Charleston Gazette back issues from January 2006:
As wind farms increase, so does debate
Jan 02, 2006; ... STAMFORD, Conn. - Giant windmills are popping up on farms, scenicmountain ridges, prairie grass and now an Indian reservation,dramatically changing the nation's landscape and spinning a debateabout where they belong. Wind power grew rapidly in 2005, becoming more competitive ...
Vote-buying inquiry goes on: Next phase being pondered, investigators say
Jan 02, 2006; ... Last week's string of guilty pleas might have resolved all pendingelection fraud charges in Southern West Virginia, but few believethat federal prosecutors have ended their pursuit of vote-buying. "We're not going to stop with these convictions and go to lunch,"acting U.S. Attorney ...
Progress is made against bird flu: Vaccine supply still too small, CDC chief says
Jan 02, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - The United States is making fast progress inpreparations for a bird flu pandemic, including measures to closedown schools and quarantine the sick, but vaccine supplies remaininadequate, health officials said Sunday. "We've got a lot of work to do," said Julie ...
City slayings down by half: West Side killings drop from 11 to 1
Jan 02, 2006; ... daveg@wvgazette.com In 2005, Charleston had just five homicides - less than half ofthe city's 2004 total. The biggest change came on the West Side, where the number droppedfrom 11 to one. Two of 2005's homicides happened in Kanawha City, one in SouthHills, one on the ...
Bush: NSA spying essential: Senators want hearings on domestic-surveillance program
Jan 02, 2006; ... SAN ANTONIO - President Bush strongly defended his domestic spyingprogram on Sunday, calling it legal as well as vital to thwartingterrorist attacks, and contended that the leak making it public hadcaused "great harm to the nation." "This is a limited program designed to prevent ...
Fla. teen arrives home after solo trip to Iraq
Jan 02, 2006; ... MIAMI - A 16-year-old who took off to Iraq alone to experience thelives of its people firsthand arrived back in Florida on Sunday,ending a three-week odyssey much to the relief of his family. Farris Hassan was surrounded by family members as he walked to acar waiting outside Miami ...
U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 2,179
Jan 02, 2006; ... As of Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006, at least 2,179 members of the U.S.military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003,according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,705 died as aresult of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. Thefigures include five ...
Militants set off string of car bombs in Iraq: Sunni Arabs open political bid
Jan 02, 2006; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants blew up 13 cars in three hours Sunday,injuring at least 20 people while 13 Iraqis were killed in otherviolence that fed the turmoil following last month's contestedparliamentary elections. Sunni Arabs made their opening bid in what could be ...
Kuwait still battling human trafficking
Jan 02, 2006; ... KUWAIT CITY - Annu, an Asian house maid, says she worked 19-hourdays for a year and was paid nothing. Her eyes well up with tears as she slaps her hand, demonstratingwhat her employers did when she reached out for food when it was notlunchtime - the only meal they gave ...
Second storm hits flooded California
Jan 02, 2006; ... GUERNEVILLE, Calif. - The second major storm in two days washedacross northern California on Sunday, prolonging the threat offlooding as residents tried to clean up thick layers of mud anddebris left behind as the first wave of floodwater receded. Hundreds of homes and businesses ...
Readers' voice: Call 357-4451
Jan 02, 2006 ... or e-mail readersvoice@wvgazette.com * Any woman or man that would enter into a "horrific" marriage, asthe one reader states here, didn't take enough time to consider themarriage before entering into it. That is part of the problem. As amatter of fact, that is the whole problem ...
Tropical storm drifts westward across Atlantic
Jan 02, 2006; ... MIAMI - Tropical Storm Zeta, the 27th named storm of a record-breaking hurricane season, drifted westward across the Atlantic onSunday and forecasters said it might weaken during the day. Zeta had top sustained wind of about 50 mph, according to theNational Hurricane Center ....
Scaring up a minimum-wage hike
Jan 02, 2006; ... AUSTIN, Texas - 2006 makes the ninth year in a row the federalminimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 an hour. It's bad economics,it's bad policy, it's stupid, it's unfair, and it's high damn time todo something about it. It is also, as Sen. Edward Kennedy says, amoral issue. The ...
