Charleston Daily Mail back issues from June 2008:
Marine fatally stabbed in home town while on leave from Iraq: ; Soldier, girlfriend attacked at a bus stop
Jun 02, 2008; ... CLEVELAND - On leave from the violence he had survived in the warin Iraq, a young Marine was so wary of crime on the streets of hisown home town that he carried only $8 to avoid becoming a robberytarget. Despite his caution, Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield, 21, was shotpoint-blank ...
Election a hot topic in Nitro: ; Voters go to the polls on Tuesday in city plagued by turmoil
Jun 02, 2008; ... Rowena Watson doesn't know what candidates she'll vote for in theNitro city election. That's surprising, considering the appearance of her front yard. Watson and her husband, Chris, have a slew of campaign signsattached to the metal fence surrounding their house. Some ...
Drilling permits on rise in state: ; Rate of issuance is twice that of a decade ago
Jun 02, 2008; ... More than twice as many gas and oil drilling permits are beingissued in West Virginia today than 10 years ago, reflecting arenewed interest in natural resource exploration due to surging gasand oil prices. As of Wednesday, the state Department of Environmental Protectionissued ...
Woman's purse's contents priceless: ; Family seeks photos, memorabilia in bag lost at Mother's Day dinner
Jun 02, 2008; ... A Mother's Day dinner turned into a real downer this year for onefamily. Lucille Lunsford, who had just gotten word from her doctors thatshe might have breast cancer, was being treated to a special meal byher family. After the emotional outing, she got up and left herpurse ...
Jacob Cooper, 12, got Citizenship Award that was created for him
Jun 02, 2008; ... Jacob Cooper, 12, accepts the first-ever Citizenship Award fromPrincipal Steve ...
Details of new global warming deal debated
Jun 02, 2008; ... BONN, Germany - Some 2,000 delegates from 162 countries anddozens of specialist agencies opened a two-week conference today tostart tackling the details of a new global warming agreement slatedto take effect after 2012. The meeting builds on a landmark accord reached last December ...
Travelers say gas prices forcing them to change: ; Some are rethinking
Jun 02, 2008; ... At the Morton Travel Plaza, most the talk these days is about thepain of gas prices. Kevin Lawson was driving from his home in Washington, D.C., tohis native St. Albans for a visit last week when it became apparenthow high gas prices have changed his life. Since he moved to ...
Boy's volunteer work honored: ; Jacob Cooper, 12, got Citizenship Award that was created for him
Jun 02, 2008; ... Being the son of Charleston Police Department's chief ofdetectives almost automatically places a great deal of publicscrutiny on 12-year-old Jacob Cooper. But it's not because his father is a public figure, but ratherJacob's own motivation that is garnering him some ...
New York mayor says crane collapses are not linked
Jun 02, 2008; ... NEW YORK - As the Manhattan district attorney launches a criminalprobe of the crane collapse that killed two construction workers andseriously injured a third, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the latestaccident appears unrelated to a March crane collapse that killedseven. "It would ...
Kennedy to have surgery for tumor
Jun 02, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will undergo surgery today atDuke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumor, hisoffice said. The 76-year-old senator was diagnosed last month with a malignantglioma, an especially lethal type of brain tumor. A statement fromthe ...
Man finds 1930s cash in old shed
Jun 02, 2008; ... MILWAUKEE - Dan Deming had heard the rumors about the buriedtreasure on his central Wisconsin farm. At first he made some halfhearted attempts to find it, and thensearched in earnest for two or three years after receiving a metaldetector for his birthday. "I don't know what ...
Water pressure hindered efforts to fight studio fire
Jun 02, 2008; ... UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - Firefighters patrolled fire-scarredUniversal Studios early today guarding against flare-ups whileauthorities wondered if the blaze that gutted some of Hollywood'smost famous backdrops was made worse because of low water pressure. The massive fire broke out ...
Clinton makes last-ditch effort
Jun 02, 2008; ... SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hillary Rodham Clinton scored an easyvictory in the Puerto Rico primary, a widely expected win thatunderscores the advantage she has enjoyed among Hispanic voters overDemocratic rival Barack Obama. Nearly complete returns from Puerto Rico Sunday showed ...
