Charleston Daily Mail back issues from August 2008:
If at fault, utility says it will fix blue haze: ; Official says AEP still researching to see if Amos emissions are the culprit
Aug 01, 2008; ... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - The head of American Electric Power saidthat if the company's John Amos power plant is causing blue-hazeincidents in the Kanawha Valley, "we'll do whatever needs to bedone" to fix the problem. There have been at least four incidents this year when blue ...
Search for missing woman continues
Aug 01, 2008; ... State Police, family and friends are beginning the second day ofsearching for a missing Hamlin woman. Brenda Yeager, 51, was last seen on Wednesday, leaving anappointment in the Dry Ridge area of Milton. Yeager is a social worker with First Care Services in Ridgeview.Yeager ...
Copper thieves down phone lines: ; Service out in Cabin Creek for days after lines cut in remote area
Aug 01, 2008; ... Phone service to many Verizon customers in the East Bank-CabinCreek area has been out since Tuesday, when thieves trying to stealcopper scaled a utility pole and sliced a cable. It's a common occurrence in eastern Kanawha County, but thisrepair job has been more difficult than ...
Anthrax suspect found dead: ; Government scientist being investigated dies; of apparent suicide
Aug 01, 2008; ... A top government scientist who helped the FBI analyze samplesfrom the 2001 anthrax attacks has died in Maryland from an apparentsuicide, just as the Justice Department was about to file criminalcharges against him for the attacks, the Los Angeles Times haslearned. Bruce E ....
Hickman's dad worried about case: ; Man says he has heard nothing from police on murder of 21-year-old; since March briefing
Aug 01, 2008; ... It's the busiest time of the year for Mason County Assessor RonHickman. His office is doing property evaluations, sending out notices totaxpayers and processing payments. In the midst of all the work, his colleagues, other electedofficials and even members of the public will ...
LIVE on the Levee!
Aug 01, 2008 ... The concert series is scheduled every Friday at 6:30 p.m. throughthe summer at Haddad Riverfront Park. 2008 ...
Morgantown woman found guilty of running prostitution service: ; Case prosecuted in federal court because credit cards were processed out of state
Aug 01, 2008; ... A federal jury unanimously agreed Donna Duelley ran an illegalprostitution business under the guise of an escort service and liedunder oath about it. After about four hours of deliberations over two days, the juryof eight women and four men found Duelley, of Morgantown, guilty ...
Undercover turtle: ; Research reptile leads police to woodland marijuana patch
Aug 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - From the files of the U.S. Park Police, Incident No.08-29683: Suspicious vegetation in Rock Creek Park. The hero of this little crime drama has a brain about the size ofa raisin, so of course she has no idea what happened. She's areptile - but who cares? There's a ...
Mother makes video plea for girl's return
Aug 01, 2008; ... On the Web Visit dailymail.com to see video of the mother's plea. BOSTON - The mother of a 7-year-old allegedly kidnapped fromBoston by her father issued an Internet video pleading for thegirl's safe return. Sandra Boss asked her ex-husband, Clark Rockefeller, to returntheir ...
Regional weather
Aug 01, 2008 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 83 63 PCldy Charlotte 96 69 PCldy Cincinnati 89 69 PCldy Cleveland 81 65 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 87 70 PCldy Dayton 87 68 PCldy Daytona Beach 93 74 Rain Greensboro,N.C. 94 70 ...
National weather
Aug 01, 2008 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 64 54 PCldy Baltimore 88 70 PCldy Boston 78 68 Rain Chicago 84 63 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 103 80 Clr Denver 99 65 Clr Detroit 80 64 PCldy Honolulu 88 74 Clr Houston 98 77 Clr Indianapolis 87 70 ...
Nation & world
Aug 01, 2008 ... Dozens hurt when storm hits ship WELLINGTON, New Zealand - More than 40 passengers on a cruiseship are in need of medical treatment after the ship was caught upin a storm packing high waves and strong winds. Sandy Olsen, corporate affairs director for P&O, which owns ...
Bus rider beheads seat mate
Aug 01, 2008; ... PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Manitoba - Passengers aboard a Canadian busfled in horror as a fellow traveler viciously attacked his seatmate, repeatedly stabbing him and then severing his head, witnessessaid. Police said Thursday a 40-year-old man was arrested after thegrisly attack late ...
