Charleston Daily Mail back issues from July 2005:
Sandra Day O'Connor retiring: First female justice announces her retirement in letter to president
Jul 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first womanappointed to the Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such asabortion and the death penalty, said today she is retiring. O'Connor, 75, said she expects to leave before the start of thecourt's next term in October, or ...
Rollin' on Riverfest
Jul 01, 2005; ... Above, paddle boats line the shore along St. Albans City Parkduring the opening night of Riverfest. The annual event of food,games and music concludes Sunday. Tonight is Oldies Night with BigPlanet Soul and The Vogues starting at 7 p.m. Saturday is CountryNight and Sunday has a gospel ...
City feeling gasoline pinch: Charleston officials end up spending $150,000 more than planned on fuel
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The spiraling cost of gas in the past year forced the city ofCharleston to spend $150,000 more than planned to keep its vehiclesrunning. Gary Smith, fleet manager for the city's vehicles, said the cityplanned its budget for the financial year that ended ...
General not afraid to take stage, sing along
Jul 01, 2005; ... CHARLESTON'S FOURTH OF JULY SCHEDULE Today at Haddad RiverfrontPark: * 6 to 9 p.m. Live on the Levee with the Esquires Saturday at Haddad Riverfront Park: * 7 p.m. Max Impact andremarks by U.S. Air Force Gen. Robert Foglesong * 8:15 p.m. The 119South Band * 9:30 p.m. Terri ...
C-130 flyovers poignant for crew members: Military transport planes to buzz over city Fourth of July events
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF A flyover of C-130s Sunday at Haddad Riverfront Park and anotherMonday at the West Virginia Power game could be historic if theDepartment of Defense gets its way. In any case, the sight of the military transport planes rumblingover the festivities should be ...
Mutual's goal is to improve bedside manner: Interaction produces better doctors, patient care, officials say
Jul 01, 2005; ... Sympathizing and talking openly with patients can humanizedoctors, improve patient interaction and possibly prevent lawsuits,according to officials with the West Virginia Physicians' MutualInsurance Co. Such efforts are among the mutual's goals as it celebrates itsfirst-year ...
Bush signs temporary highway bill
Jul 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush signed an extension of an old highwayspending bill on today as Congress continues to struggle over howbest to rewrite the legislation that expired nearly two years ago. With the seventh extension expiring Thursday, the House and Senateboth approved, ...
Fire at Baghdad power station leaves millions without water
Jul 01, 2005; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - A fire broke out today at a power station thatsupplies a Baghdad waterworks, shutting it down and leaving millionsof residents without drinking water, officials said. The blaze came a day after Baghdad's mayor decried the capital'scrumbling infrastructure and the ...
Federal official's credit card information stolen after data breach
Jul 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - The Federal Trade Commission helps millions ofconsumers each year battle identity theft. Now the woman who runs theagency, Deborah Platt Majoras, finds herself a potential victim. An FTC spokeswoman says Majoras received a letter last week fromshoe retailer DSW ...
World's largest freshwater fish caught by fishermen in Thailand: Men tried to sell fish to environmentalists to allow it to spawn, but it died and was eaten
Jul 01, 2005; ... BANGKOK, Thailand - This big one did not get away. Thai fishermen netted a 646-pound catfish believed to have beenthe world's largest freshwater fish ever caught in Thailand, aresearcher said. The nearly 9-foot-long Mekong giant catfish was landed May 1 byvillagers in Chiang ...
Raleigh County native believed to have been killed in crash
Jul 01, 2005; ... BECKLEY - A Navy SEAL who grew up in Raleigh County was listed asmissing in action/presumed dead after a helicopter crash inAfghanistan, his stepfather said. Petty Officer 1st Class Jeff Taylor, 30, of Little Creek, Va., wasone of eight Navy SEALs on the helicopter, said Jim ...
Almanac
Jul 01, 2005 ... Yesterday's high 90 Record high 102, 1931 Normal high 84 Yesterday's low 69 Record low 51, 1914 Normal ...
Tonight
Jul 01, 2005 ... Partly cloudy. Lows around 60.A strong chance of rain. Saturday Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Lows in the upper 50s. Sunday Mostly sunny. Highs in ...
