Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from April 2007:
Television viewers may lose their heads over royally entertaining 'The Tudors'
Apr 01, 2007; ... For many moviegoers, King Henry VIII conjures the image of aburly, bearlike and paunchy monarch, but Showtime gives him astartling new makeover in "The Tudors," a 10-part series premieringSunday. The project, which presents Henry VIII at an earlier stage in hislife, stars Irish ...
Sharing heat in the kitchen: Spouses test their skills and their love when they cook together
Apr 01, 2007; ... bobschwarz@wvgazette.com LEE Edmundson lets his wife, Donna, do the cooking weeknights, buthe takes over on the weekends, when she becomes the helper. "When we cook together, he pretty much gives me all the chores hedoesn't want to do," Donna Edmundson says. "I'll pretty much ...
Bio reveals Bergman, Bogie wanted out of 'Casablanca'
Apr 01, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - A new biography of Ingrid Bergman casts fresh lighton the making of the 1942 classic "Casablanca," in which none of itsthree stars wanted to appear. They never suspected that their roleswould become the best-remembered of their careers. In the newly published ...
Graphic novels contain good stories for children
Apr 01, 2007; ... If you don't know about graphic novels, it's time to look at them.Once considered a slightly suspect form of literature, the graphicnovel is exploding, as writers and illustrators experiment with form.Nowhere is this more true than in children's literature. One notedauthor-illustrator ...
Youth Art Month winners announced
Apr 01, 2007 ... The West Virginia Division of Culture and History has announcedthe winners in its annual Youth Art Month Exhibition, now on displaythrough April 22 on the lower level of the state Cultural Center. Charleston artist and The Art Store gallery director Ellie Schaulchose the ...
BEST-SELLERS
Apr 01, 2007 ... USA Today Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback 1. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words) (NF-H) 2. "Two Little Girls in Blue" by Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket) (F-P) 3. "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult (Atria) (F-H) 4. "Eldest: ...
the MONDAY BOOK CLUB: Mystery features detective who gets it wrong
Apr 01, 2007; ... For the Sunday-Gazette Mail The next selection of the Sunday Gazette-Mail's Monday Book Clubis "Trent's Last Case" by E.C. Bentley. The mystery will be discussedat 6 p.m. April 23 at Taylor Books. Along with "The Red House Mystery" by A.A. Milne, which was theClub's February ...
Fleshing out Finn: Courage required to expand on Twain character
Apr 01, 2007; ... gmoore@wvgazette.com Every American writer of fiction since the early 20th century owessomething, large or small, to Mark Twain. So to build your firstnovel around a character from Twain's greatest work, interweavingyour story with his, takes some nerve. But in many ways, ...
BOOK REVIEW: ROMANCE; Practical husband yields to emotion
Apr 01, 2007; ... "The Taste of Innocence," the latest in Stephanie Laurens' Cynsterseries, has some unforgettable scenes. Unfortunately, you have to muddle through some rather forgettableones to get to them. Like many of Laurens' books, it may take a few - OK, closer to 200- pages to become ...
Whats new under the rain: Ditch your boring bumbershoot - get an umbrella with some edge
Apr 01, 2007; ... YOU'VE got the killer outfit, the perfect shoes, even a chicdesigner handbag. But when the rain starts to fall, do you reach for a flimsy blackumbrella, bought in haste during the last rainstorm? Or, worse, abulky golf umbrella that came free with your checking account? If ...
Stylist transforms 'Idol' contestants
Apr 01, 2007; ... At its heart, "American Idol" is a makeover show. With one or two glaring exceptions (we're looking at you,Sanjaya), talent is center stage. But fashion does share thespotlight. And it always has. Since the beginning, wardrobe stylist MilesSiggins has helped the final 12 ...
Plan a walking tour
Apr 01, 2007; ... Walking from town to town without a guide is a venerable vacationtradition in many parts of the world. "This is something Europeans have always done," says LorenSiekman, general manager of Arizona-based Pure Adventures. It's oneof a handful of American-based travel organizers ...
