Charleston Gazette back issues from December 2006:
Web site targets 'rats,' agents: Authorities worry some may be in physical danger
Dec 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - Police and prosecutors are worried that a Web siteclaiming to identify more than 4,000 informants and undercover agentswill cripple investigations and hang targets on witnesses. The Web site, WhosaRat.com, first caught the attention ofauthorities after a Massachusetts ...
Sago Mine cited for faulty breathing devices
Dec 01, 2006; ... kward@wvgazette.com Eight months after 11 miners suffocated following a methaneexplosion at the Sago Mine, International Coal Group sent at leastsix miners underground with broken emergency breathing devices, astate inspector has alleged. Jeff Bennett of the state Office of ...
Doctor facing 110 lawsuits has hearing in Putnam today
Dec 01, 2006; ... 110 lawsuits has hearing in Putnam today cshumaker@wvgazette.com pjnyden@wvgazette.com A former Putnam County doctor facing more than 100 medicalmalpractice suits is scheduled to make an appearance in PutnamCircuit Court today. He has been ordered to produce ...
Around the world
Dec 01, 2006; ... Horace Mann Middle School String Orchestra Director Ian Jesseeconducts while Katie Kelsh dances during rehearsal at West VirginiaState University. The ...
$100 billion for Iraq in works: Democrats expected to ask questions but back most requests
Dec 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is working out its largest-ever appeal for more Iraq war funds - a record $100 billion, atleast, and that figure reflects cuts from wish lists originallycirculating around the Pentagon. The measure will give Democrats, who take control of ...
Small herd of elk spotted in Logan: DNR biologist 'suspicious' about arrival
Dec 01, 2006; ... johnmccoy@wvgazette.com There's no question that at least one small herd of elk has takenup residence in the rugged hills of Boone and Logan counties. Whatpuzzles wildlife officials is where the critters came from, and howthey got there in the first place. "What makes us ...
SATURDAY
Dec 01, 2006 ... Gameday West Virginia plays host to Rutgers ...
Metro 911 system unveils upgrades
Dec 01, 2006; ... daveg@wvgazette.com Metro 911 today will unveil some new tools that will giveemergency decision makers better information during a disaster. At a news conference this afternoon, director Carolyn Charnock andKanawha County Commission President Kent Carper will demonstrate ...
Charges against Clendenin mayor dismissed
Dec 01, 2006; ... aclevenger@wvgazette.com A Kanawha County magistrate dismissed the obstruction chargesagainst Clendenin Mayor Bob Ore on Wednesday. Charles Burkhamer, then a member of the Clendenin PoliceDepartment, swore out a warrant against Ore on June 3, alleging thatthe mayor had ...
Mich. man nation's 3rd hand transplant recipient
Dec 01, 2006; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Michigan man who lost his right hand in a work-related accident more than 30 years ago became the third successfulhand transplant recipient in the United States, doctors saidThursday. David F. Savage was doing well the day after the surgery at JewishHospital ...
FBI agrees to join probe in death of poisoned ex-spy
Dec 01, 2006; ... LONDON - The FBI is joining the British probe into the poisoningdeath of a Kremlin critic, the agency announced Thursday asinvestigators found traces of radiation at a dozen sites in Britainand a former Russian prime minister reported symptoms consistent withpoisoning. British ...
Here's where to start cooperating
Dec 01, 2006; ... Right after the election, both President Bush and the newlycrowned top Democrat, Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi, said all theright things about cooperating to confront the nation's problems. Bush noted that he told top Republicans their duty is to "worktogether with the Democrats ...
It's a man's world
Dec 01, 2006; ... "The current state of the world arises from a system that putslittle or no value on peace, preserving natural resources, ...
From Russia, with love: the poisoned spy
Dec 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - Conspiracy theories always turn out to be nothingmore than paranoid fantasy. At their heart lies the notion that whilethe rest of us blithely go about doing whatever it is we think we'redoing, occult and all-powerful forces are really running the world -starting wars, ...
Taiwan: Free trade
Dec 01, 2006; ... AN EMISSARY from Taiwan visited Gazette editors to promote a free-trade agreement between his country and the United States. Eddy Tsai,an agent of the Taipei Economic & Cultural Representative Office inWashington, is one of several representatives meeting people acrossthe United States ...
