Charleston Gazette back issues from May 2007:
Honey buns, bacon grease capture marauding bear
May 01, 2007; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com A little honey - spiced up with the sweet allure of bacon grease -was all it took to lure a 200-pound bear that had terrorized aClarksburg subdivision for three days into a trap late Sunday night. The bear, which residents said looked closer to 300 ...
Iraq war benchmarks may ease veto struggle
May 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush and congressional Democrats don'tagree about much when it comes to the Iraq war, but one of the areaswhere they disagree the least is the need to measure the Baghdadgovernment's progress. That makes the issue ripe for negotiation in an evolving ...
April was deadly month: More than 100 U.S. troops died in Iraq; Surge in troops means more targets to attack
May 01, 2007; ... W.Va. soldier killed, 8A BAGHDAD - Five U.S. troops died in weekend attacks, pushing thedeath toll past 100 in the deadliest month for American forces sinceDecember, the military said Monday as a wave of violence batteredIraqi civilians including a suicide bombing at a Shiite ...
Tobacco bond sale process to start: Market expected to be good despite sales by other states
May 01, 2007; ... philk@wvgazette.com West Virginia is getting ready this week to sell at least $800million in tobacco securitization bonds later this summer. But otherstates have already gone to market, selling or refinancing more than$9.4 billion in tobacco bonds since January - including a ...
Virginia governor shuts gun loophole: Database will include mental health records
May 01, 2007; ... RICHMOND, Va. - The governor on Monday closed the loophole instate law that allowed the Virginia Tech gunman to buy weaponsdespite a court ruling that he was a threat and needed psychiatriccounseling. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine issued an executive order requiring that adatabase of ...
Send-A-child-To Camp Fund: Stage company puts arts in camp
May 01, 2007; ... Donation form, 9A bobschwarz@wvgazette.com Sam Sarcone will return to Charleston Stage Company's Summer ArtsCamp this year, but this time he'll be a counselor. The George Washington High senior said he is grateful for the fiveyears he spent at the camp as a camper. His ...
National briefs
May 01, 2007 ... Army asked to explain Big Easy pump contract NEW ORLEANS - When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers solicited bidsfor drainage pumps for New Orleans, it copied the specifications -typos and all - from the catalog of the manufacturer that ultimatelywon the $32 million contract, a ...
Senate begins debate on FDA overhaul
May 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Beefed up oversight of the safety of drugs is in, butgeneric biotech drugs are out - for now - as the Senate began debateMonday on renewing fees paid by the pharmaceutical companies seekingapproval for new medicines. Lawmakers have seized on the legislation as the best ...
Law Day open house is today
May 01, 2007 ... The Charleston office of Legal Aid of West Virginia, with thestate Coalition Against Domestic Violence and members of the WestVirginia State Bar, will host an open house celebrating Law Day todayfrom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Legal Aid office at 922 Quarrier St. inCharleston ....
History burns in D.C.
May 01, 2007; ... D.C. firefighters survey damage inside the Eastern Market in theCapitol Hill neighborhood of Washington on Monday. A fire ...
Committee digs through war lies
May 01, 2007; ... HENRY Waxman looks like your accountant, but he acts more like adog with a bone - the hard bone of truth. This short, bald, mustachedCalifornia congressman is digging up what really happened inside theU.S. government during the early years of the new century. Last week, for ...
Readers' forum
May 01, 2007 ... Why so few calls for gun control? Editor: The dark shadows cast by the recent horrors at Virginia Tech have,it seems to me, produced even less lip service to gun control thanusual. As a rule, multiple shootings bring more politicians out withobligatory statements on how this ...
Wider gap: Secular Democrats
May 01, 2007; ... IMMEDIATELY after the 2006 general election, some national punditswrote that the "God gap" between U.S. Democrats and Republicans wasshrinking. This conclusion was based on the fact that the GOP gotonly 56 percent of votes cast by fundamentalists and other devoutchurch attendees last ...
Uninsured: Change overdue
May 01, 2007; ... LAST week an unusual alliance launched an annual event to puthealth insurance - and America's 45.8 million uninsured people - infront of the public and U.S. leaders. In West Virginia, the Chamber of Commerce and the HospitalAssociation joined with the Association of Free Clinics ...