France on two feet a day: Treading its long-beaten paths is hard to beat
Apr 01, 2007; ... AFTER 25 years of marriage and with a newly empty nest, my husbandand I decided it was time for the best vacation ever. (Parents newlyliberated from teenagers will understand why we felt so deserving.) Our wish list included elements that don't usually share a travelitinerary: ...
See Chattanooga!: Home of Ruby Falls offers interesting spring diversions
Apr 01, 2007; ... If you go For more information, contact the Chattanooga AreaConvention & Visitors Bureau at (800) 322-3344 or visitwww.chattanoogafun.com. Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport is served byDelta Connection, American Eagle, Northwest Airlink, USAirwaysExpress, and Continental Airlines. A ...
The right fertilizer choice depends upon what it's for
Apr 01, 2007; ... FRESNO, Calif. - Plants, shrubs and trees sometimes need a littlehelp to thrive, and fertilizers can do that with the additionalnutrients they provide. But walk into any nursery or garden center, and you might beoverwhelmed by shelves of boxes, bottles and bags of various kinds ...
Garden Notes
Apr 01, 2007 ... Free classes Free gardening seminars will be presented at River & Rail MicroNursery in Lesage through the growing season. All classes start at 11a.m. To get to the nursery, take exit 18 (Barboursville) of Interstate64. Turn right onto W.Va. 2. Follow W.Va. 2 for 4 miles ....
Break the horizontal planes in your garden
Apr 01, 2007; ... Now that spring is here, this is a good time for gardeners to makeplans to break the horizontal plane in their 2007 landscapes. Most everyone grows round flowers like the ones we firstencountered as children. A bed of round flowers offers a calmingcontinuity to the garden, which ...
INTO THE GARDEN: Readers ask about wildflowers, rescuing perennials
Apr 01, 2007; ... I always loved it when Paul Harvey (or was that Andy Rooney?)said, "And now, from the mailbag ...." So, in this new millennium,"And now, from the Inbox ..." Wildflower wondering Stephanie Smoot writes that she has been preparing a small bed inher yard for a wildflower garden ...
DO IT YOURSELF: Take care when cleaning, protecting redwood deck
Apr 01, 2007; ... Q: Our redwood deck is in good condition after 20 years but hassome surface stains and is in need of cleaning. What is the bestcleaner to use and how can we protect the deck after cleaning? -David A: Redwood and cedar contain tannin, which sometimes causes darkstains on the ...
A more palettable look: Bring your house into the 21st century with new paint
Apr 01, 2007; ... IF there is one simple way to bring your house into the 21stcentury, it is with paint. No matter when your house was built, whatthe architectural style is, what the landscape looks like, color andall its combinations can give your house a current look. House paint is a long-term ...
HOROSCOPE:
Apr 01, 2007; ... Sunday, April 1, 2007 Your birthday today: You'll get your work routine down pat thisyear, and then you'll have more time for other things. Romanticdebates and excursions are recommended. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most ...
Instilling discipline: Teaching children to respect limits depends upon consistency
Apr 01, 2007; ... WHEN California Assemblywoman Sally Lieber recently tried tooutlaw spanking of children younger than 4, she ignited a firestormof ridicule and argument. In one camp: parenting experts and pediatricians who believespanking is ineffective and potentially abusive, and that there ...
BEERS TO YOU: Organic beers become more interesting
Apr 01, 2007; ... Beer and wine are natural products, but they are also products ofmodern agriculture. This means that somewhere, sometime, during thegrowth or storage of the raw product, some pesticide or otherchemical was likely used to "help" things along. With wine, it ispesticides on the grape crop ...
Brisket is a special dish for guests on Easter or Passover
Apr 01, 2007; ... You have company coming for dinner. Maybe it's Easter or Passover,or maybe it's just an average Sunday. The problem is, the rest ofyour life won't be put on hold just because a few guests are on theirway. Have I got a dish for you! You want something that cooks low and slow, ...
