Charleston Daily Mail back issues from April 2009:
Longtime House Sergeant at Arms has emergency surgery in Ohio
Apr 01, 2009 ... Sergeant at Arms has emergency surgery in Ohio Oce Smith, who has served as Sergeant at Arms in the House ofDelegates since 1967, had emergency surgery Tuesday at ClevelandClinic. Smith, who's in his 70s, is in critical but stable conditionafter suffering a dissecting ...
Sex offender asks that his sentence be reconsidered
Apr 01, 2009; ... A convicted sex offender was back in court asking a judge toreconsider his sentence of 15 to 35 years in prison. Richard Samuel Nelson, 44, of Charleston was indicted in 2003 oncharges of sexual abuse and sexual assault by a parent, guardian andcustodian in relation to incidents ...
Police and courts
Apr 01, 2009 ... Man accused in kidnapping, rape A Charleston man has been jailed on charges of kidnapping andraping his ex-girlfriend. Police on Thursday night received a report that a woman had beentaken forcibly from her apartment on Russell Street on Charleston'sWest ...
Three-year-old who shot self in feet expected to walk again
Apr 01, 2009; ... A 3-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself with his father'sloaded handgun Saturday is recovering well at Ruby MemorialHospital, police said. The Blacksville boy, whose name was not released due to his age,is expected to be able to walk again after the Saturday ...
Woman with child in car arrested for DUI
Apr 01, 2009; ... A St. Albans woman was arrested for driving under the influencewhile her toddler was in the back seat of her vehicle. On Sunday evening, Lt. Jess Bailes, with the Kanawha CountySheriff's Department, spotted a vehicle with a temporary licenseplate and heavy front-end damage weaving ...
French workers hold four bosses hostage
Apr 01, 2009; ... GRENOBLE, France - Angry French workers facing layoffs at aCaterpillar factory held four of their bosses at the U.S.manufacturer's plant in the Alps to protest job cuts, a regionalofficial said. It is the third time in the past few weeks that French workershave seized their ...
Taliban threatens the White House
Apr 01, 2009; ... DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - The commander of the PakistaniTaliban claimed responsibility for a deadly assault on a Pakistanipolice academy and said the group was planning a terrorist attack onthe White House that would "amaze" the world. Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million ...
Video game trains emergency workers
Apr 01, 2009; ... Imagine being a first responder heading toward a major explosionor chemical spill with memories of Sept. 11 flooding your brain. Nowthink again, with the benefit of having played out those scenariosand your response to them. That's what the leaders of the National Emergency ...
Robot takes cues from brain: ; Technology could one day lead to car that'll drive itself
Apr 01, 2009; ... TOKYO - Opening a car trunk or controlling a home air conditionercould become just a wish away with Honda's new technology thatconnects thoughts inside a brain with robotics. Honda Motor Co. has developed a way to read patterns of electriccurrents on a person's scalp as well as ...
SALMONELLA SCARE CONTINUES: ; FDA says to avoid pistachios
Apr 01, 2009; ... TERRA BELLA, Calif. - The salmonella scare that prompted ablanket federal warning against eating pistachios may have eruptedbecause contaminated raw nuts got mixed with roasted nuts duringprocessing, the company at the center of the nationwide recall said. Lee Cohen, the production ...
Regional weather
Apr 01, 2009 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 57 35 Rain Charlotte 65 51 Rain Cincinnati 61 41 Clr Cleveland 55 37 Rain Columbus,Ohio 60 40 PCldy Dayton 59 40 PCldy Daytona Beach 82 67 Rain Greensboro,N.C. 61 48 ...
National weather
Apr 01, 2009 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 34 16 Cldy Baltimore 59 45 Rain Boston 50 40 PCldy Chicago 47 33 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 78 54 PCldy Denver 38 22 Snow Detroit 54 39 Cldy Honolulu 81 70 Clr Houston 78 60 PCldy Indianapolis 56 40 ...
Our views: ; Deterioration or toll increase?; Until the turnpike has been paid off,; the state must keep it in good shape
Apr 01, 2009; ... THE remaining $90 million debt for the West Virginia Turnpikeshould be retired in 2019. At that point, state leaders could removethe tolls that so irk southern West Virginians and tax the nativesto maintain the road instead. But until that day, as Gov. Joe Manchin has noted, the ...
