Charleston Daily Mail back issues from December 2006:
Brickstreet wants mall Ward space,: Executive says he expects insurer will close deal by end of month
Dec 01, 2006; ... BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. is negotiating with Forest CityEnterprises to purchase the former Montgomery Ward and Bob EvansRestaurant spaces at Charleston Town Center, BrickStreet Presidentand Chief Executive Officer Greg Burton said today. Burton said he anticipates closing ...
Student who cares for ailing father needs help with graduation expenses
Dec 01, 2006 ... This 18-year-old woman spent most of her childhood in fosterhomes, and she's starting her adult life caring for a father who wasrarely able to care for her. After spending her teen years out of state in the care of an aunt,the young woman recently returned to her father's home in ...
Just the play-by-play guy
Dec 01, 2006; ... Tony Caridi is a transplanted New Yorker who graduated fromSyracuse University, which has produced more top sports broadcastersthan any school. Jack Fleming grew up in Sunnyside no farther than the length of aPat White bomb from old Mountaineer Field. Caridi, fresh out of ...
Strong quake shakes part of Indonesia
Dec 01, 2006; ... JAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake shook buildings andpanicked residents across a large swath of western Indonesia today,officials and witnesses said. There were no immediate reports ofinjuries or damage. The quake had a ...
Man accused of fleeing while drunk arrested
Dec 01, 2006 ... Police arrested a Nitro man accused of fleeing while drunk. James Willard Angel, 28, also known as "Possum," was charged withfleeing while DUI after Nitro police officer. J.J.Garbin spotted hisvehicle pulling out of a parking lot spinning its wheels, accordingto a criminal ...
McDowell County names interim school superintendent
Dec 01, 2006; ... McDowell County native and longtime school employee Jeff Nash hasbeen named interim superintendent for the county, following MarkManchin's recent appointment as executive director of the state'sSchool Building Authority. State School Superintendent Steve Paine made the ...
Gas companies, union continue talks
Dec 01, 2006; ... The United Steelworkers of America's contract talks with ColumbiaGas Transmission Corp. and Chesapeake Energy Corp. are continuing andunion employees remain on the job, spokesmen for both companies saidtoday. The Steelworkers' contract with Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. aswell ...
Library of Congress to show DaVinci drawing
Dec 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - A sketch Leonardo da Vinci made for his first largepainting, "Adoration of the Magi," will make its U.S. debut next weekat the Library of Congress. For two days - next Thursday and Friday - people can view thedrawing, which bears some similarities to his famed ...
RU-486: prevents mice tumor growth
Dec 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - Scientists used the abortion drug RU-486 to keeptumors at bay in mice bred with a gene destined to give them breastcancer. No one is suggesting women use the abortion pill that way. But theprovocative experiment helped illustrate how the notorious breastcancer gene ...
Rockwell found behind wall sells for $15.4 million
Dec 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK - One of Norman Rockwell's most famous paintings,discovered hidden behind a fake wall in its owner's Vermont home, hassold for $15.4 million. "Breaking Home Ties," which "Henry" comic strip illustrator DonaldTrachte Sr. purchased from Rockwell when the two were neighbors ...
U.S. rates travelers for terrorism risks
Dec 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - Without their knowledge, millions of Americans andforeigners crossing U.S. borders in the past four years have beenassigned scores generated by U.S. government computers rating therisk that the travelers are terrorists or criminals. The travelers are not allowed to ...
National weather,: Temps
Dec 01, 2006 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 36 25 Cldy Charlotte 58 35 Clr Cincinnati 40 22 Clr Cleveland 35 30 Snow Columbus,Ohio 40 26 Clr Dayton 38 23 PCldy Daytona Beach 73 64 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 53 35 ...
Weather,: Forecasts
Dec 01, 2006 ... Tonight Mostly cloudy. Breezy and much cooler with lows in the upper 20s. Saturday Partly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the upper ...
Weather,: Temps
Dec 01, 2006 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 26 19 PCldy Baltimore 51 37 Clr Boston 47 42 Clr Chicago 28 19 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 53 29 Clr Denver 25 10 Cldy Detroit 36 27 PCldy Honolulu 81 66 PCldy Houston 57 34 Clr Indianapolis 37 25 ...
