Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from November 2008:
MU FOOTBALL: ; Herds next two foes square off; East Carolina visits UCF tonight in battle of East Division contenders
Nov 02, 2008; ... For the second time this season, Marshall players can gatheraround televisions to watch their next two opponents duke it out ina non-Saturday Conference USA game. But when East Carolina takes on Central Florida tonight inOrlando, the stakes are jacked up much higher than when ...
TOP 25 ROUNDUP: ; Gators stomp Georgia
Nov 02, 2008 ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Florida waited a year to celebrate againstGeorgia - and boy did the fifth-ranked Gators get to party. Tim Tebow accounted for five touchdowns, Percy Harvin scoredtwice and the revenge-minded Gators thumped the Bulldogs 49-10Saturday in one of the most ...
ISU's Johnson breaks kickoff return record
Nov 02, 2008 ... STILLWATER, Okla. - Iowa State's Leonard Johnson broke the majorcollege football single-game record for kickoff return yardsSaturday against Oklahoma State. The freshman had 304 kickoff return yards after a 26-yard returnmidway through the third ...
Pitt tops Notre Dame in four OTs: ; Arkansas deals Tulsa first loss; Syracuse upsets Louisville again; BIG EAST/C-USA
Nov 02, 2008 ... SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Conor Lee kicked a 22-yard field goal in thefourth overtime to give Pittsburgh a 36-33 victory over Notre Dameon Saturday. LeSean McCoy, who rushed for a season-high 169 yards on 32carries, set up the game-winning field with an 18-yard run after a38-yard field ...
AREA COLLEGE ROUNDUP: ; West Liberty knocks off UC
Nov 02, 2008 ... The University of Charleston will likely fall out of the DivisionII Super Region I rankings as fast as it entered them aftersuffering a 26-24 West Virginia Conference loss at West Liberty onSaturday. The loss also knocks the Golden Eagles (7-3, 5-2) out of a sharefor first place ...
NHL
Nov 02, 2008 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 10 3 1 21 38 30 New Jersey 6 2 2 14 31 25 Pittsburgh 5 4 2 12 26 26 Philadelphia 4 3 3 11 39 36 N.Y. Islanders 2 7 1 5 25 37 Northeast Division W L OT Pts GF ...
High school football
Nov 02, 2008 ... Saturday's state scores Montcalm 31, Hannan 24 Friday's late summary Wayne 7 0 6 12-25 Chapmanville 0 6 7 0-13 W - Damron 1 run (Meddings kick) C - Terry 1 run (kick blocked) W - Damron 5 run (kick blocked) C - Stevens 4 run (Terry ...
College football
Nov 02, 2008 ... BIG EAST CONFERENCE Conf.Overall W L PF PA W L PF PA West Virginia 3 0 76 36 6 2 202 118 Pittsburgh 2 1 94 99 6 2 236 216 Cincinnati 2 1 53 60 6 2 214 164 Connecticut 2 2 89 84 6 3 224 172 Rutgers 2 2 93 81 3 5 171 172 Louisville ...
Sports on TV/radio
Nov 02, 2008 ... TELEVISION TGC 8 a.m. - golf: European PGA, Volvo Masters SPEED 11:30 a.m. - auto racing: F1, Grand Prix of Brazil 11 1 p.m. - NFL: Packers at Titans 13 1 p.m. - NFL: Ravens at Browns ESPN 1 p.m. - bowling: PBA, Viper Championship TGC 1:30 p.m. - ...
NFL
Nov 02, 2008 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 5 2 0 .714 153 132 Buffalo 5 2 0 .714 165 143 N.Y. Jets 4 3 0 .571 182 170 Miami 3 4 0 .429 145 146 South W L T Pct PF PA Tennessee 7 0 0 1.000 180 87 Jacksonville 3 ...
Table tennis
Nov 02, 2008 ... Butterfly West Virginia Open At North Charleston Recreation Center Open division Chip Coulter (Pittsburgh, Pa.) d. Babak Fakharpour (Lexington,Ky.) 3-0 1600 division Tom Berry (Waynesboro, ...
NASCAR
Nov 02, 2008 ... Sprint Cup Dickies 500 lineup After Friday qualifying; race today At Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 188.469 mph. 2. (1) Martin Truex Jr., ...
Women's basketball
Nov 02, 2008 ... Women's AP Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' preseason women'scollege basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2007-08 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place votethrough one point for a 25th-place vote and last year's ...