Nation & world
Apr 01, 2009 ... Police say they found a man who wrecked a bar stool powered by adeconstructed lawn mower. Man riding barstool charged with DUI NEWARK, Ohio - Authorities in Ohio say a man has been chargedwith drunken driving after crashing his motorized bar stool. Police in ...
Our views: ; Cap-and-trade is more tax-and-spend; A $645 billion tax on carbon would hit West Virginians hard
Apr 01, 2009; ... WHEN asked about Appalachian Power's proposed 43 percent increasein its rates over the next three years, Gov. Joe Manchin warned thatsuch an increase would be "a drop in the bucket compared to cap-and-trade." Cap-and-trade is President Obama's plan to force utilitycompanies to ...
A rookie president can cost you big-time: ; Obama has not dazzled Russia, Iran or North Korea
Apr 01, 2009; ... SOMEONE once said that for every rookie you have on your startingteam in the National Football League, you will lose a game.Somewhere, at some time, a rookie will make a mistake that will costyou a game. We now have a rookie president of the United States, and in thedangerous ...
Tech, community college are symbiotic: ; Integrating them would help students and the community
Apr 01, 2009; ... AT least three bills have been introduced in the state Senate andHouse of Delegates that could impact the relationship between theWest Virginia University Institute of Technology and the Communityand Technical College of WVU Tech. This administration enthusiastically supports ...
Merrifield civil trial set for April 27
Apr 01, 2009; ... Attorneys have been in court preparing to go to trial in thecivil case against Diane Merrifield, mother of the man convicted ofkilling Putnam County toddler Logan Goodall. Merrifield and her husband, Dr. John Merrifield, were indicted in2007 on charges of failing to report the ...
Commission deadlocked on towing
Apr 01, 2009; ... WINFIELD - Putnam County commissioners did not act on a requestto add a third company into the rotation when the county's 911system has to dispatch a tow truck. At issue was a request by Allstate Wrecker Service to again beincluded on the emergency towing dispatch list. The ...
Ex-Banana Joe's bouncer back in court
Apr 01, 2009; ... A former Banana Joe's bouncer who was awarded $1.59 million twoyears ago after being shot has filed another lawsuit claiming he hasnot been paid by the defunct bar. Marlon Ferguson, who worked at the Capitol Street establishment,says former owners Khristopher S. Moore, Gregory A ....
Search for remains frustrating: ; Group scoured area on maps drawn by killer but have not found body of slain MU student
Apr 01, 2009; ... Volunteers who have been searching for a Marshall Universitystudent's remains are losing faith because they have scoured much ofthe area and maps provided by the woman's killer don't match thelandscape. Monica Caison, founder of Community United Effort - Center forMissing ...
Tobacco Free Day
Apr 01, 2009; ... Tyler Stovall, left, and twins Jessie and Allie Swiger, allstudents at Oak Glen High School in Hancock County, show off signsmade for Tobacco Free Day at the state Capitol. The purpose of thisstatewide, annual event is for members of Raze - the ...
Judge voids mining permit process
Apr 01, 2009; ... A federal judge has voided a streamlined permitting process forcompanies to fill valleys with materials left over from mountaintopremoval mining. U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin's ruling bars mine operatorsfrom using southern West Virginia valley fills authorized by theU.S ....
U.S. makes direct contact with Iran's government
Apr 01, 2009; ... THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The United States used an internationalmeeting on Afghanistan to make an unusual direct diplomatic overtureto Iran. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Americansdelivered a letter to the Iranians at Tuesday's meeting in TheHague. The ...
State briefs
Apr 01, 2009 ... Greenbrier bill benefits racetracks It's known as the "Greenbrier gambling bill," but a measureapproved by the West Virginia Senate also has something for thestate's three racetrack casinos. The bill would allow the distribution of free-play coupons togamblers. State ...
Error
Apr 01, 2009 ... During a hearing Monday in Kanawha Circuit Court, Desmond Clarkpleaded guilty to killing 19-year-old Na'lisha Gravely at the WestSide Taco Bell. Clark said, "I shot 'Lisha in the Taco Bell. I laterlearned that she died ...
Local golfer has aces on back-to-back holes
Apr 01, 2009; ... Nobody expects to get a hole in one when they tee up their ball. Such was the case for Carl Smith, 70, of Comfort, when he visitedCoonskin Park for 18 carefree holes of golf with friend Bob Roy. Maybe the retired employee of Peabody Coal can start thinkingabout more ...
