Charleston Gazette back issues from September 2004:
Cholesterol test may better predict heart attacks
Sep 01, 2004; ... MUNICH, Germany - A simple test that scrutinizes bad cholesterolmore closely may more reliably predict who is going to have a heartattack, research indicates. The current test measures total cholesterol and the breakdown ofgood HDL and bad LDL cholesterol. The new test, discussed ...
INSIDE
Sep 01, 2004 ... Terrorist acts * A gruesome video posted on a Web site purported to showmilitants beheading a Nepalese worker and shooting 11 others in thefirst mass slaying of foreign hostages during the Iraqi insurgency. * Palestinian suicide bombers blew up two buses in Israel, killing16 ...
WTO authorizes trade sanctions against U.S.: Byrd Amendment gives fines to affected companies
Sep 01, 2004; ... BRUSSELS, Belgium - The World Trade Organization authorized theEuropean Union and seven other leading U.S. trading partners Tuesdayto impose more than $150 million worth of sanctions against theUnited States for failing to repeal anti-dumping rules deemed illegalby the WTO. The ...
Pentagon spy suspect teaches at Shepherd
Sep 01, 2004; ... tara@wvgazette.com The man accused of spying for the Israeli government inside thePentagon spent Tuesday evening teaching his class at ShepherdUniversity in the state's Eastern Panhandle. When reports started coming in that Larry Franklin was suspectedof spying for the ...
Republican National Convention: First lady reveals here husband; Laura Bush tells of president's agonizing over war decisions
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - Republican National Convention co-stars Laura Bush andArnold Schwarzenegger commended President Bush to the country forfour more years Tuesday night, hailing him as a man of strengthleavened by compassion. "You can count on him, especially in acrisis," said the first lady ....
Man Kerry saved in Vietnam to appear
Sep 01, 2004 ... Jim Rassmann, who served with John Kerry in Vietnam, will spendtoday and Thursday traveling across West Virginia to speak withveterans. Rassmann is the Special Forces officer whom Kerry saved after anexploding mine blew Rassmann off a swift boat into the Bay Hap River.Kerry ...
Edwards blasts Bush on health insurance: Vice presidential candidate, on second day in beckley area also criticizes president over lost jobs
Sep 01, 2004; ... rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com BECKLEY - Since wresting control of the Oval Office from theDemocrats four years ago, George W. Bush "has led us from the edge ofgreatness off the edge of a cliff," vice presidential candidate JohnEdwards told a cheering crowd in Beckley's courthouse ...
At least 38 killed in string of violence around world
Sep 01, 2004; ... A rescue worker carries a victim of an explosion in Beersheba,southern Israel in this image taken from video Tuesday. Two ...
At least 38 killed in string of violence around world
Sep 01, 2004; ... In a wave of violence around the globe Tuesday: * A Web site purportedly showed the gruesome killings of 12hostages in Iraq. * At least 10 died and dozens were injured in a Moscow suicideblast. * Suicide bombers blew up two buses in Israel, killing 16. In ...
Suspended officer attended training
Sep 01, 2004; ... jamiehenline@wvgazette.com A Hurricane police officer's suspension in August has not reallyaffected him, David Boyles, the city's acting police commissioner,said Tuesday. Sgt. Ron Smith was placed on paid administrative leave Aug. 9,along with Chief L.D. Foster and Cpl ....
Extrication on Lucado
Sep 01, 2004; ... Gazette photo Charleston firefighters cut a woman out of her Chevy S-10 pickupon Lucado Road after it was hit by a Ford Bronco at ...
Reunions
Sep 01, 2004 ... Hardman family - Sept. 5, Hardman Chapel near Smithville, RitchieCounty. All friends and relatives are invited. Chandler Drive - Noon, Sept. 11, Rippling Waters Campgrounds. Call776-1891 or 744-5591 for information. Aleutian Island Veterans - Oct. 27-29, Wellsboro, Pa ....
Marshal impersonator sentenced
Sep 01, 2004; ... PITTSBURGH - A West Virginia man has been sentenced inPennsylvania to two years in prison for impersonating a U.S. marshaland taking stolen goods and vehicles across state lines. Federal prosecutors said Terry Chalfonte, 50, of Metz, W.Va., hadan elaborate scheme, including ...
