Charleston Daily Mail back issues from February 2008:
Rand ready to watch its star in football's big game
Feb 01, 2008; ... When Randy Moss is not breaking records on the football field, hespends his spare time in a secluded backyard in his hometown ofRand. The days are passed in a small brick building known as "TheShed." It isn't just a nickname. It's really a shed. But it has a lot more ...
More criminals face life without mercy, Trials of Jeffers, Merrifield latest among trend
Feb 01, 2008; ... Pending official sentencing, two men recently convicted in high-profile murder cases will join 251 others serving sentences of lifewith no chance of parole in West Virginia's prisons. In the past 10 days, Kanawha and Putnam county juries have foundKeith R. Jeffers and Michael ...
State has chance to host World's Strongest Man
Feb 01, 2008; ... The announcement of the first-ever America's Strongest Man eventthis summer in Charleston might serve as a prelude to a contestpacked with even more muscle. Gov. Joe Manchin said Thursday that West Virginia has a greatchance of hosting the 2009 World's Strongest Man ...
Man pleads guilty to abusing niece , But St. Albans resident faces lesser charges because mother lied
Feb 01, 2008; ... A St. Albans man pleaded guilty to sexual abuse involving his 8-year-old niece, but now faces lesser charges after the mother of thevictim said she had lied about some of the allegations. Joe Kolarik, 22, had been indicted on 14 counts and has been heldin South Central Regional ...
Bailey says ties to Graham won't hurt
Feb 01, 2008; ... Senator Billy Wayne Bailey doesn't believe his past affiliationwith Bob Graham, the former Wyoming County senior director who wassentenced to prison, will hurt his chances of becoming WestVirginia's next secretary of state. Bailey, D-Wyoming, said he once considered Graham a ...
Four arrested, charged with possession of drugs
Feb 01, 2008 ... Four people were arrested at a Cross Lanes apartment with about$25,000 worth of heroin, thousands of dollars worth of cocaine andone-half pound of marijuana in their possession, police said. Metro Drug Unit Lt. Chuck Carpenter said the amount of heroinseized at the apartment was ...
Group collecting personal items for troops
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Kanawha Valley Chapter of the National Society Daughters ofthe American Revolution is leading an effort to collect items forAmerican troops overseas. Specifically, the items will go to a hospital in Landstuhl,Germany, where soldiers who are injured overseas are taken ...
Weather, Temps
Feb 01, 2008 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 36 24 PCldy Charlotte 60 31 Clr Cincinnati 44 24 PCldy Cleveland 36 25 Cldy Columbus,Ohio 42 25 PCldy Dayton 39 23 PCldy Daytona Beach 73 50 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 58 32 ...
Japanese firm gets free space in incubator during construction
Feb 01, 2008 ... The leadership team and engineering staff who are responsible fordesigning, constructing and operating Japanese chemical companyKureha's $100 million specialty plastics plant, to be built atBelle, are working out of the Charleston Area Alliance's businessincubator at 116 Smith St ....
Presidential hopeful Ron Paul has shot at winning Maine caucuses
Feb 01, 2008; ... AUGUSTA, Maine - Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul has acouple of things going for him at this weekend's Republicancaucuses: a band of highly motivated supporters and a natural appealto Maine's like-minded independents. His stop in the state earlier this week also made him ...
Weather,: ; Temps
Feb 01, 2008 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 12 4 Clr Baltimore 50 34 Clr Boston 48 37 Clr Chicago 30 21 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 68 42 Clr Denver 35 14 PCldy Detroit 34 22 Snow Honolulu 80 68 Clr Houston 71 44 PCldy Indianapolis 33 20 ...
Boy accused of sexually assaulting 3-year-old
Feb 01, 2008; ... MINNEAPOLIS - An American Indian tribe has closed the child-carecenters at its two casinos while authorities investigate a reportedsexual assault by a child against a 3-year-old boy. Tribal authorities said the suspect is a boy between 8 and 10years old but wouldn't identify him ...
Boy critical after found hanging on clothing hook
Feb 01, 2008; ... AUSTIN, Texas - A 7-year-old boy is in critical condition afterbeing found hanging by his shirt collar from a clothing hook in acharter school's dressing room, and police tried to determinewhether it was an attack or an accident. The shirt collar cut off the boy's oxygen, and he ...
