Charleston Gazette back issues from November 2007:
VJ Relm makes music from scratch
Nov 01, 2007; ... lynch@wvgazette.com Mike Relm and the Blue Man Group were in Chicago last week for acouple of days. In a telephone interview, the video scratch artistsaid he was enjoying some much-appreciated downtime and planned tobreak out of his hotel room to explore the city - not that he's ...
'Cyrano' a success by more than a nose
Nov 01, 2007; ... earle@wvgazette.com For the first 10 minutes of "Cyrano de Bergerac," I was afraidthat Jennifer Garner was going to be limited to being the Hollywoodeye candy for a Broadway show. After all, she looked beautiful in the role as Roxane, making herentrance by sweeping gracefully ...
Bop to the music
Nov 01, 2007 ... Kiddie rock stars The Doodlebops - Dee Dee (the girl), Moe (theblue one) and Rooney - bop into town for two performances today atthe Charleston Municipal Auditorium. This colorful, boisterous trioteaches preschoolers educational concepts like honesty, cooperation,compassion and ...
the gazz calendar
Nov 01, 2007 ... Today 11.1 Music * WILL JONES: 9 p.m. to midnight. No cover. Crumbpecker's Bar, 107West Main St., St. Albans. Call 727-7200. * MICK MOLONEY'S GREEN FIELDS OF AMERICA: 8 p.m. Adults $20,seniors $15, students $10, children free or by season subscription.Sponsored by ...
Coming up roses
Nov 01, 2007 ... Older sister June disappoints pushy stage mother Mama Rose, butyounger sister Gypsy Rose Lee takes to show business when Broadway inCharleston presents the Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim musical at 7:30p.m ....
Get in: on the joke
Nov 01, 2007 ... Punchline, the power-punk quartet from Pittsburgh, brings its high-voltage mix of sarcastic lyrics and thrashing chords to SouthCharleston's LaBelle Theater, 311 D St., at 6 p.m. Friday. The band,which shares a label with Fall Out Boy, returns to town to headlinean all-ages show that ...
Wanna dance?
Nov 01, 2007 ... The Charleston Community Music Association opens its 2007-2008season with Tango Buenos Aires at 3 p.m. Sunday at the MunicipalAuditorium. The show, called the most authentic representation of theArgentinean tango, focuses on a group of friends hanging out togetherin ...
Client Lopez is pregnant, designer says
Nov 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Roberto Cavalli has confirmed, perhaps inadvertently,that Jennifer Lopez is pregnant. Asked what types of clothing he designs for celebrities, thefashion designer told People magazine: "Well, Jennifer Lopez, at thismoment, she requests something very special because she ...
Group's antics work magic on young and old
Nov 01, 2007; ... lynch@wvgazette.com As a member of the Blue Man Group, 27-year-old Marc Roberts hasseen a lot of odd things. Odd is part of the art of the Blue ManGroup, which comes to Charleston on Tuesday. The trio, made up of mute, blue men in black, entertains andengages with their ...
Event features 18 films from 13 countries
Nov 01, 2007 ... The 23rd annual West Virginia International Fall Film Festivalruns Friday through Nov. 11 at the Capitol Center Theater, 123Summers St. Tickets are $7 per film and $5 per matinee (before 6p.m.) with a six-ticket package for $30. Call 342-7100 or 342-6522 orvisit www.wviff.org for more on ...
film clips
Nov 01, 2007 ... * "30 DAYS OF NIGHT": HH 1/2 Marquee Cinemas, Park Place StadiumCinemas. A few early jokes that promise a little horror humor giveway to a generally grim and gruesome film as a handful of Alaskansurvivors try to hold out against vampires. Still, a world ofwhiteout is a great place to ...
British leader says he won't be on 'Simpsons'
Nov 01, 2007; ... LONDON - He has gone to great lengths to shake off his once dourimage, but a trip to Springfield is a step too far for British PrimeMinister Gordon Brown. Brown says he has no plans to follow predecessor Tony Blair inmaking a cameo appearance on Fox network's "The ...