Regional weather
Jul 01, 2005 ... Akron 76 54 Clr Atlanta 90 72 PCldy Charlotte 88 71 PCldy Cincinnati 80 59 Clr Cleveland 76 56 Clr Columbus,Ohio 80 58 Clr Dayton 79 55 Clr Daytona Beach 91 74 Rain Greensboro,N.C. 85 71 ...
National weather
Jul 01, 2005 ... Anchorage 68 54 Cldy Baltimore 83 71 Clr Boston 80 64 PCldy Chicago 80 58 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 97 73 PCldy Denver 90 58 Clr Detroit 78 55 Clr Honolulu 90 77 Clr Houston 98 76 PCldy Indianapolis 82 58 Clr Jacksonville 90 ...
Soldiers reported missing in Afghanistan: Servicemen were subject of rescue mission in which helicopter was apparently downed by ground fire
Jul 01, 2005; ... KABUL, Afghanistan - A small team of U.S. soldiers was missingtoday in the same mountains in eastern Afghanistan where a specialforces helicopter was shot down earlier this week, and U.S. forcesare using "every available asset" to find them, a U.S. militaryspokesman said. The ...
Nation & world
Jul 01, 2005 ... Lawmakers work to limit seizure of private property WASHINGTON - Reacting to a recent Supreme Court decision,lawmakers are moving to make it more difficult for local governmentsto seize private property that stands in the way of shopping mallsand other commercial development ....
Your views
Jul 01, 2005 ... Stay with Iraq, but not with Bush In the Daily Mail June 21 editorial, "Another failure of nationalwill?" the editors seem to think that Americans observing andthinking for themselves are helping terrorists and that readers'opinions should be tailored to support the Iraq war ...
Our views: Litigation is not hospitable; The loss of the Massey picnic is a lesson for everyone in the city
Jul 01, 2005; ... MAYOR Danny Jones is trying his best to get Massey Energy Co. toreturn its picnic to Magic Island in Charleston. But a certainunderground facility may turn into an ice rink before that happens. Then-Mayor Jay Goldman was glad to rent the island to the companyin 2002. The city saw ...
Our views: Four days of the Fourth; Hundreds of people will work to make the holiday for thousands
Jul 01, 2005; ... IT'S human nature to focus on what isn't working. But every sooften, people need to back off and look at what does. There will beno better time than this long holiday weekend in West Virginia to seemany of those things in action. In an increasingly urban and impersonal world, this ...
Step lightly around Don Blankenship: Everyone will be pretty nice to this kingmaker
Jul 01, 2005; ... THE mistake I made was writing the words "Don Blankenship" on thecomputer screen so Barkley, my dog, could see it. "Oh, Dave. Tell me you're not," said Barkley as he lay beside meand stared in horror at the energized phosphors. "What's your problem, Barkley?" I asked. Of ...
Bush to visit Morgantown on July Fourth: President's trip will be third Independence Day speech in West Virginia
Jul 01, 2005; ... President Bush is expected to travel to Morgantown on the Fourthof July for his third Independence Day address in the Mountain Statein the past four years, the White House announced. Bush is expected to arrive in the city about midmorning, where hewill make remarks at Woodburn ...
Union leaders call for federal help: Officials say people in construction and telecommunications are suffering, too
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Local union officials are calling for assistance from the federalgovernment for service workers whose jobs are sent overseas. "People are losing jobs in West Virginia, and trade assistanceneeds to extend beyond the manufacturing industry," said ElaineHarris, ...
PEIA opts to continue retirees' drug benefit
Jul 01, 2005; ... The more than 31,000 retirees who rely on the Public EmployeesInsurance Agency for their health care don't have to worry aboutbeing dumped into Medicare for their prescription drug coverage, atleast until 2007, program officials said. PEIA has opted not to drop its drug benefit ...
$10 million Powerball ticket sold in West Virginia: Winner has not come forward to claim ticket bought in Charles Town
Jul 01, 2005; ... A winning $10 million Powerball jackpot ticket was sold at aconvenience store in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, state LotteryCommission officials said. The ticket was purchased at the Sheetz No. 240 in Charles Town,said Lottery spokeswoman Nancy Bulla. The $10 million prize ...