Frantic travelers mob trains: ; , Winter storms in China have killed at least 60, caused; $7.48 billion in damages
Feb 01, 2008; ... GUANGZHOU, China - One woman frantically clutched the coat of apolice officer as he hoisted her toddler above the strandedtravelers, the child's tearful face scrunched up in terror as thecrowd surged forward. A woman in a pink jacket fainted and was lifted over the sea ...
Clinton, Obama draw the lines
Feb 01, 2008; ... LOS ANGELES - Sen. Barack Obama described the race for theDemocratic presidential nomination as "the past versus the future"as he squared off against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on in adramatic encounter that fell just five days before a coast-to-coastslate of contests. As the ...
Nation & world
Feb 01, 2008 ... Fossil may be link to crocodiles SAO PAULO, Brazil - The 80 million-year-old remains of a land-bound reptile described as a possible link between prehistoric andmodern-day crocodiles were displayed to the public for the firsttime. The fossil of the 51/2-foot-long predator ...
Boondoggles won't help us, Backing several small experiments is smarter than one giant gamble
Feb 01, 2008 ... Backing several small experiments is smarter than one giantgamble FOR the sake of Americans' security, the United States needs tofind a cleaner way to use its most abundant energy resource - coal.Private industry is unlikely to shoulder all the risk of findingthat cleaner ...
Catering to the environmentalists will cost us dearly
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Los Angeles Times article on the front page of the Jan. 28Daily Mail, "Proposed Coal Plants Hit Snags," should strike fear inthe hearts of everyone. Federal and state regulators are making it more difficult tobuild coal-fired electric generating plants in spite of the ...
If the new area code doesn't work out . . ., Just remember: make it one long and three shorts
Feb 01, 2008; ... WEST Virginia is getting a new area code. The only area code WestVirginia has ever had is no longer big enough. We're running out ofphone numbers. And that's not easy to do, since we have only 1.8 million people,but 7 million possible phone numbers. So West Virginia has to get ...
An incentive not to use an incentive, Paying for unused sick leave might help, but the carryover is the problem
Feb 01, 2008 ... WEST Virginia legislators over the years promised state workersmore than $8 billion in health benefits as retirees. Now newaccounting rules force state officials to tell taxpayers such littletruths. It has changed political behavior. Present-day legislators haveworked to whittle ...
Teach kids to underwrite the DNR?, What really ails our Huntington?
Feb 01, 2008; ... OH, heck yes, Billy Wayne. Let's take kids out of their academicstudies for 10 hours and teach them how to shoot guns. Take them out of school for hours and hours and teach them stuffthey should be learning at home or after hours. Eventually, theschools will not be teaching any ...
Ex-Byrd aide Barth kicks off her campaign
Feb 01, 2008; ... Hoping to ride a wave of "11th-hour power," a longtime aide ofWest Virginia's senior U.S. senator held her official House ofRepresentatives campaign kickoff Thursday at the state Capitol. Anne Barth, who entered the race with the backing of topDemocrats after the surprise decision ...
Police and courts
Feb 01, 2008 ... Students accused in bomb threat Two Wahama High School students could be charged with a felonyafter admitting to leaving a letter in a school hallway that said abomb would detonate on campus, authorities said. Police were dispatched to the school about 11:30 a.m ....
Additional grand jury indictments set
Feb 01, 2008 ... The following indictments returned Jan. 25 by a Kanawha CountyGrand Jury were left off a list published earlier this week. Those indicted will be arraigned in the Kanawha County JudicialAnnex in downtown Charleston in front of the following judges at thefollowing ...
Putnam man sentenced for carjacking
Feb 01, 2008 ... A federal judge sentenced a Putnam County man to 15 years inprison for a 2006 carjacking in Logan, the U.S. Attorney's Officeannounced. Larry David Elkins, 37, of Hurricane, pleaded guilty inSeptember, admitting that he stole a car at knifepoint outside theFountain Place Plaza, ...
Special prosecutor handling case, Pocahontas deputy accused: ; of firing gun is sheriff's son
Feb 01, 2008 ... A special prosecutor is investigating claims that a PocahontasCounty deputy who is also the son of the sheriff fired hisdepartment-issued pistol at his girlfriend's house. Robert Alkire II, who is the son of Pocahontas County SheriffRobert Alkire, was taken to the hospital after ...