Racinos: Create more jobs
Dec 01, 2006; ... WE'VE never quite understood why Americans get such a kick fromgambling - but they do, and it's a gigantic U.S. industry. WestVirginia's Lottery, which includes nearly 20,000 flashy machines inracetracks and clubs, topped $1.5 billion in sales last year,bringing the state government $663 ...
U.S. military deaths in Iraq reach 2,885
Dec 01, 2006; ... As of Thursday, at least 2,885 members of the U.S. military havedied since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according toan Associated Press count. The figure includes seven militarycivilians. At least 2,314 died as a result of hostile action,according to the military's ...
Maliki's snub shows rising Shiite-Sunni tensions: Analysis
Dec 01, 2006; ... CAIRO, Egypt - Iraq's Shiite leader was firm, his aides say - hewould not talk to President Bush with Jordan's Sunni king listening. That startling show of mistrust in a neighbor led to acancellation of a meeting between the three leaders Wednesday nightand sent a cold shiver ...
Police mark meth day with arrests
Dec 01, 2006; ... daveg@wvgazette.com Three Kanawha County residents were arrested on Thursday as partof a special police detail to mark National Methamphetamine AwarenessDay. About 3 p.m., Sandra Lee Thurston, 28, and her boyfriend,Christopher Earl McCartney, 29, of Elkview were arrested on ...
Drug, gun charges lead federal indictments
Dec 01, 2006; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com A federal grand jury indicted a Michigan man Wednesday on crackcocaine charges, while a Dunbar man was accused of having a gun afterpreviously being convicted of a felony. Laverge "V-Tech" Johnson, 23, of Detroit, sold crack cocaine onApril 12-13, ...
Kanawha to cut employee levels
Dec 01, 2006; ... aclevenger@wvgazette.com Kanawha County commissioners voted Thursday to cut the number ofcounty employees by two percent a year for the next five years. "We need to send a message to stop the growth of government," saidCommission President Kent Carper. Commissioner ...
Murder trial in Fayetteville resumes today
Dec 01, 2006 ... FAYETTEVILLE - A defendant and a defense lawyer were too illThursday to continue the trial of a man accused of having his wifekilled 20 years ago. Fayette County Circuit Judge John Hatcher said the trial willresume at 8:30 a.m. today. Hatcher had to cancel Thursday's court ...
McDowell gets interim schools chief
Dec 01, 2006 ... WELCH - A longtime McDowell County Schools employee has been namedinterim superintendent there. West Virginia School Superintendent Steve Paine announced JeffNash's appointment Thursday morning. Nash, who has been employed with the county for nearly 34 years,most recently ...
Huntington to look at MU recommendations
Dec 01, 2006; ... Amallory@wvgazette.com HUNTINGTON - City officials soon will form a committee to look atimplementing recommendations from a Marshall University study on howto improve city operations. Faculty members in the school's Lewis College of Business begancompiling the report in the ...
Obituaries: Obit
Dec 01, 2006 ... Beverly Jane Black Beverly Jane Pendleton Black, 52, of Pratt left us to be with ourLord on Nov. 30, 2006, after a long and courageous battle. She was born Dec. 28, 1952, at Norfork, Va. Surviving: husband, James "PeeWee" Black; daughter, Merry MalynneChancellor of ...
Disbarred lawyer files for bankruptcy
Dec 01, 2006; ... MORGANTOWN - A former Morgantown lawyer disbarred formisappropriating millions from the estates of two sisters has filedfor Chapter 11 bankruptcy. John Patrick Ball filed the papers Oct. 31 in U.S. BankruptcyCourt in Clarksburg. He also filed a motion on Nov. 22 to sell ...
Firefighters released from hospital
Dec 01, 2006 ... Two volunteer firefighters have been released from the hospitalafter they were hurt fighting a fire Wednesday near St. Albans. Jermaine Watson and Jeremy Buskirk of the West Side Volunteer FireDepartment were treated and released from ...
Church to show Nolte movie
Dec 01, 2006 ... The Aquarian Universal Spiritualist Church in South Charleston ishosting screenings of the feature film "Peaceful Warrior" starringNick Nolte today, Saturday and Sunday. The movie, based on the best-selling novel and spiritual classic"Way of the Peaceful Warrior" by Dan Millman, ...