Volleyball
Nov 02, 2008 ... HIGH SCHOOL MSAC tournament Elimination round results Quarterfinals No. 1 Parkersburg d. No. 8 Hurricane 25-23, 25-15; No. 4 WoodrowWilson d. No. 5 George Washington 25-17, 25-23; No. 6 Ripley d. No.3 Greenbrier East 25-17, 25-23; No. 2 Spring Valley d. No. 7 ...
Men's basketball
Nov 02, 2008 ... Saturday's exhibition game MARSHALL 87, WHEELING JESUIT 58 Wheeling Jesuit (58) Catich 0-2 0-0 0, Obi Ukwuoma 2-2 0-0 4, Harris 5-7 0-1 11, Wise2-4 2-4 6, Harrington 4-10 5-7 15, Yahn 0-1 0-0 0, Higgins 0-3 2-22, McFerran 4-7 0-0 9, Brogdon 0-1 0-0 0, Suchy 0-3 1-2 ...
Pro golf
Nov 02, 2008 ... PGA Tour-Ginn sur Mer Classic Saturday's results Third round Michael Letzig 65-74-70-209 -7 Kenneth Ferrie 70-73-67-210 -6 John Huston 70-70-70-210 -6 Ryan Palmer 67-71-72-210 -6 Mark Wilson 73-71-67-211 -5 Ken Duke 70-69-72-211 ...
Latest line
Nov 02, 2008 ... Favorite Points Underdog NFL Today's games MINNESOTA 4 1/2 (47) Houston Jacksonville 7 1/2 (40) CINCINNATI Tampa Bay 9 (36) KANSAS CITY CLEVELAND 1 1/2 (36) Baltimore BUFFALO 5 (42) NY Jets Arizona 3 (48) ST. LOUIS CHICAGO 12 ...
NBA
Nov 02, 2008 ... Friday's results Philadelphia 116, New York 87 Toronto 112, Golden State 108, OT Miami 103, Sacramento 77 Memphis 86, Orlando 84 Boston 96, Chicago 80 Denver 113, L.A. Clippers 103, OT Portland 100, San Antonio 99 Saturday's ...
State cross country meet
Nov 02, 2008 ... Saturday's results ONA - Results from the West Virginia high school cross countrychampionships Saturday at Cabell Midland High School: Class AAA Boys Team Scores 1. Wheeling Park, 67 points; 2. Jefferson, 71; 3. Cabell Midland,93; 4. Preston 121; 5 ....
WEST VIRGINIA: ; 35,; CONNECTICUT; 13; Chalk one up to the defense; After early deficit, Mountaineers shut down Connecticut
Nov 02, 2008; ... EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - The best offense may be, as the sayinggoes, a good defense. West Virginia, though, has largely ignored theneed for one over the course of the past six or seven years. Oh sure, the Mountaineers have played some terrific defense overthat span. But really, who ...
Huskies can't get over this mountain
Nov 02, 2008; ... EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Odds and ends and a few things I thinkafter watching West Virginia, predictably, run away and hide fromConnecticut Saturday: * It's not that Connecticut is a bad football team, mind you.Quite the contrary, in fact. But it's also a football team that ...
HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER: ; Sweet 16 set for first two-class tournament
Nov 02, 2008; ... The final 16 teams are set for this week's state high schoolsoccer tournament. This is the first year that prep soccer was divided into twoclasses - AAA and AA-A - doubling the tournament field from theprevious year. There will be state champions crowned in the boys andgirls ...
WVC: SHEPHERD: ; 56, W.VA. STATE; 14; Jackets collapse vs. Rams; Shepherd dominates State in all phases of the game
Nov 02, 2008; ... INSIDE: UC falls at West Liberty WVC ROUNDUP, 3D It was indeed a day of firsts for West Virginia State. Just notthe kind of firsts the Yellow Jackets had in mind. They fumbled the opening kickoff, leading to a Shepherdtouchdown. Their first offensive play drew a penalty. Their ...
BUSINESS Faces
Nov 02, 2008 ... Research McMillion Research, LLC of Charleston has hired David Snow as aprogrammer specializing in Web-based applications, database and datacollection mechanisms for both the company and its online division -Mindfield Online. He is a graduate of Marshall University with ...