Nation & world
Dec 01, 2006 ... Report says patient's data found in trash bins PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The nation's largest drugstore chains say theyare working to better protect patient privacy after an investigativeTV report turned up sensitive information about hundreds of customersin trash bins in cities around ...
Wintry storm slams Midwest,: At least 3 die in weather-related accidents
Dec 01, 2006; ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The first major snowstorm of the season broughtdeadly road conditions and hundreds of flight cancellations to thePlains and Midwest, where residents said goodbye to last week's balmyair and two towns called off tree lightings and a Christmas parade. The wintry ...
Ariz. airport to test X-ray screening at security checks
Dec 01, 2006; ... PHOENIX - Sky Harbor International Airport here will test a newfederal screening system that takes X-rays of passenger's bodies todetect concealed explosives and other weapons. The technology, called backscatter, has been around for severalyears but has not been widely used in the ...
Peregrine falcons are coming back, The once-endangered species spreads its wings thanks to man
Dec 01, 2006 ... BRYAN Watts, director of the College of William and Mary's Centerfor Conservation Biology, is discovering the old saying is true: Youcan lead a peregrine falcon to the sheer rock cliffs of ShenandoahNational Park, but you can't make him nest. But that is not necessarily bad. It ...
From the Iraq war to workers' compensation, our nation is in trouble
Dec 01, 2006 ... Our beloved America is in a mess, both socially and financially,and I believe that centralized government is the cause. I believe our founding fathers had local government, as far aspossible, in mind because they knew that real needs and solutions canbest be seen from communities ...
Direct flights are the best kind, Yeager Airport scores another coup by landing flights to Myrtle Beach
Dec 01, 2006 ... WEST Virginia's "southern panhandle" has to be Myrtle Beach, S.C.Like the country mouse visiting the city, the mountain people want tovisit the sea. Beginning on March 2, the trip to Myrtle Beach will no longernecessitate a long drive. Southern Skyways will begin offeringflights ...
State retirees might like Medicare, The state should pursue dumping a $3 billion liability
Dec 01, 2006 ... THE finance board of the Public Employees Insurance Agencyproposed this week that the state adopt the Medicare AdvantagePrescription Drug Program to cover each of its retired employees. This would shift to the federal government prescription drugcoverage for retired state ...
No more wealth redistribution, please, West Virginia will be even poorer and more dependent
Dec 01, 2006 ... TWO recent opinion pieces in the Charleston Gazette suggest itwould be a good idea to take more money from the coal companies andredistribute it to the state's poor. In one column, WVU-Tech Prof.John David writes, "Clearly, residents deserve a share of the state'swealth." At ...
Fighting the deer one bottle at a time, Readers say coyote urine works in defeating the herd
Dec 01, 2006 ... I have spent much of the last 10 days thinking about coyote urine.I have discussed it with friends and it has been in my dreams. I hopethis will put the topic to rest. It began with a column I wrote about the deer scourge thatafflicts West Virginia and how the four-legged vermin ...
Pastor says church's demise necessary, Small building is in flood plain and has deteriorated over the years
Dec 01, 2006; ... The forthcoming demise of Tuppers Valley Independent MissionaryBaptist Church at the mouth of Wolf Pen Drive in Sissonville is sadbut necessary, the pastor said. "We would have liked to have left it for a landmark," said theRev. Melvin Sizemore. "It just is not feasible. Nobody is ...
Parents will get help they need thanks to contributors
Dec 01, 2006 ... Early contributors to the Daily Mail's Neediest Cases Appeal haveput enough money into the fund - $8,645.23 - to pay for the needs ofthe first published cases. So a young father in a wheelchair who is helping raise his 4-year-old son will get needed medical supplies. And a couple ...
Commissioners would support putting gaming to vote
Dec 01, 2006; ... A majority of Kanawha County Commissioners said they would supportthe Legislature if it passes a bill allowing a local referendum ontable games. Commissioner Dave Hardy said the move does not mean the commissionwants to expand gambling in the county. "I think this issue ...
Robber who fled police convicted: in death of trooper hit by patrol car
Dec 01, 2006; ... FORREST CITY, Ark. - A man who had fled authorities was convictedof capital murder in the death of a state trooper who was struck byanother officer's patrol car after the chase. Wesley Jefferson, 27, was also convicted Thursday of robbery,theft and fleeing charges related to the ...