Calhoun teen gets new trial
Dec 01, 2006; ... A state trooper's intimidation helped prompt the Supreme Court onThursday to reverse a Calhoun County teen's voluntary manslaughterand robbery convictions in the fatal shootings of a couple. Ronnie Allen Rush was granted a new trial after a majority of thejustices concluded that ...
Court rejects murder appeal
Dec 01, 2006; ... The state Supreme Court unanimously rejected an appeal Thursdayfrom a Ritchie County man convicted of breaking into a home, killingone occupant and wounding another during the Memorial Day 2004weekend. Brusie R. "Don" Lanham is serving a life sentence with no chanceof parole ...
Flu shots to be given
Dec 01, 2006 ... Three area health agencies are offering flu shots to the publicduring December. They include: Kanawha-Charleston Health Department staff will be giving flushots from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Kanawha Mall; from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Charleston Town Center, near Steve ...
CORRECTION
Dec 01, 2006 ... The Charleston Civic Chorus Winter Concert will take place at 3p.m. Dec. 10 at the ...
Nitro man faces fleeing, DUI charges
Dec 01, 2006 ... A Nitro man was arrested Thursday morning after he allegedly fledfrom police while drunk, court records show. James Willard Angel, 28, also known as "Possum," was charged withfleeing while DUI after Nitro police officer. J.J.Garbin spotted hisvehicle pulling out of a parking lot ...
LOTTERY: LOTTERIES
Dec 01, 2006 ... Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006 West Virginia: Daily 3 - 433 Daily 4 - 2506 Cash 25 - 9-10-12-17-18-20 Ohio: Night Pick 3 - 533 Night Pick 4 - 0460 Day Pick 3 - 248 Day Pick 4 - 8391 Rolling Cash 5 - ...
Iraq to monitor 'false news'
Dec 01, 2006; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's Interior Ministry said Thursday it hadformed a special unit to monitor news coverage and vowed to takelegal action against journalists who failed to correct stories theministry deemed to be incorrect. Brig. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf, spokesman for the ministry, ...
World weather
Dec 01, 2006 ... Amsterdam 53 44 Clr Athens 55 46 Clr Baghdad 68 46 Clr Berlin 48 35 PCldy Bermuda 75 68 PCldy Cairo 74 51 Clr Calgary 21 -14 Clr Dublin 54 43 Rain Hong Kong 73 68 PCldy Jerusalem 73 45 Clr London 57 41 ...
National weather
Dec 01, 2006 ... Anchorage 31 20 PCldy Atlanta 54 52 Clr Boston 63 56 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 66 63 Clr Chicago 33 26 PCldy Cincinnati 46 46 Clr Cleveland 56 44 Snow Dallas-Ft Worth 52 21 Clr Denver 34 12 Cldy Detroit 44 36 PCldy Elkins 65 ...
TONIGHT'S AA CHAMPIONSHIP: TOLSIA VS. WAYNE: Super 6 vets await newcomer Tolsia
Dec 01, 2006; ... Super six notes, directions to stadium, 4B rickryan@wvgazette.com One team is a rookie to the Super Six experience and the othersure looks different. So expect a fresh approach when county rivalsTolsia and Wayne hook up in the Class AA championship game tonight ....
INSIDE
Dec 01, 2006 ... No love in the Jungle It's the Cincinnati Bengals who displayed a ferocious ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Dec 01, 2006 ... Today's quote The games I remember more than anything else werethe Oklahoma-Nebraska games when I was a little kid. Back then I wasprobably an Oklahoma fan cheering ag-ainst Nebraska. Now its theother way around. Nebraska quarterback Zac Taylor, on the upcomingBig 12 championship game ...
Are the Mountaineers tiring?
Dec 01, 2006; ... Rutgers at WVU When: 7:45 p.m. Saturday TV: (ESPN) Line: WVU by 10 Slaton, Mozes named to AFCA All-American squad, 4B dphickman1@aol.com MORGANTOWN - His football team has been banging heads going onfour months now and is a day away from playing its 12th game in ...
