Charleston Daily Mail back issues from April 2004:
Ousted doctor now advising attorneys
Apr 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL HEALTH REPORTER A former Teays Valley orthopedic surgeon who was stripped of hismedical license by West Virginia authorities now travels theSoutheast in a camper, advising lawyers in personal injury cases,court records show. Dr. John Anderson King, formerly of Ivy ...
Bush official expects a win: Campaign manager; says state residents
Apr 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - The man running President Bush's re-election effortsaid West Virginians have a clear decision this November. "When people focus on the choices, I think the president is goingto win," said Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign manager Ken Mehlman. "West Virginians are not ...
Bush official expects a win: Campaign manager; says state residents
Apr 01, 2004 ... Ken Mehlman, manager of the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign, says Bushis the clear choice for West ...
Old issue surfaces in race: Candidates split over collective bargaining; Election 2004; Governor
Apr 01, 2004; ... Collective bargaining for state employees has the support of twoleading Democratic hopefuls for governor and, surprisingly, twoRepublicans, while other candidates from both parties oppose it. To varying degrees, Democrats Joe Manchin and Lloyd Jacksonsupport collective bargaining ...
Agencies team up to control Graham: Officials trying to see who can regulate nonprofits
Apr 01, 2004; ... Grahams payday sweeter than Bushs Bob Graham, longtime director ofthe Wyoming County Council on Aging, collected $457,872 in taxpayer-provided compensation in 2003. Public outrage over his salary andperks prompted a state investigation and motivated his board to limithis pay. Heres how ...
Most candidates conservative on abortion: It doesn't matter which political party they represent
Apr 01, 2004; ... The field of gubernatorial aspirants is a snapshot of sociallyconservative West Virginia, with candidates from both politicalparties opposing abortion rights. Democratic front-runners Joe Manchin and Lloyd Jackson both opposeabortion rights, as do Republicans Rob Capehart, Dan ...
New locator helps 911 response: Computer program aids in finding sites,; notifying services
Apr 01, 2004; ... Gone are the days of Kanawha County emergency personnel standingover a large paper map trying to figure out their next move and thebest way to get people to safety during a crisis situation. Now they can look at a plasma monitor that will give them thenumber of homes in the area, ...
Suicide video aired on porn Web site
Apr 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - A man's suicide in the lobby of a public housingbuilding - videotaped by a closed-circuit camera - turned up on apornographic Web site. Police were trying to track down how the video was acquired, andthe Internal Affairs Bureau was focusing on officers who ...
Dynamite discovered near Boone school: Police bomb unit detonated device before it went off
Apr 01, 2004; ... A Boone County elementary school was placed on high alert when astick of dynamite attached to blasting caps was located on a countyroad near the facility. Ashford-Rumble Elementary administrators kept the school's 125students in their classrooms Wednesday and locked the doors of ...
Meetings slated for Weirton retirees
Apr 01, 2004 ... The Bureau of Employment Programs and the Independent SteelworkersUnion are holding a series of meetings at the Holiday Inn on ThreeSprings Drive in Weirton to explain the Health Coverage Tax Credit toretirees. Because of the number of retirees, the suggested days for retireesto ...
Female bomber kills man in Uzbekistan
Apr 01, 2004; ... TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - A woman blew herself up in Uzbekistan'scentral Bukhara region today, killing a man and critically injuringherself, police said. The blast occurred at a two-story apartment building and policewere investigating at the scene, said a duty officer in the ...
GOP says Kerry campaign, groups violating the law
Apr 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - Republicans moved to stop pro-Democratic groups fromspending millions to defeat President Bush, filing a federalcomplaint that accuses John Kerry's campaign of illegallycoordinating its political ads and get-out-the-vote activities withanti-Bush groups. The GOP ...
Rwandans recall genocide: Survivors tend remains of more than 500,000 slain
Apr 01, 2004; ... NTARAMA, Rwanda - Dancila Nyirabazungu was hiding in a church withher husband, two daughters and thousands of other frightenedvillagers when the killers struck with grenades, guns, machetes andclubs. Nyirabazungu managed to flee, but some 5,000 men, women andchildren were killed ...
Official says deaths will be avenged: U.S. administrator in Iraq condemns killings, mutilations
Apr 01, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - The top U.S. administrator in Iraq today condemnedthe grisly killing and mutilation of four American contractors in the city of Fallujah, and said their deaths would not go unpunished. "Yesterday's events in Fallujah are dramatic examples of theongoing struggle ...