Wis. woman charged with faking cancer, collecting donations
Dec 01, 2006; ... MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin woman faked having cancer andcollected thousands of dollars from sympathetic donors in theprocess, according to a criminal complaint. The complaint, filed Wednesday, said some people drove AngeliaCulberson, 36, to the University of Wisconsin Hospital ...
Former W.Va. lawyer files for bankruptcy
Dec 01, 2006; ... MORGANTOWN - A former Morgantown lawyer disbarred formisappropriating millions from the estates of two sisters has filedfor Chapter 11 bankruptcy. John Patrick Ball filed the papers Oct. 31 in U.S. BankruptcyCourt in Clarksburg. He also filed a motion on Nov. 22 to sell ...
Whale that attacked trainer performing again at SeaWorld
Dec 01, 2006; ... SAN DIEGO - A killer whale was back performing before crowds atSeaWorld Adventure Park only a day after dragging her trainer to thebottom of the pool. Kasatka, a 5,000-pound-plus female, grabbed Ken Peters by the footand tugged him underwater for less than a minute, surfaced, then ...
Manchin, Va. governor discuss development , Shared tax revenue,: workers' training among; topics under consideration
Dec 01, 2006; ... BLUEFIELD - Shared tax revenue from economic development andtraining of health-care and other workers were among areas ofcooperation the governors of Virginia and West Virginia discussedthis week. "Tim and I want to show our two states can work well in the globalmarketplace," ...
State briefs
Dec 01, 2006 ... Judge upholds Ritchie man's murder conviction The state Supreme Court unanimously rejected an appeal from aRitchie County man convicted of breaking into a home, killing oneoccupant and wounding another during the Memorial Day 2004 weekend. Brusie R. "Don" Lanham is serving a ...
Flu shots available at several locations throughout month
Dec 01, 2006 ... Several health care agencies will offer flu shots to the publicthis month. They include: * Kanawha-Charleston Health Department staff will be giving flushots from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Kanawha Mall; from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Charleston Town Center, near ...
Saint Francis Hospital's current management to stay
Dec 01, 2006 ... Thomas Memorial Hospital's president says the current managementat Saint Francis Hospital will stay. Thomas Memorial is buying St. Francis. Thomas plans to close the $37.5 million deal by the end ofDecember, said Thomas President Steven Dexter told trustees at aThursday ...
Man charged with hacking into U.S. agency computers
Dec 01, 2006; ... LOS ANGELES - A Romanian national was indicted on charges ofhacking into more than 150 U.S. government computers, causingdisruptions that cost NASA, the Energy Department and the Navy nearly$1.5 million. The federal indictment charges Victor Faur, 26, of Arad, Romaniawith nine ...
Train strikes transit: workers, killing one
Dec 01, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A train headed to a rail yard struck two trackinspectors, killing one and critically injuring the other, officialssaid. Metrorail, the Washington area's transit system, identified theworker who died Thursday as Leslie A. Cherry, a 29-year employee fromMaryland ....
Doctor named in 110 suits to appear in court
Dec 01, 2006; ... WINFIELD - An osteopath named in 110 lawsuits stemming from hiswork at a Putnam County hospital was ordered to appear in court todayand produce notes, tapes, tax information and other materials forreview by the plaintiffs. The state Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Dr ....
State cites Sago Mine operator for allowing use of damaged air packs
Dec 01, 2006; ... State regulators cited an International Coal Group subsidiary forallowing miners to carry damaged emergency air packs into an UpshurCounty mine eight months after 12 miners died following anunderground explosion. State inspector Jeff Bennett issued the citation to ICG's Wolf ...
Mexican police discover body of journalist
Dec 01, 2006; ... VERACRUZ, Mexico - Police found the bullet-ridden bodies of twomen, including a missing journalist, just days after the body ofanother slain reporter was found in the area, authorities said. Police said they discovered the body of reporter Adolfo SanchezGuzman, 32, near Ciudad ...
For the record
Dec 01, 2006 ... Due to a holiday observance there were no petitions filed in U.S.Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District, marriage licensesapplications or property transfers at the Kanawha County Clerk'sOffice, or divorce petitions filed at the Kanawha County CircuitCourt Clerk's Office on Nov. 24, ...