Readers' forum
Sep 01, 2004 ... America needs a new direction Editor: This could be the most important election since the '30s, whenAmerica needed a new direction. America cries for a new directiontoday, especially in the world of veterans affairs. Those veterans oftoday's war must know their country will ...
Protest: New record set?
Sep 01, 2004; ... AT LEAST 120,000, and perhaps as many as 400,000, Americans jammedManhattan to denounce President Bush, his Iraq war and the GOPnational assembly. USA Today commented: "The protest was believed tothe largest ever at a U.S. political convention." "Bush Lied - 960 Died" was a ...
Commissioners
Sep 01, 2004; ... THE Higher Education Policy Commission, West Virginia's newgoverning board for state-owned colleges and universities, has 10members, as follows: Mary Clare Eros, a Shepherdstown lawyer; Elliot G. Hicks, aCharleston lawyer; Michael S. Garrison, a Morgantown lawyer; John ...
Outrage: Harold Michael U.
Sep 01, 2004; ... EVERY legislator wants to bring tax-funded goodies to his or herdistrict. Success at this age-old "pork barrel" practice makes a lawmaker ahero to hometown voters, boosting re-election prospects. A supreme champion of it is Delegate Harold Michael, D-Hardy,chairman of the ...
Coal prices, income tax payments prompt surge in state collections
Sep 01, 2004; ... philk@wvgazette.com West Virginia enjoyed a surge in tax collections in August, thanksto high coal prices and an unexplained jump in personal income taxpayments. Pending final numbers that will be available later today, thestate is on pace to take in $246.4 million in ...
Ex-Kanawha teacher admits to sex with 13-year-old in '80s
Sep 01, 2004; ... cshumaker@wvgazette.com An anonymous letter led Kanawha County school officials andprosecutors to solve a nearly 20-year-old case of a former teacher'ssexual relationship with a student. Former Kanawha County middle school teacher and girls basketballcoach Donald Ray Lucas, ...
Goodwin declines to clarify mountaintop removal ruling
Sep 01, 2004; ... kward@wvgazette.com U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin on Tuesday declined toclarify his July ruling on mountaintop removal coal mining. But in an 11-page order issued Tuesday, Goodwin also cautioned theU.S. Army Corps of Engineers to properly enforce that ruling. "Itrust ...
City magazine draws four bidders
Sep 01, 2004; ... mandyrorrer@wvgazette.com Four publishers want to take over Charleston Magazine, and thecity's visitors bureau will likely select one of them at a meetingnext week. Earlier this summer, Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureauboard members voted 12-1 to discontinue ...
Obituaries: Obit
Sep 01, 2004 ... Mark Dwayne Adams Mark Dwayne Adams, 42, of Ravenswood died Aug. 31, 2004. Servicewill be 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, at Roush Funeral Home, Ravenswood.Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Della Judy Akers Della Judy Akers, 84, of Parkersburg, ...
Former Tuskegee Airman dies at 87 in Miss.
Sep 01, 2004; ... COLUMBUS, Miss. - Alva Temple, one of the famed Tuskegee Airmenwho became the nation's first black military pilots, has died. He was87. Temple died Saturday at his home. A cause of death was notreleased. Temple was in the Air Force for 20 years and completed 120missions ...
Man admits fraud in hospital inspections
Sep 01, 2004; ... CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A former safety inspector at dozens of EastCoast hospitals pleaded guilty Tuesday to fraud charges in federalcourt, after an investigation showed he faked his credentials andmiscalibrated mammography machines and other diagnostic equipment foryears. Perry ...
Moore vows to return to Garden after boos
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - Filmmaker Michael Moore said he will return to theRepublican National Convention where delegates roundly booed hispresence on opening night. Moore is covering the convention this week as an opinion columnistfor USA Today and arrived at Madison Square Garden in time for ...
Nearly 1,000 arrested in convention protests
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - Nearly 1,000 protesters were arrested across Manhattanon Tuesday as swarms of activists massed in the streets for marchesto the site of the Republican convention - by far the biggest day ofarrests since the demonstrations began last week. There were no immediate reports ...
