News 2008-08-04 Andanh.com

'Virginia Artists 2008' has more than ever Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
W hen the Bay Days Juried Art Exhibition revamped its name and focus in 2007, the 25-year-old summer tradition experienced a welcome resurgence.

Is Gov. Kaine inching closer to Democratic ticket? Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
T his past week was all about vice presidential speculation swirling around Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, as The Politico and The Washington Post reported that the state's top executive is on the Democratic short list for the No. 2 spot.

Your votes in Washington Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
How members of Congress from Hampton Roads voted on major bills for the week ending Aug. 1. NV means "not voting."

HOUSE VOTES Federal tobacco regulation For 326; against 102

Teen crime may get Newport News Briton, 31, deported Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
An immigration law means a 31-year-old woman faces deportation this month over a teenage crime.

It was a very stupid thing to do, Kathryn Ingleson says now.

WTKR Live VIPIR forecast: Brief humidity break Sun, 3 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0400
Today will prove to be the most comfortable day we'll have for much of the week ahead. As winds blow from the north and northwest today, humidity levels will drop, yet highs will still remain in the upper 80s and low 90s. Mostly sunny skies will highlight the day.

Anthrax attacks case might be closed Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
With the chief suspect in the anthrax attacks now dead, the Justice Department is expected to decide within days whether to close what had been one of its most high-profile unsolved cases.

Bill to help close digital divide Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Legislation proposed by Sens. Warner and Webb creates federal grants for minority institutions.

A bill passed in the Senate on Thursday will put money for technology in the hands of minority colleges and institutions nationwide, including Hampton University and Norfolk State University.

Local man's lottery scratch card wins him a Harley Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:17:00 -0400
A Williamsburg man will get some new wheels today because of a lucky scratch.

City files against Cox over lack of studio Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Portsmouth has filed a legal complaint alleging that Cox Communications violated terms of its cable franchise by not maintaining a studio for "local public, educational and governmental programming."

Lightning might have caused house fire Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Fire officials think that lightning might have caused a fire in a model home Saturday.

5.7% jobless rate highest in 4 years Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
463,000 jobs have been lost since December, the strongest sign that the economy is in a recession.

Nonfarm payroll jobs fell for the seventh straight month in July, while the nation's unemployment jumped to 5.7 percent — a four-year high, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Back-to-school sales to feel cuts Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
The sharp paring of consumer spending is already cutting into its next victim: back-to-school sales.

Six industry leaders hit record total profit — more than $50B Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan record earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six big international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit for the first time.

GM, Ford, Toyota sales fall; Nissan rises Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and other automakers said Friday that their U.S. sales fell by double digits in July. They struggled to keep up with consumers' growing demand for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles.

Stocks retreat as reports chronicle sinking economy Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Job rates drop for the seventh straight month, and manufacturing falls flat.

Wall Street retreated again Friday, after readings on jobs and manufacturing — the first reports for the third quarter — indicated that businesses and workers still faced a tough economy. The leading indexes ended a turbulent week narrowly mixed.

Networking opportunities Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
MONDAY National Active & Retired Federal Employees; 10 a.m. meeting on the second Monday of each month; Midtown Community Center, 570 McLawhorne Drive, Newport News. Info: Don Williams 850-1379

Al-Qaida says explosives expert wanted by US killed along with 3 other commanders Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:53:00 -0400
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Al-Qaida confirmed Sunday the death of a top commander accused of training the suicide bombers who killed 17 American sailors on the USS Cole eight years ago.

Scientist: DNA from anthrax victims led investigators to suspect in 2001 killings Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:31:00 -0400
WASHINGTON (AP) _ DNA taken from the bodies of people killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks helped lead investigators to Bruce Ivins, who oversaw the highly specific type of toxin in an Army lab, a government scientist said Sunday.

Obama contests 7 historically Republican states; GOP suspects ploy to divert McCain funds Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:52:00 -0400
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Alaska is young. Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia have growing populations and many black voters. Montana has seen recent Democratic inroads, and North Dakota has sent only Democrats to Congress since 1986. Indiana borders Barack Obama's home state.

Christina Applegate being treated for breast cancer but expected to recover, publicist say Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:23:00 -0400
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Christina Applegate is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, but the disease was caught early and the actress is expected to fully recover, her publicist said.

Packers president Mark Murphy says team will welcome Favre back after QB is reinstated Mon Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:50:00 -0400
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) _ Brett Favre is back. It remains to be seen whether he'll still be the leader of the Pack.

