Charleston Daily Mail back issues from July 2007:
Latest debate on smoking ban centers on state, local controls
Jul 02, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF A Kanawha County commissioner is urging the Legislature to getinvolved in the debate over county smoking bans, following in thefootsteps of another state that's trying to take authority away fromlocal health departments. Commissioner Kent Carper said he ...
Jones says use of cameras in Britain bombers' search shows need in city: Seven suspects arrested as security system helps in identifying attackers
Jul 02, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Charleston Mayor Danny Jones said the methods British officialsare using to investigate two failed terrorist car bombs in downtownLondon bolster his case that the city of Charleston should blankethigh-crime zones with video surveillance cameras. "Over there, ...
State makes progress in preschool programs: W.Va. requires classes for 4-year-olds by 2012
Jul 02, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The number of places offering preschool programs continues tosurge in Kanawha and Putnam counties, and across the state. West Virginia has until 2012 before all county school systems willbe required by state law to have preschool, or ...
Legislators want state to reject ID: Lawmakers say federal mandate may cost state millions and is invasion of civil rights
Jul 02, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The Real ID Act is a real bad idea, according to states that havealready passed laws defying the controversial initiative that wouldestablish a national ID system. Some West Virginia lawmakers are hoping the state follows the leadof six others - Maine, ...
Shop like a little slice of Mayberry: Rappold's Barber Shop still a gathering place after 101 years
Jul 02, 2007; ... At this Putnam landmark, the quality of the cut and theconversation keep generations of customers coming back year afteryear. HURRICANE - Five-year-old Jonathan Edwards is a regular atRappold's Barber Shop in Hurricane. The little boy is in the chair every two weeks for his ...
Firefighters issue fireworks warning
Jul 02, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Charleston firefighters are warning people to use caution if theyset off any fireworks this Fourth of July. The department won't have any more firefighters on duty than usualfor the holiday, and those who are working might have their ...
Men wearing dresses to work to protest dress code
Jul 02, 2007; ... CLEVELAND - Air traffic controllers locked in a staffing disputewith the government are upset about a dress code and have shown theirdispleasure in high-flying fashion, with some men protesting bywearing women's clothing. The Federal Aviation Administration's dress code, ...
Texas city turns to sea to quench thirst for water: $150 million program part of effort to bolster state's tight water supply
Jul 02, 2007; ... BROWNSVILLE, Texas - On a one-acre site alongside a string ofshrimp boats docked on the Brownsville ship channel stands a $2.2million assembly of pipes, sheds, and humming machinery - Texas'entree into global efforts to make sea water suitable to drink. Opening a small spigot at ...
Benoit killings focus spotlight on steroids: Whether or not late wrestler was taking steroids remains unclear
Jul 02, 2007; ... ATLANTA - When news broke of the pro wrestler who killed his wifeand son and hanged himself, one thought immediately crossed Dr. LinnGoldberg's mind: "Check for steroids," said Goldberg, a sports medicine specialistat Oregon Health and Science University, recalling the ...
Brown warns of 'long-term threat': British leader, barely days at the helm, signals tough line against terror
Jul 02, 2007; ... LONDON British Prime Minister Gordon Browns first days in officehave been a baptism by fire, with three soldiers killed in Iraq onThursday, two car bombs foiled in London on Friday and a fiery attackon Scotlands Glasgow airport Saturday. Sunday, he warned the Britishpublic in a ...
Calif. town twice auctioned on eBay up for sale again
Jul 02, 2007; ... BRIDGEVILLE, Calif. - The first town ever auctioned on eBay - andlater sold on the online auction site a second time - is back on themarket after the hamlet's latest owner committed suicide. A real estate agent handling the sale confirmed Friday that thetiny northern California ...
Regional weather
Jul 02, 2007 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 77 53 PCldy Charlotte 85 60 Clr Cincinnati 87 56 Clr Cleveland 80 57 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 85 56 PCldy Dayton 85 56 PCldy Daytona Beach 87 73 Rain Greensboro,N.C. 83 59 ...
Weather Almanac
Jul 02, 2007 ... Yesterday's high 84 Record high 105, 1931 Normal high 84 Yesterday's low 55 Record low 47, 1988 Normal ...
Forecasts
Jul 02, 2007 ... Tonight Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Tuesday Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid-80s. Wednesday Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of storms. Highs in ...
