Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from January 2007:
'Grease: You're the One That I Want' seeks new Danny, Sandy for revival
Jan 07, 2007; ... TV audiences help Tony Award-winning director and choreographerKathleen Marshall find the stars of a major new Broadway revival in"Grease: You're the One That I Want," a talent competition seriespremiering Sunday on NBC. Hosted by Billy Bush and built around Marshall's upcoming New ...
More home for your money: Buying a house costs a lot less in West Virginia than in other parts of the country
Jan 07, 2007 ... By Rusty Marks rustymarks@wvgazette.com Three years ago, out of the blue, Realtor Alan Pennington got atelephone call from a woman in California. Tired of fast-paced life, high crime and oceans of concrete, shegot on the Internet and went looking for a safer, cheaper ...
SMELL THE COFFEE: The bliss of biting barbs
Jan 07, 2007; ... I probably shouldn't admit this about myself, since I know itisn't polite, but I love to eavesdrop. I don't go out and make adeliberate effort to do it, but sometimes - especially with thosetalking on cell phones - it's hard to avoid. Usually I'll be sitting alone in a crowded ...
Wiggle room: Bebe Neuwirth returns to 'Chicago' with new hip, new role
Jan 07, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Bebe Neuwirth returned to her old stomping grounds of"Chicago" on New Year's Eve with a brand-new part - in more ways thanone. For one, she high-stepped into the revival as Roxie Hart ratherthan Velma Kelly, the role that earned her a 1997 Tony Award. Plus,she's ...
BOOK REVIEW: 'Tunney' bio has punch, but not quite a knockout
Jan 07, 2007; ... The golden age of sports mined a rich vein of glittering heroes. There was Babe Ruth, "The Sultan of Swat"; Red Grange, "TheGalloping Ghost"; Bill Tilden in tennis; and Bobby Jones on thelinks. And there was Jack Dempsey, "The Manassa Mauler," who was beatenin two famous ...
BOOK REVIEW: Alice and Calvin Trillin, a love story
Jan 07, 2007; ... The prose of Calvin Trillin, witty and light as gossamer, has beenharnessed to a sorrow profound enough for Dostoyevsky. The great American satirist writes of his epic love and epic lossin "About Alice" but in the same wry style familiar to readers of TheNew Yorker and The Nation, ...
BEST-SELLERS
Jan 07, 2007 ... USA Today Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback 1. "You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management" byMichael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press) (NF-H) 2. "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers)(F-P) 3. "For ...
the MONDAY BOOKCLUB: 'Moonstone' is a classic detective tale
Jan 07, 2007; ... rholbert@wvgazette.com After a break for the holidays, the Monday Book Club will begin2007 with "The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins. Collins' 1871 novel isthe first book in the club's yearlong look at British fiction titled"Mysteries, Spies and Murder Most Foul." The plot is ...
Stay on schedule: Harried parents need game plan to keep chaos at bay in 2007
Jan 07, 2007; ... SOMETIMES it's just near impossible to keep up. There's thelaundry to wash and fold; the groceries to buy and cook; the dog towalk, and the children to chauffeur here and there and everywherebefore or after the homework project due today that you learned aboutyesterday. 2007 ...
Use your head, too, when choosing a spouse
Jan 07, 2007; ... Did you know that using your head, along with your heart, willhelp you to select the right marriage partner? Those who rely solely on their feelings to select Mr. or Ms. Rightwill probably wind up in trouble. Why? Other factors besides feelingswill determine if you can stay in ...
Brides-to-be, take note: Gown size is just a number
Jan 07, 2007; ... NEW YORK - The tears streaming down a bride's face the first timeshe puts on her wedding gown should be tears of joy. Thanks to thequirky sizing system used by many bridal designers, however, shemight be crying over the blow to her self-esteem. "If you think you're a size 6, ...
The good, bad and unforgettable of 2006
Jan 07, 2007; ... "Project Runway" villains and skinny jeans. "Dreamgirls" and dreamweddings. The year in fashion included highs - a television show thatbrought high fashion to Middle America - and lows - a onetime popprincess succumbs to terrible tackiness. Here, a sartorial review ofthe year that was ...