Affleck, Garner announce marriage, pregnancy: Couple tied the knot Wednesday in Caribbean
Jul 01, 2005; ... NEW YORK - After months of speculation, Ben Affleck and JenniferGarner have tied the knot - and she's pregnant. Representatives for both actors confirmed the marriage to TheAssociated Press on Thursday. Their publicists, Ken Sunshine andNicole King, also confirmed that Garner is ...
Generals blast plan to close bases: Large swaths of; the country would be vulnerable, man says
Jul 01, 2005; ... ATLANTA - The Pentagon's plan to trim airplanes and servicemembers from 29 state Air National Guard units was blasted by a groupof state adjutant generals, who said the cuts will make the Air Forcedangerously concentrated at a few big bases. Taking aim at a base realignment plan ...
Bodies of minister, daughter found after fire in Ill.
Jul 01, 2005; ... BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. - Authorities in this north Chicago suburbwere investigating the deaths of a pastor and his daughter whosebodies were found bound inside their charred home after a suspiciousfire was extinguished. The bodies of Ivon Harris, 65, and Sarah Harris, 24, both ...
Housing fund completes $60 million bond sale
Jul 01, 2005; ... The West Virginia Housing Development Fund has completed a $60million bond sale that will provide $42 million for a home mortgageprogram. The remaining $18 million will be used to refund debt at a lowerinterest rate, Gov. Joe Manchin said. Manchin said the sale of the ...
Police ram truck that drove through security fence
Jul 01, 2005; ... PHOENIX - Police used patrol cars as battering rams to stop apickup truck that led officers on a chase that ended at Sky HarborInternational Airport, where controllers were forced to momentarilystop air traffic. Police said they began chasing the truck after getting a report ofa ...
Firefighter retires
Jul 01, 2005; ... Retired Charleston firefighter Kenny Harper, right, enjoys a pieceof cake at his retirement party Thursday afternoon at thedepartment's station on the West ...
Garden foods voucher program returns: State Department of Agriculture has received the money for coupons for senior citizens
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The summer program that provides senior citizens with vouchers forfruits and vegetables is back for its fifth year, though it willoperate on 10 percent less money than in 2004. The state Department of Agriculture has received $468,293 from thefederal ...
Ky. man pleads guilty in killing: Fulks sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole
Jul 01, 2005; ... HUNTINGTON - A Kentucky man who grew up in West Virginia pleadedguilty on to carjacking resulting in death in the disappearance of aMarshall University student during a multistate crime spree in 2002. Chadrick Fulks, 28, of Lewisburg, Ky., entered the plea in U.S.District Court in ...
W.Va. man accused of killing daughter had abused infant son: Slaying suspect sentenced to two years' probation for starving his 5- month-old boy in 1990
Jul 01, 2005; ... CLARKSBURG - A man charged with killing his 14-year-old daughterwas convicted in 1990 of starving his then 5-month-old son, causingliver damage, the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram reported. David Andrew Keigley, 33, who lived in Clarksburg then, entered aplea to misdemeanor child ...
Man pleads guilty to killing girl who refused his kiss
Jul 01, 2005; ... MAYS LANDING, N.J. - A man accused of murder in the fatal shootingof a teenage girl who refused his requests for a kiss pleaded guiltyto the lesser charge of aggravated manslaughter. Alfred R. Bishop, 21, admitted playing with a gun and cocking theweapon's hammer while pointing it ...
Analysts say job picture brightening
Jul 01, 2005; ... MORGANTOWN - West Virginia has seen a surge in employment since2001 and is expected to add more than 5,000 jobs over the next fiveyears, West Virginia University researchers said. High coal and natural gas prices and demand for residential andinfrastructure construction helped to ...
Computers will help set off fireworks display: Expect a 20-minute show near the levee and MacCorkle Avenue and South Side Bridge
Jul 01, 2005; ... STREET CLOSINGS Kanawha Boulevard: * Between Capitol and Courtstreets beginning at 9 a.m. today * Between Capitol and Clendeninstreets from 5 p.m. Saturday to Sunday night after clean-up nEastbound lanes in conjunction with a 5K run between Court andGreenbrier streets from 6 to 7:30 p.m ....
Police report
Jul 01, 2005 ... Lyburn man arrested following store robbery STOLLINGS - A Lyburn man was arrested shortly after a conveniencestore was robbed in Stollings, State Police said. Ronald J. Booth, 24, was arrested on an armed robbery charge afterhe allegedly went into a 7-Eleven about ...
