Charleston Daily Mail back issues from December 2007:
WVU cheerleader up for weekly online honor: ; Sophomore Merideth McDiffitt is the second from school to be featured on CBS' weekly poll
Dec 03, 2007; ... WVU cheerleader Merideth McDiffitt was gearing up for abasketball game when she heard her likeness had been plastered onone of the top sports sites on the Internet. CBS' Sportsline.com had unveiled its Week 13 poll for cheerleaderof the week, with McDiffitt among the seven college ...
Teenager at center of Jena 6 controversy told to take plea deal
Dec 03, 2007; ... NEW ORLEANS - A black teenager whose prosecution in the beatingof a white classmate led to one of the largest civil rights protestsin years is close to a deal that would allow him to plead guilty toa misdemeanor and avoid a second trial, his attorney said. Mychal Bell, 17, could ...
Regional weather
Dec 03, 2007 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 31 23 Snow Charlotte 56 30 PCldy Cincinnati 43 24 Cldy Cleveland 33 28 Snow Columbus,Ohio 37 25 Cldy Dayton 39 24 Cldy Daytona Beach 68 50 Clr Greensboro,N.C. 52 30 ...
National weather
Dec 03, 2007 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 19 1 Clr Baltimore 45 29 PCldy Boston 37 27 Clr Chicago 34 22 Snow Dallas-Ft Worth 71 38 Clr Denver 64 35 PCldy Detroit 32 22 Cldy Honolulu 81 73 Rain Houston 72 39 Clr Indianapolis 41 25 ...
Accused wanted help with drinking
Dec 03, 2007; ... ROCHESTER, N.H. - The man accused of taking five people hostageat a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office desperately wanted helpwith a drinking problem, but lacked insurance and money to pay forit, his family said today. Leeland Eisenberg, 46, is accused of walking into the ...
Imus returns to radio
Dec 03, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Eight months ago, Don Imus was criticized as racist,targeted for daily protests and forced from the airwaves overremarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team. But today, Imus returns to radio, completing a comeback thatseemed improbable at the height of the uproar ...
Nation & world
Dec 03, 2007 ... Old subway car put back in service NEW YORK - The city gave its residents a holiday treat on wheels. New York City transit officials dusted off a vintage 1930s-'40ssubway train and put it back in service for one day on Sunday.Called the Nostalgia Train, the subway train ...
Hugo Chavez loses bid for permanent position
Dec 03, 2007; ... CARACAS, Venezuela - Humbled by his first electoral defeat ever,President Hugo Chavez said today he may have been too ambitious inasking voters to let him stand indefinitely for re-election andendorse a huge leap to a socialist state. "I understand and accept that the proposal I ...
Snow, ice storm rips across Northeast
Dec 03, 2007; ... ALBANY, N.Y. - Drivers in much of the Northeast navigated atreacherous mix of rain, sleet and snow today as a storm blamed forat least 14 deaths slid through the region after pounding the UpperMidwest. Schools canceled or delayed classes from New York to Maine ashighways turned ...
Sudan's president pardons teacher
Dec 03, 2007; ... KHARTOUM, Sudan - A British teacher jailed for insulting Islamafter allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad wasreleased today when Sudan's president pardoned her, a BritishEmbassy spokesman said. The teacher, Gillian Gibbons, said she did not intend to offendanyone ...
Our views: ; Huntington is a cultural mecca?; Marshall slowly is putting itself on the map for Japanese students
Dec 03, 2007; ... YOKO Imamura likely had simple instructions for her Americanpupils. The Japanese graduate student told the West Virginians: "Youhave to bow. When you walk, you bow. When you jog, you bow. Wealways bow." From those humble beginnings in 1994, when Imamura was one ofthree Japanese ...
Our views: ; Fuel standards have consequences; Mandating 35 miles per gallon will harm American car companies
Dec 03, 2007; ... Congressional Quarterly's CQ Politics Web site reports that Houseand Senate negotiators are pretty close to an agreement that wouldraise the federal mandate for fuel efficiency to 35 miles per gallonby 2020. This comes 30 years after the first time Congress tried to solvean oil ...
Has West Virginia become the suicide state?: ; It is genetic as well as cultural
Dec 03, 2007; ... WHEN I read last week that West Virginia's suicide and depressionrates are among the highest in the nation, I was not surprised. I've known about Appalachian fatalism since my collegiate dayswhen the late Dr. O. Norman Simpkins, my Appalachian culture guru,explained that it was ...
