Charleston Gazette back issues from December 2007:
Promise's absence policy loosened: ; Religious missions not OK, imperiling Mormon's funding
Dec 01, 2007; ... veronican@wvgazette.com GLENVILLE - A West Virginia University student's lawsuit promptedthe state's Higher Education Policy Commission to change the PromiseScholarship's leave of absence policy on Friday. The commission added military duty, programs related to thestudent's ...
Homeland Security's budget to see cuts
Dec 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - The Bush administration intends to slashcounterterrorism funding for police, firefighters and rescuedepartments across the country by more than half next year,according to budget documents obtained by The Associated Press. The Homeland Security Department has given $23 ...
Hostages taken at Clinton office: ; Man who said he had a bomb surrenders to police; no one hurt
Dec 01, 2007; ... ROCHESTER, N.H. - A distraught man wearing what appeared to be abomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday anddemanded to speak to the candidate during a hostage drama thatdragged on for nearly six hours before he peacefully surrendered. Shortly after ...
Daredevil rider Evel Knievel dies: ; Cycle jumper had big leaps, spectacular crashes
Dec 01, 2007; ... CLEARWATER, Fla. - Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangledmotorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles includingGreyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made himan international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69. Knievel's death was ...
AG avoids hate-crime opinion: ; Decision in Megan Williams case infuriates Logan prosecutor
Dec 01, 2007; ... gharki@wvgazette.com The West Virginia Attorney General's Office has decided not togive an opinion on whether hate-crime laws could be applied againstsix Logan County residents accused of raping, beating and torturingMegan Williams in September. Logan County Prosecutor Brian ...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
Dec 01, 2007 ... Bluefield wins ...
Students learn about money
Dec 01, 2007 ... Junior ...
100th Backyard Brawl
Dec 01, 2007 ... Mountaineer Gameday
U.S. plans new spy satellite program
Dec 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - The U.S. is pursuing a multibillion-dollar programto develop the next generation of spy satellites, the first majoreffort of its kind since the Pentagon canceled the ambitious andcostly Future Imagery Architecture system two years ago, TheAssociated Press has learned ....
Vent line
Dec 01, 2007 ... * To the person who asked if Barack Obama was a Muslim: No, he isnot. He is a member of the United Church of Christ. If he wasMuslim, why would it matter? I guess all Muslims are bad? How na ve. * To those of you who find overweight people disgusting: Myweight never went over 125 ...
Readers' voice
Dec 01, 2007 ... * A-plus to Jane Claymore for her article on the firing of FredArmstrong. Thank you, Gazette. Keep everything posted up front andcenter. Don't let this administration sweep it under the rug. * We are still waiting for the Statehouse reporter to print theraises given out in the ...
Things to do today
Dec 01, 2007 ... Music * APPALACHIAN CHILDREN'S CHORUS AND FRIENDS: 7 p.m. Tickets $10.Holiday concert with guests The Kanawha Kordsmen, Martin Luther KingJr. Male Choir and Randall Reid-Smith. Clay Center. Call 561-3570. * EBONY & IVORY: 8 p.m. Adults $35, college students $25,children 18 ...
Bulletin board
Dec 01, 2007 ... TODAY Armstrong Creek Communities will have its lighting of theCommunity Christmas Tree at 6:30 p.m. today in the lot located belowOpen Bible Temple Independent Baptist Church, Powellton. Bring anornament and candles if you wish. Refreshments will follow. Charleston Parks and ...
Readers' forum
Dec 01, 2007 ... Smoking ban in bars is ridiculous Editor: I would like to know where it is our freedoms have gone when aboard of people who were not voted into office can tell people whatto do. This county-wide smoking ban is ridiculous. I understand, being a smoker, how damaging it ...
Why are diseases hitting earlier?
Dec 01, 2007; ... I can't remember exactly when the shift took place, when everyconversation with an old friend started including references toillness, to who was sick in their family or mine, or among ourfriends, and to how this could be happening so often, so young, soseverely. I'm still not used to it, ...