REGIONAL WEATHER
Apr 01, 2004 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 64 41 PCldy Charlotte 71 52 PCldy Cincinnati 73 54 PCldy Cleveland 65 41 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 71 51 PCldy Dayton 71 53 PCldy Daytona Beach 80 58 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 68 52 ...
NATIONAL WEATHER
Apr 01, 2004 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 23 15 Cldy Baltimore 52 36 Cldy Boston 50 33 PCldy Chicago 42 36 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 78 47 PCldy Denver 68 33 Clr Detroit 48 41 Rain Honolulu 81 71 Rain Houston 77 50 PCldy Indianapolis 55 41 ...
News briefs
Apr 01, 2004 ... President will sign unborn victims act WASHINGTON - President Bush, eager to hand another victory to thesocial conservatives who make up his most loyal base of politicalsupport, decided on an elaborate ceremony to sign into lawlegislation expanding legal rights of the unborn ....
Our views: 25 cents; W.Va. has a good thing to say to 300 million fellow countrymen
Apr 01, 2004; ... IMAGE matters, and West Virginia could have gone a number ofdifferent directions with its quarter, the 35th to be issued in thenational series. Some images are so familiar they are part of the hearts of WestVirginians wherever they live. The Mountaineer, defiant, "always ...
Our views: Mezzatesta; The governing class manages to take quite good care of itself
Apr 01, 2004; ... HAMPSHIRE County has 20,798 residents. About one in six are poor,and the other five are not much better off. The average income inHampshire was $14,851 per person in 1999 - one-third below than thenational average of $21,587. But one man in the county makes six times that average, ...
Government catches good citizens: Officialdom; seems clueless about bad actors
Apr 01, 2004; ... It all began when Susie, my wife, tried to cash a check at ourlocal bank. She submitted her West Virginia ID with the check, as she has donefor years. You see, she doesn't drive, but she obtained a WestVirginia picture ID through the Division of Motor Vehicles years agobefore ...
Letters to the Editor
Apr 01, 2004 ... Vote against those who let morals slide I see a great change of attitudes and character in people fromwhat they were when I was a lad. Very slowly, the liberalism of lifestyles seen in other states isnow being seen in this wonderful state. We are still very ...
Letters to the Editor
Apr 01, 2004 ... Justices should rank 50th as well Having left West Virginia in 1958 for Georgia, I am appalled atthis article about raising judges' salaries. How can a state as poor as West Virginia, support the kind ofsalaries Chief Justice Elliott Maynard is ...
DEP postpones Davis Creek flood cleanup
Apr 01, 2004 ... A state-sponsored volunteer cleanup of flood debris along DavisCreek has been postponed due to high water. The state Department of Environmental Protection had planned toconduct a two-day cleanup Friday and Saturday. The agency issued apress release early today rescheduling the ...
Candidates sound off in race for secretary of state: Campaign finance, corruption raised as topics of discussion; Election 2004; Secretary of State
Apr 01, 2004 ... Campaign finance, corruption raised as topics of discussion By JOSH HAFENBRACK DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER The eight candidates vying for secretary of state skirmished overcorruption and campaign contributions in a meeting with Daily Maileditors. Sen. Mike ...
Hearing focuses on sexual assault in the military
Apr 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - Rep. Shelley Moore Capito called sexual assaults onwomen in the military "shameful," but said civilian solutions todealing with attacks may not work in the battlefield. "We've got to be much more aggressive, much more creative,"Capito, R-W.Va., said Wednesday during a ...
More than 30 animals killed in Pa. shelter fire
Apr 01, 2004; ... UNIONTOWN, Pa. - A western Pennsylvania animal shelter caughtfire, killing almost three dozen animals inside. The manager of the shelter and three employees at a nearbyveterinary hospital tried in vain to rescue 30 dogs and four catsfrom Wednesday's fire, which broke out around 3 ...
UMW questions seminar's timing: Roberts says most take day off as holiday
Apr 01, 2004; ... The question on Cecil Roberts mind is whether the U.S. Mine Safetyand Health Administration has deliberately insulted union miners oris just incompetent. Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers, said union minershave an established tradition of taking April 1 off to honor ...