In Short
Nov 01, 2007 ... Bridge Road open house The Bridge Road Shops and the Bridge Road Neighborhood Associationwill hold their Holiday Open House 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5p.m. Saturday and 12:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The bluegrass band The WildRumpus will play outdoors in the plaza from 5:30 to 7:30 ...
gazzopolis
Nov 01, 2007 ... WineBoy turns 14 Tune in at thegazz.com/gazzTV to WineBoy, Episode 14 in part twoof host John Brown's visit to Fisher Ridge Winery in Putnam County. This week's show focuses on how wine gets from press to barrel,then into the bottle. Also view guest commentaries from ...
There's little bumbling in 'Bee'
Nov 01, 2007; ... Star Tribune (Minneapolis) "Bee Movie" gets an A-plus. Jerry Seinfeld's venture into theworld of animated comedy successfully breaks new ground for him whilereminding us why his sitcom was one of the funniest programs in TVhistory. Absurd enough to delight kids, overstuffed ...
FOOTMAD hosts two shows today
Nov 01, 2007; ... lynch@wvgazette.com The Friends of Old Time Music and Dance will offer a special freeafternoon show today at the WVSU Capitol Center Theater with "MickyMoloney's Green Fields of America." "It's part of a grant from the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and ispart of the West ...
'Gypsy' ticket winners named
Nov 01, 2007 ... Lynn Cunningham of Putnam County and Robby Hamilton submitted thewinning entries about stage mothers or their equivalents to win twotickets each to "Gypsy." Cunningham ...
'Lewis & Clark' to open at Clay
Nov 01, 2007 ... The giant-screen film "Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West" opens atthe Clay Center on ...
Pie and a Yankee's South on the menu in 'Waitress'
Nov 01, 2007; ... The Orlando Sentinel "Waitress" is a quirky character comedy that celebrates a Souththat exists only in the minds of outsiders. It's a Dixie of small-town pie-diners and quotably cute big-haired women trapped inunwanted pregnancies, dead-end jobs and dead-end marriages. That ...
'Away From Her' a triumph for Christie, young director
Nov 01, 2007; ... The Philadelphia Inquirer Some people go from the frying pan into the fire. Fiona (JulieChristie) leaps from the frying pan into the icebox when she placesthe skillet in the freezer and recognizes it not as absentmindednessbut as the onset of Alzheimer's that will overwhelm her ...
Spears tells Seacrest world can be cruel
Nov 01, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears defended her parenting and chastisedher critics, lamenting "how cruel our world can be," in a briefinterview on Ryan Seacrest's radio show Wednesday. Spears, always photographed but rarely interviewed these days,also spoke about her new album ...
'Wild, Wonderful' to return to state road welcome signs
Nov 01, 2007; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com Soon, "Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia" will be returnedto the signs that motorists spot when entering the state. The phrase "Wild, Wonderful" prevailed in a vote by stateresidents for the slogan on road signs welcoming motorists enteringthe ...
Marshall policy now observes pagan holidays
Nov 01, 2007; ... The Associated Press When George Fain visits a grave on Thursday to mark a paganholiday, she won't have to worry about the work she's missing in herclasses at Marshall University. That's because her absence on the Samhain holiday has beenapproved by the school, which for the ...
Against advice, family to march prosecutor says, Rally won't help Williams' case, Logan County
Nov 01, 2007; ... gharki@wvgazette.com Despite the advice of the prosecutor handling her daughter's case,the mother of Megan Williams said she and her daughter willparticipate in a march Saturday to call for hate crimes charges inthe case. Logan County Prosecutor Brian Abraham said he advised ...
Conroy debate recalls '74 textbook battle
Nov 01, 2007; ... davinwhite@wvgazette.com The Rev. Jim Lewis' life was threatened. Pickets protested Heck'sstores because company official Russ Isaacs voted to accept textbooksthat discussed sex education. Law enforcement twice escorted Ruth Ann Harper and other schoolemployees out the back ...