Wool words: A primer on one of winter's favorite fabrics
Jan 07, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Winter is wool weather: wool sweaters, wool scarves,wool jackets. You've worn it and your grandparents wore it. Even theirgrandparents wore it. Wool has been a part of wardrobes for thousands of years. Yet notwo wool products are the same because, except for cloned ...
Travel not likely to get easier or cheaper
Jan 07, 2007; ... It takes determination to travel these days. Unless your idea of acultural experience is clearing brush and mountain biking inCrawford, Texas, that's not likely to change in 2007. Have plastic zip-lock bag filled with gels and liquids, willtravel. This time last year, it looked ...
From survival to revival: Just a year after Hurricane Wilma, Yucatan is ready for tourists
Jan 07, 2007; ... CANCUN, Mexico - "Hey, amigo! Wait just a second," the hawkersaid, motioning me over to his booth on Boulevard Kukulcan, thefrenzied strip of discos, resorts and malls that runs the 14-milelength of the island of Cancun. "For just two hours of your time fora meeting on a great product - ...
Weird, wonderful plants will be available in 2007
Jan 07, 2007; ... There is something magical that happens once the first of Januaryhas passed. There is a spirit of optimism among gardeners. It's kindof like we know winter is still here, but spring is coming and it'stime to get the garden ready, as weather permits, and to make planson what we might try ...
Extension Service offers free calendars
Jan 07, 2007 ... The 2007 West Virginia University Extension Service free gardencalendar is now available at the extension offices in Dunbar. The monthly calendar and gardening guide, the service's mostrequested publication, offers information helpful to both beginningand avid gardeners. The ...
Garden Q&A
Jan 07, 2007; ... Fungus on maple Q: After my 10-year-old Japanese maple began to lose its leaves, Inoticed something on the large limbs that looks like a grayish-greenfungus. This is a beautiful tree and is situated prominently in myyard. What should I do and when? A: Don't panic. The ...
INTO THE GARDEN: Gardening column will be a learning experience
Jan 07, 2007; ... There are several reasons why I think my friend Julie Robinson wascrazy to ask me to do this column. First: While I love to write and I love to garden, I'm not so sureI'm that great at either. But years ago, I wrote for the Daily Mail,and I've been correcting my kids' grammar for ...
DO IT YOURSELF: Save materials for future home repairs
Jan 07, 2007; ... Q: Our kitchen floor is covered with self-stick vinyl tiles, oneof which has an ugly stain that won't come off. We have a few extratiles, but how do we remove the damaged one without ruining othertiles? - J. Fuller A: Start by warming the damaged tile to soften the adhesive ...
Calendar: When to replace, repair, clean and plant
Jan 07, 2007; ... Your house is going to need your help in 2007. After all, those gutters aren't going to clean themselves, andthat leaky roof isn't going to repair itself. Sure, you could ignorethose chores - and all the others that go with homeownership - butthat's how little problems become big ...
Lofty goal: Furniture makers tap into growing market for children
Jan 07, 2007; ... What does it cost? Furniture makers say they try to offerchildrens furniture at affordable prices. Here are the suggestedretail prices for some of the pieces in the new Build-A-Bearcollection from Pulaski: Crib: $750 Chest: $750 Twin bed: $750 Fullbed: $875 Nightstand: $375 HIGH ...
Pills & Ills: Be careful with acetaminophen
Jan 07, 2007; ... Q: I take acetaminophen because its supposed to be the safest pain-reliever. Now the FDA is calling for new warnings that these productscan damage the liver. Should I be concerned? A: Most people havelittle to worry about when they follow the recommendations on takingacetaminophen (e.g., ...
HOROSCOPE:
Jan 07, 2007; ... Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007 Your birthday today: You'll want to expand your influence thisyear, but be very careful. You'll run into lots of new problems.Investigate, but don't go there yet. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most ...