Our views: ; Bush is right about coal power; Americans simply must have reliable sources of electric power
Aug 01, 2008; ... PRESIDENT Bush's address on Thursday to the West Virginia CoalAssociation showed that for an oil man from Texas, he understandsthe state and the product it is most known for. Unlike Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid, Bush knows that coalis not making America sick. Rather, ...
Our views: ; This has gone on long enough; West Virginians elect justices, who can't be fouled out lightly
Aug 01, 2008; ... IN 2004, Republican Brent Benjamin managed - with a deft campaignand a huge assist from the incumbent - to unseat Justice WarrenMcGraw. Independently, coal magnate Don Blankenship contributed to a $3million campaign with the same goal - to unseat McGraw, one of thejustices who ...
Your views: ; Guardian angel who turned in purse was very much appreciated
Aug 01, 2008; ... I was in Charleston on July 25 visiting my mother. While shopping at the Wal-Mart store on Corridor G, I left mypurse in the buggy after I loaded my purchases in my car. After discovering what I had done, I went back to the storeparking lot. The purse was ...
Obama cannot destroy the United States: ; Politicians often can't deliver what they promise
Aug 01, 2008; ... WHETHER it's merely campaign rhetoric or true hysteria, some ofthe conservatives among us have sounded the warning that puttingDemocrat Barack Obama in office as president will destroy the veryfabric of the American way of life. I have a friend who claims that Obama is a Marxist ...
Governments can be weak creatures: ; Market forces have greater power to change behavior
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE free market has a way of addressing problems in waysgovernments can only dream about. Take for example the skyrocketing cost for a barrel of oil, whichhas pushed gasoline prices over $4 a gallon. True, paying $70 for a fill-up has taken a larger bite out of theconsumer's ...
Board OKs plan that expands health coverage for children
Aug 01, 2008; ... Hundreds of West Virginia children would be newly eligible forstate health coverage under a plan supported by Gov. Joe Manchin. The West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Board on Thursdayapproved a financial plan that would expand coverage to familiesearning up to 250 percent ...
Bush to spend end of presidency pushing for new energy sources
Aug 01, 2008; ... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - President Bush says he's using his lastsix months in office to push new energy plans that includeelectricity from coal. Bush spoke Thursday at a West Virginia Coal Association gatheringat The Greenbrier Resort. He told the group that reliable sources ...
Police and courts
Aug 01, 2008 ... Two men die in wreck near Hamlin WEST HAMLIN - Two men died early today in a car wreck on DairyRoad near West Hamlin. The accident occurred about 12:30 a.m. when the driver lostcontrol, went over an embankment and struck a tree. State police say high speed was ...
Bold thief loads cart with meat, exits store stealing beef: ; Suspect made off with $1,930 in meat from Elkview Kroger
Aug 01, 2008; ... A brazen thief loaded a shopping cart with steaks and entireloins of prime beef and strolled out of the Kroger store in Elkview,authorities say. The theft occurred between 10:15 and 10:45 Sunday night, theKanawha sheriff's department said. Rodney Jones, manager of the store, ...
Call center forced to shut down: ; Troopers association president says it's not feasible to keep facility in St. Albans open
Aug 01, 2008 ... The West Virginia Troopers Association has closed its call centerin St. Albans. Trooper John W. Smith, the association's president, said theassociation decided it was no longer financially feasible to operateand maintain its own call center, located in the 2300 block ofMacCorkle ...
Oral arguments set in Craig sex-sting appeal
Aug 01, 2008; ... MINNEAPOLIS - Idaho Sen. Larry Craig will get his next day inMinnesota's courts Sept. 10. That's the date for oral arguments on his attempt to withdraw hisguilty plea in a sex sting at the Minneapolis airport. Craig was arrested last summer in a bathroom stall by ...
No suspicion required to search laptops
Aug 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Federal agents may take a traveler's laptop or otherelectronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified periodof time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of bordersearch policies the Department of Homeland Security recentlydisclosed. Also, ...
WVU QB apologizes for remarks
Aug 01, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - West Virginia quarterback Patrick White apologizedfor the comments he made two days earlier that suggested theMountaineers' baseball program has lacked black players in recentyears because Coach Greg Van Zant is "not too high on it." In a statement issued through the ...
