Charleston Gazette back issues from February 2009:
Americans save more, spend less: ; For a recession-racked economy, it couldn't come at a worse time
Feb 02, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - Americans are hunkering down and saving more. For arecession-battered economy, it couldn't be happening at a worsetime. Economists call it the "paradox of thrift." What's good forindividuals - spending less, saving more - is bad for the economywhen everyone does ...
Telephone fraud exploits weakness in 911 systems
Feb 02, 2009; ... Doug Bates and his wife, Stacey, were in bed around 10 p.m.,their 2-year-old daughters asleep in a nearby room. Suddenly theywere shaken awake by the wail of police sirens and the rumble of ahelicopter above their suburban Southern California home. A criminalmust be on the loose, they ...
Banks sought foreign hiring during U.S. layoffs
Feb 02, 2009; ... SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Major U.S. banks sought governmentpermission to bring thousands of foreign workers into the countryfor high-paying jobs even as the system was melting down last yearand Americans were getting laid off, according to an AssociatedPress review of visa applications ....
HealthPlus urgent care to open on Corridor G
Feb 02, 2009; ... When Charleston Area Medical Center doctors and executivesstarted looking for a site for a new HealthPlus urgent care center,it quickly became apparent that an office near the Southridgeshopping center along Corridor G would make the most sense. CAMC, which owns HealthPlus, ...
'A virtual Charleston': ; Google Maps launches 360-degree views of city streets
Feb 02, 2009; ... Charleston was recently added to the growing number of citiesthat can be virtually viewed using Google Maps Street Viewtechnology. Street View allows users to visually explore and navigate astreet or neighborhood through panoramic street-level photographs. The images are ...
States failing to protect prairie dogs, report says
Feb 02, 2009 ... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - While groundhogs will get all the attentiontoday, a report being issued by an environmental group says theircousins, the prairie dogs, are in dire straits across the West.WildEarth Guardians says in its report to be released Monday thatNorth America's five species of ...
Meeting set about Bluestone Dam repairs
Feb 02, 2009 ... HUNTINGTON - Repairs to the Bluestone Dam will be discussed at apublic hearing this week. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the SummersCounty Memorial Building in Hinton. The Bluestone Dam went into operation in 1949. Ten years ago theU.S. Army Corps of ...
School numbers
Feb 02, 2009 ... Here is a list of assistant superintendents to contact when youhave a problem or question concerning your school. Contact theassistant superintendent assigned to the school. * All high schools: Mark Milam, 304-347-7483 or 304-347-7484. * All middle schools: Melanie Vickers, ...
State touts Turnpike toll hike
Feb 02, 2009; ... The state agency that runs West Virginia's Turnpike hopes lastweek's two-day media tour has helped make their case for a tollhike. Agency officials drove reporters up and down the 88-mileCharleston-Princeton highway Wednesday and Thursday. A series of pit stops revealed ...
Kanawha school menu
Feb 02, 2009 ... For the week of Feb. 2-6 Monday Breakfast - Sausage biscuit; cereal; fresh fruit; juice/milk Lunch - Breaded chicken patty on a bun; French fries; peas; fruit/vegetable bar; milk Tuesday Breakfast - Scrambled eggs; bacon; toast; cereal; fresh ...
Putnam school menu
Feb 02, 2009 ... For the week of Feb. 2-6 Monday Breakfast - Breakfast pizza or choice of whole grain cereal;toast; juice/milk Lunch - Shrimp poppers; baked potato; garlic whole wheat breadsticks; kiwi slices; fruit/vegetable bar; milk Tuesday Breakfast - Scrambled ...
LOTTERY: ; LOTTERIES
Feb 02, 2009 ... Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 West Virginia: Daily 3 - 632 Daily 4 - 7324 Ohio: Night Pick 3 - 700 Night Pick 4 - 0200 Day Pick 3 - 407 Day Pick 4 - 4076 Classic Lotto - 5-11-19-23-41-44 Rolling Cash 5 - ...
Ringling Bros. cruelty case headed for trial in U.S. court
Feb 02, 2009; ... After more than eight years of legal skirmishing, a trial isscheduled to open Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by animal welfaregroups alleging that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circusroutinely abuses its performing elephants. The plaintiffs - including the American Society for ...
Salvage firm finds 1744 shipwreck: ; HMS Victory reportedly carried 4 tons of gold coins when it sank
Feb 02, 2009; ... TAMPA, Fla. - Deep-sea explorers who found $500 million in sunkentreasure two years ago say they have discovered another prizedshipwreck: A legendary British man-of-war that sank in the EnglishChannel 264 years ago. The wreckage of the HMS Victory, found in about 330 feet ...