Your views
Dec 03, 2007 ... Changing the formula is painting the rust Change is the only real school aid formula. There is a new proposal to change the school aid formula based onstudent population density within districts. This will increase the overall statewide budget for ...
Teddy Bear Tea at the Marriott
Dec 03, 2007; ... The Teddy Bear Tea was Sunday at the Charleston Marriott andfeatured a performance by the Charleston Ballet and raised money forthe West Virginia Symphony. Sipping tea were, top, from left, MaryMelinda Miesner, Sarah Francis Price, Sarah Shabih and Amal ...
Legislators, Manchin administration clash: ; Workers' comp oversight legislation sparks power struggle
Dec 03, 2007; ... The latest power struggle between the Manchin administration andlawmakers spilled out into the open last week, and those whoattended the final meeting of the monthly interim session got afront-row seat. Led by House Judiciary Chairwoman Carrie Webster, severallegislative leaders ...
Canadian music duo's performance a little sterile: ; Review
Dec 03, 2007; ... First off, I want to applaud the many music lovers who filled theMunicipal Auditorium Saturday night instead of staying home andwatching the "Big Game." As guests of Charleston Community Music Association, "Ebony andIvory," a Canadian music duo, sometimes augmented to quartet, ...
Morgantown mostly calm after Brawl loss: ; 12 fires reported in city following Saturday game
Dec 03, 2007; ... Police turned out in downtown Morgantown in riot gear Saturdayevening, ready to handle any post-game celebrations following theBackyard Brawl. There were no celebrations, as Pitt defeated WVU 13-9, but onecar was destroyed by fire and five people were caught setting ...
Correction
Dec 03, 2007 ... * To visit the Daily Mail's online events calendar, whichincludes extensive listings of entertainment events in the area,visit calendar.dailymail.com. The link to the calendar has changed and ...
Pilot, 95, continues to enjoy his high-flying hobby
Dec 03, 2007; ... MARTINSBURG - There wasn't a more natural place for Guy Reynoldsto spend his 95th birthday than in the sky. Friday, a pilot for more than 60 years climbed in to the seat ofhis red, white and blue SportStar airplane and guided it through theskies over Berkeley and Jefferson ...
Engineer worried about state's bridges: ; Elkview resident says state should be more concerned with cleaning
Dec 03, 2007; ... A former state bridge engineer is worried that current highwaysofficials aren't doing enough to improve the safety of thestructures in the Kanawha Valley. Elkview resident Robert Smith worked in bridge maintenance for 35years with the state Division of Highways. He believes ...
Corporal rankings for Kanawha deputies reinstated
Dec 03, 2007; ... It's been four years coming, but 21 Kanawha County Sheriff'sDepartment deputies have finally achieved the corporal ranking theywere once denied. With the title, each deputy will receive a $2,100 pay raise andmore job responsibilities. The deputies received their new ranks ...
Mountaineer walk-on comes through again: ; West Virginia University Men's basketball
Dec 03, 2007; ... MORGANTOWN - If, as the saying suggests, once is an accident,then it might be time to update the perception of Ted Talkington. He's still the walk-on guard from New Martinsville who will admithe's not blessed with the greatest physical gifts. Yet he's been asemi-savior thus far ...
Red Dragon seniors have paved the way for perhaps another title chase
Dec 03, 2007; ... WHEELING - Gabe King's right hand had blood across its back. Hiscotton cap was pulled down into his eyes as he picked up his gym bagand began to walk out of the St. Albans locker room after a game forthe final time. There were television reporters scrambling to interview ...
Sunday gloomy for Mountaineers
Dec 03, 2007; ... MORGANTOWN - The sun literally did not come out Sunday, one dayafter West Virginia blew a chance to play for the nationalchampionship by losing to Pitt, 13-9. It was gloomy from morning to night, which was apropos ofeverything. You didn't need Al Roker to forecast what was to ...
School will live, die with loss long time
Dec 03, 2007; ... MORGANTOWN - It was a gray, rainy Sunday in the Mountain State.Whether folks were inside or outdoors, those were the weatherconditions. When chroniclers decades from now recall the 100th Backyard Brawlfrom the West Virginia angle, it can be summed up in two words: Pitt ...
Fiesta bittersweet for WVU: ; Mountaineers excited about bowl bid but still thinking 'what if?'
