Charleston Daily Mail back issues from February 2007:
Glitch may prevent leaders' health break: Provision to give lawmakers full-time status may die since not ratified by citizen panel
Feb 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF A provision in a legislative pay raise bill that would givelawmakers a nearly $8,000 annual break on health insurance likelywill be eliminated because it wasn't endorsed by a citizencommission. Sen. John Yoder, R-Jefferson, the lead sponsor of the bill, ...
Delay granted for Graham to begin serving sentence: Two weeks given to choose location; lawyers also argue man should be free during appeal
Feb 01, 2007; ... Bob Graham isn't going to prison as soon as originally thought,and his legal team is aiming to keep him out much longer. Graham's sentence originally called for him to report to prison by2 p.m. Monday. But a federal judge on Wednesday granted a delay until Feb. 19 togive the ...
Public help sought in solving meter thefts
Feb 01, 2007; ... The city of Charleston has had a string of thefts over the pastmonth. The stolen goods: parking meters. Charleston officials are asking the public to keep an eye out forculprits who have been making off with the metal, money-filledmeters. Gary Taylor, the city's ...
Many ready, forced to wait: Ruling against teacher plans merger, appeal leave many waiting for golden years
Feb 01, 2007; ... Frank "Fritz" Bauer, 73, a cook at Conner Street Elementary Schoolin Putnam County, wants to retire. He's been waiting almost a year to do so, but hasn't been ablebecause of a planned merger of the state's two teacher retirementsystems. Now, with the planned merger of the ...
Night of cruising turned deadly: Documents show what teens did before and after robbery attempt that left man dead
Feb 01, 2007; ... Shortly before 1 a.m. July 7, three teenagers were sitting on abench outside Stonewall Jackson Middle School, trying to figure outwhat to do about the most horrifying night of their lives. "It felt like I was walking on air, as if it wasn't real," one ofthe three, a girl, said in ...
Bill would allow vote on sheriffs' terms
Feb 01, 2007; ... County sheriffs like to say they're in good company: besides them,the only other candidates on a West Virginia ballot bound by termlimits are the governor and the president of the United States. Now, a proposed constitutional amendment endorsed by a key Senatecommittee Wednesday ...
Bill targets copper, scrap metal thieves: House proposes tighter restrictions on salvage yards, harsher penalties for offenders
Feb 01, 2007; ... With thieves pulling downspouts from home gutters, sawing offpublic fountain piping and climbing utility poles to steal metal -and sometimes dying in the process - lawmakers proposed a crackdown. House Judiciary Chairwoman Carrie Webster, D-Kanawha, and otherdelegates want salvage ...
Nation & world
Feb 01, 2007 ... Baby, 14.5-pounds, creates sensation in Cancun CANCUN, Mexico - He is called "Super Tonio," and at a whoppingbirth weight of 14.5 pounds, the little fellow is causing a sensationin this Mexican resort city. Cancun residents have crowded the nursery ward's window to ...
Regional weather
Feb 01, 2007 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 29 20 Snow Charlotte 45 29 Cldy Cincinnati 31 25 Cldy Cleveland 29 23 Cldy Columbus,Ohio 31 24 Snow Dayton 29 21 Cldy Daytona Beach 74 65 Rain Greensboro,N.C. 45 32 ...
Weather Almanac
Feb 01, 2007 ... Yesterday's high 27 Record high 78, 2002 Normal high 44 Yesterday's low 15 Record low 2, 1965 Normal ...
Forecasts
Feb 01, 2007 ... Tonight Rain and snow this evening transitioning to snow showersovernight. Low 32. Friday Occasional snow showers. Chance of snow 70 percent. High 39. Saturday Flurries with a 30 ...
National weather
Feb 01, 2007 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 36 26 Cldy Baltimore 38 31 Cldy Boston 37 28 Snow Chicago 20 13 Snow Dallas-Ft Worth 41 31 PCldy Denver 5 -4 Clr Detroit 29 19 Snow Honolulu 79 68 Clr Houston 61 43 PCldy Indianapolis 25 22 ...
March 11 brings time change: Is U.S. ready?
Feb 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - It seemed so simple and familiar: Spring forward,fall back. For 20 years, that's what Americans - and their technology- have done with their clocks on the first Sunday in April and thelast Sunday in October. No longer. When few people were paying attention in August ...