Readers' forum
Jan 02, 2006 ... Tookie's death not barbaric Editor: Barbaric punishment? I think not. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wasnot responsible for Tookie Williams' death. Williams was. Whether heever professed his guilt is not an issue. He was tried and convictedby a jury of his peers for the ...
Potpourri
Jan 02, 2006; ... LINCOLN County's political leadership is being wiped out. AssessorJerry Weaver, Circuit Clerk Greg Stowers and four of their ward-heeler minions have pleaded guilty to election-stealing. They promiseto testify against other Lincoln political bosses, so further chargesare likely. Thank ...
Decline: Literacy slippage
Jan 02, 2006; ... HERE is some troubling news: More Americans are going further inschool, but fewer American adults - even those with college degrees -are proficient readers. A new report by the U.S. Department of Education says America'smost educated adults have grown less literate during the last ...
Politics in the sky: Contribute to science, not war of words, on warming
Jan 02, 2006; ... With the Kyoto Protocol in the news again after the close of theUnited Nations' Montreal conference, it seems time to address therhetoric of global warming. The global warming debate has become anincreasingly political and increasingly manipulative discussiondesigned to promote ...
Readers' forum
Jan 02, 2006 ... Soldiers fight for better world Editor: Charleston, I am a Summersville native, a 1987 graduate ofNicholas County High School and have been in the Army the pastseveral years (four at West Point, 14 as an officer and in Iraq sinceFebruary). I read the Gazette online nearly ...
Video to play big role at annual Vegas gadget show
Jan 02, 2006; ... Do you want to catch "Saturday Night Live" on Sunday, or"Nightline" in the morning? Would you like to watch the football gamein a doctor's waiting room or 2,000 miles from home? Or, what if you're suddenly in the mood for an old episode of"Dragnet" or one of last year's hit ...
On file: Kanawha County
Jan 02, 2006 ... Marriages The following people applied for marriage licenses in KanawhaCounty between Dec. 27 and 30. Randal Matt Legg, 45, and Tina Lasonia Chamberlain, 39, both ofCharleston. Shelley Dale Boggess III, 23, of Nitro and Shauna Rebecca Justice,20, of ...
On file: Putnam County
Jan 02, 2006 ... Marriages The following people applied for marriage licenses in PutnamCounty between Dec. 16 and 28. Jacob Isaac Pack, 30, and Tiffany Nicole McGray, 22, both ofHometown. Richard Brandon Gay, 24, and Heather Nicole Cozort, 22, both ofNitro. Calvin Quoc Phan, ...
CORRECTION
Jan 02, 2006 ... The Manga comic strip will start next Sunday. An announcement ...
LOTTERY: LOTTERIES
Jan 02, 2006; ... Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005 DES MOINES, Iowa - None of the tickets sold for the Powerball gameSaturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 4-30-37-43-46: Powerball 42 (x2) Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have wonor shared the ...
World weather
Jan 02, 2006 ... Amsterdam 42 32 Rain Athens 59 39 Cldy Baghdad 64 44 Clr Berlin 37 8 Snow Bermuda 71 64 PCldy Cairo 73 51 Clr Calgary 33 14 Clr Dublin 44 41 Rain Hong Kong 73 62 PCldy Jerusalem 73 50 Clr London 46 37 ...
National weather
Jan 02, 2006 ... Anchorage 27 19 PCldy Atlanta 63 51 PCldy Boston 39 29 Snow Charlotte,N.C. 60 45 PCldy Chicago 43 39 Cldy Cincinnati 63 52 Cldy Cleveland 50 36 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 71 47 Clr Denver 57 26 Cldy Detroit 41 34 Cldy Elkins ...
Woman killed in fire on Strawberry Road
Jan 02, 2006 ... A New Year's Eve fire killed an elderly woman in a home alongStrawberry Road outside St. Albans. Two other people were injured in the fire at 1250 Strawberry Roadand taken to a burn unit in Huntington, a dispatcher with the KanawhaCounty Metro 911 center said ...
Couch burning inspires candle
Jan 02, 2006; ... MORGANTOWN - Mark Garrett has developed a safe way to keep theWest Virginia University tradition of couch burning alive: burn couch-shaped candles instead. The Fairmont businessman has developed blue and gold wax couchesfor students and others to burn to show their Mountaineer ...
