Charleston Daily Mail back issues from January 2009:
State hopes to welcome residents back home: ; Department of Commerce hosting contest for spokesperson to tout benefits of living in the Mountain State
Jan 01, 2009; ... The next spokesperson inviting former West Virginians to comehome could be an ex-drug addict who now leads a sober life with herfamily in St. Albans. Or it could be a Parkersburg musician who already wrote a songcalled "Come Home," about folks realizing the special qualities ...
State lost many notable West Virginians last year
Jan 01, 2009; ... Some of the world's legends made their exits in 2008. Several - Mt. Everest tamer Sir Edmund Hillary and chess championBobby Fischer - blazed trails and set records. A few, from "Sunny" Von Bulow to "Deep Throat" Mark Felt, wereeither centered in scandal or cloaked in ...
Taxi service has record night: ; Free cab rides for night were valued at $1,300
Jan 01, 2009; ... During a celebration synonymous with drinking and driving, a taxiprogram meant to get partiers home safely had its busiest nightever, dispatchers said. The "intoxi-taxi" effort had 88 participants on New Year's Eve,said Larry Walker, who spent a long night dispatching drivers ...
Group protests possible parole: ; Logan Goodall's mother could get out; later this month
Jan 01, 2009 ... People gathered to protest the possible parole of the mother oftoddler Logan Goodall, who died as a result of abuse and neglect. The mother, Pepper Eren, comes up for parole in late January. Shewill have served three years of a 10-year sentence. The protesters gathered ...
Bomb scare shuts down Colo. town to base before crash
Jan 01, 2009; ... ASPEN, Colo. - Authorities say they're looking for a former Aspenresident after a bomb scare effectively shut down this resort townon New Year's Eve, one of its busiest nights of the year. Suspicious packages and threatening notes were found at twobanks, forcing the evacuation of ...
Pickup game
Jan 01, 2009; ... Robert West, 33, gets the jump on defender John Charnock at theKing Center, where a group of guys played a pickup game ofbasketball. The ...
Eggs served cold on Detroit freeway
Jan 01, 2009; ... YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. - State troopers and road crews had toscramble when a tractor-trailer crashed and spilled its load of eggson a Detroit-area freeway. Trooper Jim Smiley says eastbound Interstate 94 in WashtenawCounty's Ypsilanti Township reopened about 1 a.m. today after ...
Smoking ban brings major drop in heart attacks
Jan 01, 2009; ... ATLANTA - A smoking ban in one Colorado city led to a dramaticdrop in heart attack hospitalizations within three years, a sign ofjust how serious a health threat secondhand smoke is, governmentresearchers said. The study, the longest-running of its kind, showed the rate ...
2008: out with a chill
Jan 01, 2009; ... NEW YORK - Winter storm warnings and plummeting temperatures puta chill on New Year's Eve plans for hundreds of thousands ofrevelers. Thousands of homes and businesses in the Midwest had no electriclights for the holiday because of wind damage. Temperatures in the teens - ...
Weather Almanac
Jan 01, 2009 ... Yesterday's high 54 Record high 79, 1959 Normal high 43 Yesterday's low 21 Record low -7, 1917 Normal ...
Regional weather
Jan 01, 2009 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 35 21 Snow Charlotte 50 28 Cldy Cincinnati 44 30 PCldy Cleveland 36 24 Cldy Columbus,Ohio 40 28 PCldy Dayton 40 27 PCldy Daytona Beach 71 53 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 49 28 ...
National weather
Jan 01, 2009 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 5 -6 Clr Baltimore 43 26 Cldy Boston 35 15 Cldy Chicago 31 21 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 74 48 PCldy Denver 56 29 Clr Detroit 30 23 Cldy Honolulu 79 68 Cldy Houston 76 59 PCldy Indianapolis 42 28 ...
Nation & world
Jan 01, 2009 ... Madoff statue back with 'lesson' PALM BEACH, Fla. - Thieves calling themselves "The Educators"have returned a statue stolen from disgraced investment guru BernieMadoff. And they hope he's learned his lesson. The Palm Beach Post reports that the $10,000 copper ...
Economy dampens celebrations
Jan 01, 2009; ... NEW YORK - Americans had no problem saying goodbye to 2008, butthe nation's economic troubles made many of them less interested ingiving it an expensive send-off. Hundreds of thousands of revelers packed a frigid Times Squarefor the dropping of the famous Waterford crystal ball, ...
