Charleston Gazette back issues from March 2008:
AEP wants 17% rate increase: ; $156M will not be profit, Appalachian chief asserts
Mar 01, 2008; ... Electric bills could be going up again. Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power on Friday asked the statePublic Service Commission for a 17 percent rate increase. The move would increase annual revenues for the company by about$156 million. Customers using 1,000 ...
Democrat fundraising scares GOP
Mar 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - For Republicans, watching Hillary Rodham Clinton andBarack Obama fight for supremacy in fundraising is not just aspectator sport. It is a look into the future, and the GOP isn'tcheering. Obama and Clinton together raked in as much as seven times asmuch cash in ...
Legislative raise OK'd: ; Manchin set to sign $5K annual salary boost
Mar 01, 2008; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com After 40 minutes of debate Friday, members of the state Senatevoted 20-13 to grant themselves and their colleagues in the House ofDelegates their first pay increase since 1994. The legislation (HB4076) now goes to Gov. Joe Manchin forapproval. Manchin ...
Sen. Byrd released from D.C. hospital
Mar 01, 2008 ... Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., was released from Walter Reed ArmyMedical Center and was resting at home Friday after a fall earlierin the week. Byrd, 90, plans to return to his Senate office at the Capitolsometime next week, said his spokesman, Jesse Jacobs. Byrd was ...
REUNIONS
Mar 01, 2008 ... St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing Alumni- Reunion Luncheon,May 17, St. Francis Hospital. Invitations will be mailed in March.Contact St. Francis Hospital Marketing Department at 347-6655. St. Albans High School Class of 1998 - June 27-28. Classmates whohave not been contacted ...
PEOPLE
Mar 01, 2008 ... Ailey dance troupe's leader to retire in 2011 NEW YORK - The artistic director who has helped shape the AlvinAiley American Dance Theater for nearly two decades says she plansto retire. Judith Jamison said Thursday she will step down in 2011. Shejoined the New York-based ...
Local civic leader Thomas dies
Mar 01, 2008 ... Clara Thomas, a longtime Charleston resident and civic leader whowas best known for her love of gardening, died Friday at CAMCGeneral Hospital after a stroke earlier earlier this week. She was80. Thomas headed the Charleston Beautification Commission andparticipated in several ...
Rockefeller says Obama best for U.S.: ; Jay's endorsement adds to superdelegate count
Mar 01, 2008; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com Sen. Jay Rockefeller endorsed Barack Obama's candidacy forpresident on Friday, calling the Illinois senator the best candidateon national security issues. "Barack Obama is the most qualified person - Democrat orRepublican - to lead our country in the ...
Vent line
Mar 01, 2008 ... * Many days each week I hear a complaint on the police scannerabout a barking dog. But if the person who owns the dog wouldimmediately feed the dog, it would quit barking. * I think Rachael Ray needs to put her hair back when she'scooking. I wouldn't want to eat her ...
THINGS TO DO TODAY
Mar 01, 2008 ... Stage/Theater * "SECRETS OF THE GOLDEN WEB": 2 and 7 p.m. Adults $8, children,students and senior citizens $6. Presented by Children's Theater ofCharleston. Civic Center Little Theater. Call 346-0164 or visitwww.ctoc.org. * "THIS IS GOD ... I NEED YOU": 6:30 p.m. Tickets $10 ....
Readers' voice
Mar 01, 2008 ... * Let's all stand behind Attorney General Darrell McGraw. He isthe best West Virginia has ever had. * The teacher's retirement buyout will be a tremendous cost tothe state. Taxpayers have the right to know what individual came upwith this not-so-bright idea. * In response to ...
BULLETIN BOARD
Mar 01, 2008 ... FUTURE EVENTS West Virginia Asthma Coalition invites the public to participatein Asthma Awareness Day with free testing, asthma devicedemonstration and education from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday in thelower Rotunda, State Capitol. There is no charge. Information onasthma may also be ...
Mukasey rejects probe of Bush aides
Mar 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Friday rejectedreferring the House's contempt citations against two of PresidentBush's top aides to a federal grand jury. Mukasey says theycommitted no crime. Mukasey said White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and ...
