Charleston Daily Mail back issues from March 2008:
New state personnel director using skills honed in the FBI
Mar 03, 2008; ... West Virginia Division of Personnel Director Otis Cox shares alaugh with Susan Lockard-Hammock, a secretary. Cox, ...
New state personnel director using skills honed in the FBI
Mar 03, 2008; ... Otis Cox used to talk skyjackers off airplanes and break upgambling rings in the crime-ridden hotspots of Gary, Ind., andJacksonville, Fla. Now he's heading up an operation a bit less threatening to hislife and well being, in West Virginia. Cox, 66, was recently named ...
Autism bill put on hold: ; House panel wants time to study impact
Mar 03, 2008; ... A bill that would have forced health insurance companies toprovide coverage for autism has been downgraded to a studyresolution, upsetting autism advocates and a state lawmaker whochampioned the measure. Delegate Ralph Rodighiero, D-Logan, blames lobbyists and theinsurance ...
Promise intern proposal in limbo
Mar 03, 2008; ... A Senate-approved bill that would require Promise scholars tocomplete an internship apparently is not progressing in the House ofDelegates. House Education Committee Chairwoman Mary Poling, D-Barbour, saidshe has no plans to move forward legislation that creates thePromise ...
Attackers disguised as police kill 8 in Honduras
Mar 03, 2008; ... TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Eight people were shot dead at abilliards hall in northern Honduras by gunmen disguised aspolicemen, Honduran police said. Wearing police uniforms, six assailants fired Kalashnikov riflesand handguns from a truck parked outside a pool hall Sunday in ...
Kanawha schools adding days to make up for snow closings
Mar 03, 2008 ... Kanawha County school officials have announced the dates studentswill be required to attend school to make up for lost snow days. Good Friday, which is March 21, would have been the start ofspring break, but is now an instructional day for students. March 24 - the Monday of ...
High value of metal cuts down on litter: ; Many take to cleaning out old dump sites to get big finds for recycling
Mar 03, 2008; ... BECKLEY - At a time when many investors and stock market analystsare advising and pursuing a run from the declining dollar towardprecious metals, the phenomenon is also taking place on a locallevel with metals that are much more common. In fact, the rising prices fetched by ...
Multistate pact would ease moves for military 'brats'
Mar 03, 2008; ... ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Leonor Chavez, the wife of a Navy doctor,doesn't worry about her daughter having to change schools every fewyears. It's the paperwork that bothers her. "Every county's different. Every state's different. Everyschool's different," said Chavez, whose husband now ...
'Bottle bill' goes back on the shelf: ; Legislation would put refundable tax; on containers
Mar 03, 2008; ... Once again, the Legislature has set adrift the perennial "bottlebill" in the sea of forgotten legislation, marking the sixth year ithas failed to come ashore in either chamber. Neither bill in the House of Delegates or Senate ever reached theagenda of a committee, but its chief ...
McCain endorsement may alienate Catholics
Mar 03, 2008; ... SEDONA, Ariz. - Endorsed by an influential Texas televangelist,Republican John McCain endeared himself to one group of voters butrisked alienating another with the pastor's anti-Catholic views. The controversy has been mild so far, but still, every votecounts in a presidential ...
Web enabling more to donate: ; Voters can pledge their support for candidates from virtually anywhere
Mar 03, 2008; ... When Barack Obama needed money to campaign in Texas, Coloradoresident Cheryl Doyle sprang into action. Sitting in front of hercomputer, she pledged $25. "I can't afford to go to those big dinners; I'm just a workingmom," said Doyle, a self-employed attorney. "Internet ...
Regional weather
Mar 03, 2008 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 38 32 Cldy Charlotte 66 53 Rain Cincinnati 43 39 Rain Cleveland 32 31 Snow Columbus,Ohio 42 38 Rain Dayton 38 34 Cldy Daytona Beach 83 64 Rain Greensboro,N.C. 67 52 ...
Weather Almanac
Mar 03, 2008 ... Yesterday's high 67 Record high 81, 1991 Normal high 52 Yesterday's low 28 Record low 7, 1980 Normal ...
National weather
Mar 03, 2008 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 35 23 Cldy Baltimore 65 47 Rain Boston 57 39 Rain Chicago 32 21 Snow Dallas-Ft Worth 57 32 Clr Denver 49 22 PCldy Detroit 29 27 Snow Honolulu 82 69 Clr Houston 61 36 Clr Indianapolis 35 33 ...