Tech engineering needs big upgrade, its students warn
May 01, 2007; ... susanwilliams@wvgazette.com MONTGOMERY - An informal group of West Virginia University Techengineering students says it wants its voice heard in the future ofthe school. On Friday, the students said they attend the best engineeringschool in the state, but lamented that their ...
Wisconsin promises 8th-graders free college
May 01, 2007; ... MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin is rolling out the nation's mostexpansive guarantee of higher education to students in hopes ofraising college aspirations and improving preparedness. The state's 75,000 eighth-graders can sign the Wisconsin Covenantagreement starting May 10, promising to ...
Obituaries: Obit
May 01, 2007 ... Ernest Franklin Allen Sr. Mr. Ernest Franklin Allen Sr., 83, of Eleanor, went home to bewith the Lord April 28, 2007, at home. Mr. Allen was retired from Chemical Valley Carpenters; formerbusiness agent for Carpenters Local No. 128; former vice presidentfor the Putnam County ...
Tracing the patterns of local history: Project focuses on past, present and future of Glenwood Estate
May 01, 2007; ... davinwhite@wvgazette.com Glenwood Estate is notable for slavery, Charleston's agriculturalpast, lush scenery, landscaping and as home to three of the city'smost prominent families. The complex 155-year history of the West Side estate has beenunder the microscope as part of a ...
'Smart bomb' drugs for lymphoma underused, experts say
May 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Only a fraction of patients with hard-to-treatlymphoma ever try two breakthrough "smart bomb" drugs that bringradiation straight to cancerous cells - with just two shots a weekapart, not the usual months of care. The marketing failure has a manufacturer trying to sell ...
U.S. military deaths in Iraq reach 3,351
May 01, 2007; ... As of Monday, April 30, 2007, at least 3,351 members of the U.S.military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003,according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes sevenmilitary civilians. At least 2,723 died as a result of hostileaction, according to the ...
W.Va. soldier dies in Afghanistan; three others die in combat in Iraq
May 01, 2007; ... FORT BRAGG, N.C. - A West Virginia soldier based at Fort Braggdied last week in Afghanistan, the military said Monday. Spc. Daniel F. Mehringer, 20, of Morgantown, W.Va., died in a non-combat incident Friday at Bagram air base in Afghanistan. Mehringerwas assigned to the 82nd ...
Military court weighs whether colonel should face trial
May 01, 2007; ... BAGHDAD - Prosecutors alleged Monday that a U.S. officer gavecomputer programs to a prisoner's daughter in Iraq, beginning to layout their case at a hearing to determine if evidence warrants a trialon charges that include the capital offense of aiding the enemy. Lt. Col. William ...
Police briefs
May 01, 2007 ... U.S. 119 crash probe continues The bodies of two Roane County residents killed early Saturday inan apparent accident on U.S. 119 have been sent to the state MedicalExaminer's Office. Tommy Paul Ditoto, 42, and passenger Amy Lynn Cummings, 27, bothfrom Walton, were found ...
Snow returns to work at White House
May 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Coping with cancer, White House press secretary TonySnow returned to work Monday and declared himself "unbelievably luckyand unbelievably blessed" as he prepares to undergo chemotherapy. "Anybody who does not believe that thoughts and prayers make adifference - ...
World weather
May 01, 2007 ... Amsterdam 69 53 Clr Athens 73 44 PCldy Baghdad 88 68 PCldy Beijing 86 57 Clr Berlin 59 42 Clr Bermuda 77 66 Cldy Cairo 81 61 Clr Calgary 60 35 Rain Dublin 59 46 PCldy Hong Kong 78 72 Rain Jerusalem 75 59 ...
National weather
May 01, 2007 ... Anchorage 49 35 PCldy Atlanta 84 59 Clr Boston 69 47 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 86 55 Clr Chicago 72 58 PCldy Cincinnati 83 59 PCldy Cleveland 62 48 Rain Dallas-Ft Worth 79 64 Rain Denver 79 47 PCldy Detroit 67 46 Rain Elkins ...
Police briefs
May 01, 2007 ... Victim's neighbor jailed in Logan shooting death ACCOVILLE - A Logan County man allegedly shot by a neighbor earlyMonday managed to get back inside his residence, call for help andidentify his assailant to emergency dispatchers. Thomas Adkins, 56, of Accoville died a short time ...
