Charleston Gazette back issues from June 2008:
Appeals refusals may reveal gap in judicial system
Jun 02, 2008; ... The state Supreme Court has supplied ammo to the ongoing battleover West Virginia's business climate and judicial system byrefusing last month to accept appeals of a pair of civil verdictstogether worth more than $664 million. But parties on both sides of those debates question ...
Greenbrooke bond tops appraised value
Jun 02, 2008; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com The West Virginia Economic Development Authority authorized abond sale worth up to $18 million on May 15 to buy the GreenbrookeBuilding in downtown Charleston. Owned by real-estate developer Al Summers, the renovated five-story building is on Smith ...
Obama inches closer to nomination: ; Clinton wins Puerto Rico primary, but rival on track to gain delegate majority this week
Jun 02, 2008; ... SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided,but largely symbolic victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidentialprimary, the final act in a weekend of tumult that pushed BarackObama tantalizingly close to the Democratic presidential nomination. The former first lady ...
High gas prices may lead to road funding issues
Jun 02, 2008; ... With gas prices climbing to ever-dizzier heights, plenty ofmotorists and politicians have been eyeing the government's share asa possible remedy to drive the cost down. But residents may be paying less than they think in state taxes,and one group has designed a method to ...
Cherry River flood study meeting
Jun 02, 2008; ... HUNTINGTON - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed astudy aimed at solving persistent flooding in Nicholas County'sCherry River watershed. A public meeting on the study is scheduled for today in Richwood. The corps says it's holding the ...
Kentucky, Ohio wage 'rock war'
Jun 02, 2008; ... SOUTH SHORE, Ky. - It's an 8-ton boulder that for decades sat,mostly forgotten, in the middle of the river that separates Ohio andKentucky. It was a navigation marker for boaters that became thecanvas for such fine art as a stick figure-like face with two dotsfor eyes and a dot for a ...
Readers' voice
Jun 02, 2008 ... * In response to the person who said if you voted for Bush youneed a rubber room, well get my room ready because I voted for himand I am proud of it. Wait until you get Obama in and you willreally wonder why you voted for him and you will need a rubber room. * McCain seems to be ...
McCain style evolves in national forum
Jun 02, 2008; ... MILWAUKEE - Freewheeling and scrappy during the primaries, JohnMcCain is evolving into a more message-driven and deliberatecandidate as he prepares for the contest with his expectedDemocratic opponent, Barack Obama. He gives more speeches, lingers less among the people at ...
Obama's focus on general election: ; Analysis
Jun 02, 2008; ... SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - It's Barack Obama's party now. He beat theultimate insider at the insider's game. And he's already turned hisfull-bore attention to the general election contest againstRepublican John McCain. During a weekend in which Hillary Rodham Clinton mounted a ...
Security needs to remain: ; top priority, Rockefeller says
Jun 02, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller says the nation needs tokeep homeland security at the forefront as the federal governmentprepares to change presidential administrations. The West Virginia Democrat's comments came while he was inMorgantown to open the 3rd annual West ...
Editor details work on Settle memoir
Jun 02, 2008; ... sarahkwinn@wvgazette.com Award-winning novelist and West Virginia native Mary Lee Settledidn't choose to be a writer, said Anne Hobson Freeman, editor ofSettle's posthumously published autobiography, "Learning to Fly." "You don't want to be [a writer]," said Freeman, reading ...
Pot was for compost, Iowa man says
Jun 02, 2008; ... IOWA CITY, Iowa - Police in Iowa say a man caught with a largequantity of marijuana claimed all he had in mind was recycling. A complaint by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office says the 30-year-old man told police in Iowa City that he planned to turnseveral large bags of marijuana ...
Iran situation needs McBama
Jun 02, 2008; ... When it comes to foreign policy, I wish we could have apresidential candidate called McBama. On critical issues, like dealing with Iraq and Iran, Barack Obamais too raw, and John McCain is too rigid. Somewhere in between liesthe policy America needs. Nowhere is the need for ...
Obama can avoid floor fights easily
Jun 02, 2008; ... There is a very easy way for Barack Obama's team to avoid floorfights at the Democratic National Convention. Just say yes. Every four years, whoever is running the convention uses pollsand focus groups to find out what would be the best and worstpossible scenarios for a ...