Fed likely to leave rates steady as it straddles slow economic growth, inflation concerns Mon, 4 Aug 2008 01:02:00 -0400
WASHINGTON (AP) _ An ugly brew of rising unemployment, spiking foreclosures and gyrating energy prices is plaguing the country and making life difficult for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as he tries to right the economy.

AP IMPACT: Korean commission finds indiscriminate killings of civilians by US military Mon, 4 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0400
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ South Korean investigators, matching once-secret documents to eyewitness accounts, are concluding that the U.S. military indiscriminately killed large groups of refugees and other civilians early in the Korean War.

Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who chronicled Stalin's slave labor camps, has died Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:58:00 -0400
MOSCOW (AP) _ Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel Prize-winning Russian author whose books chronicled the horrors of dictator Josef Stalin's slave labor camps, has died of heart failure, his son said Monday. He was 89.

At least 9 climbers feared dead after avalanche on K-2, world's second-highest mountain Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:58:00 -0400
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) _ At least nine climbers were feared dead on K-2, the world's second highest mountain, after an avalanche cut ropes used to cross a treacherous wall of ice, officials and other climbers said Sunday.

Tropical Storm Edouard moves west toward Texas, expected to strengthen before Tuesday land Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:54:00 -0400
NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ Tropical Storm Edouard churned west in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday night and was expected to strengthen to a near-hurricane before making landfall somewhere in Texas on Tuesday.

A decision to help amputee fighting rare disease Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
T he first time William "Allen" Honeycutt underwent amputation, he was 14 years old.

A ghost of its former self Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
The reserve fleet of idle ships in the James River is rapidly diminishing. Here's why.

On Wednesday morning, weather permitting, drivers on the James River Bridge who are waiting for the lift span to open and close will see a landmark ship pass by.

Teachers live and learn — and meet a ghost — at CW Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
The spirit of the instructional program is to re-examine everything.

Colonial Williamsburg's Teacher Institute has been called "Teacher Disneyland" for the social studies set. But is it so powerful an experience that bringing history alive can also bring back the dead?

NN paid almost double value for land Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Differing appraisal methods in '06 and '07 led to buys at nearly twice the parcels' assessed values.

— Economics 101: If you want something badly enough, you pay dearly. And if you're the government, you pay even more.

Euthanize feral cats Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Why is euthanasia unacceptable for feral cats? ("Force focuses on feral felines," July 31)

Jury deliberations continue for '06 sexual assault suspect Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Willie Cardell Sanders faces up to life in prison on charges including rape, forcible sodomy and abduction.

A Newport News man who was captured after being featured on the syndicated TV show "America's Most Wanted" might find out his fate today in Newport News Circuit Court.

GPSA championship swim meet Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
James River Country Club River Rats swim club member Joshua Russell, 8, watches a heat before his race in the 25-meter breast stroke Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, during the Greater Peninsula Swimming Association championship meet at the Fort Eustis Aquatics Center.

7-Eleven employee staged her own robbing, Suffolk police say Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Police charged a 7-Eleven employee with staging a robbery and are looking for her suspected accomplice.

ACC still fighting for national prestige Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
The ACC is competitive top-to-bottom. But since expansion in 2004, its teams have fallen flat against outside powers.

One day, three storied opponents.

August 03: Feedback from newspaper readers Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
I read the editorial page first thing every morning and I was shocked Friday to see that our middle-of-the-road newspaper had four cartoons that were obviously derogatory to Barack Obama. Could this be considered bias? I hope not. I hope it was an oversight, but I am looking forward to your reply.

... Hands on Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Consumers make an economic choice: Drive less, pay less

Now here's an economic concept: Sustain demand and prices climb; diminish demand and prices fall. Whaddayaknow?

Hands off ... Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Give the political pandering — and the market — a break

When it comes to strategies for success, playing to your strengths seems to work. Turning your back on what has worked for you — particularly when it has worked spectacularly well — is not a recipe for winning.

Northampton topples N.C. Senior team, reaches South Regional semis Sun, 3 Aug 2008 18:31:00 -0400
The Hampton squad rises to the occasion with a 7-2 victory to gain first place in its pool.

The Northampton Senior League team advanced to the South Regional semifinals in Viera and Suntree, Fla., by winning its four-team round-robin pool in a tournament of eight state champions.

