Charleston Daily Mail back issues from November 2007:
Jennifer Garner busy juggling movie career, growing family, The capital city's sweetheart among "Women of the Year" for Glamour magazine
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Charleston's sweetheart, Jennifer Garner, is one busy woman. The 35-year-old actress has been named one of the "Women of theYear" by fashion magazine Glamour and is on the magazine's Decembercover. The issue will hit newsstands Nov. 14. Garner was ...
Big cats find refuge in W.Va., Rainelle couple rolls out the welcome mat for exotic animals
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF RAINELLE - Tigger, an African lynx with cataracts, was up forauction. Saddled with other imperfections, such as malnourishment, Tiggerhad no real monetary value in the exotic animal market. One bidder planned to buy Tigger, kill him and have him ...
Medicaid growth slowing,: ; State's health care program for the poor covers one-fifth of
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Every year is a record year for spending on the state Medicaidprogram. But officials say cost-cutting measures are working and haveslowed annual spending growth from 8 percent to less than 2 percent. "The data that's coming in is showing that ...
Report says economy slowing, But annual outlook from WVU researchers calls for sustained growth over next 5 years
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR The West Virginia Economic Outlook for 2008 calls for sustainedgrowth during the next five years, assuming the national economyavoids recession, said George Hammond, associate director of WVU'sBureau of Business and Economic Research. But growth is ...
Charleston man offers reward for lion's capture
Nov 01, 2007; ... LEWISBURG - If an African lion is roaming the mountains ofsoutheastern West Virginia, Angus Peyton wants it captured, notkilled. Peyton is offering a $3,000 award for the safe and humane captureof the lion. He also wants the animal to be placed in refuge. The Charleston ...
Judgment upheld in bank collapse
Nov 01, 2007; ... BLUEFIELD - A federal appeals court has upheld a $161 millionjudgment against a financier whose loan scheme contributed to the1999 collapse of First National Bank of Keystone, the most expensivebank failure since the Great Depression. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last ...
Accountant takes over as Nitro treasurer, John Young hired for two months to clean up financial mess
Nov 01, 2007 ... Nitro is getting a new treasurer after the resignation ofcontroversial Tifney Terry. John Young, a local accountant, has agreed to act as citytreasurer for two months to help correct deficiencies in Nitro'saccounting system, Mayor Rusty Casto said at an emergency CityCouncil ...
Weather
Nov 01, 2007 ... Almanac Yesterday's high 72 Record high 84, 1927 Normal high 62 Yesterday's low 31 Record low 26, ...
Weather
Nov 01, 2007 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 55 31 Clr Charlotte 64 45 Clr Cincinnati 59 35 Clr Cleveland 54 36 Clr Columbus,Ohio 58 35 Clr Dayton 59 34 Clr Daytona Beach 77 70 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 61 43 ...
Weather
Nov 01, 2007 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 37 29 Snow Baltimore 57 40 Clr Boston 54 41 Clr Chicago 58 34 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 72 45 Clr Denver 58 32 PCldy Detroit 55 34 Clr Honolulu 86 73 PCldy Houston 77 57 PCldy Indianapolis 60 33 ...
Hooters waitress' son dies in car
Nov 01, 2007; ... PHOENIX - A woman who found her 1-year-old son dead in her hot,stuffy car after she worked her seven-hour shift as a Hooterswaitress has been arrested, police said. Ashly Duchene, 22, was booked into the Maricopa County jailWednesday on a felony count of negligent ...
Chrysler will slash jobs to cut costs
Nov 01, 2007; ... DETROIT - Chrysler LLC said today it plans to cut up to 12,000jobs, or up to 15 percent of its workforce, as part of an effort toslash costs and match slowing demand for some vehicles. The automaker will cut 8,500 to 10,000 hourly jobs through 2008and salaried employment by about ...
Church socked with $11M judgment
Nov 01, 2007; ... BALTIMORE - Members of a fundamentalist Kansas church ordered topay nearly $11 million in damages to a grieving father smiled asthey walked out of the courtroom, vowing that the verdict would notdeter them from protesting at military funerals. "Absolutely, don't you understand ...