The Main Ingredient: Slices of heaven; Any chocolate chip will do - and no need to guard your thumb
Apr 01, 2007; ... robbyers@wvgazette.com tara@wvgazette.com IN our family photo album, for one entire autumn, every photo ofme (Tara) prominently displays my left thumb, swathed in a thick,sterile gauze dressing that makes it look like a giant stubby Q-tip.That is because I nearly chopped it ...
Iran insists on U.K. apology: Bush calls seizure 'inexcusable'
Apr 01, 2007; ... TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hardline president said Saturday thatBritain and its allies were "arrogant and selfish" for notapologizing over what he called the incursion of 15 captured Britishsailors and marines into Iranian waters. President Bush described the 15 Britons as "hostages" in ...
HOMELESS VETS OVERWHELM SHELTERS: Legions of onetime soldiers lack homes, and now beds
Apr 01, 2007; ... SAN DIEGO - Now that warmer weather is arriving, the giant tentthat was a winter home for 150 veterans is being packed away. "For most of us, it's back on the streets," says Marvin Britton, aformer military policeman who's been crisscrossing the country sinceleaving the Army in ...
U.N. climate report warning: 'Species are going to be lost'
Apr 01, 2007; ... From the micro to the macro, from plankton in the oceans to polarbears in the far north and seals in the far south, global warming hasbegun changing life on Earth, international scientists will reportFriday. "Changes in climate are now affecting physical and biologicalsystems on ...
New law would let parents insure kids till mid-20s
Apr 01, 2007; ... Mary Huntley's family was caught in what she calls a never-endingcycle of health insurance. Her 22-year-old daughter Erin was too old to be covered by herparents' plan unless she was a full-time college student, but herchronic asthma made it nearly impossible for her to stay in ...
Breaches continue at Aracoma: Regulators missed violations before Massey mine's fatal fire
Apr 01, 2007; ... kward@wvgazette.com More than a year after two miners died in a conveyor belt fire,federal inspectors continue to find serious safety violations atMassey Energy's Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine. In the last six months, U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administrationinspectors have cited ...
IN SPORTS: Final Four in Atlanta
Apr 01, 2007 ... Ohio State ...
IN SPORTS: Final Four in Atlanta
Apr 01, 2007 ... Florida ...
Too many cooks?
Apr 01, 2007 ... Couples who cook together share the ...
Rapids approach
Apr 01, 2007 ... Whitewater season on the New is full ...
Sydney goes dark for a cause: City tries to raise awareness of global warming
Apr 01, 2007; ... SYDNEY, Australia - The Sydney Opera House's gleaming white-shelled roof was darkened Saturday night along with much of the restof Australia's largest city, which switched off the lights toregister concern about global warming. The arch of Sydney's other iconic structure, the ...
Today's News
Apr 01, 2007 ... Members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club gather with theirHarley-Davidsons at chapter headquarters in Oakland, Calif., onSaturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Oakland arm of theinternational club. AP photo *** Israel's prime minister said Saturday he's not ...
West Virginia Lottery
Apr 01, 2007 ... Saturday, March 31, 2007 Daily 3 875 Daily 4 4941 Hot Lotto 10-13-19-22-34: 6 Night Pick 3 911 Night Pick 4 ...
Candidates on wheels: Campaigns look to fuel-efficient vehicles on the campaign trail
Apr 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - This year's presidential candidates are trying to getgood mileage out of getting good mileage. The candidates, who do a lot of talking about the need for greaterenergy efficiency, are not just asking who walks the walk but also,who drives the hybrid? Democratic ...
Is the Earhart mystery nearing its end?
Apr 01, 2007; ... It's the coldest of cold cases, and yet 70 years after AmeliaEarhart disappeared, clues are still turning up. Long-dismissed notes of a shortwave distress call beginning, "Thisis Amelia Earhart ..." The previously unknown diary of an Associated Press reporter,surfacing after ...
Actual deadline for Iraq war money weeks beyond Bush's
Apr 01, 2007; ... MREs getting calorie boost as soldiers lose weight. 13A WASHINGTON - The real deadline for Congress to provide more moneyfor the war in Iraq is well beyond the April 15 deadline cited byPresident Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The Pentagon can take several ...
