Charleston Daily Mail back issues from October 2006:
Man killed in W.Va. 61 crash: SUV crosses center line, strikes rig hauling sand, concrete mix
Oct 02, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF WRITER A man died this morning after his sport utility vehicle crashedhead-on with a semi truck near East Bank. Part of W.Va. 61 in eastern Kanawha County was expected to beclosed until early this afternoon while firefighters and police triedto clean ...
Closure means relief for head of cafeteria
Oct 02, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The operator of the Capitol Complex Cafeteria for the last 11years said he's glad the state and Kanawha-Charleston healthdepartments finally shut it down. Carl Frame said he almost quit a month ago because he wasn'tgetting any help with maintaining the ...
County successful in efforts to curb meth crimes
Oct 02, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The Kanawha County sheriff's department and prosecutor's officebelieve their efforts to fight methamphetamine crimes are working. Sheriff Mike Rutherford said meth lab busts, which were averagingtwo a day a year ago, are now occurring an average of twice a ...
THE LAST RIDE: Final night a joyful farewell for park's long-time fans
Oct 02, 2006; ... MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - As a train of roller coaster cars came to aclattering halt, the ride operator's voice rang out from the publicaddress system high on the starting platform: "You're the last rideon the Hurricane. Thank you for coming." He was answered by the hoots, whoops and ...
Capito says she was not told about congressman's e-mails
Oct 02, 2006 ... Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., says she was not told aboutsuggestive e-mails that a Florida congressman sent to a 16-year-oldformer Capitol page, even though she is one of three representativeswho oversee the page program. On Friday, Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., resigned after ...
GOP lawmakers blast Manchin's handling of tax reform issue
Oct 02, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Some Republican lawmakers are criticizing Gov. Joe Manchin forwithholding details about proposed reforms to the state's tax systemand for planning a special session to deal with the reforms beforenew legislators take office in January. Manchin's ...
Capito focuses on run for re-election: Congresswoman has served three terms in the U.S. House
Oct 02, 2006; ... Shelley Moore Capito tries not to plan too far ahead. Luckily forher, she has a job in which "the future" never means more than twoyears at a time. Sitting in her campaign headquarters, taking a short break on amorning when she's due back in Washington, the ...
New video shows 2 Sept. 11 highjackers: Footage also shows bin Laden speaking to large audience
Oct 02, 2006; ... LONDON - Sept. 11 ringleader Mohamed Atta smiles in a video justbroadcast for the first time, appearing with a fellow hijacker in theonly known image of the two men together. A widely published photograph of Atta had shown a clean-shaven manwith a lined face, steely gaze and cold ...
Woman catches falling baby
Oct 02, 2006; ... DENVER - The baby girl's tiny hand was wrapped around the third-floor railing of a Denver condominium complex, her feet dangling overthe sidewalk below. Mary Bussey and her son Brandon, who were on their way to hisfootball game Saturday afternoon, saw the baby hovering above ...
Congressman checks into rehab: GOP lawmaker resigned after allegedly sending lurid e-mails to teenage male page
Oct 02, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - Former Rep. Mark Foley, under FBI investigation for e-mail exchanges with teenage congressional pages, has checked himselfinto a rehabilitation facility for alcoholism treatment and acceptsresponsibility for his actions, his attorney acknowledged today. The attorney, ...
Americans share Nobel Prize for work in activity of genes
Oct 02, 2006; ... STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Americans Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mellowon the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine today for discovering away to turn off the effect of specific genes. "RNA interference" is already being widely used in basic scienceas a method to study the function of ...
Forecasts
Oct 02, 2006 ... Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 49. Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Wednesday A slight chance of showers ...
Regional weather
Oct 02, 2006 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 77 55 PCldy Charlotte 84 51 Clr Cincinnati 83 58 PCldy Cleveland 78 60 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 80 58 PCldy Dayton 81 57 PCldy Daytona Beach 86 72 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 82 50 ...
National weather
Oct 02, 2006 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 52 42 Rain Baltimore 83 50 Clr Boston 75 52 PCldy Chicago 81 63 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 92 73 Clr Denver 77 52 PCldy Detroit 79 60 PCldy Honolulu 86 74 PCldy Houston 92 71 PCldy Indianapolis 83 60 ...