Family says theft attempt is serious crime
Feb 01, 2008 ... Friends and family of a man who says his wallet was stolen whilehe was trapped inside his vehicle after a wreck want more severecharges filed against the accused robber. On Jan. 5, Jeff Tyler was heading to work at about 5 a.m. when hehit a patch of ice on W.Va. 25 and rolled his ...
China renews panda offer to Taiwan
Feb 01, 2008; ... BEIJING - China has renewed a politically fraught offer to send apair of pandas to Taiwan, just weeks ahead of a key presidentialelection on the island. All preparations have been completed and China hopes the animals"could leave soon" for Taiwan, said Yang Yi, a spokesman for ...
Inmate who escaped from work camp caught in Boone County
Feb 01, 2008; ... LOW GAP - An inmate who escaped from a minimum security work campat the Mount Olive Correctional Facility has been captured. The U.S. Marshals Service says local and federal authoritiesarrested Robert Andrew Brady of Lewisburg without incident Thursdayevening at a residence in Low ...
Legislature responds to judicial recusal issue, Resolution would: ; create panel to decide whether judges should; be disqualified
Feb 01, 2008; ... Lawmakers launched a legislative response to the conflict ofinterest allegations that have rocked West Virginia's Supreme Court. Touched off by European vacation photos of the chief justice witha coal company's top executive, Thursday's bipartisan resolutionwould amend the state ...
Mine safety agency OKs wireless-tracking system
Feb 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Federal mine-safety regulators say they haveapproved the first wireless-tracking system to locate miners trappedunderground. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration said thetechnology was developed by Liberty Lake, Wash.-based Venture DesignServices Inc., a ...
State briefs
Feb 01, 2008 ... Search begins for new WVU mascot MORGANTOWN - West Virginia University recently found newbasketball and football coaches. Now it's time for a new mascot. The current Mountaineer, Brady Campbell, has had the job for twoyears and is now on the selection committee to find a new ...
Clinton campaign official took money from businessman
Feb 01, 2008; ... LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a national co-chair ofHillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, banked at least$1,500 in political donations from an indicted Chicago businessmanwhose past connections to Barack Obama have been used by Clinton tocriticize her rival's ...
Winfield asking questions following SSAC ineligibility ruling
Feb 01, 2008; ... Winfield High Coach Pat McGinnis is confused about the apparentinconsistency in the rules governing the eligibility of high schoolathletes. McGinnis, whose Generals visit Poca (11-4) at 7:30 p.m. tonightin the third meeting between the Putnam County basketball rivals,can't ...
St. Albans native hopes to cap 'wild ride' of a season on Sunday with a Super Bowl ring
Feb 01, 2008; ... HUNTINGTON - If the New England Patriots win, Jason Rader willget a Super Bowl ring. "Yeah, we get all that stuff," said the St. Albans native."Getting a Super Bowl ring would be pretty awesome." That is one of the perks of being a member of the Patriots'practice squad ....
The Wst Virginia connection,: ; This year's Super Bowl has a definite green flavor
Feb 01, 2008 ... HUNTINGTON - There are five former Marshall football players whotook the "We Play For Championships" mantra to heart. And then some. Randy Moss, Troy Brown, Ahmad Bradshaw, Chris Hanson and JasonRader will take that Herd motto to another level Sunday night whenthey ...
WVU looks to bounce back on the road
Feb 01, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - Rest assured Bob Huggins wasn't caught in a lightmoment, feeling compelled to share with the media followingWednesday night's historic 62-39 loss to Cincinnati. He just could not hide what was obvious. West Virginia'sbasketball coach had seen this coming. Many of his ...
Top of the 2nd
Feb 01, 2008 ... Tech men drop last-second heart-breaker MONTGOMERY - West Virginia University Tech dropped a very hard-fought Mid-South Conference game, losing on a last-second shot tothe University of the Cumberlands, 59-58, here Thursday night. The Cumberlands led by four at halftime, but ...
National scoreboard
Feb 01, 2008 ... TODAY'S ODDS Super Bowl Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog New England 131/2 12 54 N.Y. Giants BASKETBALL College men Thursday's major college scores EAST Mount St. Mary's, Md. 97, St. Francis, NY 60 Quinnipiac 73, St. Francis, ...
Local scoreboard
Feb 01, 2008 ... AREA SCHEDULE High school Boys basketball Today - Nitro vs. Beckley at Coal Classic, 7:30 p.m.; Buckhannon-Upshur at George Washington; Wheeling Central at CharlestonCatholic; Sissonville at Point Pleasant; Wayne at Herbert Hoover;St. Joseph's at Buffalo; Winfield at ...