Wise signs racial profiling bill
Apr 01, 2004; ... The state Division of Motor Vehicles will analyze reports culledfrom all West Virginia traffic stops to check for signs of racialprofiling and misconduct under a bill signed by Gov. Bob Wise. The bill, one of six Wise signed Wednesday, requires all levels oflaw enforcement to note ...
Athletes glad rifle team reinstated: Some happy despite own sports likely cut for good
Apr 01, 2004; ... MORGANTOWN - Some West Virginia University athletes who saw theirteams cut last spring say they're happy the rifle team wasreinstated, even if similar prospects for their own teams are slim atbest. Junior Tony Epkey, who is transferring to Ball State Universitynext semester ...
Wise, union members say Bush destroyed jobs
Apr 01, 2004; ... Special Metals Corp. retiree Ron Ferrell criticizes PresidentBush's trade and economic policies in a news conference today ....
Wise, union members say Bush destroyed jobs
Apr 01, 2004; ... President Bush has destroyed jobs instead of creating them bypursuing policies that are undermining the nation's and WestVirginia's economy, Gov. Bob Wise and several United Steelworkermembers said today. Their list of complaints include Bush's lifting of steel ...
Only invited guests to hear president
Apr 01, 2004 ... It will be invitation-only when President Bush speaks on jobs andthe economy at Marshall University's Joan C. Edwards Performing ArtsCenter Friday. Several hundred tickets have been given to localbusiness leaders and Marshall faculty, staff and students. Thepresidential "conversation" ...
Recent Kerry visit helped prepare for Bush: Huntington gearing up for presidential appearance Friday
Apr 01, 2004; ... They've done it before, and this time should be no different. Huntington has experience when it comes to visits from politicalfigures. Two weeks after the city welcomed Democratic presidentialnominee John Kerry, it will do it again Friday for President Bush. Matt Rugh, ...
Police blotter
Apr 01, 2004 ... Fayette man faces two arson charges FAYETTEVILLE - A Fayette County man has been charged with startingtwo fires in the Minden area. Aaron William Dabler, 20, of Minden allegedly set two abandonedstructures on fire on Oct. 29, 2003, according to a release from ...
Thayer's successes go well beyond the baseline: Class of the Class of '04
Apr 01, 2004; ... EDITORS NOTE: The Daily Mail weekly series Class of the Class of04 follows up a Christmas Eve feature package on the seniors whoseathletic success has raised the profile of girls high school sportsin the Kanawha Valley. Most people wouldn't wish all of the problems Emily Thayer has ...
Schifino optimistic about his future: WVU; Schifino situation
Apr 01, 2004; ... MORGANTOWN - Drew Schifino looks to the future but can't forgetthe past. Schifino, the former West Virginia University forward dismissedfrom the men's basketball team Jan. 12, is reminded of what once wasevery day. First there's his roommate, WVU point guard Jarmon ...
Hornbuckle 'Big Mac' status: South Charleston star hot in All-American Game
Apr 01, 2004; ... Alexis Hornbuckle's domination of girls basketball has moved fromWest Virginia to a national stage. The South Charleston senior was named the John Wooden MostValuable Player Award winner at the prestigious McDonald's All-American Game in Oklahoma City. The three-time West ...
Hull, Jarrett on AA All-State: Magnolia's Talkington joins Poca, sissonville stars on top squad; Prep basketball; Class AA All-State
Apr 01, 2004; ... The Cardinal Conference is well represented on this year's ClassAA All-State boys high school basketball team. Two players from the league - Poca's Josh Hull and Sissonville'sCody Jarrett - are among the eight first-team selections made by theWest Virginia Sports Writers ...
Perception an issue for Beilein
Apr 01, 2004; ... AT spring training in Florida last week, I heard the ricochet ofthe West Virginia University rifle program. That remains a bang-upcolumn for another day. There was another WVU athletic development that sounded likepotentially a bigger boom to me. With the defection of the ...
Wolverines must figure way to stop Rutgers' freshman
Apr 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - As thoroughly as Michigan won its NIT semifinal gameover Oregon, none of the Wolverines lit up Madison Square Garden theway Quincy Douby did for Rutgers. The spindly freshman had 35 points and energized the ScarletKnights with six 3-pointers in their overtime win ...