Texas girl accused of killings: ; Police say teen joined boyfriend, 2 others in murdering mother, 2 siblings, injuring father
Mar 03, 2008; ... EMORY, Texas - Angry that her parents demanded she break up withher boyfriend, a teenage girl helped kill her mother and twobrothers during a grisly weekend ambush on the family's rural,wooded home, authorities said Sunday. The 16-year-old girl joined her boyfriend and two others ...
Your views: ; The United States is not taking advantage of its energy sources
Mar 03, 2008 ... Why are we paying a dollar more for gas than we should? We live in West Virginia, where coal is abundant. West Virginiaalone has enough coal, if converted into liquid fuel, to make usindependent from foreign oil. Our coal reserves are around 500 years. The rest of the ...
Nation & world
Mar 03, 2008 ... Police say cabbie faked baby story A livery cab driver initially hailed as a hero said he was justtrying to do "the right thing" when he told a tale of finding a babygirl abandoned in his car. Driver Klever Sailema was commended after he took the 6-month-old girl to ...
Our views: ; Let principals run the schools; If the principals need dogs to check for drugs, send in the dogs
Mar 03, 2008; ... RUNNING a modern high school is a far cry from the problemsencountered by Waldo Weatherbee, the principal of Archie's fictionalRiverdale High. Real schools face problems bigger than Veronica and Bettybattling for the heart of Archie. There is a very real need to have police ...
Our views: ; Inaction could cost charities millions; Donations of prescription drugs may fall off without legislative protection
Mar 03, 2008; ... FREE clinics could lose millions of dollars worth of prescriptiondrugs donated each year by drug companies unless the Legislaturemore tightly regulates those clinics. That is what Phil Reale, a lobbyist for the pharmaceuticalindustry, told lawmakers last week. The state has ...
Marshall's million-dollar grant controversy: ; A stipulation to teach a course and academic freedom
Mar 03, 2008; ... IT'S called the BB&T Center for Advancement of AmericanCapitalism. We live in a modified capitalistic society. What do you expect? Marshall University has received a $1 million grant from BB&Tbanks to establish a center to promote capitalism. The grant came with one ...
'Captive audience' would hurt W.Va.: ; The state won't look very friendly if this bill passes
Mar 03, 2008; ... WEST Virginia's business community is united and is expressingits strong opposition to the "captive audience" bill (H.B. 4132),which was passed Feb. 25 by the House of Delegates. Business organizations, led by the West Virginia Business &Industry Council, the West Virginia Chamber ...
Bush won't promise troop withdrawal in his final year
Mar 03, 2008; ... CRAWFORD, Texas - President George W. Bush declined to promisemore U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq before he leaves office, andunderscored the need for a strong military presence during Iraqiprovincial elections in October. Security has improved markedly since last summer when ...
Delegate rejoins race after paperwork snafu
Mar 03, 2008; ... Delegate Clif Moore is on the ballot after all in District 23,setting up another rematch in McDowell County with the woman hesucceeded in the House of Delegates - Emily Yeager. So far, Moore owns two out of two matches at the polls withYeager. Moore's re-election papers came ...
Tax breaks concern labor organization
Mar 03, 2008; ... The West Virginia AFL-CIO was scheduled to hold a pressconference today at the Capitol to express concern about $200million in business tax breaks pending in the Legislature. Kenny Perdue, president of the labor organization, said in aprepared statement, "We all want lower taxes, ...
Lawmakers split over election-year action: ; Many say session began slowly but then took on critical issues
Mar 03, 2008; ... Some lawmakers hope the ongoing session debunks or challenges thebelief that they don't get much done during an election year. Senate Finance Chairman Walt Helmick rattles off the big-ticketitems lined up for the session's final week: an array of tax cuts;$50 million to trigger an ...
Strong earthquake detected off Indonesia
Mar 03, 2008; ... JAKARTA, Indonesia - A strong earthquake hit off westernIndonesia today, but there were no immediate reports of injuries ordamage. The 6.5-magnitude quake struck off Sumatra Island, the U.S.Geological Survey said. It was centered 90 miles southwest of thecoastal town of Padang ...
