Charleston Daily Mail back issues from July 2004:
It gets a thumbs up,: More than 3,000 turn out for Magic Island movie night
Jul 01, 2004; ... Showing movies on a gigantic inflatable screen at Magic Island wasjust an idea a local radio station wanted to test. But after more than 3,000 people showed up for this summer's finalfilm, officials at WQBE realized they had better do it again nextyear. "Everybody loves it, ...
Listen: Jack is back, After hospital stay, Powerball king has a few things to say
Jul 01, 2004; ... Jack Whittaker has lost his trademark black Stetson and gained anunruly beard. He says he's growing a ponytail. He also says he'sfeeling better after spending two months in the hospital. The record-setting Powerball winner danced the night away duringlast year's Fourth of July ...
Saddam refuses charges, Ex-leader defiant in first appearance since capture
Jul 01, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - A defiant Saddam Hussein rejected charges of warcrimes and genocide in a court appearance today, telling a judge inhis first public appearance since his arrest: "This is all theater,the real criminal is Bush." Saddam was handcuffed when brought to the court but the ...
The blasts before the booms
Jul 01, 2004; ... The F-16 Fighting Falcon is to the Air Force as the Ford Mustangis to sports cars. Fast, sleek, affordable, easily customized and packing one hell ofa kick, the F-16 is the backbone of America's fighter squadrons. And on July 4, Charleston will get a close-up look at the ...
Rejected candidate nails himself to cross
Jul 01, 2004; ... ZACATECAS, Mexico - A farmer upset about not getting his party'snomination to run for the Zacatecas state legislature nailed himselfto a wooden cross and donned a crown of thorns in a protest outsidethe state's electoral office. Juan Villanueva, of the mining and farming town of ...
Crash kills five in Kansas
Jul 01, 2004; ... PEABODY, Kan. - A six-vehicle crash in a highway construction zonekilled five people. A month ago two others died in a collision at the same place,authorities said. In both crashes, a tractor-trailer hit a passenger vehicle thathad stopped or slowed down near where the ...
Ruling may affect sentences, Supreme Court decision may force changes in W.Va.
Jul 01, 2004; ... In a ruling that could deeply alter the way federal courtssentence drug dealers and other criminals, U.S. District Judge JoeGoodwin said that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling underminesfederal sentencing guidelines. Goodwin said Wednesday that the Supreme Court ruling in Blakely ...
U.S. targets terror leader, Airstrikes left: four people dead,; Iraqi doctor says
Jul 01, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. jets pounded a suspected safe house ofterrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Fallujah today, the latest in aseries of strikes against the man suspected of masterminding deadlyattacks and beheadings in Iraq. The missile strike, which a doctor in the ...
REGIONAL: WEATHER
Jul 01, 2004 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 82 58 PCldy Charlotte 86 68 Rain Cincinnati 87 66 Clr Cleveland 80 62 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 88 66 Clr Dayton 87 64 Clr Daytona Beach 90 73 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 85 68 ...
NATIONAL WEATHER
Jul 01, 2004 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 66 55 Cldy Baltimore 85 69 PCldy Boston 80 63 Cldy Chicago 81 63 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 86 70 PCldy Denver 88 57 PCldy Detroit 81 61 PCldy Honolulu 76 88 Clr Houston 93 75 PCldy Indianapolis 85 64 ...
Device helps man stop hiccuping
Jul 01, 2004; ... NEW ORLEANS - After seven months of constant, bark-like hiccups, afirst-of-its-kind operation has returned normal life to a 50-year-old Texas man. Shane Shafer's speech is now a hoarse whisper - a side effect ofthe electronic device that cured him, one generally used to ...
Va. laws let workers have a day of rest
Jul 01, 2004; ... RICHMOND, Va. - Because of a legislative oversight, a new Virginialaw requires businesses to give workers Saturdays or Sundays off ifthey want it, alarming some businesses with weekend and round-the-clock shifts to cover. Some retailers are even trying to get a game plan in place ...
Iraqis have mixed take on Saddam, Former dictator: appears in court
Jul 01, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - One wished him well, while another wished him afate similar to what he allegedly bestowed upon hundreds of thousandsof Iraqis. As former dictator Saddam Hussein appeared in court Thursday tohear charges ranging from genocide to crimes against humanity, someof the ...