Reds option Jung Bong to Triple-A
Apr 01, 2004; ... SARASOTA, Fla. - Left-hander Jung Bong and five others were sentto the Cincinnati Reds' farm system Wednesday, leaving 30 players incamp. Bong, obtained last week from Atlanta in a trade for relieverChris Reitsma, was optioned to Triple-A Louisville along withinfielder Tim ...
'West Virginia' out of Kentucky Derby: Handlers decide Churchill Downs; too much of grind
Apr 01, 2004; ... There will no Kentucky Derby for West Virginia. The 3-year-old colt, named for the Mountain State, will make hisnext start on April 25 in his home state, in the $150,000 New YorkStallion Stakes at Aqueduct, a 1-mile race in which West Virginiafigures to be the favorite. That ...
Local sports
Apr 01, 2004 ... ALL-MSAC Two players from South Charleston and a pair from St. Albanshighlight the All-Mountain State Athletic Conference boys basketballteam, as selected by the league coaches. South Charleston senior Ronnie Means, who averaged 11 points anddouble-digit assists, and Black ...
Class AA All-State
Apr 01, 2004 ... Class AA All-State The boys Class AA all-state team announced today, with player,school, grade and points average (x-denotes captain): First Team x-Ted Talkington, Magnolia, 6-2, sr, 31.0 points per game. Josh Hull, Poca, 6-1, sr, 17.2. Marcus Davis, ...
LOCAL, NATIONAL
Apr 01, 2004 ... COLLEGE SOFTBALL Today W.Va. State at Northern Kentucky, 3 p.m. MEN'S TENNIS Friday West Liberty at W.Va. State, 3 p.m.; HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Today Poca at Sissonville, 6 p.m. George Washington at Capital, 6 ...
Mountaineers Harris, Wright out indefinitely with concussions: WVU football; Spring injuries
Apr 01, 2004; ... MORGANTOWN - West Virginia running backs Kay-Jay Harris and ByranWright will be out indefinitely with concussions, Coach RichRodriguez revealed Wednesday night. Both had received blows to the head in Monday's drills andcomplained of dizziness. Rodriguez said neither will be ...
Rest rarely in the cards for WVU running backs: WVU football; Spring practice
Apr 01, 2004; ... MORGANTOWN - Every season the coaches claim the top running backwill receive more rest. Yeah, right. Then every West Virginia University season, one running backessentially has the offense hitched to his back and carts the yardageload for the year. In Coach Rich ...
Marshall's Whyce begins to pass Wilt's eye test: Marshall football; Spring practice
Apr 01, 2004; ... HUNTINGTON - Jamaal Whyce needed to pass an eye test. Not that the Marshall University defensive tackle needed glasses. He didn't. It wasn't that kind of eye test. This exam is the sort college coaches and NFL scouts give players.Does he look good in his uniform? ...
Calhoun's Monday shaping up as momentous occasion: NCAA Final Four
Apr 01, 2004; ... Monday could be an amazing day in Jim Calhoun's life. That morning, he'll find out if he has been elected to theBasketball Hall of Fame. That night, his Connecticut team might be playing for the nationalchampionship. The thought of such an extraordinary double left ...
Carlisle matches Riley with third division title: Pacer's coach gets third title in only third year as coach; NBA Roundup
Apr 01, 2004; ... Jermaine O'Neal doesn't mean to downplay Rick Carlisle's coachingaccomplishment. He's just focused on leading the Indiana Pacers deepinto the playoffs. "We've got a bigger goal to deal with, and that's trying to getthe playoffs throughout," O'Neal said. "We want to make sure ...
POST CARD from Alexis
Apr 01, 2004 ... McDonalds All-American Girls game * Airs: 5 p.m., today, ESPN2 *Womens Basketball Coaches Association All-American Game 5:30 p.m.Saturday No TV Hello everyone: We didnt do much (Wednesday) before the game.After breakfast we had a shoot-around from 10 to 11 and then cameback and ...
Earnhardt penalized for faking spinout
Apr 01, 2004; ... DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. was hit Wednesday with a$10,000 fine and the loss of 25 NASCAR Nextel Cup points forpurposely causing a caution flag in the race at Bristol. Earnhardt had fallen behind because of a tire problem and was indanger of going down a lap when he ...