National weather
Jun 02, 2008 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 59 45 Cldy Baltimore 77 58 PCldy Boston 77 59 PCldy Chicago 71 58 Rain Dallas-Ft Worth 97 79 PCldy Denver 80 54 PCldy Detroit 69 59 Rain Honolulu 87 74 Clr Houston 95 76 PCldy Indianapolis 81 65 ...
Regional weather
Jun 02, 2008 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 73 56 Rain Charlotte 87 63 PCldy Cincinnati 84 63 Rain Cleveland 72 54 Rain Columbus,Ohio 84 60 Rain Dayton 81 62 Rain Daytona Beach 89 71 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 86 63 ...
Nation & world
Jun 02, 2008 ... Plane missing since '84 is found FRITCH, Texas - What searchers couldn't find, drought helpedreveal. Canoeists on receding Lake Meredith in the Texas Panhandle founda small plane that crashed in 1984, the National Park Service saidin a statement Saturday. The ...
Our views: ; Good spellers have rich lives; Congratulations to all who participated in W.Va.'s spelling bees
Jun 02, 2008; ... FOR newspaper people, the National Spelling Bee is close to theheart. Word people take real pleasure in seeing the next generationcome along. They will enjoy, as so many of us do - the joys that can arisewhen the words jump off the page and flow through our eyes ...
Our views: ; No electricity is not an option; Some way must be found to build the next generation of coal plant
Jun 02, 2008; ... AS a new coal-fired power plant in West Virginia rises inMorgantown, it is looking as if it may be another 15 years beforeanother one is built. That would be a sorry situation, because limiting the supply ofelectricity will not limit demand for electricity. And as Americans ...
Oh, go have lunch with Daniel Boone: ; Just remember to take 'ham salad' sandwiches
Jun 02, 2008; ... WHEN my thoughts turn to the current recession, I have aflashback to my childhood, when I ate lunch with my family at thegrave of Daniel Boone. Strange how the mind works and what we remember, isn't it?Strange also how it soothes us in hard times. First about my declaration ...
Malaysia bans gas sales to foreign-owned autos
Jun 02, 2008; ... KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia began enforcing a ban ongasoline sales to foreign-registered vehicles near the Thai bordertoday, causing some stations' business to trickle nearly to a halt. The ban is aimed at curbing the costs of Malaysia's fuelsubsidies, which keep retail fuel ...
Your views
Jun 02, 2008 ... Research, teaching affect accreditation On behalf of member schools and accredited institutions of theAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, it isimportant to clarify misleading statements made by representativesof the University of Charleston in a May 12 ...
Pink elephant stands tall
Jun 02, 2008; ... This big pink elephant stands guard along U.S. 60 betweenHuntington and Barboursville. A girl's grandparents reportedly hadit built for her when she was born. It's been in the ...
State briefs
Jun 02, 2008 ... Chinese visit state to learn about coal Gov. Joe Manchin is hosting a delegation of Chinese officials whoare interested in expanding their ties with West Virginia. Today's talks are expected to focus on coal mine safety, cleancoal technology and how to expand ...
Court rulings may reveal gap in system
Jun 02, 2008; ... The state Supreme Court has supplied ammo to the ongoing battleover West Virginia's business climate and judicial system byrefusing last month to accept appeals of a pair of civil verdictstogether worth more than $664 million. But parties on both sides of those debates question ...
Housing authority set to move offices
Jun 02, 2008 ... The Kanawha-Charleston Housing Authority plans to move itsoffices to the 1500 block of West Washington Street. It has been located at the old Littlepage Elementary a few blocksaway. "We started this process in early 2007," Executive Director MarkTaylor said during a recent ...
Police investigating body found in river
Jun 02, 2008 ... Police are investigating the death of a Boone County woman afterfishermen discovered her body floating in the Little Coal River,according to Boone emergency dispatchers. Two teenagers who had waded into the river in to fish near ScottHigh School saw the body Saturday about 5:30 ...
Hurricane High named to top high schools list
Jun 02, 2008 ... Hurricane High School has been named one of "American's Top HighSchools" for 2008 by "Newsweek" magazine. "Newsweek" ranks all public schools in the nation using theChallenge Index, a ratio of the number of advanced placement teststaken to the number of graduating seniors. Schools ...
