Charleston Daily Mail

Golf Club Will Drop Tourney: ; Official Says Pga Tour at Greenbrier Will Limit Sponsorships at Pete Dye

The announcement that a major PGA Tour event is heading to The Greenbrier next year isn't entirely good news for north central West Virginia. The Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport will no longer host the annual Nationwide Tour Players Cup, a major economic booster for that region of the state in the last six years.

Senate Confirms Judge: ; Sotomayor Is First Hispanic Justice On Supreme Court

WASHINGTON - Sonia Sotomayor won confirmation Thursday as the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. The third woman in court history, she'll be sworn in Saturday as the 111th justice and the first nominated by a Democrat in 15 years.

Abc Official Says Smoking Not Its Issue: ; Agency Says Lighting at Racetrack Must Be Resolved by the County

The head of the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration doesn't want his agency wedged into the ongoing battle between Tri-State Racetrack and the Kanawha County health board. Anita Ray, county health director, recently sent a letter to the alcohol control agency stating she would contact the agency if the racetrack defied the countywide smoking ban, an insinuation that the liquor agency should revoke Tri-State's liquor license.

Copper Theft Probe Leads to Pot Discovery: ; Police Confiscated More Than 200 Plants While Searching for Stolen Wire

State Police confiscated more than 200 mature marijuana plants with an estimated street value of more than $400,000 during a copper theft investigation that led them to a Paint Creek man. State Police, in cooperation with the state Division of Natural Resources, state Division of Forestry and Verizon, had been investigating a rash of telephone line thefts in the Paint Creek area near Montgomery for months.

Second Farmers Market Opens in Putnam

The Putnam County Farmers Market has opened a second location at the Eleanor Town Park. The Eleanor market is scheduled from 3:30 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the park's Shelter 6.

Wheeling Jesuit President Is Leaving

WHEELING - The president of Wheeling Jesuit University has left the school after two years on the job to pursue his ministry as a Jesuit priest. The university's board of trustees announced Thursday that the Rev. Julio Giuletti is being replaced on an interim basis by University Vice President J. Davitt McAteer.

Government to Issue Swine Flu Advice

WASHINGTON - The government is giving schools new guidance to follow when swine flu strikes, in hopes of preventing the panic and confusion that prompted hundreds of school closures last spring. Swine flu is expected to return after school starts this fall. Unlike regular seasonal flu, this virus has not died out during the hot and humid summer months and so far has infected more than 1 million Americans.

Piedmont Student has Swine Flu: ; Principal Says Parents Have Been Notified

A student at a local year-round elementary school has developed a case of swine flu. Piedmont Elementary School Principal Steve Knighton confirmed that one of his students, whose identity was not released, developed flu-like symptoms over the weekend and had undergone blood work to determine the cause of the symptoms.

'Rootin' Tootin' Putin': ; Putin Flexes Macho Image for Camera

MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin drew scrutiny reserved for Hollywood action heroes this week, as Kremlin images of him fishing, swimming, rowing and riding bare-chested on a Siberian mountain were snapped up by media all over the world. During a brief visit to the fields and streams of the Russian republic of Tuva, the Russian prime minister doffed his shirt to break cords of wood with his bare hands, ride a horse and swim a furious butterfly stroke, all for the benefit of government cameras.

Workers Say Barefoot Baby Broke Shoe Rule

SUNSET HILLS, Mo. - Like most restaurants, the Burger King in this St. Louis suburb has a no shoes, no shirt, no service policy. And baby, do they enforce it.

House Approves $200 Million for Private Jets: ; Planes Designed to Fly High-Ranking Officials On 'Special Air Missions'

WASHINGTON - The House is ordering up three Gulfstream jets to fly Pentagon and other top government officials - including members of Congress - around the globe in conditions far cushier than coach class. The almost $200 million appropriation to buy three C-37 jets, the military version of the Gulfstream 550, is buried in a $636 billion Pentagon budget passed by the House last week. It's not as fancy as the version sold to private customers, but still is a very nice ride.

Britain Buries World War I Vet

COMBE DOWN, England, - He was a soldier, a survivor of the trenches - and, in later years, an advocate for peace. Harry Patch, Britain's last known surviving World War I infantryman, was buried Thursday in this, his home village in western England, as was his wish. He died last month at the age of 111.

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Clinton Deal Lowers Cost of Hiv Drugs

NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton has struck an agreement with two drug companies to provide cheaper, better HIV treatments to patients in poor nations. The deal involves antiretroviral medications made by Pfizer Inc. and Mylan Inc.

Blenko Invites Public to Learn About Glass: ; Variety of Classes Offered During Festival Set for This Weekend at Plant in Milton

Six months after it looked like a beloved hand-blown glass factory was headed for the history books, Blenko Glass Co. has its doors open and is inviting the public to take classes on the art of glassmaking this weekend. The Festival of Glass is taking place today and Saturday and offers the public a chance to take eight different classes at the Milton plant. The classes range from casting to making paperweights. This year the classes include glass blowing for the first time.

Hackers Attack Twitter, Disabling Site for Hours

NEW YORK - A hacker attack Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter for hours, while Facebook experienced intermittent access problems. Twitter said it suffered a denial-of-service attack, in which hackers command scores of computers to a single site at the same time, preventing legitimate traffic from getting through.

Clay Center to Get Massive Sculpture: ; Committee has Been Working with the Artist for More Than Three Years

The Clay Center soon will have a new 65-foot-tall metal sculpture created by world-renowned artist Albert Paley of Rochester, N.Y. The more than $900,000 artwork will be entitled "Hallelujah" and stands for bringing together all of the arts.