City man gets life term with mercy in stepfather's slaying
May 01, 2007; ... aclevenger@wvgazette.com A Charleston man who killed his stepfather during a domesticdispute in 2005 was sentenced to life in prison in Kanawha CircuitCourt on Monday. Donte Jamar Garrett, 22, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder inMarch, admitting he shot Wayne Myrick ...
Supreme Court clears way for sale of Civil War letters
May 01, 2007; ... CHARLESTON, S.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected SouthCarolina's request to argue about ownership of 400 Civil War letters,clearing the way for those letters to be auctioned later this year. Thomas Willcox of Seabrook Island has been trying to sell theletters, valued at $2.4 ...
7th-inning homer lifts Red Dragons: PREP Baseball
May 01, 2007 ... Tommy Mallory smacked a two-run home run in the bottom of theseventh to lift St. Albans past Spring Valley 4-2 in the semifinalsof the Mountain State Athletic Conference tournament Monday atHurricane's Lola Meeks Field. Danny Rhan led off the seventh with a groundout before ...
Is getting skunked in draft a big deal?
May 01, 2007; ... MORGANTOWN - Here's the best reason to drop everything that'simportant in your life and watch ESPN's wall-to-wall coverage of theNFL Draft: Over two days, seven rounds and 255 picks last weekend there wereplayers taken from Washburn, Western Oregon, Whitworth, Wingate ...
Can Belichick click with Moss?: Commentary
May 01, 2007; ... Dave Weekley on the Boston media recation, 4B Randy Moss is the latest to enroll in Bill Belichick's careerrehabilitation clinic in New England. The New York Jets will be thefirst to find out how quickly Moss has adapted when they play thePatriots in the season opener. But ...
INSIDE
May 01, 2007 ... No Wizardry here The Cleveland Cavaliers did just enough to win 97-90 and completea sweep of the depleted ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
May 01, 2007 ... Today's quote "Outside of South Bend, the Notre Dame quarterbackis not a sympathetic figure." ESPNs Mike Tirico on Brady Quinn, theCleveland Browns draft pick who fell to the 22nd pick Names in the games Cotton named state's sportscaster of year Steve Cotton, the ...
Ex-Mets employees who admitted selling drugs to players testifys
May 01, 2007; ... SAN FRANCISCO - The former New York Mets clubhouse worker whoadmitted selling performance-enhancing drugs to major league playerstestified last week before a federal grand jury investigatingsteroids, court records made available Monday showed. Federal prosecutors charged Kirk ...
Transactions
May 01, 2007 ... Monday BASEBALL MLB-Suspended Matthew Roney (Toronto) and Sendy Vasquez (Detroit)50 games each for testing positive for violations of the Minor LeagueDrug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Placed RHP Jaret Wright on the 15-day ...
Prep baseball
May 01, 2007 ... Monday's linescores MSAC tournament Nitro 101 01-3 5 6 Hurricane 401 72 -14 8 1 Kight, Purdy (5), and Frazier, Sikula and Meeks. Top hitters - N:Pickering 2-2; H: Blank 3-3, 2 HR, 6 RBIs Lincoln Co. 000 00-0 1 3 S. Charleston 081 5x -14 13 ...
Prep tennis
May 01, 2007 ... Friday's results At St. Albans St. Albans 5, Cabell Midland 2 Boys Singles - Watkins, CM d. Anderson 8-2; Wymer, SA d. Porter 8-5;Cooke, SA d. Lyon 8-3; Waybright, SA d. Miller 8-6 Doubles - Anderson-Wymer, SA d. Watkins-Porter 8-2; Cooke-Redington, SA ...
NHL playoffs
May 01, 2007 ... CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Sunday N.Y. Rangers 2, Buffalo 1, 2OT, Buffalo leads series 2-1 Anaheim 3, Vancouver 2, Anaheim leads series 2-1 Monday Ottawa 2, New Jersey 0, Ottawa leads series 2-1 Detroit at San Jose, late Today Buffalo at ...
NBA
May 01, 2007 ... NBA All-Defensive Team Voting (First-team votes in parentheses) First Team Forwards - Bruce Bowen, San Antonio, (19) 42; Tim Duncan, SanAntonio (16), 36. Center - Marcus Camby, Denver, (11) 34. Guards - Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers, (14) 32; Raja Bell, ...