Nitro OKs treasurer to fix up finances, Local accountant to help correct city's bookkeeping
Nov 01, 2007; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com Nitro City Council voted to bring in a new treasurer on Wednesdayto help straighten out the city's bookkeeping system. Council members also agreed to continue with a review of thecity's books and will ask the Kanawha County Commission to help funda ...
National briefs
Nov 01, 2007 ... Homeless sex offenders cause problems in Calif. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Hundreds of California sex offenders who facetough new restrictions on where they can live are declaringthemselves homeless - truthfully or not - and that's making itdifficult for the state to track ...
Brain tumors not that uncommon
Nov 01, 2007; ... The Associated Press ATLANTA - One in 60 older people may be walking around with benignbrain tumors and don't know it. Even more may have bulging bloodvessels in the head that could burst. These results come from a surprising new Dutch study that findsbrain abnormalities are ...
Scientists decode most of cat's DNA, Move may help medical research
Nov 01, 2007; ... The Associated Press NEW YORK - An Abyssinian cat from Missouri, named Cinnamon, hasjust made scientific history. Researchers have largely decoded herDNA, a step that may aid the search for treatments for both felineand human diseases. The report adds cats to the roughly two ...
Studies clarify Tamiflu effects on the brain
Nov 01, 2007; ... TOKYO - Two groups of Japanese researchers have discovered how theprescription flu drug Tamiflu reaches the brain through animaltesting, they said Wednesday. A large number of people are reported to have behaved abnormallyafter taking Tamiflu, with some cases resulting in sudden ...
NASA shuffles spacewalk schedule
Nov 01, 2007; ... The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA canceled today's spacewalk to inspecta snarled joint for a set of solar panels and instead instructed itsorbiting astronauts to go out a day later to try to fix a torn solarwing. The newly ripped wing is now the more pressing ...
Readers' voice
Nov 01, 2007 ... * I would like to know why people with breathing problems, likemyself, have to tolerate these people that burn their garbage insteadof having the garbage picked up like you should. Did we not learnanything from the wildfires in California? * I am so tired of people thinking that ...
Experts test experimental bird flu vaccine
Nov 01, 2007; ... Newsday NEW YORK - Stressing the need to prevent the spread of a highlypathogenic influenza virus - such as the bird flu strain circulatingin Southeast Asia and elsewhere in the world - researchers at StonyBrook University Medical Center have begun a clinical study of ...
Female Iraqi journalists risk lives
Nov 01, 2007; ... AMERICANS' perceptions of Iraq are molded by scenes of horrendousviolence; few get to see the bravery and humanity of Iraqis livingunder hellish conditions. So I wish millions could have watched the International Women'sMedia Foundation (IWMF) present its 2007 Courage in ...
Readers' forum
Nov 01, 2007 ... Not another dime if user fee goes up Editor: This is concerning the user fee. We all need to let Mayor Jonesknow that we don't like the proposed raise. I have e-mailed and saidthat if it is passed, I won't spend any more money in Charleston. Heonly thinks about what he wants, ...
Probe cost , $40,000 Charnock tab
Nov 01, 2007 ... EVIDENTLY Fred Giggenbach was guilty of sloppy recordkeeping whileworking for Bill Charnock at the slipshod West Virginia ProsecutingAttorneys Institute. But special prosecutor Harvey D. Peytonconcluded there is insufficient evidence to charge Giggenbach withmishandling grant money ...
GOP base , Evangelicals fading
Nov 01, 2007 ... DOMINANCE of far-right political views in the U.S. whiteevangelical community may be disappearing, several scholars havenoted. The mantra of "God, guns and gays" may no longer swingelections to the GOP. Conservative Republicans cannot count on winning a huge majorityof ...
Church faces $11 million verdict, Family of soldier slain in Iraq sues church after funeral picketing
Nov 01, 2007; ... The Associated Press BALTIMORE - A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdictWednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that picketsmilitary funerals out of a belief that the war in Iraq is apunishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality. Albert Snyder of ...