Dec 03, 2007; ... MORGANTOWN - A day after one of the greatest disappointments inprogram history, West Virginia's football team was invited back tothe scene of another huge bummer 18 years ago. The Mountaineers, who on Saturday night lost at home to Pitt andplayed themselves out of the Bowl ...
National scoreboard
Dec 03, 2007 ... TODAY'S ODDS College football Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog Rose Bowl (at Pasadena, Calif.) Southern Cal 14 14 50 Illinois Sugar Bowl (at New Orleans) Georgia 61/2 10 681/2 Hawaii Fiesta Bowl (at Glendale, Ariz.) Oklahoma 6 61/2 65 ...
Top of the 2nd: ; Being Class AAA puts; Winfield 'in a real bind'; No. 15 Mountaineers roll in women's basketball
Dec 03, 2007 ... BOCA RATON, Fla. - Senior Meg Bulger scored 15 points and LaQuitaOwens and Chakhia Cole each added 13, and No. 15 West Virginia beatColumbia 74-41 Sunday in the Florida Atlantic Holiday Classic. West Virginia (7-1) jumped out to an 11-0 lead in the first 3minutes of the game ....
Local scoreboard
Dec 03, 2007 ... AREA SCHEDULE High schools The upcoming schedule for area high schools, as received from theschools: Girls basketball (7:30 p.m. tipoff unless listed) Tuesday - Chapmanville at Poca; Riverside at Sherman; Ravenswoodat Point Pleasant; Roane County at Clay ...
Steelers take advantage of fading Bengals: ; National Football League; Steelers 24, Bengals 10
Dec 03, 2007; ... PITTSBURGH - There were worries aplenty for the PittsburghSteelers following two bad games against two bad teams. BenRoethlisberger was getting sacked too much, the offense wasn'tscoring, and, oh yes, there was that terrible field. They need not have worried going into Sunday ...
Marshall's bigs help the Herd rebound: ; Marshall University Basketball
Dec 03, 2007; ... HUNTINGTON - They got called out. But it was in first-year Marshall Coach Donnie Jones' owninimitable style. No rant. No rave. No humiliating diatribe in front of teammates. Jones simply took his Herd into the locker room and wrote therebounding statistics of Markel ...
NFL Report: ; Week 12 standings
Dec 03, 2007 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div y-New England 11 0 0 1.000 442 185 5-0-0 6-0-0 8-0-0 3-0-0 4-0-0 Buffalo 6 6 0 .500 184 274 3-3-0 3-3-0 5-5-0 1-1-0 3-2-0 N.Y. Jets 3 9 0 .250 221 291 2-4-0 1-5-0 3-5-0 0-4-0 2-3-0 Miami ...
State champs
Dec 03, 2007 ... A look at the 2007-08 high school state team champions in sportssanctioned by the West Virginia Secondary School ActivitiesCommission: Fall Class AAA Class AA Class A Golf Hurricane Ravenswood Charleston Catholic Cross country (b) Wheeling ...
NFL Report
Dec 03, 2007 ... SEAHAWKS 28, EAGLES 24 Seattle 14 7 7 0-28 Philadelphia 10 7 7 0-24 First Quarter Sea-Alexander 2 run (Brown kick), 13:48. Phi-Buckhalter 30 run (Akers kick), 11:56. Sea-Engram 12 pass from Hasselbeck (Brown kick), 7:21. Phi-FG Akers 31, ...
Passing was pivotal for Parkersburg: ; High school football; Super Six notebook
Dec 03, 2007; ... WHEELING - Parkersburg quarterback Andy Thomas was named MostValuable Player for the Big Reds following the team's 22-15 win overSt. Albans on Saturday. That says a mouthful for the play of the Red Dragons' offensiveand defensive lines. After all, Parkersburg's calling card ...
Third quarter was difference in AAA championship game
Dec 03, 2007; ... WHEELING - Parkersburg's three-minute time of possessionadvantage in Saturday's Class AAA championship game win over St.Albans encapsulates the story of the Big Reds' 11th state footballchampionship. The Big Reds won consecutive titles for the first time in schoolhistory not on ...
Let us answer all of your questions about the Bowl Championship Series
Dec 03, 2007; ... The Bowl Championship Series is set and as always there are somethings that just don't add up. You've got questions and we've gotanswers: Q: Why did LSU make it to the title game over those other two-loss teams? A: The Southeastern Conference is the toughest league in ...
