Charleston Daily Mail

Coal Truck Crash Closes Road

DAILY MAIL STAFF A coal truck accident on Cabin Creek Road near Dry Branch shut down the road early this morning and sent one man to the hospital.

Drought Takes Its Toll On Christmas Trees

DAILY MAIL STAFF Families who go out to buy a Christmas tree in a month or so no doubt will go home with healthy evergreens strapped to their vehicle roofs.

Mayor, Shriner Squabble Over Temples Site , Member Says City Is Going Against Pledge Made in '60s

DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR A long-time member of the Beni Kedem Temple said Charleston Mayor Danny Jones' threat to use eminent domain to acquire the shriners' property contradicts assurances the city made in the 1960s.

Marshall, Wvu Put Alert Plan in Action, System Used First Time This Weekend After Shooting at Morgantown Apartment

DAILY MAIL STAFF West Virginia's two biggest universities have started a text- messaging alert system meant to notify students of emergencies, and WVU used its system for the first time over the weekend in response to an off-campus shooting.

Victims in Morgantown Shooting Identified, Martinsburg Man Killed; Philadelphia Man in Critical Condition

FOR THE DAILY MAIL MORGANTOWN - Police have identified the victims of a shooting at an off-campus housing complex in Morgantown.

W.Va. Employment Figures Appear Rosy - but Why?

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS West Virginia has seen more of its work force employed in recent months than at any time in at least the last half-century, initial figures show. But then there's the question of what - and who - gets the credit.

First Set of Quintuplets Born at Cabell Huntington

DAILY MAIL STAFF The first set of quintuplets ever born at Cabell Huntington Hospital has arrived.

Officials to Check Camera for Footage of Lion in Greenbrier

THE REGISTER-HERALD LEWISBURG - The search for an African lion in Greenbrier County continues as animal officials return to Big Roaring Creek today to view images from a specially designed video camera that was left in the woods last Friday.

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Israeli Leader Declares He has Cancer

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced today that he has prostate cancer but that the disease is not life threatening and he will continue to perform his duties.

Argentine First Lady Wins Presidency

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - President Nestor Kirchner and first lady Cristina Fernandez are poised to switch jobs in December, with partial results indicating Argentines elected a female president for the first time and launched their country's most powerful political dynasty since Juan and Evita Peron.

7 Students Die in House Fire , Victims in N.C. Beach Blaze Not yet Identified; Six Others Injured

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBIA, S.C. - A weekend of fun vanished in a storm of fire and smoke that killed seven college friends and left behind a gutted beach house and an emotionally devastated campus.

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At least 9 horses killed in collision WADSWORTH, Ill. - The driver of a semitrailer truck carrying nearly 60 horses ran a red light and collided with a pickup, killing at least nine of the animals, officials said.

Sheiks Nabbed in Baghdad

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD - Gunmen in Baghdad snatched 10 Sunni and Shiite tribal sheiks from their cars as they were heading home to Diyala province after talks with the government on fighting al-Qaida, and at least one was later found shot to death.

Black Ministers Meet Local Resistance, Some in Community: ; Disagree with Decision; Not to March On Nov. 3

DAILY MAIL STAFF Members of the Charleston Black Ministerial Alliance are facing opposition to the group's reluctance to join in a protest march organized by a controversial black lawyer.

Driver Traveling Wrong Way Causes Fiery Crash That Kills 5

CHICAGO - A 29-year-old man driving the wrong way on an expressway west of downtown early today caused a fiery crash that left five people dead, including himself, state police said. Authorities identified the driver as Frederick Sy, a Chicago man who also has an address in the suburb of Northbrook.

World's Addiction to Coal Growing , As Oil and Natural Gas Prices Soar, More People Rely On Black Gold

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JUNGAR QI, China - Almost nonstop, gargantuan 145-ton trucks rumble through China's biggest open-pit coal mine, sending up clouds of soot as they dump their loads into mechanized sorters.

Coal Boom in China Attracts American Investors

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS As China's appetite for coal is booming, American investors and businesses are cashing in.

Soldier From Bluefield Badly Wounded

BLUEFIELD - A Mercer County mother of three learned over the weekend that her son had been seriously injured as a result of enemy fire while serving with the South Carolina National Guard near Kabul, Afghanistan. Specialist Louis Romano, 22, of Bluefield was deployed to Afghanistan in early January 2007, with the 218th Enhanced Separate Brigade, South Carolina National Guard based in Marion, S.C. His mother, Cindy Romano, received a call shortly before noon on Saturday from his commanding off...