Herd's Glasco finally back on field after battling knee, chest injuries
Apr 01, 2009; ... HUNTINGTON - Thanks to an injury-caused hiatus, Marshalldefensive lineman Montel Glasco had grown unaccustomed to thephysical rigors of a football practice. He found out how much so Tuesday afternoon, when the ThunderingHerd began spring drills with the first of 15 sessions at ...
WVU offensive front inexperienced
Apr 01, 2009; ... MORGANTOWN - West Virginia's football program is going green, andhas no choice in the matter. However, Al Gore need not call Bill Stewart. The Mountaineers'coach wishes he had more recycling this season on his offensiveline. "It's been a long, long time since we've been this ...
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL St. Albans bats are silenced by Spring Valley Red Dragons muster just four hits in 6-3 home loss to Timberwolves
Apr 01, 2009; ... Spring Valley senior pitcher Ryan Workman showed more pop withhis bat than with his right arm on Tuesday night, but what he wasable to accomplish on the mound wasn't half bad. Workman, who homered in a four-run first inning for theTimberwolves, threw a complete game four-hitter, ...
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: ; Calipari headed to Kentucky
Apr 01, 2009; ... LEXINGTON, Ky. - John Calipari agreed Tuesday to leave Memphisand the dominant program he built and take on the challenge - andriches - of returning Kentucky to college basketball glory. Calipari will receive an eight-year, $31.65 million deal plusincentives, according to the ...
Local & National scoreboard
Apr 01, 2009 ... AREA SCHEDULE High schools The upcoming schedule for area high school athletics, assubmitted by the schools: Baseball Today - Buffalo at Poca, 5:30 p.m.; Riverside at Ripley, 6 p.m.;Chapmanville at Van, 6 p.m.; Charleston Catholic at GeorgeWashington, 6:30 ...
Renee Montgomery earns first team All-America honors
Apr 01, 2009; ... Whether or not she delivers a national championship, CourtneyParis will leave Oklahoma with quite a legacy: the only four-timeAll-American in women's college basketball. "I'm truly honored to be the first," said Paris, who alreadyholds 18 NCAA records. "I'm sure that will happen ...
Top of the 2nd
Apr 01, 2009 ... Power * April 9: vs. Lexington, 7:05 p.m. * April 10:vs.Lexington, 7:05 p.m. * April 11: vs. Lexington (DH), 6:05 p.m. *April 12: Off * April 13: vs. Bowling Green, 7:05 p.m. * April 14:vs. Bowling Green, 7:05 p.m. * April 15: vs. Bowling Green, 10:35a.m. * April 16: vs. Bowling Green, ...
Andy Roddick moves into quarterfinals of Sony Ericsson Open
Apr 01, 2009; ... KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - Andy Roddick is finding his way to the netfor a change, and now he's in the quarterfinals at the Sony EricssonOpen. Roddick won 22 points at the net Tuesday and beat Gael Monfils 7-6 (2), 6-4. The willingness to move forward is part of Roddick'smore ...
Former Herd quarterback says scholarship pulled by school
Apr 01, 2009; ... HUNTINGTON - Marshall's hotly contested quarterback competition,which started Tuesday afternoon with the opening session of springpractice, consists of four candidates. It could have featured five. But a series of unfortunate events took away that opportunity forformer ...
WVU FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: ; WVU coach trying to shake up team with early hours
Apr 01, 2009; ... MORGANTOWN - Bill Stewart picked an unusual time to check theconstitution of his second West Virginia squad. Six o'clock Tuesday morning. "I came up here at 6:03 and they said, 'Where were you? Theplayers have been up here. They're ready to go,'" Stewart said. "Ithought, ...
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: ; Dragon pitcher strikes out career-high 17
Apr 01, 2009; ... St. Albans has a different kind of softball team this year. The Red Dragons graduated seven starters from last season's 28-2squad that was ranked first in the state for much of the season. Tuesday night the two remaining players from that lineup showedthat they still know how ...
Fans think pro baseball games too costly
Apr 01, 2009; ... Take me out to the ballgame ... because I can't afford it. The high price of going to a game is now the No. 1 problem inMajor League Baseball, a new Associated Press-Knowledge Networkspoll of fans shows. Soaring salaries and steroids dominated fans' worries in past ...
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL ROUNDUP: ; Defending state champs go to 5-0
Apr 01, 2009; ... Defending Class AAA baseball champion Nitro continued itsdominance of Mountain State Athletic Conference opponents onTuesday, pounding out nine hits in a 12-1 victory over hostHuntington. After the Wildcats defeated non-conference foes Parkersburg Southand Winfield to open the ...