Today's area schedule
May 01, 2007 ... HIGH SCHOOL Baseball MSAC Tournament Scott at Herbert Hoover Sherman at Chas. Catholic, 5:30 p.m. Wayne at Winfield, 6:30 p.m. River Valley, Ohio at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m. Softball Valley at Van, 5:30 p.m. Parkersburg South at ...
Baseball today
May 01, 2007 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Boston 16 8 .667 - z-7-3 W-1 7-3 9-5 0-0 Toronto 13 12 .520 31/2 5-5 W-2 7-7 6-5 0-0 Baltimore 12 14 .462 5 z-3-7 L-2 7-6 5-8 0-0 Tampa Bay 11 14 .440 51/2 5-5 W-1 5-6 6-8 0-0 New York 9 14 .391 61/2 ...
South Atlantic League
May 01, 2007 ... First Half Northern Division W L Pct. GB West Virginia (Brewers) 17 4 .810 - Greensboro (Marlins) 14 10 .583 41/2 Lake County (Indians) 12 11 .522 6 Lakewood (Phillies) 10 11 .476 7 Lexington (Astros) 11 13 .458 71/2 Hickory (Pirates) ...
Bucs nip Cubs on Bay HR; Brewers rough up Cards
May 01, 2007; ... PITTSBURGH - Jason Bay's 100th home run for the Pirates was one ofhis shortest, barely nudging itself over the right-field wall.Regardless of the length, it illustrated how one of the NL's mostconsistent hitters is trying to get even better. Bay hit a two-out homer in the eighth, ...
Prep softball
May 01, 2007 ... Monday's linescores Braxton 007 04 -11 11 0 Webster 000 00 -0 1 5 Bostic and Chapman. Cowger and Ware. Top hitters - Braxton: Frame2-4, 3 RBIs; Hoover 2-3; Johnson 2-3, 2 RBIs; Chapman 2-3, RBI.Webster: Cowger 1-2 Sissonville 102 010 0-4 10 ...
Sports on TV/radio
May 01, 2007 ... TELEVISION (ESPN2) 2:30 p.m. - soccer:UEFA Champions League: Liverpool FC vs.Chelsea FC ESPN) (CLASSIC) 5 p.m. - soccer:UEFA Champions League: LiverpoolFC vs. Chelsea FC (same-day tape) (FOXP) 7 p.m. - baseball: Cubs at Pirates (TNT) 7 p.m. - NBAplayoffs: Nets ...
Prep baseball standings, statistics
May 01, 2007 ... TEAM RECORDS Pos-school W-L Pct. 1. Hurricane 23-1 .958 2. St. Albans 22-2 .917 3. Nitro 19-7 .731 4. Charleston Catholic 16-10 .615 5. Herbert Hoover 14-9 .609 6. South Charleston 14-10 .583 7. Buffalo 12-10 .546 8. Winfield ...
Moss stole spotlight, especially in Boston
May 01, 2007; ... THE 2007 NFL Draft has come and gone, and just when it seemedBrady Quinn's off-again, on-again path to the Cleveland Browns wouldbe the biggest story of the weekend, along came the Randy Moss tradeto New England. Between ESPN, the NFL Network, national radio outlets ...
UC clinches softball title: Roundup
May 01, 2007 ... The University of Charleston clinched its first West VirginiaConference softball championship since 1986 and is the top seed inthe WVC tournament that begins Thursday in Vienna. With a doubleheader split against Shepherd on Monday, the GoldenEagles (33-19, 20-6) wrapped up the ...
Sports briefs
May 01, 2007 ... Mets' Hernandez, Valentin go on DL NEW YORK - The New York Mets got a double dose of bad medical newsMonday: Pitcher Orlando Hernandez has bursitis in his right shoulderand second baseman Jose Valentin has a partially torn knee ligament. Both wound up on the 15-day disabled ...
Emery, Sens blank Devils
May 01, 2007; ... NHL playoffs Sunday * N.Y. Rangers 2, Buffalo 1, 2OT, Buffaloleads series 2-1 * Anaheim 3, Vancouver 2, Anaheim leads series 2-1 Monday * Ottawa 2, New Jersey 0, Ottawa leads series 2-1 * Detroitat San Jose, late Today * Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. * Anaheimat Vancouver, 10:30 ...
Trying to move on, Cardinals struggle
May 01, 2007; ... MILWAUKEE - A day after the death of Josh Hancock, the St. LouisCardinals tried to move on. They had a game to play. But for Scott Spiezio, it was too much to handle. He told managerTony La Russa to pull him from the starting lineup Monday night. With Hancock's jersey hanging ...
