Charleston Daily Mail back issues from October 2008:
For some stars, cereal and cheeseburgers are a food must
Oct 01, 2008 ... "I dont really drink - Ill have a glass of wine once in a while.But if Im really bumming about something and want to just go tohell: 1 a.m., a bowl of cereal, milk - just go crazy, eat as much asyou can. That feels great." - Jerry Seinfeld Greg Kinnear is going for light food after ...
NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Oct 01, 2008 ... Power play Heres a look at the Milwaukee Brewers players withties to West Virginia: Ryan Braun, 1B (W.Va. Power, 2005) Power 2005: 37 games, .355, 8 HRs, 35 RBI Brewers 2007: 113 games, .324,34 HR, 97 RBI2008: 151 games, .285, 37 HR, 106 RBI YovaniGallardo, RHP (W.Va ....
Lottery
Oct 01, 2008 ... Here are the winning numbers drawn Tuesday: * WEST VIRGINIA Daily 3: 866 Daily 4: 3085 Cash 25: 1-9-11-16-19-23 * OHIO Day Pick 3: 372 Pick 4: 4393 Ten-Oh: 4-14-16-18-30-31-34-37-39-42-47-52-54-55-58-62-63-65-75-79 Evening Pick 3: 881 Pick 4:4542 Ten-Oh: ...
Forecasts
Oct 01, 2008 ... A cold front will move across our region today and this ...
Angel Food Cake with Strawberries and Mint
Oct 01, 2008 ... Angel Food Cake with Strawberries and Mint 1 purchased (12-ounce) angel food cake 1 bag (16-ounce) frozen strawberries, thawed and drained 1 Tablespoon finely chopped fresh mint 1 Tablespoon orange-flavored liqueur 1 container (8-ounce) Soy whip 1/4 ...
Pumpkin soup has a sweet surprise
Oct 01, 2008; ... Pumpkin and winter squash soups lend themselves to easy andawesome improvisation. Start with a simple base of yellow onions sauteed with olive oiland herbs, such as thyme and sage. Peel, seed and chop your pumpkin or squash, then add it to thepot with a bit of liquid (white ...
Be sure you know where you stand
Oct 01, 2008; ... HI, Carolyn: I'm 50, divorced 10 years, put two kids throughcollege, and have become involved with a woman. I suppose I'm gaynow. My office is having an off-site at a very nice vacation spot.I've been on "vacations" with my partner in connection with her joband enjoyed them ....
Horoscope
Oct 01, 2008; ... THURSDAY'S FORECAST eARIES (March 21-April 19). Hold your ground during a conflict.You are honest, direct and prepared to find a fair compromise. Thesequalities are rare and will help you get what you deserve. rTAURUS (April 20-May 20). Create boundaries that work for ...
Dear Abby: ; Couple splits cost of living, why not birth control pills?
Oct 01, 2008; ... DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I have been living together for ayear. We split all the bills - rent, utilities, etc. - in half. A few nights ago I asked him how he felt about paying for half mybirth control pills, which amounts to $40 a month. Because neitherof us is ready for ...
Dining Out: ; South Hills Market is a sure win
Oct 01, 2008; ... South Hills Market and Cafe HHH 1/2 South Hills Market and Cafe H H H 1/2 1010 Bridge Rd., Charleston345-2585 MENU: A small selection of gourmet hot and cold appetizers,entrees and desserts. AMBIANCE: Elegant cafe. VALUE: On the priceyside, but well worth it. SERVICE: ...
70% store-bought + 30% fresh = the sandra lee way: ; semi-homemade; Food Network star to share cooking skills at Charleston charity event
Oct 01, 2008; ... If you go What: WVU Childrens Hospital Benefit with Food Networks SandraLee When: 3 p.m. Oct. 10 Where: Charleston Marriott Cost: $100 perperson; $1,500 per table of 10 Info: 304-598-4346 or 977-356-7007 FYI The first 125 guests get a free autographed cookbook. Those ...
Vent line
Oct 01, 2008 ... * I live on the West Side, but I think the mini park at BartonStreet is a bad idea for the West Side because of all the trouble wehave with the prostitutes and drug addicts. They should use themoney somewhere else where it is needed. n I will vote for Palin andMcCain because I dont ...
State briefs
Oct 01, 2008 ... Group seeks hold on election ruling A federal judge has been asked to suspend his ruling that wouldallow West Virginia to enforce a new political advertisingdisclosure law. The Virginia-based Center for Individual Freedom is seeking thatstay as it appeals Monday's ...
