Charleston Gazette back issues from January 2008:
Guardsmen getting vital support: ; Program helps them readjust to civilian life
Jan 01, 2008; ... EUGENE, Ore. - Darcy Woodke recalls the day she picked up herhusband and several of his National Guard buddies after they gotback from Iraq. "I stopped at a four-way stop sign. I have never seen people inmy life freak out like that. They were saying, 'Why are youstopping? Go! Go! ...
Iowa comes down to turning out vote
Jan 01, 2008; ... Erasing money gap, 2A DES MOINES, Iowa - It's all about turning out voters now. After a year of stump speeches, TV ads and face-to-facepoliticking, presidential get-out-the-vote operations are inoverdrive in the final hours before Iowa's caucuses. Campaignslargely are relying ...
Nitro council removal up to 3 judges: ; Panel to consider activists petition next month
Jan 01, 2008; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com A three-judge panel will consider whether to remove four membersof Nitro City Council from office, the state Supreme Court hasruled. Cabell Circuit Judge Dan O'Hanlon, Nicholas Circuit Judge Gary L.Johnson and Wood Circuit Judge J.D. Beane are ...
1 homicide awaits arrest: ; 2007 saw 4 slayings in city, none in rest of Kanawha County
Jan 01, 2008; ... gharki@wvgazette.com Every Tuesday at 6 p.m., a handful of people gather onCharleston's East End and hold a memorial for Chase Miller, the 17-year-old shot and killed Aug. 19 on Lewis Street. Miller was one of four homicide victims in Kanawha County in2007, and his is the ...
Moore, who shot at Ford in 1975, is freed in Calif.: ; Now 77, would-be assassin was raised on Charleston's West Side
Jan 01, 2008; ... SAN FRANCISCO - Sara Jane Moore, who took a shot at PresidentFord in a 1975 assassination attempt, was released from prisonMonday. Moore, 77, had served about 30 years of a life sentence when shewas released from the federal prison in Dublin, east of SanFrancisco, the Federal ...
Huckabee takes campaign on run
Jan 01, 2008; ... DES MOINES, Iowa - For Mike Huckabee, campaign activities in Iowatook a back seat Monday to training for the Boston Marathon. Despite a temperature of 16 degrees, the Republican presidentialcandidate set off around a Des Moines lake for a 30-minute run thatcovered about 3 ...
California man saves year of trash
Jan 01, 2008; ... BERKELEY, Calif. - Ari Derfel leads a trashy life. He just wantsto remind everyone else that they do, too. The 35-year-old Berkeley caterer said he has saved every piece oftrash he has generated over the past year to see how much garbageone person creates. In his case, it was ...
Iowa win could erase money gap, Edwards says
Jan 01, 2008; ... Final push, 1A DENISON, Iowa - Democrat John Edwards has parlayed years of grass-roots campaigning into momentum when it counts the most - just asIowa launches the presidential nominating season. Though he's got less money than rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton andBarack Obama, ...
NASA posts edited, hard-to-read data: ; Safety survey based on 8,000 pilot interviews
Jan 01, 2008; ... NASA begrudgingly released some results Monday from an $11.3million federal air safety study it previously withheld from thepublic over concerns that it would upset travelers and hurt airlineprofits. It published the findings in a format that made it cumbersome forany thorough ...
Readers' voice
Jan 01, 2008 ... * Whatever coach the Mountaineers get should be a coach that hasbeen to and won a national championship bowl. Both the Mountaineersand West Virginians deserve it. Please, WVU president, get us acoach that will not only get us to the championship but also win it. * I think it's ...
New Year Smiles: ; For 2007 benefactors
Jan 01, 2008; ... Traditionally, we mark the start of each new year by thankingWest Virginians who brightened the past one - especially volunteerswho donate their time and money for many worthy causes. Here's thelatest roster: *** To all the Salvation Army bell ringers, church gift ...
Banned words put 'under the bus'
Jan 01, 2008; ... DETROIT - Resist the urge to say you will "wordsmith" your listof New Year's resolutions rather than write one. Also, don't utter,"It is what it is," when you fail to meet your first goal. Those are two of the 19 words or phrases that appear in LakeSuperior State University's ...