20th Century Images: Bird's-eye view, 1965; by Richard Andre
Jan 02, 2006 ... Charleston's Municipal Auditorium is remarkable when seen fromstreet level, but this aerial photo shows the unique shape of thesides and rear of the building. The view from the air reveals how thehuge 3,500-seat auditorium was built without any interior pillars toobstruct spectators' ...
Still setting lofty goals: Rodriguez wants Mountaineers to take another step
Jan 02, 2006; ... dphickman1@aol.com ATLANTA - Almost a year to the day after Rich Rodriguez becameWest Virginia's 31st head football coach in November of 2000, hefinished his first season with his seventh loss in eight games, a 3-8 record and nowhere to go but up. Four years later, at ...
INSIDE
Jan 02, 2006 ... Quite a kick The Patriots' Doug Flutie (right) converted the ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Jan 02, 2006 ... Today's quote "I'm a player, and every player would love to makeas much money as possible. But I look at the game and the professionand the popularity of our game and everything that revolves aroundit. We've learned valuable lessons from baseball, basketball andhockey about the roads we ...
For a victory over Georgia, WVU must confuse
Jan 02, 2006; ... ATLANTA - It's not like a rare sighting of a boat-tailed grackle.(For you non-ornithologists, that's a bird.) Upsets happen all the time in sports. This evening, West Virginia will try to pull off another overGeorgia in the Sugar Bowl. The population-poor Mountain State ...
Sugar Boowl: -; WVU vs. Georgia; Ready to go? Who knows?; Fast start important for WVU
Jan 02, 2006; ... dphickman1@aol.com ATLANTA - Rich Rodriguez has spent most of his time here this weekin meetings and practices, press conferences and official functions.Every minute of his day, it seems, is taken up by a commitment of onesort or another. Almost every minute, that ...
WVU women fall at home: Roundup
Jan 02, 2006 ... Lindsey Van Dorn's layup with 2.5 seconds to play in overtimeproved to be the difference as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi defeated theWest Virginia women's basketball team 70-69 Sunday afternoon inMorgantown. Meg Bulger had given the Mountaineers (7-3) a 69-68 lead with twofree ...
NHL
Jan 02, 2006 ... Saturday's results Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, OT Washington 4, Philadelphia 3, SO Anaheim 5, St. Louis 4, SO Minnesota 4, Vancouver 3 Detroit 5, Columbus 2 Toronto 6, New Jersey 3 Colorado 5, Phoenix 2 Carolina 5, Montreal ...
Today's area schedule
Jan 02, 2006 ... HIGH SCHOOL Girls basketball Riverside at Hurricane, 7:30 p.m. St. Albans at Nitro, 7:30 p.m. Hannan at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Today's area schedule for Tuesday, Jan. 3 HIGH SCHOOL Boys basketball Capital at St. Albans, 7:30 ...
College football
Jan 02, 2006 ... 2005-06 bowl glance Friday's results Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn. Payout: $780,000 Virginia 34, Minnesota 31 Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Payout: $1,575,000 UCLA 50, Northwestern 38 Independence Bowl At ...
Women's basketball
Jan 02, 2006 ... WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE WVC Rtg. All Pct. Charleston 2-0 105.0 10-0 1.000 Fairmont State 1-0 100.0 7-1 .875 Shepherd 1-0 100.0 4-4 .500 Concord 1-1 55.0 4-3 .571 W.Va. State 1-1 50.0 7-3 .700 Glenville State 0-0 0.00 8-0 ...
Sports history
Jan 02, 2006 ... Jan. 2 1966 - Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung gain 201 yards on four inchesof snow at Lambeau Field to lead the Green Bay Packers to a 23-12victory over the Cleveland Browns and their third championship infive years. 1985 - Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah State 142-140 in ...
Men's basketball
Jan 02, 2006 ... BIG EAST CONFERENCE Conf.Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Connecticut 0 0 .000 11 0 1.000 Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 11 0 1.000 Villanova 0 0 .000 9 0 1.000 Louisville 0 0 .000 11 1 .917 Cincinnati 0 0 .000 11 2 .846 Syracuse 0 0 .000 11 2 ...