Our views: ; Here's to honesty in the new year; Self-deception on money matters has turned out to be terribly expensive
Jan 01, 2009; ... STATE politicians have for decades promised public employeesbenefits they had no intention of funding on their watch. But statesmust now reflect those obligations on their balance sheets. It's high time. The 50 laboratories of democracy should be proudto set new standards for more ...
Our views: ; Being welcoming is its own reward Charleston is gaining business thanks to courteousness and smiles
Jan 01, 2009; ... ESPN's World's Strongest Man Competition 2008, which was held inCharleston, debuted over the holidays. The event will be rebroadcastfrom time to time next year. The sports world gets to watch big, beefy men perform feats ofwonder at Haddad Riverfront Park and the Capitol Complex ...
Now for government-run health care: ; Americans have not seen the truly cuckoo truth yet
Jan 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - Health care, says the man most concerned with that17 percent of America's economy, can be "a nation-ruining issue." As Michael Leavitt ends four years as secretary of health andhuman services, he offers this attention-arresting arithmetic: Absent fundamental ...
The West Virginia quote of the year: ; For eloquence, Nancy Guthrie beat Jon Stewart
Jan 01, 2009; ... WEST Virginians have a way of turning a phrase. This year was noexception. A few of my favorite quotes this year: In his 2008 State of the State address, Gov. Joe Manchin quotedDonna Briggs, a longtime employee of a welcome center in the state:"Looking over your shoulder and ...
Obituaries: ; Obit; Express condolences online at dailymail.com
Jan 01, 2009 ... Nina K. Angle Nina K. Angle, 82, of Scott Depot, passed away Monday, Dec. 29,2008, at her residence. She was retired from Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., Charleston.An active member of the Teays Valley Presbyterian Church, ScottDepot, she was also a member of Quota Club, ...
Gotti wants his old judge back for trial
Jan 01, 2009; ... NEW YORK - John A. "Junior" Gotti is getting a little nostalgicfor the federal judge who presided over his three trials, whichended in hung juries. Gotti's lawyers submitted papers in federal court in Manhattan onTuesday seeking to get U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin ...
Family struggles with cost of coal miner's funeral: ; Clay man died due to carbon monoxide leak
Jan 01, 2009; ... Brian Brown says that without help it will be hard to pay for thefuneral of his father, Willard Brown, who died on Christmas night. Willard, who everyone called Buddy, died last week in a carbonmonoxide leak that sent five other family members to the hospital inthe early morning ...
Man convicted in plot to kill American soldiers seeks retrial
Jan 01, 2009; ... MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. - One of the five men convicted of plotting tokill American soldiers on U.S. soil has asked a judge to overturnthe verdict or at least give him a new trial. Defendant Serdar Tatar gave an FBI informant a map of the Army'sFort Dix in New Jersey. But in a ...
Man pleads not guilty to killing college student
Jan 01, 2009; ... RENO, Nev. - A former Marine accused of killing a college studentin Reno, Nev., and sexually assaulting her and two others haspleaded not guilty to the crimes. Twenty-seven-year-old James Biela of Sparks entered his pleasWednesday before Washoe District ...
Agents allegedly locked migrants in trailer
Jan 01, 2009; ... MEXICO CITY - Mexico's National Human Rights Commission saysimmigration agents locked a group of Central American migrants in atrailer after they refused to ...
Police and courts
Jan 01, 2009 ... Kanawha deputies discover meth lab Two children were in a North Charleston home when deputies busteda meth lab. Kanawha County Sgt. J.D. Meadows and Sgt. E.S. Drennan went to a6th Avenue home to investigate a possible meth lab at about 7:30a.m. Wednesday after an anonymous ...
ORANGE BOWL: ; In two seasons, Kelly has boosted Bearcats
Jan 01, 2009; ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Cincinnati Coach Brian Kelly walked intoa meeting room in December 2006 ready for an introduction to his newteam. A few players in the back whispered among one another. Beforehe started, Kelly sternly quieted the culprits and insisted onsilence when he speaks ....
ROSE BOWL: ; Penn State's Paterno, USC's Carroll so different, yet so very much alike
Jan 01, 2009; ... PASADENA, Calif. - Pete Carroll is leaving the practice fieldwearing a gray sweatshirt, khakis, athletic shoes. Joe Paterno is headed to the practice field wearing a graysweatshirt, khakis, athletic shoes. One difference. The cuffs. True to his legend, even on a stroll ...