Merchants win hot NSA Fastpitch World Series Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:32:00 -0400
The Hampton-based softball team gains its biggest championship in 20 years.

In a battle of endurance in the 95-degree heat of Rock Hill, S.C., the Peninsula Merchants used extra-inning heroics to return to national fast-pitch prominence Sunday afternoon.

BASEBALL: Tides overcome R-Braves 5-3 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:39:00 -0400
Norfolk starter Randy Keisler held Richmond to two runs in six innings as the Tides beat the Braves 5-3 before 6,256 at Harbor Park. Jeff Fiorentino was 2-for-3 with three RBI for the Tides, and Oscar Salazar was 3-for-5 and scored twice. For Richmond, Brandon Jones had two RBI and Barbaro Canizares had two hits. ... The Peninsula Muscular Dystrophy Association tournament continues at various fields in Hampton, providing funding to fight disease.

Plenty is uncertain for Cavaliers Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:35:00 -0400
Off-field concerns, untested QBs and a tough schedule could spell trouble for UVa.

As preseason practice opens today in Charlottesville, Virginia coach Al Groh and his staff have no shortage of issues to address. It's going to be a frantic 31/2 weeks.

Glennon again faces pressure Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:35:00 -0400
Sean Glennon says he expects to start, but a redshirt year for Tyrod Taylor seems unlikely.

At this stage in his career, Virginia Tech quarterback Sean Glennon is used to going into preseason practice with a little uncertainty in the air.

Virginia dismisses troubled cornerback Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:37:00 -0400
Cornerback Mike Brown has been dismissed from the University of Virginia's football team, the school announced Sunday.

Star Track: Megan Moulton-Levy Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Megan Moulton-Levy , the most accomplished women's tennis player in William and Mary history, recently earned her first professional title in the minor leagues. She defeated Great Britain's Emily Webley-Smith 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Fifth Third Classic in Evansville, Ind., part of the U.S. Tennis Association Pro Circuit. This 10th annual event gives players the chance to improve their WTA Tour rankings and qualify for tournaments with bigger purses. Moulton-Levy, a 5-foot, muscle-bound ball of energy, gained the $1,568 first-place prize by winning the last three games against Webley-Smith, a former top-250 WTA player who entered the match ranked 792nd. The finalists then shared a rental car to St. Joseph, Mo., for the next tournament. In an Evansville semifinal, Moulton-Levy beat 712th-ranked Nicole Gibbs in three sets. The former Tribe star won in straight sets over 817th-ranked Tori Kinard in the second round. Those victories helped elevate Moulton-Levy to No. 766 on the WTA computer. Earlier this summer, she reached the semifinals of a $10,000 challenger in Hilton Head Island, S.C., and the quarterfinals of the $25,000 Waterloo Open, an International Tennis Federation tournament in Canada. Moulton-Levy's college accomplishments are so vast that it's impossible to chronicle all of them, but she won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association indoor doubles championship with Katarina Zoricic and was the 2007 NCAA doubles runner-up with her. She is W&M's all-time leader in doubles victories (125) and combined singles and doubles triumphs (249). She was a four-time Player of the Year in the Colonial Athletic Association and received three such honors in the state, as well as a six-time All-American. She also was the first two-time winner of the Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship. She graduated from W&M with a degree in sociology and played the 2008 season as a graduate student, sparking the Tribe to No. 1 in the East Region and No. 21 in the nation, before turning pro.

Boo's teams to stay superior Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
B oo Williams' first national-championship team featured a future Hall of Famer. As did his second.

Tubular thrills - roanoke.com Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Tubing on the New River can fit any taste -- whether it's a desire for a relaxing afternoon, or a need to run the rapids over and over again.

Driving along wooded, windy McCoy Road beyond Blacksburg, it seems you're in the middle of nowhere. Right about the time you start wondering if you're lost, the yellow sign for New River Junction appears.

Collection day brings toxic trash parade - roanoke.com Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Cars lined up in Northeast Roanoke to drop off old acids, car batteries and other hazardous materials.

A station wagon arrived with a back seat full of fluorescent light tubes. The vehicle had a dozen old paint cans in back.

Smoky fire damages sofa store on Roanoke's Williamson Road - roanoke.com Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Nearby buildings were damaged by smoke Sunday afternoon, a spokeswoman said.

Fire crews battled a blaze at a Roanoke sofa store Sunday evening.

Why do Republicans fear the war tribunal? - roanoke.com Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

R. Brooks McGhee

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