Nation & world
Oct 02, 2006 ... Prevention programs get less federal funding Since 2001, federal funding for a grant program that helps U.S.schools pay for programs to prevent substance abuse and violence hasdeclined significantly. Funding was $439.2 million in 2001 but has fallen to $346.5million ...
Your views
Oct 02, 2006 ... Perhaps the draft will come back There seem to be many parallels drawn between this war and theVietnam War. Upper- and middle-class Americans have not yet felt thepain of their sons, and possibly daughters, fighting in this war viathe draft. Each time we recall our ...
Our views: Republicans get tough on terror; Dems get tough on Republicans; the public notices the difference
Oct 02, 2006; ... AS Congress prepares to shut down for the fall elections, theHouse and Senate are finally facing some of the thornier issues inthe War on Terror - how to balance civil liberties with militarynecessity. The heavy lifting, though, is being done by only one party.Republicans have ...
Our views: Tough choices down the line; South Charleston can't continue to spend more than it takes in
Oct 02, 2006; ... HOW South Charleston is run is determined by the people who electits leaders. For 32 years, citizens have been quite satisfied withMayor Richie Robb. The city has been a happy place. But Daily Mail Business Editor George Hohmann recently provided anunusually detailed look at how ...
Rep. Nick Rahall is acting a little testy: Wolfe seems to have thrown him off balance
Oct 02, 2006; ... QUITE suddenly and perhaps unexpectedly, the top blew off of theWest Virginia Third Congressional District race last week. The race between Rep. Nick Joe Rahall, a Democrat, and Republicanchallenger Kim Wolfe got down to the name-calling stage last weekwhen Rahall, who was first ...
Unclaimed ashes still in storage: Charleston Mortuary Service keeps remains of 30 people cremated between 1987 and 2003
Oct 02, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Before the state medical examiner's office started buryingunclaimed bodies in a Putnam County cemetery, Charleston MortuaryService cremated those who died with no known survivors or anyoneelse to make arrangements. Between 1987 and early 2003, the mortuary ...
Mollohan, Wakim pursue veterans' vote: VFW endorses incumbent; challenger says veterans still likely to vote for him
Oct 02, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Both campaigns in the 1st Congressional District race are hopingfor the veterans' vote heading into the November election. Democratic Rep. Alan Mollohan has received the nod from severalveterans' groups, including a recent endorsement from the ...
Woman continues search for missing sister
Oct 02, 2006; ... BLUEFIELD - Brenda Lambert disappeared from her Bluewell home 14years ago. But that hasn't stopped her sister from continuing thesearch for clues about her disappearance. Lambert, then 22, disappeared on the evening of her son's firstbirthday. The mother of two didn't take her car ...
Twins share birthday with mother, grandmother
Oct 02, 2006; ... LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - Twin girls share a birthday not onlywith each other, but with their mother and grandmother. Andria Hundley gave birth to Kaitlin Marie and Malia Rose Zeh onWednesday, Today's News-Herald reported Saturday. They had been dueOct. 20. Hundley was born ...
Marshall students invited to audition for Playboy
Oct 02, 2006 ... Playboy magazine is coming to Marshall University in hopes thatfemale students will bare all for its Girls of the Conference USApictorial. Playboy will be in Huntington on Oct. 9 and 10 to shoot photos forthe pictorial, scheduled to run in Playboy's May 2007 issue. Theissue hits ...
Obituaries: Obit
Oct 02, 2006 ... James Adkins James Adkins, 87, of St. Albans died Sept. 30, 2006. PrestonFuneral Home, Charleston, is in charge of arrangements. Billie B. Baldwin Mr. Billie B. Baldwin, 78, of Chesapeake, passed away Friday,September 29, 2006, at home. Mr. Baldwin attended ...
Study shows men just as likely as women to be shopaholics
Oct 02, 2006; ... In the battle of the sexes one more stereotype has fallen: A newStanford University study suggests men are just as likely as women tobe serious shopaholics. But they're much less likely to get help for their problem,according to the most comprehensive survey to date of ...
Revered icon returned to monastery in Greece
Oct 02, 2006; ... ATHENS, Greece - A 700-year-old icon that had been stolen inAugust was returned to a monastery in southern Greece in a ceremonyattended by hundreds of worshippers. Police last week recovered the revered icon of the Virgin Mary,which has been credited with healing powers and ...