Marshall adds former Cincinnati coach to staff
Feb 01, 2008; ... HUNTINGTON - One coordinator down at Marshall and one to go. Former University of Cincinnati Coach Rick Minter has been hiredas the Herd's new defensive coordinator, MU officials confirmedtoday. "I am extremely pleased to have someone of Rick's caliber joinour staff," said ...
Men's College Basketball Boxscore:: ; Charleston , Seton Hall
Feb 01, 2008 ... Charleston 75, Seton Hall 59 SETON HILL (7-11, 6-5) Player Min FG 3pt FT R A PT Thomas 33 7-13 3-6 0-0 2 1 17 Jackson 22 1-6 0-4 0-0 2 3 2 Dutina 15 1-6 0-0 2-2 4 0 4 Holmes 23 4-8 1-2 1-1 3 1 10 Dicic 26 4-7 0-0 0-2 9 0 8 Harvey 5 ...
Beefy Golden Eagle learning to stay away from burgers
Feb 01, 2008; ... Just for the record, University of Charleston sophomore IbrahimMarone doesn't eat Baby Ruth candy bars. Still, when he arrived in Charleston a little more than two yearsago, he was eating everything else. "It was different because in high school my mom was proportioningmy ...
Nitro brothers on the rise
Feb 01, 2008; ... The Easters are unquestionably the first family of high schoolwrestling in West Virginia. The three brothers from Nitro - Matt, Anthony and Seth - own over500 prep victories and 10 individual state championships. Matt and Anthony already have graduated from Nitro High, ...
No. 9 Washington State upset by California
Feb 01, 2008; ... Heading into a key game in the Pac-10, Stanford is rolling andWashington State is recovering from its first home loss of theseason. The 14th-ranked Cardinal won its fourth straight game Thursdaynight. Led by Brook Lopez's career-high 31 points, they bulliedWashington in a 65-51 ...
Memory of former Charleston Rocket surfaces at Super Bowl
Feb 01, 2008; ... IF you were a kid growing up in Charleston in the 1960s, chancesare you loved the old Charleston Rockets. For us, it was our taste of pro football as we headed to oldLaidley Field to watch the Rockets. Coached by Perry Moss, theRockets competed in the United and Continental ...
Ex-Marshall star running back thrilled with praise from Brown
Feb 01, 2008; ... HUNTINGTON - Ahmad Bradshaw hadn't been this thunderstruck sincehe left Marshall. Who could blame him? After all, the New York Giants' rookie running back just hadlearned that Jim Brown - ol' No. 32 himself - had referred to him asa possible difference-maker in Super Bowl ...
NFL players union says members prepared for worst in bargaining
Feb 01, 2008; ... The head of the NFL players union said Thursday that members areprepared to strike or decertify if owners choose to opt out of thecurrent labor agreement next fall. "I have prepared the players for the worst," Gene Upshaw,executive director of the NFL Players Association, said at ...
Coal Classic tourney
Feb 01, 2008 ... At Raleigh County Convention Center, Beckley: Monday Girls: Huntington girls 64, Nicholas County 19 Class Aboys: Trinity Christian 61, Meadow Bridge 40 Class Aboys: Gilbert 50, Greenbrier West 48 Girls: Parkersburg South 87, PikeView ...
Boy's Coal Classic Basketball Boxscore:: ; Capital,; Veritas Christian
Feb 01, 2008 ... Capital 70 Veritas Christian 47 Veritas Christian (11-13) FG 3Pt FT Pts Catalin Baciu 4-13 0-0 2-10 10 Devon Pickering 1-7 1-7 0-0 3 Patrick Narron 0-2 0-2 0-1 0 Sasa Borovnjak 5-7 0-0 4-6 14 Andrew Kyles 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 Paschal Mensah 0-0 0-0 ...
Capital boys continue their roll against quality teams
Feb 01, 2008; ... BECKLEY - Don't look now, but Capital High's basketball teamlooks like a runaway train. For the second time in three nights, the Cougars (13-1) got thebest of a team led by a Division I-bound center in the MountainState Coal Classic. Just two nights after dominating ...
Winfield girls take care of Poca
Feb 01, 2008; ... Winfield High is the No. 1 ranked Class AA girls team in WestVirginia for good reason. Just ask Poca. The Generals juggernaut rolled over their Putnam County rival, 88-33, Thursday night at Winfield. Winfield (17-0) was led by Brittany Lee's 23 points, while ...