Black protesters march against violence, crime in St. Louis
Jun 02, 2008; ... ST. LOUIS - Throngs of ministers, Black Panthers and other blackmen hungry for change marched through a historically black St. Louisneighborhood Sunday to protest violence, with women cheering themfrom the sidelines. Crowds that organizers estimated at 50,000 walked to Tandy ...
Tropical storm may cause flooding
Jun 02, 2008; ... AMBERGIS CAYE, Belize - Tropical Storm Arthur weakened to adissipating depression after soaking the Yucatan Peninsula. Butheavy rains still threatened to cause dangerous flooding andmudslides in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. The National Hurricane Center in Miami warned Sunday ...
Pump prices won't change at this country store: ; Bluewell museum is popular with local students and visitors
Jun 02, 2008; ... BLUEWELL - The pump prices at Buddy's Country Store have beenfrozen for the past 80 years, and the store's proprietor hasn'tgiven a single thought to replacing his pumps with the modernvariety that will accommodate prices of $4 per gallon and up. "They used to crank the hand pump ...
Stars perform for Bush at Ford's Theatre gala
Jun 02, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Broadway came to the nation's capital during a galafor the Ford's Theatre attended by President George W. Bush andfirst lady Laura Bush. Actor Hal Holbrook, country music singer Trisha Yearwood, formerAmerican Idol runner-up Clay Aiken and other stars performed ...
MTV Awards go over the top: ; Iron Man picks up several honors, but big winner is Transformers
Jun 02, 2008; ... UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - The "Transformers" have another chunk ofmetal to add to their collection. The blockbuster about robots in disguise took home the goldenpopcorn trophy for best film at the MTV Movie Awards on Sundaynight, and Johnny Depp won two buckets for best comedic ...
Names in the news
Jun 02, 2008 ... 'Sex and the City' tops $55 million LOS ANGELES - Sarah Jessica Parker and her gal pals have not losttheir sex appeal. The big-screen "Sex and the City" - reuniting Parker and TV co-stars Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon - strutted to a$55.7 million ...
Benedict says Shroud of Turin to be displayed
Jun 02, 2008; ... VATICAN CITY - The Shroud of Turin - revered by many Christiansas Jesus Christ's burial cloth - will go on rare public display in2010, Pope Benedict XVI announced today. The shroud last was shown to the public in 2000, when more than 1million visitors viewed it in Turin cathedral ...
Food aid saves millions, but world hunger lingers
Jun 02, 2008; ... ROME - Ferried in by helicopters and boats or loaded on the backsof yaks and elephants, massive amounts of food aid have reachedmillions of homeless or hungry people after disasters in the lastfew years. But while the world rises to the challenge of saving thosesurvivors from ...
Errors
Jun 02, 2008 ... * An article in the Sunday Gazette-Mail gave the incorrect datefor the Rhododendron Outdoor Arts & Crafts ...
Busch gets fourth victory of year at Best Buy 400
Jun 02, 2008; ... DOVER, Del. - Same song, different verse. Points leader Kyle Busch made mincemeat of the competition and amockery of Sunday's Best Buy 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at DoverInternational Speedway. In a race that stayed green for the final 153 laps, Busch gaineda total of five ...
Ex-Capital standout realizing his dream
Jun 02, 2008; ... For good athletes, there are high school sports. From there, some very good athletes go on to play college sports. An exceptional few get to continue playing after their collegiatecareers are over. Whether for millions of dollars at the highest professionallevels or in ...
Prep Sports: ; In 1972, Nitro principal got taste of State Tournament
Jun 02, 2008; ... Perhaps no one had a better ability to appreciate Nitro's 10-0win over Fairmont Senior in Saturday's Class AAA baseball statechampionship than the school's principal, Paul McClanahan. After all, McClanahan was the Wildcats' coach in 1972, the firstyear the school played in the ...
Wildcat assistant key to success: ; Dave Sneed's impact on program will be felt long after title talk ends
Jun 02, 2008; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Nitro assistant baseball coach Dave Sneed sat in the home dugoutat Appalachian Power Park adding his signature to a wooden batsigned by the entire team as a memento of the Wildcats' 10-0 ClassAAA state championship win over Fairmont Senior. Sneed was ...