Belle man sentenced in sexual assault case
Mar 01, 2008; ... aclevenger@wvgazette.com A Belle man who admitted he forced a 7-year-old family member toperform oral sex on him will likely spend the rest of his life injail after a Kanawha County judge imposed consecutive sentences onFriday. Kenneth Ray Moore, 43, pleaded guilty to two ...
Murder convict transferred to adult prison
Mar 01, 2008; ... aclevenger@wvgazette.com A teenager who shot and killed a South Charleston man in adowntown Charleston parking lot in 2006 will serve the rest of hislife sentence in an adult prison. On Friday, Kanawha Circuit Judge Duke Bloom transferred WilliamJames "J.B." Bumpus, 18, into ...
Readers' forum
Mar 01, 2008 ... W.Va. water resources must be protected Editor: I am writing in reference to the current reported position of thelegislation regarding anti-degradation implementation procedures forstate streams (SB456). It appears that of 309 identified streamssought for protection, the list ...
It was Reagan; now it is Obama
Mar 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's critics bear a remarkable resemblanceto the liberals who labored mightily to dismiss Ronald Reagan in1980. Reagan's foes wrote him off as a right-wing former actor whoamiably spouted conservative bromides and must have been engaged insome sort of ...
Smiles and scowls
Mar 01, 2008; ... To the Charleston Area Alliance, the Central West VirginiaRegional Convention and Visitors Bureau and various businesses andindividuals who have pledged $2.7 million of $3 million needed tostart a low-cost local airline at Yeager Airport, creating 200 newjobs. To Charleston's ...
Hobbled: ; DOT staff eroded
Mar 01, 2008; ... EVERYONE wants to reduce Statehouse bureaucracy - but itshouldn't be done in a manner that cripples intelligent, efficientoperations. The Federal Highway Administration fears that West Virginia'sDepartment of Transportation has lost so many engineers that itcan't design, build ...
Corporate reports, high oil prices push stocks down
Mar 01, 2008; ... NEW YORK - Stocks fell sharply Friday after a series ofdepressing economic and corporate reports and high oil prices stokedconcerns about the health of the economy. The major stock indexesfell more than 2.5 percent and the Dow Jones industrials lost 315points. Investors were ...
BRIEFS
Mar 01, 2008 ... Union employees reject Dominion contract Union employees at two Dominion Resources subsidiaries haveoverwhelmingly rejected a $49 million, six-year contract. Utility Workers Union of America Local 69-II President CharlieRittenhouse said Friday's tally showed 836 members voted ...
MSHA tightens limits on asbestos exposure
Mar 01, 2008; ... kward@wvgazette.com Federal mine safety regulators on Friday tightened their limitson asbestos exposure, making them match those covering otherindustries across the country. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration finalized its newasbestos rule, nearly seven years ...
Today in History
Mar 01, 2008; ... * In 1790, President Washington signed a measure authorizing thefirst U.S. Census. * In 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first black woman toreceive an American medical degree, from ...
NEWS BRIEFS
Mar 01, 2008 ... Clinton fearmongering with ads, Obama says HOUSTON - Democrat Barack Obama accused rival Hillary RodhamClinton on Friday of trying to "play on people's fears to scare upvotes" with a television ad showing sleeping children and asking whowould be more qualified to answer a national ...
7 hospitalized after suspected ricin found in Las Vegas hotel: ; Event likely not terror, FBI says
Mar 01, 2008; ... LAS VEGAS - A substance found at a motel may be the deadly toxinricin, but authorities said Friday they don't believe it wasintended for a terrorist attack. Lab tests on the substance werepending and seven people were taken to hospitals as a precaution. "This event does not appear ...
World weather
Mar 01, 2008 ... Amsterdam 51 37 PCldy Athens 64 41 Clr Baghdad 71 53 PCldy Berlin 48 35 Clr Bermuda 71 62 Rain Cairo 76 50 Clr Calgary 41 24 Snow Dublin 48 36 PCldy Hong Kong 65 52 Clr Jerusalem 71 44 Clr London 52 37 ...
DUI checkpoint
Mar 01, 2008 ... The Charleston Police Department will conduct a DUI ...