Potpourri
Jun 02, 2008; ... WHEN Paul Bremer departed as U.S. administrator in occupied Iraq,he had to sneak out by trickery involving West Virginians. The NewYork Review of Books related: "On June 28, 2004, Iraq's Deputy PrimeMinister Barham Saleh escorted Bremer to a West Virginia AirNational Guard C-130 plane on ...
Clean coal: ; Little progress yet
Jun 02, 2008; ... WEST Virginia sorely needs "clean coal" technology breakthroughsto let the state's mammoth energy reserves be burned without harmfulpollution - but, so far, prospects keep evaporating. American Electric Power originally planned a $1.2 billion"integrated gasification combined ...
Memories of racism: ; Times have changed for the better
Jun 02, 2008; ... JUNE 15, 1963, was a hot, humid day. I was driving along theNatchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi. In the car were all mypossessions. The U.S. Army uniform was hanging in the back. On theback seat was a small, black and white television set. Next to itwas a Korting AM-FM-short wave radio ....
A modest suggestion: ; Limbaugh airplay puzzling
Jun 02, 2008; ... OOZING righteous indignation, Rush Limbaugh told his listenersthe New York Times refused to print a GOP-favorable story, anarticle that was easily found on page one of the Times, that day. I am a weak human being. I admit that Rush provides me withperverse entertainment, like when ...
Fallout from degree scandal: ; Students will not choose WVU
Jun 02, 2008; ... MY feelings about the West Virginia University Bresch/Garrisondegree scandal in the order they occurred were disbelief, dismay,anger, outrage, frustration and now sadness. Much has been said about alumni and donors, but little about theeffect on present and future students. As a ...
Honored to carry the charge: ; Get involved in Charleson Area Alliance's efforts
Jun 02, 2008; ... FOUR years ago, visionary business and community leaders cametogether to create a new organization dedicated to building a morevibrant community and prosperous economy - the Charleston AreaAlliance. At that time, there were a number of groups working on their ownto achieve the ...
On file
Jun 02, 2008 ... Kanawha and Putnam counties Marriages Kanawha County The following people applied for marriage licenses in KanawhaCounty between May 23 to 30: Gregory Allen Edens Jr., 22, and Katie Lynn Bowman, 20, both ofCharleston. Stephen Edward Hastings, 30, and ...
CHARLESTON crime report
Jun 02, 2008 ... The following crimes were reported to the Charleston PoliceDepartment between May 22 and 28: East district Washington Street East 1500 block, motor vehicle breaking andentering, May 22 at 8:15 a.m. Virginia Street at Truslow Street, petit larceny, May 22 at ...
Astronauts perform cursory wing inspection
Jun 02, 2008; ... CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Lacking the proper laser tools, shuttleDiscovery's astronauts performed a cursory wing inspection Sunday asthey zoomed ever closer to the international space station. The astronauts used their ship's 50-foot robot arm to beam downcamera images of the upper ...
20th Century Images: ; 'Valley Belle,' 1915; by Richard Andre
Jun 02, 2008 ... THIS is really what you could call a snapshot, perhaps done inhaste because the photographer was about to miss the boat. The time is 1915, the boat is the "Valley Belle" and the river isthe great Kanawha. The Valley Belle was a Charleston boat that provided a ...
'Benstitute' schools Philly tour guides in city history
Jun 02, 2008; ... PHILADELPHIA - As post-graduate degrees go, Lorna Howley'srequires an intimate knowledge of the arcane and mundane. How many people, after all, have to know Ben Franklin's itineraryon the day he arrived in Philadelphia and the closest place to getan authentic Philly ...
Man goes on trial in killings of wife, baby
Jun 02, 2008; ... WOBURN, Mass. - The young woman and her baby girl were snuggledtogether in bed, the infant nestled in her mother's arms, tuckedunder a thick comforter in the master bedroom of their home outsideBoston. Both had been shot. The woman's husband and the baby's father, Neil Entwistle, ...
Fire at Universal Studios destroys sets, videos
Jun 02, 2008; ... UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - One of Hollywood's largest movie studiosstarred in a disastrous sequel Sunday as a fire ripped through a lotat Universal Studios, destroying a set from "Back to the Future," aKing Kong exhibit and a streetscape seen frequently in movies and TVshows. It ...