Marshall bound: ; South Charleston's Dobson taking football talents to Herd
Jan 01, 2009; ... Marshall offensive coordinator John Shannon stood quietly in thetop level of the press box at Wheeling Island Stadium on Dec. 6 andwatched South Charleston dismantle George Washington for the ClassAAA high school football state title. It turned out to be the piece de resistance of ...
Capital boys making strides after slow start
Jan 01, 2009; ... It's not quite the turnaround enjoyed by the Boston Celtics from2006-07 to '07-08, but Capital boys basketball Coach Carl Clark saidhis Cougars are heading in the right direction. Boston went from a 24-58 record and a last-place finish in theAtlantic Division of the NBA's Eastern ...
More on WVU's rout of Buckeyes
Jan 01, 2009; ... NEW Year's greetings, while hoping you'll be as "bowled" over asI am today (while realizing that when I started college, there wereonly eight bowl games): Before getting to football, there's a mostly overlooked - andvery impressive - fact from last Saturday's West Virginia ...
Top of the 2nd
Jan 01, 2009 ... WVU * Saturday: MBB at Seton Hall, 4 p.m. * Sunday: WBB atPittsburgh, 2 p.m. * Tuesday: MBB vs. Connecticut, 7 p.m. * Jan. 7:WBB vs. Cincinnati, 8 p.m. * Jan. 10: MBB at Marquette, noon * Jan.10: WBB vs. Connecticut, 7 p.m. Marshall * Friday: MBB at San Diego, 10 p.m. * Saturday: ...
Local & National scoreboard
Jan 01, 2009 ... AREA SCHEDULE High schools The upcoming schedules for area high schools, as submitted by theschools: Boys basketball Friday - Wayne at Herbert Hoover; South Charleston at Nitro, 7:30p.m.; Ripley at Wheeling Park, 7:30 p.m.; Riverside at Winfield; St.Joseph's ...
WEDNESDAY BOWL ROUNDUP: ; Vandy wins first bowl in 53 years
Jan 01, 2009; ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Call the Vanderbilt Commodores winners andchampions. The program previously known best as the SoutheasternConference's perennial cellar dwellers finally have earned it. Vanderbilt earned its first bowl win in exactly 53 years bybeating Boston College 16-14 ...
Coveted NASCAR Sprint Cup race close to reality in Kentucky: ; NASCAR Sprint CUP SERIES
Jan 01, 2009; ... SPARTA, Ky. - Speedway Motorsports Inc. purchased KentuckySpeedway, clearing the way for SMI owner Bruton Smith to try andbring a coveted NASCAR Sprint Cup race to the 1.5-mile tri-oval innorthern Kentucky. The deal was finalized Wednesday, more than seven months afterSMI agreed ...
Putnam County coach taught us many lessons ... off the field
Jan 01, 2009; ... MANY people, especially the young athletes of Putnam County, losta good friend Tuesday morning when Joe Fox passed away from a heartattack at age 72. He worked with youth sports in the Eleanor and Buffalo areas for48 years. Usually referred to simply as "Coach Fox," he ...
Kanawha Valley's Montgomery leads UConn despite injury
Jan 01, 2009; ... HARTFORD, Conn. - An elbow to the mouth was the only thing thatstopped Connecticut's Renee Montgomery on Wednesday. The senior point guard scored all of her 20 points in the firsthalf to lead the top-ranked Huskies to a 78-41 win over in-staterival Hartford. Montgomery ...
For second time, Pennington is the NFL Comeback Player of the Year
Jan 01, 2009; ... MIAMI - Chad Pennington had an instant impact when retrieved fromthe NFL scrap heap by a team desperate for direction, joining theMiami Dolphins shortly before their first preseason game. "Once we saw Chad come into our locker room, the atmosphere justfelt different," cornerback ...
TOP 10 BUSINESS STORIES OF 2008: ; State's budget surplus voted 2008 top business story
Jan 01, 2009; ... The national economy closed out 2008 with an avalanche ofnegative stories but the top West Virginia business story for 2008is good news: The state finished the year with a budget surplus. Unofficially, as of the close of business Tuesday, the state hada budget surplus of about $79 ...
