Charleston Gazette back issues from October 2004:
'They both had some good points': After local Debate Watch, viewers' minds remain set
Oct 01, 2004; ... tara@wvgazette.com Stephen Simms chortled along with the rest of the room every timePresident George W. Bush pursed his lips in exasperation. He outrightlaughed when Sen. John Kerry said Bush approached the United Nationsabout Iraq only after advisers changed his mind - and "his ...
INSIDE
Oct 01, 2004 ... Chainbreakers Andy Palmer, founder of a local anti-gang program calledChainbreakers, wants to talk ...
Bush, Kerry clash over Iraq: Square-off is first of three before Election Day
Oct 01, 2004; ... CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Sen. John Kerry accused President BushThursday night of a "colossal error in judgment" in ordering theinvasion of Iraq. "The world is better off without Saddam Hussein,"the president shot back in campaign debate, adding his rival oncesaid so himself. "I ...
Merck recalls Vioxx: Arthritis drug linked to strokes, heart attacks
Oct 01, 2004; ... TRENTON, N.J. - Merck & Co. is pulling its blockbuster Vioxx fromthe market after new data found the arthritis drug doubled the riskof heart attacks and strokes. Merck's stock plunged almost 27 percentas the pharmaceutical giant said the recall will hurt its earnings. Merck said ...
INSIDE
Oct 01, 2004 ... Demand on supply They might be 500 miles away, but West Virginia businesses andresidents probably felt ...
Lottery headquarters to stay in Charleston
Oct 01, 2004; ... philk@wvgazette.com West Virginia Lottery officials will look for new headquarterswithin Charleston's city limits, after the state Supreme Courtunanimously refused Thursday to hear an appeal of a court orderbarring the Lottery's move to Putnam County. "The highest court has ...
Girl was stabbed first, witness testifies
Oct 01, 2004; ... tobycoleman@wvgazette.com A Kanawha County man accused of killing his wife and daughter infront of his two young sons knifed the 11-year-old girl first, theman's 8-year-old niece told police. The girl told Kanawha County sheriff's investigators thatChristopher W. Blackwell, ...
U.S., allied deaths in Iraq
Oct 01, 2004; ... As of Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004, 1,049 members of the U.S. militaryhave died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003,according to the Defense Department. Of those, 798 died as a resultof hostile action. The British military has reported 67 deaths; Italy, 19; Poland,13; ...
Terror bombs kill 35 Iraqi children: Scores of other youngsters injured; one U.S. soldier killed, 13 wounded
Oct 01, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - A string of bombs killed 35 children and woundedscores of others as U.S. troops handed out candy Thursday at agovernment-sponsored celebration to inaugurate a sewage plant. It wasthe largest death toll of children in any insurgent attack since thestart of the Iraq ...
Readers' voice: Call 357-4451
Oct 01, 2004 ... or e-mail readersvoice@wvgazette.com * Does the middle-class lady who thanked President Bush for thetax cut realize she is giving it right back to Dick Cheney at the gaspump? * Brent Benjamin is a true Republican who follows President Bush'slead. When all else fails, distort ...
28 Palestinians dead, 131 injured in Israeli attack on refugee camp
Oct 01, 2004; ... JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip - Israeli troops struck deepinside the largest Palestinian refugee camp Thursday, battling maskedgunmen in an unprecedented campaign to stop deadly rocket fire onIsraeli towns. Twenty-eight Palestinians were killed and 131 wounded,the bloodiest ...
House defeats constitutional ban on gay marriage
Oct 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - The House emphatically rejected a constitutionalamendment banning gay marriage Thursday, the latest in a string ofconservative pet causes advanced by Republican leaders in the run-upto Election Day. The vote was 227-186, 49 votes shy of the two-thirds needed ...
Russian Cabinet OKs climate change treaty
Oct 01, 2004; ... MOSCOW - Russia's Cabinet approved the Kyoto Protocol on Thursdayin a crucial step toward putting the long-delayed climate changetreaty into effect, although without participation by the UnitedStates. Final approval by the Russian parliament, which would push thetreaty past its ...