Economy rosy or not, depending: Bush, Democrats offer contrasting portraits in preparation of upcoming 2008 races
Feb 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - The booming economy that President Bush paints is afar cry from the worrisome one increasingly portrayed by Democraticpresidential candidates and party leaders. To them, there are worker insecurities, stagnant wage growth andsoaring costs for health care and ...
Tortilla protest draws thousands: Some 75,000 Mexicans march on city
Feb 01, 2007; ... MEXICO CITY - Some 75,000 unionists, farmers and leftists marchedto protest price increases in basic foodstuffs like tortillas, adirect challenge to the new president's market-oriented economicpolicies blamed by some for widening the gulf between rich and poor. Since taking office ...
Our views: Sen. White set a bad example; Leaving the scene of an accident is worthy of full prosecution
Feb 01, 2007; ... STATE Sen. Randy White, D-Webster, gave a unique reason for notpromptly reporting a traffic accident in the wee hours of Tuesdaymorning: No one was around. Such conduct is hardly befitting an ordinary citizen, let alone acitizen-legislator. Police said that shortly before 1 ...
Our views: The military needs support; Politely hearing out a recruiter is a very small sacrifice to make
Feb 01, 2007 ... The military needs support Politely hearing out a recruiter is avery small sacrifice to make DELEGATE Bonnie Brown, D-Kanawha, wants to protect the privacy ofhigh school students by making it more difficult for militaryrecruiters to obtain information about them. "There are ...
Please keep the Promise, West Virginia: $50 million is cheap compared to stupidity's price
Feb 01, 2007; ... THE Boy is in South Korea for the next year, teaching Koreanchildren English. So if a reader runs into a Korean 20 years from nowwho pronounces "friend" in two syllables, chances are the Boy taughthim. Thank you, West Virginia bettors, for making this possible. The Boy is a ...
Your views
Feb 01, 2007 ... Poetic license used in the Marshall movie Why is Chuck Landon so bent out of shape about the "We AreMarshall" movie? Didn't Warner Brothers consult him about their movie? Did heexpect to be consulted? Does he consider himself an expert because hewas a student at ...
Union, Chesapeake discuss retiree benefits
Feb 01, 2007; ... Representatives of the United Steelworkers and Chesapeake EnergyCorp. agreed to meet again next week after a Wednesday negotiatingsession that focused on retiree health care benefits. The union said in a prepared statement that at the end ofWednesday's session, the company ...
Blast investigation expected to take time
Feb 01, 2007; ... GHENT - Fire officials have not ruled out anything as they try topinpoint the cause of a propane gas explosion that leveled aconvenience store, killing four and critically injuring five others,the state Fire Marshal's office said. "It's going to be a slow process due to the severe ...
Fire codes exempt most propane tanks
Feb 01, 2007 ... There's very little regulation of propane tanks like the one thatcaused this week's deadly explosion in Raleigh County. When installed at most homes, propane tanks and associatedequipment are exempt from West Virginia's fire code, according to arecent Supreme Court ...
Buffalo Coal purchase completed for $5 million
Feb 01, 2007; ... SCOTT DEPOT - International Coal Group announced it has completedthe $5 million purchase of coal reserves, a prep plant and railfacility from bankrupt Buffalo Coal Co. Wednesday's purchase would enhance current operations because thefacility provides access to markets to sell ...
Police end investigation of racial fight at college
Feb 01, 2007; ... GREENSBORO, N.C. - Police have decided not to pursue their owncharges in a racially tinged fight between several Guilford Collegefootball players and three Palestinian students. A magistrate judge has charged six players with misdemeanorassault and five of them with ethnic ...
Winfield fire department awarded federal grant
Feb 01, 2007 ... Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced today that theWinfield Volunteer Fire Department in Putnam County has been awarded$103,756 by the Department of Homeland Security. The funds come as aFire Operations and Firefighter Safety grant. "It's important to provide the first ...
Water treatment company to pay state $10,000 as part of settlement
Feb 01, 2007 ... The state Attorney General's office has reached a settlement withan Ohio-based water treatment system dealer that had been accused ofdeceptive sales practice. After a yearlong battle, Hague Quality Water International ofGroveport, Ohio agreed to instruct its home sales dealers to ...