Sluggish Cavs gain first ever playoff sweep
May 01, 2007; ... NBA playoffs Sunday * Chicago 92, Miami 79, Chicago wins series 4-0 * Phoenix 113, L.A. Lakers 100, Phoenix leads series 3-1 * NewJersey 102, Toronto 81, New Jersey leads series 3-1 * Golden State103, Dallas 99, Golden State leads series 3-1 Monday * Cleveland 97,Washington 90, Cleveland ...
Power blots out Suns 14-3
May 01, 2007 ... HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Kenny Holmberg's three-run home run put the WestVirginia Power in front for good en route to a 14-3 victory over theHagerstown Suns on Monday night at Municipal Stadium. The Power trailed 2-1 before Chuckie Caufield knotted the game at2-all on a run-scoring ...
Buffalo blanks Valley twice: PREP Softball
May 01, 2007 ... Nicole Dingess fired a one-hitter as Buffalo pounded Valley 12-0to complete a doubleheader sweep Monday in high school softball. In the opener, Brianna Winter tossed a four-hit shutout as theBison blanked the Greyhounds 7-0. Winter also had two hits while Jessica Blake rapped ...
High school softball sectionals
May 01, 2007 ... Double elimination Class AAA Region 1 Section 2 * Thursday: University at Morgantown (2), 5 p.m. * Friday: If necessary, 5 p.m. Region 3 Section 1 * Friday: Nicholas County at Woodrow Wilson (2), 6 p.m. Saturday: If necessary, 6 ...
Clendenin man faces charges in fire
May 01, 2007; ... jdavison@wvgazette.com rustymarks@wvgazette.com Naked, burned and wielding a knife when he exited his burning Jeepon Sunday afternoon, Clendenin resident Roy Sayer is expected to becharged in a fire that destroyed three houses in the Elk River town. Sayer, 61, was ...
CITY ELECTION '07
May 01, 2007 ... Candidates for Charleston's May 15 election responded to a Gazettequestionnaire about city issues. Today, we feature City Council racesin Wards 11 and 13. ward 11 (Precincts 174 and 178) Dale Haynes Republican Q. Would you raise the user ...
Life's a blur for sports photographer
May 01, 2007; ... sandyw@wvgazette.com It looks more like a painting than a photograph. Amid a colorful,swirling smear of flailing arms and legs, the image of Michael Jordanis unmistakable. A muscular shoulder shiny with sweat gleams in the defining light.He cups the basketball in one hand, ...
Horoscope
May 01, 2007; ... Tuesday, May 1, 2007 Your birthday today: You'll create a lot of work for yourself thisyear. Don't get overwhelmed. Also create the perfect partner to help.Ask, and ye shall receive. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most ...
Bulletin board
May 01, 2007 ... TODAY The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, in partnershipwith the West Virginia Human Rights Commission and West VirginiaUniversity, will conduct a public forum on Employment Discriminationfrom 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at WVSU's Erickson Alumni Center in Institute.An ...
PARENTING: How to properly deal with aggressive children
May 01, 2007; ... At the end of last week's episode, in which I aimed witheringcriticism at the American Academy of Pediatrics for their generally"soft" stand on discipline, I promised to provide a tried-and-truesolution to a problem that is, by all accounts, increasing infrequency and magnitude: children ...
ASK AMY: The name's Danny, but 'Dobby' will do just fine
May 01, 2007; ... Nicknames can turn ugly Her 2-year-old son "Danny" has become used to being called"Dobby." His grandparents, however, refuse to use the nickname, andthis is creating friction within the family. Amy says: A. What's in a name? As long as it's cute, it's OK. B. Think ahead ...
People
May 01, 2007 ... Berlin Philharmonic to perform in U.S. BERLIN - The Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Simon Rattle willperform landmark late works by Gustav Mahler during a six-concerttour in New York and Boston later this year. A total of 131 concerts are planned for the 2007-08 season, ...
U.S., China want to modify climate report
May 01, 2007; ... BANGKOK, Thailand - The United States and China want to amend amajor report by U.N.-sponsored climate researchers to play down itsconclusion that quick, affordable action can limit the worst effectsof global warming, according to documents reviewed Monday by TheAssociated Press ....