National weather
Jul 02, 2007 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 65 50 Cldy Baltimore 80 57 PCldy Boston 75 57 Clr Chicago 87 64 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 88 73 Rain Denver 97 64 Clr Detroit 81 59 Rain Honolulu 88 75 Clr Houston 89 74 Rain Indianapolis 86 61 ...
Nation & world
Jul 02, 2007 ... Fans celebrate 50th year for 'On the Road' BOULDER, Colo. - Admirers of author Jack Kerouac celebrated the50th anniversary of "On the Road" with a marathon reading of thenovel. Fans and some close friends of the late author took turns readinghis most famous novel aloud at ...
Our views: West Virginia redefines food; Reducing the food tax did not have to be nearly so complicated
Jul 02, 2007; ... ON Sunday, West Virginia reduced its sales tax on food by anotherpenny on the dollar to 4 percent. In two years, the tax has droppedfrom 6 percent. But the statewide sales tax remains at 6 percent on all otheritems. This differential means the state bureaucracy had theopportunity ...
Our views: Color-conscious or colorblind?; Sorting kids by color does not promote the respect they all deserve
Jul 02, 2007; ... FIFTY-THREE years ago, many Americans decided which childrenshould go to which schools on the basis of color - white studentshere, black students there. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown vs. Board ofEducation, quite rightly ruled that this was wrong. After the ...
Your views
Jul 02, 2007 ... Not all those who lose lawsuits should pay I respond to the Daily Mail's June 26 editorial regarding JudgeRoy Pearson and "loser pays." If that suit were brought in WestVirginia and a judge ruled as the judge did in the D.C. case, theloser would pay. When frivolous ...
Kathy Mattea gets the state's problem: Coal presents both rewards and risks for West Virginia
Jul 02, 2007; ... IT'S reassuring to know that not every superstar is a first-classditz. Kathy Mattea, the Grammy-winning singer from Cross Lanes, getsit, thank goodness. She has announced that she is about to enter the fray overmountaintop removal mining in her native state. But while she may ...
Jones says use of cameras in Britain bombers' search shows need in city: Seven suspects arrested as security system helps in identifying attackers
Jul 02, 2007; ... Four terrorist bombers are captured by surveillance camerasentering a train station at Luton, Great Britain, on the morning ofJuly 7, 2005 ....
Police briefs
Jul 02, 2007 ... Glasgow man killed after ATV goes airborne The 16th fatal all-terrain vehicle accident this year in WestVirginia occurred after the vehicle flew off a hillside and landed onsome rocks, according to a Kanawha County Sheriff's dispatcher. Jesse Lee Jarvis, 26, of Glasgow died ...
LASTING IMPRESSIONS: Nixons visit West Virginia
Jul 02, 2007; ... President Richard Nixon drew a huge crowd to the Mountain StateForest Festival on Oct. 8, 1971. Thousands of people gathered ...
Priest, companion found dead in brush
Jul 02, 2007; ... An Orange County, Calif., priest and his female travelingcompanion were found dead in their car, apparently victims of an autoaccident, in a remote Oregon logging area where they had disappearedmore than three weeks before. The Rev. David Schwartz, 52, and Cheryl Gibbs, 61, ...
Crews tackle wildfire that killed three people in Utah
Jul 02, 2007; ... NEOLA, Utah - A wildfire that has scorched about 46 square milesin northeastern Utah and killed three people has prompted theevacuation of hundreds of people from nearby towns and forcedauthorities to close a national forest to the public. The fire started Friday morning north of ...
Court vacancies may slow decisions: Four openings on 4th Circuit represent nearly a third of seats
Jul 02, 2007; ... RICHMOND, Va. - The federal appeals court widely considered thenation's most conservative also has the most judicial openings, inpart because of national politics, prompting concerns about itsability to continue resolving cases promptly. The four vacancies amount to nearly a third ...
Citing little-known law, man sues over lost love
Jul 02, 2007; ... CHICAGO - Stealing someone's heart can cost you: Just ask GermanBlinov. A Cook County jury ordered Blinov to shell out $4,802 last weekafter he was sued by a husband from a Chicago suburb for stealing theaffections of the man's wife. Arthur Friedman used a little-known state ...