Pumpkins, mums fill the Capitol Market
Oct 02, 2006; ... Capitol Market is in full fall bloom with mums, pansies, pumpkinsand other gourds for sale. Sunday's balmy weather made a strollthrough the outdoor vending area a pleasant fall activity. Above, ...
Lebanese commander raises flag after Israeli pullout
Oct 02, 2006; ... LABBOUNEH, Lebanon - Lebanon's army commander raised his country'sflag today on a ridge overlooking the border with Israel, reclaimingthe area after Israel's pullout from nearly all of south Lebanon. But the dispute over a divided border village and farmlands marredLebanon's ...
Police report
Oct 02, 2006 ... Man shot on front porch in critical condition A Charleston man was in critical condition today after he was shotseveral times on the front porch of his home, police said. William Shirkey, 56, was shot at least twice Sunday at his home inthe 2100 block of West Washington Street, ...
Cowbells will ring in Mountaineer ears
Oct 02, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER MORGANTOWN - Here is some advice for West Virginia football fanswho plan to make the trip to Mississippi State: Pack a pair of earplugs. Unless, of course, you enjoy the sound of more than 50,000cowbells ringing for three and a half ...
Stewart runs out of gas, but wins anyway
Oct 02, 2006; ... KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Free from the pressure of chasing thechampionship, Tony Stewart could gamble on gas and joke about itafterward. But for Nextel Cup contenders Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, theoddball finish to Sunday's race at Kansas Speedway was no ...
Man charged with killing wife and four children
Oct 02, 2006; ... NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - A man was charged with murdering his wifeand her four children in a domestic dispute at their home,authorities said. Michael Simmons, 41, appeared at a bond hearing via video linkfrom the Charleston County jail on Sunday and was ordered heldwithout bond ...
Coach seeks green: Snyder wants fans in green for nationally televised game
Oct 02, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER HUNTINGTON - Just this once, Mark Snyder would like to colorMarshall fans' judgment. He wants to dye it green ... Marshall green. Yeah, sure, Marshall's head football coach realizes that"whiteouts" are all the rage for nationally televised games ...
An experience like no other: First-time qualifier Buffalo will play six golfers at state tourney
Oct 02, 2006; ... FYI WHEN: Tuesday, Wednesday 9 a.m. WHERE: Oglebay Parks RobertTrent Jones-designed Speidel course, Wheeling PAIRINGS: 2B INFO: 800-624-6988 DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Buffalo golf Coach Mike Joseph is realistic about his team'schances at this week's State Tournament in ...
Bulger, Rams rally
Oct 02, 2006; ... ST. LOUIS - Just like the old days: When Mike Martz is on theRams' home field, the offense gets exciting. St. Louis withstood the Lions' best offensive showing of theseason, rallying from behind three times Sunday for a 41-34 win overDetroit, where the former Rams head coach is ...
Top of the 2nd
Oct 02, 2006 ... Marshall women finish fifth at golf tournament WAYNESVILLE, N.C. - The Marshall University women's golf teamfired a 299 on Sunday for a two-day total of 606 to finish in a tiefor fifth place in the final round of the 23-team Wachovia GreatSmokies Intercollegiate at the par-72, ...
National scoreboard
Oct 02, 2006 ... TODAY'S ODDS College football Favorite Open Today Underdog Tuesday at Tulsa 4 61/2 Southern Mississippi Wednesday at Marshall 11/2 31/2 Central Florida Thursday Florida State 101/2 101/2 at N.C. State Texas Christian Pk 2 ...
Local scoreboard
Oct 02, 2006 ... AREA SCHEDULE Football (All times 7:30 p.m. unless noted otherwise) Friday - Buffalo at Gilbert; Capital at Riverside; Sissonville atHerbert Hoover; George Washington at South Charleston; Hurricane atNitro; Poca at Point Pleasant; Winfield at Logan; Clay at ...
Don't be surprised if Clemens escapes Bonds treatment
Oct 02, 2006; ... SAN FRANCISCO - The news that the drug hounds have finally beenunleashed on Roger Clemens sent me to the guy who knows somethingabout being chased. So, I asked Barry Bonds, do you think Clemens will have his heelsnipped and his neck poked and his breath shortened like ...
