literal spotlight, as in the one that roamsacross the Charleston House Holiday Inn during the annual New Year'sEve ball drop at Haddad ...
Goodnight festivities benefited from balmy New Year's Eve
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Bob Daley of Charleston can sum up 2002 with a scowl and twowords: "Stock market." Most at the annual New Year's Eve Goodnight Festivities, though,chose adjectives like calm, quiet and uneventful. Those words were used to describe both the year that ...
Opening of Clay Center is just 50 days away: Plenty of work is still ahead for crews on project
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Fifty days. Go ahead, count 'em. With the New Year's countdown to 2003 out of the way, it's time tostart another one: Exactly 50 days from today - on Feb. 19 - the ClayCenter for the Arts and Sciences will swing its doors open for thefirst time. With ...
Hank Williams honored with 'Final Journey' tour
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The highway might've been lonesome the night Hank Williams died inthe backseat of his chauffeured Cadillac, but it's not any more. A chartered bus filled with Williams fans was to unload in OakHill today to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the famed ...
Allegheny Energy subsidiaries get default extensions
Jan 01, 2003; ... HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Allegheny Energy Inc. said that two of itssubsidiaries have received two-week extensions on default waiversgranted by lenders, giving the company more time to address itsfinancial problems. The move marks the second time lenders have extended the waiversthat ...
Mayor clears the air over Hoge House
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL PUTNAM REPORTER WINFIELD - Winfield Mayor Jake Hunt reaffirmed the town'scommitment of $10,000 for the restoration of the historic Hoge Houseat Tuesday's Putnam County Commission meeting. Pending approval of the town council, Winfield will earmark$10,000 for ...
Toddler dies in Williamson fire: Two other children rescued by their mom's boyfriend
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF WILLIAMSON - Despite the valiant efforts of Henry Davis, whichincluded charging into his burning East Williamson home to rescue hislive-in girlfriend's children from the flames, he was unable to saveher toddler son. Davis ran into the burning home Tuesday ...
Woman suing commission: Former county employee says discharge unlawful
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF A former Kanawha County employee who worked for West VirginiaUniversity's Extension Service has filed a lawsuit against the CountyCommission alleging she was unlawfully discharged because of her raceand liberal views. Cerita Watson, a two-year employee of ...
Huntington Sanitary Board employees face layoffs
Jan 01, 2003; ... HUNTINGTON - Sixteen city Sanitary Board employees could be laidoff Thursday but could then reclaim their jobs if City Council adoptsa sewer fee increase of 30 percent. Huntington Sanitary Board Executive Director Sterling "Woody" Baresaid Tuesday that the board will meet at 10 ...
REGIONAL
Jan 01, 2003 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 33 27 Snow Charlotte 59 43 PCldy Cincinnati 36 28 Snow Cleveland 32 27 Snow Columbus,Ohio 34 27 Snow Dayton 33 26 Snow Daytona Beach 74 56 Cldy Greensboro,N.C. 53 41 ...
NATIONAL
Jan 01, 2003 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 13 0 Cldy Baltimore 38 37 Cldy Boston 30 26 Snow Chicago 27 22 Snow Dallas-Ft Worth 44 30 PCldy Denver 43 16 Clr Detroit 29 20 Snow Honolulu 82 64 Clr Houston 57 40 Clr Indianapolis 27 23 ...
Americans celebrate new year: Security tightened for Big Apple festivities
Jan 01, 2003; ... Americans rang in 2003 at New Year's Eve celebrations that, inkeeping with the times, were cost-conscious and security-aware. In New York, the thousands packed midtown Manhattan to watch thegleaming Times Square ball drop. The Times Square 2003 Balloon Crew blew up 10,000 red ...
Bush focuses on Iraq: President downplays North Korean situation
Jan 01, 2003; ... CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush is keeping an unwavering aim onIraq while insisting North Korea's nuclear ambitions can be held incheck diplomatically and without resort to military force. Iraq's Saddam Hussein poses the greater immediate danger becausean attack by him, either ...