Imbalance: ; Few serve in Iraq
Dec 01, 2007; ... WHY HAVE American protests over the Iraq war been mild, comparedto the historic upheaval that accompanied the Vietnam war? We thinkit's because only a tiny fringe of U.S. families today have childrenat risk as volunteer soldiers in Iraq, compared to multitudes whowere drafted for Vietnam ...
Smiles and scowls
Dec 01, 2007; ... To Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center, which paid a largeadvance on future fees, to help Nitro escape from its $1 millionfinancial nightmare. To Floral Hills Cemetery near Sissonville, which will collectgifts for West Virginia soldiers in Iraq during this evening'smammoth ...
Drop in oil prices may ease costs at pump
Dec 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Crude oil prices dipped to their lowest levels in morethan a month Friday, falling below $89 a barrel as investors soldamid signs of weakening demand and expectations that OPEC will boostproduction next week. The slide in oil may mean consumers will see relief at the ...
ConocoPhillips plans gas pipeline from Alaska to Midwestern states
Dec 01, 2007; ... JUNEAU, Alaska - ConocoPhillips wants to build potentially theworld's largest, most expensive energy facility - a multibillion-dollar gas pipeline running from Alaska's North Slope to Midwesternstates. The project, with a price tag of up to $42 billion, would beworth it, if it ...
Business
Dec 01, 2007 ... WesBanco completes Oak Hill acquisition WHEELING - WesBanco Inc. has completed the acquisition of OakHill Financial Inc. The deal closed Friday, according to a document filed by WesBancowith the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. WesBanco announcedit was buying Jackson, ...
Man gets 10 years in kidnapping case
Dec 01, 2007; ... aclevenger@wvgazette.com A Charleston man was sentenced to 10 years in prison in KanawhaCircuit Court Friday for assaulting a teenager at gunpoint over amissing dog. Aaron Bradley Maynor, 27, pleaded guilty to kidnapping inOctober. He admitted that he rushed out of a house ...
Dec. fire offered warning, suit charges: ; MSHA says Aracoma showed 'reckless disregard' for safety rules
Dec 01, 2007; ... kward@wvgazette.com At about 3 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2005, Wyatt Robinson went to work atthe Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine in Logan County. A few hours into his shift, Robinson was told to check out smokealarms along one of the mine's conveyor belts. He found a ragingfire. Fire ...
Tri-State owners mulling construction schedule
Dec 01, 2007; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com Owners of Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center say they'recommitted to a $250 million expansion plan, even though they stillhave no definite construction schedule. "Things are happening, but I've decided I'm not going to jump injust to jump in," said ...
Deputy injured in collision with fugitive's vehicle
Dec 01, 2007 ... A Kanawha County sheriff's deputy on DUI patrol was injuredThursday night after a fugitive from Indiana - driving drunk, policesay - veered in front of his patrol car, leading to a collision,said Lt. Bryan Stover. Around 11:30 p.m., Deputy J.M. Vernon was headed west on U.S ....
Wash. school calendar forgets Christmas
Dec 01, 2007; ... SPOKANE, Wash. - They made a list, but they should have checkedit twice. In a December newsletter to the families of elementary schoolstudents, Spokane Public Schools' list of "important dates" didn'tinclude Christmas. Hanukkah, Human Rights Day, winter break, the Islamic ...
Tire company owner a no-show in court
Dec 01, 2007 ... The operator of a Nitro company that stored waste tires thatburned for almost 24 hours in May 2006 failed to appear at hisarraignment in Kanawha Circuit Court on Friday, said Kanawha CountyAssistant Prosecutor Jennifer Meadows. Earlier this ...
NYC man found guilty in 2005 killing
Dec 01, 2007; ... MARTINSBURG - A New York City man has been convicted of second-degree murder for his role in the execution-style killing of aMartinsburg man. A Berkeley Circuit Court jury found John James Grant guiltyThursday. Prosecutors say Grant, 23, also known as "Butter," and ...
Amtrak, freight train collide in Chicago: ; About 50 injuries reported; cause of wreck unknown
Dec 01, 2007; ... CHICAGO - An Amtrak train plowed into the back of a freight trainand crushed one end of a boxcar under its wheels Friday, injuringdozens of people, some seriously. Most of the 187 passengers walkedaway unhurt. Passengers were hurled into the seats in front of them in theaccident ...
