Charleston Daily Mail back issues from September 2006:
'My son is not a terrorist,' Mom says
Sep 01, 2006; ... Family members say a 20-year-old WVU student who was arrested forhaving bomb-making materials is a good kid whose hobby has landed himin a homeland security nightmare. Junior chemistry major Eli Tyo, a 2004 Promise Scholarship winnerfrom Braxton County, is in jail this week on ...
Coach digs deep for victory
Sep 01, 2006; ... MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - With 13 men trapped in a mine back home, WestVirginia's football team took the field against Georgia in the SugarBowl. It was Jan. 2, 2006, and one of the proudest moments in statehistory was about to collide with one of its most tragic. You could curse ...
Big game divides families
Sep 01, 2006; ... Outside the home of St. Albans High School Principal Tom Williamshangs a homemade flag sporting the colors and insignias of WestVirginia University and Marshall University. Nicknamed the "House Divided" flag by the Williams' family, it's asymbol of a friendly rivalry involving the ...
Food tax reduction a priority
Sep 01, 2006; ... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - Gov. Joe Manchin said he remains committedto reducing the state sales tax on food, even though the WestVirginia Chamber of Commerce wants to abandon the effort and insteadreduce income taxes on the poor. The chamber has recommended that efforts to further ...
Bulk of rain expected in Eastern Panhandle counties
Sep 01, 2006; ... Tropical Storm Ernesto was expected to compound already seriousweather problems for parts of West Virginia, especially the EasternPanhandle. Gov. Joe Manchin declared a state of emergency for 13 countiesearlier today. The declaration means West Virginia National Guardtroops will ...
Manchin says he's cut state government size
Sep 01, 2006; ... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - Gov. Joe Manchin announced here that hehas reversed the long trend of growth in state government. "There are 440 people fewer in state government than we had lastyear," Manchin said Thursday evening in a speech to the 2006 BusinessSummit at The ...
Tests find problems with mine air packs
Sep 01, 2006; ... Testing of nine emergency air packs carried by state mineinspectors found decay and other problems, prompting the Office ofMiners' Health Safety and Training to issue a notice to allunderground coal operations in West Virginia. All the SR100 air packs were manufactured in 1998 by ...
City native may get record book spot with speedy unicycle rides
Sep 01, 2006 ... A Charleston native apparently set two new Guinness world recordsfor his unicycle exploits. While Guinness officials must still confirm the results, itappears Zach Warren, now a Harvard divinity student, beat theofficial record for the fastest mile while riding a ...
Hardesty retirement package could total $294,000 a year
Sep 01, 2006; ... MORGANTOWN - West Virginia University has revised its numbers onPresident David Hardesty's retirement package, saying he'll beeligible for $294,000 a year in salary and benefits if he continuesto teach when he hits 65. The 60-year-old Hardesty announced earlier this month that ...
MTV suffers from quarter-life crisis with tame video awards show
Sep 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK - When a wooden politician delivers the best line of theMTV Music Video Awards, you know the thrill is gone. So was the decadence, outrageousness and spontaneity that used tomake the VMAs such a guilty pleasure. James Blunt and Gnarls Barkley each took home two awards ...
Famous 'Scream' recovered, Masked gunmen stole two paintings from museum two years ago
Sep 01, 2006; ... OSLO, Norway - Police recovered the Edvard Munch masterpieces "TheScream" and "Madonna," two years after masked gunmen grabbed thenational art treasures in front of stunned visitors at an Oslomuseum. Art lovers had feared the priceless paintings were gone for good.Norwegian news ...
Forget 15 percent:: Man leaves $10,000 tip on $26 bar tab
Sep 01, 2006; ... HUTCHINSON, Kan. - The regular customer eating dinner at the endof the bar always tipped well - $15 or so on $30 tabs. The $100 tiptwo weeks ago was a nice surprise, but the amount he left bartenderCindy Kienow this week left her stunned. On the check, the tip read: ...
Immune therapy can kill cancer
Sep 01, 2006; ... A deadly skin cancer spreading through 53-year-old Mark Origer'supper body has disappeared thanks to the first successful genetherapy for metastatic cancer, federal researchers will report todayin the journal Science. Two of 17 patients are now in remission. Experts say this ...