American League
Oct 02, 2006 ... a's 11, angels 10 (10 innings) OAKLAND LOS ANGELES ab r h bi ab r h bi Kendall c 3 1 1 0 Izturis ss 5 1 2 1 Mlhuse c 1 0 0 1 Willits cf 3 1 1 0 Kotsay cf 2 2 2 1 Salmon dh 4 1 0 0 Bcahca rf 2 1 0 0 AKndy 2b 3 1 1 1 Brdley rf 3 1 ...
Series matchups decided on final day
Oct 02, 2006; ... NEW YORK - The San Diego Padres got their wish: a chance to startthe playoffs at home. The Los Angeles Dodgers got a cross-countryticket and a meeting with the New York Mets. Trevor Hoffman and the Padres hung on to win the NL West onSunday, earning home-field advantage in the ...
Baseball P.M.
Oct 02, 2006 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr x-New York 97 65 .599 - z-5-5 L-2 50-31 47-34 10-8 Toronto 87 75 .537 10 7-3 W-2 50-31 37-44 9-9 Boston 86 76 .531 11 z-5-5 W-1 48-33 38-43 16-2 Baltimore 70 92 .432 27 z-4-6 L-1 40-41 ...
National League
Oct 02, 2006 ... Braves 3, astros 1 HOUSTON ATLANTA ab r h bi ab r h bi Tveras cf 5 1 2 0 MGiles 2b 4 1 0 0 Lamb 3b 5 0 2 0 Rnteria ss 2 0 1 0 Brkmn 1b 4 0 3 1 CJones 3b 3 1 1 1 Scott lf 3 0 0 0 AJones cf 3 0 0 0 Huff rf 3 0 0 0 McCnn c 4 0 0 ...
Snyder not concerned with pass defense
Oct 02, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER HUNTINGTON - Remember high school chemistry? Well, that is Marshall Coach Mark Snyder's approach to the Herd'spass defense. Before you can get the formula just right, you're going to break afew beakers and cause a test tube or two to ...
State-UC already a 'natural' rivalry
Oct 02, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER For the second year in a row, the two teams went toe to toe,hurtling toward an outcome that wasn't secure until the waningmoments of the game. For the record, the University of Charleston Golden Eagles onceagain won the Battle of the Kanawha Valley on ...
Clemens calls Grimsley accusations 'malicious'
Oct 02, 2006; ... Roger Clemens calls the report "dangerous and malicious andreckless." Andy Pettitte insists he never took banned drugs. MiguelTejada says he is being smeared again by scandal. Some of baseball's biggest stars responded with denials anddenunciations Sunday following a Los Angeles ...
Monday Night Football hasn't always been kind to these two
Oct 02, 2006; ... PHILADELPHIA - The Packers and Eagles both have something to provewhen they meet in Philadelphia tonight. When Brett Favre last played before a Monday night audience, GreenBay suffered the most lopsided loss in the history of ABC's "MondayNight Football." It was nearly that ...
COMMENTARY: Marshall stars didn't win Heisman, nor should Wolfe
Oct 02, 2006; ... Northern Illinois running back Garrett Wolfe is about to rekindleone of college football's great debates: Should a player who mostlyfaces second-tier competition be considered worthy of winning theHeisman Trophy? The answer is no, but the best little back in college football ...
NFL Report: Week 4 standings
Oct 02, 2006 ... AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div New England 3 1 0 .750 88 64 1-1-0 2-0-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 N.Y. Jets 2 2 0 .500 96 91 0-2-0 2-0-0 2-2-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 70 65 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-2-0 1-0-0 1-2-0 Miami ...
NFL Report
Oct 02, 2006 ... colts 31, Jets 28 At East Rutherford N.J., Peyton Manning scored from a yard outwith 50 seconds left in leading the Colts to a wild victory over theNew York Jets on Sunday, boosting Indianapolis to 4-0 and putting ittwo games ahead in the AFC South. After Manning's TD, the ...
Breast cancer survivor believes it's important to stay positive: Woman will take part in ceremony to honor victims, other survivors
Oct 02, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF At age 31, with a toddler at home, Melinda Fisher never consideredherself at risk for breast cancer. That changed one day in the fallof 1993. Fisher, membership director for the Putnam County Chamber ofCommerce, decided to do a breast self-exam and there it ...