20TH CENTURY IMAGES: ; Call a cab, 1930; By Richard Andre
Feb 02, 2009 ... Do you recognize the building in the background - it is theGovernor's Mansion and the publicity man for the Jordan Cab Co.thought it would go along nice with the big Packard sedan they usedaround the Capital City. Packards were expensive but very reliable and roomy ...
Put health history in digital form
Feb 02, 2009; ... Getting away from home and seeing new sights can be a rewardingexperience. But getting sick or hurt far from home can be downrightscary. You must trust your well-being to health-care providers youhave never met before in facilities unfamiliar to you. For the physician who must ...
Republicans stuck in a rut
Feb 02, 2009; ... This is the Republicans' big contribution to our economicrecovery: They want to make sure that undocumented immigrants whopay taxes using tax identification numbers don't get a cent of theirtax money back in the refunds enacted by Congress. Oh, yes, and theywant rich people to get tax ...
Readers' forum
Feb 02, 2009 ... Iranian president is not an Arab Editor: Your editorial of Jan. 28 titled "Disgusting Holocaust denial"cites the erroneous example of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejadas a "Muslim Arab" leader. He is in fact not an Arab. The Persianpeople are distinct from their Arab ...
Potpourri
Feb 02, 2009; ... State government in action: Randolph County teacher Phil Hudokrefuses to carry a photo driver's license because he thinks suchdocuments are the biblical "mark of the beast." His pastor, the Rev.Butch Paugh, once warned that U.N. forces secretly are poised toseize America "to enforce the ...
Try hard: ; Success story
Feb 02, 2009; ... The January issue of a professional magazine, the Journal ofAccountancy, contains an inspiring West Virginia success story.Here's the tale: Barbara Evans was born in the 1950s into a poor, rural, blackfamily of nine on a meager farm outside St. Albans. Her motherearned $6 a day ...
King won't get millions from lawsuits, judge rules
Feb 02, 2009; ... The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama inBirmingham has rejected the possibility that Dr. John A. King willcollect tens of millions of dollars from various lawsuits he filed,including suits against Putnam General Hospital and the HospitalCorporation of America ....
STATEHOUSE BEAT: ; Jail told to rehire fired officer
Feb 02, 2009; ... A decision has been issued by the Public Employees GrievanceBoard in the first of the five grievances involving SouthernRegional Jail employees fired last fall over incidents stemming fromthe erroneous release of an inmate. Administrative Law Judge William McGinley has ruled ...
INNERVIEWS: ; A wonderful life with Carbide; At 86, engineer still building on his busy life
Feb 02, 2009; ... Bob Perleman served in the South Pacific, China and Korea on theNavy's Underwater Demolition Team, forerunner of the Navy SEALs. Hespent a working lifetime as a Union Carbide engineer, therealization of a boyhood dream. Plant building took him all over theplace -- London, Belgium, ...
Spending could derail economic stimulus bill, GOP leader says
Feb 02, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Sundaythe massive stimulus bill backed by President Barack Obama andcongressional Democrats could go down to defeat if it's not strippedof unnecessary spending and focused more on housing issues and taxcuts. The Senate ...
Town hall meeting tonight to focus on stimulus package
Feb 02, 2009 ... A coalition of community, labor and faith groups will hold a townhall meeting tonight to discuss what the U.S. economic stimuluspackage means for West Virginia. The meeting, sponsored by West Virginians United for Social andEconomic Justice, is scheduled for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at ...
Prison in Preston has jobs available
Feb 02, 2009 ... HAZELTON - A federal prison facility in Preston County is lookingto fill numerous job vacancies. Prison spokesman Rod Myers says the facility in Hazelton had 25vacancies for corrections officers as of mid-January. Myers says corrections officers hired by the U.S. Bureau ...
Obituaries: ; Obit
Feb 02, 2009 ... OBituaries Today Ball, Jeffrey W. Barnett, Roy F. Bryant, OttoConn, Reba A. Czul, Ernest C. Drennen, Troy J. Gardner, Nannie J.Hammonds, Lois A. Mundy, Yvonne L. Pleasant, Kathryn Plumley, JosephC. Rouse, Dorothy M. Shepherd, Edith I. Washington, Phyllis B.Young, Hiram E. Jeffrey ...