Weather,: Forecast
Sep 01, 2006 ... Tonight Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the upper 50s. Saturday Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning. Highs around 70. Sunday Partly ...
National weather,: Temps
Sep 01, 2006 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 67 56 Rain Charlotte 84 64 PCldy Cincinnati 70 59 Cldy Cleveland 68 60 Rain Columbus,Ohio 69 59 Cldy Dayton 70 58 Cldy Daytona Beach 89 75 Rain Greensboro,N.C. 83 64 ...
Weather,: Temps
Sep 01, 2006 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 59 45 PCldy Baltimore 73 61 Rain Boston 67 57 Cldy Chicago 74 60 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 89 71 Cldy Denver 71 43 Clr Detroit 70 58 Rain Honolulu 88 76 PCldy Houston 94 70 PCldy Indianapolis 74 59 ...
Nation & world
Sep 01, 2006 ... Iran defies U.N. deadline on enriching uranium TEHRAN, Iran - Iran defied a U.N. deadline to stop enrichinguranium, opening the door for sanctions, but U.S. and other officialssaid no action would be sought before a key European diplomat meetswith Tehran's atomic chief next week to ...
Your views
Sep 01, 2006 ... Keep the standard and keep the Promise What are "help the people" programs all about? Do they help theunfortunate or the well-to-do? Let's look at the Promise Scholarship. Humanity dictates that if astudent has the intelligence and a keen interest in going to collegeand makes ...
Government does not cause obesity, Waistlines expand because people eat too much and exercise too little
Sep 01, 2006 ... TRUST For America's Health, a public health group in Washington,gave West Virginia an "F For Fat" because about 28 percent of stateresidents exceed federal guidelines for obesity. Those guidelines are based on the Body Mass Index, which does notdistinguish between muscle and fat ....
Medicaid money was diverted, If Bob Graham's conduct is legal, Congress must write new laws
Sep 01, 2006 ... AMERICAN taxpayers are a generous lot. They now shell out $300billion a year in federal and state taxes to pay for health servicesfor the indigent, the disabled and the elderly. Most of the people who oversee the spending of that money do soresponsibly. But it is altogether ...
This campaign might get interesting , Blankenship vs. Manchin on the food tax
Sep 01, 2006; ... GOV. Manchin says he will use his time and his money to try tocounter the efforts by Don Blankenship to oust Democrats from theHouse of Delegates this fall. Blankenship has organized a team and is putting up several milliondollars of his own money to try to swing control of the ...
We need to stop any other Bob Grahams , Citizen boards oversee the spending of untold billions
Sep 01, 2006; ... TAXPAYERS need to know exactly how to prevent another WyomingCounty Council on Aging debacle. U.S. District Judge David A. Faber ruled that Bob Graham,executive director of the Wyoming council, was guilty of "badconduct" as well as "improper and outrageous" behavior, but he's ...
Chamber study says court continues to be more evenhanded: , Report concludes decisions have become more business friendly since McGraw left bench
Sep 01, 2006; ... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - The state Supreme Court continued to bemore evenhanded in its decisions affecting businesses during the pastyear than it was before Brent Benjamin replaced Warren McGraw on thebench, a business group reports. Court Watch is an annual report on the high ...
Magistrate to rule in shelter case abused dogs
Sep 01, 2006; ... The Roane County Animal Shelter has slapped a Speed woman with an$18,372 bill for taking care of 57 dogs authorities seized from herfarm. Helen Franklin, 71, is facing six counts of animal cruelty afterauthorities allegedly found her living with 86 dogs in squalidconditions. She ...
BrickStreet chief announces formation of preferred provider organization
Sep 01, 2006 ... BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. Chief Executive Officer GregBurton today announced the formation of a preferred providerorganization for the treatment of injured workers employed byBrickStreet's 38,000 policyholders. The preferred provider organization, commonly referred to as ...
Man unfit for trial on Wal-Mart shooting charges
Sep 01, 2006; ... PHOENIX - A man was found incompetent to stand trial on chargesthat he gunned down two Wal-Mart employees as they collected shoppingcarts in the parking lot last year. Court records show Ed Liu, 54, has been diagnosed as a paranoidschizophrenic. Judge Richard Trujillo on ...