Bill would shield addresses of domestic violence victims
Feb 01, 2007 ... Female lawmakers and state officials have introduced a billintended to give domestic violence victims more privacy when dealingwith government agencies that make their records open to the public. Proponents of the bill say it would allow battered women and mento live their lives ...
Prisoners want higher pay for guards: Inmates write letters to lawmakers saying conditions are unsafe
Feb 01, 2007; ... Correctional officers in West Virginia have gained some unexpectedallies in their push for higher pay: prison inmates, including a self-proclaimed poet serving a life sentence for murder. In a handful of letters to several lawmakers, inmates say thestate's overcrowded and ...
Public meeting gives residents of Lucado chance to voice opinions
Feb 01, 2007 ... People who frequently use Lucado Road plan to speak up at a publicmeeting Monday at the state Capitol. The state Division of Highways ban on left-hand turns from LucadoRoad onto Corridor G begins today. One City Council member is drafting a resolution calling for atraffic ...
Date set for final 'Harry Potter' book to be published
Feb 01, 2007; ... LONDON - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the last of seveninstallments of the boy wizard's adventures, will be published July21, author J.K. Rowling said today. Rowling announced the publication date on her Web site. Bloomsbury, her British publisher, said it would ...
Marshall victorious despite its poor effort
Feb 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER HUNTINGTON - Has Marshall basketball reached a point where a winis a win is a win? Does any Herd victory now qualify as a big win? It's starting to seem that way. Take Marshall's ugly 56-52 win over stumbling, bumbling EastCarolina here ...
Wagner sparks Black Eagles
Feb 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Much to the delight of coaches, fans and players, that light atthe end of the tunnel in which South Charleston has spent most of theseason was not an oncoming train. It was the spark provided by a Stephanie Wagner 3-pointer. Actually four of ...
On the road a win: West Virginia defeats host Rutgers to get its first victory on an opponents home court
Feb 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Well, what do you know. West Virginia can winon the road after all. Yeah, OK, Wednesday night's game wasn't a primetime, nationallytelevised win over a Top 25 team. This was an 89-83 decision over a 9-13 Rutgers team in front ...
Sports Illustrated issues apology, prints correction
Feb 01, 2007; ... An Internet hoax that duped Sports Illustrated and embarrassedWest Virginia University has brought an apology and printedcorrection from the magazine. In the Feb. 5 SI Super Bowl XLI preview issue that mostsubscribers will receive by mail today or Friday, the ...
WVU athletics needs support from next chief
Feb 01, 2007 ... THERE'S good news and bad news, or so it seems, for WestVirginia's athletic department as the Morgantown university searchesfor a new president. WVU Board of Governors Chairman Steve Goodwin said that athletics"is a very, very important part of the university," and that a ...
Top of the 2nd
Feb 01, 2007 ... SSAC plans no review of game official Lazo The Secondary School Activities Commission doesn't plan to reviewthe conduct of a referee who called two technical fouls on WestVirginia prep star O.J. Mayo, then fell to the floor after the pairbumped into one another. SSAC ...
National scoreboard
Feb 01, 2007 ... TODAY'S ODDS Super Bowl Sunday Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog Indianapolis 71/2 7 (48) Chicago Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 23 23 .500 ...
Local scoreboard
Feb 01, 2007 ... Schedule High schools The upcoming athletic schedules for area high schools, assubmitted by the schools: Boys basketball Today - Princeton at George Washington, 7:30 p.m.; Nitro at SouthCharleston, 7:30 p.m.; Ripley at Spring Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Riversideat ...
Wallace ranks 2nd among Nitro scorers
Feb 01, 2007; ... Junior All-Stater Kendra Wallace scored 22 points to lead Nitro toa 55-42 win at Parkersburg in girls high school basketball action onWednesday evening. With her performance, Wallace moved into second place behind MeganWithrow on the Wildcats' career scoring list with 1,465 ...
'Dale' shows both good and bad of legend's life
Feb 01, 2007; ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Nearly six years after his death, DaleEarnhardt's family is finally in total agreement about something: Thebiography "Dale" definitively captures the life of NASCAR's seven-time champion. "I was amazed, blown away," Dale Earnhardt Jr. said of the movie,which ...