Israel PM threatens 'harsh' retaliation
Feb 02, 2009; ... JERUSALEM - Israeli's prime minister threatened "harsh anddisproportionate" retaliation after Gaza militants fired at least 10rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel on Sunday, woundingthree and raising the risk of fresh violence days ahead ofelections. Israel hit back ...
SA man arrested in shooting of dog
Feb 02, 2009 ... A St. Albans man was being held late Sunday after allegedlyshooting and killing his neighbor's dog with a pistol. St. Albans police were dispatched to a disturbance with shotsfired on South Washington Street at about 6 p.m. Sunday, accordingto a complaint signed by Sgt. M.J ....
FARC rebels free four Colombian hostages
Feb 02, 2009; ... BOGOTA - Colombia's badly battered FARC rebels delivered threepolice officers and a soldier to the International Red Cross onSunday in a mission marred by accusations of military interference. A Brazilian military helicopter, emblazoned with the Red Crossinsignia, retrieved the ...
Iraq election hints at Shiite shift
Feb 02, 2009; ... BAGHDAD - The biggest Shiite party in Iraq once appeared to holdall the political sway: control of the heartland, the backing ofinfluential clerics and a foot in the government with ambitions totake full control. But the days of wide-open horizons could be soon ending for ...
Chicago aviators devastated afterfatal Tri-State crash: ; 1,000 mourners gather to remember dead
Feb 02, 2009; ... CHICAGO - Six people from the Chicago area, including four pilotswho were members of a local aviation club, were killed when theirlight plane crashed Friday in West Virginia, the club presidentconfirmed Sunday. The plane crashed at 1:37 p.m. Friday in a mountainous, woodedarea ...
BULLETIN BOARD
Feb 02, 2009 ... FUTURE EVENTS * Depression/Bipolar Support Group, Charleston Chapter will meetfrom 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays at St. John's Episcopal Church, Room109, 1105 Quarrier St. The peer-run support group is for familymembers of those with mood swings. For information, call 304-539-6401; ...
SAVVY SENIOR: ; Acupuncture treats arthritis pain, more
Feb 02, 2009; ... Dear Savvy Senior: What can you tell me about acupuncture? I haveosteoarthritis and am looking for an alternative solution to ease myjoint pain. -Aching Annie Dear Annie: According to the National Center for Complementaryand Alternative Medicine, acupuncture is a viable way to ...
ASK AMY: ; Abusive dad causes rift in family
Feb 02, 2009; ... Dear Amy: I am 28 years old and had my first baby (a beautifullittle girl) four months ago. When I was 10 years old, my father sexually abused me. I told theauthorities, and he was convicted and sent to prison for five years.My mother divorced my father while he was in prison, but ...
Horoscope
Feb 02, 2009; ... Monday, Feb. 2, 2009 YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY: You're under a bit of pressure this year.This keeps you practical. You can't just go for the pie-in-the-sky;you also have to pay the rent. Do both and you'll get an A. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the ...
'Rev. Ed' of the Smokies says 'I do' to retirement
Feb 02, 2009 ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Rev. Ed Taylor has been marrying touristsin the Smoky Mountains for more than three decades. Now, he's theone saying "I do" - to retirement. Taylor, 77, estimates he's performed about 85,000 marriages inGatlinburg, where the majesty of the mountains is just ...
Around the world
Feb 02, 2009 ... Amsterdam 37 28 PCldy Athens 50 41 Rain Baghdad 68 43 PCldy Berlin 33 30 Snow Bermuda 70 56 Rain Cairo 66 53 Clr Calgary 45 17 Snow Dublin 44 41 Rain Hong Kong 71 55 Clr Jerusalem 66 52 Rain London 43 33 ...
Todays forecast around the country and Sundays temperatures to 8 p.m.
Feb 02, 2009 ... Anchorage 11 -4 Clr Atlanta 59 41 Rain Boston 39 31 Cldy Charlotte,N.C. 60 37 Cldy Chicago 37 23 Cldy Cincinnati 43 25 Cldy Cleveland 41 24 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 70 38 Clr Denver 36 16 PCldy Detroit 39 21 Cldy Honolulu ...
Steeling the show: ; Roethlisberger's last-minute TD toss gives Pittsburgh sixth title
Feb 02, 2009; ... TAMPA, Fla. - Their Steel Curtain shredded, Ben Roethlisbergerand the Pittsburgh offense ended a Super Bowl of incredible swingswith a final-minute touchdown for a historic victory. Santonio Holmes made a brilliant 6-yard catch deep in the rightcorner of the end zone with 35 ...
