Assessor’s office questioned
Monongalia County commissioners said they are alarmed and concerned
about how the County Assessor’s Office is operating. Read
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Subaru hits
pedestrian
downtown
A woman was taken to the hospital with possible broken bones and internal
injuries after she was struck by a car on University Avenue, near the Westover
Bridge, police said. Read
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Coal Mines
to Goal Lines
NEW YORK — The root of the design for new Nike Pro
Combat uniform the WVU football team will wear in this season’s
Backyard Brawl in the state’s coal mining industry. Read
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‘Cautiously
hopeful’ — Mideast talks begin WASHINGTON — Under
the shadow of fresh violence, President Barack Obama
solemnly convened the first direct Israeli-Palestinian
talks in two years Wednesday, challenging Mideast
leaders to seize a fleeting opportunity to deliver
peace to a region haunted by decades of hostility. Read
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Bridgeport’s best
in volleyball quad University
High took two out of three matches Wednesday while hosting Clay-Battelle,
Bridgeport and Brooke in a round-robin night of volleyball. Read
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Steady
Bailey
earns starting spot Stedman
Bailey knew that he would eventually become a contributing member
of the WVU football team. He just didn’t know it would happen
so quickly. Read
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Bridgeport
boys blank
University Bridgeport
dropped visiting University High to 2-3-1 with a 3-0 boys’ soccer
victory Wednesday. Read
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Patriot ordered to clean up selenium CHARLESTON — Patriot
Coal Corp. must install equipment to clean up selenium pollution
at two southern West Virginia mines over the next two and a half
years, and a federal judge said he’ll appoint someone to
make sure the work gets done. Read
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Insurance
co.:
Flowers started
Ark. house fire LITTLE
ROCK, Ark. — A fire that did $20,000 in damages to a northeast Arkansas
home wasn’t caused by an electrical problem or burning food or arson, an
insurance investigator concluded. Read
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Discovery
gunman shot
by police; hostages safe SILVER SPRING, Md. — Police
shot an armed man who took three hostages at the Discovery Channel network’s
headquarters Wednesday. All of the hostages escaped safely, officials said. Read
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Unemployment
up in
about half of U.S. cities WASHINGTON — The unemployment
rate rose in nearly half of the nation’s 372 largest metro areas in July,
as the pace of hiring slowed from earlier this year. Read
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Hurricane
Earl
nears East Coast NAGS HEAD, N.C. — Hurricane Earl
steamed toward the Atlantic Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina
to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift
in the storm’s predicted offshore track could put millions of people in
the most densely populated part of the country in harm’s way. Read
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U.N.
agency fails to stage
nuke-free Mideast talks VIENNA — Tensions between
Israel and Islamic nations have scuttled plans by the U.N. atomic watchdog
agency to convene talks this year on a Mideast free of nuclear weapons,
according to a document shared with The Associated Press Read
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U.S.
moves into final
military phase in Iraq BAGHDAD — The U.S. on
Wednesday moved into the final phase of its military involvement in
Iraq, with administration officials saying the war was ending even
as the new commander of the remaining 50,000 troops warned of the ongoing
threat from ‘‘hostile elements.’’ Read
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ANDREWS,
Shirley Louise
BUCKELEW, Donald Patton
COOMBS, Donald “Bubba” Wayne
DENJEN, Mary “Mari”
GROVE, Mary Frances
NEER, Thomas “Hooch” Sr.
NUZUM, Daniel D. III
SHAFFER, Charles Franklin
SHROUT, Garry Rayfield
WILLIAMS, Paul W. “Johnny” Read
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Column:
Boy, oh
Boise, table’s set
for a Broncos title For once, playing in the lightweight
Western Athletic Conference could be a blessing for Boise State. Read
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Big
Ben’s last
game
for a while PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh
Steelers will get one last glimpse of Ben Roethlisberger playing quarterback
before he begins his NFL-mandated suspension. Read
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Player
collapses on
court during match NEW YORK — The scene
was simply scary: Victoria Azarenka, a 21-year-old on the rise in the
WTA rankings, paused about a half-hour into her second-round match
Wednesday at the U.S. Open, then staggered, stumbled and collapsed
to the court. Read
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Big
Ten splits up
Mich., Ohio State Any Michigan man will tell you,
there is nothing quite like beating Ohio State. Every Buckeye agrees, a
win against that team from up North is priority No. 1. Read
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Hope
expanding
at Family House Although, no one ever dreams
they’ll end up there, sadly, many of us wake up in the hospital. Read
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Beckapalooza’s
evangelism
a part of his cure Despite
all the words spilled in evaluating Glenn Beck’s revival last weekend,
the real meaning may have been hiding in plain sight. Read
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Letters
to the editor Welcome
back college
football in Morgantown
Transparency
needed
on union spending
Looking for a great
Mountaineers season Read
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New
shows feature
crime, punishment Crime and punishment, whether
it be on the streets or in the courtroom, is a running theme in many
new TV selections coming this fall. Read
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Column:
Theater
will be
missed Had I known earlier that
the Warner would be calling it quits Monday — that owners have
been contemplating closing its doors for at least three years — there’s
a lot I would have done differently. Read
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Glass
expert speaks
Sept. 13 at Alpine Lake A national expert on Appalachian
glass, Dean Six, will be the guest speaker at the next Alpine Learning
Program from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at Alpine Lake. Read
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