Owners suit up dogs for big game
Sep 01, 2006; ... Two of Charleston's best-clothed canines will be outfitted ascollegiate rivals for this weekend's big game. Lucy, a Boston Terrier, will be a Mountaineer fan. Her outfit isgold suede-like material with fringe hanging in all the right places.Her middle is circled in blue with a ...
Tailgate parties range from pricey to free: , $1,200 donation gives pass to Blue Lot; tent while campaign tents charge nothing
Sep 01, 2006; ... You can't just stumble upon these types of tailgate parties - theones that require an invitation or admission fee. Everyone from Budweiser to State Farm Insurance is hosting pre-game parties for Saturday's gridiron clash between West VirginiaUniversity and Marshall in ...
Coal Bowl a busy day for WVU, MU presidents
Sep 01, 2006; ... Two people who probably won't be just sitting back and watchingSaturday's match-up between West Virginia University and MarshallUniversity: the university's presidents. WVU President David Hardesty will be entertaining a crowd ofroughly 100. "Just like any game, he has ...
Grand jury indicts second man of conspiracy to harm Clay County sheriff
Sep 01, 2006; ... A second man has been charged in a conspiracy to kill or injurethe Clay County sheriff in an effort to further a methamphetamineenterprise. Donnie "Junior" Welch, 25, was named in a four-count indictmenthanded up this week by a federal grand jury in Charleston, the ...
Sternwheel Regatta 2006
Sep 01, 2006 ... SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Today 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. - Children's street carnival 7 p.m. - Hydrogyn 7 p.m. - Free Gospel Sing at the Municipal Auditorium with TheLine Up, The Anchormen, Ricky Atkinson & Compassion, The Florida Boysand Naomi & the Segos. 7:30 ...
Consol official named mine safety director , Manchin touts man's 30 years in the industry
Sep 01, 2006; ... Gov. Joe Manchin named Ron Wooten, a lawyer and former ConsolEnergy safety chief from Preston County, as the state's new miningsafety director. "Ron Wooten is a recognized figure in the mine safety community,"Manchin said. "I appreciate his desire to be part of our ...
Obituaries
Sep 01, 2006 ... Mitchell Clark Bailey Mitchell Clark "Mick" Bailey, 71, of South Charleston diedWednesday, Aug. 30, 2006, at Thomas Memorial Hospital after a shortillness. He was a retiree from Union Carbide and a Marine veteran. He waspreceded in death by his wife, JoAnn Bailey; parents, ...
Utility's fundraiser nets 800 items for Union Mission
Sep 01, 2006 ... The spirit of competition is alive and well at West VirginiaAmerican Water, especially considering bragging rights were at stakefor fans of both Marshall and West Virginia University. Employees at the company's Charleston headquarters held a pre-game tailgate luncheon this week ...
Police report
Sep 01, 2006 ... Crash involving drunken driver kills 4-year-old MADISON - A 4-year-old boy died in a car crash involving asuspected drunken driver. Four-year-old Tyler Evans of Clear Fork was riding along W.Va. 3in Boone County with his father and younger brother when a pickuptruck hit ...
Board to file for dismissal in portrait suit
Sep 01, 2006; ... The Harrison County Board of Education has announced it will dropits effort to keep a painting of Jesus Christ hanging in a highschool, which has been challenged in court by two civil libertiesgroups. Though the painting was stolen Aug. 17, the board had stillplanned to fight ...
Officer's family treasures his memory, Smiths say the ordeal has been a nightmare, but they say they will see him in heaven
Sep 01, 2006; ... Charles "Rusty" and Sonya "Susie" Smith heard knocking on theirbedroom window early Tuesday morning. Susie arose to find BeckleyPolice Capt. Tomi Peck and a tall man with dark hair standingoutside. "I said, 'Honey, it's the police,"' she recalled. "Then I knew. Ijumped up. I ...
Nagin heads to New York to market New Orleans
Sep 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin heads to New York today,leading a two-day pitch to the investment community in the hope ofbringing business to his storm-ravaged city. The visit comes days after the first anniversary of HurricaneKatrina and just before the 5th anniversary of ...
Man indicted in 'spooky house' shooting of girl
Sep 01, 2006; ... COLUMBUS, Ohio - A grand jury indicted a man on charges offelonious assault in the shooting of a teen who along with herfriends was sneaking around outside his house on a ghost hunt. Each count returned by the Franklin County grand jury Thursdayagainst Allen Davis, 40, carries a ...