Obituaries: ; Obit; Express condolences online at dailymail.com
Oct 01, 2008 ... Elizabeth Adkins Elizabeth Adkins, 63, of Center, Texas, formerly of Dingess, diedSept. 27, 2008. Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Mud ForkFreewill Baptist Church, Mud Fork. Burial will follow at FarleyCemetery, Harts. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Friday at ...
Business briefs
Oct 01, 2008 ... Water company buys city's systems FAYETTEVILLE - Fayetteville's water and sewer systems are joiningWest Virginia American Water's operations. West Virginia American Water announced Tuesday that it hascompleted acquisition of the systems for $3.85 million. The ...
New airport garage
Oct 01, 2008; ... Yeager Airport has opened a new $5 million garage for its rentalcar operations. The facility is adjacent to the airport's baggageclaim area in the main ...
Consumer confidence hovers near '92 level: ; Analysts predict the economy could contract again, meeting the classic definition of a recession
Oct 01, 2008; ... NEW YORK - With the holiday shopping season about to start,consumer confidence is hovering near the lowest it's been sincePresident Bush's father was commander in chief. It may dip furtheras Americans open their 401(k) statements and see how much they'velost in the last few weeks ....
Settlement reached in Mass. tunnel collapse lawsuit
Oct 01, 2008; ... BOSTON - The family of a woman killed when a Big Dig tunnelceiling collapsed has settled a wrongful death lawsuit for more than$28 million, attorneys told The Associated Press. The settlement was announced Tuesday night by attorneys for thehusband and three adult children of ...
Local woman shared unique bond with Paul Newman: ; Charleston native spoke with actor after discovering they owned same horse
Oct 01, 2008; ... D dailymail.com Go online for a photo galley of Paul Newman. Jennifer Heath got to talking about her old horse with somefriends after they heard that Hollywood icon Paul Newman had died. Heath, 26, of Charleston, and Newman had a unique connection. They both owned the ...
Bad month for Bank of Romney: ; Institution agrees to fine for lacking flood insurance
Oct 01, 2008; ... The president of The Bank of Romney said the institution has hada good year and remains strong. Even so, September will not go downas a great month. Two unrelated, unpleasant events occurred at the bank inSeptember. First came the news that federal regulators had takenover ...
Bicycle patrol officers put on training wheels: ; Police from around state participate incourse for most popular city assignment
Oct 01, 2008; ... Police officers have been going all out to join the ranks of thebicycle patrol. Officers from all over the state recently converged in Charlestonto take part in bicycle patrol training. The 16 who participated were taught everything from how tomaneuver around a cityscape to ...
White under the weather, but thumb better
Oct 01, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - West Virginia quarterback Patrick White might havethe feeling that if it's not one thing, it's another. He showed up for a scheduled interview Tuesday night at thePuskar Center cautioning members of the media that he feels likehe's coming down with something and to ...
On the Air: ; ESPNU telecast of WVU game likely to be the start of trend
Oct 01, 2008; ... AT 10 days away, it hasn't yet really reached the radar of mostWest Virginia University football fans ... but it will. The Big East Conference announced Monday that WVU's Oct. 11 homegame against Syracuse will have a noon kickoff. ESPNU will have thelive telecast. The issue ...
Williams playing through pain but questionable for next game: ; West Virginia University; Football notes
Oct 01, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - Reed Williams' two-game comeback has come to acritical juncture. West Virginia Coach Bill Stewart said Tuesday thesenior middle linebacker from Moorefield is questionable and playingthrough pain. Williams had offseason shoulder surgeries to repair torn labrumsin ...
Bearcats' secondary has the attention of Marshall's freshman quarterback
Oct 01, 2008; ... On the air Cincinnati at Marshall 8 p.m. Friday, ESPN HUNTINGTON - Marshall redshirt freshman quarterback Mark Cannmust bounce back from his poor performance against West Virginia. Otherwise, Cincinnati senior cornerbacks Mike Mickens andDeAngelo Smith could make him pay for ...
Tiger Woods looking at January return
Oct 01, 2008; ... Tiger Woods says football players who have the kind of kneesurgery that ended his golf season usually are not at their best fortwo years. "Luckily, I don't play football," Woods said. Woods said his knee will probably be no more than 85 percentstrong when he returns, but he ...