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: ; Black Eagles' Cobb pitches team to win
Apr 01, 2009; ... South Charleston hurler Chelsea Cobb limited two-time defendingstate champion Huntington to two hits in leading the Black Eagles (5-0) to a 2-1, eight-inning home win in high school softball onTuesday. Cobb (5-0) struck out 13 batters en route to the win. At the plate for ...
Yankees' Chamberlain effective against Reds
Apr 01, 2009; ... SARASOTA, Fla. - This time, Joba Chamberlain stuck around. Chamberlain pitched into the sixth inning Tuesday, a step forwardin his development as a starter, and the New York Yankees tookadvantage of four Cincinnati errors in a 6-3 victory over the Reds,who played the last few ...
Short-handed Twins beat Pittsburgh behind Kubel's two-run homer
Apr 01, 2009; ... FORT MYERS, Fla. - Jason Kubel hit a two-run homer, Brian Buscherhad three hits and the short-handed Minnesota Twins beat thePittsburgh Pirates 12-8 on Tuesday. Twins outfielders Delmon Young and Michael Cuddyer were out withminor medical issues. Center fielder Carlos Gomez took ...
NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: ; Penn State, Baylor advance to NIT championship
Apr 01, 2009; ... NEW YORK - Talor Battle scored 17 points, Andrew Jones had careerhighs of 16 points and 15 rebounds, and the Nittany Lions hung onfor dear life after squandering a big lead in a 67-59 victory overNotre Dame on Tuesday night in the NIT semifinals. Jamelle Cornley added 15 points ...
C-USA coaches say Tigers won't drop much
Apr 01, 2009; ... Memphis lost its coach, but the Tigers didn't lose theirtradition. Unable to turn down an eight-year contract worth $31.65 millionplus incentives, John Calipari on Tuesday resigned from Memphis tobecome the coach at Kentucky. "John did an unbelievably good job of sustaining ...
New University of Virginia coach will receive $1.7 million annually
Apr 01, 2009; ... CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The University of Virginia says new men'sbasketball Coach Tony Bennett has agreed to "a memorandum ofunderstanding" that will be pay him $1.7 million annually for fiveyears. Virginia also said Tuesday that Bennett will receive a $500,000signing bonus and ...
Next stop for UConn: Women's Final Four
Apr 01, 2009; ... TRENTON, N.J. - Connecticut didn't even bother cutting down thenets after wrapping up a second consecutive trip to the Final Four. The Huskies have bigger goals in mind. The UConn express is heading to St. Louis in search of two morevictories and a national ...
Bill would alter closing time for some W.Va. bars: ; Legislation would allow panhandle to stop selling alcohol at same time as border states
Apr 01, 2009; ... The last call at some West Virginia bars might soon start cominga little earlier. A bill moving through the Legislature would allow localgovernments in some panhandle counties to set ordinances banningbars from selling, giving or dispensing alcohol after 2 a.m. Themeasure ...
County files suits over delinquent taxes: ; A total of $1,127, 225 is still outstanding
Apr 01, 2009; ... Two weeks after the Kanawha County Commission released the namesof the county's 20 largest delinquent tax accounts and promised togo after the money, the prosecuting attorney's office has filedlawsuits against three companies. The prosecutor's office filed suits Tuesday against ...
Benefit changes likely in store: ; for future officers; Key lawmakers say municipal police, fire pensions not sustainable
Apr 01, 2009; ... Police officers and firefighters risk their lives in dangerousjobs to serve the public, a reason why many believe they deservegood benefits when their service ends. But at the same time, municipal pension funds are sliding intoworse shape each year, leading state lawmakers to ...
Appalachian Power Park: ; This job is not all about baseball; W.Va. Power's catering director plans room for various events
Apr 01, 2009; ... Roseshalla Holmes' first order of business in her new job atAppalachian Power Park is to get away from baseball just a bit. As director of catering for West Virginia Power, Holmes hangs outwith baseball types all day; right now they're preparing for thehome opener April 9. But ...
Home price drops set records in January
Apr 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - Home prices sank by the sharpest annual rate onrecord in January, and the pace continues to accelerate, but therewere a handful of battered metro areas where price declines slowed,according to data released Tuesday. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index of home ...