News briefs
Jan 01, 2003 ... Fireworks blaze kills at least 28 MEXICO CITY - Illegal fireworks stands ignited in the port city ofVeracruz as revelers thronged a marketplace to buy New Year'ssupplies. The blaze quickly engulfed an entire city block and killedat least 28 people. Police and ...
Letters to the Editor: If OSHA did its job, workers' comp costs would drop
Jan 01, 2003 ... There are many articles in the Daily Mail about how bad ourworkers' comp system is. These laws were enacted for employees injured or disabled on thejob to be provided with fixed monetary awards, eliminating the needfor litigation. The laws protect employers, limiting the ...
Election law: West Virginians should guard the voting process zealously
Jan 01, 2003; ... REPRESENTATIVES of the county chairmen of West Virginia'sDemocratic Party visited Democratic Secretary of State Joe Manchinrecently to suggest what they tried to cast as reforms. Cabell County Democratic Chairman Bobby Nelson said more activityis needed at the local level to get ...
Our views: Congress; The disconnect between officials and most Americans is troubling
Jan 01, 2003; ... AS the new year begins, America finds itself about to resume theGulf War. Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein has failed to keep his end ofthe cease-fire agreed to 12 years ago. A critic of this necessary war, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.,raises a good point about who is in the ...
Happy (dangerous) New Year: Possessing nukes changes things profoundly
Jan 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Happy New Year. The most dangerous epoch in history -it lasted less than 20 years - may have been in the 14th century,when bubonic plague killed more than half the populations of Europeand Asia. But judging from the way 2002 ended, with North Korea swiftlyelbowing ...
Letters to the Editor: Politics the cause of W.Va.'s workers' comp problems
Jan 01, 2003 ... I just read the Daily Mail's Dec. 19 editorial on Workers' Comp. Five years ago, I wrote a letter to the Mail deploring ourWorkers' Comp system. At that time, our unfunded debt was not thecurrent amount. This problem is going to bankrupt West Virginia. It has alreadyclosed ...
Group wants bones of St. Nicholas back
Jan 01, 2003; ... ANKARA, Turkey - The Santa Claus Foundation, based in mainlyMuslim Turkey, wants Italy to return the bones of St. Nicholas - the4th century bishop in the Greek city now called Demre on the TurkishMediterranean coast. Muammer Karabulut, the group's chairman, told The Associated ...
Young giraffe makes her debut: Animal keeper says other female now has company
Jan 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Malaika, the National Zoo's latest debutante, actedlike the coy young female she is: She batted her thick eyelashes, sheswayed her long, sinuous neck, and she preened about in her plush,cinnamon-colored coat with its white striped accents. This isn't just any young ...
Minor earthquake hits Southern California
Jan 01, 2003; ... VENTURA, Calif. - A minor earthquake struck off the SouthernCalifornia coast. The magnitude-3.4 quake hit at 4:51 p.m. Tuesday about five milesnorth of Santa Barbara Island in ...
Some states resist lower drunk driving limit: West Virginia among 17 states refusing the call
Jan 01, 2003; ... A high-pressure federal effort to toughen drunken driving lawsacross the United States is meeting resistance in a third of thestates, where many politicians say the policy is counterproductiveand misguided. Highway safety regulators in 1998 called on states to lower theallowable ...
State's revenue ahead of estimates
Jan 01, 2003; ... The state's general revenue fund has exceeded collections by $3.6million for December, according to a monthly revenue report by thestate auditor's office. The report, finalized before the state government closed at noonTuesday, also showed that the general revenue fund has ...
West Nile's toll heavy on wildlife: Virus hit animals much harder than human beings
Jan 01, 2003; ... First there was the silence of the crows. Then the horses fell ill - more than 14,000 this past summer alone- along with squirrels, chipmunks and mountain goats. Even mightyraptors - eagles, hawks and great horned owls - dropped from the sky. Now scientists are beginning to ...