WVU's Gator chances hinge on Wake-up call
Dec 01, 2006; ... I realize a lot of West Virginians will be sympathetic toward theplight of the Atlantic Coast Conference. (Cough, cough.) But as of Thursday, those poor souls still had 10,000 ticketsavailable for the ACC championship at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville,Fla. Apparently, a Wake ...
Montgomery takes charge at UConn: Big East's Freshman of Year feeling more comfortable
Dec 01, 2006; ... mikewhiteford@wvgazette.com In the world of UConn women's basketball, the emotionalrollercoaster takes twists and turns that can sometimes be stunning. In the NCAA East Region semifinals last March, Connecticut'sBarbara Turner hit a fadeaway 3-pointer in the final seconds to ...
Girls basketball
Dec 01, 2006 ... MIDDLE SCHOOL John Adams 30, Horace Mann 19 JA - Stewart 14. HM - Peoples 11 Elkview 40, Cedar Grove 29 E - Botkin 12, Forbes 9, Haynes 8; CG - Cook 14, Deavers 8 Sissonville 56, Hayes ...
Sports history
Dec 01, 2006 ... Dec. 1 1936 - End Larry Kelley of Yale is named the Heisman Trophywinner. 1951 - Arnold "Showboat" Boykin of Mississippi scores seventouchdowns in a 49-7 rout of Mississippi State. 1959 - Louisiana State halfback Billy Cannon is named the HeismanTrophy ...
Women's basketball
Dec 01, 2006 ... Thursday's boxscores At Institute CONCORD 72, W.VA. STATE 58 Concord (72) Walker 8-16 2-2 24, Nester 9-13 2-4 20, Flanagan 3-4 2-2 9, Smith2-6 5-5 9, Showalter 3-4 0-0 6, Cluesman 1-4 0-0 2, Kyle 1-3 0-0 2,Repass 0-1 0-0 0, Ferguson 0-1 0-0 0, Blevins 0-1 0-0 0 ....
Latest line
Dec 01, 2006 ... Favorite Points Underdog NFL Sunday's games CHICAGO 9 1/2 (36) Minnesota PITTSBURGH 7 (41) Tampa Bay ST. LOUIS 6 1/2 (46) Arizona Indianapolis 7 1/2 (47) TENNESSEE MIAMI 1 (36) Jacksonville NEW ORLEANS 7 (46) San ...
NHL
Dec 01, 2006 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 13 9 3 29 81 76 N.Y. Islanders 12 9 3 27 67 64 New Jersey 12 9 2 26 53 61 Pittsburgh 11 8 4 26 70 70 Philadelphia 8 15 3 19 65 98 Northeast Division W L OT Pts ...
NBA
Dec 01, 2006 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New Jersey 6 9 .400 - Boston 5 9 .357 1/2 Philadelphia 5 9 .357 1/2 New York 6 11 .353 1 Toronto 5 10 .333 1 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 12 4 .750 ...
Men's basketball
Dec 01, 2006 ... Big East Conference Conf. All W L Pct W L Pct Marquette 0 0 .000 7 0 1.000 Syracuse 0 0 .000 7 0 1.000 Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 7 0 1.000 Connecticut 0 0 .000 6 0 1.000 South Florida 0 0 .000 4 0 1.000 West Virginia 0 0 .000 5 1 ...
Sports briefs
Dec 01, 2006 ... NBA: Pistons hold off Heat 87-85 MIAMI - Dwyane Wade missed two open jumpers in the final 67seconds to cap a bad shooting night, and the Detroit Pistons held offthe Miami Heat 87-85 on Thursday to extend their winning streak toseven games. Wade, who had scored at least 33 ...
Sports on TV/radio
Dec 01, 2006 ... TELEVISION (TGC) noon - golf: Sunshine Tour, Nedbank Challenge (same-daytape) (ESPN2) 3:30 p.m. - women's soccer: Division I semifinal, UCLA vs.North Carolina (ESPN2) 6 p.m. - men's soccer: Division I semifinal, UCLA vs.Virginia (FOXP) 7:30 p.m. - NHL: ...
National Football League
Dec 01, 2006 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 8 3 0 .727 253 144 N.Y. Jets 6 5 0 .545 203 228 Buffalo 5 6 0 .455 191 225 Miami 5 6 0 .455 197 198 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 10 1 0 .909 308 ...