Sports briefs
Jan 02, 2006 ... Houston gets first pick in the draft NEW YORK - The Houston Texans (2-14) never got out of last placein the NFL and finished there Sunday, securing the first pick in theNFL draft and possibly the rights to Heisman Trophy winner ReggieBush. New Orleans (3-13) has the second ...
Sports on TV/radio
Jan 02, 2006 ... TELEVISION (11) 11 a.m. - Cotton Bowl: Texas Tech vs. Alabama (ESPN) 11 a.m. - Outback Bowl: Iowa vs. Florida (3) 12:30 p.m. - Gator Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Louisville (8) 1 p.m. - Capital One Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Auburn (ESPN) 2:30 p.m. - men's basketball: ...
National Football League standings, summaries
Jan 02, 2006 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 10 6 0 .625 379 338 Miami 9 7 0 .563 318 317 Buffalo 5 11 0 .313 271 367 N.Y. Jets 4 12 0 .250 240 355 South W L T Pct PF PA x-Indianapolis 14 2 0 .875 439 ...
Latest line
Jan 02, 2006 ... Favorite Points Underdog NFL Playoffs Saturday's games TAMPA BAY 2 1/2 (37) Washington NEW ENGLAND 7 1/2 (38) Jacksonville Sunday's games NY GIANTS 2 1/2 (43) Carolina Pittsburgh 2 1/2 (44) CINCINNATI College Football Cotton ...
NBA
Jan 02, 2006 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New Jersey 17 12 .586 - Philadelphia 15 15 .500 21/2 Boston 12 17 .414 5 Toronto 8 22 .267 91/2 New York 7 21 .250 91/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 19 13 .594 ...
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: WEEK 17: Vikings fire Tice after victory over Bears
Jan 02, 2006; ... MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Vikings fired coach Mike Tice afterSunday's victory over Chicago. Owner Zygi Wilf announced he would not renew Tice's contract in astatement less than an hour after the Vikings' 34-10 win over theBears in the regular season finale. Tice, who ...
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: WEEK 17: Gibbs, Redskins claim final playoff spot; Sunday's games
Jan 02, 2006; ... PHILADELPHIA - Joe Gibbs and the Washington Redskins are back inthe playoffs. Clinton Portis ran for 112 yards and two touchdowns, leading theRedskins to a hard-fought 31-20 victory over the Philadelphia Eagleson Sunday. Washington (10-6) clinched the NFL's final playoff ...
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: WEEK 17: Big plays carry Giants to NFC East title
Jan 02, 2006; ... OAKLAND, Calif. - Plaxico Burress looked up to the big screen andsaw Tiki Barber running like mad, and Burress saw an opportunity. He pushed away a hapless defender, making sure Barber reached theend zone with ease. Barber and Burress, the Giants' playmaking duo, provided the ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Virginia Tech, Louisville seek redemption in Gator
Jan 02, 2006 ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - At times this season, Virginia Tech andLouisville appeared headed to the Bowl Championship Series. The Hokies were overwhelming favorites to win the inauguralAtlantic Coast Conference title game against slumping Florida Statein early December and advance to ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Gators look to avenge loss to Iowa in 2004 Outback
Jan 02, 2006 ... TAMPA, Fla. - Florida is looking for payback at the Outback. The Gators were embarrassed by Iowa 37-17 in the 2004 OutbackBowl. The defeat hastened the exit of former coach Ron Zook and hadplayers vowing this week to atone for taking the Hawkeyes toolightly. "They whipped ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Cotton Bowl features Tech offense vs. 'Bama defense
Jan 02, 2006 ... DALLAS - The showdown between the Crimson Tide defense and the RedRaiders offense helps the Cotton Bowl stand out on a busy day of bowl-watching. It's enough to justify being in front of the TV for the11:07 a.m. EST kickoff, although that doesn't seem as early on Jan. 2as it does Jan. 1, ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Alvarez finds plenty of reasons to savor bowl
Jan 02, 2006 ... ORLANDO, Fla. - Barry Alvarez is preparing for another bowl game,celebrating his birthday and getting ready to leave Wisconsin on hisown terms. The man who took a one-time Big Ten Conference joke to three RoseBowl wins and three league titles leads the 21st-ranked Badgers ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Marquee programs collide in Fiesta; Perennial powers Ohio State, Notre Dame meet for only fifth time in history
Jan 02, 2006; ... TEMPE, Ariz. - Think college football, and these two storiedprograms are sure to come to mind: The Big Ten brutes of Ohio Stateand the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. Just a couple of hundred miles apart, they have met only fourtimes - twice in the 1930s and twice in the '90s - and ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: SATURDAY'S GAME; Late FG lifts TCU over ISU
Jan 02, 2006; ... HOUSTON - After rarely playing since missing three field goals inTCU's only loss of the season, Peter LoCoco was shocked when calledon late in the Houston Bowl. But LoCoco got over the surprise and kicked a 44-yard field goalwith 5:25 remaining Saturday night to give No. 14 TCU a ...