British muskets carry mystique: Souvenirs are must-have piece of Afghan history
Jan 01, 2003; ... KABUL, Afghanistan - For many U.S. troops stationed here, the must-have souvenir is a 19th-century British musket - the remnant, perhapsironically, of a superpower's lost cause. Buyers say the guns give them a piece of Afghan history. Theantique firearms also help the owners ...
Power company gets OK to build transmission line
Jan 01, 2003; ... ROANOKE, Va. - The U.S. Forest Service gave American ElectricPower final approval to cut through parts of the Jefferson NationalForest, including habitat for an endangered bat, to build a 765-kilovolt transmission line. "This is the decision we've been waiting for," said AEP ...
Mass. governor will work for free
Jan 01, 2003; ... BOSTON - Incoming Gov. Mitt Romney and Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey saythey will forgo their salaries for the next four years and use themoney to pay top staff members more during the state's financialcrisis. Romney, a millionaire former venture capitalist, would have made$135,000 a ...
Adoptive parents in Kan. charged in boy's death
Jan 01, 2003; ... KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A pastor and his wife were charged in thedeath of their 9-year-old adopted son, who authorities said had beenbound and gagged. Neil, 47, and Christy Edgar, 46, were charged with first-degreemurder and ordered held on $2 million bond each. The couple were ...
Police blotter
Jan 01, 2003 ... One killed, another injured in collision FLAT TOP - One driver is dead and another is hospitalized after atwo-truck accident on Interstate 77. A flatbed truck carrying a load of industrial-sized tires wastraveling in the Flat Top area when the truck left the right side ...
No word yet from Dallas
Jan 01, 2003; ... IRVING, Texas - Jerry Jones knows all about Bill Parcells' historyof walking away from deals. So the Dallas Cowboy owner wants toannounce an agreement as soon as he can. As of Tuesday, he was still waiting. And he probably will be untilat least Thursday, despite reports that ...
The best and worst of WVU's 2002
Jan 01, 2003; ... Nothing like ringing in this new year with the old for WestVirginia University football fans, especially after the recentlyconcluded one. Despite last weekend's 48-22 humbling by Virginia in theContinental Tire Bowl at Charlotte, WVU's season was generally anunexpected frolic ...
Give 'em a sport, Indian seniors succeed
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Way back in 1999 when Emily Facemyer and Andrea Lewis were wide-eyed freshmen at Sissonville High School, they found themselves someplace they never expected to be. No, they didn't take a wrong turn and end up in the boys lockerroom. Instead, ...
Springston will know first foe
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER The University of Charleston's return to football will be spicedwith plenty of local flavor. The Golden Eagles will play their opener on Aug. 30 at LaidleyField against West Virginia University Tech, UC Coach Mike Springstonsaid Tuesday. It ...
Don't look for BCS overhaul
Jan 01, 2003; ... The Bowl Championship Series - for a change - got it right thisyear. Miami-Ohio State, two unbeatens, play for the nationalchampionship. Happy New Year! Wait a minute, says the Rose Bowl. The granddaddy of them all seesBCS at-large teams from the Big Ten and Pacific 10 in ...
School investigating band; issues apology
Jan 01, 2003; ... CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The University of Virginia apologizedTuesday for the performance of a student pep band that made fun ofWest Virginians during halftime at Saturday's Continental Tire Bowl. The independent band of U.Va. students staged a parody of thetelevision show "The ...
Briefly
Jan 01, 2003 ... BASKETBALL The storied Boston Celtic franchise passed into the hands of agroup of longtime fans who pledged to bring a championship back tothe city. The group of new owners is headed by venture capitalists WycGrousbeck and Stephen Pagliuca, both from the Boston area, ...
Local sports
Jan 01, 2003 ... GW ALUMNI GAME George Washington High School will conduct an alumni boysbasketball game at 1 p.m. Saturday at the school. For more information or to RSVP call Rick Greene at 342-9894. WV CHAOS The West Virginia Chaos soccer team will conduct ...
Led by tailback Davis, Fresno State wins first bowl game in 10 years
Jan 01, 2003; ... Pat Hill sat at the podium praising his team's resolve as severalplayers seated next to him fought back tears. Fresno State had just won its first bowl game in 10 years, and theBulldogs did it without seven players. They had to miss their team's 30-21 victory over Georgia Tech ...