Dogs...Diets...Dating: A new year, a new approach
Jan 07, 2007; ... IT'S January once again, the month when millions of people lookback and decide they will be different this year. It's when some ofthe things I write about are on everyone's mind - we will lose weightthis year, we will find a soul-mate in the next 12 option-filledmonths. Yes, sadly, many ...
EAT FOR LIFE: Omelet casserole will help start your day off right
Jan 07, 2007; ... What's one of the best things made with sliced bread? Try a puffy,golden brown breakfast strata. The simple layered bread, egg and cheese casserole can beassembled the night before, a convenience that makes it the perfectdish to pull out of the refrigerator ready to go on a hectic ...
The Main Ingredient: Oh, so sweet; Vidalias for spring, but winter means South American sweet onions
Jan 07, 2007; ... robbyers@wvgazette.com tara@wvgazette.com QUESTION: What is the only produce item enshrined in cement atMann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood? Hint: It was squished into place by Edward James Olmos (thelieutenant on "Miami Vice") and the late Bob Denver (TV's ...
PAYING FOR IN-HOME CARE: A secret Medicaid overhaul; 'An expensive lesson'
Jan 07, 2007; ... katelong@wvgazette.com How much did the Manchin administration's attempt to cut 712people off the aged and disabled in-home care program cost, indollars? The state would have saved about $2.3 million if those people hadbeen cut off. There is no way to nail down exactly how ...
PAYING FOR IN-HOME CARE: A secret Medicaid overhaul; Lawmakers kept in the dark amid drastic cutbacks
Jan 07, 2007; ... katelong@wvgazette.com Four months after 712 elderly and disabled West Virginians wereput back on the state's in-home care program, lawmakers are stilldistressed, they say, that Manchin administration officials did nottell them Medicaid was cutting those people off in the first ...
Avalanche buries Colo. highway: 8 rescued; 2 cars swept off cliffside
Jan 07, 2007; ... DENVER - A huge avalanche knocked two cars off a mountain passSaturday on the main highway to one of the state's largest ski areas,shortly after crowds headed through on the way to the lifts,authorities said. Eight people were rescued from the buried vehicles and all weretaken to ...
Opinion:: Left and right
Jan 07, 2007 ... Check out our ...
Prime time for Mayo
Jan 07, 2007 ... Prep phenom O.J. Mayo and Huntington High ...
Mountaineer victory
Jan 07, 2007 ... West Virginia's hot ...
Business venture
Jan 07, 2007 ... Columnist George Hohmann makes his debut today, weighing in ...
Dems to keep hearing rooms busy: Congress will scrutinize Bush administration
Jan 07, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - In this new era of divided government, thecongressional hearing room is where the executive and legislativebranches will clash. Over the next few weeks, Senate Democrats plan to hold at least 11hearings just on Iraq. In the House, one of the Democrats' mostdogged ...
Metro buzz getting louder
Jan 07, 2007; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com Interest in forming metropolitan governments has taken off in WestVirginia, though only one county has taken the step of studying thepossibility. "It's a lot of buzz," said Tina Shaw, president of the Chamber ofCommerce in Marion County, where leaders ...
Former Nation of Islam leader Farrakhan undergoes surgery
Jan 07, 2007; ... CHICAGO - Minister Louis Farrakhan, who recently ceded leadershipof the Nation of Islam to an executive board because of ill health,has undergone a 12-hour operation, the organization said Saturday. Physicians have told Farrakhan's family they were pleased with theoperation's ...
Correction
Jan 07, 2007 ... Pictures in the On the Town page in today's preprinted Life&Stylesection are incorrectly identified. The ...
West Virginia Lottery
Jan 07, 2007 ... Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007 Daily 3 457 Daily 4 4486 Hot Lotto 7-11-19-33-36: 15 Night Pick 3 356 Night Pick 4 ...
Today's News
Jan 07, 2007 ... *** This year is going to be a happy one - at least for sometaxpayers. Among the many changes that became effective on New Year'sDay are higher contribution limits for 401(k) plans, a decline in thetop federal estate-tax rate and a new deduction for many people whobuy mortgage ...