Colts' line ready to protect Manning
Feb 01, 2007; ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The Chicago Bears are going into Sunday'sSuper Bowl saying the things that defensive coaches and playersalways say when they're readying to face the Indianapolis Colts: Thekey is to get in quarterback Peyton Manning's face, knock him aroundand make him feel ...
Louisville continues its midseason run: BIG EAST CONFERENCE; BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Feb 01, 2007; ... CINCINNATI - David Padgett scored 18 points and intimidatedCincinnati's smaller front line into missing or passing up shotsWednesday night, leading Louisville to a 69-53 victory that extendedthe Cardinals' midseason run. Louisville (16-6, 6-2 Big East) has won four of its last ...
Butler scores 17 points in 'happy homecoming'
Feb 01, 2007; ... PISCATAWAY, N.J. - It wasn't that Da'Sean Butler didn't play wellin the high school games he had at the RAC at Rutgers. Really, he didn't play at all. "I stayed in foul trouble," Butler said of the three games hisBloomfield Tech team played here, "so I didn't get a chance to ...
Group says 81 journalists killed in 2006
Feb 01, 2007; ... PARIS - Eighty-one journalists and media staffers were killedworldwide in 2006, making it the deadliest year for reporters in morethan a decade, Reporters Without Borders said today. Iraq was the most dangerous country for journalists last year,with 39 reporters and 26 other media ...
Pair charged in stunt gone wrong: Boston sends bomb; squads in response to packages placed as part of advertising campaign
Feb 01, 2007; ... BOSTON - Several illuminated electronic devices planted at bridgesand other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city in what turnedout to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon. Mostof the devices depict a character giving the finger. Peter Berdovsky, 27, of ...
Coast Guard calling off search for missing scientist
Feb 01, 2007; ... SAN FRANCISCO - The Coast Guard planned to call off its searchearly today for an acclaimed computer scientist whose sailboat hasdisappeared off Northern California. Despite unusually calm weather, searchers have exhausted any areaJim Gray could have drifted or sailed after leaving ...
Schools losing federal funds
Feb 01, 2007; ... Nine Kanawha County elementary schools that previously qualifiedfor special funding for remedial math and reading programs will notreceive the money next school year. Schools with a high enough percentage of students below thepoverty line participate in the elementary school ...
Network allows FiberNet to offer additional services, products
Feb 01, 2007; ... FiberNet's connection to a 16-state telecommunications networkmeans customers will be offered a greater variety of products andservices, said Kenneth Peterson Jr., chairman of the board of OneCommunications. One Communications was formed last year when CTC Communicationsand ...
Energy company puts plans on hold: Chesapeake won't build headquarters here until it knows more about ramifications of verdict
Feb 01, 2007; ... Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s plan to build its regional headquartersin Charleston is on hold because of a $405 million Roane County juryverdict, company spokesman Scott Rotruck said. "Chesapeake's decision about building our eastern headquarters ison hold until we fully understand ...
Contractor says insurer is hurting his industry
Feb 01, 2007; ... Tom Stewart of Heritage Builders LLC, Charleston, is convincedBrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. is killing some small residentialcontractors. BrickStreet is the sole provider of workers' compensationinsurance in West Virginia. The company has said most employers'insurance ...
Some doctors were born to work here
Feb 01, 2007; ... From Dr. Scott Duffy's corner office at the Thomas HospitalMedical building he can see his old neighborhood - Armour View inSpring Hill. He feels right at home in this hospital. After all, it's where hewas born. Duffy recently opened a cardiology practice in the ...
US Airways drops bid for Delta Air Lines
Feb 01, 2007; ... ATLANTA - US Airways Group Inc. dropped its $9.8 billion hostilebid for Delta Air Lines Inc. after a key group of the bankruptcarrier's creditors said Delta would be better off emerging fromChapter 11 on its own. With the dual decisions, Atlanta-based Delta cleared a big ...
Obituaries: Obit
Feb 01, 2007 ... Sandra G. Abshire Sandra G. Abshire, 54, of Ashford died Jan. 30, 2007. Gravesideservice will be 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, at Kinder Cemetery, Costa.Handley Funeral Home, Danville, is in charge of arrangements. Doris L. Applegate Mrs. Doris L. Applegate, 81, of Cross Lanes ...