Deposit insurance has a twist
Nov 02, 2008; ... So much has been happening in the banking sector, it might beworthwhile to review the current situation regarding deposits. Careful readers know that on Oct. 3, President Bush signed a billthat temporarily raises the basic limit on federal deposit insurancecoverage from $100,000 ...
the small voice: ; Small utility companies want customers to understand why bills go up
Nov 02, 2008; ... A worker from the Lumberport-Shinnston Gas Co. works to replace agas line. The small company serves approximately 3,100 customers inHarrison, Marion and Preston counties. It is one of the state'ssmall gas companies that have recommended a rate increase before ...
Grocers find prices hard to swallow: ; Food makers price increases irk industry
Nov 02, 2008; ... The days of rapidly rising grocery prices might be nearing anend, as supermarkets push back against food companies that arereporting profit increases. With corn, wheat and other commodity costs coming off theirsummer peaks and the economy continuing its slide, grocery chains ...
Kids are losing a lot of play money in the market
Nov 02, 2008; ... WILMINGTON, Del. - Michael Ashworth slumped by his computer,weary from another rough day in the stock market. All his favoritepicks - Domino's Pizza Inc., Hershey Co. and Gap Inc. - were down. "I'll be honest with you," he confided. "Before all this, I askedmy mom to get me stocks ...
Capitol Club gifts near $500,000
Nov 02, 2008 ... The United Way Capitol Club has received $455,760 in pledges from192 leadership givers for the 2008-2009 campaign. The overallcampaign goal is $2.85 million. To date, workplace campaigns andindividual contributions total $1,401,341. Ordre d'Egalite, with a gift of at least ...
Practicing 10-digit dialing is urged
Nov 02, 2008 ... Verizon is urging West Virginians to use the change to EasternStandard Time to get ready for the state's upcoming change to local10-digit dialing. While resetting clocks, the telephone service provider says it isa good time to reprogram other equipment to dial the area code ...
Fayette to close, consolidate its 4 high schools
Nov 02, 2008 ... FAYETTEVILLE - The Fayette County Board of Education has voted toconsolidate the county's four high schools. In a 3-2 vote Thursday night, the board agreed to move ahead withplans to build a new high school in the county's Plateau District. If the proposal becomes reality, ...
Hospitals put tighter controls on transfusions
Nov 02, 2008; ... Amid rising blood costs and mounting safety concerns abouttransfusions, hospitals are adopting stricter measures to managetheir blood supplies. A growing number of hospitals are developing guidelines for whentransfusions are necessary, and they are making sure doctors are ...
CRIME REPORT Charleston
Nov 02, 2008 ... The following crimes were reported to the Charleston PoliceDepartment between Oct. 23 and 29: East District Capitol Street 100 block, petit larceny, Oct. 23 at 3 p.m. Quarrier Street 200 block, shoplifting, Oct. 23 at 6:22 p.m. Elizabeth Street 300 block, ...
ON FILE
Nov 02, 2008 ... Kanawha County Marriages The following people applied for marriage licenses in KanawhaCounty between Oct. 24 and 31: Larry Dale Raines, 52, and Kerri Lynn Strickland, 40, both ofCharleston. Michael Chadwick Berry, 28, of Concord, N.C., and Sarah JaneSmith, ...
THINGS TO DO Today
Nov 02, 2008 ... Music * "MOUNTAIN STAGE": 7 p.m. Advance tickets $10.50, at the door$15. Featuring Matthew Sweet, The Bridges, Todd Snider, Chris Velanand Jim Boggia. Cultural Center Theater, state Capitol Complex. Call(800) 594-TIXX or visit www.mountainstage.org. Stage/theater * ...
Subprime pays off at track
Nov 02, 2008 ... NEW YORK - The mortgage problems that have helped shape thecurrent economic downturn have made "subprime" an unwelcome word toinvestors. For gamblers, however, Subprime drew cheers this week. That wasthe name of a horse that won the ninth race ...
Garbage-raiding bear killed during trick-or-treat in Alaska
Nov 02, 2008 ... ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Wildlife officials in Alaska have killed a200-pound black bear that was raiding garbage in a home drivewaywhile children were trick-or-treating in the Anchorage neighborhoodon Halloween. Officials say children were never in any immediate danger.However, ...
WVU research institute to focus on children
Nov 02, 2008 ... MORGANTOWN - A new $12 million Pediatric Research Institute atWest Virginia University will be devoted to studying children'shealth issues in West Virginia, particularly a link between obesity,diabetes and asthma. About 60 percent of faculty members in the Department ...