News briefs
Jul 01, 2004 ... Spacecraft now in orbit around Saturn PASADENA, Calif. - After seven years of hurtling through space tothe outer solar system, the U.S.-European Cassini spacecraft squeezedthrough a gap in Saturn's shimmering rings, fired its brakes andsettled into a near-perfect orbit around the ...
Our views:: Confinement, Putnam County makes sure an alternative to prison works
Jul 01, 2004 ... PRISONS cost so much to operate that a person must commit a veryviolent crime to get in. But society needs to protect itself fromless violent people as well, and so the home confinement program wasconceived. If supervision is credible, this makes sense. Criminals wearelectronic ...
Our views:: Progress, As its public school initiative shows, West Virginians can solve problems
Jul 01, 2004 ... WEST Virginians complain that nothing ever changes in the state.Nobody ever acts to stops the waste. Nobody ever tackles the realproblems. It sometimes seems that the state's bad habits persist, onand on, to bedevil new generations. Not always. Let the record show that after ...
Letters to the Editor:: Preparedness is anything but silly
Jul 01, 2004 ... I read with interest the Daily Mail's June 17 editorial,"Silliness: This Homeland Security business seems to follow aPentagon model." Times have certainly changed since the terrible attacks on ourcountry on Sept. 11, 2001. These changes have brought the need to beprepared for ...
W.Va. has explaining to do, Why are our taxes so much higher than elsewhere?
Jul 01, 2004; ... HAVING had so much fun asking an obvious question in a previouscolumn about school superintendents and their multi-year contracts, Icontinue with yet another. Why should the state and property taxes of a family in Charlestonbe three times as much as the same family in Cheyenne, ...
Other groups sue over fireworks
Jul 01, 2004; ... A Kanawha County judge's ruling last month to allow the WestVirginia Symphony Orchestra's fireworks display to go on despitebeing a day late for the permit application is giving rise to similarlawsuits around the state. Groups in Cheat Lake and Hedgesville also were late on ...
Warner hopes firm can pump him up, Candidate hires team used by Schwarzenegger
Jul 01, 2004; ... Republican gubernatorial candidate Monty Warner has hired apolitical consultant who worked on California Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger's campaign. Warner's television and radio commercials will be produced byWashington, D.C.-based Larry McCarthy, who designed ads last year forthe ...
New library design still in works, Board trying to decide how project will be funded
Jul 01, 2004; ... Officials at the Kanawha County Public Library are getting closerto knowing what a new main library in downtown Charleston will looklike, but the public will have to wait awhile longer to see it. At the beginning of the year, Executive Director Linda Wright hadhoped to present to ...
Jury remains out in federal fraud trial of Adelphia executives
Jul 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - Jurors failed to reach a verdict in their third day ofdeliberations at the federal fraud trial of four former AdelphiaCommunications Corp. executives. Besides asking to review trial exhibits and transcripts oftestimony, the jury asked Wednesday for a transcript of a ...
State high court to hear case on legality of Budget Digest , Fate of legislative funding device may hinge on decision
Jul 01, 2004; ... The state Supreme Court announced it will hear a case next fallthat could end the Legislature's controversial Budget Digest. The high court's justices unanimously agreed to hear the case,styled Mary Ann Podelco v. Earl Ray Tomblin, et al., on Wednesday. The case, filed by ...
Worker killed in fall on 'Old Ironsides'
Jul 01, 2004; ... BOSTON - A civilian employee for the U.S. Navy fell about 70 feetto his death from the main mast of the USS Constitution, the historicship known as "Old Ironsides." The worker was performing routine maintenance on the mast andrigging ahead of Fourth of July celebrations when he ...
Man gets life with mercy sentence
Jul 01, 2004 ... A Dunbar man who went to Wal-Mart to buy ammunition for a 2002slaying got a life with mercy sentence for his role in the killing. The sentence, issued Wednesday in Kanawha Circuit Court, means 35-year-old Gary Wade Stanley will spend at least 14 more years behindbars for his role ...
Two of company's trailers stolen, Company official says thefts won't deter state routes
Jul 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL PUTNAM REPORTER An Ohio-based flatbed trucking company has gone through a stretchof bad luck in West Virginia where it has had two trailers loadedwith cargo stolen in the last month. Early Monday morning, Matthew Doss of Hurricane discovered theflatbed trailer ...
