Charleston Gazette back issues from July 2007:
Bush, Putin insist there is no set agenda for meeting
Jul 02, 2007; ... KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - Relations are rocky between President Bushand Russian President Vladimir Putin, but they began their overnightvisit at the Bush family's seaside summer home on Sunday with warmhandshakes, lobster dinner and a hair-raising spin through theAtlantic's choppy waters ....
Pieces of history: Remnants of old Capitol coming home
Jul 02, 2007; ... balow@wvgazette.com When the downtown Capitol burned in 1921, the building didn'tsimply disappear. Scavengers great and humble carted off its more durable elements -bricks, stone, iron beams - and incorporated them into otherstructures across town. Former Gov ....
New WVU president starts work today: University will pay salaries of both Hardesty, Garrison until Sept. 20
Jul 02, 2007; ... jdavison@wvgazette.com West Virginia University's next president Michael Garrison startswork today, with a schedule that includes an early morning workout,staff and administrator meetings and a summer class sit-in. Current President David Hardesty will continue the ...
Arneault discusses expansion plans at Chester racetrack: Hancock passes table games bill
Jul 02, 2007; ... CHESTER - In gambling, the house always wins. And in this town,Ted Arneault is the house. The diminutive, dapper man with the expensive suits and shinyshoes has become the bane of those in West Virginia who fear andfight the expansion of gambling. But the president of ...
U.S. tightens airport security, adds air marshals: Extra precaution taken because of July 4 holiday
Jul 02, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush said Sunday he appreciates the newBritish government's "strong response" to terrorist threats in Londonand Scotland that prompted the United States to tighten airportsecurity and add air marshals to overseas flights. "It just goes to show the war ...
Brits make 5th arrest: Hunt continues for terror suspects
Jul 02, 2007; ... GLASGOW, Scotland - British officials intensified the hunt Sundayfor what they called an al-Qaida-linked network behind threeattempted terrorist attacks, announcing a fifth arrest and conductingpinpoint raids across a country on its highest level of alert. Prime Minister Gordon ...
Hundreds evacuate towns near raging Utah wildfire
Jul 02, 2007; ... NEOLA, Utah - A wildfire that has scorched about 46 square milesin northeastern Utah and killed three people has prompted theevacuation of hundreds of people from nearby towns and forcedauthorities to close a national forest to the public. The fire started Friday morning north of ...
Obama leads Dems in fundraising
Jul 02, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama outpaced Sen. Hillary RodhamClinton by $10 million in second-quarter contributions that can bespent on the Democratic presidential primary contest, aided by thecontributions of 154,000 individual donors. Obama's campaign on Sunday reported raising at ...
Iraqi civilian death toll down 36 percent
Jul 02, 2007; ... BAGHDAD - Iraqi civilian deaths dropped to their lowest levelsince the start of the Baghdad security operation, government figuresshowed Sunday, suggesting signs of progress in tamping down violencein the capital. But American casualties are running high as U.S. forces step ...
Readers' voice
Jul 02, 2007 ... * The comment the person made about replacing semis with trainswas the most ridiculous comment I have ever read. How do you proposewe get the goods from the train station or the train yard to thestores and businesses? Maybe in the back of a pickup truck? That isjust ridiculous ....
Replica Viking ship sets sail for Ireland from Denmark
Jul 02, 2007; ... ROSKILDE, Denmark - A 100-foot-long replica of a Viking longshipglided out of a Danish fjord Sunday with 65 crew members determinedto sail across the North Sea to Ireland. Roughly 4,000 people watched the Sea Stallion of Glendalough beginthe attempt to relive the perilous journey ...
Andean crops not our business
Jul 02, 2007; ... How to make enemies, squander billions and accomplish nothing:That's a U.S. program called Plan Colombia. Its central idea is toslow the flow of cocaine into the nostrils of American night-clubbers by poisoning crops in the Andes. Five billion wasted dollars later, cocaine surges ...
Readers' forum
Jul 02, 2007 ... There's much to do around here Editor: Regarding the person venting in the paper about people moving outof Charleston because of "nothing to do," we must refute this vent. First, there are many churches with fine programs, such as KanawhaPresbyterian's "Forum"; ...