National weather
Mar 01, 2008 ... Anchorage 21 13 Cldy Atlanta 62 41 Clr Boston 36 21 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 62 37 Clr Chicago 35 20 Rain Cincinnati 40 27 PCldy Cleveland 31 27 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 75 52 Cldy Denver 67 34 Cldy Detroit 32 24 Cldy Elkins 32 ...
LOTTERY: ; LOTTERIES
Mar 01, 2008 ... Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 West Virginia: Daily 3 951 Daily 4 3387Cash 25 1-3-6-12-18-25 Ohio: Night Pick 3 ...
Late trey lifts Cabell Midland past Hurricane 48-46: ; BOYS SECTIONALS
Mar 01, 2008; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com WEST HAMLIN - Despite its worst offensive performance of theseason, Hurricane seemed to have solved its problems, and twice inthe final two minutes hit big shots to take the lead. However, the Redskins didn't account for Matt Walker. Walker, a ...
FRIDAY'S WEATHER IN CHARLESTON:
Mar 01, 2008 ... Temperatures: High 47 Low 23 High 78 (1976) Low 14 (1920)Precipitation: 24 hours at 7 ...
A-B rallies past State: ; Jackets go cold late in second half
Mar 01, 2008; ... West Virginia Conference tournament results, schedule WOMEN *Fairmont State 67, Glenville State 62 * West Virginia Wesleyan 65,Shepherd 48 MEN * Alderson-Broaddus 80, West Virginia State 68 *Pitt Johnstown 82, West Liberty 72 Todays championships * WOMEN:Fairmont State vs. West Virginia ...
WVU's stretch run continues at UConn
Mar 01, 2008; ... WVU at UConn * When: Noon today * TV: (WCHS) * Line: Connecticutby 5 dphickman1@aol.com HARTFORD, Conn. - Here's probably what it boils down to for WestVirginia's basketball team as far as its chances of making the NCAAtournament are concerned: a potential of three or more ...
Rodriguez's lawyers seek WVU records, Pastilong testimony
Mar 01, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - Lawyers representing former West Virginia coach RichRodriguez want the university to turn over a host of documents andmake athletic director Ed Pastilong available for an interview. The requests were contained in documents filed by Rodriguez'slawyer Marv Robon ...
Rested Herd tackles Tulsa
Mar 01, 2008; ... Marshall at Tulsa * When: 8 p.m. today * Line: Tulsa by 71/2 dougsmock@wvgazette.com Marshall was able to sit back this week and receive aconsiderable amount of help in the Conference USA basketballstandings. Not only was the Thundering Herd coming off a big victory ...
INSIDE
Mar 01, 2008 ... WVC women Fairmont, Wesleyan ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Mar 01, 2008 ... Today's quote Red Sox Nation? What a bunch of [expletive] thatis. That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filledwith Red Sox fans. Go anywhere in America and you wont see Red Soxhats and jackets, youll see Yankee hats and jackets. This is aYankee country. Were going to put ...
AREA SCHEDULE
Mar 01, 2008 ... COLLEGE Women's basketball Marshall at Houston, 2 p.m. Campbellsville at WVU Tech, 2 p.m. Louisville at West Virginia, 2 p.m. Baseball At BB&T Coastal Field, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Marshall vs. West Virginia, noon West Virginia vs ....
GOLF
Mar 01, 2008 ... Johnnie Walker Classic Friday's results Second round Shiv Kapur 69-65-134 Unho Park 68-66-134 Taichiro Kiyota 68-67-135 Jyoti Randhawa 70-65-135 Phillip Archer 72-64-136 Jose Manuel Lara 69-67-136 Adam Scott ...
NHL
Mar 01, 2008 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 37 22 6 80 171 154 Pittsburgh 36 22 7 79 191 178 N.Y. Rangers 33 24 8 74 170 160 Philadelphia 32 25 7 71 195 183 N.Y. Islanders 31 27 7 69 163 188 Northeast ...
Spring training
Mar 01, 2008 ... Friday's results Detroit 3, Toronto 1 Atlanta 10, L.A. Dodgers 3 Houston 4, Cleveland 3 Baltimore 7, Florida (ss) 5 Tampa Bay 7, Cincinnati 6 Florida (ss) 4, Washington 1 Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 5, N.Y. Mets ...