Trial set in Amandaville deaths
Dec 01, 2007 ... The man accused of killing three people in Amandaville in 2006will stand trial in Kanawha Circuit Court early next year. Judge Tod Kaufman scheduled the trial of Keith Roger Jeffers, 32,for Jan. 22. Police say Jeffers entered the Amandaville home of Dennis L.Lovejoy on June ...
U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,881
Dec 01, 2007; ... As of Friday, at least 3,881 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 eight militarycivilians. At least 3,161 died as a result of hostile action,according to the military's ...
NEWS BRIEFS
Dec 01, 2007 ... 2 suspects in Holloway case to be released ORANJESTAD, Aruba - Two brothers re-arrested last week assuspects in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Hollowaywill be released from jail, a prosecutor said Friday. The two brothers, Satish and Deepak Kalpoe, will be ...
CORRECTION
Dec 01, 2007 ... A headline in Friday's Gazette incorrectly characterized a U.S.Labor Department agreement involving Knox Fuqua, owner of theinvestment firm KHF Advisors LLC. Fuqua ...
Raid could raise Iraq's sectarian tension
Dec 01, 2007; ... BAGHDAD - Iraqi troops arrested the son of a leading Sunnipolitician and dozens of his associates after a car bomb wasdiscovered near his compound and keys to the vehicle were found onone of his bodyguards, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Friday. Five U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi ...
World weather
Dec 01, 2007 ... Amsterdam 48 42 Rain Athens 53 48 PCldy Baghdad 64 46 PCldy Berlin 39 30 Rain Bermuda 74 67 Rain Cairo 75 55 Clr Calgary 14 -2 Snow Dublin 50 37 Rain Hong Kong 68 53 Clr Jerusalem 73 55 Cldy London 51 39 ...
Patience paying off for Herd's Marshall
Dec 01, 2007; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com He's no longer the only man in college basketball who wears hisname on both sides of his jersey. A change of uniform took care of that for Taurean Marshall. Oh,Marshall is still playing for ... um, Marshall, but the uniformsunderwent a change under ...
National weather
Dec 01, 2007 ... Anchorage 23 19 Clr Atlanta 62 39 Cldy Boston 33 27 Cldy Charlotte,N.C. 60 30 Cldy Chicago 30 16 Rain Cincinnati 44 23 Rain Cleveland 36 22 Snow Dallas-Ft Worth 71 58 PCldy Denver 52 26 PCldy Detroit 31 17 Rain Elkins ...
LOTTERY: ; LOTTERIES
Dec 01, 2007 ... Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 West Virginia: Daily 3 065 Daily 4 5135Cash 25 2-4-9-13-16-20 Ohio: ...
Winthrop hardly a pushover for WVU
Dec 01, 2007; ... dphickman1@aol.com MORGANTOWN - By the time Bob Huggins got the job as WestVirginia's basketball coach last April, most of his first schedulealready had been penciled in. And, witness road games with Radfordand Canisius, he chose not to mess with it too much. And then ...
INSIDE
Dec 01, 2007 ... Big D With a playoff spot assured, Tony ...
100TH BACKYARD BRAWL - PITT AT WEST VIRGINIA: ; Just one to go; With title game on the line, WVUwary of Pitt hijinks
Dec 01, 2007; ... dphickman1@aol.com MORGANTOWN - It doesn't take much of a historian to argue, atleast from a West Virginia point of view, that there is more ridingon tonight's Backyard Brawl than in any of the previous 99. Conversely, though, Pitt simply has nothing to lose andeverything to ...
Lower divisions could show BCS a thing or two: ; COMMENTARY
Dec 01, 2007; ... Hey BCS big shots, take a tip from the little guys. No, not the Hawaiis and the Boise States, the real little guys.Divisions II and III, and that one formerly known as I-AA. Thelittle guys have the same reasons for not having a playoff system -academics, time constraints, travel ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Dec 01, 2007 ... Today's quote "It means everybody out there isn't as dumb as theylook." Miami linebacker Joey Porter on oddsmakers installing the 0-11 Dolphins as 1 1/2-point favorites over the 2-9 Jets Names in the games Bowden finalizing deal for another year at FSU Bobby Bowden and ...