Latest victory could turn around season for Winfield boys soccer: ; High school soccer; Notes
Oct 01, 2008; ... A high school soccer game between Winfield and Hurricane isalways a big deal. Both have a history of success on the pitch, are intracountyrivals, and are in the same postseason region. When your season has been as up and down as the 12th-rankedGenerals' has been this year, ...
Late Cougar goals stun Red Dragons: ; High school soccer; Roundup
Oct 01, 2008; ... Capital High trailed by one goal at home in girls soccer withjust over a minute to play in the game but miraculously rallied fortwo goals to stun St. Albans. Taylor Simmerman scored with 1:18 remaining to tie the game, andTori Roadcap scored the game-winner with 16 seconds left to ...
Gallardo a mystery to Phillies' batters
Oct 01, 2008; ... PHILADELPHIA - Chase Utley bristled at the repeated questions,Jimmy Rollins shooed away anyone who tried to ask. Can't blame Ryan Howard and the Philadelphia Phillies for wantingto forget their playoff flop against the Colorado Rockies last year. "What happened is in the ...
'Chicago is a great baseball city': ; Thome's 7th-inning home run the difference as White Sox advance
Oct 01, 2008; ... CHICAGO - The White Sox traveled a difficult and winding road tomake the playoffs. And now Chicago has two teams in the postseasonfor the first time since 1906. The Cubs were already there, having clinched the National LeagueCentral more than a week ago. The White Sox needed a ...
Raiders' owner holds nothing back in firing Kiffin
Oct 01, 2008; ... ALAMEDA, Calif. - As reports of his imminent firing swirled inthe media in recent weeks, Lane Kiffin said he'd keep plugging awayas Oakland Raiders coach until he heard directly from Al Davis. The Raiders owner delivered his message loud and clear Tuesday.Davis informed Kiffin of ...
Rams' QB Bulger gets his job back
Oct 01, 2008; ... ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger ducked themedia last week, afraid of what he might say after getting benchedby Scott Linehan. Bulger got his job back Tuesday, the biggest development of newCoach Jim Haslett's first full day in charge of the winless team.The ...
Local & National scoreboard
Oct 01, 2008 ... AREA SCHEDULE High schools The upcoming schedule for area high school athletics, as providedby the schools: Football Friday (all games 7:30 p.m.) - Capital at Nitro; Ripley at SouthCharleston; Greenbrier East at St. Albans; Riverside at CabellMidland; Poca at ...
Top of the 2nd
Oct 01, 2008 ... WVU * Saturday: FB vs. Rutgers, noon * Oct. 11: FB vs. Syracuse,noon * Oct. 23: FB vs. Auburn, 7:30 p.m. Marshall * Friday: FB vs. Cincinnati, 8 p.m. * Oct. 18: FB at Ala-Birmingham, 4 p.m. * Oct. 28: FB vs. Houston, 8 p.m. Charleston * Saturday: FB vs. Shepherd, 1 p.m. * Oct ....
Messinger, Eagles roll with truck
Oct 01, 2008; ... JOHN Messinger might say it with different words, but the messageto his second-ranked Class AAA football team would be in avernacular his players could understand. Keep on truckin'. After a mostly nailbiting 0-4 start to last season, SouthCharleston High has won 10 of its ...
WVU hopes to keep hop in its step: ; Bounce in step has a lot to do with whos hitting and whos getting hit, coach says
Oct 01, 2008; ... On the air Rutgers at West Virginia Noon, Saturday, WCHS-TV MORGANTOWN - Coach Bill Stewart wasn't sure what to expectSaturday, so he kept close watch on his West Virginia football teamleading up to the Marshall game, all the way through the pregamewarm-ups. That was ...
Sissonville boys soccer team realizes 80 minutes of work a key to success: ; High school boys soccer; Sissonville Indians
Oct 01, 2008; ... Inspirational T-shirts bearing athletic cliches are everywhere intoday's hyper-competitive, sports-saturated society. Some are clever ("We bust ours to kick yours"), some arequizzical ("Never lost a game ... only ran out of time") and someshould simply be retired (anything ...
HERD FOOTBALL: ; Marshall needs to get its edge back on defense
Oct 01, 2008; ... HUNTINGTON - Prior to their showdown with Mountain State rivalWest Virginia, Marshall players stressed the importance of defensivediscipline. When the Thundering Herd took the field against the Mountaineers,however, the MU players didn't practice what they had preached. The ...