War hero dismayed by contract choice
Mar 03, 2008; ... Hershel "Woody" Williams, the state's only living Medal of Honorrecipient, issued a statement expressing disappointment that theU.S. Defense Department has selected Northrop Grumman Corp. and theNorth American division of the European Aeronautic Defence & SpaceCo. to supply the U.S. Air ...
New Russian leader keeps Putin alongside
Mar 03, 2008; ... MOSCOW - Russia's President-elect Dmitry Medvedev appeared tosend a strong signal he would continue his predecessor's toughstance toward neighboring states seeking closer ties with the Westwhen the company he chairs reduced gas supplies to Ukraine. The action came only hours after ...
Mexico bans imports of most used cars
Mar 03, 2008; ... HIDALGO, Texas - Some are dented, scratched and rusty. Othersrattle and belch under faded paint jobs. But the "'98" soaped ontotheir windshields and a surprise change in Mexican import rules haveturned a single year's worth of used cars into pick of the used-carlot. Beginning ...
Flashback
Mar 03, 2008 ... Entertainment highlights during the week of March 2-8: 1933: The movie "King Kong" had its world premiere in New York. 1944: "Casablanca" won the best picture Academy Award. 1960: Elvis Presley was discharged from the Army. 1970: Diana Ross performed her first solo ...
Today's birthdays
Mar 03, 2008 ... Actress Hattie Winston ("Becker", "The Electric Company") is 63.Singer Jennifer Warnes is 61. Actor-director Tim Kazurinsky is 58.Singer-guitarist Robyn Hitchcock is 55. Guitarist John Lilley of TheHooters is 54 ....
Clinton gets laughs, not endorsement on 'SNL'
Mar 03, 2008; ... NEW YORK - Hillary Rodham Clinton took a break from the campaigntrail to thank "Saturday Night Live" for giving her candidacy aboost - although she failed to get an official endorsement from theshow. Clinton's campaign has gotten a good deal of mileage out of an"SNL" sketch from ...
Fans want to see gay couple kiss: ; Campaign started when couple hugged on Valentine's Day show
Mar 03, 2008; ... NEW YORK - The love affair between two young men on the venerableCBS soap opera "As the World Turns" has triggered a protest campaignby angry viewers. It's just not the sort of protest you'd expect. Fans of the fictional romance between Luke Snyder and Noah Mayerare baffled ...
Child composer's work shines in Korean show
Mar 03, 2008; ... NEW YORK - When Farah Taslima started composing in the thirdgrade, she never dreamed her music would be performed by the NewYork Philharmonic by the time she was 12. Even if she had, she nevercould have imagined it would happen in North Korea. Four members of the orchestra and ...
Star talk
Mar 03, 2008 ... "I shy away from typecasting, whether it's lesbian icon orvegetarian ...
Names in the news
Mar 03, 2008 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Harrison Ford, 65, will again star as the title character in"Indiana Jones." 'Indiana Jones' trailer a big hit LOS ANGELES - Times sure have changed in the 19 years sinceHarrison Ford last donned the signature fedora of ...
Moss still unsigned, reportedly close to deal to stay with Patriots
Mar 03, 2008; ... A month after the New England Patriots lost the Super Bowl, oneof their superstars remains unsigned. The NFL Network reported Sunday night that All-Pro receiver RandyMoss, who broke Jerry Rice's NFL record with 23 touchdown receptionslast season, and the Patriots are close to a ...
Send it in, Joe!: ; Alexander still in search of memorable dunk as West Virginia prepares to battle rival Pitt
Mar 03, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - A figurative and literal rising star in the BigEast, Joe Alexander had never heard of Jerome Lane and was thereforecompletely unaware the former Pitt star shattered a backboardagainst Providence Jan. 25, 1988. "All right," he said when someone filled in the blanks in ...
Single-game price for WVU football games unchanged
Mar 03, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - West Virginia's 2008 football season may be definedby the changes on the field, but not in the stands. The per-seatcost for season tickets will remain about the same, although theoverall cost will be $45 greater than it was last year. "We did have a per-game increase ...
Bogaczyk named West Virginia's best sportswriter
Mar 03, 2008; ... Jack Bogaczyk, sports editor of the Charleston Daily Mail, hasbeen named the 2007 West Virginia Sportswriter of the Year by theNational Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Bogaczyk, who joined the Daily Mail staff in October 2002 as leadsports columnist, was voted the ...