Toys 'R' Us relents on baby prize decision
Jan 07, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Toys "R" Us Inc. agreed Saturday to award a Chinese-American infant a $25,000 prize in New Year's baby contest, areversal after the company came under fire for disqualifying the girlbecause her mother was not a legal U.S. resident. Chinese-American advocates said they ...
Iraq's economy to get U.S. nudge: Easy business loans, jobs program seen as beneficial, except by critics
Jan 07, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Just as debate rages over sending more U.S. troops toIraq, there are differing views about whether economic incentivessuch as micro-loans and U.S.-funded jobs programs would coaxmilitiamen to trade guns for tools. Some reconstruction experts say giving Iraqis jobs ...
No new U.S. deaths reported
Jan 07, 2007; ... As of Saturday, at least 3,006 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 seven militarycivilians. At least 2,414 died as a result of hostile action,according to the military's ...
Battle for Baghdad begins: Iraqis commit 20,000 troops to clear capital
Jan 07, 2007; ... BAGHDAD - In the opening battle of a major drive to tame theviolent capital, the Iraqi army reported that it killed 30 militantsSaturday in a firefight in a Sunni insurgent stronghold just north ofthe government's Green Zone. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, speaking only hours ...
Somalis condemn Ethiopian presence
Jan 07, 2007; ... MOGADISHU, Somalia - Hundreds of furious protesters crowded thestreets Saturday, burning tires and smashing car windows whiledenouncing the presence of Ethiopian forces and shouting defiance atthe interim Somali government's call for disarming Mogadishu. At least two people died in ...
Hamas denounces Abbas' ban on paramilitary unit
Jan 07, 2007; ... GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas defied President Mahmoud Abbas'decree Saturday that its paramilitary unit is illegal, saying it willfight any attempt to disband the force in an increasingly bloodyfaceoff between the Islamic militant group and Abbas' Fatah party. Three more Hamas ...
Frontier family fights to return to Mont. home
Jan 07, 2007; ... HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS, Mont. - Since 1878, four generations of Vadisand Howard Stratton's family lived as homesteaders on this mountain,much like TV's "The Waltons," the clan says. The family made electricity with an 1893 waterwheel, powered by acreek shooting downhill through a ...
Investigators question Marines' account of Haditha killings
Jan 07, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - U.S. criminal investigators found no evidence tosupport the claim of Marines charged in the deaths of unarmed Iraqicivilians that five were shot after trying to flee the scene of aroadside bombing that killed one Marine, a senior defense officialsaid Saturday ....
House where Oswald stored rifle eyed by Texans for historic value
Jan 07, 2007; ... IRVING, Texas - The tidy house with the large picture window onWest Fifth Street looks like many other older homes in South Irving. This is the house, though, that Lee Harvey Oswald visited thenight before he assassinated President John F. Kennedy in November1963. This is the house ...
Musher heeds call of wild
Jan 07, 2007; ... ELY, Minn. - Twenty sled dogs are straining at their chains,rising on their hind legs to paw the air. They yelp at the humans whoare untangling harnesses and choosing 10 lucky huskies who will gofor a run in the snowy north woods. The dogs are wilder than a neighborhood full of ...
New dashboard electronics could make CD players obsolete
Jan 07, 2007; ... DEARBORN, Mich. - CD players in automobiles could go the way ofeight-track tapes with in-dash systems like one Ford Motor Co. andMicrosoft Corp. are jointly producing to link cars with cell phonesand personal music players. The "Sync" system being unveiled today at the North ...
Fayette water advisory issued
Jan 07, 2007 ... Residents of Powellton and Elk Ridge in Fayette County should boiltheir water because water pressure in the area has fallen, accordingto a release from the Armstrong Public Service ...
Suspicious package turns out to be venison
Jan 07, 2007; ... ELKINS - A mysterious box found at an Elkins hotel turned out tocontain a cooler containing deer meat. Police and firefighters were called to investigate the cooler thatwas wrapped in electrical tape and left on a bench Friday outside theDays Inn, said Police Capt. Jack ...