Potpourri
Jul 02, 2007; ... GOV. MANCHIN and nearly all West Virginia leaders want federalsubsidies for plants to convert coal into liquid fuel for cars,trucks, locomotives, ships, airplanes, etc. But opponents say liquidcoal produces twice as much greenhouse gas. The current AmericanProspect comments: "Global ...
Every child: Another type of security
Jul 02, 2007; ... AMERICANS spent $116 billion on alcohol in 2002, plus $88 billionon tobacco and $35 billion on spectator sports and entertainment. Atthe same time, the nation spent $22 billion to protect children fromabuse and neglect. A national group invites voters to think about ...
Lake Okeechobee reveals lost relics
Jul 02, 2007; ... BELLE GLADE, Fla. - The epic drought gripping Lake Okeechobee hasopened a mud-spattered window into Florida's prehistoric past. Since March, falling water levels have exposed 21 archaeologicalsites - for now, the locations are secret to the public. Hundreds ofartifacts have been ...
For sale: Millionaire businessman's island has privacy, security, history
Jul 02, 2007; ... MIAMI - In 1986, a Florida millionaire named Jack Holcomb wentisland shopping in the Bahamas. He was a man who valued privacy and safety over a fancy address,and the place he took had both. Leaf Cay was a 15-acre wilderness 270miles off the Florida coast, and it hadn't been hit by ...
CHARLESTON CRIME ZONES
Jul 02, 2007 ... The following crimes were reported to the Charleston PoliceDepartment. East district Nancy Street 500 block, larceny, June 21 at 11:00 p.m. Lee Street East 1300 block, domestic battery, June 23 at 1:20 a.m. Thompson Street 500 block, burglary, June 23 at 6:15 ...
On file: Kanawha County
Jul 02, 2007 ... Marriages The following people applied for marriage licenses in KanawhaCounty between June 25 and 29: Christopher Nicolas Dogias, 27, and Laura Beth Marion, 26, both ofGreenfield Center, N.Y. Steven Matthew Harmon, 23, of Cross Lanes and Kati Ellen Miller,23, of ...
State gets grant to train new teachers
Jul 02, 2007 ... State education leaders now have an extra $3.1 million to recruitand train new teachers for high-demand subjects such as science,math, special education, English and foreign languages. The U.S. Department of Education awarded the five-year grant tothe state's 21st Century Office ...
Maine island marks 'independence'
Jul 02, 2007; ... CHEBEAGUE ISLAND, Maine - The bumper stickers - "Independence Day07 01 07 Chebeague Island ME" - began showing up a couple of weeksago, along with T-shirts proclaiming "Town of Chebeague Island, est.July 1, 2007." While the rest of America prepares for the Fourth of ...
St. Albans woman killed in car crash
Jul 02, 2007 ... A woman from the St. Albans area was killed late Saturday night ina two-vehicle collision at the intersection of U.S. 60 and U.S. 35 atAmandaville. Brenda Griffith, 59, was killed after she turned left onto U.S.35, just after she drove eastbound on U.S. 60, according to a ...
SUNDAY'S WEATHER IN CHARLESTON:
Jul 02, 2007 ... Temperatures: High 83 Low 55 High 105 (1931) Low 47 (1988)Precipitation: 24 hours at 8 ...
EYEWITNESS NEWS: STORMTEAM WEATHER; WCHS/FOX 11; Karen Wynne's Outlook
Jul 02, 2007 ... Today we'll enjoy blue skies and highs in the mid-80s. Lows willstay in the mid-50s. The heat returns on Tuesday, with a high ...
LOTTERY: LOTTERIES
Jul 02, 2007; ... Saturday, June 30, 2007 DES MOINES, Iowa - None of the tickets sold for the Powerball gameSaturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 24-38-39-46-47: Powerball 26 (x3) Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have wonor shared the $15 ...
World weather
Jul 02, 2007 ... Amsterdam 66 57 Rain Athens 86 69 Clr Baghdad 111 86 Clr Berlin 66 55 Rain Bermuda 82 75 PCldy Cairo 98 75 Clr Calgary 70 50 Clr Dublin 69 53 Rain Hong Kong 86 77 Rain Jerusalem 91 76 PCldy London 64 55 ...