Lawyer says ex-astronaut didn't wear diapers
Jul 02, 2007; ... ORLANDO, Fla. - Former astronaut Lisa Nowak didn't wear diapersduring her 950-mile road trip to confront a romantic rival, herlawyer said, disputing one of the more bizarre details to emerge fromthe NASA love triangle. "The biggest lie in this preposterous tale that has been told ...
Lottery
Jul 02, 2007 ... Here are the winning numbers drawn Saturday: WEST VIRGINIA Daily 3: 489 Daily 4: 8151 OHIO Day Pick 3: 614 Pick 4: 6549 Evening Pick 3: 272 Pick 4: 7293Classic Lotto: 3-6-30-31-39-43 Rolling Cash 5: 9-14-18-20-27 KENTUCKY Midday Pick 3: 522 Pick 4: ...
Hundreds forced from homes in Kan., Texas after days of heavy rains
Jul 02, 2007; ... OSAWATOMIE, Kan. - Even after sunshine returned to southeastKansas and southwest Missouri, rivers swollen by days of heavy raininched dangerously upward across the Plains. The Kansas National Guard was sent to help with a mandatoryevacuation of Osawatomie, a small town in eastern ...
Correction
Jul 02, 2007 ... * The Clay Center's upcoming Summer Fun Day, during whichadmission is free to events, is ...
Captain America to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery
Jul 02, 2007; ... NEW YORK - It's a funeral fit for a superhero. In the drizzling rain at Arlington National Cemetery, thousands ofgrieving patriots solemnly watch as the pallbearers - Iron Man, theBlack Panther, Ben Grimm and Ms. Marvel - carry a casket draped withan American flag. Yes, ...
'Ratatouille' has tasty opener with $47.2 million debut
Jul 02, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - Disney again has put a rodent on top of the boxoffice. "Ratatouille," an animated comedy about a gourmet rat that gets achance to cook in a French restaurant, debuted as the No. 1 weekendmovie with $47.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Estimated ...
Ex-Hollywood madam plans to open new brothel
Jul 02, 2007; ... LAS VEGAS - Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss is diversifying. The one-time leader of a high-priced ring of call girls to thestars is opening Dirty Laundry, a 24-hour, coin-operated laundry. She also plans a legal brothel for women ....
Names in the news
Jul 02, 2007 ... Sally Field takes golf lesson at Women's Open SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. - Sally Field likes golf. She really, reallylikes golf. Instead of merely watching the U.S. Women's Open from the gallery,the Academy Award-winning actress tried playing, taking her firstlesson on a practice ...
Ballots back Bonds: Giants' star overcomes 119,000-vote deficit to earn starting spot
Jul 02, 2007; ... NEW YORK - They go together this year: the All-Star game and BarryBonds. As much a fixture in San Francisco as cable cars and the GoldenGate Bridge, Bonds will be in his usual left-field spot when All-Stars take over his dazzling home ballpark by the bay on July 10. The ...
Two tires play key role for Hamlin
Jul 02, 2007; ... LOUDON, N.H. - Track position. From the early stages of Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 300,Denny Hamlin, who started 11th, was begging crew chief Mike Ford fortwo-tire stops to get the No. 11 Chevrolet to the front of the field. Ford told Hamlin to be patient, and as it turned ...
Poca's Noah Cottrill commits to Mountaineers: Rising sophomore says Huggins sealed the deal to head to Morgantown
Jul 02, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Noah Cottrill is sticking close to home. After a weekend visit to Morgantown, Cottrill gave a verbalcommitment to West Virginia University Coach Bob Huggins on Sunday,he confirmed this morning. "I'm excited, man," he said. "Excited and ...
The Big East is getting too big for its own good
Jul 02, 2007; ... CALL me a skeptic - still. It was two years ago Sunday that Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville,Marquette and South Florida officially became players in the BigEast. The conference needed to save itself - and it's done much morethan that. Still, 16 members make for a crowded ...
Top of the 2nd
Jul 02, 2007; ... Marshall gets another basketball transfer DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER HUNTINGTON - Blood is thicker than conferences. Just ask Octavius Spann. The 6-foot-6, 220-pound forward is leaving Georgetown and theprestigious Big East Conference to transfer to Marshall's ...
Local & National scoreboard
Jul 02, 2007 ... baseball Major League Baseball 2007 All-Star rosters Rosters for the 2007 All-Star game, to be played July 10 at AT&TPark in San Francisco: AMERICAN LEAGUE STARTERS Catcher - Ivan Rodriguez, Detroit First Base - David Ortiz, ...