Maryland MVP Henderson stops Tennessee by himself
Jan 01, 2003; ... ATLANTA - The Maryland football team's two-year quest for adefining victory finally came to fruition Tuesday night in convincingfashion against Tennessee in the Peach Bowl. The 20th-ranked Terps defeated the Volunteers, 30-3, before 68,330at the Georgia Dome and a national ...
TODAY'S ODDS
Jan 01, 2003 ... NCAA Football Today Cotton Bowl At Dallas Texas 10 101/2 (461/2) LSU Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Florida 1 1/2 1 1/2 (47 1/2) Michigan Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Notre Dame Pk Pk (401/2) N.C ....
Suggs ends career with Hokie victory
Jan 01, 2003; ... SAN FRANCISCO - Lee Suggs stood in the stadium hallway in cleatsand a uniform covered in mud and paint. He posed for pictures, signedautographs and chatted - anything to keep wearing his Virginia Techcolors for another minute. Suggs capped his remarkable comeback season by rushing ...
TCU 'Pelts' Colorado State
Jan 01, 2003; ... MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Texas Christian got tired of hearing aboutColorado State quarterback Brad Van Pelt in the days leading up tothe Liberty Bowl. "It made it seem like one dude was going to beat our team," TCUlinebacker McDonald said. "We call ourselves a team and one dudecannot ...
NFL Playoffs
Jan 01, 2003 ... Wild-card Playoffs Saturday Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m. (ABC) Atlanta at Green Bay, 8 p.m. (ABC) Sunday Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (CBS) N.Y. Giants at San Francisco, 4:30 p.m. (FOX) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 11 ...
Green Bay turns to Glenn
Jan 01, 2003; ... GREEN BAY, Wis. - It doesn't look or sound like Brett Favre isgoing to have his favorite receiver on the field against the AtlantaFalcons. "I told Brett, 'If you throw the ball at my chest or down on theground, I'll play. But anything over my head, I'm sorry, I just won'tbe able ...
UK president wasn't aware of violations
Jan 01, 2003; ... LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky President Lee Todd was not aware of NCAAviolations linked to Rich Brooks before hiring him as the Wildcats'new football coach. Todd said Tuesday he was "disappointed" that Athletic DirectorMitch Barnhart did not tell him about violations linked Brooks ...
Georgia bulldogs No. 2 Pittsburgh
Jan 01, 2003; ... ATHENS, Ga. - Pittsburgh wasted a chance to reach No. 1 for thefirst time, losing to Georgia 79-67 Tuesday as Ezra Williams scored20 points. Second-ranked Pittsburgh (9-1) never has led The Associated Presspoll. The 1987-88 team also reached No. 2, the only other time ...
Chandler shows potential in Bull win
Jan 01, 2003; ... Tyson Chandler was so confident in his ability that he jumped tothe NBA directly from high school. Against the Portland Trail Blazers, the 20-year-old center showedwhy. Chandler scored 27 points and grabbed 18 rebounds - both careerhighs - as the Chicago Bulls ended ...
Figuring out the bad guys isn't easy these days: Commentary
Jan 01, 2003; ... O.J. Simpson strolls onto the football field at an Orange Bowlpractice and finds himself welcomed by the USC coach and players likea prodigal son come home. Handshakes and hugs. Autographs and photos. Friendly banter andwide-eyed hero worship. And an unsettling thought comes ...
A new perspective: Incoming Putnam commissioner represents the new population of Putnam County
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL PUTNAM REPORTER WINFIELD - Last month, during a discussion of country living, thethree Putnam County Commissioners traded childhood memories ofsmoking hogs. Democrats Bud Beaver and Jim Withrow and Republican Jim Carutherseach had their own recollections about the ...
A new perspective: Incoming Putnam commissioner represents the new population of Putnam County
Jan 01, 2003; ... Republican Steve Andes, manager of the Goody's store on CorridorG, begins his term on the Putnam County Commission today ....