Flight attendant indicted in bomb threat case
Jul 01, 2004; ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A flight attendant has been indicted by afederal grand jury for allegedly placing a bomb threat on anairplane. Gay Wilson, 37, was charged Wednesday with unlawful interferencewith a flight crew, communicating false information that endangeredthe safety of an ...
Man sentenced to death in slaying
Jul 01, 2004; ... COLUMBIA, S.C. - After deliberating for about four hours, afederal jury sentenced Chadrick Fulks to death for his role in thekidnapping and killing of a South Carolina woman in late 2002. The jury of nine women and three men had a choice of death or lifein prison for Fulks, who ...
Obituaries
Jul 01, 2004 ... Delmar E. Adkins INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Delmar E. Adkins, 68, of Indianapolis, Ind.,passed away January 6, 2004. Delmar graduated from Widen High School in 1954. He was a U.S. AirForce veteran and served during the Korean Conflict. He worked inmaintenance at Community East ...
Man convicted of slaying wife is out on parole
Jul 01, 2004; ... Former Huntington accountant Lyle B. McGinnis Jr., who wassentenced in 1996 to up to 18 years in prison for killing his wife,has been paroled and is living in Cabell County, officials said. McGinnis, 56, was convicted of second-degree murder of KathyMcGinnis. He now lives in a ...
Program targets diabetes, State received $20,000 grant
Jul 01, 2004; ... Health officials are targeting future generations of WestVirginians in the battle against obesity and diabetes withinitiatives that encourage children and young adults to change theirlifestyles. Through the Program Encouraging Prevention, rural health careproviders, ...
Church group urges passage of global warming bill, Interfaith council wants to protect environment
Jul 01, 2004; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An alliance of religious leaders from across West Virginia and 10other states are asking their U.S. senators to support federallegislation that would address global warming. The West Virginia Interfaith Global Climate Change Campaignintended to deliver ...
Inmates losing porn, cigarettes
Jul 01, 2004; ... EVERETT, Wash. - The state of Washington has become the lateststate to ban pornography in prison, and inmates will soon lose theirsmokes, too. The prison system's new mail policy, barring any pictures of fullfrontal nudity, went into effect May 1 but gave inmates two monthsget ...
Mistrial declared in murder case
Jul 01, 2004; ... HINTON - The jury deliberated for 18 hours, but couldn't come to adecision on a 16-year-old murder case. A mistrial was declared Wednesday in the case of Don Galloway, whohad been charged with the 1988 murder of 78-year-old Hinton bar ownerHarvey Pack Jr. Prosecutors said ...
Band sues ex-publicist over alleged club fire remarks
Jul 01, 2004; ... LOS ANGELES - The lead singer of Great White, the band that wasplaying before a nightclub fire that killed 100 people in RhodeIsland, has sued a former publicist for slander. Vocalist Jack Russell alleges that spokesperson Charrie Fogliothreatened to tell charity organizations ...
Police blotter
Jul 01, 2004 ... Man shot in leg while riding in car A Charleston man was shot in the leg while riding through a WestSide intersection. As 18-year-old Joshua Caudill and some friends drove past theintersection at Walnut and Frame streets about 9 p.m. Wednesday,someone in a white, Dodge Dakota ...
Bold bears force recreation area to close
Jul 01, 2004; ... MOUNTAIN REST, S.C. - Black bears have brazenly raided tents andtrash cans in search of food in Sumter National Forest, forcing ...
Events to close some city streets, July 4th festival will affect traffic in riverfront area
Jul 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Charleston's three-day Fourth of July celebration kicks offFriday, but before the entertainment begins, the streets must close. Street closings begin at 9 a.m. Friday when all four lanes ofKanawha Boulevard from Capitol to Court streets will be closed tomake ...
UConn will visit Mountaineers, WVU basketball schedule won't help television exposure
Jul 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Ryan Gomes made everyone in the Big East Conference wait. Well, the star Providence College forward was not the only reasonthe Big East delayed the release of its men's basketball matchupsuntil Wednesday afternoon. Yet Gomes, like Notre Dame's ...
Former Pendleton star added to Cats
Jul 01, 2004; ... The Charleston Alley Cats are back from the South Atlantic LeagueAll-Star break and open a six-game road swing tonight againstDelmarva in Salisbury, Md., with a new Mountain State attraction. The Alley Cats' newest roster addition is right-handed pitcherJeremy Harper, an Elkins ...