Putnam water project gets $50,000, may delay theater
Sep 01, 2004; ... cbroadwater@wvgazette.com WINFIELD - Putnam County officials hope a waterline relocationwon't delay construction of the county's new movie theater. Waterlines in the ground below Erskine Lane in Teays Valley, wherethe All Star Theater 10 is under construction, have to be moved ...
City man arrested on wounding charge
Sep 01, 2004 ... An attempt by a divorced Charleston couple to reconcile ended whenhe allegedly attacked her Saturday. Harold Dean Miles II, 34, was arrested Tuesday in the allegedmalicious wounding of Patricia Jean Curry, his former wife, acriminal complaint filed by Charleston Police Cpl. Aaron ...
City man faces felony crack charges
Sep 01, 2004 ... A Charleston man was arrested Tuesday after an undercover drug buyin St. Albans allegedly netted a baggie of crack cocaine, courtrecords show. Roosevelt Motley II of Athens Avenue is charged with felonydistribution of crack cocaine and felony possession with intent todeliver, ...
Boil-water advisory
Sep 01, 2004 ... The Department of Health and Human Resources has issued a boil-water advisory for the area from Zickafoose Church to Babcock ...
Road work
Sep 01, 2004 ... West Virginia Paving will begin milling and/or paving thefollowing streets in Charleston at 7 a.m. today: Milling * Nottingham - the loop. * Shamrock - from Emerald to end. * Locksley - from Nottingham to ...
Correction
Sep 01, 2004 ... State Sen. Lisa Smith, R-Putnam, owes $4,300 for each month ofunpaid rent over a four-month ...
State, Shepherd offer 'University' diplomas to its past graduates
Sep 01, 2004; ... tara@wvgazette.com Graduates of West Virginia State College canget new diplomas with their alma maters new name West Virginia StateUniversity for a $25 fee. The same upgrade will cost $75 forShepherd College alumni, school officials said. WVSUs fee simplycovers the cost of processing ...
World weather
Sep 01, 2004 ... Amsterdam 64 56 Rain Athens 88 70 Clr Beijing 89 65 Clr Berlin 64 51 Rain Bermuda 87 79 Cldy Cairo 89 71 Clr Calgary 69 49 Cldy Dublin 64 42 Cldy Hong Kong 87 77 Rain Jerusalem 92 67 Clr London 68 49 ...
National weather
Sep 01, 2004 ... Anchorage 60 50 Rain Atlanta 87 70 PCldy Boston 77 61 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 83 68 PCldy Chicago 82 59 PCldy Cincinnati 83 59 PCldy Cleveland 78 58 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 91 67 PCldy Denver 88 56 Clr Detroit 80 59 ...
HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER: A little luck never hurts; GW girls dominate Sissonville 5-0
Sep 01, 2004; ... jimmorris@wvgazette.com The first goal might have been a fortuitous accident, but GeorgeWashington wouldn't need much luck as it dominated Sissonville in a 5-0 win in girls soccer Tuesday evening at Schoenbaum Stadium inCoonskin Park. Senior Caroline Price, who scored two ...
Rodriguez tired of schedule questions
Sep 01, 2004; ... E. Carolina at WVU * When: 6 p.m. Saturday * TV: None * Line: WVUby 28 dphickman1@aol.com MORGANTOWN - He has heard the questions so many times that hecould just scream. And so on Tuesday afternoon, Rich Rodriguez didjust that. Or at least he did in a manner of ...
Gameday, Beanie Bowl and a little hoop scoop
Sep 01, 2004; ... YE OLDE NOTEBOOK: s It's almost here. College football in theMountain State. Grills - gas, electric and good ol' charcoal - arebeing prepared for the tailgate parties. The briquettes are beingchosen. (To mesquite or not to mesquite?) Finally, on Saturday, there will be a kickoff ....
INSIDE
Sep 01, 2004 ... U.S. Open Wimbledon champion Maria ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Sep 01, 2004 ... Today's quote It looked like someone hit a fungo from second base.Phillies reliever Todd Jones, who was watching from the bullpen whenJoe Borchards home run estimated at 504 feet sailed over his headin the White Sox win over Philadelphia Monday Names in the games Palmer's ...
Herd not quick to forget Troy debacle
Sep 01, 2004; ... Troy at Marshall * When: 4:30 p.m. Saturday * TV: (FoxP) * Line:Marshall by 14 dougsmock@wvgazette.com HUNTINGTON - As they prepare for their rematch against Troy, everyplayer and coach in the Marshall camp would love to have a few playsback from last year's 33-24 debacle ....