National weather
Jul 02, 2007 ... Anchorage 61 52 PCldy Atlanta 93 71 PCldy Boston 71 55 PCldy Charlotte,N.C. 88 64 PCldy Chicago 77 56 PCldy Cincinnati 83 57 Clr Cleveland 73 52 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 90 73 Rain Denver 96 62 Clr Detroit 76 53 ...
Vacancies on court prompt worries
Jul 02, 2007; ... RICHMOND, Va. - The federal appeals court widely considered thenation's most conservative also has the most judicial openings,prompting concerns about its ability to continue to resolve casespromptly. Chief Judge William W. Wilkins took senior status on Sunday,leaving four ...
Former state DOH chief says Fletcher aided allies in Ky.
Jul 02, 2007; ... FRANKFORT, Ky. - A former top-ranking highway official claimsKentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher's administration used state funds forpolitical leverage and doled out road projects based on lawmakers'votes. Sam Beverage, who had a brief tenure as Kentucky's state highwayengineer after ...
Reds fire manager Narron
Jul 02, 2007; ... CINCINNATI - Asked if he'd like to see Barry Bonds hit an historichomer in Cincinnati this week, Reds manager Jerry Narron gave one ofhis wry smiles. "I'd love to see a game played well," he said on Sunday morning. After watching his team play another ugly one, Narron was ...
Hamlin makes tire strategy work out: NASCAR
Jul 02, 2007; ... LOUDON, N.H. - Denny Hamlin was so nervous during the last fewlaps of Sunday's NASCAR Nextel Cup race at New HampshireInternational Speedway that his right foot was shaking on the gaspedal. Hamlin, who believes he needs race wins to be a serious contenderfor his first Cup ...
78TH ALL-STAR GAME: Bonds lands in lineup; Late votes make him 3rd outfielder
Jul 02, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Barry Bonds is as much a fixture in San Francisco ascable cars and the Golden Gate Bridge, and he'll be in his usual spotin left field when the All-Star game comes to his home ballpark. The Giants star overcame a 119,000-vote deficit in the final daysof balloting and ...
In a better world, Griffey has 700 by now
Jul 02, 2007; ... BARRY BONDS has hit the 750 mark in career home runs, the secondman to do so. He sits five behind Henry Aaron. Whether you like him (and I don't, even if you remove the entiresteroid issue), it's time to start paying attention. Hey, the manstarts a three-game series Tuesday at ...
WVU game 3: Maryland
Jul 02, 2007 ... EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fifth in a series of previews onMarshall and West Virginia football opponents. * Date with WVU: Thursday, Sept. 13, 7:45 p.m. (ESPN) * Site: Byrd Stadium (51,500, grass), College Park, Md. * Coach: Ralph Friedgen (7th year, ...
INSIDE
Jul 02, 2007 ... A dream come true Cristie Kerr ended an 0-for-41 record in major ...
WNBA
Jul 02, 2007 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Detroit 11 4 .733 - Indiana 11 4 .733 - New York 8 8 .500 31/2 Chicago 7 8 .467 4 Connecticut 6 10 .375 51/2 Washington 5 11 .313 61/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Sacramento 11 6 .647 ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Jul 02, 2007 ... Today's quote We havent committed to his next fight yet, becausewe wanted to see what the reaction was to this one. I think we gottaget him a big fight. Hes ready. Kathy Duva, Evander Holyfieldspromoter, after the 44-year-old four-time world champ won a 10-rounddecision over 41-year-old ...
American Legion
Jul 02, 2007 ... Four-Days-at-the-Park American Legion Tournament At Appalachian Power Park SC Post 94 361 047-21 22 3 Morgantown Post 2 510 004-9 14 2 White and Humphrey; B. Miller, Z. Miller (2), Fogerty (6) andBarnett; top hiters: SC - Moore 4-5, 2 HRs, double; ...
This date in sports
Jul 02, 2007 ... July 2 1921 - The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match atRickard's Orchard in Jersey City, N.J., becomes the first million-dollar gate in boxing history. The receipts total $1,789,238 with $50ringside seats. In front of 80,183, Dempsey knocks out Carpentier at1:16 of ...
Youth baseball
Jul 02, 2007 ... South Charleston Little League 9-10-year-olds Roane 136 00-10 3 5 Hurricane126 (11)1-20 12 2 S. Fox and Ripley; Scantlin, Stover, Ford and Lambert; tophitters: R - S. Fox 2-2, 3 RBIs; H - Ford 2-4, 3 RBIs; Fisher 2-2;Scantlin 2-3; ...