CORRECTION
Jun 02, 2008 ... An article in the Sunday Gazette-Mail gave the incorrect date forthe Rhododendron Outdoor Arts & Crafts ...
SUNDAY'S WEATHER IN CHARLESTON:
Jun 02, 2008 ... Temperatures: High 84 Low 64 High 96 (1925) Low 39 (1966)Precipitation: 24 hours at 7 ...
Winning jackpot ticket sold in La.
Jun 02, 2008; ... Saturday, May 31, 2008 DES MOINES, Iowa - One of the tickets sold in Louisiana for thePowerball game Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn, whichwere: 3-9-14-17-25: Powerball 8 (x4) The player matching all five numbers and the Powerball won the$34.1 million ...
EYEWITNESS NEWS: ; STORMTEAM WEATHER; WCHS/FOX 11 Steve Borecky's Outlook
Jun 02, 2008 ... High pressure builds today, giving us a very summerlike day witha high of 84. Partly cloudy and mild with a low of 60. Mostly ...
World weather
Jun 02, 2008 ... Amsterdam 60 53 Rain Athens 84 57 PCldy Baghdad 105 82 Clr Berlin 86 62 Clr Bermuda 72 66 PCldy Cairo 97 71 Clr Calgary 68 42 Clr Dublin 70 43 Clr Hong Kong 84 78 Rain Jerusalem 87 64 Clr London 71 58 ...
National weather
Jun 02, 2008 ... Anchorage 59 44 Cldy Atlanta 88 69 PCldy Boston 80 57 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 91 63 Clr Chicago 79 57 PCldy Cincinnati 82 58 PCldy Cleveland 71 52 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 95 76 Clr Denver 86 56 PCldy Detroit 75 56 ...
Busch league: ; Sprint Cup points leader dominates at Dover
Jun 02, 2008; ... DOVER, Del. - As is the case at most NASCAR tracks, Kyle Buschheard the boos at Dover International Speedway. The driver NASCAR fans love to hate no doubt had them even moreexasperated when he arrived in Victory Lane - again. Jeers and victories, they're pretty much routine ...
Wings, and a prayer, for Pens
Jun 02, 2008; ... PITTSBURGH - Maybe they should forget they're in the Stanley Cupfinals. Or that they're playing the Detroit Red Wings, the teamalready being anointed as the NHL's next champion. Most of all, Pittsburgh forward Max Talbot said, the Penguinsshould ignore the fact that the only way ...
Reds finish sweep of Braves
Jun 02, 2008; ... CINCINNATI - Ken Griffey Jr. couldn't get the big homer in hishometown, but came away smiling anyway. Jay Bruce has that effect. Griffey remained one homer shy of 600, but Bruce completed hisamazing debut week with a solo homer and a run-scoring single thatled the Cincinnati ...
Nitro lives up to lofty expectations: ; PREP Baseball
Jun 02, 2008; ... Final Kanawha Valley leaders, 5B rickryan@wvgazette.com Expectations started out high for Nitro's baseball team, and onlygot higher as the season progressed. The Wildcats dodged the distractions and realized their fullpotential at the state baseball tournament, ...
Three games for Herd fans to circle
Jun 02, 2008; ... ALL THE high school champions have been crowned and there are"only" 89 days left before college football begins. Fewer than thatbefore the beginning of camp. So let's take a stab at an issue today - Marshall's 2008 footballschedule. Is it, as some would assert, too tough to ...
INSIDE
Jun 02, 2008 ... Kimbo wins again MMA made its network debut Saturday night ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Jun 02, 2008 ... Today's quote "I think Kobe is the best player in our league, andI think hes been the best player for a long time. But to say hesanother Michael Jordan - I cant do that." Former NBA great LarryBird Names in the games Bolt sets world record in 100 meters Like a bolt ...
All-star baseball
Jun 02, 2008 ... North-South all-star game At Appalachian Power Park South 350 411-14 11 2 North 210 (11)10-15 8 2 Game called after six innings Nelson, Keiser (3), Birthisel (4), Henry (5), ...