Ex-Va. mayor sentenced to two years in vote-buying scheme
Feb 01, 2007; ... WISE, Va. - The former mayor of the tiny coal town of Appalachiawas sentenced to two years in jail for masterminding a vote-riggingscheme that helped him steal the 2004 election. Prosecutors said Ben Cooper bought votes with beer, cigarettes andeven pork rinds and directed 13 ...
French firm acquires company building W.Va. plant
Feb 01, 2007 ... A French company has acquired the firm that is building a $100million wallboard plant south of Moundsville, but a spokesman saidthe deal wouldn't have any adverse impact on the constructionproject. Saint-Gobain of Paris, the world's largest building productsmanufacturer, has ...
Abandoned car on fire
Feb 01, 2007; ... Dunbar firefighters fight the flames of an abandoned car found onfire along Interstate 64 today. A 911 call was received at 7:41 a.m.The car was ...
Federal regulation ends payday lending fight in state, lobbyists say
Feb 01, 2007; ... Consumer advocates don't plan to lobby lawmakers this session fora bill targeting so-called payday lenders. They say they don't needto, thanks to a recent decision by federal regulators. Payday lending foes are heralding a standard adopted by theFederal Deposit Insurance ...
Kids get night out while parents enjoy symphony
Feb 01, 2007; ... Call it Charleston's own "Night At the Museum." Unlike the Ben Stiller movie, kids won't encounter dinosaurs thatwant to play fetch or elephants lumbering through the halls. But anew program sponsored by the West Virginia Symphony and the ClayCenter gives them the chance to spend ...
Organist to play music for silent movies at Hurricane church
Feb 01, 2007; ... A church may seem like an unusual place for a concert featuringthe music of silent movies. But it's all part of getting the most from the 2,600-pipe organ atHurricane's Forrest Burdette Memorial United Methodist Church. Nationally acclaimed performer John Schwandt will play ...
The blues, Swede & simple
Feb 01, 2007; ... If you go What: Mountain Stage with Eric Bibb, Patty Griffin, LukeDoucet, the Red Stick Ramblers, the Last Town Chorus and Anne McCue.When: 6 p.m. Sunday Where: State Cultural Center Theater Tickets:$10.50 advance or $15 at the door Info: (800) 594-8499 ...
College living still freaks out musician
Feb 01, 2007; ... If you go What: West Virginia Symphony with Natasha Peremski When:8 p.m. Friday and Saturday Where: Clay Center Tickets: $9 to $49Info: 561-3570 or www.theclay center.org Though she's in the final stretch of juggling a busy schedule as acollege student and professional musician, ...
CD reviews
Feb 01, 2007; ... Anne McCue Koala Motel Messenger Fast becoming a favorite female singer/guitarist, Australian AnneMcCue quickly made a name for herself after relocating to L.A. in thelate-'90s. While 2004's "Roll" took a straight-ahead approach, "KoalaMotel" features more expansive ...
Entertainment listings for Feb.1-7: Quick takes
Feb 01, 2007 ... Award-winning folk duo to perform "Wishing Chair," a folk duo of multi-instrumentalist MiriamDavidson and songwriter Kiya Heartwood, will be in performing at 7:30p.m. Saturday as part of the Woody Hawley Concert Series. The duo combines songwriting, accordion playing, harmony ...
Entertainment listings for Feb.1-7
Feb 01, 2007 ... Concerts * BLUEGRASS AND GOSPEL: Concert with Once Blue and Mountain Grass,7 p.m. Friday at Humphrey's Memorial United Methodist Church, CoalRiver Road, Tornado. Concessions available. Call 722-5767 or 550-4145. * KANAWHA VALLEY JAMBOREE: Exit 89 off I-64-77 at Marmet. A ...
DEAR ABBY: Impregnated teen can file paternity papers on man
Feb 01, 2007; ... DEAR ABBY: I am one of your many male readers. Regarding "Betrayedin the Midwest" (Dec. 27), whose fiance, "Reid," impregnated heryounger sister, "Lindy," there are at least two major issues that thewriter should consider about this man. No. 1: He's an adult who had sex with a ...