Time may have passed Nader by
Oct 01, 2004; ... "IS Ralph Nader crazy?" a friend asked me this week. It wasn'tjust a rhetorical question. A few people have suggested it in recentweeks: the possibility that the erstwhile consumer advocate has lostthe plot, become disconnected with reality, perhaps even delusional.How else to explain ...
Readers' forum
Oct 01, 2004 ... Capito deserved more respect Editor: Everyone does not feel the same way about Rep. Shelley MooreCapito as the people at the rally Labor Day weekend. It is a shamethat our congresswoman that has always worked for the people of WestVirginia was subjected to that kind of abuse ....
Mine deaths: Use common sense
Oct 01, 2004; ... FOR the second time in two months, the U.S. Mine Safety and HealthAdministration may be fiddling with on-the-job deaths in a way thatwould make mine-related fatalities appear fewer than they really are. Last week, 63-year-old Harlen Ott of Mannington died while runninga bulldozer ...
Values: Byrd pleads for peace
Oct 01, 2004; ... SEN. Robert C. Byrd made a personal plea to feel compassion forpeople around the world on Monday afternoon. He was speaking to 300 people, including dozens of ministers andreligious leaders, who gathered at the Tamarack Conference Center inBeckley, just a few miles from Sophia ...
Religion should not divide W.Va. voters, Edwards says
Oct 01, 2004; ... WEIRTON - John Edwards says voters should know that religion isimportant to him and to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry,but the issue shouldn't be used to divide people in the election. "My faith is very important to me, and the same is true of JohnKerry," the vice ...
S.C. school removes gay marriage from planned student debate
Oct 01, 2004; ... FORT MILL, S.C. - Administrators at Fort Mill High School decidedto remove gay marriage and stem cell research from the agenda of aplanned student debate out of concern that they might clash with astate law on sex education. The topics originally were on a list of eight approved ...
Congress tries to end college provision that helped banks
Oct 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - Congress is trying to end a practice thatunintentionally has allowed banks to take in billions of dollarsmeant to help students pay for college. Lenders are profiting from a promise the government made in 1980to encourage college loans: a guaranteed return of 9.5 ...
Teachers' union chief urges Mezzatesta to quit
Oct 01, 2004; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com The president of the state's largest teachers' union is calling onDelegate Jerry Mezzatesta to resign immediately. Tom Lange, who heads the West Virginia Education Association, saidThursday that Mezzatesta has lost credibility at the state Capitolamid ...
Graham planning crusade in New York
Oct 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - Evangelist Billy Graham, 85 years old and recoveringfrom surgery, is planning what is likely his final crusade in NewYork City, his representatives said Thursday. Graham is scheduled to preach for four days next June in MadisonSquare Garden, reprising his 1957 appearance ...
U.S., Iraqi forces strike insurgents
Oct 01, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major attackagainst the insurgent stronghold of Samarra early today, securinggovernment and police buildings in the city, the U.S. command said. The offensive came in response to "repeated and unprovoked attacksby anti-Iraqi forces" ...
Much talk, little truth behind draft fears: 78 percent of nation opposes military call-up, poll shows
Oct 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - Talk of a military draft keeps blowing in the windthis campaign season, and it's giving many people chills. E-mails and Web logs continue to warn that Congress and the WhiteHouse are moving to reinstitute a draft by next spring for all menand women 18 to 25 years old, ...
U.S. visitors will face more security checks: Tourists from allied nations under scrutiny
Oct 01, 2004; ... LOS ANGELES - Tightening its defenses against terrorism, theUnited States on Thursday began fingerprinting and photographingvisitors from some of America's staunchest allies upon their arrivalin this country. The Homeland Security Department estimated the new requirementswould ...
Obituaries: Obit
Oct 01, 2004 ... Janet Elkins Booth Janet Elkins Booth of Dayton, Ohio, died Sept. 27, 2004. Servicewill be noon Saturday, Oct. 2, at Stevens Funeral Home, Madison.Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Priscilla D. Bostic Priscilla D. Bostic of Charleston ...
Police investigate 3 separate stabbing incidents
Oct 01, 2004; ... daveg@wvgazette.com Three people have survived stabbings in separate incidents inCharleston and Belle since Monday. In the latest incident, Cerissa Stokes, 22, of Roseberry Circle,was arrested Thursday afternoon after she allegedly stabbed herboyfriend, 19-year-old Aaron ...