WNBA
Jun 02, 2008 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Connecticut 5 1 .833 - Detroit 5 1 .833 - Indiana 3 2 .600 11/2 Washington 2 3 .400 21/2 Chicago 1 3 .250 3 New York 1 3 .250 3 Atlanta 0 4 .000 4 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct ...
Latest line
Jun 02, 2008 ... NBA playoffs Favorite Points Underdog Thursday BOSTON 2 1/2 (192) LA Lakers NHL playoffs Favorite Goals Underdog DETROIT 1-1 1/2 Pittsburgh ------------ Week 14 New York 1 ...
Auto racing
Jun 02, 2008 ... IndyCar-ABC Supply/A.J. Foyt Indy 225 Sunday At Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wis. Lap length: 1.0 mile (Start position in parentheses) (All chassis Dallara, all engines Honda) 1. (11) Ryan Briscoe, 225 laps, 133.428 mph. 2. (3) Scott ...
Golf
Jun 02, 2008 ... PGA Tour-Memorial Sunday At Muirfield Village Golf Club Dublin, Ohio Purse: $6 million Yardage: 7,366; Par: 72 Final Round Kenny Perry, $1,080,000 66-71-74-69-280 Jerry Kelly, $396,000 66-72-73-71-282 Justin Rose, $396,000 ...
NHL playoffs
Jun 02, 2008 ... Saturday's results Detroit 2, Pittsburgh 1, Detroit leads series 3-1 Today's game Pittsburgh at Detroit, 8 p.m. Wednesday Detroit at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m., if necessary Saturday Pittsburgh at Detroit, 8 p.m., if necessary NHL Playoff ...
South Atlantic League
Jun 02, 2008 ... First Half Northern Division W L Pct. GB Lake County (Indians) 34 22 .607 - Delmarva (Orioles) 31 23 .574 2 Lakewood (Phillies) 31 25 .554 3 Greensboro (Marlins) 28 28 .500 6 Hagerstown (Nationals) 27 28 .491 61/2 Hickory (Pirates) 27 ...
West Virginia Four-Ball
Jun 02, 2008 ... West Virginia Four-Ball Sunday Glade Springs Cobb Course Par 72, 7,029 yards Joe Gossett-Tim Fisher 69-67-136 Brian Stump-Rick Rhoades 69-68-137 Charles Green-Garland Green 67-70-137 Tad Tomblin-Jim Grimmett 67-70-137 Steve Fox-Pat ...
Baseball today
Jun 02, 2008 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Tampa Bay 35 22 .614 - z-8-2 W-3 24-10 11-12 1-2 Boston 35 24 .593 1 z-5-5 W-3 21-5 14-19 3-0 Toronto 31 28 .525 5 z-7-3 L-2 15-11 16-17 2-1 New York 28 28 .500 61/2 z-7-3 L-1 14-12 14-16 0-2 Baltimore ...
French Open
Jun 02, 2008 ... Sunday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $24.53 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Men Fourth Round Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Michael Llodra, France, 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-3. Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def ....
Sports on TV/radio
Jun 02, 2008 ... TELEVISION (ESPN2) noon - tennis:French Open (ESPN) 7 p.m. - baseball:Yankees at Twins (FOXO) 7 p.m. - baseball: Reds at Phillies (FOXP) 8 p.m. - baseball: Pirates at Cardinals (ESPN2) 8 p.m. - college softballWorld Series (3) 8 p.m. - ...
Perry picks up third Memorial win: ; Golf
Jun 02, 2008; ... Kenny Perry joined Tiger Woods as the only three-time winner ofthe Memorial on Sunday in dublin, Ohio, and took a big step towardjoining the No. 1 player in the world on the Ryder Cup team thisfall. With every contender in full retreat on the back nine, the 47-year-old Perry ...
Cubs roll to seventh in row
Jun 02, 2008; ... CHICAGO - Alfonso Soriano homered, Jim Edmonds drove in two runsand the Chicago Cubs beat the reeling Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Sundayfor their seventh straight victory to complete a perfect seven-gamehomestand. The Cubs entered June with the best record in baseball for thefirst ...