Table gambling adds 1,225 jobs at 2 tracks
Jan 01, 2008; ... WHEELING - Two Northern Panhandle tracks have kept their word onhiring. The Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort in Chester has hired725 employees and the Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack hasadded 500 to the payroll. Those promised jobs were a key part of the sales ...
Real differences among Democrats?
Jan 01, 2008; ... DES MOINES, Iowa - The assassination of Benazir Bhutto came as abrutal reminder of the gravity of the decision Iowa's voters will berendering in their caucuses Thursday night. Its impact may be feltmost powerfully by Democrats who have been thinking less aboutissues than about the style ...
Readers' forum
Jan 01, 2008 ... Morality can exist outside of God Editor: I have rarely seen more conflicted thinking than that in a letterpublished Dec. 20. The author claims that good and evil cannot existabsent a higher universal truth which he identifies as God. He callsthose who disagree fools, but ...
Roberts pushes for higher salaries for federal judges
Jan 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts urged Congress to raisethe pay of federal judges in a year-end report that emphasizedimproving communications with Capitol Hill and the White House. "The separate branches may not always agree," the chief justicewrote, adding that each ...
135 dead in election violence in Kenya
Jan 01, 2008; ... NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's president threatened a tough crackdownMonday as rioters rampaged for a third day to protest what theycalled his sham re-election - a bloody convulsion threatening whathas been East Africa's most stable and prosperous democracy. At least 135 Kenyans were ...
CORRECTION
Jan 01, 2008 ... Because of a reporter's error, some testimony concerning theTrAIL power line was incorrectly attributed to environmentalconsultant Evan Hansen in a story published in the Dec. 28 Gazette. It was Lew McDaniel of the Laurel Run Community WatershedAssociation who said, "The power ...
Suicide truck bomb attack kills 12 north of Baghdad
Jan 01, 2008; ... BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber drove a truck rigged with explosivesinto a checkpoint manned by members of a U.S.-backed securityvolunteer group in a town north of Baghdad on Monday, killing atleast 12 people, police and a member of the volunteer group said. Another three people were ...
Readers' voice
Jan 01, 2008 ... What's bothering you? What do you think? Express your opinion onany subject you wish by ...
GETTING INTO PRINT
Jan 01, 2008 ... Have a news tip? Got a story idea? Call us: City desk - 348-5100 Environment - Ken Ward, ...
MONDAY'S WEATHER IN CHARLESTON:
Jan 01, 2008 ... Due to the holiday edition, weather ...
World weather
Jan 01, 2008 ... Amsterdam 46 33 Rain Athens 51 41 Clr Baghdad 62 46 PCldy Beijing 36 23 Clr Berlin 42 33 Rain Bermuda 73 65 Rain Cairo 68 51 Clr Calgary 24 5 Snow Dublin 48 38 PCldy Hong Kong 67 56 Clr Jerusalem 62 43 ...
National weather
Jan 01, 2008 ... Anchorage 22 15 Clr Atlanta 60 36 Clr Boston 41 30 Snow Charlotte,N.C. 63 37 PCldy Chicago 32 20 Cldy Cincinnati 47 28 Cldy Cleveland 38 29 Snow Dallas-Ft Worth 59 31 Clr Denver 27 -2 Clr Detroit 33 28 Snow Elkins 46 ...
Avalanche threat maroons 2,000 on I-70 in Colo.: ; American Red Cross opens shelters; residents take in stranded strangers
Jan 01, 2008; ... DENVER - More than 2,000 travelers were stranded at Red Crossshelters in the Colorado high country Monday as a threat ofavalanches closed a stretch of Interstate 70 west of Denver. Deep snow drifted into more than two dozen narrow ravines in themountainsides - known as avalanche ...
Winter storm buries Northeast: ; A second storm expected to hit region today
Jan 01, 2008; ... ALBANY, N.Y. - Heavy snow fell across northern sections of theNortheast on Monday, capping a December of unusually heavy snow. More than a foot of snow fell in central New Hampshire, theNational Weather Service said, and the Albany area got 11 inchesfrom late Sunday to midmorning ...