Iraq plans to relocate Arabs out of Kirkuk
Apr 01, 2007; ... BAGHDAD - Iraq's government has endorsed plans to relocatethousands of Arabs who were moved to Kirkuk as part of SaddamHussein's campaign to force ethnic Kurds out of the oil-rich city, inan effort to undo one of the former dictator's most enduring andhated policies. The ...
U.S. Iraq deaths reach 3,246
Apr 01, 2007; ... As of Saturday, March 31, 2007, at least 3,246 members of the U.S.military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003,according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes sevenmilitary civilians. At least 2,621 died as a result of hostileaction, according to the ...
Accused may have saved research ship from pirates
Apr 01, 2007; ... MIAMI - Less than two weeks before 9/11, a group of 13 scientists,many from the University of Miami, were studying ocean currents offSomalia when they were shot at by men in a tiny boat. The attackers? Pirates. "I wasn't horribly scared, but I was aware the situation ...
Green Beret accused of stealing U.S. weapons: Man was to start private security firm in Afghanistan, government alleges
Apr 01, 2007; ... MIAMI - The Taliban of Afghanistan. Pirates off Somalia. Neo-Nazis in West Virginia. They all figure into the story of David Kellerman, a Green Beretfrom Fort Lauderdale, Fla., accused of trying to smuggle high-powered weapons, ammunition and explosives out of Afghanistan ...
Recognition of Mass. tribe could lead to casino gambling
Apr 01, 2007; ... MASHPEE, Mass. - Ellen Hendricks has lived all of her 81 yearshere on the ancestral grounds of her Mashpee Wampanoag Indianforebears. She watched relatives and friends struggle with inadequateeducation and poverty as their Cape Cod land was swallowed up andfenced off ...
Vacuum collection leads to TV spot
Apr 01, 2007; ... ADRIAN, Mich. - A 12-year-old boy who has collected more than 150vacuum cleaners says he is learning to identify them by sound. "I'm getting pretty good at it," Kyle Krichbaum told the DetroitFree Press. Kyle has been in Hollywood taping a game-show pilot where he hadto ...
'The real deal'? Salvagers search for gold off Fla. island
Apr 01, 2007; ... HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. - The boat is rumbling and the coffee ishot and sweet. It's the only way to hunt for treasure - or so says Doug Pope. Pope has spent the past few weeks on a 71-foot treasure recoveryboat called the Polly-L. He's hoping to find a Spanish galleon thatmay ...
The Tropicana at 50 plans major changes
Apr 01, 2007; ... LAS VEGAS - After the Tropicana Resort & Casino opened 50 yearsago, it was dubbed the "Tiffany of the Strip" because of itsmanicured lawns, balconied rooms and elegant showroom. Years undermob control earned it a storied place in Nevada gambling lore. Its 60-foot tulip-shaped ...
Mercury spill cleaned up at Clendenin school
Apr 01, 2007 ... Kanawha County school officials want to assure parents they aretaking the necessary steps to clean up the Clendenin ElementarySchool of any mercury contamination after some youngsters stole themercury from a dentist's office and spread it around town. According to a press ...
Industry joins fight on global warming
Apr 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Sometime this summer, a huge coal-fired power plantnear the shore of Lake Michigan will try a new process to capturecarbon dioxide (CO2), a powerful greenhouse gas that gushes from itssmokestack. The experiment at the We Energies plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wis.,is ...
Rabbi ordered to shut down matzo oven school bus
Apr 01, 2007; ... SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. - A rabbi's school bus retrofitted into anoven to bake matzos for Passover may be out of business. Deputy building inspector Manny Carmona sent a letter Fridayforbidding Rabbi Aaron Winternitz from using his contraption, whichis located behind his ...
'Miracle fruit' turns sour to sweet on the tongue
Apr 01, 2007; ... ARLINGTON, Va. - At a party here one recent Friday, Jacob Grierstood on a chair, pulled out a plastic bag full of small berries, andinvited everyone to eat one apiece. "Make sure it coats your tongue,"he said. Grier's guests were about to go under the influence of miraclefruit, ...
