Charleston Daily Mail back issues from December 2008:
Father charged in son's death: ; Police say 3-year-old shot in face while playing game of 'you can't get me'
Dec 01, 2008; ... A 3-year-old Raleigh County boy was fatally shot by his father asthe two were playing a game that involved a shotgun, police said. Gary Wayne Garretson, 44, of Coal City is being held at SouthernRegional Jail on charges of death of a child by parent by childabuse. His bond was set ...
Vent line
Dec 01, 2008 ... * More people vote than attend church. More people have politicson the brain and think and talk about nothing else. Very, very fewpeople have God on their minds and speak of the wonderful things hehas done for us. Its disgraceful. If this bothers you, then youreguilty of such doings. n ...
BCS standings Rankings for Nov. 30:
Dec 01, 2008 ... Harris USA Today Computer BCS Rank Pts. Pct. Rank Pts. Pct. Rank Pct. Avg. Pv. 1. Alabama 1 2815 0.9965 1 1521 0.9974 3 0.920 0.9713 1 2. Oklahoma 4 2569 0.9094 2 1397 0.9161 1 0.980 0.9351 3 3. Texas 3 2575 0.9115 3 ...
George Washington Patriots 2008 schedule:
Dec 01, 2008 ... Aug. 28 Capital* 19-7 Sept. 5 at South Charleston 12-13Sept. 12 at Nitro 35-6 Sept. 19 Greenbrier East* 42-0 Sept.26 at Riverside 35-6 Oct. 3 Spring Valley* 19-7 Oct. 10 Princeton* 49-10 Oct. 17 at ...
South Charleston Black Eagles 2008 schedule:
Dec 01, 2008 ... Aug. 29 at Riverside 28-8 Sept. 5 George Washington 13-12 Sept. 12 Parkersburg 39-7 Sept. 19 at St. Albans 28-14Sept. 26 at Huntington 45-6 Oct. 3 Ripley 51-18 Oct. 10 Cabell Midland 29-9 Oct. 17 at ...
Local calls
Dec 01, 2008; ... Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington is hit while throwingthe ball in his teams 16-12 victory over the New York Jets onSunday. A look at some of the performances by NFL players with areaties in Sundays games: Marc Bulger Rams QB (WVU)C-A-I Yds TD ...
Lottery
Dec 01, 2008 ... Here are the winning numbers drawn SATURday: WEST VIRGINIA Daily 3: 858 Daily 4: 2025 OHIO Day Pick 3: 180 Pick 4: 5128 Ten-Oh: 1-3-4-7-8-18-20-27-30-34-36-37-45-47-48-52-61-69-72-79 Evening Pick 3: 297 Pick 4: 6746Ten-Oh: ...
Forecasts
Dec 01, 2008 ... As we go below freezing tonight and the snow showers ...
Rockets hit NATO trucks in Pakistan
Dec 01, 2008; ... PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Insurgents attacked a terminal used bytrucks ferrying supplies to NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistantoday, destroying three and wounding one person, police and awitness said. An AP Television News reporter saw two Humvee military vehicleson board the trucks ...
Mo. farmer grateful for pardon: ; Man trying to kill coyotes with poison also killed three bald eagles, a federal offense
Dec 01, 2008; ... ST. LOUIS - Leslie Owen Collier was surrounded by cattle at alivestock auction when his cell phone rang. It was the White House. Twelve years after pleading guilty to federal charges in thedeaths of three bald eagles, Collier learned his name was cleared:He was pardoned by ...
Sen. Kennedy bestowed with honors
Dec 01, 2008; ... CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - With Sen. Edward Kennedy battling a malignantbrain cancer, admirers are showering accolades on the liberal lionfor his decades of work in the U.S. Senate. The Massachusetts Maritime Academy has announced it will renameits training ship The Kennedy in tribute to ...
All Herd players wanted was some 'jewelry'
Dec 01, 2008; ... HUNTINGTON - As the end of their final season drew near, allMarshall senior Maurice Kitchens and his classmates wanted was asingle piece of bling-bling. They didn't care if it came from a conference championship or abowl berth, both of which still were attainable goals after ...
Marshall's Goode very unselfish
Dec 01, 2008; ... HUNTINGTON - Whether he is starting a fast break with an outletor feeding a teammate with a dish, Marcus Goode loves to pass. And his coaches encourage him to do so because he does it sowell, especially for a 6-foot-10, 304-pound sophomore center playingorganized basketball for ...