Noel heads toward Bahamas , Tropical storm triggers mudslides, floods in Caribbean; 81 dead
Nov 01, 2007; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PIEDRA BLANCA, Dominican Republic - Tropical Storm Noel buffetedsouth Florida with high surf and winds as it swirled slowly towardthe Bahamas today after triggering mudslides and floods in theCaribbean that killed at least 81 people. Forecasters warned ...
Nation &world
Nov 01, 2007 ... Girl Scout leader makes confession PENSACOLA, Fla. - A former Girl Scout leader pleaded guilty tostealing her Scouts' identities in order to obtain $87,000 inillegal tax refunds. Holly M. Barnes, 33, entered pleas Wednesday to 19 counts ofmaking false tax refund claims to ...
'Wild, wonderful' suits W.Va. best , Can we agree never to change this message to our visitors?
Nov 01, 2007 ... EVERYONE in West Virginia knows what Gov. Joe Manchin was tryingto do with the "Open for Business" label that he put on the state'ssigns. When a state is ranked near the bottom of just about every listof good things decade after decade, governors gets a little antsy.And ...
For Sago's sake, let's get this right, The urge to pass laws quickly often looks better than it works
Nov 01, 2007 ... AFTER terrible events such as the 2006 deaths of 12 men at theSago mine in Upshur County, politicians naturally want to preventsuch things from happening again. The understandable impulse to act quickly may look good, but itcan produce as much exasperation as progress. That may be ...
Did Israeli jets prevent World War III?, Pre-emptive strikes are far better than having to retaliate
Nov 01, 2007; ... ON June 7, 1981, eight low-flying Israeli F-16s took out anuclear reactor near Baghdad. David Ivry, who led the raid, washailed as the hero he was and later became a general and then anambassador. The world immediately condemned Israel. Of course. Said the New York Times in ...
Yourviews
Nov 01, 2007 ... Industry must pay for redevelopment This is in response to the Daily Mail's Oct. 17 editorial, "Landuse issues hit Logan County." Making good use of moonscaped, once-grand and beautiful mountainsthat have been blown apart by mountaintop removal strip mining is aworthy but ...
Man killed in fight over water restrictions
Nov 01, 2007; ... SYDNEY, Australia - A 66-year-old man was bashed to death whilewatering his lawn following an argument with a neighbor over thecity's water restrictions. Todd Munter, 36, was charged Thursday with murdering Ken Proctor,who lived on a nearby street in suburban Sylvania. Munter did ...
Fayette lawyer's license revoked
Nov 01, 2007 ... A Fayette County lawyer had his license revoked by the stateSupreme Court. The state bar's Office of Disciplinary Counsel announced therevocation Wednesday. The court annulled the law license of William E. Adams Jr. ofMount Hope for a "lack of diligence, failure to ...
Officials look into possibility that Tootsie Roll was tainted
Nov 01, 2007 ... Police are investigating a claim that an area trick-or-treaterreceived a Tootsie Roll that tasted and smelled oddly. The 16-year-old received the suspicious candy while trick-or-treating Tuesday in the Knollwood and Dutch Road areas of MinkShoals, according to a press release from ...
MU policy allows for pagan holidays, There may be no: ; other U.S. school; with such a guideline
Nov 01, 2007; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS When George Fain visits a grave today to mark a pagan holiday,she won't have to worry about the work she's missing in her classesat Marshall University in Huntington. That's because her absence on the Samhain holiday has beenapproved by the school, which ...
Torture victim urged not to walk, n: ; Logan official says; the Williams family has never expressed desire to file hate crimes charges
Nov 01, 2007; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The county prosecutor has advised a black woman who was allegedlytortured by six whites not to walk in a hate crime march planned forSaturday in her honor. A rally, which will also serve as a fundraiser for MeganWilliams, will be held at noon Saturday on ...
PoliceandCourts
Nov 01, 2007 ... Berkeley police find couple shot dead MARTINSBURG - Police said a man called 911 to report that twobodies would be found in his home. Officers said just minutes later they found a couple there whohad been fatally shot in an apparent murder-suicide. Berkeley County ...