WIMBLEDON: Only rain can delay Davenport
Jul 01, 2005; ... WIMBLEDON, England - Top-ranked Lindsay Davenport needed justseven points Friday to complete a rain-interrupted victory in theWimbledon semifinals, beating Amelie Mauresmo 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-4. A three-time Grand Slam champion, Davenport advanced to her firstmajor final since ...
Pressure not breaking Berner's clubs
Jul 01, 2005; ... W.VA. OPEN Down the stretch A look at the leaders after the secondday of the W.Va. Open at The Raven at Snowshoe Mountain Resort:Player Hometown Score Craig Berner Scott Depot 72-69 141Drew Whitten Hurricane 69-73 142 Bob Friend Pittsburgh 72-71 143 Steve VanHorn ...
Friend didn't follow dad's Major League footsteps
Jul 01, 2005; ... SNOWSHOE - Bob Friend might have wanted to follow in his dad'sfootsteps at one time. Who wouldn't want to be a Major League pitcher? At the age of 11, though, Friend started caddying at Pittsburgh'sOakmont Country Club, where his dad and former Pittsburgh Piratepitcher Bob ...
Sports nothing new to MU president
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Steve Kopp isn't just a sports fan. Marshall University's new president actually is a former coachthat still applies principles he learned in athletics to his everyday leadership. "Absolutely," said the 54-year-old Kopp, who began ...
Never too early for football
Jul 01, 2005; ... Some weeks it's a sprinkle, other days it's a torrent. That's thenews business. This week? Better call FEMA - there's a flood of Big East stuffout there. The reason, certainly, is that it's time to start gearing up forfootball season. I know, I know. It's 85 degrees right ...
Top of the 2nd
Jul 01, 2005 ... Homer not enough in close Power loss Salisbury, MD - Grant Richardson became the West Virginia Power'steam leader in home runs with his sixth home run of the season in thetop of the first inning, but it was not enough as the DelmarvaShorebirds went on to beat the Power, ...
National scoreboard
Jul 01, 2005 ... TENNIS Wimbledon Today At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Wimbledon, England Purse: $18.5 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Women Semifinals Lindsay Davenport (1), United States, def ....
Local scoreboard
Jul 01, 2005 ... BASEBALL South Atlantic League North Division W L Pct. GB Hickory (Pirates) 5 2 .714 - Lexington (Astros) 5 2 .714 - Delmarva (Orioles) 4 3 .571 1 Lakewood (Phillies) 4 3 .571 1 Greensboro (Marlins) 3 4 .429 2 x-Hagerstown ...
Coach happy to have former foe on team
Jul 01, 2005; ... SAN RAMON, Calif. - Mike Montgomery knows more about Ike Dioguthan just about any coach in the NBA: He spent two years at Stanforddevising ways to stop the Arizona State star. That's just one reason Montgomery is particularly pleased to havethe powerful forward with him next ...
American League
Jul 01, 2005; ... Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers could be suspended for hurtinga TV reporter. indians 9, orioles 3 The Cleveland Indians can only hope that flipping the calendar toJuly won't have an impact on the strides they made during theirwinningest month in more than four years. Jake ...
Baseball P.M.
Jul 01, 2005 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Boston 45 32 .584 - z-8-2 W-1 23-12 22-20 12-6 Baltimore 43 35 .551 21/2 2-8 L-1 23-17 20-18 8-10 Toronto 40 39 .506 6 z-6-4 W-2 20-16 20-23 8-10 New York 39 38 .506 6 z-4-6 L-1 24-18 ...
National League
Jul 01, 2005 ... marlins 6, braves 2 The Florida Marlins were willing to wait so they could get JoshBeckett back on the mound - and the Atlanta Braves weren't happyabout it. Beckett allowed one hit in six innings in his return from thedisabled list, and Miguel Cabrera and Juan Encarnacion ...
TOUR DE FRANCE: All systems go for Armstrong
Jul 01, 2005; ... EVERY other great cyclist's career ended badly. Lance Armstrongknows that. It's been a given in the livelihood he chose, at least until now.Cycling tests endurance like no other sport, but has this in commonwith them all: At some point, age trumps desire, and all too often,mocks ...