GW, SC impressive in semis
Dec 01, 2008; ... Once George Washington got its mind right, there was no denyingan all-Kanawha County Class AAA state football championship game.The Patriots, seeded second in the playoffs, buckled down in thesecond half Saturday and turned up their defense to get a 19-17 winover No. 6 seed University ...
NFL Report
Dec 01, 2008 ... broncos 34, jets 17 In East Rutherford, N.J., Jay Cutler threw for 357 yards and twotouchdowns in the Broncos' victory. Rookie Peyton Hillis rushed for a career-high 129 yards and ascore, becoming the first to gain 100 or more yards against NewYork's third-ranked run ...
NFL Report Week 13 standings
Dec 01, 2008 ... AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div N.Y. Jets 8 4 0 .667 340 268 4-2-0 4-2-0 6-4-0 2-0-0 3-1-0 New England 7 5 0 .583 277 255 4-3-0 3-2-0 5-5-0 2-0-0 3-2-0 Miami 7 5 0 .583 253 257 4-3-0 3-2-0 5-4-0 2-1-0 ...
Strength of schedule helps Sooners in end
Dec 01, 2008; ... NORMAN, Okla. - Bob Stoops woke up with a knot in his stomach,worried what the Bowl Championship Series standings had in store forhis Oklahoma football team. When the knot and the Big 12 South untied themselves, he and hisSooners were bound for the conference championship game - ...
Giants' Burress plans to plead not guilty to criminal possession of a weapon
Dec 01, 2008; ... LANDOVER, Md. - Plaxico Burress' suspension and fines earlierthis season don't seem all that serious now. Not after he was hospitalized after accidentally shooting himselfin the leg and was to turn himself in this morning, planning toplead not guilty to criminal possession of a ...
Local scoreboard
Dec 01, 2008 ... AREA SCHEDULE High schools The upcoming athletics schedule for area high schools, assubmitted by the schools: Football Saturday - SSAC Super Six Class AAA playoff championship: SouthCharleston vs. George Washington, at Wheeling Island Stadium, ...
National scoreboard
Dec 01, 2008 ... TODAY'S Odds College football Favorite Open Today Underdog Thursday at Rutgers 13 12 Louisville Friday Mid-American Conference Championship At Detroit Ball St. 13 14 Buffalo Saturday Navy-x 10 1/2 11 Army at ...
Top of the 2nd
Dec 01, 2008 ... WVU * Wednesday: MBB at Ole Miss, 9 p.m. * Wednesday: WBB vs.Mercyhurst, 7 p.m. * Saturday: MBB vs. Cleveland State, 1 p.m. *Saturday: FB vs. South Florida, 8 p.m. * Sunday: WBB vs. Duquesne, 2p.m. Marshall * Tuesday: MBB vs. East Tenn. State, 7:30 p.m. *Tuesday: WBB vs ....
Hilltoppers shock No. 3 Louisville
Dec 01, 2008; ... A.J. Slaughter and Western Kentucky are quickly establishingthemselves as a mid-major powerhouse. Just ask Rick Pitino and No. 3Louisville. Slaughter had a career-high 25 points, Steffphon Pettigrew added17 points and 12 rebounds and the Hilltoppers stunned the Cardinals68-54 on ...
SUPER SIX FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS: ; GW back runs with passion
Dec 01, 2008; ... Inside Playoff brackets/4B South Charleston impressive vs.Morgantown/4B The fact is that George Washington running back Felix Mollettreally never has been picked on. Until other students began growing past him late in middleschool, he was taller - and certainly more athletic ...
2009 all about wins, losses for Snyder
Dec 01, 2008; ... HUNTINGTON - Too bad Marshall doesn't have another football gamethis season. We could start another of those Herd quarterbackcontroversies. A Conference USA divisional title was clinched Saturday eveningat Edwards Stadium. Of course, it wasn't the Herd winning what italways used ...
WVU must eliminate bad habits: ; WVU men's basketball; Las Vegas Invitational
Dec 01, 2008; ... LAS VEGAS - A locker room lecture lasting about 25 minutesfollowed West Virginia's loss to Kentucky on Saturday night in thechampionship game of the Las Vegas Invitational. When theMountaineers emerged, they agreed on two things. The 54-43 loss was something they would eventually ...