Hargrove's exit raises scores of questions
Jul 02, 2007; ... SEATTLE - One of the most bizarre days in Seattle Mariners historyended with Mike Hargrove heading into sudden retirement while insearch of a new, red pickup truck to drive down the Pacific Coast. Hargrove, 57, left in the rear view mirror as many conspiracytheories as questions ...
American League
Jul 02, 2007 ... Angels 4, orioles 3 LOS ANGELESBALTIMORE ab r h bi ab r h bi Figgins 3b 4 1 1 0 CPttson cf 4 0 0 0 OCbera ss 4 0 0 0 Fahey ss 2 0 0 0 VGrero rf 4 1 1 1 RaHrdz c 1 0 1 1 Mathws dh 4 0 0 0 Mrkkis rf 4 0 0 0 Ktchm 1b 3 1 1 2 Millar 1b 3 1 1 ...
Baseball P.M.
Jul 02, 2007 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Boston 49 31 .613 - z-4-6 L-2 24-14 25-17 12-6 Toronto 39 42 .481 101/2 z-5-5 L-4 24-18 15-24 10-8 New York 37 41 .474 11 2-8 L-2 21-16 16-25 10-8 Baltimore 35 45 .438 14 z-6-4 L-1 ...
National League
Jul 02, 2007 ... cardinals 11, reds 7 ST. LOUIS CINCINNATI ab r h bi ab r h bi Tguchi cf 6 2 3 1 Hopper cf 4 2 2 0 Miles ss 5 0 1 1 BPhllps 2b 4 3 1 2 Pujols 1b 2 2 1 1 Grf Jr. rf 4 1 2 3 Duncan lf 4 2 3 2 Conine 1b 3 0 0 1 Rolen 3b 5 1 3 1 Dunn lf 4 0 0 ...
Local Ties: Former Charleston High star was a valuable Hokie
Jul 02, 2007; ... THERE have been many athletes from southern West Virginia thathave gone on to continue their athletic careers at Virginia Tech. Thepipeline from the southern part of our state to Blacksburg is afairly long one. In my lifetime, athletes like Chris Smith (Charleston High), ...
Kerr feels the magic in U.S. Open victory
Jul 02, 2007; ... SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. - Cristie Kerr can finally relax. She isn't 0-for-the-majors anymore. Meanwhile, Lorena Ochoa can only look to her next chance to snapher string of major futility. Kerr shook off 12 years' worth of frustration in consistent, coolfashion. During their ...
Serena Williams is sending message: "Inner soul" continues to make tennis star one of worlds best players
Jul 02, 2007; ... WIMBLEDON, England - When last seen in the quarterfinals of aGrand Slam, Serena Williams was submitting to eventual French Openchampion Justine Henin with uncharacteristic resignation. That wasthree weeks ago at Roland Garros, where Henin has reigned since 2005.Upon arriving at Wimbledon ...
Pool garden: To gain flat space in their yard, homeowners needed to improvise
Jul 02, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Most gardeners probably would drool over having lots of flat spacewith good soil in which to garden. It was getting there that was the challenge for Sandy and LarryHackworth. That's because the flat space offered in their Cross Lanesbackyard just ...
It's Lucky 7s for a soon-to-be Vegas couple
Jul 02, 2007; ... LAS VEGAS - Donel Hardy and John Allison figure they must be avery lucky couple indeed. They met seven years ago, went on their first date on Sept. 7, andthen found out they and Hardy's daughter, Kelli, all share the samebirthday - July 7. "He pulled out his driver's license ...
Dating game in Baghdad forced to adapt to war
Jul 02, 2007; ... BAGHDAD - Wherefore art thou, Kareem? Well, he could be making the daily cell phone call to hisgirlfriend, Dalia. Or maybe he's off somewhere typing her a tendertext message or e-mail. Basically he's anywhere but on an actual date with the woman hesays he ...
Dear Abby: Woman cheats, throws a tantrum to win parking space
Jul 02, 2007; ... DEAR ABBY: My husband and I were trying to park our car in acrowded downtown lot. The line of cars trying to get in wrappedaround the block. Each car in line had to circle around until someoneleft because no parking spaces were available. When we finally got to drive in, we drove ...