Latest line
Dec 01, 2007 ... NFL Favorite Points Underdog Sunday's games ST. LOUIS 3 (40) Atlanta WASHINGTON 6 (37) Buffalo MINNESOTA 4 (45) Detroit TENNESSEE 3 1/2 (41) Houston INDIANAPOLIS 7 (45) Jacksonville MIAMI 1 1/2 (38) NY Jets San Diego 6 (37) ...
NBA
Dec 01, 2007 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 13 2 .867 - Toronto 9 7 .563 41/2 New Jersey 7 8 .467 6 New York 5 10 .333 8 Philadelphia 5 10 .333 8 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 14 4 .778 ...
Men's basketball
Dec 01, 2007 ... BIG EAST CONFERENCE Conf.Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 6 0 1.000 Seton Hall 0 0 .000 6 0 1.000 Georgetown 0 0 .000 4 0 1.000 St. John's 0 0 .000 4 0 1.000 Connecticut 0 0 .000 5 1 .833 Marquette 0 0 .000 5 1 ...
Sports briefs
Dec 01, 2007 ... Report has Pelini going to Nebraska LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska interim athletic director Tom Osbornerefused to comment on a report Friday night that LSU defensivecoordinator Bo Pelini will be introduced as the school's coach nextweek. ESPN.com, citing multiple unidentified ...
College football
Dec 01, 2007 ... BIG EAST CONFERENCE Conference All games W L PF PA W L PF PA West Virginia 5 1 231 113 10 1 458 194 Connecticut 5 2 169 165 9 3 344 223 S. Florida 4 3 240 167 9 3 430 248 Cincinnati 4 3 209 170 9 3 441 223 Rutgers 3 4 174 195 7 5 374 ...
College soccer
Dec 01, 2007 ... NCAA Men's Division I tournament Third Round Saturday, Dec. 1 Bradley (15-5-4) at Maryland (11-5-4), 6 p.m. Illinois-Chicago (12-5-6) at Creighton (12-2-5), 8 p.m. Notre Dame (13-4-5) at Santa Clara (16-1-4), 10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2 Central ...
Prep football
Dec 01, 2007 ... At Wheeling Island Stadium Class AAA Championship Today * No. 5 St. Albans (12-1)vs. No. 3 Parkersburg (12-1), noon CLASS AA Championship Friday * Bluefield 20, James Monroe 12 CLASS ...
Transactions
Dec 01, 2007 ... BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS-Agreed to terms with RHP Rick Bauer, RHP JeffHarris and C Yamid Haad on minor league contracts. Promoted BradGrant to director of amateur scouting. Named Travis Fryman managerof Mahoning Valley (NYP). DETROIT TIGERS-Agreed ...
Ski report
Dec 01, 2007 ... State conditions Canaan Valley - Plan to open 12/22 Snowshoe Mountain - wet granular 10-20 base, 8 of 60 trails, 13%open, 3 of 14 lifts, Mon-Fri: 9a-4:30p; Sat/Sun: 9a-4:30p Timberline Four Seasons - Plan to Open 12/6 Winterplace - opening ...
GOLF
Dec 01, 2007 ... PGA Tour Qualifying School At Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge Winter Garden, Fla. Purse: $1.057 million c-Crooked Cat Course: 7,493 yards, par 72 p-Panther Lake Course: 7,350 yards, par 72 Third Round Frank Lickliter II ...
NHL
Dec 01, 2007 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA Philadelphia 14 8 2 30 76 67 N.Y. Rangers 14 9 2 30 57 49 New Jersey 13 10 2 28 64 61 N.Y. Islanders 13 9 1 27 56 61 Pittsburgh 11 11 2 24 72 70 Northeast Division W L OT ...
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Dec 01, 2007 ... MARSHALL 87, JACKSON STATE 61 JACKSON STATE (2-4) Davis 5-12 0-0 12, Easley 4-9 3-5 11, Chambwe 0-2 1-3 1, Ross 2-5 2-2 7, Trahan 3-4 0-0 6, Christian 1-8 1-2 3, McLin 2-4 0-0 4,Campbell 1-2 0-0 2, Gains 3-9 5-6 12, Dowdy 0-0 1-2 1, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Cooper 1-2 0-0 2, G ....