His spare time is ingrained with wood: ; Retired Carbide worker has filled
Dec 03, 2007; ... Ninety-year-old Lakin Carper doesn't exactly have woodworking inhis blood. But, at one point, it was in his lungs. He was at the hospital when he found out. "Mr. Carper, we've got to redo that X-ray. There's somethingshowing up on your lungs," the doctor told him ....
Group offers free gift wrap service
Dec 03, 2007; ... Holiday gift wrap service When: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., daily Where:Charleston Town Center second floor, near Dairy Queen Cost: Free,but must have receipt from mall merchant FYI: While there is nolimit to the number of packages, all gifts must be boxed Santa's elves are helping ...
Car Talk: ; Men relate to cars as women relate to men
Dec 03, 2007; ... Dear Tom and Ray: My dad was the kind of man who seemed to know about everythingmechanical. Since he died, I miss being able to call and ask himsome obscure question that he could answer; he really did seem toknow everything. The other day, I realized that reading your columnis ...
Dear Abby: ; Daughter's whirlwind visits leave little time for parents
Dec 03, 2007; ... DEAR ABBY: My daughter, "Mara," now 27, recently married awonderful young man. After they had dated for a few years, she movedto his state of residence and attended graduate school there. Itbecame their home. When they come to visit us for a weekend, Mara constantly makesplans ...
Horoscope
Dec 03, 2007; ... TUESDAY'S FORECAST eARIES (March 21-April 19). Dreams are not just for nighttime.It's your daydreams that will have the most impact on what happensthis week. Dare to make them vivid and as far out of reality as youcan push them. rTAURUS (April 20-May 20). The view of the ...
For the record
Dec 03, 2007 ... Marriage applications Kanawha County The following people applied for marriage licenses in KanawhaCounty between Nov. 26 and 30: * Allen Michael Kessel, 22, and Jennifer Nicole Carl, 20, both ofCharleston. * Joseph Edward Lobuts III, 24, and Malesha Lynn Grass, ...
New middle school called 'a dream': ; Five years in the making, Sissonville Middle will open its doors Dec. 19
Dec 03, 2007; ... When Sissonville Middle School Principal Brian Eddy walks throughthe doors of the newly built school Dec. 19, he may have to pinchhimself a few times to make sure he is not dreaming. After nearly five years of planning, the new Sissonville MiddleSchool soon will open its doors to ...
Suspect in college student's slaying extradited
Dec 03, 2007; ... BERLIN - A key suspect in the slaying of a British collegestudent in central Italy was cleared today for extradition fromGermany. Rudy Hermann Guede, a native of Ivory Coast, is wanted inconnection with the sexual assault and fatal stabbing of 21-year-old Meredith Kercher, who ...
Contract vote set this week: ; Steelworkers will not recommend vote for Chesapeake's offer
Dec 03, 2007; ... Chesapeake Energy Corp. employees represented by the UnitedSteelworkers will vote this week on the company's contract offer buta labor leader said the union's Workers Committee "will notrecommend accepting Chesapeake's offer." About 150 employees who work for Chesapeake Appalachia ...
Men say they had sex with senator: ; Sen. Larry Craig calls newspaper's report 'completely false'
Dec 03, 2007; ... BOISE, Idaho - Eight men say they either had sex with Sen. LarryCraig or were targets of sexual advances by the Idaho lawmaker atvarious times during his political career, a newspaper reported. One of the men is the former escort whose allegations disgracedthe Rev. Ted Haggard, ...
Guitarist dazzles crowd with Italian instrument: ; Review
Dec 03, 2007; ... This weekend, I had the great good fortune to meet a new and mostwonderful guitar. Made by a contemporary Italian master, it wasbeautifully marked with a tricolor sound board (the top with thehole in it), and its sound was magical. With a blond cedar strip in the middle book-ended ...
Oil prices fall on news that OPEC may increase output
Dec 03, 2007; ... Oil prices fell about $1 a barrel today in a volatile market onspeculation that OPEC may still boost output at its meeting thisweek, despite last week's sharp price drop. Light, sweet crude for January delivery was down $1.01 to $87.70in electronic trading on the New York ...
Smart Money: ; Widow doesn't have to divide things equally
Dec 03, 2007; ... DEAR BRUCE: I am a widow with four grown children. Three of themhave good-paying jobs and do not need help. Their children are grown; some are married, but they are well ontheir way with careers. The fourth (youngest) child is married withtwo younger children. She has chosen to ...