Horoscope
Jul 02, 2007 ... FORECAST FOR TUESDAY eARIES (March 21-April 19. The best answer hasn't been tried yet.Probably because it hasn't been thought of yet. If all you do todayis brainstorm, you'll be further ahead than you would if youcontinued walking all day down the wrong path. rTAURUS (April ...
Car Talk: Slower speed increases gas mileage
Jul 02, 2007; ... Dear Tom and Ray: I found the answer to getting better gas mileage. It's calledSLOWING DOWN. Instead of the usual 75 mph on the highway that I'vedone for ages, I tried an experiment now that gas is three bucks agallon. Today the wife and I drove from Memphis to Texarkana, whichis ...
Scientists discover how stress leads to obesity
Jul 02, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Scientists have uncovered a biological switch bywhich stress can promote obesity, a discovery that could help explainthe world's growing weight problem and lead to new ways to melt flaband manipulate fat for cosmetic purposes. In a series of experiments on mice, ...
Japanese leader rebuked for atomic bomb comments
Jul 02, 2007; ... TOKYO - Japan's prime minister sternly reprimanded his defenseminister for saying the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasakiwere an inevitable way of ending World War II, and asked him torefrain from making similar remarks. Speaking to reporters, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said ...
High court signals shift to the right: Decisions on race, campaign funding indicate tilt that could last for a generation
Jul 02, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - In what may signal a generational shift in power, newChief Justice John Roberts Jr. led a confident conservative majorityat the Supreme Court this year and moved the law to the right onabortion, religion, campaign funding and racial diversity. Working with a 5-4 ...
Mass. young get insurance help: Plan to assist seniors also has provisions for aid to 20-somethings
Jul 02, 2007; ... BOSTON - Paul Bruns is your typical 26-year-old: athletic andambitious. He's also uninsured. "I definitely think about it when I'm thinking about skiing orsnowboarding or doing something else crazy," said Bruns, who's beenwithout health insurance for 10 months. "What would ...
Caring for sick, elderly focus of class: 8 people mark completion of program that could put them on new career path
Jul 02, 2007; ... Barbara Dye knew her mother and father were getting older andneeded more help. So Dye, a 68-year-old Charleston resident, signedup for a class to learn more about how to help her parents at home. Natasha Neblett, 28, was looking for a new career path to help hersupport three ...
Area events pack plenty of boom for the Fourth: Charleston celebration joins with W.Va. Power for free fireworks, concert
Jul 02, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Rod Blackstone will be breathing a little bit easier this Fourthof July. Last year, Blackstone, an aide to Charleston Mayor Danny Jones,was scurrying around Haddad Riverfront Park trying to ease theaudience's concerns after a rainstorm dampened the city's ...
Wii console far outsells Sony's PS3 in Japan
Jul 02, 2007; ... TOKYO - Nintendo's Wii video game console outsold Sony'sPlayStation 3 six to one in June in Japan, a Japanese publishingcompany said today. Although the Wii has been on sale since late last year, they'reselling so briskly supply still hasn't caught up with demand and longlines ...
Churches, student cash in on fireworks: Under those tents on area shopping center parking lots are groups trying to raise money
Jul 02, 2007; ... Consumers buying fireworks can show their patriotism whilesupporting a good cause. Many of the area's fireworks tents are being run by groups orindividuals hoping to raise money. Among them are two church groups - Charleston's Faith Fellowshipand Cabin Creek's Ronda ...
State Division of Energy opens today: Jeff Herholdt to serve as director of agency charged with managing state's natural resources
Jul 02, 2007; ... The state's energy programs have been consolidated into a Divisionof Energy, a newly formed unit of the state Department of Commerce. The division includes the Office of Coalfield CommunityDevelopment, the Energy Efficiency Office and the Public EnergyAuthority. Sen. John ...
More than half a million say 'Hello' to iPhone
Jul 02, 2007; ... Apple Inc.'s iPhone was a sellout at many AT&T stores, but theflood of new phones also caused network glitches for some customers. Shoppers snatched up about 525,000 of the devices at Apple andAT&T stores from Friday's launch through Sunday, said Trip Chowdhry,an analyst at Global ...
Amtrak to offer luxury train services: Company joins with private rail provider
Jul 02, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Mahogany interiors, five-course meals and personalbutler service will be available on several Amtrak routes startingthis fall, as the national passenger railroad embarks on a newpartnership with GrandLuxe Rail Journeys. The companies have teamed up to attach seven ...