Playing for WVU Nate Sowers dream
Jul 01, 2004; ... The quantity of names is seemingly growing faster than those"don't call" phone lists. That does not matter to Martinsburg High's Nate Sowers. He iswilling to join what is becoming a glut of young, recently addedquarterbacks to West Virginia University's program. "I'm going ...
From an Eagle to the Huskies, Montgomery picks UConn to further basketball career
Jul 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Together they won three state championships. But the next time Renee Montgomery sees pal Alexis Hornbuckle on abasketball court with a championship on the line only one will walkaway with the trophy. The South Charleston High senior all-state ...
Pete Dye Golf Club ready to entertain top golfers on the Nationwide Tour, Several top pros have made their way through the Nationwide circuit
Jul 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER BRIDGEPORT - He hears it often. But that doesn't mean PGA officialTim Benton agrees with those who compare the Nationwide Tour to ClassAAA professional baseball. Benton said there's a bigger gap between the talent level oftriple-A players and Major ...
Railroad club won't be all that's missing
Jul 01, 2004; ... WHERE are the members of the Railroad Tracks Club going to sit atthe new East End ballpark? That is one of several questions I've been pondering since takinganother look at the location where Watt Powell Park's replacement isunder construction. Have you driven by that scenic ...
Former U.S. Open winner Furyk ready to take on Tour full-time
Jul 01, 2004; ... LEMONT, Ill. - Last year, all Jim Furyk heard about was his U.S.Open victory. This year, all anyone asks about is his wrist. Furyk is making his return to the regular PGA Tour in the WesternOpen this week. He had surgery in March to repair torn cartilage in his leftwrist, ...
Briefly
Jul 01, 2004 ... AUTO RACING * Al Unser Jr. announced his retirement, stepping away from asuccessful career on his own terms. Unser, 42, leaves open-wheel racing as one of its most successfuldrivers. In more than 21 seasons, Unser won two Indianapolis 500s,two CART championships and a ...
Local sports
Jul 01, 2004 ... HOLES IN ONE * Adam Beck aced the 142-yard No. 6 at Shawnee Golf Course with a7-iron. The witnesses were Josh Titlow and Darren Wilburn. * Jansen Arnold aced the 157-yard No. 5 at Big Bend with an 8-iron. The witnesses were Mark Sanders and Steve ...
Baseball PM
Jul 01, 2004 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE yANKEES 4, RED SOX 2 BOSTON NEW YORK ab r h bi ab r h bi Damon cf 4 1 1 0 Lofton cf 4 1 2 0 Bllhorn 3b 3 0 1 0 Jeter ss 3 0 1 0 DOrtiz 1b 4 1 2 2 Shffield rf 3 2 1 1 MRmrz lf 4 0 0 0 ARdrgz 3b 3 0 0 0 Grcprr ss 4 ...
Baseball PM
Jul 01, 2004 ... NATIONAL LEAGUE Wednesday's games Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 5 Houston 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Atlanta 9, Florida 6 Montreal 6, Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 2, N.Y. Mets 0 Milwaukee 5, Colorado 4 Arizona 8, San Diego 5 San Francisco 7, ...
Johnson says new system not representative of what a 'true champion needs to do'
Jul 01, 2004; ... Even from his perch atop the points standings, Jimmie Johnsonhasn't wavered in his dislike for NASCAR's new championship system. Johnson heads into the Pepsi 400 on Saturday night at DaytonaInternational Speedway with a 27-point lead over Dale Earnhardt Jr.,an advantage that ...
Baseball P.M.
Jul 01, 2004 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr New York 49 26 .653 - z-7-3 W-4 27-10 22-16 10-5 Boston 42 34 .553 71/2 3-7 L-2 25-14 17-20 8-7 Tampa Bay 38 37 .507 11 z-7-3 W-1 23-17 15-20 13-2 Toronto 34 44 .436 161/2 z-5-5 L-1 ...
Baseball PM
Jul 01, 2004 ... NATIONAL LEAGUE REDS 2, METS 0 At Cincinnati, Cory Lidle (6-5) topped stingy Tom Glavine (7-5)and shut down the Mets for the second time in a week. Adam Dunn homered and Ryan Freel hit an RBI single off Glavine,whose 2.16 ERA run average is by far the best in the ...