SC's Messinger, GW's Edwards have learned the hard way how to win
Dec 01, 2008; ... Neither John Messinger nor Steve Edwards Jr. were met with muchenthusiasm when the respective coaches took over the footballprograms that will meet for the Class AAA state championship inWheeling on Saturday. Their roads have been different, but neither path was an ...
South Florida assistant is thorn in WVU's side
Dec 01, 2008; ... Bill Stewart says that Wally Burnham has "had our number." Stewart only hopes Burnham doesn't hit the West Virginia lotterya third time on Saturday night. What the WVU football coach meant Sunday was that Burnham, theveteran South Florida defensive coordinator, is the guy ...
India clears last siege site
Dec 01, 2008; ... MUMBAI, India - Authorities finished removing bodies from thebullet- and grenade-scarred Taj Mahal hotel today, the final site ofthe Mumbai siege to be cleared, as schools and businesses reopenedand commuters returned to work. Security forces had been scouring the 565-room hotel ...
Middle East weighs Clinton selection
Dec 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Nearly a month after Barack Obama's election, hisreported decision to name Hillary Rodham Clinton secretary of Stateis causing Arabs and Israelis to readjust expectations of hisadministration's policies toward the Middle East. During the campaign, Obama carried the ...
President's party ahead in Romanian elections
Dec 01, 2008; ... BUCHAREST, Romania - The centrist party supported by Romania'spresident was leading in the country's parliamentary elections,according to early results today. With 71 percent of votes from Sunday's elections counted theDemocratic Liberal Party had about 33 percent, officials said ....
India stocks fall in the wake of Mumbai terrorist attacks
Dec 01, 2008; ... MUMBAI, India - Indian stocks fell sharply today, reversing earlygains, amid uncertainty over the political and economic outlookafter terrorist attacks killed more than 170 people in the country'sfinancial capital. Also weighing on investors were fresh signs that ...
OPEC holds output as oil falls to near $53 a barrel
Dec 01, 2008; ... SINGAPORE - Oil prices fell to near $53 a barrel today in Asiaafter OPEC declined to cut production at an informal meeting inCairo on Saturday. Light, sweet crude for January delivery was down $1.07 to $53.36a barrel, after falling to as low as $52.96, in electronic tradingon ...
Grocers stew as kosher meat gets scarce: ; Nation's largest kosher slaughterhouse closed after immigration raid
Dec 01, 2008; ... MIAMI - Rabbi Moishe Silverman stood taking inventory of a meatfreezer at South Florida Kosher, the supermarket and butcher shopwhere he works. Dressed in a yarmulke and tie and wearing a plasticapron over his white butcher jacket, he surveyed the piled boxes ofchicken and beef ....
Smart Money: ; Zero percent loan brings rewards, but also risks
Dec 01, 2008; ... DEAR BRUCE: I have a second mortgage in the amount of $22,000. Iam paying 9 percent interest, which is $181 a month. I would to liketo pay down the loan as soon as possible to get my home equity back.I am thinking of transferring the balance to a credit card with 0percent interest for a ...
AUTO INDUSTRY BAILOUT: ; Sweden in talks with U.S. carmakers about struggling Saab, Volvo brands
Dec 01, 2008; ... STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The Swedish government confirmed today it isin talks with General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co., after areport that the U.S. automakers are seeking support for theirstruggling Swedish brands Saab and Volvo Cars. "We are obviously in talks with Saab, Volvo, GM ...
Lavish visitor center to open at Capitol
Dec 01, 2008; ... What began six years ago as a huge, muddy cavity next to the U.S.Capitol and has since consumed thousands of tons of concrete,400,000 carefully selected hunks of stone, and a million and oneother bits of metal, marble and history, at a cost of $621 million,will be officially christened ...
Consensus emerging on universal health care: ; Spectrum of groups agree massive federal intervention required
Dec 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - After decades of failed efforts to reshape thenation's health-care system, a consensus appears to be emerging inWashington about how to achieve the elusive goal of providingmedical insurance to all Americans. The answer, say leading groups of businesses, hospitals, ...
Obituaries: ; Obit
Dec 01, 2008 ... Heartley Anderson Heartley Anderson, 77, of Charleston died Nov. 29, 2008. He was aretired captain of the Charleston Fire Department. Bartlett-Burdette-Cox Funeral Home, Charleston, is in charge of arrangements. Raymond William Bartley Raymond William Bartley, 73, of ...