Herd surprisingly 3-0 in overtime games
Feb 01, 2008; ... HUNTINGTON - Overtime is Marshall time. As amazing as that sounds, it is true. Although first-year MU Coach Donnie Jones has been beset withinjuries and a short bench all season, the Herd actually has asurprising 3-0 record in overtime games. Marshall continued that ...
Bill would expand West Virginia wilderness, Lumber industry may protest as designation restricts timbering
Feb 01, 2008; ... Proponents of a bill that would significantly expand WestVirginia's wilderness areas say it would spur tourism in the state,help save some endangered species and increase protected nativetrout habitat. But its passage through Congress isn't a sure thing. Rep. Nick Rahall, ...
Students would pay weekly fee,: ; Election on Monongalia's $2 charge is set for Saturday
Feb 01, 2008; ... West Virginia University students who hold down jobs will beamong those affected if Monongalia County voters approve a $2 weeklyuser fee. Proposed by the Monongalia County Commission, the referendumwould impose a $2 weekly fee on every employee working in MonongaliaCounty. The ...
Golf tournament will bring big rewards
Feb 01, 2008; ... The Nationwide Tour is returning to West Virginia again thisyear, but this time the winning purse is its largest ever - $1million. While the best golfer will be walking away with a hefty paycheck,the state's economy could benefit as well. On Thursday, Gov. Joe Manchin and ...
YMCA forced to tighten belt,: ; Association eliminated two positions on 200-person staff
Feb 01, 2008; ... Even though it's tucked away on a city hillside, the CharlestonFamily YMCA, with its 9,000 members, has a place of prominence inthe community. So even small changes for the 100-year-old organization makepeople take notice. Last month, the Y raised its membership fees 5 ...
Microsoft makes offer for Yahoo, $44.6 billion deal aims to challenge Google for Web advertising cash
Feb 01, 2008; ... SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Interneticon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billionin its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.'s dominance of thelucrative online search and advertising markets. The surprise offer of $31 per ...
Labor board seeks injunction against Massey
Feb 01, 2008; ... The National Labor Relations Board wants a federal court to forceMassey Energy Co. to rehire 85 United Mine Workers members andnegotiate a new union contract at a coal mine it bought out ofbankruptcy in 2004. The NLRB contends in a petition filed Thursday that Massey andits ...
Business people
Feb 01, 2008 ... BANKING * Nancye Wiles, Richard Hardy, Mina Mirzakhani, Jeremy Adams andTerri Rusk have been promoted at First Sentry Bank. Wiles, who hasbeen with the bank since 1999, has been promoted to head teller inthe Huntington office. Hardy, a 1987 graduate of the West VirginiaInstitute ...
Suit accuses firm, mine operator of harassment
Feb 01, 2008; ... The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed asexual harassment lawsuit against a subsidiary of Alpha NaturalResources and a staffing company. The lawsuit also accuses Alpha's Brooks Run Mining Co. andstaffing firm Neal & Associates with retaliating against three ...
Reform measures would bring additional oversight
Feb 01, 2008; ... One year after a propane explosion ripped through a conveniencestore in Ghent, killing four people, industry reform measures aremoving through the Legislature. So far, however, no legislation has been offered to mandatespecific training for handlers of propane. The newest ...
Prince speaks out against London skyscrapers teen fashion
Feb 01, 2008; ... LONDON - Prince Charles warned that historic sites like the Towerof London have been "vandalized" by high-rise construction thatthreatens to ruin the character of the capital. The heir to the British throne, who spoke at a conference on cityplanning, argued that poor planning ...
Effects of blast linger
Feb 01, 2008; ... It's been a year since the deadly explosion at the Little GeneralStore in Ghent that left a gaping wound in a small Raleigh Countycommunity. The blast, caused by leaking propane, leveled the store and leftfour people dead and several others wounded. Two of those who died ...
Band works hard to boost recognition , Formed 3 years ago, Chocolate Drops brings its rousing style to Mountain Stage Sunday
Feb 01, 2008; ... When the Carolina Chocolate Drops roll into Charleston to playMountain Stage Sunday, the trio may pile out of the tour van withlong faces and a road-weary look in their eyes. Having just returned from several dates in Canada and New Yorkand entering the month of February with 17 ...