Take a 'fresh look,': march planner says
Nov 01, 2007; ... gharki@wvgazette.com After another group said Wednesday it will not participate in themarch to protest the lack of hate crime charges in the Megan Williamscase, march organizer Malik Shabazz admits that his personal viewshave become more of an issue than he expected. "For ...
Appeals Court annuls license of Fayette lawyer
Nov 01, 2007 ... The state Supreme Court of Appeals revoked the license of aFayette County lawyer last week, the state bar's Office ofDisciplinary Counsel announced Wednesday. The court annulled the law license of William E. Adams Jr. ofMount Hope for a "lack of diligence, failure to communicate, ...
No charges in Katrina bridge blockade
Nov 01, 2007; ... The Associated Press GRETNA, La. - A grand jury will not charge anyone in a policeblockade that kept hundreds of evacuees from crossing a MississippiRiver bridge on foot after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans,authorities said Wednesday. Several hundred people claimed ...
Notre Dame's Hesburgh honored for long leadership
Nov 01, 2007; ... The Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The moon was rising over the Wisconsin lakewhere the six men had spent the day fishing when they sat down in thecool pine-scented air to work on 10 resolutions that would lay thegroundwork for changing the future of race relations in ...
Illinois 'moment of silence' law to face court challenge
Nov 01, 2007; ... Stateline.org WASHINGTON - Illinois joined the ranks of at least a dozen statesthat impose a mandatory moment of silence in public schools when itsLegislature this month passed a law over the veto of the governor. A challenge to that law, filed almost immediately by a student ...
'Expose' to include Gazette reporter's coal stories
Nov 01, 2007 ... "Expose: America's Investigative Reports" concludes its secondseason with a look at reports by Charleston Gazette reporter Ken ...
House panel approves more mine safety reforms, 26-18
Nov 01, 2007; ... kward@wvgazette.com A House panel on Wednesday approved another round of extensivemine safety reforms, drawing criticism from the coal industry and theBush administration. The Democratic-controlled House Education and Labor Committeeapproved the legislation on a party-line ...
Police briefs
Nov 01, 2007 ... Woman killed, man hurt in Nicholas shooting BIRCH RIVER - A woman was killed and a man was wounded in ashooting in Nicholas County on Wednesday, a Nicholas Countydispatcher said. The names of the man and woman were not available Wednesday. The incident happened just ...
Bulletin board
Nov 01, 2007 ... FUTURE EVENTS Charleston Parks and Recreation will sponsor a flea market from 10a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Kanawha City Community Center. Itemsfor sale include homemade jewelry, clothes, housewares and more. Forinformation or to reserve a spot, call 348-6484. Bibles and ...
Musical celebrates mature womanhood
Nov 01, 2007; ... For the Gazette There are certain "clubs" that you get to belong to throughoutyour life which require no membership fee. I mean, you think you arepart of the "parent" club when you start giving perfect advice toyour friends who have kids. It's not until you have kids of your ...
Minn. heart project labeled success
Nov 01, 2007; ... Star Tribune (Minneapolis) MINNEAPOLIS - Four months ago, Rex Veeder went to sleep with noidea that he was in trouble. As he lay in bed, his heart stopped without warning. It's whatdoctors call "sudden cardiac arrest." Veeder didn't know he was onthe verge of becoming a grim ...
Horoscope
Nov 01, 2007; ... Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007 Your birthday today: Assume more responsibility this year, andyou'll get a lot more attention. You love your privacy but you canadapt, for the big bucks. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most ...
Be discreet about diagnosis
Nov 01, 2007; ... Dear Amy: Recently a close friend of mine told me that her motherwas diagnosed with colon cancer. I was devastated to hear the news.What made hearing it more difficult, though, was my friend'sinsistence that I not tell anyone; she said her mother did not wantit known yet. My friend ...
Weather
Nov 01, 2007 ... Amsterdam 55 41 Rain Athens 66 59 Rain Baghdad 81 57 Clr Beijing 51 35 Clr Berlin 50 41 Rain Bermuda 75 68 Rain Cairo 88 70 Clr Calgary 45 27 Snow Dublin 56 43 Rain Hong Kong 79 69 Rain Jerusalem 81 66 ...