Minor leagues
Jul 02, 2007 ... South Atlantic League Second Half Northern Division W L Pct. GB Lake County (Indians) 7 3 .700 - Lakewood (Phillies) 7 3 .700 - Hickory (Pirates) 6 5 .545 11/2 x-West Virginia (Brewers) 6 5 .545 11/2 Delmarva (Orioles) 4 6 .400 ...
Baseball today
Jul 02, 2007 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Boston 49 31 .613 - z-4-6 L-2 24-14 25-17 12-6 Toronto 39 42 .481 101/2 z-5-5 L-4 24-18 15-24 10-8 New York 37 41 .474 11 2-8 L-2 21-16 16-25 10-8 Baltimore 35 45 .438 14 z-6-4 L-1 19-21 16-24 ...
All-Star Voting
Jul 02, 2007 ... Final All-Star Voting To Be Held: Tuesday, July 10 At AT&T Park, San Francisco National League Catcher 1. Russell Martin, Dodgers, 2,039,130 2. Paul Lo Duca, Mets, 1,742,182 3. Johnny Estrada, Brewers, 1,460,902 4. Bengie Molina, ...
Golf
Jul 02, 2007 ... Women's U.S. Open Sunday At Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club Southern Pines, N.C. Purse: $3.1 million Yardage: 6,664; Par: 71 Final a-amateur Cristie Kerr $560,000 71-72-66-70-279 Angela Park $271,022 ...
Sports on TV/radio
Jul 02, 2007 ... TELEVISION (ESPN2) 8 a.m. - tennis:Wimbledon (3) 10 a.m. - tennis: Wimbledon (live and same-day tape) (ESPN2) 1 p.m. - tennis:Wimbledon (ESPN) 7 p.m. - baseball:Twins at Yankees (FOXP) 7 p.m. - baseball: Brewers at Pirates (ESPN2) 11 p.m. - Arena ...
Cubs stay hot, top Brewers
Jul 02, 2007; ... CHICAGO - Jason Marquis allowed four hits in seven innings to winfor the first time in almost two months, and the Chicago Cubs won forthe eighth in nine games, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 Sunday. Marquis (6-4) won for the first time since beating Pittsburgh 1-0on May ...
Kerr stays cool, outduels Ochoa: 18-foot birdie putt on No. 14; makes difference in women's open; Golf
Jul 02, 2007; ... SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. - No one can ignore Cristie Kerr now, notwith her name on the biggest trophy in women's golf. Left out of most conversations about top young American players,the 29-year-old Kerr won the U.S. Women's Open on Sunday by makingonly two bogeys over her final 45 ...
Sports briefs
Jul 02, 2007 ... Salazar remains hospitalized after collapse PORTLAND, Ore. - Champion marathoner Alberto Salazar remainedhospitalized in serious condition Sunday after collapsing the daybefore at the Nike campus. Doctors were conducting additional tests to learn the cause of the48-year-old ...
Williams sisters still in the thick of it: Wimbledon
Jul 02, 2007; ... WIMBLEDON, England - A year ago, Week 2 of Wimbledon began withouta Williams in sight. Venus Williams was gone after a third-round upset. Serena Williamswas going through a six-month stretch during which she was injuredand fell out of the Top 100. The Williams sisters, who ...
Sabres raided
Jul 02, 2007; ... The New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers raided Buffalo of itstwo leaders on the first day of NHL free agency Sunday. First, Sabres co-captain Daniel Briere signed a whopping eight-year, $52 million deal with the Flyers. Then, the Rangers piled on,signing the other co-captain, ...
Q&A
Jul 02, 2007 ... Every Monday, The Charleston Gazette takes the pulse of itsreaders on a question in the news. Results of todays question willappear on this page next Monday. THIS WEEK'S QUESTION YES OR NO Is 89-year-old Robert C. Byrd able to ...
Greenville drives Power 7-1: Roundup
Jul 02, 2007 ... GREENVILLE, S.C. - The Greenville Drive scored six runs in thethird inning and defeated the West Virginia Power 7-1 Sunday, endingthe Power's four-game winning streak. The Power committed five errors, and all six runs in the thirdinning were unearned. Jeremy Jeffress, who started ...