COAL CLASSIC NOTEBOOK: ; Winfield making grade during first season in AAA
Feb 02, 2009; ... BECKLEY - So how's Winfield's move into Class AAA going? Well,coach Pat McGinnis hesitates to hand out an A, but certainly thinksthe Generals have earned a passing grade so far. Winfield moved its record to 9-5 Saturday with a 61-44 victoryover Robert C. Byrd in the AAA ...
Pitts' statistics bear brunt of halfcourt woes
Feb 02, 2009; ... PERHAPS THE toughest stat in Marshall's near-miss against Alabama-Birmingham was this: Damier Pitts was 0-for-12 from the floor. This isn't to single out the freshman point guard. True, he's noton the level of UAB's Paul Delaney, who sliced through theThundering Herd defense in ...
WVU BASKETBALL: ; Ebanks continuing to improve
Feb 02, 2009; ... MORGANTOWN - There are plenty of reasons why nearly every collegebasketball coach worth his whistle tried to recruit Devin Ebanks.Few of them, however, were likely to have seen him as a potentialpoint guard. Of course, neither did Bob Huggins. Still, part of the allure of ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Feb 02, 2009 ... Quote "Gregs a great friend of mine. He gave me my start incollege coaching. Bryan Poore W.Va. State basketball coach on UCcoach Greg White. Their teams will clash tonight in Institute Names in the games Phelps acknowledges photo using pot pipe Olympic great Michael ...
No regrets, Torre says of controversial book
Feb 02, 2009; ... For the first time, Joe Torre answered the question - "Why?" "I just wanted to let people know what it felt like," Torre saidFriday night on CNN's "Larry King Live," when asked what promptedhim to co-author his controversial book, "The Yankee Years." And Torre harbors no ...
Golf
Feb 02, 2009 ... PGA European-Dubai Desert Classic Sunday Dubai, United Arab Emirates Purse: $2.5 million Yardage: 7,301; Par: 72 Final Rory McIlroy 64-68-67-70-269 Justin Rose 68-66-69-67-270 Henrik Stenson 68-65-71-67-271 Robert Karlsson ...
Golf
Feb 02, 2009 ... PGA Tour-FBR Open Sunday Scottsdale, Ariz. Purse: $6 million TPC Scottsdale Purse: $2.5 million Yardage: 7,216; Par: 71 Final Round x-won on third hole of playoff x-K. Perry, $1,080,000 72-63-66-69-270 C. Hoffman, ...
Latest line
Feb 02, 2009 ... NBA Favorite Points Underdog ORLANDO 7 (208) Dallas WASHINGTON 5 1/2 (192) Memphis LA Lakers 5 1/2 (225) NEW YORK MIAMI 10 1/2 (192) LA Clippers NEW ORLEANS 4 (187) Portland PHOENIX 13 (223) Sacramento UTAH 7 1/2 (193) ...
NHL
Feb 02, 2009 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 32 15 3 67 157 125 N.Y. Rangers 29 18 4 62 132 134 Philadelphia 26 14 9 61 159 145 Pittsburgh 24 22 5 53 157 157 N.Y. Islanders 15 29 5 35 123 169 Northeast ...
College tennis
Feb 02, 2009 ... Marshall 5, Florida International 1 Singles 1. Schmitt (M) def. Brito (FIU) 6-2, 6-3 2. Castillo (FIU) def. Raich (M) 6-0, 2-6, 6-0 3. Soor (M) vs. Torres (FIU) no result 4. Bailey (M) def. Spenceley (FIU) 6-4, 6-0 5. Keener (M) ...
NFL
Feb 02, 2009 ... Wild-card playoffs Saturday, Jan. 3 * Arizona 30, Atlanta 24 * San Diego 23, Indianapolis 17, OT Sunday, Jan. 4 * Baltimore 27, Miami 9 * Philadelphia 26, Minnesota 14 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 * Baltimore 13, ...
NBA
Feb 02, 2009 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 40 9 .816 - Philadelphia 23 23 .500 151/2 New York 21 25 .457 171/2 New Jersey 21 27 .438 181/2 Toronto 19 30 .388 21 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 36 10 ...
Area schedule
Feb 02, 2009 ... Today HIGH SCHOOL Boys basketball Scott at Nicholas County, 4 p.m. Grace Christian at Teays Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m. Valley at Fayetteville, 7:30 p.m. Girls basketball George Washington at Parkersburg, 7:30 p.m. Charleston Catholic ...