Montserrat volcano blasts steam and ash
Sep 01, 2006; ... OLVESTON, Montserrat - Montserrat's Soufriere Hills volcanoblasted ash and steam into the air, and authorities warned theCaribbean island could see heightened activity in coming days. The eruption did not affect the northern side of the island, whereall of Montserrat's 5,000 ...
Canada guards to carry guns along U.S. border
Sep 01, 2006; ... TORONTO - Canada announced it will outfit border guards with gunsfor the first time, moving to keep officers at their posts in thefacing of increasing threats by armed fugitives. Canada's guards along its 4,000-mile border with the United Statesdo not carry guns, but many have ...
State men's basketball coach will take on Distance Run
Sep 01, 2006; ... Bryan Poore is taking his first - and perhaps only - shot atcompleting the 15-mile Charleston Distance Run this weekend. Poore, the head basketball coach at West Virginia StateUniversity, felt now was the time to tackle the brutal course. "Coaches are always looking for ...
MU duo ready to attack WVU offense
Sep 01, 2006; ... HUNTINGTON - It's enough to unbraid Albert McClellan's dreadlocks. When Marshall's standout defensive end lines up against WestVirginia University at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the Friends of Coal Bowlat Mountaineer Field, McClellan realizes he will face the mostpressure of his young ...
Meckstroths thankful for rule,: Friends of Coal Bowl means plenty to family touched by tragedy
Sep 01, 2006; ... MORGANTOWN - Thank God for the NCAA 10-Point Code of Eligibility. At least one family does. That legislation, which NCAA officials enacted in 1922 butmodified in 1968 and terminated in 1972, prohibited freshmen fromplaying college football. Its impact in West Virginia, ...
Big $ for Big East in TV deal
Sep 01, 2006; ... THE Big East boasts of being the nation's largest Division Iconference. It played into March as no one else could, with double-digit teams on the NCAA basketball tournament bubble. Now, there's another reason that a league that stretches fromMilwaukee to Storrs to Tampa to ...
Top of the 2nd
Sep 01, 2006 ... Nitro-GW football game postponed until Monday The Nitro-George Washington football game scheduled for tonight atUnderwood Field has been postponed until Monday, said Nitro CoachScott Tinsley. The rainfall in the Charleston area - almost an inch in the past24 hours - has ...
National scoreboard
Sep 01, 2006 ... Basketball World Championship All Times EDT (Top four teams in each group advance to second round) FIRST ROUND Two points for a victory, one for a loss x-clinched second round berth Group A Team GP W L Pts x-Argentina 5 5 1 ...
Local scoreboard
Sep 01, 2006 ... Area schedule High schools The upcoming athletics schedule for area high schools, as providedby the schools: Football (Games at 7:30 p.m.) Today - Beckley at Capital, George Washington at Nitro, Riversideat Hurricane, Herbert Hoover at Roane County, ...
Teams finishing tune-ups for regular season start
Sep 01, 2006; ... The host New York Giants gave Coach Tom Coughlin a perfect 60thbirthday present. Backup halfback Brandon Jacobs rushed for 130 yardsand scored on runs of 57 and 2 yards to lead the Giants past thePatriots, 31-23 Thursday night. Heath Evans scored on a 1-yard run and rookie Stephen ...
Sanchez could be next Pirates' batting champ
Sep 01, 2006; ... PITTSBURGH - Batting championships once came with relentlessregularity for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who won nearly one-quarter ofall the National League titles during the 20th century. But who expected Freddy Sanchez, the Red Sox castoff and a utilityinfielder at the start of the ...
American League
Sep 01, 2006 ... Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 4 Trying to catch Alex Cora's seventh-inning fly about 10 feet fromthe right-field fence, Alex Rios juggled the ball and accidentallyknocked it over the wall for a tiebreaking, two-run homer thatboosted the reeling Red Sox over Toronto 6-4. Boston trails ...
Baseball P.M.
Sep 01, 2006 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division (Wild card games behind) W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr New York 79 53 .598 - z-5-5 W-1 41-24 38-29 10-8 Boston (61/2) 72 62 .537 8 3-7 W-1 40-24 32-38 16-2 Toronto 69 65 .515 11 3-7 L-4 41-27 28-38 9-9 Baltimore 60 ...