WEATHER
Nov 01, 2007 ... Anchorage 39 35 Snow Atlanta 73 54 Clr Boston 66 52 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 75 47 Clr Chicago 52 37 Clr Cincinnati 58 44 Clr Cleveland 51 44 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 68 46 Clr Denver 62 30 PCldy Detroit 51 43 Clr Elkins 55 36 ...
Merthie looks to find his touch in Herd exhibition
Nov 01, 2007; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com HUNTINGTON - As new Marshall coach Donnie Jones begins to tinkerwith his lineup combinations tonight, Darryl Merthie plans todemonstrate, again, that he can indeed shoot the basketball. Merthie and the Thundering Herd hit the Cam Henderson ...
Celebrations, calculations and bowl destinations
Nov 01, 2007; ... MORGANTOWN - Rich Rodriguez is spending a few days cleaning upsome loose ends before concentrating on West Virginia's game withLouisville a week from tonight. Me too: * When Georgia coach Mark Richt sent his entire team onto thefield to celebrate the Bulldogs' first touchdown of ...
Home playoff at stake for Riverside, Capital
Nov 01, 2007; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com From a fan's perspective, Riverside and Capital made the rightdecision by postponing last week's game until tonight. The heavyrains let up, the sun has been shining for several days and theWarriors' field in Quincy has dried out quite a bit. It remains ...
Names in the games
Nov 01, 2007 ... Reds pick up options on Dunn, two others Adam Dunn became the Cincinnati Reds' highest-paid playerWednesday when the team picked up his contract option for $13 millionnext season. The Reds also picked up the $1.85 million option for first basemanScott Hatteberg and a $1.35 ...
Today's quote
Nov 01, 2007 ... "If you screw up or you make a mistake, [Tomlin] wants to talk toyou about it or encourage ...
Morris hoping for better homecoming
Nov 01, 2007; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com HUNTINGTON - For the second time in his Marshall career,quarterback Bernard Morris is returning to his hometown to playbefore friends and family. But the setting will be so much differentthis time around. The big question: Will the ...
NHL
Nov 01, 2007 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA Philadelphia 7 3 0 14 35 22 Pittsburgh 6 4 1 13 34 35 N.Y. Islanders 5 4 0 10 26 33 New Jersey 4 6 1 9 28 35 N.Y. Rangers 4 6 1 9 19 22 Northeast Division W L OT Pts GF ...
NFL
Nov 01, 2007 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 8 0 0 1.000 331 127 Buffalo 3 4 0 .429 97 135 N.Y. Jets 1 7 0 .125 139 205 Miami 0 8 0 .000 166 244 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 7 0 0 1.000 224 ...
Prep football
Nov 01, 2007 ... This week's schedule Tentative West Virginia high school football schedules this week: Thursday's game * Capital at Riverside Friday's games * Berkeley Springs at Hancock, Md. * Big Creek at Meadow Bridge * Bishop Donahue at ...
Prep volleyball sectionals
Nov 01, 2007 ... Class AAA Region 3, Section 2 Tuesday George Washington d. Riverside 25-10, 25-14, 25-20 Capital d. South Charleston George Washington d. Capital 25-8, 25-5, 25-11 Riverside d. South Charleston Capital d ....
College football
Nov 01, 2007 ... BIG EAST CONFERENCE Conf. Overall W L PF PA W L PF PA Connecticut 3 0 77 46 7 1 242 104 West Virginia 2 1 99 38 7 1 326 119 Rutgers 2 2 94 100 5 3 256 161 Louisville 2 2 104 100 5 4 333 246 Cincinnati 1 2 69 75 6 2 301 128 South ...
College basketball
Nov 01, 2007 ... NABC/Division II Men's Preseason Coaches Poll 1. Winona State 2. Bentley 3. Grand Valley 4. Northwest Missouri State 5. Findlay 6. Augusta State 7. South Dakota 8. Wingate 9. Humbolt State 10. Sotuhern ...