COUCH SLOUCH: A little law can't stop online poker
Jul 02, 2007; ... LAS VEGAS - Across the desert they've swarmed again - in their 20sand in their twilight, card sharpies and card novices, doctors andpatients, house painters and housewives, teachers and students, plusdropouts from all walks of still life - thousands upon thousandsthrill-seeking millions ...
INNERVIEWS: 'I lived my dream'
Jul 02, 2007; ... Retirement should be a happy time, but Dr. Ronny Go can hardlyimagine life without all the little patients he treated during 30years as a Charleston pediatrician. When he talked about leavingthem, his voice choked with emotion. Last week, at 65, he closed the door on a thriving ...
State hopefuls follow trend to start run early
Jul 02, 2007; ... Would-be candidates for West Virginia's 2008 ballot appear to betaking their cues from the field of presidential hopefuls, launchingtheir campaigns well ahead of even the May primary election. More than 110 residents have filed precandidacy papers with thesecretary of state's ...
STATEHOUSE BEAT: State's Puerto Rico tally at top
Jul 02, 2007; ... After about three weeks of haranguing, the Council of StateGovernments finally turned loose the roster of attendees at thecouncil's spring meeting at the El Conquistador resort in PuertoRico, and it turns out West Virginia did send the largest delegation,with 29 attendees. The ...
Space tourism draws more investors
Jul 02, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - Just a few years ago, the idea of bankrolling starry-eyed ventures to fly ordinary people into space was laughed off asscience fiction. Now some investors are betting on space tourism as the next bigthing. The infant industry got a boost in June when a ...
Activation delays irk iPhone users
Jul 02, 2007; ... SAN FRANCISCO - While many who snapped up Apple Inc.'s iPhone wereusing the latest must-have gadget even before leaving the store, somebuyers were put on hold as they experienced frustrating delays inactivating their cell-phone service. "A vast majority" of customers were up and ...
7-Eleven makes Kwik-E change
Jul 02, 2007; ... DALLAS - Over the weekend, 7-Eleven Inc. turned a dozen storesinto Kwik-E-Marts, the fictional convenience stores of "The Simpsons"fame, in the latest example of marketers making life imitate art. Those stores and most of the 6,000-plus other 7-Elevens in NorthAmerica will sell ...
Markets watch jobs, manufacturing index
Jul 02, 2007; ... NEW YORK - The first week of the third quarter will probably be aquiet one as many fund managers, having put the final touches ontheir portfolios last week, leave on their Fourth of July vacations. However, a few key snapshots of the economy - notably theInstitute for Supply ...
Bankruptcies
Jul 02, 2007 ... Chapter 7 is the designated liquidation of nonexempt property;Chapter 11 calls for business reorganization; Chapter 13 establishesa schedule of payment to creditors. The bankruptcies listed below arelimited to those filed by residents or companies in the Gazette'scirculation area. The ...
'Road' reading takes 12 hours
Jul 02, 2007; ... BOULDER, Colo. - Admirers of author Jack Kerouac celebrated the50th anniversary of "On the Road" with a marathon reading of thenovel. Fans and some close friends of the late author took turns readinghis most famous novel aloud at Naropa University in ...
Illinois man gets $4,800 in lawsuit over lost love
Jul 02, 2007; ... CHICAGO - Stealing someone's heart can cost you: Just ask GermanBlinov. A Cook County jury ordered Blinov to shell out $4,802 last weekafter he was sued by a husband from a Chicago suburb for stealing theaffections of the man's wife. Arthur Friedman used a little-known state ...
How can you mend a broken heart?: Wisconsin children's hospital leads the way in saving kids' lives
Jul 02, 2007; ... MILWAUKEE - A little girl with a pacifier in her mouth sat on ahorse gripping the saddle and smiling, unaware that in a couple ofdays she would undergo yet another major heart operation. One last ride before one last surgery. At age 2, Paige Spicka now has had her chest opened ...
Company dreams of awakening pill's sleepy sales
Jul 02, 2007; ... CHICAGO - When it comes to their sleeping pills, Americans wantdrugs that knock them out, despite the potential for dependency. Just ask Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc., which twoyears ago launched Rozerem as the first prescription anti-insomniapill that is not a ...