WVU TECH: Paterno family raising money for WVU Tech
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRTIER In 1993, Mike Paterno helped keep minor league baseball inCharleston when he, along with a group of local investors, purchasedthe city's South Atlantic League team from former owner DennisBastien, who was planning to move the franchise out of state ....
Gordon receives support, charms
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Fans have resorted to giving Jeff Gordongood luck charms, anything to help him break his six-week slump andget him back into NASCAR's Chase for the Championship. At an autograph session in Michigan last month, he was floodedwith trinkets and personal items ....
Win at Infineon moves Stewart into 4th
Jul 01, 2005; ... It was a road-racing course and they brought in some hiredgunslingers - road ringers they called them - but they never had achance. The old guys rose to the occasion and looked like there was apossibility that the Geritol Generation could win on the windingCalifornia speedway ....
In the SHADOW of a champion Don't expect to see Junior driving in the Chase Some may not realize that his father, 'The Intimidator,' had plenty of struggles, too
Jul 01, 2005; ... The time has come for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to call in the dogs andput some water on the campfire - the 2005 season is over. Oh, he may win a race. He may even win a couple. But that isdoubtful. What isn't doubtful is that his hopes for making the NextelCup Chase ended Sunday when ...
Senate sends trade deal vote to showdown in House: Free trade agreement will promote democracy, open new markets, White House says
Jul 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - Fresh off a victory in the Senate, the Bushadministration turned to the House in the drive to conclude a freetrade agreement it says will promote democracy in Central Americawhile opening new markets to American businesses. The House vote, expected in July, on the ...
Business briefs
Jul 01, 2005 ... Water company's rate hike goes into effect today A 2.12 percent rate hike takes effect today for West VirginiaAmerican Water's 165,000 customers across the state. The increase will hike the average West Virginia Americanresidential customer's bill by about 79 cents a month, ...
Manchin says grant not part of auto research center funding
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR Gov. Joe Manchin said he is not redirecting $1.5 million in WestVirginia Economic Development Grant Committee money to establish anautomotive research and development center in South Charleston. OnTuesday, the Daily Mail reported that Manchin was ...
Community briefs
Jul 01, 2005 ... Nursing program gets provisional approval Dr. Ervin Griffin, Sr., president of West Virginia State Communityand Technical College, announced that provisional approval has beenawarded for the college's two-year associate degree nursing program. The approval means the ...
Congress OKs Amtrak funding for rural states
Jul 01, 2005; ... The U.S. House of Representatives has approved two amendments torestore Amtrak funding and maintain service in rural states like WestVirginia. U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., co-sponsored an amendment to theTransportation Appropriations bill to save certain Amtrak ...
Bears causing headaches for DNR: Official says as many as 1,000 could be living in Greenbrier County
Jul 01, 2005; ... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - A growing bear population in GreenbrierCounty is giving state wildlife officials headaches as the animalswander into back yards and root through garbage cans looking forfood. Up to a dozen bears are believed to be in the White SulphurSprings area and the ...
Several new laws taking effect today: Judicial raises, law protecting fetuses among measures now in force
Jul 01, 2005; ... Landscape architects, state workers looking to donate a kidney orliver and West Virginia's 158 magistrates, 100 judges and fiveSupreme Court justices can all expect changes today when billsaffecting them become law. The bills are among 46 passed during this year's ...
For the record
Jul 01, 2005 ... Bankruptcy filings The following people filed petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District for June 24, 2005: * Janie Etta Saulino, doing business as Specialties Plus, CapitolPromotions Specialties Plus, and Capitol Specialties Plus LLC, 133Pine Valley Drive, ...
PUTTING THEIR FAITH TO WORK: World Changers repairing 15 homes for those who couldn't otherwise afford the work
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF If actions speak louder than words, then there is a deafening roarin Charleston this week. About 320 teenagers and adults from 10 states are repairing 15homes throughout the valley for those who otherwise could not affordrenovations. The volunteers ...
More and more couples seeking counseling before getting engaged: Programs are aimed at preventing unions based on impulse and reducing the divorce rate
Jul 01, 2005; ... DUNWOODY, Ga. - It was almost romantic when Doreen McDonald andLee Rainwater sat down to take psychological tests together. Some things they knew. He knew he was smitten the first time hesaw her, at a church-sponsored lecture on "Love, Sex andRelationships." She knew she loved ...