Student group to hold rally
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER The student government association at West Virginia StateUniversity is sponsoring an anti-hate rally as a counterpart to onealready planned. Austin Moore, student body president, says the rally will be heldNov. 17, two weeks after a controversial ...
New agency takes over Multi-Cap programs
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF A new agency begins today taking over social service programsonce operated by the defunct Multi-CAP. Capital Resource Agency Inc. will administer aid to low-incomefamilies in Kanawha, Fayette, Clay, Boone and Putnam counties. The organization is ...
Police, FBI link W.Va.,: ; Ky. sexual assaults
Nov 01, 2007; ... WHEELING - City police and the FBI have DNA evidence linking theabduction and sexual assault of an 11-year-old West Virginia girlearlier this year to the 2006 rape of a 30-year-old Kentucky woman,Wheeling Police Chief Kevin Gessler said. While no arrest has been made, Gessler said ...
Committee passes mine safety bill
Nov 01, 2007; ... SALT LAKE CITY - A U.S. House committee, influenced by theCrandall Canyon mine disaster, passed a bill that raises fines forsafety violations, creates an office for whistleblowers and addsmore oversight of a controversial practice called retreat mining. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, ...
Murder conviction overturned
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF One of five Mingo County men sent to prison for the brutal rapeand murder of a woman will get a new trial. David Nelson was the last of the men - including two of hisbrothers - convicted for raping, beating with a two-by-four at acemetery then attempting to ...
Hawks take flight over Kanawha Valley
Nov 01, 2007 ... Members of the Three Rivers Avian Center released three 1-year-old red-tailed hawks on Wednesday on the front lawn of EdgewoodSummit as fascinated residents, top, looked on. Ron Perrone, PatBarker and Wendy Perrone let the birds go, above. One of the hawkswas found ...
Interim director selected for regional jails, Terry Miller worked in Wood County Sheriff's Department for 31 years
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER A longtime sheriff's deputy and the head of oversight for thestate's homeland security money has been named interim director atthe state Regional Jail Authority. Terry L. Miller retired as a lieutenant after 31 years with theWood County Sheriff's ...
Oil prices hit new high
Nov 01, 2007; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SINGAPORE - The price of oil rose to a new record above $96 abarrel today after a surprise drop in U.S. crude stockpiles raisedconcerns about supplies for coming winter demand. Other energyfutures also gained. It was the second week in a row the U.S ....
Coal company reports: ; large drop in income, Revenue up 6.7 percent
Nov 01, 2007; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Coal mine operator Alpha Natural Resources said its net incomedeclined more than 38 percent in the third quarter despite higherrevenue from growing sales of metallurgical-grade coal. The Abingdon, Va.-based company earned $8.9 million, or 14 centsper ...
Manchin looks at childhood programs
Nov 01, 2007; ... Gov. Joe Manchin wants an advisory council to develop a plan forgoverning early childhood programs in West Virginia. The Partners Implementing an Early Care and Education SystemAdvisory Council will examine sources of funding for early childhoodprograms and establish standards for ...
Pa. slots affect W.Va. lottery revenue
Nov 01, 2007; ... Video slot casinos in Pennsylvania continue to draw gamblers awayfrom West Virginia, which saw racetrack video lottery sales fall forthe third straight month. The West Virginia Lottery Commission's revenue from racetrackvideo lottery fell by $6.1 million in September to $77.14 ...
From the Windy City to the Big Apple, Concord cross country coach seeking 'long shot' spot in Olympics
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Running 26.2 miles at a swift pace is a brutal endeavor thatleaves the human body battered and broken down. Even the world's best marathoners require months to recover aftera race. Mike Cox will get only 27 days. On Oct. 7, the ...
UCF coach understands Snyder's problems
Nov 01, 2007; ... HUNTINGTON - George O'Leary has taken a trip down Mark SnyderStreet. In 2004, the Central Florida head football coach suffered throughan 0-11 season. It was a very long year. Yes, there were Golden Knight fans who thought O'Leary wasn't theright man for the ...
GW goalie: 'If I'm not nervous, I don't play well'
Nov 01, 2007; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL In any sport, nerves can make a player or a team play a littleworse than they normally would. That certainly isn't the case forGeorge Washington soccer goalkeeper Connell Green. Green, a junior, may not have ice water in his veins, butwhatever the Patriot ...