Steelers sign former Linsly School star: ; More jail time ahead for Bradshaw at season's end; National Football League; Notebook
Aug 01, 2008; ... LATROBE, Pa. - The Pittsburgh Steelers signed former Pro Bowlkick returner Eddie Drummond on Thursday to help bolster what hasbeen a weak special teams unit. Drummond, who grew up in Pittsburgh and attended Penn State, wasa Pro Bowl selection as a Detroit Lions after the 2004 ...
Old Whites No. 18 green could play significant role in State Am: ; 89th Amateur begins Monday at The Greenbrier
Aug 01, 2008; ... It's the final day of the 89th West Virginia State Amateur golftournament, and two players are marching toward the 72nd hole tiedfor the lead. Boy, could it get interesting from there. The course rotation for this year's State Am has been changed,meaning the field will start ...
Freak accident benches MU corner: ; Matthews breaks foot while moving furniture into his apartment
Aug 01, 2008; ... HUNTINGTON - Marshall's football team can't catch a break. At least not the good kind. Junior cornerback Zearrick Matthews suffered a broken foot(metatarsal bone) Monday during an accident while he was movingfurniture into an apartment. Marshall Coach Mark Snyder said ...
WVU's Doc won't lose: ; Mountaineer assistant coach brings intensity to every job
Aug 01, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - Jim McGehee remembers those locker room scenesvividly. It's Thursday afternoon at Hurricane High in the 1970s and hisplayers are ready to go. They're joking around and reveling in therelaxation that would fall between three days of practice and aFriday night game ....
Repeat win at Pocono in Kahne's sights
Aug 01, 2008; ... Leading up to June's Pocono 500, Kasey Kahne was 12th in theSprint Cup Series standings. But when the series reached the tricky Pennsylvania triangle, heled 69 laps and cruised to victory by 3.7 seconds over Brian Vickersto pick up his second win of the year, proving he might be a ...
Top of the 2nd
Aug 01, 2008 ... Power * Today: at Lakewood, 7:05 p.m. * Saturday: Delmarva, 7:05p.m. * Sunday: Delmarva, 6:05 p.m. Reds * Today: at Nationals, 7:35 p.m. * Saturday: at Nationals,7:10 p.m. * Sunday: at Nationals, 1:35 p.m. Indians * Today: at Twins, 8:10 p.m. * Saturday: at Twins, 7:10p.m. * ...
Local & National scoreboard
Aug 01, 2008 ... Baseball American Legion State Tournament At John Marshall High School, Glen Dale Thursday Game 1: Wheeling Post 1 4, Elkins Post 29 1 Game 2: Morgantown Post 2 11, Berkley County Post 14 1 Game 3: Kanawha Valley Post 94 15, Moundsville Post 3 ...
Post 94 opens legion state tournament with rout
Aug 01, 2008; ... GLEN DALE - Kanawha Valley American Legion Post 94 was anungracious guest in its opening game of the American Legion baseballState Tournament at John Marshall High on Thursday. Post 94 (36-10) routed Moundsville Post 3, 15-5, in seveninnings, advancing to play defending champion ...
Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony set
Aug 01, 2008; ... DULLES, Va. - In 1969, after his parents were divorced, 9-year-old Darrell Green moved with his mother from a nice, picturesqueHouston community to the projects He then starting riding a public bus every morning to go back tohis old neighborhood and finish out the year at his old ...
Ramirez, Griffey find new homes: ; Pirates' Bay going to Red Sox in trade with White Sox, Dodgers
Aug 01, 2008; ... Manny Ramirez and Ken Griffey Jr. are headed to new teams. Now,let's see how much they influence the pennant races. With more than 1,100 homers between them, two of baseball'sgreatest sluggers switched leagues just before the trade deadlineThursday to play prominent roles for ...
American League
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Baseball P.M.
Aug 01, 2008 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Tampa Bay 63 44 .589 - z-6-4 W-2 40-16 23-28 12-6 Boston 61 48 .560 3 4-6 L-3 37-16 24-32 11-7 New York 59 49 .546 41/2 z-6-4 L-1 34-25 25-24 10-8 Toronto 54 54 .500 91/2 6-4 L-2 30-23 ...
National League
Aug 01, 2008 ... D'backs 2, dodgers 1 ARIZONA LOS ANGELES ab r h bi ab r h bi SDrew ss 4 0 3 0 Pierre lf 3 1 2 0 Young cf 4 0 0 0 Ardoin c 0 0 0 0 OHudsn 2b 4 0 0 0 Kemp rf 4 0 1 0 CJkson lf 4 1 1 0 Martin c 4 0 1 1 Tracy 1b 4 0 0 0 Loney 1b 3 0 0 ...