NFL
Dec 01, 2007 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 11 0 0 1.000 442 185 Buffalo 5 6 0 .455 167 258 N.Y. Jets 2 9 0 .182 181 278 Miami 0 11 0 .000 183 277 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 9 2 0 .818 309 ...
SPORTS ON TV/RADIO
Dec 01, 2007 ... TELEVISION (Golf) 9:30 a.m. - golf: European PGA Tour, New Zealand Open(same-day tape) (ESPN2) 11 a.m. - college football: MAC championship, Miami, Ohiovs. Central Michigan (8) 11:30 a.m. - Mountaineer Magazine (13) noon - college football: Army vs ....
Prep basketball
Dec 01, 2007 ... West Virginia Hoops Classic All games at Charleston Civic Center Monday, Dec. 10 8:30 a.m. - Cross Lanes Christian vs. Elk Valley Christian(girls); 10:10 a.m. - Braxton County vs. Logan (girls); 11:50 a.m. -Iaeger vs. Wayne (girls); 1:30 p.m. - Summers County vs ....
Celtics survive Heat's comeback: ; NBA
Dec 01, 2007; ... MIAMI - Paul Pierce scored 18 of his 27 points in the firstquarter, Kevin Garnett added 23 and the NBA-leading Boston Celticswasted most of a 28-point lead before beating the Miami Heat 95-85on Friday night. Ray Allen scored 17 for the Celtics, who prevailed despitemissing 12 of ...
Police arrest four in Taylor shooting
Dec 01, 2007; ... MIAMI - The Miami-Dade Police Department has arrested four peoplein connection with the shooting death of Washington Redskins starSean Taylor. Police spokeswoman Linda O'Brien identified the men as: Venjah K.Hunte, 20; Eric Rivera Jr., 17; Jason Scott Mitchell, 17; andCharles ...
Vick co-defendants get 18, 21 months
Dec 01, 2007; ... RICHMOND, Va. - A federal judge made clear his disdain for animalcruelty when he sentenced two of Michael Vick's dogfighting cohortsto 18 months and 21 months in prison Friday. "You may have thought this was sporting, but it was very callousand cruel," Judge Henry Hudson told ...
Cowboys flying high at 11-1
Dec 01, 2007; ... IRVING, Texas - Jerry Jones has been known for the occasionalcrazy Super Bowl prediction for his Dallas Cowboys. This season, theowner's hunch certainly seems more realistic. Barring a collapse, the Cowboys could be two home playoffvictories from their first Super Bowl in 12 ...
Favre expected to keep streak alive
Dec 01, 2007; ... GREEN BAY, Wis. - Packers quarterback Brett Favre is expectedstart against the Oakland Raiders on Dec. 9 and keep alive hisrecord streak for consecutive starts. "Just to quote the medical staff, his [starting] streak is not indanger. He'll be OK," coach Mike McCarthy said Friday, ...
Santana headlines trade scuttlebutt at winter meetings: ; BASEBALL
Dec 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK - The Johan Santana sweepstakes have already started.Now, get ready for an all-out shopping spree at baseball's wintermeetings. Trade talks involving the Minnesota Twins ace - and several otherstars - figure to heat up when the annual swap meet begins Monday ...
Tulsa looking for better game at Central Florida: ; C-USA
Dec 01, 2007; ... ORLANDO, Fla. - Tulsa and Central Florida have been here before. Twice, actually, with wildly different results. The teams meet in Orlando for second time in three years Saturdayfor the Conference USA championship. The Golden Hurricane cruised tothe 2005 title and a Liberty ...
Hokies coming strong for rematch: ; ACC
Dec 01, 2007; ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Boston College's come-from-behind victory atVirginia Tech in October, the one that thrust quarterback Matt Ryaninto the Heisman Trophy race, may have done more for the Hokies thanthe Eagles. No. 6 Virginia Tech hasn't lost since, winning four in a row ...