Car Talk: ; Studded tires not the best choice for winter driving
Dec 01, 2008; ... Dear Tom and Ray: I have a car question, about which I am sureI'm correct, but I need one of you to point that out to my husband -and if I am by chance wrong, then he never needs to know! We live inColorado, and as such, take occasional trips to the mountains withour kids to ski or ...
Horoscope
Dec 01, 2008; ... TUESDAY'S FORECAST eARIES (March 21-April 19). You're excited to make a smallchange. What you may not realize is that this minor adjustment willaffect everything else about your life. Put your energy into makingyour new habit stick. rTAURUS (April 20-May 20). You'll be ...
Dear Abby: ; Woman prefers to spend holidays quietly, alone
Dec 01, 2008; ... DEAR ABBY: Now that the year-end holidays are here, I find myselfonce again in the sometimes difficult position of having to explainto acquaintances and co-workers why I don't celebrate them. I am single. My parents died many years ago, and I have nofamily. My only surviving ...
Artist's work hanging on White House tree
Dec 01, 2008; ... Charleston artist Harold Edwards applied his trademarkmathematical sequences and precise shapes to a piece of art thatwill hang in honor in Washington, D.C. Edwards, also an art teacher at Sissonville High School, heads toWashington Tuesday for a reception honoring artists around ...
Artist's work hanging on White House tree
Dec 01, 2008; ... Charleston artist Harold Edwards was invited to create anornament that will grace a White House tree. An artist from everystate was selected. Though the ...
Police seek shoppers who trampled worker
Dec 01, 2008; ... NEW YORK - Police are reviewing surveillance videos of a post-Thanksgiving shopper stampede that trampled a suburban Wal-Martworker to death, but they acknowledge it may be difficult to bringcriminal charges. Nassau County police and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said no newinformation ...
Turnpike traffic falls slightly over holiday: ; Decline not as drastic as some officials expected
Dec 01, 2008; ... The drop in Thanksgiving traffic along the West Virginia Turnpikewasn't as severe as transportation officials had expected. According to Parkways General Manager Greg Barr, Turnpike trafficfrom Tuesday through Sunday was down 2 percent from that time periodlast ...
Obama filling Cabinet spots at record speed: ; President-elect plans to keep Gates on, name Hillary secretary of state
Dec 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama is filling his Cabinetat record speed, choosing loyal friends and one-time foes to guidehis wartime foreign policy decisions. Obama was to appear at a morning news conference today in Chicagoto announce Democratic primary rival Hillary ...
Police and courts
Dec 01, 2008 ... Fire damages Rand storage trailer Fire ripped through a trailer at a heavy machinery storage areain Rand. Firefighters were called to the small storage area at the cornerof Raven Drive and Davidson Avenue around 10 p.m. Sunday and foundthe home of the man who keeps ...
High waters flood center of Venice
Dec 01, 2008; ... VENICE, Italy - Water in Venice has risen to its highest level inmore than 20 years, leaving much of the Italian city under floodsand forcing residents and tourists to wade through knee-high water. City ...
The market economy is finished: ; Politicians have taken over; Wall Street
Dec 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - In the old days - from the Venetian Republic to, oh,the Bear Stearns rescue - if you wanted to get rich, you did it theWarren Buffett way: You learned to read balance sheets. Today youlearn to read political tea leaves. You don't anticipate Intel'sthird-quarter earnings; ...
Envy is the root of economic collapse: ; CEO salaries, like Boris' goat, are not the problem
Dec 01, 2008; ... THERE is an old Russian fable, with different versions in othercountries, about two poor peasants, Ivan and Boris. The onlydifference between them was that Boris had a goat and Ivan didn't.One day, Ivan came upon a strange-looking lamp and, when he rubbedit, a genie appeared. She told ...
Our views: ; The PEIA is not a social program; State should not 'spread the wealth' of professors to subsidize others
Dec 01, 2008; ... THE Public Employees Insurance Agency operates the healthinsurance plan for all state and many local government workers inWest Virginia. Taxpayers pick up 80 percent of the tab and employeespick up the other 20 percent. Nearly all employer health insurance plans involve some ...
Our views: ; Prison crowding is a dicey issue; Saving money cannot be done by risking the public's safety
Dec 01, 2008; ... NEW projections show that West Virginia's prison population isincreasing and a new penitentiary will be needed sooner rather thanlater. At a cost of $200 million to build. A summit on public safety earlier this month suggested that aspecial commission be assembled for the purpose ...