Mountaineer recruit has a 'mean streak in him'
Aug 01, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - A school with a recent history of sending graduatesto major college football programs is exporting another to WestVirginia University. Pennsylvania offensive lineman Nick Kindler committed to theMountaineers and the 2009 recruiting class Wednesday night. He's the14th ...
Cities have no plans to cut back workers' cell phone service: ; Officials say areas are too large to go without adequate communication
Aug 01, 2008; ... Local governments in Kanawha County are sticking by their use ofcell phones. Earlier this week, the city of Parkersburg curtailed the numberof cell phones it distributes to city employees. Parkersburg plansto decrease the number from 70 to six. Rising bills caused officials ...
Nitro pulls funding request: ; City asked county to help pay for work at park, then said it did not need money
Aug 01, 2008; ... Nitro Mayor Rusty Casto has rescinded a request to the KanawhaCounty Commission for money to repair the city's handicappedchildren's park. In a memorandum sent to the commission office earlier this week,Casto said the city needed $6,700 to install a new drainage systemand ...
Curtain set to rise on new auditorium for Sissonville: ; Five Kanawha County high schools are getting auditorium renovations
Aug 01, 2008; ... Sissonville High School Principal Calvin McKinney can hardly waitto see the expressions on his students' faces when they see theschool's new auditorium for the first time. "They'll be excited," he said. Sissonville is one of five high schools in the county withauditorium ...
Verizon labor contract set to expire Saturday
Aug 01, 2008; ... Verizon Communications' labor contract with the CommunicationsWorkers of America and the International Brotherhood of ElectricalWorkers expires at 11:59 p.m. Saturday. The contract covers about 1,780 Verizon employees in WestVirginia and a total of about 65,000 employees from ...
Officials rip proposed mine shelter rules
Aug 01, 2008; ... Officials in West Virginia, the country's largest undergroundcoal-producing state, lashed out against proposed federalregulations that would mandate airtight emergency refuges in morethan 600 underground coal mines nationally. Officials who helped craft West Virginia's own refuge ...
College sets 2-day plan to save on fuel
Aug 01, 2008; ... PARKERSBURG - West Virginia University at Parkersburg hasannounced a plan to help students reduce gasoline expenses byattending classes just two days a week. The university said Thursday that its general education classeshave been scheduled so that students can carry a full course ...
Humane shelter plans Vera Bradley bingo
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association will sponsor VeraBradley Bingo at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Hansford Senior Center, 500Washington St., St. Albans. Twenty game sheets for $20 with nine bingo cards per sheet areavailable in advance by registering at the animal shelter ...
2008 Charleston Daily Mail preseason All-State football team
Aug 01, 2008 ... First team Offense Pos. Name School Ht. Wt. Year QB C.J. Crawford Nitro 6-2 200 Sr. QB Seth Parsons Ripley 5-11 170 Sr. RB Marcus Fox St. Albans 5-11 195 Sr. RB Dewey McDonald Jefferson 6-0 185 Sr. RB Taylor Roberston James Monroe 5-11 175 ...
Time for stars to rise and shine: ; Returning leaders, incoming
Aug 01, 2008; ... Monday marks the official opening of the 2008 high schoolfootball season in West Virginia. Practices begin across the state,with many programs set to begin their year in the early morning. As the sun rises on two-a-day practice sessions and the story ofthe coming autumn, two of ...
FAST FACTS
Aug 01, 2008 ... 2007 final Kanawha Valley high school football leaders KANAWHA/PUTNAM COUNTIES Rushing (500 yards minimum) Att Yds Avg TDDeion Spurlock, South Charleston 195 1,529 7.84 14 NathanBrill, Sissonville 219 1,470 6.71 12Marcus Guy, St.Albans* 221 1,380 6.24 ...
Graduation losses could spell end of Big Red dynasty
Aug 01, 2008; ... Don't let the loss of big-name recruits and All-Staters fool you.Parkersburg High's football program isn't going away quietly. "The well is far from dry," said Big Red football Coach BernieButtrey, whose two-time defending Class AAA champions open preseasonpractice Monday with the ...