Business groups help select top stories: ; Alliance board members to attend Rockefeller's swearing-in ceremony
Jan 01, 2009; ... There is a new wrinkle to this year's top business story poll. This unscientific poll involves giving a ballot to 10 people inour newsroom and e-mailing it to about 30 people around the state.An effort is made to get the ballot into the hands of businessleaders plus some top folks ...
Citigroup limits executive pay, bonuses
Jan 01, 2009; ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The recipient of a $45 billion infusion fromthe federal government, Citigroup Inc. said it would place strictlimits on management's compensation, including no severance for itstop five executives. Under pressure from lawmakers, Citigroup Chief Executive ...
Business briefs
Jan 01, 2009 ... Verizon to expand cell service HINTON - Verizon Wireless is expanding cell phone service inSummers County. The company said Wednesday it's added two new cell sites in thecounty. Verizon says one improves coverage along Interstate 64. Theother improves service near Pipestem ...
Some roles still intimidate show's featured singer
Jan 01, 2009; ... If you go What: "Aint Misbehavin" When: 7:30 p.m. WednesdayWhere: Clay Center Tickets: $39 to $53 Info: www.theclaycenter.orgor 304-561-3570 Frenchie Davis gets pitched as a former "American Idol"contestant, but that was so yesterday. "A lot of people associate me with ...
Take off on some great ski deals: ; Area slopes offer lots of lodging, lift packages
Jan 01, 2009; ... West Virginia's ski resorts are offering deals geared to meltwinter doldrums. Canaan Valley has several offers and some freebies. A "Martin Luther King" package is offered for Jan. 16 to 19 andincludes three nights lodging, three breakfasts, three days of lifttickets, and ...
As the director and star, Eastwood is the driving force in 'Gran Torino'
Jan 01, 2009; ... HOLLYWOOD - At this point in his career, when Clint Eastwoodstars in and directs a film, all bets are off. Things that would beold-school and sentimental in other hands morph into somethingdifferent when he is involved. If Tina Turner's motto is that shedoesn't do anything nice and easy, ...
'Revolutionary Road' fails to touch a chord
Jan 01, 2009; ... "Revolutionary Road" (R) HH Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet tear each other apart morethoroughly than an iceberg ever could in "Revolutionary Road," abrutal - and brutally tedious - depiction of marital malaise. Director Sam Mendes covered this territory before with ...
David Davis, Warrior River Boys to play
Jan 01, 2009 ... David Davis and the Warrior River Boys will be in concert at 7:30p.m. Saturday at the Mountaineer Opry House in Milton. Davis, an Alabama native, followed in his family's footsteps inbluegrass music. His father and two uncles were bluegrass musicians,and his uncle, Cleo, joined ...
Dear Abby: ; Resolutions made for a day set example for whole year
Jan 01, 2009; ... DEAR READERS: Rise and shine, everyone! Welcome to a brand-newyear. Today is our chance for a new beginning, the day we discarddestructive habits for healthy new ones. With that in mind, I'mprinting Dear Abby's oft-requested list of New Year's resolutions -adapted by my mother from the ...
Horoscope
Jan 01, 2009; ... FRIDAY'S FORECAST eARIES (March 21-April 19). Ambition has been a prized quality inyour family, though it can sometimes be a dangerous chase. Hopefullyyou will not have to compromise your integrity in order to beaccepted in an elite group. Stay honest. rTAURUS (April 20-May ...
Police often called to Coleman home
Jan 01, 2009; ... SANTAQUIN, Utah - Gary Coleman, who makes it no secret that helikes his privacy and wants to be left alone, chose to settle insmall-town Utah - far away from the paparazzi and autograph seekersof his former life as a TV star. But a rocky romance, a prescription pill overdose and ...
School offers interviews over Internet
Jan 01, 2009; ... RALEIGH, N.C. - For her college interview, Avery Cullinan put onher best outfit but didn't bother with shoes. She sat in her livingroom, smiled into her computer's webcam and told an admissionsofficer more than 800 miles away that Wake Forest University wasright for her. "It's ...
Former band members reuniting for concert
Jan 01, 2009 ... Like a lot of teens, they started a band in high school. They called themselves Suburban Graffiti and their senior year,they played at spots such as Capitol Roasters downtown and SouthCharleston's LaBelle Theater. When they all headed off to college - in Morgantown, in ...
Community briefs
Jan 01, 2009 ... Trees recycled Charleston residents are encouraged to bring their live Christmastrees to the Capitol Market from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday forrecycling. The trees will be given to the West Virginia Division of NaturalResources for its fish habitat program. To be ...