Shuttle makes safe landing
Dec 01, 2008; ... D dailymail.com Go online to watch raw video of the landing. EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The astronauts from the spaceshuttle Endeavour headed for a delayed reunion with their familiestoday in Houston a day after touching down safely in Californiafollowing a nearly 16-day ...
Nation & world
Dec 01, 2008 ... NYC commuters to catch vintage buses NEW YORK - The agency that runs New York City's public bus systemis bringing back some classic coaches that commuters can ride forthe price of a regular fare. New York City Transit's vintage fleet consists of 19 buses suchas a ...
National weather
Dec 01, 2008 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 20 -2 PCldy Baltimore 48 34 PCldy Boston 48 39 PCldy Chicago 34 18 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 75 37 Clr Denver 62 32 PCldy Detroit 31 25 Snow Honolulu 83 69 Cldy Houston 73 38 Clr Indianapolis 35 24 ...
Regional weather
Dec 01, 2008 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 33 27 Cldy Charlotte 50 29 Clr Cincinnati 37 26 PCldy Cleveland 33 29 Snow Columbus,Ohio 3 28 PCldy Dayton 33 22 PCldy Daytona Beach 60 45 Clr Greensboro,N.C. 48 30 ...
ECONOMY SLOWING DOWN SHARPLY: ; World stocks plunge again
Dec 01, 2008; ... LONDON - European and Asian stock markets fell today ahead of anexpected lower opening on Wall Street amid renewed signs that theworld economy is slowing down sharply. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 106.42points, or 2.5 percent, at 4,181.59, while Germany's ...
'12 Days of Christmas' would cost $86,609
Dec 01, 2008; ... D dailymail.com Go online to watch video of this story. PITTSBURGH - Given the economic downturn, even the most romanticmight balk at the $86,609 price tag for the items in the carol, "TheTwelve Days of Christmas." That's this year's cost, according to the annual "Christmas ...
Some doctors may give up vaccines due to cost
Dec 01, 2008; ... ATLANTA - About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insuredchildren are considering dropping that service largely because theyare losing money when they do it, according to a new survey. A second survey revealed startling differences between whatdoctors pay for vaccines and ...
W.Va. braces for winter amid recession
Dec 01, 2008; ... As he helps disabled West Virginians stay in their homes, LarryPaxton has another worry: how they're going to keep those homes warmthis winter. Paxton is director of the Appalachian Center for IndependentLiving, which along with allied groups and community action agenciesworks ...
Biden selects political advisers for key positions
Dec 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Vice President-elect Joe Biden chose a close adviserof more than 25 years as his counselor and picked two other longtimepolitical advisers for key posts in his office. Michael C. Donilon, who was part of Biden's debate preparationteam and served as his traveling ...
Nonpartisan judiciary possible: ; Manchin sees benefits to end of electing judges along partisan lines
Dec 01, 2008; ... Gov. Joe Manchin may ask the Legislature next year to end WestVirginia's practice of electing its judiciary along partisanpolitical lines, at least for the state's circuit court judges. Manchin has approached the state's Judicial Association seekingits backing for his ...
Report says Russia plans to upgrade its missiles
Dec 01, 2008; ... MOSCOW The Russian military will upgrade its missiles inresponse to U.S. plans for weapons in space, a top Russian generalreportedly said today. Interfax news agency quoted Russias StrategicMissile Forces chief, Col.-Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov, as saying thatRussias intercontinental ...
Area code switch worries officials: ; Customers will be required to dial 10-digits beginning on March 1
Dec 01, 2008; ... With only three months remaining before West Virginians must dial10 digits, even for local calls, a study shows 40 percent of callersare still dialing only seven digits. "I'm real concerned that people don't realize this is nigh uponus," said Carolyn Barr, a vice president at ...
Charleston Daily Mail NEEDIEST CASES APPEAL: ; Helping West Virginia families since 1961; Appliances would make life easier for struggling couple
Dec 01, 2008 ... He walks a mile and a half nearly every day to the local store toget supplies for his wife. He doesn't ask for a ride and doesn'tcomplain no matter what the weather or how heavy the bags hecarries. The man is 77. His wife is 58. The couple's caseworker said the woman rarely ...