'Big Monday' game against Pitt is super-sized for Mountaineers
Mar 03, 2008; ... IT'S Big Monday in Morgantown ... for a lot of reasons. Tonight's soldout basketball game at the WVU Coliseum is part theESPN headline series, but it's become about much more than thechance to catch the riff among "Raft" and Co. It's become about more than just the 175th date ...
National scoreboard
Mar 03, 2008 ... BASKETBALL College men Sunday's major college scores EAST Albany, N.Y. 76, Boston U. 64 Cent. Connecticut St. 100, Sacred Heart 87 Hartford 58, UMBC 57 Iona 87, Manhattan 75 Marist 82, Loyola, Md. 64 Niagara 87, Canisius ...
Top of the 2nd
Mar 03, 2008 ... WVU * Today: MBB vs. Pitt, 7 p.m.WBB at Syracuse, 7 p.m. *Saturday: MBB at St. Johns, Noon Marshall * Wednesday: MBB at Tulane, 8 p.m. * Saturday: MBB vs.So. Miss, 7 p.m. Key: MBB= mens basketball WBB= womens basketball Herd gets No. 6 seed in C-USA women's ...
Local scoreboard
Mar 03, 2008 ... AREA SCHEDULE Basketball High school girls State Tournament (at Charleston Civic Center) Wednesday Class AAA: No. 2 Parkersburg South vs. No. 7 South Charleston,11:15 a.m. Class AA: No. 2 Winfield vs. No. 7 Tolsia, 1 ...
Love leads No. 4 UCLA past Arizona, 68-66
Mar 03, 2008; ... TUCSON, Ariz. - UCLA survived Arizona's upset bid. After hanging on 68-66 Sunday, the fourth-ranked Bruins are freeto look ahead to their next game - a long-awaited meeting with No. 8Stanford in Pauley Pavilion on Thursday night. UCLA (26-3, 14-2 Pac-10), chasing its third ...
Unity, maturity filter from the top to fuel Lincoln's State Tournament run
Mar 03, 2008; ... SHINNSTON - Lincoln High girls basketball Coach David Wray knowsa few things about how quickly the world can change. The Cougars' nosedive from a 22-0 regular season in 1999 to a 0-22 record one year before his takeover of the program isn't evenclose to being the most vivid ...
Pettitte and Hampton look sharp in debuts
Mar 03, 2008; ... Andy Pettitte looked focused and Mike Hampton was healthy.Everything went just right Sunday for two left-handers with plentyto prove this spring. After spending the past few months answering questions aboutperformance-enhancing drugs, Pettitte pitched two scoreless inningsfor ...
Gorzelanny looks strong in Pirates' loss to Tampa Bay
Mar 03, 2008; ... BRADENTON, Fla. - Tom Gorzelanny's delayed spring debut was anencouraging one. Gorzelanny pitched a scoreless inning Sunday in the Pirates' 7-5loss to the Tampa Rays, four days after being scratched from a startbecause of shoulder soreness. "I threw all my pitches and I felt ...
Edwards wins in Vegas for second straight victory
Mar 03, 2008; ... LAS VEGAS - The celebration of Carl Edwards' second consecutivevictory was short-lived: His winning Ford Fusion failed a post-raceinspection at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that could lead to severepenalties for his team. NASCAR officials discovered the lid was not on the oil tank ...
State boys regionals
Mar 03, 2008 ... Class AAA All games 7:30 p.m. Tuesday except where noted. iRegion One At Fairmont State University John Marshall (16-8) vs. Morgantown (20-3), 6 p.m. iRegion 2 At Hedgesville HS Musselman (13-8) vs. Martinsburg (19-4) iRegion ...
Steinbrenner, Henry not bitter rivals
Mar 03, 2008; ... TAMPA, Fla. - Yankees general partner Hank Steinbrenner knowswhat he'll do with a Red Sox Nation membership card if John Henrysends him one. "I'll give it to the (Yankees) fans and let them handle it,"Steinbrenner said Sunday. "The fans will probably take care of that.Let them ...
Pitt's Ramon remains a menace to Mountaineers
Mar 03, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - Maybe it was because Ronald Ramon did not miss intwo games against West Virginia last season. Or maybe it was because the senior guard from the Bronx, N.Y.,has been a Mountaineers menace these past four years. In any case, coach Bob Huggins had little doubt what ...