THE WAY IT WAS: ; Color bearers, 1946; By Richard Andre
Nov 02, 2008; ... World War II ended nine months ago and the horror fades into thepast but Memorial Day is for remembering and these veterans proudlylead the parade on Lee Street near Hale. All of the color bearers appear to be old soldiers from the FirstWorld War except for ...
THE WILD SIDE: ; That toy whistle is a nuthatch
Nov 02, 2008; ... Last week, before the first frost and a half-hearted snowfall, Iheard a familiar voice from high atop the tallest tree in the yard.I stopped and listened to confirm what I was hearing. It was asimple nasal sound, reminiscent of a white-breasted nuthatch, buthigher pitched. It ...
Drug-ring leader gets 19 years
Nov 02, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - A West Virginia man accused of running a multistatedrug ring out of the Morgantown nightclub Envy is going to prison. U.S. District Judge Liam O'Grady in Virginia sentenced FaresAbulaban, 49, on Thursday to 19 ...
Big differences divide Gearheart and Rahall
Nov 02, 2008; ... The low profile of Republican Marty Gearheart's underfundedcampaign to unseat Democrat Nick Rahall masks stark philosophicaldifferences between the 3rd Congressional District candidates. Rahall, whose congressional career dates to the Carteradministration, backs raising taxes for ...
Ways Byrd can thank Reid for his support
Nov 02, 2008; ... Since word got out last week that Senate Majority Leader HarryReid, D-Nev., was shopping the idea of replacing Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee with Sen.Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, Byrd has made it clear that he would resistsuch a job change ....
Capito, Barth face off 1 last time: ; Debate is on TV today
Nov 02, 2008; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com HUNTINGTON - In the closing hours of a contentious campaign, Rep.Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., debated her Democratic opponent, AnneBarth, for half an hour at WSAZ-TV's studio on Saturday. The debate, featuring their answers to questions by a panel ...
Life becomes too much of a drag for this queen: ; Award-winning female impersonator kills off his persona
Nov 02, 2008; ... The queen is dead. The drag queen, that is. Bridget Nickles, aka Anthony Jarrell, died last week of wearinessafter an illustrious career as a female impersonator. She was 25. She was laid to rest on Halloween night, following a festive wakeat The Broadway on Leon Sullivan Way ....
Around the world
Nov 02, 2008 ... Amsterdam 44 35 PCldy Athens 86 59 PCldy Beijing 64 41 Clr Baghdad 74 57 Clr Bermuda 69 64 Rain Cairo 80 61 Clr Calgary 61 29 Cldy Dublin 46 35 PCldy Hong Kong 87 78 Clr Jerusalem 76 61 Rain London 48 35 ...
Saturday's weather in Charleston
Nov 02, 2008 ... Temperatures: High: 71 Low: 34 Record high: 85 set in 1946 Record low: 25 set in 1906 Precipitation: Midnight to 5 p.m.: ...
Today through Monday around the state
Nov 02, 2008 ... W.Va. Today - Monday Today, mostly sunny. Highs around 70.Tonight, mostly clear. Lows in the mid-40s. Monday, mostly sunny.Highs in the lower 70s. Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Wayne: Today, mostlysunny. Highs around 70. Tonight, mostly clear. Lows in the ...
Solar and lunar stats
Nov 02, 2008 ... Today's sun RISE: ...
Todays forecast around the country and Saturdays temperatures to 8 p.m.
Nov 02, 2008 ... Anchorage 24 11 Clr Atlanta 71 47 Clr Boston 56 33 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 74 40 Clr Chicago 59 47 Rain Cincinnati 70 48 PCldy Cleveland 59 40 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 84 61 PCldy Denver 75 43 PCldy Detroit 56 35 ...
Palin takes prank call from: ; fake French President Sarkozy
Nov 02, 2008 ... MONTREAL - Sarah Palin has unwittingly taken a prank call from aCanadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy andtold him she may make a good president in eight years. The Republican vice presidential nominee discussed politics, theperils of hunting with Vice ...
Couple flies 9,300 miles to vote
Nov 02, 2008 ... NEW YORK - A New York City couple has traveled halfway around theworld in the name of civic duty. Susan Scott-Ker and her husband arrived in New York on Wednesdayafter flying 9,300 miles to vote in Tuesday's presidential election. They have been working India but decided to ...