Fiesta Bowl - West Virginia vs. Oklahoma,: ; 8 P.M. Wednesday; Calm before the storm; Oklahoma's Granger sent home after arrest
Jan 01, 2008; ... Dphickman1@aol.com mitchvingle@wvgazette.com SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Which is worse, being without a head coach orwithout a handful of starters? It seems we'll find out in Wednesday night's Fiesta Bowl. While West Virginia has had more than two weeks to adjust to ...
INSIDE
Jan 01, 2008 ... NFL playoffs Rob Bironas (2) kick-started the ...
Fiesta Bowl - West Virginia vs. Oklahoma,: ; 8 P.M. Wednesday; Calm before the storm; Sooners still trying to shake memory of Fiesta Bowl flop
Jan 01, 2008; ... dphickman1@aol.com SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Perhaps not even West Virginia, with itsbleak bowl history of the 1980s and '90s and the early part of thisdecade, ever endured anything like this. Sure, losing eight straight bowls was no picnic. Dropping 11-of-12 between winning the ...
Herd bounces back vs. San Diego
Jan 01, 2008; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com HUNTINGTON - If San Diego's basketball team didn't stay up toring in the New Year Monday night, there was a reason. The Toreros had plenty of balls dropped on them Monday afternoon. Marshall, smarting from an ugly loss two days earlier ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Jan 01, 2008 ... Today's quote I don't know what it feels like to wear a thong,but I imagine it feels something like what we had on in the firsthalf. I felt violated. I felt naked. Its one thing to see films withguys wearing those things. ... Id rather stay warm, man. L.A. Lakersstar Kobe Bryant on the ...
Fiesta Bowl - West Virginia vs. Oklahoma,: ; 8 P.M. Wednesday; Calm before the storm; 'Coach Stew Show' a big hit in Phoenix
Jan 01, 2008; ... PHOENIX, Ariz. - The New Year's Eve Fiesta Bowl press conferencefeatured two men who are as different as Robert Burns' "Auld LangSyne" and Prince's "1999." There was Oklahoma's Bob Stoops, the young, hip brainchild, whomade a name for himself as Florida's assistant head coach in ...
This date in sports
Jan 01, 2008 ... Jan. 1 1934 - Columbia upsets Stanford 7-0 in the Rose Bowl when AlBarabas scores in the third quarter on a 17-yard hidden-ball play. 1935 - Bucknell beats Miami 26-0 in the first Orange Bowl. 1991 - Georgia Tech routs Nebraska 45-21 in the Citrus Bowl tofinish as ...
Boxing
Jan 01, 2008 ... Fight Schedule National TV in parentheses Jan. 4 At Million Dollar Elm Casino, Tulsa, Okla. (ESPN2), Allan Green,Tulsa Okla., vs. Rubin Williams, Detroit, Mich., 10, supermiddleweights; Zahir Raheem, Las Vegas, vs. Ricardo Dominguez,Tucson Ariz., 10, lightweights ....
Bowl results, schedule
Jan 01, 2008 ... Thursday, Dec. 20 Poinsettia Bowl Payout: $750,000 Utah 35, Navy 32 Friday, Dec. 21 New Orleans Bowl Payout: $325,000 Florida Atlantic 44, Memphis 27 Saturday, Dec. 22 PapaJohns.com Bowl Payout: ...
NHL
Jan 01, 2008 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 21 14 3 45 92 91 N.Y. Rangers 20 15 4 44 97 94 Pittsburgh 20 16 2 42 109 111 Philadelphia 19 14 4 42 115 105 N.Y. Islanders 19 16 2 40 89 102 Northeast ...
NFL
Jan 01, 2008 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA x-New England 16 0 0 1.000 589 274 Buffalo 7 9 0 .438 252 354 N.Y. Jets 4 12 0 .250 268 355 Miami 1 15 0 .063 267 437 South W L T Pct PF PA y-Indianapolis 13 3 0 .813 450 ...
NBA
Jan 01, 2008 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 26 3 .897 - Toronto 16 15 .516 11 New Jersey 14 16 .467 121/2 Philadelphia 13 17 .433 131/2 New York 8 21 .276 18 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 22 11 .667 ...
Women's basketball
Jan 01, 2008 ... The Women's Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's collegebasketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, recordsthrough Dec. 30, total points based on 25 points for a first-placevote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: ...