Jury indicts felon on gun charges, Mich. man on cocaine charges
Dec 01, 2006 ... A Dunbar man was indicted on charges that he had a gun afterpreviously being convicted of a felony. The federal grand jury also indicted a Michigan man on crackcocaine charges Wednesday. Laverge "V-Tech" Johnson, 23, of Detroit, sold crack cocaine onApril 12-13, 2005, in ...
Marine pilot ejects before F-18 jet crashes
Dec 01, 2006; ... SAN DIEGO - An F-18 Hornet fighter jet crashed at Marine Corps AirStation Miramar, but the pilot ejected and escaped injury,authorities said. The pilot was found conscious Thursday near the wreckage of thejet, which crashed around noon in an unpopulated, hilly area of thebase ...
Coach talks with 'Bama, Miami consultant
Dec 01, 2006; ... Whether West Virginia's Rich Rodriguez has spoken with Alabama orMiami officials about their head coaching vacancies is unknown. What is known, however, is Rodriguez has spoken with a consultantrepresenting both of those prestigious programs. Mike Brown, Rodriguez's agent, ...
Seniors saying 'sayonara',: Core group of Mountaineers bidding farewell to Morgantown Saturday night
Dec 01, 2006; ... MORGANTOWN - It has been 22 years, but Rich Rodriguez stillremembers his Senior Night. It was Nov. 3, 1984, a week after Rodriguez had intercepted a passand West Virginia had earned a football win against Penn State. Much to his dismay, Don Majkowski and Virginia left ...
WVUcould really use Mike Lorello these days
Dec 01, 2006; ... WHEN West Virginia says goodbye after a bowl game to a seniorgroup that was the first full recruiting class for Coach RichRodriguez, there's one former classmate the 2006 Mountaineers reallycould have used. That's Mike Lorello. The strong safety was the only member of the2002 ...
Marshall's motto: Have team, will travel,: Saturday's game against Ohio latest in; four-state hoops tour
Dec 01, 2006; ... HUNTINGTON - Markel Humphrey feels like he's playing for theHuntington branch of the Harlem Globetrotters. Who can blame him? After all, the motto of Marshall University's basketball team thisseason is "Have Game, Will Travel." ... and travel and travel and ...
Top of the 2nd
Dec 01, 2006 ... Philadelphia Sportswriters honor WVU's Slaton PHILADELPHIA - West Virginia sophomore running back Steve Slatonhas been chosen as the Outstanding Amateur Athlete for 2006 by thePhiladelphia Sports Writers Association. Slaton began the year in spectacular fashion when his record ...
National Scoreboard
Dec 01, 2006 ... Today's Odds NCAA Football Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog Today Conference USA Championship At Houston at Houston 4 4 1/2 54 Southern Miss. Saturday at West Virginia 81/2 10 491/2 Rutgers Navy-x 181/2 20 49 Army at ...
Local Scoreboard
Dec 01, 2006 ... AREA SCHEDULE Colleges The upcoming athletics schedule for West Virginia, Marshall,Charleston, West Virginia State and WVU Tech: Men's basketball Today - West Virginia State vs. USC-Upstate at Ortho CarolinaClassic, Wingate, N.C., 4 p.m.; WVU Tech vs. Central ...
Big plays lead to league title
Dec 01, 2006; ... DETROIT - Football coaches always talk about winning games withbig plays. The Mid-American Conference championship game was a perfectexample. Central Michigan had eight plays of 20-plus yards, held Ohio tozero and walked away with a 31-10 victory Thursday night for itsfirst ...
Ticket sales picking up for WVU vs. N.C.State
Dec 01, 2006; ... After a slow start, ticket sales for West Virginia University'sbasketball game against North Carolina State at the Charleston CivicCenter on Wednesday night have picked up in recent days, officialssaid. "I don't know yet (how many total tickets have sold), but it'sbeen very ...
Sophomores lead team's rushing attacks,: Slaton, Mozes first WVU teammates in history to garner All-American status
Dec 01, 2006; ... MORGANTOWN - College football fans will have an opportunity towatch the Big East Conference's top tailbacks in the same game whenRutgers visits West Virginia on Saturday night. The Scarlet Knights feature Ray Rice, a Maxwell Award finalist whohas 13 100-yard games in his career, ...