Business briefs
Apr 01, 2009 ... Steelmaker details coal acquisitions Buying U.S. coal producers cost international steel giantArcelorMittal $605 million last year. Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal released details of the dealsTuesday in its annual report. The document says ArcelorMittal paid ...
Seed units shine in face of chemical industry woes
Apr 01, 2009; ... B NEW YORK - Even in a recession, people need to eat. And right nowthat's a saving grace for chemical companies with agriculturalbusinesses. Slumping consumer confidence has led to fewer purchases ofproducts made from traditional chemicals, like paints or plastics.But ...
GM CEO says bankruptcy 'more probable'
Apr 01, 2009; ... DETROIT - General Motors Corp.'s new chief executive said Tuesdaythat more of the automaker's plants could close and bankruptcy is"more probable" as GM works to meet new, tougher requirements forgovernment aid. In his first news conference as CEO, Fritz Henderson said heexpects ...
Obituaries: ; Obit
Apr 01, 2009 ... Today's Obituaries Adkins, Dottie L. Amos, Delbert L. Beauford,David S. Bickerstaff, Dorthea L. Blankenship, Olive L. Buncic, SpiroClark, Robert E. Clowser, Geraldine Duncan, Betty R. Edwards, Kay L.Escue, Lyndell L. Goff, Dr. John J. Griffin, William O. Hall, LouiseC. Hayes, James W ....
Group targets tanning bed bill: ; Grassroots effort seeks to educate public about skin cancer danger
Apr 01, 2009; ... Valerie Guild remembers her daughter, Charlie, as someone whowanted to help and educate people, whether by volunteering at aprison nursery, approaching lawmakers to condemn the rape of Bosnianwomen or starting a theater group that taught about racial issuesand genocide. So when ...
Youth soccer coach resigns over e-mail
Apr 01, 2009; ... SCITUATE, Mass. - A Massachusetts youth soccer coach told parentsin an e-mail his team of 6- and 7-year-old girls would be known as"Green Death," encouraged them to feed their daughters "undercookedred meat" and said "losing is for losers." Coach Michael Kinahan has since resigned ...
Madonna confirms she's trying to adopt girl
Apr 01, 2009; ... MCHINJI, Malawi - Madonna said that she was following standardprocedures in her adoption of a Malawian girl, her first response toaccusations that that she is using her fame to speed the process. The pop superstar also took her 3-year-old adopted son, David, tovisit the orphanage ...
Jimi Hendrix's childhood home dismantled in Wash.
Apr 01, 2009; ... RENTON, Wash. - The childhood home where rock guitarist andsinger Jimi Hendrix is said to have first discovered music has beendismantled after eight years of preservation efforts failed. Barely a shell of the 900-square-foot house originally inSeattle's Central Area neighborhood ...
Eiffel Tower repainted for spring makeover
Apr 01, 2009; ... PARIS - Spring has arrived and it is time for a makeover ofFrance's most emblematic edifice. Once every seven years, everycrevice, nut, bolt and beam of the Eiffel Tower is re-painted byhand. But this year's face lift has a European touch. The 25-member painting crew comes ...
Older workers delay their retirement: ; Some retirees finding jobs to survive recession
Apr 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - In these scary economic times, older workers areputting off their retirement and hanging on to a paycheck. Some retirees struggling to make ends meet are scanning help-wanted ads for the first time in years. About a week ago, Jeff Rollison, a 60-year-old employee ...
Mormons ready for tough times: ; Living debt-free lets family be happy in all areas of life
Apr 01, 2009; ... Susan and Eldon Larsen raised nine children on one income withall necessities covered and enough to spare for charity. The Charleston couple says the key to making a budget andsticking to it is getting your priorities in line. The Larsens point out that being debt-free ripples ...
Mormons ready for tough times: ; Family says modest lifestyle is key to economic security
Apr 01, 2009; ... Becky and Andrew Powell have collected a wealth of money-savingtips during 12 years of marriage. Becky, 35, is a homemaker and piano teacher who home schoolsAdrienne, 11, Levi, 10, Jackson, 8, and Anna 3. Andrew, 35, is ahome inspector who travels for work. This means they now ...
Mormons ready for tough times: ; Woman says buying extra food on sale, canning, gardening good way to fill pantry
Apr 01, 2009; ... * Editor's note: Three families who belong to the Church of JesusChrist of Latter-Day Saints say the Mormon faith teaches livingwithin your means and being prepared for lean times. With thecurrent economy forcing folks to tighten belts, it is worthwhile tolook at families like these who ...