Tony Stewart is in trouble ... again, Vickers altercation leads to fine, loss of points for Stewart
Jul 01, 2004; ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Tony Stewart avoided suspension Wednesday whenNASCAR fined him $50,000 and docked him championship points for hisaltercation with Brian Vickers. Stewart lost 25 points in the driver standings, car owner JoeGibbs lost 25 points in the owner standings, and Stewart ...
Sharapova reaches Wimbledon final with defeat of Davenport
Jul 01, 2004; ... WIMBLEDON, England - Confirming her reputation as the biggest newstar in the game, 17-year-old Maria Sharapova rallied from a set and3-1 down this morning to beat former champion Lindsay Davenport andadvance to the Wimbledon final. Playing in her first Grand Slam semifinal, ...
Yvonne Cox has taken the long road to Open
Jul 01, 2004; ... SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. - Yvonne Cox has been waiting a long, longtime. The 26-year-old Charleston native has been playing on the FuturesGolf Tour for four long years, driving the highways and fairways ofthe Ladies Professional Golf Association's developmental tour. Now, Cox ...
Mountaineers give an assist to Herd, WVU surrenders radio location to help Marshall
Jul 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTS EDITOR An assist on the increased radio clout Marshall Universityathletics will be getting in the Kanawha Valley came from a locationthat would surprise many in the Mountain State. It was Morgantown. It happened because West Virginia Universitywas willing to ...
Ex-police chief seeking to have conviction overturned
Jul 01, 2004 ... The former Gauley Bridge police chief now serving a 61-year prisonsentence for molesting boys is continuing his campaign to overturnhis conviction. On Wednesday, Lee E. Jones asked the U.S. District Court inCharleston to throw out his 1999 sexual assault and sexual ...
Dismissed surgeon suing for insurance
Jul 01, 2004 ... A Charleston surgeon dismissed from Charleston Area Medical Centerfor allegedly performing long surgeries without giving patientsanesthesia wants to go back to work. But before Dr. Rakesh Wahi can do that, he has to get medicalmalpractice insurance. So he's suing the state's ...
For the record
Jul 01, 2004 ... Bankruptcy filings The following people filed petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District on June 24, 2004: * Seigel Edward and Josephine Francis Kinder, Route 7, Box 78,Charleston. Chapter 13. No schedule filed. * Pamela Ann Arnold, P.O. Box 314, ...
Government consolidation not easy, officials say, Leaders say legal process requires citizens' approval
Jul 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER The idea of West Virginia merging its cities or combining itscounties might become a reality in some parts of the state, but itwon't be a hit here in the Kanawha Valley, lawmakers say. A group of business leaders and politicians now looking at how ...
More relying on lawn care services, Local company handles yard work for homeowners
Jul 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Jeff and Lisa Riffle run an army of mowers against clusteredhedges and weeds as tall as Patrick Ewing. Their company, Advanced Tree and Lawn Care, cuts grass, clipsshrubs and relieves homeowners of the sunburns and sweat they wouldexperience by doing it ...
Slots may go to polls, Gambling facilities in W.Va. could face more competition
Jul 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER With a court ruling this week that video lottery backers in thenation's capital can take new steps to bring slot machines to theircity, lottery outlets and racetracks in West Virginia face more newcompetition that could divert gamers out of the ...
Dow offers no comment on possible: layoffs
Jul 01, 2004 ... A Dow Chemical Co. spokeswoman today declined to comment on apublished report that the company has laid off additional employeesin the Kanawha Valley. "You know we haven't released any numbers and we are not going torelease any numbers until our restructuring is completed," said ...
Sports PM
Jul 01, 2004 ... LOCAL, NATIONAL South Atlantic League Second Half Northern Division W L Pct. GB x-Charleston (Blue Jays) 4 2 .667 - Lake County (Indians) 4 2 .667 - Delmarva (Orioles) 3 3 .500 1 Hickory (Pirates) 3 3 .500 1 Kannapolis (White ...
Union members approve Goodrich De-Icing deal
Jul 01, 2004; ... Striking union workers at Goodrich De-Icing & Specialty SystemsDivision plant in Monroe County have approved a new contract, a unionofficial said. About 56 percent of members of Local 2-1449 of the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers were in favor of the ...