Big family awaits first baby: Child arrived earlier than Powellton woman expected
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF There was no way of knowing Donovon Aleksander Springirth wasgoing to be the first baby born in the Kanawha Valley this year. He was actually due Jan. 12. And his mother, feeling labor pains,went to the hospital on Monday and was sent back home. So ...
Decrepit bleachers worrying officials: Fixing them all may cost $6 million
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Be careful where you sit the next time you go to a sporting eventat one of Kanawha County's schools. You might just end up on the ground, or worse yet, in thehospital. Bleachers at nearly all the high schools - with the exception ofLaidley Field - ...
Deer farmers, state officials square off: Disagreements surround issue of raising animals
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Tall tales about the big buck that got away can sometimes smudgethe line between truth and fiction, and now information about deerfarming has become almost as blurry as near-great stories of huntingglory. Deer farmers want to be supervised by the ...
Obituaries
Jan 01, 2003 ... Dwane E. Adkins SIAS - Dwane E. "Mickey" Adkins, 55, of Sias died Dec. 29, 2002.Service will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at Koontz Funeral Home,Hamlin. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will bein Goldsbury Cemetery, Sias. Loma B. Adkins TIOGA - Loma ...
Police seek man after fourth La. victim found
Jan 01, 2003; ... LAFAYETTE, La. - Police investigating the murders of four womensaid they are seeking a man who was seen in the vicinity where thelast victim was found. "We are not 100 percent sure this is the person, but this is theperson we would definitely like to talk to," Lafayette Parish ...
Big family awaits first baby: Child arrived earlier than Powellton woman expected
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL Brandy Springirth and newborn Donovon Aleksander, along withdelivery nurse Amanda Blyler, celebrated New Year's Day in ...
Agency weighs complaint over 4-H: American Indian practices are still under fire
Jan 01, 2003; ... MORGANTOWN - Ethan Lash didn't know he was hurting anyone'sfeelings when he joined the Delaware "tribe" at 4-H camp three yearsago. In West Virginia's Pocahontas County, that is how hundreds ofchildren each year are taught teamwork, unity and respect forleaders. "A tribe ...
Reverse mortgages are catching on with seniors
Jan 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Helen Grady thought she had run out of options. The76-year-old widow was in poor health and in danger of losing her homebecause of mounting debts. Her roof leaked, the well was contaminatedand the dishwasher was broken. "I knew I was losing the house and it was going ...
Wall Street has dismal year again: Market usually rallies in December, but not this time
Jan 01, 2003; ... NEW YORK - Wall Street posted a third straight disappointing yearin 2002 as corporate misdeeds, terrorism and fears of war madeinvestors skittish about putting money into stocks. The Dow Jones industrials finished the year at 8,341.63 - down16.8 percent. In percentage terms, it ...
Shoppers still can catch sales - with a receipt: Many stores will refund difference
Jan 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - For most shoppers, this teeth-gnashing scenarioshould sound familiar: You buy a sweater, stereo or widget at oneprice, only to find it drastically marked down weeks, days - or, inthe case of Christmas, even hours - later. The difference from one shopper to the next is ...
States sue U.S. on Clean Air standards
Jan 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Nine Northeastern states spanning from Maine toMaryland filed suit challenging the Bush administration's decision torelax national industrial pollution restrictions for the first timesince enactment of the Clean Air Act in 1970. The attorneys general of those states ...
Doctors say strike is not about greed: Workers at four W.Va. hospitals expected to strike
Jan 01, 2003; ... WEIRTON - If surgeon Jayapal Reddy joins dozens of colleagues in astrike starting today at four northern West Virginia hospitals, itwon't be about greed. He drives a Subaru with 110,000 miles because he can't afford anew car for two more years. And with the skyrocketing price ...
Priest pleads guilty in child rape case
Jan 01, 2003; ... SALEM, Mass. - A Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to 12 to 15years in prison after pleading guilty to raping an altar boy in the1980s and early '90s. The Rev. Ronald H. Paquin, 60, was charged in ...