LATEST LINE
Mar 01, 2008 ... Favorite Points Underdog NBA Today's games ORLANDO 11 (208) New York Utah 9 1/2 (210) MEMPHIS San Antonio 6 (192) MILWAUKEE PHOENIX 9 1/2 (213) Philadelphia a-Detroit No line LA CLIPPERS a-Detroit guard C. Billups is ...
Transactions
Mar 01, 2008 ... BASEBALL American League TEXAS RANGERS-Agreed to terms with Nolan Ryan, president, on afour-year contract and Jon Daniels, general manager, on a two-yearcontract extension. FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS-Re-signed QB Chris ...
Men's college basketball
Mar 01, 2008 ... BIG EAST CONFERENCE Conf.Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Georgetown 13 3 .813 23 4 .852 Louisville 13 3 .813 23 6 .793 Connecticut 11 4 .733 22 6 .786 Notre Dame 11 4 .733 21 6 .778 Marquette 11 5 .688 21 6 .778 West Virginia 9 6 .600 ...
NBA
Mar 01, 2008 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 45 12 .789 - Toronto 32 25 .561 13 New Jersey 26 32 .448 191/2 Philadelphia 26 32 .448 191/2 New York 18 40 .310 271/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 37 23 ...
Boys basketball
Mar 01, 2008 ... Sectional tournament pairings Class AAA Region 1 * Section 1 - Tuesday: John Marshall 77, Brooke 49; Friday: JohnMarshall 38, Wheeling Park 35 * Section 2 - Friday: Morgantown 81, University 53 Region 2 * Section 1 - Thursday: Musselman 72, ...
Sports on TV/radio
Mar 01, 2008 ... TELEVISION (TGC) 9:30 a.m. - golf: European PGA, Johnnie Walker Classic(same-day tape) (8) noon - men's basketball: West Virginia at Connecticut (13) noon - men's basketball: Duke at N.C. State (ESPN) noon - men's basketball: Pittsburgh at Syracuse (ESPN2) ...
WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT: ; -; SEMIFINALS; UPJ storms into men's title game
Mar 01, 2008; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com After struggling to fend off Concord in its first-ever WestVirginia Conference tournament game, there wasn't much suspense forPitt Johnstown's second such contest, an 82-72 victory Friday nightover West Liberty. No, the regular-season champion ...
Sports briefs
Mar 01, 2008 ... Golf: Logjam atop Honda leaderboard Dudley Hart spent some of Friday afternoon poised to turn TheHonda Classic into a runaway. Later in the day, it was Brian Davis'turn to take what seemed like a huge lead. But PGA National eventually caught up with them. And by ...
WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT: ; -; SEMIFINALS; Fairmont snaps Glenville streak
Mar 01, 2008; ... nscala@wvgazette.com The first time Fairmont State reached the finals of the WestVirginia Conference women's tournament championship game was in1984, a leap year. It might not be a leap of faith, but is it not fitting that theFalcons are making their first trip back to the ...
Women's college basketball
Mar 01, 2008 ... BIG EAST CONFERENCE Conf.Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Connecticut 13-1 .929 27-1 .964 Rutgers 13-1 .929 23-4 .852 West Virginia 11-2 .846 22-4 .846 Notre Dame 10-4 .714 22-6 .786 Syracuse 9-5 .643 21-6 .778 Louisville 9-5 .643 20-7 ...
WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT: ; -; SEMIFINALS; WVC tourney
Mar 01, 2008 ... Men First round Tuesday (campus sites) * Concord 105, Davis & Elkins 96 * Shepherd 69, Wesleyan 64 * Fairmont 83, Wheeling Jesuit 81, OT * Charleston 82, Glenville State 77 * West Liberty 108, Ohio Valley 75 * W.Va. State 95, Salem Int'l ....
WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT: ; -; SEMIFINALS; NCAA regional bids not a sure thing; TOURNAMENT NOTEBOOK
Mar 01, 2008; ... The winner of tonight's West Virginia Conference men'schampionship game between Alderson-Broaddus and Pitt Johnstown winsa bid to the NCAA Division II tournament, no questions. But thereare no guarantees for the loser, except maybe for A-B. The Battlers are ranked fifth in the East ...
WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT: ; -; SEMIFINALS; Wesleyan ousts top-seeded Shepherd; Van Horn gets 29 points, 13 rebounds in 65-48 upset
Mar 01, 2008; ... johnmccoy@wvgazette.com Sarah Van Horn recorded her 16th double-double of the season andsparked fifth-seeded West Virginia Wesleyan to a 65-48 upset of top-ranked Shepherd in the West Virginia Conference tournament women'ssemifinals Thursday at the Civic Center. Van Horn, ...
Four of a kind?: ; Jimmie Johnson aims to win a fourth consecutive race at
Mar 01, 2008; ... Vegas streak Jimmie Johnson goes for his fourth consecutive winat Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday. Heres a quick glance at hispast three victories: Year Start Laps led 2005 9th 107 2006 3rd 1 2007 23rd 89 After Jimmie Johnson had won the Sprint Cup Series ...
WVU walks off with win: ; ROUNDUP
Mar 01, 2008 ... West Virginia pinch-hitter Chris Enourato delivered a walk-offsingle to right field to break a 7-7 tie in the bottom of the ninthinning and give the Mountaineers an 8-7 victory over WesternCarolina on the first day of the Baseball at the Beach Tournament inConway, N.C. Jedd ...
Samuel signs with Eagles; Jets make big deals: ; NFL
Mar 01, 2008; ... The Philadelphia Eagles landed what was considered the biggestprize in this year's NFL free-agent sweepstakes. The New York Jets traded an unhappy defensive player to NewOrleans and traded for one from Carolina. Those were the big moves as the NFL's free-agent period ...
Busch continues hot streak with pole-winning run
Mar 01, 2008; ... LAS VEGAS - Kyle Busch carried his hot start to the season intohis hometown Friday, winning the pole at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Busch ran a fast lap of 182.352 mph in his Toyota Camry to takethe top starting spot for Sunday's race. The 22-year-old is having afabulous start to ...
In the spotlight
Mar 01, 2008 ... * ATHLETE: Nora Sheridan * SCHOOL: Charleston Catholic * CLASS: Senior * SPORTS: Soccer, cross country, track * HIGHLIGHTS: A captain and four-year team member of the Class AIrish soccer team and four-year member of cross country and trackteams; in soccer, ...
Videophilia: Couch potatoes have less time for Mother Nature
Mar 01, 2008; ... PHILADELPHIA - It's windy. Rain is imminent. The path is muddy. But Patricia Zaradic is loving it all. What's important is thatshe is out in nature, a place her research tells her fewer and fewerAmericans are heading. In the last two decades, park visits, permits for camping ...
Muslims upset at tone of campaign: ; Islam being used as a 'scare tactic,' some complain
Mar 01, 2008; ... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Muslim rumors have dogged Barack Obamathroughout this presidential campaign, but the political arrows flewfast and furious this week, leaving Maha ElGenaidi anxious that hercommunity would be further wounded in the aftermath. "The outcome of this game they're ...
Woodrow edges Riverside in OT in boys sectional: ; PREP ROUNDUP
Mar 01, 2008 ... Michael Fortune sank 6-of-8 free throws in the final two minutesof the second overtime Friday to lift host Woodrow Wilson to a 64-57 victory over Riverside in a boys Class AAA sectional. The Flying Eagles (15-7) advance to the Region 5 finals Tuesdayto play Greenbrier East at the ...
Not horsing around: ; State veterinarian headed to Olympic Games in China
Mar 01, 2008; ... veronican@wvgazette.com Dr. Heather Stone isn't a world-class athlete, but she's going tothe Olympics all the same. Stone, a native of Moundsville, has been selected as a quarantineveterinarian for the equine events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. "Being part of the ...
Holocaust survival memoir untrue, author admits
Mar 01, 2008; ... BOSTON - Almost nothing Misha Defonseca wrote about herself orher horrific childhood during the Holocaust was true. She didn't live with a pack of wolves to escape the Nazis. Shedidn't trek 1,900 miles across Europe in search of her deportedparents, nor kill a German soldier in ...
Exhibit unveils history of black folk music research
Mar 01, 2008; ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. - When people say John Work III had "big ears,"they're not being unkind. Work, who died in 1967 at age 65, had a gift for finding andcollecting black folk music. He traveled the South recording bluessingers, work songs, ballads, church choirs, dance tunes, ...