The Dominion Post

Preston BOE eyes mineral cash
KINGWOOD — Preston County Schools is soliciting proposals for lease agreements “regarding oil-, gas- and coal-bed methane gas that may be present under property” it owns, according to a legal ad in The Dominion Post.
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Judge denies
Sears, Logar
legal request
A federal judge denied two former WVU officials’ request to amend their lawsuit against the university.
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Appliances catch fire at
Hickory Ridge Road house
A small fire in the washer and dryer of a Cheat-area home caused minor damage Thursday.
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Panel: Start now to
replace Nevada nuke site
WASHINGTON — The United States should start looking for an alternative to replace the failed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada that cost an estimated $15 billion but was never completed, a presidential commission said Thursday.
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Pentagon: Army, Marines
to shrink as budget slows
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon outlined a plan Thursday for slowing the growth of military spending, including cutting the size of the Army and Marine Corps, retiring older planes and trimming war costs. It drew quick criticism from Republicans, signaling the difficulty of scaling back defense budgets in an election year.
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Pa. carjack-hoax mom
gets 8 years for $1M fraud
PHILADELPHIA — The in-vitro treatments. The suburban house. The lavish trips and dinners out.
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Egypt bans travel for
U.S. official’s son, 9 others
CAIRO — Egypt banned at least 10 Americans and Europeans from leaving the country, including the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood, hiking tensions with Washington, D.C., over a campaign by Egypt’s military against groups promoting democracy and human rights.
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Somali captors move hostage
after U.S. Navy SEAL raid
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Pirates moved an American hostage at least three times in 24 hours and threatened Thursday to kill him after U.S. Navy SEALs rescued an American and a Dane in a bold, dark-of-night raid that raises questions about whether other Western captives are now in greater danger.
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Medical group halts work
in Libyan city’s prisons
BENGHAZI, Libya — Doctors Without Borders has suspended its work in prisons in the Libyan city of Misrata because it said torture was so rampant that some detainees were brought for care only to make them fit for further interrogation, the group said Thursday.
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GRIBBLE, Bonnie R.
KROUSE, Eric Marshall
MERSING, C. Dwaine Sr.
MAYFIELD, David Fredrick
ROBY, Sadie Don
WHITE, Pauline Scaggs
WILKINS, Goldie B.
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Ryan takes
competition by the throat
Matt Ryan had every reason to stay in bed last weekend and miss his WVU wrestling team’s home dual meets, against Bloomsburg and Clarion.
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Column: Hawks-Mohigans
the perfect game
to wrap up with
During football season, I would make regular visits to area high schools to check in with the players and coaches.
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WVU-Marshall Sept. 1
HUNTINGTON — Marshall will open the 2012 football season in Morgantown, against WVU, on Sept. 1.
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Chara opens NHL stars’
draft by picking Datsyuk
GATINEAU, Quebec — Zdeno Chara went with offense in taking Detroit Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk with the No. 1 pick in the NHL All-Star draft. Daniel Alfredsson stuck closer to home, choosing Ottawa Senators defenseman and teammate Erik Karlsson with his club’s first selection.
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Levin, Stanley tied
at Farmers tourney
SAN DIEGO — Spencer Levin and Kyle Stanley knew they had to post low scores on the easier North Course at Torrey Pines to get off to a good start Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open. It went even better than they expected.
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Nadal defeats
Federer, makes
tourney final
MELBOURNE, Australia — Only the trophy and the tears were missing from this latest Grand Slam installment of Rafa vs. Roger.
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Homeless figures
will never add up
As the old saying goes, where you stand depends on where you sit. And from where Morgantown stands the good news about homelessness on our streets still doesn’t sit too well.
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Earthlings know different:
We want our planet back
Florida is the state that put the first man on the moon, NBC’s Brian Williams noted at the Republican presidential debate in Tampa. He asked the candidates, “At a time when you all want to shrink federal spending, should space exploration be a priority?”
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Letters to the editor
Are we to become a
second-rate power?

Weighing the perils
of navigating roadway

If Gingrich gets nod,
there are only 2 choices
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'The Grey'
2 stars. As the grizzled, morose sniper John Ottway, Liam Neeson is among a roughneck band of Alaskan oil refinery workers who, while being shuttled by plane to Anchorage for vacation, crash violently in a storm, stranding them in the snowy tundra.
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'Man on a Ledge'
1 1/2 stars. This so-called thriller about a disgraced cop who threatens to jump off a building to divert attention from a heist going on across the street isn’t even implausible in a fun way.
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'Red Tails'
2 stars. George Lucas self-financed the tale of the black World War II pilots who braved the segregation of Jim Crowe America and, against the odds, rose up at the Tuskegee Institute.
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