When garden is a work of art: Two-acre space filled with plants that are constantly changing
Oct 02, 2006; ... Spend an hour or two with Paul Babikow in his leafy country gardenand you understand what you give up if you let others install andmaintain your landscape - and what you gain if you don't. Babikow and his wife, Beth, have spent 26 years devising, plantingand adjusting the two ...
WVU borrows concept from: high-brow peers; New dormitory has faculty living among students to enhance academics, new sense of community
Oct 02, 2006; ... MORGANTOWN - Borrowing an idea from Oxford and Harvarduniversities, West Virginia University has created a whole newresidential experience for students. WVU has opened the first dorm to be structured as a "residentialcollege" in the state. Lincoln Hall opened its doors to ...
Target adds another chic decorating label
Oct 02, 2006; ... You'll find Victoria Hagan's stylish designs in the homes of late-night talk showman Conan O'Brien and Revlon chairman Ron Perelman.And now, they're just past the scrapbooking aisle at Target. The New York decorator is the latest label to land at Target, witha cheap-but-chic line ...
'Nine' explores life after shared trauma: ABC drama is about a group that survived a bank robbery gone bad
Oct 02, 2006; ... The season premiere of "Lost" on Wednesday comes with anadditional enticement this season: Stick around when it's over. With any luck, a year from now we'll be scrutinizing thecharacters of "The Nine" the way we do the denizens of thatmysterious island, studying their connections ...
DEAR ABBY: Couple tired of playing hosts, never the guests
Oct 02, 2006; ... DEAR ABBY: My husband and I live in a very nice house with a dreamback yard for entertaining. Over the years, some longtime friends have attended our pool partyget-togethers, as well as holiday cocktail parties. They all have nice entertainment features in their homes, ...
Horoscope
Oct 02, 2006; ... FORECAST FOR TUESDAY eARIES (March 21-April 19). "Borrowed trouble" is usually the kindof trouble that wouldn't be yours if only you'd kept quiet. You'revery lucky today when you let everybody handle their own issues. rTAURUS (April 20-May 20). Sitting on hold is frustrating ....
Car Talk: Try cheap fix before paying big repair bill
Oct 02, 2006; ... Dear Tom and Ray: My son has been in Iraq for almost a year. He left his car withus, and it has been sitting in the driveway the whole time. My plan is to sell the car and send the money to my son. I put ina new battery a couple of days ago and was able to start it. It ...
New 'Peter Pan' book set to hit the shelves
Oct 02, 2006; ... LONDON - John has discovered a cutlass in his bed; the twins areinexplicably covered in war paint - and a snapping crocodile isterrorizing the members of the gentlemen's club. Wendy, always the most astute of Peter Pan's friends, knows whatthis means. "Something is wrong in ...
'Open Season' tops weekend box office
Oct 02, 2006; ... LOS ANGELES - A cartoon bear and deer talked their way to the topof the box office as Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher's animatedcomedy "Open Season" debuted with $23 million. Kutcher also finished in second place with Disney's "TheGuardian," in which he co-stars with Kevin ...
Fisherman rescued after boat capsizes
Oct 02, 2006; ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A man who decided to swim to safety after theboat he was on capsized about 15 miles offshore was rescued afterspending 24 hours in the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard said.His four fishing companions also were rescued. Clinton Daughtry, 27, was pulled ...
Law creates database to list 'pork' spending
Oct 02, 2006; ... Congress began its five-week hiatus after paying some attention toa practice that has become a claim of fame for Sen. Robert Byrd andRep. Alan Mollohan, both D-W.Va. - the earmarking of federal fundsfor projects back home. Legislation passed before the Saturday recess will create ...
Wreck kills six, including five family members
Oct 02, 2006; ... COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - A three-vehicle crash in southern Illinoiskilled six people, including five family members, authorities said. The chain-reaction crash, which also injured two others, happenedSaturday evening near Belleville, Illinois State Police Master Sgt.Roger Hayes said ...
State-of-the-art mine opens: $300 million Arch Coal complex likely to be one of the last big underground mines built in central Appalachia
Oct 02, 2006; ... Gov. Joe Manchin and Arch Coal Chairman and Chief ExecutiveOfficer Steve Leer are among the dignitaries who were expected to beon hand today as Arch Coal marked the opening of its Mountain Laurelmining complex in Logan County. Mountain Laurel is expected to be one of the last big ...