HIGH SCHOOL GOLF: ; As expected, 'Skins capture regional title
Oct 01, 2008; ... HURRICANE - There was little doubt which team would win the ClassAAA Region 4 high school golf championship. The question was which Hurricane player would be the overallmedalist. Five Hurricane players shot 80 or lower as the defending statechampion won the regional ...
We Are Marshall inspires teen from California to choose school
Oct 01, 2008; ... Former Marshall University assistant football coach Red Dawsonstands with student Julie Mello in front of the Memorial StudentCenter Fountain ....
Nitro mayor says he was mistaken on levy rules: ; Casto says he didn't know that 60 percent approval was needed
Oct 01, 2008; ... Nitro Mayor Rusty Casto said he didn't realize until Tuesday thathis city's excess levy required the approval of 60 percent of votersto pass. He said today it appears the levy, which has funded city servicesand programs for more than 70 years, failed. Casto and other ...
Colo. tests program to prevent crashes between vehicles, deer
Oct 01, 2008; ... DURANGO, Colo. - Colorado highway planners are experimenting withthe same technology used by some prisons for perimeter security toprevent drivers from colliding with deer and elk. The Colorado Department of Transportation launched a new wildlifedetection system Tuesday along a ...
State lottery machines face shut down: ; State to pull plug on about 100 if licenses not renewed by midnight
Oct 01, 2008 ... State lottery officials say they plan to start shutting downvideo lottery machines at bars and parlors around the state ifowners don't renew their licenses to operate the machines. As of Tuesday afternoon, about 100 of the 1,609 limited videolottery licensees had failed to renew ...
Blenko Glass shakes up management execs leave in wake of economy: ; Great grandson of founder cut, though he remains a stockholder
Oct 01, 2008; ... Blenko Glass Co. has cut three members of its management team,including President Richard Blenko, a great grandson of thecompany's founder. Assistant vice-president Katie Garrison-Trippe said he remains astockholder. His position was cut along with Gene Weekley, who was ...
Ohioans to vote on casino plan: ; Tri-State officials say they are ready to compete
Oct 01, 2008; ... A group asking Ohio voters to allow them to build a $600 millioncasino near Cincinnati says West Virginia casinos are drawingmillions of tax dollars from the Buckeye State. But racing officials here aren't too worried yet about losingbusiness to a proposed casino in southeast ...
Student from Elkview wins scholarship
Oct 01, 2008 ... A WVU senior from Elkview is one of 10 college journalismstudents from across the United States to be awarded a $10,000scholarship from the Scripps Howard Foundation. Elaine McMillion is majoring in news editorial andcommunications. She worked as an intern for the Charleston ...
For the record
Oct 01, 2008 ... Marriage applications The following people applied for marriage licenses in KanawhaCounty between Sept. 19 and 26: * Keith Allen Stowers, 46, and Barbara Jane Steele, 47, both ofSt. Albans. * Tony Martez Riley, 35, and Marcella Gower Townsend, 43, both ...
Balloon lofted Sept. 11 lands near crash site: ; W.Va. students got letter from Pa. man who found it 15 miles from where plane went down
Oct 01, 2008; ... DALLAS, W.Va. - What goes up, must come down. And while students at Sand Hill Elementary in Dallas arerealizing through a recent gravity experiment that this proverb istrue, they're also learning more about American history and how someevents may never be forgotten. After ...
Court race remains state's most expensive
Oct 01, 2008; ... The race for two seats on West Virginia's Supreme Court may endup as the most expensive state-level election contests this year. The candidates, two Democrats and one Republican, spent more thana half-million dollars together in the four months since the Mayprimary. The $253,397 ...
Court sides with Huntington: ; Justices uphold residency requirement
Oct 01, 2008; ... State Supreme Court justices have ruled that Huntington did notintentionally violate the rights of civil service employees with anordinance that states they can be fired immediately if they arefound not to live in the city. In an opinion released Tuesday, justices reversed a ...
Alleged hit-and-run driver goes to court
Oct 01, 2008 ... The woman police say was driving drunk when she struck a man onCapitol Street, critically injuring him, went to court to answercharges after being indicted this month. Melissa Renee Newman, 32, of Charleston, chose to remain silent,so the court entered a not guilty plea on her ...