National League
Sep 01, 2006 ... Astros 5, Brewers 3 Craig Biggio homered and Andy Pettitte struck out five in sevensolid innings as Houston completed a three-game home sweep. Willy Taveras, Brad Ausmus and Lance Berkman added RBI for thedefending NL champions, who have won six in a row heading into aweekend ...
Redskin boys victorious
Sep 01, 2006; ... On a Thursday when rain postponed most of a considerable scheduleof high school soccer, Hurricane got just enough from its youngerlegs. A pair of freshmen led the Redskins to a hard fought 1-0 victoryat Ripley in a boys' game. It was the third straight victory in a rowfor ...
"You're somebody if you make the chase",: NASCARchampionship format leaves some drivers out in the cold
Sep 01, 2006; ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Greg Biffle briefly flirted with the Nextel Cupchampionship last season, while teammate Carl Edwards made asurprising push toward his own title. Although both fell short, theystarted this season prepared - and perhaps even predicted - to finishthe job. But it's ...
Coal Bowl not opener in 2007
Sep 01, 2006; ... The Coal Bowl isn't a season opener when it moves to EdwardsStadium in Huntington in 2007. Although television alters college football schedules constantly,the contracted date and advance schedules for the West Virginia-Marshall game show a Sept. 8 date, on the second weekend of ...
Herd QB must adjust to 'odd' blitzes
Sep 01, 2006; ... HUNTINGTON - Marshall quarterback Bernard Morris understands whyWest Virginia University calls its 3-3-5 defense the "odd stack." It's because the Mountaineers blitz from so many odd angles. "I've watched a lot of film on what they do," said Morris, whowill be Marshall's ...
Mountaineers can't beat themselves
Sep 01, 2006; ... MORGANTOWN - West Virginia Coach Rich Rodriguez hopes theMountaineers' season opener goes better this year than it did lastyear. WVU beat Syracuse, 15-7, but committed five turnovers on fourfumbles and one interception in 2005. WVU is ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press ...
WVU must keep the big picture in sight
Sep 01, 2006; ... SPRUCE Knob has nothing on Morgantown these days. The highestpoint in West Virginia depends on how you're measuring things. The Knob's 4,860-something feet above sea level is way up there,but can it be any higher than West Virginia is as the 2006 collegefootball season ...
It's all about heart
Sep 01, 2006; ... West Virginia State has a ton of hills to climb this footballseason. There's a new coaching staff and the loss of a handful ofdefensive starters. Add the lack of experienced depth ... or, heck,any depth at all. You kind of need a healthy dose of mental toughness to ...
DeMeo's first task: build trust among the Golden Eagles
Sep 01, 2006; ... There are a lot of things Tony DeMeo could have done first whentaking over as the head coach of the University of Charlestonfootball program two years ago. He could have decorated his office ... ordered business cards ...drew up some new plays. Yeah, he could have done all of ...
Cleanup slows as rain continues
Sep 01, 2006; ... Some Kanawha County residents still cleaning up after Wednesday'sstorm are bracing for more rain today. Residents in the Pinch and Elkview areas are working to remove mudfrom garages and businesses after creeks overflowed. Others in Mink Shoals found their car windows broken ...
Retiring director worked her way up
Sep 01, 2006; ... Young social workers don't have to tell Margaret Waybright howchallenging their job is to help welfare recipients. She has been intheir shoes. Waybright began with the state Health and Human Resources 37 yearsago, starting as a welfare worker fresh out of college. She ...
Callaghan goes negative with mailer, Campaign literature claims Capito voted for legislation that drives up student loan costs
Sep 01, 2006; ... Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito's position on college loans hasbeen criticized in 43,000 pieces of direct mail from her Democraticchallenger Mike Callaghan. The Callaghan campaign claims that 48,000 West Virginia studentsmust pay more for college because of Capito's ...
Is CEO eyeing WVU job?, Chambers' father says he has too much to do at Cisco
Sep 01, 2006; ... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - The juiciest rumor at the 2006 BusinessSummit is that Cisco Systems Chief Executive Officer John Chambers, aCharleston native, is interested in being the next president of WestVirginia University. WVU President David Hardesty, who announced last month that ...