Falcons lure Turner away from Chargers to improve ground game
Mar 03, 2008; ... Michael Turner was best known as LaDainian Tomlinson's backup forfour years in San Diego. He's heading to Atlanta to become a mainman. Turner agreed to a six-year deal with the Falcons on Sunday,capping a busy opening weekend of the NFL's free-agent period.Turner is projected as ...
Els gets first PGA win since 2004
Mar 03, 2008; ... PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Mark Calcavecchia watched indisbelief. His playing partner, Luke Donald, was stunned. And a few holes ahead, Ernie Els didn't know that a final-roundbreak was finally going his way. Ending nearly a four-year drought between PGA Tour victories, ...
Car Talk: ; Car's safety problems must be fixed first
Mar 03, 2008; ... Dear Tom and Ray: My 1997 Honda Accord has 270,000 miles. It still runs great, anddoesn't use any oil. There are some problems I could take care of,like a clicking from an axle, struts that are pretty worn out and apitted windshield. But overall, it runs well. My brother says ...
Orthodox monks find prayerful life in state
Mar 03, 2008; ... WAYNE - A remote parcel of sloping land accessible by a narrowgravel road is home to a community of men whose lives are bothworlds away and yet connected to modern life. Most of the time, the monks who live at the Hermitage of the HolyCross spend their days within the grounds of ...
Dear Abby: ; Kidney disease a surprise for health-conscious mom
Mar 03, 2008; ... DEAR ABBY: I was a healthy, vibrant mother of one with a steadygovernment job. I saw my doctor regularly for checkups, since bothmy parents have high blood pressure. As an active, health-consciousvegetarian, I thought I was at my physical peak. When I experienced nausea and lower ...
Horoscope
Mar 03, 2008; ... TUESDAY'S FORECAST eARIES (March 21-April 19). Three is lucky for you today.Approach your day in triplets. Call three friends, eat three thingsfor lunch, show a dear one your love in three different ways. Yourrewards come tripled back to you. rTAURUS (April 20-May 20). You ...
Court to hear student's illiteracy case: ; Former Sissonville graduate claims school denied him education, subjected him to ridicule
Mar 03, 2008 ... The state Supreme Court of Appeals has agreed to hear the case ofa former Sissonville High School student who sued Kanawha CountySchools, claiming he should not have graduated and that the schoolsystem did not prepare him for life. Although he finished school in 2004, Thomas P ....
Obama, Clinton make push before Texas, Ohio primaries: ; Both states seen as must-wins for Hillary to continue campaign
Mar 03, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Barack Obama worked to fend off an intensifiedattack on his foreign policy credentials, while Hillary RodhamClinton tried to fire up supporters with an economic populistmessage in the home stretch to races Tuesday that could determinethe Democratic presidential nominee ....
College offers evangelical haven in heart of New York
Mar 03, 2008; ... NEW YORK - Saturday night in midtown Manhattan, and 25 collegestudents are packed into the living room of a small apartment. Thefestivities are about to get under way, and in this demographic, inthis town, that typically means mind-altering substances anddeafening music. Here, ...
For the record
Mar 03, 2008 ... Marriage applications Kanawha County The following people applied for marriage licenses in KanawhaCounty between Feb. 22 and 29: * Patrick Eugene Duncan, 36, and Isatas Binti Kouroma, 29, bothof Charleston. * Thomas Dalton Weber, 42, and Teresa Lee Parsons, 39, ...
Costs on rise for dental insurance: ; Kanawha paying 100 percent of premiums for county workers
Mar 03, 2008; ... The cost of a dental insurance plan that Kanawha County offersemployees is expected to rise at least 5 percent in the comingbudget year, officials said. County Comptroller David Fontalbert said the dental coverage,provided by United Concordia, costs the county an average of ...
Credit crisis upping college loan costs
Mar 03, 2008; ... Many college students across the nation will begin to see highercosts for loans this spring, while others will be turned away bybanks altogether as the credit crisis roiling the U.S. economyspreads into yet another sector, student lenders and Wall Streetfirms say. Students ...
Family glad to get dog back after he was lost for 15 days
Mar 03, 2008; ... Lil' Joe was off tracking something in the woods, and Hoss justtook right off with him. The two dogs were on their way and out of sight in minutes. Owner Bruce Pennington, who lives on Long Branch Road in easternKanawha County, began searching immediately but after several ...