Women's basketball
Feb 02, 2009 ... Sunday's major scores EAST Delaware 64, Towson 59, OT Duquesne 59, Richmond 55, OT Fairfield 60, Loyola, Md. 41 James Madison 71, Hofstra 68, OT Northeastern 57, George Mason 47 St. John's 89, Seton Hall 84 St. Peter's 66, Niagara ...
Prep basketball
Feb 02, 2009 ... How state-ranked boys teams fared Class AAA 1. South Charleston (12-1) vs. Logan, ppd., vs. St. Albans, ppd.,beat Princeton 104-33. 2. Martinsburg (12-2) vs. Musselman, ppd., beat Jefferson 78-74. 3. George Washington (9-3) lost to Mountain State Academy ...
Men's basketball
Feb 02, 2009 ... Sunday's scores EAST Brandeis 67, Chicago 36 Fairfield 68, Loyola, Md. 54 Rider 68, Canisius 55 St. John's 65, South Florida 48 Stevens Tech 64, St. John Fisher 61 Villanova 71, Cincinnati 50 Washington, Mo. 67, NYU ...
SPORTS Briefs
Feb 02, 2009 ... 22-foot putt lifts Perry past Hoffman SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Kenny Perry made a 22-foot birdie putt on thethird playoff hole to defeat Charley Hoffman and win the FBR Open onSunday. Perry and Hoffman both finished at 14-under 270, sending thetournament to a playoff. Each ...
Sports on TV/radio
Feb 02, 2009 ... TELEVISION ESPN 7 p.m. - men's basketball:Connecticut at Louisville VERSUS 7 p.m. - NHL:Blues at Red Wings ESPN2 7:30 p.m. - women's basketball:Tennessee vs. Oklahoma ESPN 9 p.m. - men's basketball: Kansas at Baylor RADIO 1490-AM ...
Hot-shooting DePaul defeats WVU women: ; ROUNDUP
Feb 02, 2009 ... No. 25 DePaul defeated West Virginia 74-56 in women's basketballSaturday night in Chicago, dropping the Mountaineers' Big Eastrecord to 1-6. The Blue Demons (17-5, 5-3 Big East) shot 54.5 percent in thefinal 20 minutes. West Virginia sophomore Liz Repella scored 13 points in ...
LeBron given help in beating Pistons: ; NBA
Feb 02, 2009 ... LeBron James was a cheerleader when the Cleveland Cavaliers tookcharge against the Detroit Pistons. Then, the superstar finished them off. James scored 33 points and got some timely help from Mo Williamsand Daniel Gibson in Cleveland's 90-80 win over the Detroit ...
Nadal leaves Federer shaken: ; God, its killing me, Roger says after five-set loss in Australian Open final
Feb 02, 2009; ... MELBOURNE, Australia - Roger Federer had nowhere to hide. Rod Laver was about to present the cup to Australian Openchampion Rafael Nadal. Federer stood on the court, having justmissed his first chance to equal Pete Sampras' record 14 Grand Slamsingles titles. He was sobbing ....
UFC 94: ; St. Pierre batters Penn
Feb 02, 2009 ... LAS VEGAS - Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre dominatedlightweight champion B.J. Penn at UFC 94 on Saturday night, forcinga doctor to stop the fight before the fifth round in a marqueeshowdown between two of the sport's top fighters. The 27-year-old St. Pierre, who won a ...
WVC BASKETBALL: ; Momentum favors State in tonight's clash with UC
Feb 02, 2009; ... In the most recent University of Charleston-West Virginia Statebasketball game, the lead changed hands seven times in the game'sfinal seven minutes. UC won that game 80-76 in last year's regular-season finale inInstitute, giving the Golden Eagles a two-game sweep of the ...
TOP 25 CAPSULES: ; Penn State upsets No. 9 Michigan State
Feb 02, 2009 ... Talor Battle scored a career-high 29 points and Jamelle Cornleyhad 16 to lead Penn State to a 72-68 upset of No. 9 Michigan Stateon Sunday in East Lansing, Mich. It was the first win in 17 trips to East Lansing for the NittanyLions (17-5, 6-3 Big Ten). Kalin Lucas had 23 ...
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: ; Louisville bracing for test from another No. 1
Feb 02, 2009; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The math doesn't quite add up to A.J. Price. Sure the Connecticut guard understands it might be the second-ranked Huskies' turn at No. 1 in the polls after putting togethertwo easy wins over DePaul and Providence this week while top-rankedDuke lost. What ...