COUCH SLOUCH: ; Lakers-Celtics: a reminder of simpler era
Jun 02, 2008; ... THE WRITERS' strike ended just in time for David Stern: A yearafter surviving a Spurs-induced somnambulant NBA Finals and theoutlaw ref Tim Donaghy, the NBA czar splurged on a DreamWorks-likescript to give us a Celtics-Lakers fairy tale. It's morning again inAmerica. I half-expect to ...
Djokovic, Nadal on target for semifinals: ; French Open
Jun 02, 2008; ... PARIS - Novak Djokovic will leave the looking ahead to others. If he's to be believed, the No. 3-ranked Djokovic has moreimmediate concerns than a possible French Open semifinal against No.2 Rafael Nadal or final against No. 1 Roger Federer. First things first at Roland Garros ...
Sports briefs
Jun 02, 2008 ... Vanderjagt returns to Canadian football MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - Mike Vanderjagt, the former IndianapolisColts and Dallas Cowboys player who was the most accurate in NFLhistory, took part in the first Toronto Argonauts practice of theseason Sunday. The day before, he signed ...
Old highlights will stir memories - so what?: ; Analysis
Jun 02, 2008; ... They triumphed over the Spurs and Pistons, over their respectiveconferences and over something really menacing. The Sports Illustrated jinx. The Lakers and Celtics - Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett, precisely- appeared together on the magazine's cover at the start of theseNBA ...
Power completess sweep of 'Hoppers
Jun 02, 2008 ... GREENSBORO, N.C. - Zelous Wheeler's two-run double in the top ofthe sixth inning capped a three-run outburst that propelled the WestVirginia Power to a 7-5 victory over the Greensboro GrasshoppersSunday to complete a four-game series sweep. Wheeler also drove in the go-ahead run ...
Slice still perfect - barely
Jun 02, 2008; ... NEWARK, N.J. - Kimbo Slice had his hands full with James (TheColossus) Thompson, eventually winning by TKO over the big Briton asmixed martial arts made its Saturday night debut on CBS. The fight was stopped 38 seconds into the third round with adazed Thompson bleeding from the ear ...
Donnan, VanHoose among latest members of MU Hall
Jun 02, 2008 ... Marshall University has announced the election of seven newmembers to its Athletic Hall of Fame. The new members: * Jim Donnan, who coached football from 1990 to 1995 and led theHerd to the NCAA Division I-AA championship in 1992 and tochampionship-game appearances in 1991, ...
Latest bout with insanity comes to CBS: ; Commentary
Jun 02, 2008; ... ST. LOUIS - All around us, there's evidence that we live in aworld that increasingly confuses the bizarre for the entertaining,the outrageous for the significant. With television as our voyeuristic guide, we keep getting largerdoses of the twisted "realities" of over-the-hill rap ...
NASCAR Sprint Cup: Best Buy 400 results
Jun 02, 2008 ... NASCAR Sprint Cup: Best Buy 400 results Sunday's race At Dover Downs International Speedway Dover, Del. Lap length: 1.0 mile (Start position in parentheses) 1. (3) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 400 laps, 139.5 rating, 190 points,$302,550. 2. (14) ...
Fisher-Gossett team wins state four-ball title: ; Roundup
Jun 02, 2008 ... The team of Tim Fisher and Joe Gossett shot a 67 Sunday tocapture the 29th West Virginia Four-Ball championship Sunday at theResort at Glade Springs. Fisher and Gossett finished with a two-day total of 136, onestroke ahead of Brian Stump and Rick Rhoades, Charles and ...
Birthisel answers call during wet North-South game: ; PREP baseball
Jun 02, 2008; ... With the bases loaded in the fourth inning of Sunday's North-South All-Star baseball game at Appalachian Power Park, HerbertHoover shortstop Josh Birthisel left the on-deck circle. One of his teammates called out, "Hit a grand slam." AndBirthisel obliged. Birthisel knocked ...
Final Kanawha Valley baseball leaders
Jun 02, 2008 ... TEAM RECORDS Pos-School W-L Pct. 1. Nitro 32-4 .889 2. Winfield 28-7 .800 3. George Washington 27-9 .750 4. St. Albans 23-9 .719 5. Herbert Hoover 18-9 .667 6. Buffalo 23-12 .657 7. Hurricane 20-12 .625 8. Charleston Catholic ...