Business briefs
Dec 03, 2007 ... Chesapeake wins producer award Chesapeake Energy Corp. was named "Hydrocarbon Producer of theYear" at the 9th annual Platts Global Energy Awards in New YorkCity. The awards recognize excellence and innovation by companies andexecutives in more than a dozen sectors ...
Two cities to use 'Beautiful' slogan
Dec 03, 2007; ... ORLANDO, Fla. - Officials from Coral Gables and Orlando haveaverted a potentially ugly fight over the right to the nickname "TheCity Beautiful." Both had used the slogan for decades, but Coral Gables appliedlast year for a federal trademark seeking exclusive rights. Orlandofiled ...
Obituaries: ; Obit
Dec 03, 2007 ... Mary Lee Bond Mary Lee Morris Bond, 87, of Charleston, passed away Saturday,Dec. 1, 2007. She was born in Clarksburg to the late Stanley C. and Mary LeotaMusgrave Morris. She graduated from Columbus School for Girls,Columbus, Ohio, and attended National Park College, ...
Turks report killing of four Kurdish rebels
Dec 03, 2007; ... ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish troops killed four Kurdish rebels infighting near Turkey's border with Iraq, officials and media reportssaid. Two of the separatists were killed Saturday in rugged terrain inTurkey's Sirnak province, on the border with Iraq, when troopsopened fire on a ...
Official wants right to keep his chickens
Dec 03, 2007; ... ANN ARBOR, Mich. - People who want fresh eggs should be able tokeep their own hens around the house or yard, even in this collegetown, a city councilman said. Stephen Kunselman said a number of business people and residentssupport the idea and said he plans to bring a resolution ...
Wounded deer has quite a surprise for Sissonville hunter
Dec 03, 2007; ... This hunting tale hit a little too close to home. Sissonvilleresident Bill Carney, 59, had been out five days of West Virginiasrifle season without much to show for it. The day afterThanksgiving, he was out again. He had set up a blind which is asort of camouflaged tent on a knoll in ...
Nitro eyes cuts to solve crunch
Dec 03, 2007; ... The Nitro Ministerial Association got together on Sunday to prayfor the citys salvation as it claws its way out of a quagmire ofdebt. Members of council and Mayor Rusty Casto are taking a moresecular approach to the problem. The city last week took preliminarysteps to start trimming the ...
Wicked winds whip region: ; Utility working to restore power to 1,500 customers in
Dec 03, 2007; ... Strong winds were likely to blow away anything not nailed downtoday, with forecasts calling for gusts in some parts of the stateto reach 50 mph. In Kanawha County, more than 1,500 customers werewithout power early today, said Appalachian Power spokesman PhilMoye. Most of our outages are ...
Charleston Daily Mail Neediest Cases Appeal: ; Couple needs repairs to roof of house struck by falling tree; Helping West Virginia families since 1961; Case No. 8
Dec 03, 2007 ... This 30-year-old man and his 26-year-old wife barely have enoughincome to pay their regular bills, let alone $1,000 in unexpectedrepairs to their roof. He makes $700 a month working a job thatrequires a 20-mile drive. Another $379 in food stamps supplementtheir income. They have a ...
Talk of discount carrier in the air
Dec 03, 2007; ... Gov. Joe Manchin is apparently working with Kanawha CountyCommission President Kent Carper and Charleston leaders to lure adiscount airline hub to Yeager Airport. No one will disclosedetails, such as the name of the potential airline. But here aresome dots that may be connected: * At the ...
Lottery
Dec 03, 2007 ... Here are the winning numbers drawn Sunday: OHIO Day Pick 3: 308 Pick 4: 9752 Ten-Oh: 8-11-12-17-19-24-26-30-32-35-37-39-48-59-60-67-68-70-75-79 Evening Pick 3: 109 Pick 4: 4170Ten-Oh: 3-5-7-19-20-24-26-29-41-42-44-48-53-54-56-58-63-74-76-79Rolling Cash 5: ...
Forecasts
Dec 03, 2007 ... Blustery and cold today with a chance ...
Reindog Parade puts pooches on display
Dec 03, 2007 ... Putnam County Parks and the Putnam County Humane Society onSunday hosted the annual Reindog Parade, an event that ...
Five workers killed in Ukraine coal mine explosion
Dec 03, 2007; ... KIEV, Ukraine Five workers looking for the bodies of minerskilled in Ukraines worst mine explosion since the Soviet collapsewere killed in a new explosion, officials said today. The blast lateSunday was the third at the massive Zasyadko mine in the easterncity of Donetsk, where 101 ...