Baseball today
Sep 01, 2004 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr New York 81 50 .618 - 5-5 L-2 43-19 38-31 10-8 Boston 77 53 .592 31/2 z-9-1 W-7 45-21 32-32 9-9 Baltimore 59 71 .454 211/2 2-8 W-2 29-35 30-36 5-13 Tampa Bay 59 72 .450 22 4-6 L-4 36-31 23-41 ...
Area tennis
Sep 01, 2004 ... Regatta Tennis Tournament At Kanawha City Community Center Tuesday's results Men's singles - Schwirian d. Terry 6-2, 6-2; Casto d. Bazzle 6-7,6-4, 6-2; Mi. Valent d. Poindexter 6-3, 6-3; Dasaro d. Ma. Valent 2-6, 6-3,6-4. Girls 16 singles - Nekoranec d ....
Meetings, etc.
Sep 01, 2004 ... * Charleston Church Fellowship has an opening for six participantsin its Monday night bowling league. For more information, call DunbarBowling Center at 768-2191. * Dunbar Bowling Center has one team slot available for itscouples ...
Latest line
Sep 01, 2004 ... NFL preseason Favorite Points Underdog Thursday's games NY GIANTS 2 1/2 (35) Baltimore PITTSBURGH 3 (37) Carolina DETROIT 5 (36) Buffalo DALLAS 3 (40) Kansas City HOUSTON 2 (34) Tampa Bay DENVER 7 1/2 (38) Arizona SEATTLE 3 ...
U.S. Open tennis
Sep 01, 2004 ... Tuesday's results At The USTA National Tennis Center New York Singles Men First round Dominik Hrbaty (22), Slovakia, def. Oscar Hernandez, Spain, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. Lee Hyung-taik, South Korea, def. Ivan Ljubicic (24), Croatia, 3-6, 6-3, 1-1, ...
Today in sports history
Sep 01, 2004 ... 1912 - Smokey Joe Wood of the Boston Red Sox, on his way to a 34-win season, beats Walter Johnson of the Senators 1-0 in a speciallyarranged pitching duel at Boston. The victory is Wood's 16thstraight. 1984 - Willie Totten of Mississippi Valley State passes for aDivision ...
NFL preseason
Sep 01, 2004 ... NFLpreseason Monday's game Dallas 20, Tennessee 17 Thursday's games Carolina at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m. Jacksonville at New England, 6:45 p.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 7 p.m. Kansas City at Dallas, 8 ...
Transactions
Sep 01, 2004 ... BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX-Purchased the contract of C Sandy Martinez from theCleveland Indians and assigned him to Pawtucket of the IL. CLEVELAND INDIANS-Recalled OF Ryan Ludwick from Buffalo of the IL. MINNESOTA TWINS-Called up OF Jason Kubel from ...
Minor league baseball
Sep 01, 2004 ... South Atlantic League Second half Northern Division W L Pct. GB Hickory (Pirates) 43 21 .672 - x-Charleston (Blue Jays) 38 26 .594 5 Lakewood (Phillies) 35 28 .556 71/2 Lake County (Indians) 33 30 .524 91/2 Kannapolis (White Sox) 33 ...
College football
Sep 01, 2004 ... This week's schedule Thursday's game W.Virginia St. at W. Carolina, 7 p.m. Saturday's games Troy at Marshall, 4:30 p.m. E. Carolina at West Virginia, 6 p.m. Fairmont St. at Charleston, 1 p.m. Geneva, Pa., at West Liberty, 1 ...
Indians blank Yanks 22-0
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - The Cleveland Indians sent the New York Yankees totheir most-lopsided loss ever, romping 22-0 Tuesday night behind anAL record-tying six hits by Omar Vizquel. The Yankees' lead in the AL East was cut to 31/2 games by Boston,which beat Anaheim 10-7. The Yankees had ...
Sports on TV/radio
Sep 01, 2004 ... TELEVISION (USA) 11 a.m. - tennis: U.S. Open (ESPN) 1 p.m. - World Cup of Hockey, Czech Republic vs. Sweden (ESPN2) 7 p.m. - World Cup of Hockey, Canada vs. Slovakia (ESPN) 7 p.m. - baseball: Angels at Red Sox or Cubs at Expos (USA) 7 p.m. - tennis: U.S ....