Game films not fun, Rodriguez usually doesn't find them the least bit entertaining
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER MORGANTOWN - Only a few minutes had passed and it was barelyenough time to absorb and comprehend what he'd just witnessed forfour quarters, but West Virginia Coach Rich Rodriguez met with themedia inside Rutgers Stadium on Saturday afternoon and ...
Hahn glad to be back
Nov 01, 2007; ... MORGANTOWN - Billy Hahn is back in almost heaven, in more waysthan one. He prefers that to a basketball coaching purgatory, or anotherhellish alternative - which the last three years often were for him. "I can't begin to tell you how much I missed coaching," saidHahn, a hoops ...
Topofthe2nd
Nov 01, 2007 ... WVU sets record for hoops season tickets MORGANTOWN - West Virginia University has established a schoolrecord for season ticket sales for men's basketball. TheMountaineers eclipsed 6,000 in sales Wednesday for Coach BobHuggins' first season on his alma mater's sideline. The ...
Nationalscoreboard
Nov 01, 2007 ... Today's odds NCAA Football Thursday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY UNDERDOG at Georgia Tech 1 1/2 3 Virginia Tech Friday at Ohio 8 1/2 7 1/2 Temple at Bowling Green 7 7 Akron Nevada 3 1/2 7 at New Mexico St. Saturday at UCF 14 ...
Localscoreboard
Nov 01, 2007 ... Schedule College The upcoming athletic schedules for Charleston, West VirginiaState and WVU Tech: Volleyball Today - Charleston at W.Va. Wesleyan, 6 p.m.; WVU Tech atUniversity of the Cumberlands, 5 p.m. Football High school Conference ...
Power opens 2008 season at Hickory
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTS EDITOR The West Virginia Power will open the next South Atlantic Leaguebaseball season against the last team it defeated in 2007. The Power announced its 2008 schedule today, and the MilwaukeeBrewers' Class A farm club opens April 3, starting a ...
Foes hope to start playoffs at home
Nov 01, 2007; ... What a way to start off the final weekend of the high schoolfootball regular season. Kanawha County rivals Capital (7-2) and Riverside (7-2) meet at7:30 tonight at Warrior Stadium in Quincy in a game that willdetermine which of the two schools will be able to play at home inthe ...
Riverside 'D' will stand tall
Nov 01, 2007; ... AT most, this week's games will mark the end of the high schoolfootball season for just two Kanawha Valley teams. There are eightsquads in the area that have clinched playoff spots, while Winfieldstill has a reasonable mathematical chance at sliding into the ClassAA field if it can top ...
Humphrey calls out to Herd basketball fans
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER HUNTINGTON - After playing before the least number of fans in the26-year history of the Henderson Center last season, Markel Humphreyhas added another role to his resume. Besides being Marshall's star basketball player, the 6-foot-5junior also has ...
No slacking for No. 22 WVU women
Nov 01, 2007 ... FROM STAFF REPORTS It's been more than 15 years since West Virginia women'sbasketball was ranked, but the Mountaineers weren't exactly jumpingup and down about their No. 22 spot in the preseason USA Today/ESPNcoaches' poll Wednesday. "It's good; it gives us something to work ...
James, Durant have bad opening nights
Nov 01, 2007; ... One is an expected Most Valuable Player candidate, the other theheavy favorite for Rookie of the Year. Luckily for LeBron James and Kevin Durant, there's a long way togo before the voting for the awards. James had the worst opening game of his career, Durant's shot wasoff in ...
Bad ankles and all, Cole is a warrior
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER MORGANTOWN - Much was made of the undefeated, five-game tour theWest Virginia women's basketball team took through Australia thispast summer, and rightfully so. It was practice before practice and it further developed a teamthat on Wednesday opened at ...
Rodriguez doesn't believe in destiny
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER MORGANTOWN - West Virginia's football team knows now that withSouth Florida's second loss of the season Saturday, the Mountaineerscontrol their own destiny in regards to winning the Big East andearning a bid into the Bowl Championship Series. Coach ...