2008: A campaign odyssey - that felt like forever
Nov 02, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - It was a race so long that John McCain seemed to runit twice, once as the Republican front-runner who fell, then as aninsurgent on a shoestring. Or, as Barack Obama often described an odyssey of two years:"There are babies who've been born and are now walking and ...
Lung Association boots out chapter
Nov 02, 2008; ... SEATTLE - The American Lung Association is dissolving itsNorthwest affiliate and wants the rogue group to hand over ownershipof its multimillion-dollar Seattle headquarters, which it sold for$10. The national charity sent a cease-and-desist letter to regionalaffiliate American ...
Al-Maliki stressing U.S. departure: ; ANALYSIS
Nov 02, 2008; ... BAGHDAD - Iraq's prime minister is pushing the idea that the U.S.departure is in sight in a bid to sell the security deal withWashington to Iran. To reinforce the message, the Iraqis are askingfor changes to the deal that would effectively rule out extendingthe U.S. military presence ...
Inmates help energy-hungry Wash. prisons go green
Nov 02, 2008; ... LITTLEROCK, Wash. - Of all the things convicted murderer RobertKnowles has been called during his 13 years behind bars, recyclerhasn't been one of them. But there he was one morning, pitchfork in hand, composting foodscraps from the main chow line and coffee grounds from ...
London of 2008 getting closer to London of '1984'
Nov 02, 2008; ... LONDON - Each day, the average London resident is filmed 300times as he or she walks their children to school, takes the trainto the office or relaxes after work at a sidewalk cafe. Britain has4.2 million closed-circuit surveillance cameras, one for every 15people in the country, ...
Chancellor works to breathe new life into Ole Miss
Nov 02, 2008; ... OXFORD, Miss. - Moments before Barack Obama and John McCain tookthe stage for the first presidential debate at the University ofMississippi, the crowd of more than 700 gave Chancellor RobertKhayat a standing ovation. Khayat has had many incarnations - All-Pro NFL kicker, ...
Storms, fuel costs, mild weather hurt AEP
Nov 02, 2008; ... COLUMBUS, Ohio -American Electric Power said Friday that itsthird quarter earnings fell 8 percent from a year ago because ofmild summer weather, higher fuel costs in Ohio and increasedmaintenance expenses from storms that included Hurricane Ike. AEP, one of the nation's largest ...
EU could send troops to Congo, Brits say
Nov 02, 2008; ... TONGO, Congo - The European Union could send troops to Congo if afragile cease-fire between rebel fighters and the army fails, theBritish minister for African affairs said Saturday as rebels forcedtens of thousands of people from makeshift refugee camps in theinsurgent-held zone ....
Time running out for Guantanamo war-crimes trials
Nov 02, 2008; ... GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Camp Justice, erected sixmonths ago for the first U.S. war-crimes trials in a half-century,already feels like a ghost town. A hundred canvas tents pitched on a weed-choked airfield to housean army of lawyers and journalists stand mostly empty, ...
Community organizer a voice for tenants
Nov 02, 2008; ... CHICAGO - David Wilson remembers the old man he knew as Mr.Turner telling him that if he couldn't keep moving, keep walking,he'd die. Then in the dead of winter, the pipes burst outside thedoor to his dingy apartment and the stairwell turned to ice. Nobody came to the old man's ...
Stats guy moves from sports to politics with striking results
Nov 02, 2008; ... CHICAGO - Nate Silver's political rags-to-riches story plays outon a BlackBerry brimming with e-mails and a schedule conspiring torun him into the ground. Last spring, he was a sports statistics savant virtually unknownoutside the world of obsessive baseball fans. Now he dreams ...
Man wants to sue regarding surgery
Nov 02, 2008; ... A man who found a scalpel blade inside his thumb wants to sue formalpractice, even though he didn't take his complaint to court untilafter the statute of limitations had passed. Paul Forshey filed his complaint against Dr. Theodore Jackson ofCharleston in August 2006, more than 11 ...
Gadhafi hails energy ties with Russia
Nov 02, 2008; ... MOSCOW - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi said Saturday he hopes toincrease energy ties with Moscow during his first visit to post-Soviet Russia, which hopes to persuade him to back its plans for anOPEC-like natural gas cartel. "We consider oil and gas cooperation especially ...