Vent line
Jan 01, 2009 ... * Obama voters, take notice: You think Slick Willie told a lot oflies. Thats nothing compared to Obamas untruths. Yes, change hascome to America. May God help us. n To the venter that wants to knowabout the EdenPure Heaters: They are great. I bought one for me, onefor a friend and plan ...
GoodNight ushers in New Year
Jan 01, 2009; ... Residents who wanted to ring in the New Year with music had atleast 30 options around Charleston for the citys annual GoodNightcelebration. Top, the Charleston Metro Band swings in the New Yearwith traditional ...
Forecasts
Jan 01, 2009 ... It's a cold and frosty start to 2009! Expect a ...
Lottery
Jan 01, 2009 ... Here are the winning numbers drawn wednesday: WEST VIRGINIA Daily 3: 418 Daily 4: 5154 OHIO Day Pick 3: 228 Pick 4: 7946 Ten-Oh: 4-6-15-24-26-34-39-41-43-46-48-53-60-61-66-68-69-70-76-78 Evening Pick 3: 531 Pick 4: 0327Ten-Oh: ...
Morgantown developer resigns from WVU's band
Jan 01, 2009; ... Morgantown real estate magnate Parry Petroplus resigned this weekfrom WVUs Board of Governors. No reason was given for theresignation, which was announced Wednesday in a release on theuniversitys Web site. Parry has given a lot of effort as a member ofthe board, much of it in an ...
Upcoming events
Jan 01, 2009 ... * BELLY DANCE CLASSES: Samadhi Tribal Fusion Belly Dance willstart beginner and intermediate classes Jan. 8 at the SamadhiStudio, 2731 Main St., Hurricane. The six-week session costs $60.Classes will be on Thursdays. For more information or to register,call 304-552-4168 or visit ...
Mountain State past getting a closer look: ; Renovated museum features interactive tour through time
Jan 02, 2009; ... The first glimpse inside the new state museum at the CulturalCenter reveals parts of West Virginia few people ever get to see,and some that many haven't even imagined. One exhibit shows the landscape eons before human beings set footthere, with a mountain forest full of the ...
Lawyer wants man freed in Yogurt Shop killings: ; Attorney says evidence
Jan 02, 2009; ... AUSTIN - A defense attorney wants his client released from jailbased on new DNA test results in the 1991 Austin yogurt shop murderswhile a prosecutor disagreed that the test results would disprovethe state's cases. Investigators have discovered DNA from unknown males in ...
Number of DUIs down for holiday: ; County officers arrest four, city nabs three, state troopers detain two
Jan 02, 2009; ... Police reported fewer DUI arrests than normal for New Year's Eveand cite low traffic numbers as the reason. Charleston Sgt. Shawn Williams said there seemed to be fewermotorists on the roads than in years past, and the number of arrestsreflected that. Charleston police nabbed only ...
HOUSE OF DELEGATES: ; Leaders work quickly to fill Proudfoot seat; Randolph County Democrat was killed last week in crash on U.S. 33
Jan 02, 2009; ... The death of state Delegate Bill Proudfoot has left Democrats inthe 37th Delegate District scrambling to organize and get threenominations to the governor to fill the vacancy. Meanwhile, former state Sen. Mike Ross, D-Randolph, who spent$440,000 on an unsuccessful attempt to ...
Regional jail bill to increase: ; Change will cost Kanawha $160,000 more each year
Jan 02, 2009; ... Kanawha County's budget encountered another strain in an alreadyfinancially challenging year after the Regional Jail Authority votedto raise the amount needed by the counties to house each inmate perday. In a move that will cost Kanawha County about $160,000 moreannually, the ...
Scientists say gems prove comet struck continent
Jan 02, 2009; ... Diamonds are generally considered a sign of love and devotion,but a thin layer of microscopic diamonds a couple of feet beneaththe surface of North America represents a far more horrific tale -one of fire, flood and devastation that extinguished woolly mammothsand dealt a blow to early ...
Coast Guard searches for cruise ship employee
Jan 02, 2009; ... MIAMI - The Coast Guard is searching the waters off Florida for acruise ship employee whose co-workers say fell overboard. The Coast Guard says the man's co-workers on the CarnivalSensation reported him falling overboard around 1 a.m. Thursday ....