Star lineman has Charleston ties: ; Mountaineer recruit Chris Freeman is son of former CHS standout; West Virginia University; Football recruiting
Jun 02, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - There is something mysterious and borderlinemythical about Chris Freeman, who quite suddenly has become one ofthe nation's most coveted offensive tackle prospects. He has received no less than 20 scholarship offers, including onefrom West Virginia University he holds ...
Power is on season's longest win streak
Jun 02, 2008; ... West Virginia Power Manager Jeff Isom praised and challenged hisplayers in the same breath last week. "At the beginning of the season, we were losing games by three,four or more runs; now, there are a lot of one- and two-run games,"Isom said Tuesday after the Lakewood (N.J.) ...
State champs
Jun 02, 2008 ... 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 Chas. Catholic Cross country (b) Wheeling Park Ravenswood ...
Top of the 2nd
Jun 02, 2008 ... Power * Today: vs. Lexington, 7:05 p.m. * Tuesday: vs. Lexington,10:35 a.m. * Wednesday: at Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. * Thursday: atKannapolis, 7:05 p.m. Reds * Today: at Phillies, 7:05 p.m. * Tuesday: at Phillies, 7:05p.m. * Wednesday: at Phillies, 7:05 p.m. * Thursday: at ...
Local & National scoreboard
Jun 02, 2008 ... Auto Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Best Buy 400 Sunday At Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, Del. Lap length: 1.0 mile (Start position in parentheses) 1. (3) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 400 laps, 139.5 rating, 190 points,$302,550. 2 ....
Owners credit Ainge for the Celtics' historic turnaround
Jun 02, 2008; ... BOSTON - This is not how the Boston Celtics planned to get backto the NBA Finals. The league's luckiest franchise saw its luck run out - again - inthe draft lottery last year, coming up with the worst possible pickand no shot at the megastars slotted 1-2. What the Celtics ...
Goaltender switch pays off for Detroit
Jun 02, 2008; ... DETROIT - Plan B has worked out pretty well for the Detroit RedWings. The NHL's top-seeded team planned on putting Dominik Hasek ingoal during the playoffs and keeping him there. "Dom is not going to struggle," Detroit Coach Mike Babcock saidthe day before the postseason ...
Reds' rookie hits home run in 6-2 win
Jun 02, 2008; ... CINCINNATI - Ken Griffey Jr. couldn't get the big homer in hishometown, but he came away smiling anyway. Jay Bruce has that effect. Griffey remained one homer shy of 600, but Bruce completed hisamazing debut week with a solo homer and a run-scoring single thatled the ...
American League
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Baseball P.M.
Jun 02, 2008 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Tampa Bay 35 22 .614 - z-8-2 W-3 24-10 11-12 1-2 Boston 35 24 .593 1 z-5-5 W-3 21-5 14-19 3-0 Toronto 31 28 .525 5 z-7-3 L-2 15-11 16-17 2-1 New York 28 28 .500 61/2 z-7-3 L-1 14-12 ...
National League
Jun 02, 2008 ... reds 6, braves 2 ATLANTA CINCINNATI ab r h bi ab r h bi YEsbar ss 4 0 0 0 Hairstn ss 3 0 1 1 KJhnsn 2b 4 0 1 0 Bruce cf 3 2 2 2 CJones 3b 4 0 0 0 Grf Jr. rf 3 1 2 0 Infante 3b 0 0 0 0 Burton p 0 0 0 0 Tixeira 1b 3 1 1 1 BPhllps 2b 3 0 1 ...
Wheeling Central standout has a rocky road to Class A crown
Jun 02, 2008; ... Those who think that student-athletes who play sports for coacheswho double as their parents have it easy should take a closer lookat Wheeling Central senior Josh Edwards' baseball career. For Edwards, the son of Wheeling Jesuit Coach and former MaroonKnight Coach Terry Edwards, ...
Player credits Wildcat coaches with keeping delicate balance
Jun 02, 2008; ... High school baseball State tourney notebook Brett McClanahan should be used to getting asked to leave thefield at Appalachian Power Park. Only now, the Nitro senior outfielder doesn't mind it so much. McClanahan went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a triple in ...