COUCH SLOUCH: Southern Cal an easy target - off the football field
Jan 02, 2006; ... USC AND TEXAS, two of our larger institutions of higher earning,each is sending out several dozen student-athletes Wednesday night todetermine the best football scholars in all of America in a gamethat, from all appearances, will be a very, very, very big deal inmost Nielsen homes with a ...
Irish's McClanahan returns: But ruptured Achilles tendon keeps him confined to wheelchair; Prep notebook
Jan 02, 2006; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com Charleston Catholic's boys basketball team is off and running.Irish coach Bill McClanahan isn't even walking yet. But he's sure glad to be back. The unbeaten Irish (4-0) welcomed their coach back last week,albeit in a wheelchair, for games and ...
Longhorns not a one-man team: Commentary
Jan 02, 2006; ... LOS ANGELES - The USC offense, you know. Everybody knows it bynow. Reggie, Matt, LenDale, Dwayne. America can rattle them all offon a first-name basis. The other offense? Well, it might as well be Vince Young and abunch of guys named Tex. Outside the Austin city limits, ...
Georgia 'moose' likely to present another big test: Tight end an All-SEC selection; WVU Notebook
Jan 02, 2006; ... mitchvingle@wvgazette.com ATLANTA - West Virginia's football team has had its problems withopposing tight ends. And in today's Sugar Bowl, 6-foot-7 Georgiatight end Leonard Pope is a primary target. Might it be a time for WVU to turn the tables - and throw to tightends Josh ...
INNERVIEWS: 'I was a real good salesman'
Jan 02, 2006; ... The minute you hear the greeting on his answering machine, youknow Mort Victorson hasn't lost his touch. Or rather, his voice. He's82, but the familiar radio announcer voice sounds as rich and velvetyas ever. As a young man, he flirted briefly with the idea of pharmacyschool ....
Upstart TV newscast far behind in latest ratings
Jan 02, 2006; ... Who watched what Here are estimates of average weekday viewershipof local news broadcasts in November, from the Nielsen Media Researchsurvey of the Charleston/Huntington Designated Market Area, a 33-county tri-state region. Rating refers to the percentage of homeswith TVs (whether or not ...
City's liability in falls minimal
Jan 02, 2006; ... sarahkwinn@wvgazette.com With winter weather here, the inevitable slick sidewalk is boundto cause a few missteps. But don't necessarily blame the city. The upkeep of the sidewalks in Charleston is pretty standard, CityAttorney Paul Ellis said. City code states that property ...
Occupational hazard: Jobs are disappearing
Jan 02, 2006; ... Mittal Steel USA workers Frank Rocchio (center) and DelbertStewart (left) wait to learn their fate with hundreds of otherWeirton, W.Va., plant ...
Bankruptcies
Jan 02, 2006 ... Chapter 7 designates the liquidation of nonexempt property;Chapter 11 calls for business reorganization; Chapter 13 establishesa schedule of payments to creditors. The bankruptcies listed below are limited to those filed byresidents or companies in the Gazette's ...
Occupational hazard: Jobs are disappearing
Jan 02, 2006; ... LANSING, Mich. - Thirty years ago, Dan Fairbanks looked at thejobs he could get with his college degree and what he could makeworking the line at General Motors Corp., and decided the GM joblooked better. He still thinks he made the right choice. But with GM planning toend ...
Roberts, Alito may prove friends of business on court
Jan 02, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - Business couldn't do any better than Chief JusticeJohn Roberts and Samuel Alito on the Supreme Court. One represented corporate interests as a private attorney; theother often sided with employers in lawsuits filed by workers. Theprospect of the two on the Supreme ...