Bengals' defense delivers: Cincinnati stymies Baltimore 13-7; Ravens denied AFC North title
Dec 01, 2006; ... CINCINNATI - Maybe T.J. Houshmandzadeh is right after all. Houshmandzadeh caught a 40-yard touchdown pass on a flea-flickerthat caught Baltimore off-guard, sparking Cincinnati to a 13-7victory Thursday night that kept the AFC North title up for grabs. A surprisingly stout ...
Ga. Tech quarterback has plenty to prove: ACC ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec 01, 2006; ... ATLANTA - Reggie Ball has a way of bouncing back from his lowestmoments. He'll certainly need those powers of recovery on Saturday. The Georgia Tech quarterback is coming off a miserable performanceagainst Georgia, but he doesn't have long to fret about it. The No.23 Yellow ...
Nebraska's Taylor to face hometown team: BIG 12 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec 01, 2006; ... Sooner born and Sooner bred, Zac Taylor ended up on the other sideof one of college football's most storied rivalries. Now, he'll get achance to play in a big Oklahoma-Nebraska game like the ones he grewup watching. "The games I remember more than anything else were the ...
Cougars' rebuilding culminates tonight: C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec 01, 2006; ... HOUSTON - For Southern Mississippi, it's business as usual,competing for another Conference USA championship. For Houston,Friday's league title game marks the end of a long journey back torespectability. The Cougars went 0-11 in 2001 and hired former Cougar Art Brilestwo years ...
Chippewas take MAC championship
Dec 01, 2006; ... DETROIT - Dan LeFevour threw for 349 yards and three touchdownsand Damien Linson had 186 yards receiving to help Central Michiganbeat Ohio 31-10 in the Mid-American Conference championship game atFord Field on Thursday night. Linson broke the title-game record of 179 yards set by ...
Past trips not always an edge: Super Six notebook
Dec 01, 2006; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com Don't try telling Wayne coach Tom Harmon that his team enjoys anadvantage by making its third trip to the state finals in seven yearsagainst championship-game neophyte Tolsia. He has evidence to the contrary. Harmon, whose team lines up against ...
Slaton, Mozes honored
Dec 01, 2006; ... The postseason awards are starting to pile up for West VirginiaUniversity's football players. Steve Slaton, a 5-foot-10, 195-pound sophomore running back, wasnamed to the American Football Coaches Association All-America team,along with senior offensive lineman Dan Mozes on ...
Yellow Jackets fall in conference opener: Roundup
Dec 01, 2006 ... Shari Walker and Samm Nester combined for 44 points to leadConcord past West Virginia State 72-58 in both teams' West VirginiaConference opener Thursday night at Fleming Hall in Institute. Walker, a former James Monroe High School standout, scored a game-high 24 points on 8-of-16 ...
Gonzaga survives lackluster effort: Colleges
Dec 01, 2006; ... SPOKANE, Wash. - Gonzaga was held 13 points below its average,shot just 41 percent and was nearly outrebounded for the first timethis season. Relying on their tenacious defense, the No. 22 Bulldogs beatPortland State 69-51 on Thursday to extend the nation's longest homewinning ...
Herd looking to muffle foes' 3-point binges
Dec 01, 2006; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com The 3-point goal giveth big leads, and taketh them away - thelatter, seemingly quicker. When you take a lead on the road, there's nothing like two orthree quick 3-pointers to get the crowd going, and to sap yourmomentum. Defending the ...
A new home for Christmas: Family's holiday tree saved from Putnam roadwork site
Dec 01, 2006; ... Jason Flowers (left) hands a string of lights to Elias Gregory (onladder) as the men prepare Kanawha County's holiday tree fortonight's lighting ceremony at Coonskin Park. A ...
Unheralded Butler growling at No. 19
Dec 01, 2006; ... INDIANAPOLIS - A few weeks ago, Butler was seen as a team withlittle bite. A preseason poll picked the Bulldogs to finish sixth inthe Horizon League. The Bulldogs' growl is a lot more noticeable after wins over NotreDame, Indiana, Tennessee and Gonzaga. The upset victories in ...