Two meth labs found in Kanawha City, police say
Oct 01, 2004; ... daveg@wvgazette.com Charleston police say they uncovered a pair of alleged meth labsThursday morning next door to each other at a housing complex. Cpl. K.O. Peoples said he and Cpl. R.M. Creel were working FocusPatrol - a high-visibility tour in a specific area - about 10 a.m ....
Peterson defense says testimony inconsistent
Oct 01, 2004; ... REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Defense attorneys on Thursday challengedthe lead detective assigned to investigate Laci Peterson'sdisappearance on his claim that husband Scott Peterson seemeduninterested in how the case was going. Modesto police DetectiveCraig Grogan was on the witness stand for ...
Charles Town track cancels races again
Oct 01, 2004; ... CHARLES TOWN - Races at the newly refurbished track at CharlesTown Races & Slots were canceled again Thursday. No reason for the cancellation was given on the track's Web siteand phone messages to track owner Penn National Gaming Inc. were notimmediately returned. The track ...
Man charged in assault of 5-year-old
Oct 01, 2004 ... WINFIELD - A Kanawha County man has been charged in Putnam Countyfor having sex with his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter. Kevin Meeks, 29, was assaulting the girl on Sept. 19 when hisgirlfriend walked into the Putnam County home they share, accordingto a criminal complaint filed ...
Ky. officer's acquittal sparks outrage
Oct 01, 2004; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Civil-rights activists, outraged by a whitepolice detective's acquittal in a black teenager's death, have askedcongressional black leaders to look into race relations in the city. The activists also threatened demonstrations that would fill jailcells with ...
Environmentalists dream of restoring valley of Yosemite
Oct 01, 2004; ... SAN FRANCISCO - Of all the battles waged over natural resources inCalifornia, perhaps none is bolder, or more romantic, than a campaignby environmentalists to tear down a dam in Yosemite National Parkthat has provided water and electricity to much of NorthernCalifornia for 80 ...
DeLay actions improper, House ethics panel says
Oct 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - The House ethics committee said Thursday thatMajority Leader Tom DeLay acted improperly when he tried to persuadea Michigan Republican to change his vote from "no" to "yes" on a billto provide a Medicare prescription drug benefit. The committee approved an ...
Fall fire season begins today
Oct 01, 2004 ... West Virginia Division of Forestry announced that the statutoryfall fire season begins today and ends Dec. 31. The burning laws state that during fire season, outdoor burningwill be prohibited between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Burning isallowed between 4 p.m. and 7 a.m. All ...
CAMC seeks to revoke injunction in surgeon's suit
Oct 01, 2004; ... johnheys@wvgazette.com Charleston Area Medical Center wants a judge to get rid of a stateSupreme Court injunction allowing a surgeon to keep his hospitalprivileges while his lawsuit against CAMC is pending. In a counterclaim filed Monday, CAMC also asked a Kanawha ...
Jury returns guilty verdict for Basham: Crime spree included kidnapping death of MU student, prosecutors say
Oct 01, 2004; ... COLUMBIA, S.C. - A Kentucky man on trial in the death of a SouthCarolina woman was convicted of all charges by a federal jury onThursday. Branden Basham was found guilty of eight charges, includingcarjacking resulting in death and kidnapping resulting in death, saidAssistant ...
New fighting drives Sudanese into Darfur refugee camps
Oct 01, 2004; ... ISHMA, Sudan - Thousands of terrified Sudanese are againstraggling into refugee camps in the Darfur region, driven from theirvillages by fresh violence that illustrates the challenges of endingthe conflict here. United Nations and relief officials said Thursday that there'dbeen ...
Road work
Oct 01, 2004 ... West Virginia Paving will be milling the following streets inCharleston between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. today: Westmoreland - from Bigley Avenue to O'Dell Street Hillsdale Drive ...
Today's chuckle: by Harlan Collins
Oct 01, 2004 ... Don't be concerned if your spouse talks in her sleep, ...
THURSDAY'S WEATHER IN CHARLESTON:
Oct 01, 2004 ... Temperatures: High 69 Low 53 High 94 (1953) Low 34 (1947)Precipitation: 24 hours at 5 ...