Summer fades away
Oct 01, 2008; ... Chelle Davis and her son Knash, 2, from Cane Fork, take a strollat Kanawha State Forest to ...
Ill. town billing Obama campaign for rally cost
Oct 01, 2008; ... CHICAGO - The city of Springfield plans to bill Barack Obama'spresidential campaign about $50,000 to cover expenses related to theAugust rally he held to introduce Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as hisrunning mate, officials said. "The mayor is looking at all our finances and would like ...
Tests find industrial chemical in 31 Chinese milk batches
Oct 01, 2008; ... BEIJING - An additional 31 batches of Chinese milk powder werefound contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine, China'sgovernment said today, further broadening a scandal affectingproducts ranging from baby formula to chocolate. The contamination has been blamed for the ...
Police and courts
Oct 01, 2008 ... Man charged with trying to rob store Police have charged a Charleston man with attempting to rob abeauty supply store. James Bradley McConnihay, 19, of Woodward Drive was being held atSouth Central Regional Jail. Charleston Police say McConnihay walked into J's ...
Accused killer appears in magistrate court
Oct 01, 2008; ... Desmond Clark, 21, who is accused of chasing his formergirlfriend, Nalisha Gravely, into a West Side Taco Bell and killingher, was in magistrate court Tuesday on unrelated charges. He hadbeen charged with three driving offenses, with allegedly escapingfrom home confinement on March 9 and ...
Schwarzenegger vetoes bill mandating port fee
Oct 01, 2008; ... SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoedlegislation that would have imposed a pollution fee on cargo shipsat California's ports, siding with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. The fee would have paid for clean-air programs but was opposed bythe Republican vice presidential ...
This crisis was no free-market failure: ; Government management caused it and will not cure it
Oct 01, 2008; ... NOTHING could more painfully demonstrate what is wrong withCongress than the current financial crisis. Among the congressional "leaders" invited to the White House todevise a bailout "solution" were the very people who have for yearscreated the risks that have now come home to ...
Lets let the market handle its crisis: ; A little austerity beats $700 billion for super-bad loans
Oct 01, 2008; ... I am a huge proponent, at all times, of doing nothing. . .Remember when everyone was filling bunkers with millet becausecomputers wouldn't be able to handle a year with three zeros in it?I stayed Calvin Coolidge cool. After America was attacked on 9/11, I suggested keeping ...
Our views: ; For Nancy Pelosi,; politics came first; Facing a pressing credit crisis, the house speaker went partisan
Oct 01, 2008; ... WALL Street says the reckless mortgage lending the governmentforced it to pursue have created a credit crisis. Financialinstitutions don't know what each other are worth, so they won'tlend each other any money. If the government does not assume its losses, Wall Street says,the ...
Our views: ; Teachers cast long shadows; An interest sparked in 1968; led Bayer's new CEO to the top
Oct 01, 2008; ... GREG Babe, the first American-born president and chief executiveofficer of Bayer Corp., remembers well his elementary school nearProctor in the New Martinsville area. Babe, 51, was in the sixth grade when the old school got two newteachers. "It was 1968, and I remember Jim ...
Nation & world
Oct 01, 2008 ... Man beats teen at McDonald's counter LOS ANGELES- Los Angeles police are looking for a man who beat upa 16-year-old girl at a McDonald's counter after she complainedabout him cutting in line. Police announced their investigation Tuesday night and postedsurveillance ...
Officer faces rape charge: ; Man allegedly returned to work after the incident
Oct 01, 2008; ... LAWRENCE, Mass. - A police officer was charged with kidnappingand rape after he allegedly left his post, took a woman into his carand raped her, then returned to duty. Lawrence police issued the arrest warrant Tuesday morning forOfficer Kevin Sledge, who has been with the ...
Senate to vote on bailout: ; Leaders increased deposit insurance, added tax breaks to revive bill
Oct 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush's plan to rescue U.S. financialmarkets is headed for a Senate vote tonight after leaders thereagreed to add tax breaks for businesses and the middle class andincrease deposit insurance in an attempt to revive the legislationrejected by the House. The ...
Former postal worker charged with stealing mail
Oct 01, 2008; ... DETROIT - In a case that echoes a "Seinfeld" episode, a formerpostal worker has been charged with stealing thousands of pieces ofmail that authorities say she had kept in a storage unit northwestof Detroit. More than 9,000 pieces of mail have been recovered from a storageunit in ...