Navy looking for fourth straight win over Army
Dec 01, 2006; ... PHILADELPHIA - Paul Johnson has Navy on the brink of a cleansweep. If the Midshipmen (8-3) win the 107th Army-Navy game Saturday(2:30 p.m. WOWK), they will capture the Commander-in-Chief's Trophyoutright for the fourth straight year and make the senior class thefirst in school ...
'Battle of Wayne County' will ba a land war,: Weather probably won't be cooperative for weekend championships
Dec 01, 2006; ... The weather conditions won't be ideal for tonight's West VirginiaClass AA high school state championship football game, but thepassing games of the two combatants won't be affected much. That's because No. 3 Wayne (11-2) and No. 4 Tolsia (11-2) don'trely much on the ...
Houston trying to complete march back to respectability
Dec 01, 2006; ... HOUSTON - For Southern Mississippi, it's business as usual,competing for another Conference USA championship. For Houston,today's league title game marks the end of a long journey back torespectability. The Cougars went 0-11 in 2001 and hired former Cougar Art Brilestwo years ...
UConn's Montgomery scores career-high 26
Dec 01, 2006; ... Renee Montgomery hasn't had many of these nights in basketballsince she was in the Mountain State Athletic Conference back home inWest Virginia. Montgomery, the former South Charleston High star, matched hercollege career high with 26 points and No. 7 Connecticut beat ...
Busy offseason on the NASCARhorizon
Dec 01, 2006; ... The NASCAR talent pool is as strong as it ever has been, but theaction it's producing begs for TiVo. With a flip of a switch and a little button pushing, the four-hour snooze-fests that eat into Sunday family time can be condensedinto about a half-hour. If you're a Dale Earnhardt ...
Bengals keep Ravens from clinching division
Dec 01, 2006; ... CINCINNATI - Best two out of three, anyone? The defending AFC North champion Cincinnati Bengals and theupstart Baltimore Ravens have played twice this season. Both times,the visiting team won. Both times, the game was decided by sixpoints. See a pattern? The Bengals' ...
Christmas at the Manchin mansion
Dec 01, 2006; ... Decorating the Governor's Mansion for Christmas this year has beena little like shoveling the driveway in a snowstorm. The mansion is in the midst of a well-publicized renovation andthere are workers everywhere. On the main floor, wallpaper wasstripped, rooms repainted and crystal ...
Killer says Chili's worker rushed at him, Prosecutors advise life sentence with mercy for teen who pleaded guilty
Dec 01, 2006; ... While many onlookers in a crowded courtroom cried, a Charlestonyouth explained to a judge how he and two other teens robbed andkilled a Chili's employee on his way home from work last summer. Thenhe expressed remorse to the victim's family. "I am deeply sorry from the bottom of my ...
City Christmas parade features magic, Barbie
Dec 01, 2006; ... There will be magic in the air for the annual Charleston Christmasparade on Saturday. Magician John Slicer will serve as master of ceremonies for thisyear's event and will provide plenty of entertainment for thosecongregated along on Court Street. The pre-parade ...
Paris company acquires lab famous for sound developments
Dec 01, 2006; ... TRENTON, N.J. - It's the birthplace of the transistor, the laser,the solar cell and the fax machine. Its researchers were the first tohear the echoes of the Big Bang. And now this American legend is partof a French company. Bell Labs was founded in 1925 as the research arm of ...
Subsidiary of Equitable building natural gas pipeline in Ky.
Dec 01, 2006; ... Equitrans, a subsidiary of Equitable Resources, announced it hasbegun construction of a new pipeline in eastern Kentucky. The 68-mile, $150 million Big Sandy Pipeline Project receivedfinal approval Nov. 29 from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,Equitable said. The ...
Oil and gas producer moves its headquarters
Dec 01, 2006; ... PITTSBURGH - Oil and gas producer Linn Energy LLC has moved itsheadquarters to Houston from Pittsburgh as part of a plan to acquireand develop energy properties across the country. Linn Energy also said Tuesday it had named Mark E. Ellis chiefoperating officer, a new position at ...
Horse industry has big impact in W.Va., Thoroughbred racing helps net $173 million annually for Eastern Panhandle, study finds
Dec 01, 2006; ... MORGANTOWN - The thoroughbred racing industry in West Virginia'sEastern Panhandle has grown so much in six years that it now helpsemploy more than 3,600 people and has an annual economic impact of$173 million, a study concludes. But the report for the Charles Town Horsemen's ...