Men's basketball
Jan 01, 2008 ... The Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketballpoll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec.30, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote throughone point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts ...
Sports briefs
Jan 01, 2008 ... Top 25: Hoyas improve to 10-1 DaJuan Summers had 15 points and nine rebounds, Jonathan Wallacereached a pair of milestones in a 19-point effort and No. 8Georgetown closed out its nonconference schedule with an 82-55victory against Fordham Monday in Washington. Austin Freeman ...
'08 schedule to be more difficult
Jan 01, 2008; ... PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Steelers had one of the NFL's easiestschedules this season. That figures to change next season, unless anumber of teams that were very good quickly go bad. By winning the AFC North, the Steelers (10-6) must play a first-place schedule in 2008, which ...
Steelers 'flat' but had an excuse
Jan 01, 2008; ... BALTIMORE - When they were done playing the Baltimore Ravens, thePittsburgh Steelers turned their full attention toward thepostseason. Truth is, the Steelers were already thinking about their opening-round game before they even walked on the field Sunday. The Steelers rested ...
Pats solid, Cowboys shaky: ; T.O.'s sprained ankle may be big factor in NFL postseason; Analysis
Jan 01, 2008; ... Any handicapping of the playoffs starts, of course, with thePatriots, the first team ever to finish a regular season 16-0 andonly the second to go unbeaten in the modern era. Indianapolis isright behind them, and the rest of the AFC is follows. But Terrell Owens' injury and Dallas ...
Defense, rushing vital to Titans' playoff bid: ; Sunday night
Jan 01, 2008; ... INDIANAPOLIS - In the defining moments that put Vince Young inthe playoffs for the first time, he wasn't zigzagging through ahelpless defense - he was on the sideline wearing a baseball cap. The Tennessee Titans' quarterback was injured in the thirdquarter of Sunday night's ...
Pressure's on Lofton, English to slow Mountaineers' offense
Jan 01, 2008; ... mitchvingle@wvgazette.com PHOENIX, Ariz. - Oklahoma's defense is used to dishing out hits.But in the past couple of weeks, it's taken a few. Second-team all-Big 12 defensive tackle DeMarcus Granger was senthome from Fiesta Bowl preparations. Cornerback Reggie Smith, a ...
Finale stirs Browns coach's emotions
Jan 01, 2008; ... CLEVELAND - When he sat down in front of the microphone, Brownscoach Romeo Crennel's eyes were still a little teary. Minutes before, co-captain linebacker Willie McGinest hadpresented Crennel with the game ball. McGinest saluted Crennel forbelieving in his players when no one ...
Crumpler hopes to visit Vick in prison
Jan 01, 2008; ... ATLANTA - Atlanta Falcons tight end Alge Crumpler wants to visitimprisoned quarterback Michael Vick soon. The only problem is Crumpler doesn't know where to start. "We have to find out the rules, like if he can have visitors andwhat the procedures are," Crumpler said last ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: ; Cal salvages winning season; Monday's games
Jan 01, 2008; ... FORT WORTH, Texas - DeSean Jackson and Robert Jordan returnedfrom their first-quarter benchings and caught touchdown passes tohelp California rally from a three-TD deficit and beat Air Force 42-36 in the Armed Forces Bowl on Monday. California (7-6), ranked No. 2 in the nation in ...
Nets add Vandeweghe to front office
Jan 01, 2008; ... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Former Denver general manager KikiVandeweghe has joined the Nets as a special assistant to New Jerseypresident Rod Thorn. Vandeweghe, who served as the Nuggets' general manager from 2001-06, will help Thorn prepare for the NBA draft and ...
Rose Bowl feels more like an undercard this year: ; Today's game
Jan 01, 2008; ... BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - As always this time of year, the buzz inLA is about college football. More specifically, the front-page newsis about this city's 'other' program, UCLA, and its new celebritycoach, Rick Neuheisel. The Rose Bowl and Southern California - they've been shuffled ...