Eyewitness NEWS: Stormteam WEATHER; WCHS - FOX 11
Oct 01, 2004 ... It will be briefly milder today! Southwest winds will warm us up,with highs from the upper 70s to around 80. Enjoy it, because ...
World weather
Oct 01, 2004 ... Amsterdam 60 47 Cldy Athens 82 63 Cldy Beijing 73 55 Rain Berlin 61 49 Rain Bermuda 84 75 Cldy Cairo 99 72 Clr Calgary 47 29 Cldy Dublin 62 55 Rain Hong Kong 92 80 Cldy Jerusalem 96 70 Clr London 61 57 ...
LOTTERY: LOTTERIES
Oct 01, 2004 ... Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004 West Virginia: Daily 3 - 035 Daily 4 - 5479 Cash 25 - 1-11-18-19-21-23 Ohio: Night Pick 3 - 458 Night Pick 4 - 4485 Day Pick 3 - 300 Day Pick 4 - 7536 Buckeye 5 - 3-7-9-11-18 Wednesday, ...
Mine cleanup program gets reprieve
Oct 01, 2004; ... kward@wvgazette.com The federal program to clean up abandoned coal mines will live onthrough at least November, because of action taken by Sen. Robert C.Byrd. Byrd, D-W.Va., got an extension of the program included in acontinuing resolution that funds the federal government ...
National weather
Oct 01, 2004 ... Anchorage 36 32 Rain Atlanta 84 61 PCldy Boston 68 57 PCldy Charlotte,N.C. 80 61 PCldy Chicago 74 52 Clr Cincinnati 75 47 PCldy Cleveland 75 44 Rain Dallas-Ft Worth 87 68 PCldy Denver 52 40 PCldy Detroit 74 45 ...
Firm accused of Endangered Species violations
Oct 01, 2004; ... rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com A coalition of six conservation groups has filed a "notice ofviolations" letter charging Allegheny Wood Products with violatingthe terms of the Endangered Species Act by logging and road-buildingin threatened bat and snail habitat in its new Cheat Canyon ...
Key QBs, paranoid coaches and recruiting
Oct 01, 2004; ... THE VIEWS from here: s Quarterbacks shouldn't be X factors.Especially two with as many games behind them as Virginia Tech'sBryan Randall and West Virginia's Rasheed Marshall. But it's the case with Saturday's non-conference shootout inBlacksburg, Va. With Randall and Marshall, X ...
Reds add to Cubs' misery: Slide continues with another 12-inning loss
Oct 01, 2004; ... CHICAGO - Mark Prior pitched his best game of the season. Still,he couldn't stop the Chicago Cubs' final-week slump that has damagedtheir chances of making the postseason. "It's not from a lack of preparation. It's not from a lack oftrying. It just hasn't worked out. I don't have a ...
Turnover turnaround: Marshall up, Miami down in key stat
Oct 01, 2004; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com HUNTINGTON - The turnover tales of two teams have been reversed. As a result, so has the just-concluded Marshall-Miami rivalry. Last season, the Thundering Herd committed five turnovers in theRedHawks' 45-6 runaway. Wednesday night, the Herd turned ...
INSIDE
Oct 01, 2004 ... One more to tie Ichiro Suzuki had one hit Thursday, giving him 256 on ...
Back to the grind for 4-0 Capital: GAME OF THE WEEK
Oct 01, 2004; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com If tonight's game is tight, momentum could shift to Capital. The season hasn't been too close for comfort for the Cougars, whohave escaped three competitive finishes to stand unbeaten headinginto tonight's Mountain State Athletic Conference contest ...
Today's area schedule
Oct 01, 2004 ... HIGH SCHOOL Boys soccer Buckhannon-Upshur tournament: Capital vs.Morgantown, 6 p.m.; Huntington, TBA Cross Lanes Christian at GraceChristian, 5 p.m. Girls soccer Charleston Catholic, Cabell Midland atElkins tournament Volleyball Cross Lanes Christian at FairhavenChristian, 7 p.m. COLLEGE ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Oct 01, 2004 ... Today's quote "With his little calves, it's a very mild injury."Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Tice on the strained calf injurysuffered by 5-foot-10, 173-pound receiver Kelly Campbell Names inthe games Mountaineer fans are getting Sirius (radio) West Virginia University ...