Final baseball statistics
Jun 02, 2008 ... Kanawha and Putnam county schools final statistics: RECORDSW L Pct. Nitro* 32 4 .882 Winfield 28 7 .800 George Washington 27 9 .750 St. Albans 23 9 .742Herbert Hoover 18 9 .667 Buffalo 23 12 .657 Hurricane 20 12 .625 Charleston ...
Winfield's Ashley eyes two sports: ; High school baseball; North-South game
Jun 02, 2008; ... For many of the 44 recent high school graduates who suited up forthe North-South All-Star baseball game Sunday, it was the finalcompetitive baseball game they will ever play. For others, it was just a final prep tune-up before heading offto play baseball at the collegiate ...
Final U.S. player falls at French Open
Jun 02, 2008; ... PARIS - Robby Ginepri leaves Paris with considerable consolation:He was the last American to lose at the French Open. Ginepri's surprising run ended today when he was beaten by No. 24-seeded Fernando Gonzalez 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-1. Conquering an aversion to clay common among ...
A photographic journey: ; W.Va. native Julian Preisler spent 18 years shooting synagogues across the country
Jun 02, 2008; ... Armed with his love for architecture, history and faith, JulianPreisler set out 18 years ago to photograph synagogues throughoutthe country. He has especially focused on his project in the last year,cataloguing photos he shot and collecting images contributed byother. And then ...
My Turn: ; Some gifts just keep on giving . . . fits, that is
Jun 02, 2008; ... The fine folks in retail who help pay my salary are ramping uptheir ads with gift guides and gift ideas for good, ol' Dad. (Relax ... you've got almost two weeks until the night beforeFathers Day.) But now, situated about halfway between the day honoring Mom andthe one for ...
Car Talk: ; Prius steering problem not covered in recall
Jun 02, 2008; ... Dear Tom and Ray: So, I was driving home in my beloved 2003Toyota Prius on Friday. I turned right a few blocks from my house,and the wheel froze in the turned position ... I had to slam on thebrakes to avoid hitting a parked truck. After a few minutes offreaking out, I realized that with ...
Dear Abby: ; Troubled daughter makes her dad's dates disappear
Jun 02, 2008; ... DEAR ABBY: I am a 54-year-old divorced father of one daughter.I'm fit, look good for my age and earn a good income as aconsultant. I'm not rich, but I own a condo and have a sizableretirement fund. I have a strong desire to remarry, but I have some "baggage." Mydaughter, ...
Horoscope
Jun 02, 2008; ... TUESDAY'S FORECAST eARIES (March 21-April 19). Feeling emotionally raw? Like ahelpless newborn, you are most powerful in your fragility becauseyou are the closest to divine presences in that state. Trust thatyou are being taken care of by unseen forces. rTAURUS (April 20-May ...
Hammocks rich in history, still steeped in comfort
Jun 02, 2008; ... Apologies to the hammock. It always seemed an object of indolence-a garden metaphor for idle hours spent horizontal, swinging in abreeze. Au contraire. The simple sling has survived for more than 1,000 years becauseit has been a workhorse and comfort for millions who have ...
Sharon's son will be released from prison early
Jun 02, 2008; ... JERUSALEM - Israeli Justice Ministry officials say the son of ex-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will be released from prison early forgood behavior. Omri Sharon was sentenced to a seven-month prison term in lateFebruary after he was convicted of campaign funding violations. Tal ...
Fears that demand is falling push down oil price to $127
Jun 02, 2008; ... Oil dropped below $127 a barrel today on worries that soaringprices have eaten away at demand and a U.S. probe into futurestrading continued to weigh on the market. Light, sweet crude for July delivery was down $1.04 to $126.31 abarrel in electronic trading on the New York ...
For the record
Jun 02, 2008 ... Marriage applications Kanawha County The following people applied for marriage licenses in KanawhaCounty between May 23 to 30: * Gregory Allen Edens Jr., 22, and Katie Lynn Bowman, 20, both ofCharleston. * Stephen Edward Hastings, 30, and Tiffany Rose Taylor, ...