Pats' Vrabel hard to cool down
Nov 01, 2007; ... FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Quarterbacks should keep their eyes on MikeVrabel, whether he's trying to tackle them or getting open to catcha touchdown pass. Defenders should do the same when the Patriots linebacker linesup at tight end. The Redskins left Vrabel unguarded last Sunday ...
Cincinnati paying $13 million to keep top power hitter, Dunn
Nov 01, 2007; ... CINCINNATI - Adam Dunn became the Cincinnati Reds' highest-paidplayer Wednesday when the team picked up his contract option for $13million next season. The Reds answered their most expensive offseason question bykeeping their top power hitter, the only one in franchise history ...
Morris' choice of MU was the correct one
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER HUNTINGTON - Orlando, Fla., is a nice place for Bernard Morris tovisit, but he wouldn't want to play his college football there. That's the intriguing approach Marshall's star quarterback takestoward his hometown. "You know, a lot of my family ...
Cisco unveils $16 billion expansion, Company plans to double manufacturing overseas in China
Nov 01, 2007; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING - Network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc. unveiled amultiyear, $16 billion expansion in China today with investments inmanufacturing, venture capital and education. "We're going to the next chapter for Cisco in China," JohnChambers, Cisco's chief ...
Nurses for animals, Nine students are enrolled in new vet technician
Nov 01, 2007; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Amid the loud chirps of a guinea pig, the soft mewing of kittensand the swishing of a swimming turtle, Tara Postalwait and AmyCollins practice restraining animals to take blood work, one of themany jobs they will perform after they finish school and beginworking ...
Businessbriefs
Nov 01, 2007 ... Jeweler named certified appraiser A local jeweler has received an advanced title from the AmericanGem Society. Randall Sims of Calvin Broyles Jewelers, which has stores inSouth Charleston and Teays Valley, has joined the ranks of only 600retail jewelers in the United States ...
N.Y. firm a big player in W.Va. tourism
Nov 01, 2007; ... Fortress Investment Group of New York City is quietly becomingthe biggest player in West Virginia's tourism sector. In October 2006, Fortress bought Intrawest Corp., includingSnowshoe Mountain Resort, for $2.8 billion. Snowshoe is the largest employer in Pocahontas County. The ...
Number of homes in foreclosure more than doubles
Nov 01, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - A soaring number of U.S. homeowners struggled tomake mortgage payments in the third quarter, with properties in somestage of foreclosure more than doubling from the same time lastyear, a mortgage data company said today. A total of 446,726 homes nationwide were ...
Businessbriefs
Nov 01, 2007 ... McJunkin, Red Man merger is complete The merger of McJunkin Corp. of Charleston and Red Man Pipe andSupply Co. of Tulsa, Okla., announced in July, was completed today,McJunkin said. The combined company - known as McJunkin Red Man Corp. - is oneof North America's largest ...
Obituaries
Nov 01, 2007 ... William W. Baker William W. Baker, 87, of Ceredo died Oct. 30, 2007. Service willbe 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at Ceredo-Kenova Funeral Home, Ceredo.Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be inSaunders Cemetery, Camp Creek. Russell Butler Russell Butler, ...
Diplomats revolt over decision to send them to positions in Iraq
Nov 01, 2007; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Several hundred U.S. diplomats vented anger andfrustration about the State Department's decision to force foreignservice officers to take jobs in Iraq, with some likening it to a"potential death sentence." In a contentious hour-long ...
Town for sale online for a bid of $2.5 million
Nov 01, 2007; ... SAN ANTONIO - Bobby Cave, owner of a Texas town called Albert,decided this year to sell. Then a friend mentioned the onlineauction site eBay Inc. Now, with the click of a mouse - and at least$2.5 million - Albert could be yours. After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to ...
Director seeks to embrace life like Cyrano, Play starring Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner opens today
Nov 01, 2007; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - David Leveaux was living in East Germany just beforethe fall of the Berlin Wall when he saw an image that would staywith him nearly two decades later: A boy of about 7 was dancing on acoffin covered in the words, "R.I.P. Staasi," a reference to ...