Prep football
Oct 01, 2004 ... This weeks schedule Thursdays results Doddridge County at SouthHarrison, late Todays games Bishop Donahue at Hundred Braxton Countyat Nicholas County Brooke at Buckeye Local, Ohio Buckhannon-Upshur atLewis County Buffalo at South Gallia, Ohio Burch at Matewan CabellMidland at Capital ...
Not-so-gentle Ben: Lynch would love repeat of last year's effort vs. Virginia Tech
Oct 01, 2004; ... dphickman1@aol.com MORGANTOWN - One of the most enduring moments of West Virginia's28-7 win over then-No. 3 Virginia Tech last fall in Morgantown didn'thappen during the game. It wasn't Travis Garvin's 93-yard touchdown reception or any ofQuincy Wilson's 33 bullish carries ...
Baseball today
Oct 01, 2004 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr y-New York 100 59 .629 - 6-4 W-3 57-24 43-35 10-8 x-Boston 95 63 .601 41/2 6-4 L-1 55-26 40-37 9-9 Baltimore 77 81 .487 221/2 7-3 W-3 37-40 40-41 5-13 Tampa Bay 68 90 .430 311/2 z-5-5 W-1 41-39 27-51 ...
Middle school football
Oct 01, 2004 ... Thursday's results Hurricane 20, Winfield 6 H - Finney 3 run (pass failed) H - Bumpus 1 run (pass failed) H - White 3 run (Kersey run) W - Thompson 1 run (run failed) Defense - H: entire team. Records - H 5-0, W 4-1. Note: Hurricane ...
NFL
Oct 01, 2004 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 2 0 0 1.000 50 36 N.Y. Jets 2 0 0 1.000 65 52 Buffalo 0 2 0 .000 20 26 Miami 0 3 0 .000 23 46 South W L T Pct PF PA Jacksonville 3 0 0 1.000 35 28 Indianapolis 2 1 0 ...
Golf
Oct 01, 2004 ... American Express Championship Thursday's results At Mount Juliet Conrad Thomastown, Ireland First round Todd Hamilton 33-33-66 -6 Miguel A. Jimenez 34-33-67 -5 Steve Flesch 34-33-67 -5 Stuart Appleby 32-35-67 -5 Luke Donald ...
Volleyball
Oct 01, 2004 ... COLLEGE At Charleston Univ. of Charleston d. Ohio Valley 30-18, 30-17, 30-17 Records: UC 14-3 overall, 5-1 WVC; OV-8-10, 4-4 At Akron, Ohio Marshall d. Akron 30-21, 30-21, ...
Transactions
Oct 01, 2004 ... BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Activated LHP Scott Schoeneweis from the 15-dayDL. National League NEW YORK METS-Named Omar Minaya general manager/executive vicepresident of baseball operations. BASKETBALL National Basketball ...
College football
Oct 01, 2004 ... BIG EAST CONFERENCE Conf. Overall W L PF PA W L PF PA Boston College 1 0 27 7 3 1 81 42 Connecticut 1 1 36 44 4 1 150 81 West Virginia 0 0 0 0 4 0 165 69 Rutgers 0 0 0 0 2 1 72 70 Syracuse 0 0 0 0 2 2 66 106 Temple 0 0 0 0 1 3 91 ...
Regional golf
Oct 01, 2004 ... Class AAA Region 4 At Woodridge Plantation, Mineral Wells Par 71 Team scoring 1. Parkersburg South 295; 2. Cabell Midland 303; 3. Huntington306; 4. Parkersburg 315; 5. Ripley 320; 6. Spring Valley 331; 7.Hurricane 339; 8. St. Albans 340; 9. Nitro 360 ...
Ichiro one shy of hit record
Oct 01, 2004; ... Wild-card glance National League W L Pct GB Houston 89 70 .560 - San Francisco 88 70 .557 1/2 Chicago Cubs 88 71 .553 1 San Diego 86 72 .544 21/2 Thursday's results Cincinnati 2, Chicago Cubs 1, 12 innings San Francisco at San ...