Sports briefs
Sep 01, 2004 ... Tributes planned for Cardinals' Tillman NEW YORK - Pat Tillman, the former Arizona safety killed inAfghanistan, will be honored by the NFL and the Cardinals during theupcoming season. Players on all 32 teams will wear a decal bearing Tillman's number40 in games of the second ...
Prep football
Sep 01, 2004 ... Tentative West Virginia high school football schedules this week:Fridays games Anacostia, D.C., at Wheeling Park Bishop Donahue atPaden City Bridgeport at Preston County Brooke at Parkersburg CabellMidland at St. Albans Calhoun County at Ritchie County Cameron atSouth Harrison Capital at ...
U.S. OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT: Sharapova staves off elimination
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - Maria Sharapova nearly found out just how quickly onecan go from diva to disaster. No reigning Wimbledon women's champion has lost in the first roundof the U.S. Open, and Sharapova was just one game from that fate.Then she steeled herself to claim 12 of the last 14 ...
Deion signs 1-year deal with Ravens
Sep 01, 2004; ... After three seasons away from the NFL, Deion Sanders signed withthe Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday. The seven-time Pro Bowl cornerback passed his physical and signeda one-year contract laden with incentives. He will practice with theteam for the first time Wednesday, and expects to ...
NFL TRAINING CAMPS: Pennington close to contract extension
Sep 01, 2004; ... HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - The money is nice. No, the money is very nice. Still, Chad Pennington sees more than dollar signs in the richcontract extension he's about to get from the New York Jets. The quarterback, entering his fifth season, is close on a dealthat will net him about $22 ...
Smith leads Cats to 4-3 win over Legends
Sep 01, 2004 ... Former Capital and West Virginia State standout David Smith was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs to lead the Charleston Alley Catspast the Lexington Legends 4-3 Tuesday night at Watt Powell Parkbefore a crowd of 3,069. Charleston (38-26) surged for three runs in the bottom of ...
Wallace first thought of retirement after Earnhardt's tragedy at Daytona 500: NASCAR
Sep 01, 2004; ... DALLAS - Rusty Wallace said he first starting thinking aboutretirement three years ago when his friend and rival Dale Earnhardtwas killed during the Daytona 500. "When Earnhardt lost his life, it kind of got to me," Wallacesaid. "It made me nervous and made me think about a lot of ...
Persinger, Chenoweth repeat state Senior Four Ball title: Roundup
Sep 01, 2004 ... Charles Persinger of Scott Depot and Richard Chenoweth ofParkersburg fired a two-day total 12-under-par 132 to win theirsecond straight West Virginia Senior Four Ball golf championshipTuesday at Stonewall Jackson Resort. Charleston's Dave Pope and Huntington's Steve Fox finished ...
Charles up for Walker Award
Sep 01, 2004 ... Marshall senior running back Earl Charles has been named acandidate for 2004 Doak Walker Award, which is presented annually tothe nation's top collegiate running back by the Southern MethodistUniversity Athletic Forum. Charles, a second-team Mid-American Conference selection ...
Legursky lands at left guard in offensive line shuffle: MARSHALL Notebook
Sep 01, 2004; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com HUNTINGTON - In the latest installment of "As the O-Line Turns,"Doug Legursky gets a shot to start - at guard. As Marshall coaches try to get the right combination on theoffensive line, the true freshman from Beckley spent Tuesday'spractice at ...
Charleston Catholic girls defeat South Charleston 8-2: PREP soccer
Sep 01, 2004 ... Kim Abcouwer scored four goals and assisted on two others asCharleston Catholic downed South Charleston 8-2 in girls soccerTuesday at Shawnee Park. Katie Kern added a goal and two assists for Charleston Catholic (4-1), Sarah Anderson scored twice and had an assist and Sarah ...
New features spice up Charleston Distance Run
Sep 01, 2004; ... tatkinson@wvgazette.com Despite its illustrious history, the Charleston Distance Run stillmust keep pace with running events around the region. First-year race director David Fenwick has introduced some newfeatures this year to help keep the 15-mile race the centerpiece ...