Company apologizes for T-shirt error
Apr 01, 2007; ... PARKERSBURG - A spokeswoman says Gov. Joe Manchin has received anapology from the company that misspelled the state's name on T-shirts commemorating West Virginia University's National InvitationTournament title. "The governor realizes it was an honest mistake and after ...
RABBIT DEARS
Apr 01, 2007; ... Three-year-old Desi Hindman of Charleston has a head to head withthe Easter Bunny during the Clay Center's Eggstravaganza Easter feteon Saturday. An egg ...
Clown's tiny bicycle stolen
Apr 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK - There was a reward, a toll-free tip line and a newsconference - all for a lost little bike. The foot-high, 6-inch-widecontraption belongs to Bello Nock, the daredevil clown star of theRingling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus appearing at Madison SquareGarden. The ...
Chavez bans Holy Week alcohol sales
Apr 01, 2007; ... CARACAS, Venezuela - For beer and whiskey-loving Venezuelans,Easter this year won't be an alcohol-soaked drinking fest. PresidentHugo Chavez has imposed a ban on alcohol sales during Holy Week in anattempt to reduce accidents and crimes, prompting a run on liquorstores. The ...
Meals ready to diet with?: Military's MREs getting a boost in calories, as GIs drop weight
Apr 01, 2007; ... NATICK, Mass. - When Lt. Dave Moore visited infantry units in theremote, rugged mountains of Afghanistan late last year, the Navymedical officer was surprised to hear from many soldiers and Marinesthat they had lost significant weight. After conducting more than 150 interviews ...
Tainted pet food more deadly to cats
Apr 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - A greater sensitivity of cats to a chemical found inplastics and pesticides could explain why they've died in largernumbers than have dogs after eating contaminated pet food, expertssaid Saturday. The small number of confirmed reports of pet deaths bolstered by afar ...
Bush, Brazil's Silva talk trade, biofuels at Camp David
Apr 01, 2007; ... CAMP DAVID, Md. - President Bush and Brazil's leader plottedcooperation on freer global trade and increased use of alternativefuels in talks that brought the allies together for the second timein less than a month. Bush and first lady Laura Bush greeted President Luiz Inacio ...
Bush defends Gonzales amid continued calls for resignation
Apr 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush again came to Alberto Gonzales'defense Saturday, saying the attorney general is "honorable andhonest" and has his full support. During a joint news conference with Brazilian President LuizInacio Lula da Silva at the Camp David presidential retreat, ...
Deaths of honeybees create a buzz
Apr 01, 2007; ... MISSOULA, Mont. - The disappearance and deaths of millions ofhoneybees in nearly half of the nation's states is a mysteryseemingly befitting an episode of "CSI" and is threatening anestimated $14 billion in crops that rely on pollination. In an inconspicuous office suite here - ...
Plastic flowerpots falling from favor
Apr 01, 2007; ... PHILADELPHIA - Gardeners are famous for recycling. They convertkitchen scraps to compost, stake tomatoes with old pantyhose, andhang unwanted CDs on sticks to spook birds in the berry patch. But there's one thing every gardener buys that routinely getstossed in the trash and buried ...
Weather data
Apr 01, 2007 ... CHARLESTON AND VICINITY Saturday's temperatures High 66 Low 54 March 31 record high 87 set in 1998 March 31 record low 17 set in 1923 Saturday's precipitation Midnight to 5 ...
State & regional weather
Apr 01, 2007 ... W.Va. Today - Monday Mostly cloudy with a 90 percent chance of rain. Highs in the mid-70s. Tonight, mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Lows inthe lower 50s. Monday, mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Mondaynight, partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Boone, ...
World weather
Apr 01, 2007 ... Amsterdam 57 44 Rain Athens 60 48 PCldy Baghdad 78 54 PCldy Berlin 57 35 Rain Bermuda 60 50 Rain Cairo 85 57 Clr Calgary 62 28 PCldy Dublin 48 41 Rain Hong Kong 84 73 PCldy Jerusalem 77 47 Clr London 48 41 ...