Alan Mollohan opposes logging on Blackwater trail
Jan 07, 2007; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com The U.S. Forest Service will probably decide later this monthwhether to allow Allegheny Wood Products to use a historic trail forlogging operations and access to a proposed condominium development. The National Trust for Historic Preservation, the ...
For Bush, time to dust off veto pen?: ANALYSIS
Jan 07, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush has vetoed just one bill in nearly sixyears in office. That soon might change. As newly empowered Democrats forge ahead with their own agenda,some items might make it to his desk as prime candidates for veto. One might be a recycled version of the ...
'Bizarre' statue of Mrs. Grant kicks up controversy
Jan 07, 2007; ... GALENA, Ill. - To the riddle of "Who is buried in Grant's tomb?"can be added another puzzler: What's with that statue of his wife? This historic northwest Illinois mining town is thick withreminders of Ulysses S. Grant, the Union general and 18th presidentwho briefly lived in ...
Some overnight heroes struggle with changes fame brings
Jan 07, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Daniel Santos became an instant hero in 1996 when hejumped 130 feet off a bridge into the Hudson River to rescue a youngwoman trying to commit suicide. Then came the national TV interviews, the fan mail from strangers,the offers to do commercials, the free trip to ...
2007 offers breaks for some taxpayers
Jan 07, 2007; ... This year is going to be a happy one - at least for sometaxpayers. Among the many changes that became effective on New Year's Day arehigher contribution limits for 401(k) plans, a decline in the topfederal estate-tax rate and a new deduction for many people who buymortgage ...
'Free' dreamhouse: One N.J. family's 'Extreme Makeover'; leads to extreme hike in property taxes
Jan 07, 2007; ... HACKENSACK, N.J. - The Llanes family had a fairy-tale moment when"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" swept into Bergenfield, N.J., lastspring, knocked down their creaky old home and built them afuturesque dream house. The community celebrated. People shed tears of joy. Happily ...
Weather data
Jan 07, 2007 ... CHARLESTON AND VICINITY Saturday's temperatures High 61 Low 55 Jan. 6 record high 76 set in 1946 Jan. 6 record low -10 set in 1942 Saturday's precipitation Midnight to 5 p.m.: ...
State & regional weather
Jan 07, 2007 ... W.Va. Today - Monday Cloudy with a 90 percent chance of rain. Highs in the lower 50s.Tonight, cloudy with a 90 percent chance of rain. Lows in the mid-30s. Monday, mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s. Monday night,mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow. Lows in the ...
World weather
Jan 07, 2007 ... Amsterdam 51 44 Rain Athens 51 39 PCldy Baghdad 58 33 PCldy Berlin 46 42 Rain Bermuda 72 63 Clr Cairo 63 48 Clr Calgary 34 12 Clr Dublin 50 42 Rain Hong Kong 65 55 PCldy Jerusalem 60 50 Rain London 54 41 ...
U.S. weather
Jan 07, 2007 ... Anchorage -3 -10 Clr Atlanta 66 52 Rain Boston 69 45 Clr Charlotte, N.C. 71 50 Rain Chicago 43 31 PCldy Cincinnati 53 35 Cldy Cleveland 49 35 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 52 37 PCldy Denver 36 18 PCldy Detroit 49 31 ...
Childhood friends renew ties after decades apart
Jan 07, 2007; ... sarahkwinn@wvgazette.com Not many things last more than 90 years. But the friendship ofGeraldine Keesee and Opal Hatfield, who grew up near Matewan, has. "We started out together," said Keesee on Saturday during a jointparty celebrating both women's 98th birthday this month at ...
Rulings set precedent in abuse, neglect cases
Jan 07, 2007; ... With West Virginia's Supreme Court planning to continue a focus onchildren's issues in 2007, the justices wrapped up their recent termwith several rulings aimed at helping judges, lawyers and familiesnavigate the stormy waters of abuse and neglect cases. In a series of three ...