Dear Abby: ; Friend being harassed fears exposing major client
Aug 01, 2008; ... DEAR ABBY: A close friend I'll call "Millie" recently confidedthat she is being sexually harassed at work. The person is a majorclient of hers, and she could lose her job if this is brought tolight. I would like to help Millie, but I don't know what to do. Pleasehelp me. This is ...
Thinking out loud, venting may not help
Aug 01, 2008; ... "The more Virginia Tech students can talk about what they'velived through, the more that they can be encouraged to emote . . .that gives them some security and insulation against burying thosefeelings and then having them surprise them later in life." - Keith Ablow, psychiatrist, ...
Multifest 2008 Schedule
Aug 01, 2008 ... Events take place at the state Capitol. All concerts are free andopen to the public. For more information, visit www.multifestwv.com. Friday 6:30 p.m. - Opening ceremonies 7 p.m. Top Line 7:30 p.m - Double Dazzle 8 p.m. - Job Corps ...
Obituaries: ; Obit
Aug 01, 2008 ... Hetty Lucille Basadre Hetty Lucille Basadre, 89, of Whitman died July 31, 2008. Servicewill be 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, at 20 Whitman Community Church,Whitman. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pecks Mill.Visitation will be Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Honaker ...
Forecasts
Aug 01, 2008 ... Expect some sunshine, a few clouds with just a slight chance fora ...
Vent line
Aug 01, 2008 ... * Every sidewalk or street that has a crevice or crack has grassor weeds growing out of them. Its disgusting. n To the uneducatedperson who wants to know if were the only state thats going to haveto dial long-distance to talk to our neighbors: Were not dialinglong-distance, only three ...
Lottery
Aug 01, 2008 ... Here are the winning numbers drawn thursday: * WEST VIRGINIA Daily 3: 170 Daily 4: 6793 Cash 25: 1-9-10-21-23-24 * OHIO Day Pick 3: 986 Pick 4: 9891 Ten-Oh: ...
Weekend TV sports
Aug 01, 2008 ... TODAY AUTO RACING Noon Sprint Cup practice SPEED 3:30 p.m. Sprint Cupqualifying ESPN2 BOXING 9 p.m. Middleweights, Sebastien Demers vs. DionisioMiranda ESPN2 GOLF 1 p.m. U.S. Senior Open ESPN 2 p.m. BridgestoneInvitational The Golf Channel 6:30 p.m. Reno-Tahoe ...
BrickStreet makes payment on state loan
Aug 01, 2008 ... BrickStreet Insurance officials said the company made anunscheduled $60 million payment on its $200 million loan from thestate of West Virginia. The state loaned money to BrickStreet in2006 to help it make the transition to a private insurance companyfrom the state-run Workers ...
Business briefs
Aug 01, 2008 ... Massey posts loss for second quarter CHARLESTON - Massey Energyposted an outsized second-quarter loss after a $245.3 million chargerelated to a contract lawsuit. Richmond, Va.-based Massey saidThursday it lost $93.3 million, or $1.16 per share, in the period.By comparison, Massey earned ...
Man uses cart to whisk away stolen goods
Aug 04, 2008; ... St. Albans police are looking for a man who tried to steal nearly$1,400 worth of merchandise from Kmart. It could be the same man who hit the Kroger store in Elkview andmade off with $2,000 worth of meat. Police say the man entered the MacCorkle Avenue Kmart about 8:30p.m ....
National weather
Aug 05, 2008 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 66 49 PCldy Baltimore 91 73 PCldy Boston 78 64 Rain Chicago 84 65 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 97 79 PCldy Denver 89 61 PCldy Detroit 83 67 PCldy Honolulu 89 77 Clr Houston 92 76 Rain Indianapolis 86 70 ...
Recycling bags focus of Dunbar conflict: ; Council says citizens have complained of mayor hiding bags
Aug 06, 2008; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Has Dunbar Mayor Roger Wolfe buried a bunch of recycling bags? Or did the city simply run out of bags and the mayor believedcouncil had forbidden him from buying any more? The latest rumor sparked by ongoing friction between the mayorand council has ...
Indian boat capsizes; 13 dead, four missing
Aug 07, 2008; ... LUCKNOW, India - A police official says a boat carrying peoplehome from work capsized overnight in northern India killing 13. Local police official Rajesh Modak says five people on boardmanaged to swim to safety and six others were rescued. Modak says four others are still ...