Giants' ace battling arm trouble: ERA leader Jason Schmidt will start on DL; Baseball; Spring training
Apr 01, 2004; ... Although San Francisco ace Jason Schmidt is expected to start theseason on the disabled list, he was encouraged by his firstappearance on the mound in more than two weeks. The right-hander worked three strong innings in a minor leaguegame Wednesday. But General Manager Brian ...
Former Sissonville star still earning wins: Prep softball; Notebook
Apr 01, 2004; ... The area's two softball pitching stars from the high school Classof 2003 are performing well at the Division I collegiate level thisspring. Former Sissonville hurler Andrea Lewis has thrown in 17 games forGardner-Webb (22-20), starting six times for the North ...
Does it make horse sense?: Supporters say four horse parks would fill void
Apr 01, 2004; ... Proposed West Virginia horse parks Summaries of the four horsepark projects in West Virginia that are in various stages ofplanning: Mylan Park Event and Horse Center Morgantown Purpose:National and regional level horse shows and other events Size whencomplete: 120 acres of reclaimed ...
State may tap into initiatives: Leaders say W.Va.; ripe for developing homeland security
Apr 01, 2004; ... Leaders of an effort to see that West Virginia gets economicdevelopment benefits from addressing the nation's homeland securityconcerns are hoping to enlist industry in their cause soon. Sen. John Unger, who is setting up a Council on EconomicDevelopment in Homeland Security, ...
Legal fees up for vote: County prosecutor wants commission to pay lawyers' bill
Apr 01, 2004; ... Kanawha County commissioners are scheduled to decide tonightwhether to reimburse Prosecutor Mike Clifford for almost $40,000 inlegal fees he incurred in fighting removal from office. Only two commissioners, Kent Carper and Hoppy Shores, will decidethe matter, because the state ...
Water systems at odds: County, Clendenin fear repercussions of; Frame Road project
Apr 01, 2004; ... Both sides in a battle between Kanawha County and Clendeninbelieve a water system is in jeopardy, but they disagree over whichone is at stake. Commissioner Kent Carper is afraid the county will lose $1.5million in federal money to bring water to 174 families in the UpperFrame ...
Stamping plant parent bankrupt: Mayflower says S.C. facility not part of insolvency
Apr 01, 2004; ... Mayflower Corp. has fallen into the United Kingdom's equivalent ofbankruptcy but the corporation said the subsidiary that operates theSouth Charleston stamping plant is not part of the insolvency. "The U.S. business doesn't have a problem of liquidity and weintend to keep it that ...
Adelphia defendant unaware, lawyer says
Apr 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - A defense lawyer sought to show that Michael Rigas, ontrial with his father and brother, did not know that a publicly fileddocument he signed regarding Adelphia Communications Corp. containedfalse statements. Christopher Thurner, formerly the accountant of John ...
Obituaries: Obit
Apr 01, 2004 ... Dovie C. Abbott WINTER PARK, Fla. - Dovie C. "Mickie" Cross Abbott, 75, of WinterPark, Fla., passed away March 14, 2004, after a short illness. Born March 7, 1929, in Logan, W.Va., she was the daughter of thelate Clarence E. and Dovie Collins Cross. She was also preceded ...
Lynch still unsettled by her fame: Former POW says she is ready for life to return to normal
Apr 01, 2004; ... A year after Jessica Lynch became the Iraq war's most famoussoldier, she continues to grapple with questions. Those questions range from the personal (When to enter college?When to marry?) to the existential (What does her survival mean?). "I think there is a reason I survived ...
Hoover students win Constitution competition: 'We The People' team will compete in national contest
Apr 01, 2004; ... In order to form a more perfect union, Herbert Hoover students hadto work together. To prepare for the state's We The People competition, the Hooverteam pored over the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, judicialopinions and political philosophy for weeks. The mission: prove ...
S.C. man faces drug lab charges
Apr 01, 2004 ... A South Charleston man was in jail today after police found analleged methamphetamine lab in a stolen car he was driving. Jeremy William Childers, 28, was charged with operating aclandestine drug lab after police stopped him Tuesday in Elkview,according to a complaint filed in ...
Group home let man work at strip club, regulators say
Apr 01, 2004; ... FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - North Carolina regulators say employees at agroup home allowed a mentally ill resident to regularly go to a stripclub and work at the club as a bouncer. The state has told the group home to stop accepting clients andsaid it intends to revoke the home's ...