Kanawha Valley girls basketball standings, statistics
Jan 01, 2008 ... Standings Mountain State Athletic Conf. East Division Pos-School Div Conf All 1. Greenbrier East 2-0 3-1 4-2 2. George Washington 1-0 1-1 5-3 2. Princeton 1-0 2-0 5-1 4. Capital 0-0 1-1 3-2 4. Woodrow Wilson 0-0 2-0 2-4 6 ....
Gay couples join in N.H. civil unions: ; Granite State becomes 4th to legalize same-sex unions
Jan 01, 2008; ... CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire became the fourth state to legalizecivil unions and about 20 couples decided to be the first to takeadvantage of the new law with a late-night ceremony on theStatehouse steps. Jennifer Major of Gilmanton, who helped organize the groupceremony, said ...
ASK AMY: ; Friend won't baby-sit for mom in labor room
Jan 01, 2008; ... Dear Amy: I am the support person for my best friend's pregnancyand delivery; she has a 4-year-old and is due later this month. Recently, she asked me to attend a class with her and herdaughter. During the class, I realized that they were preparing herdaughter to be present during ...
Bulletin board
Jan 01, 2008 ... FUTURE EVENTS Kanawha County Public Library will have both printed andreproducible state and federal income tax forms available at alllocations of the library systems in Kanawha County in January.Volunteer organizations, such as AARP-Tax Aide or the IRS VolunteerIncome Tax ...
Horoscope
Jan 01, 2008; ... Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008 Your birthday today: You've got the drive and determination to gofar this year. If you're contemplating a move, an old familiarlocation is your best option. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most ...
Gamers follow call of wild with free WolfQuest: ; Kids play predator in this new game designed by a zoo
Jan 01, 2008; ... On the Web WolfQuest: www.wolfquest .org; Minnesota Zoo: www.mnzoo.org; Eduweb: www.edu web.com; National Institute on Media andthe Family: www .mediafamily.org MINNEAPOLIS - The new video game "WolfQuest" allows players tofollow the call of the wild in the role of a wolf in ...
Revelers greet New Year around world
Jan 01, 2008; ... PARIS - A million revelers cheered fireworks in Sydney, Australia- one of the first cities to celebrate the New Year. Beijing startedthe year with fireworks, singing and dancing put on by theorganizers of the Summer Olympics. In France, cafes filled with the last night of cigarette ...
Cincinnati Post stops presses after 126 years of publishing
Jan 01, 2008; ... CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Post said goodbye with its finaledition Monday - its presses stilled after 126 years. "-30-," a symbol traditionally used to signal the end of adispatch, was the front-page headline in the last Cincinnatiedition, about an hour before printing of its ...
Are you resolved to be fiscally fit?
Jan 01, 2008; ... WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - The new year is upon us, and with it comesthe potential to improve your financial situation. While that goal may seem easier said than done, there are stepsconsumers can take to make 2008 a better financial year than 2007 -steps that will help you save ...
Holiday handout: ; Christmas, New Year's come with hidden costs
Jan 01, 2008; ... morris@wvgazette.com This year, Christmas in West Virginia cost at least an extra $7.4million. The holidays may be retailers' big season for sales. But at otherbusinesses and government agencies, productivity winds down as theholidays draw near - and it grinds to a halt for ...
Words cheaper than deeds
Jan 01, 2008; ... It remains to be seen for the new owners of Heartland nursinghomes to show and for the public to know that patient care won'tslump from the buyout by the Carlyle Group as predicted by the laborunion representing Heartland employees. The Service Employees International Union ...
Existing-home sales up slightly in November
Jan 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Sales of previously owned homes nudged up inNovember, but that didn't improve the broader picture of a feeblehousing market racked by record-high foreclosures and harder-to-getcredit. The National Association of Realtors reported Monday that salesof existing ...
N.J. firm gets OK for generic Zyrtec
Jan 01, 2008; ... TRENTON, N.J. - Allergy sufferers who take the popularprescription medication Zyrtec are getting several new options thatdon't require a prescription. On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave approvalfor Ohm Laboratories Inc. of North Brunswick to sell ...
Venezuela cuts three zeros from currency
Jan 01, 2008; ... CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela is launching a new currency withthe new year, lopping off three zeros from denominations in a bid tosimplify finances and boost confidence in a money that has beenlosing value due to high inflation. President Hugo Chavez's government says the new ...