Magro ‘willing, able’ to help
Monongalia
County assistant prosecutor, Phil Magro, told the County Commission in
a letter Thursday the County Prosecutor’s Office was “ready,
willing and able,” to file a request on behalf of the commission
for more time to hear property value appeals. Read
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Bill Maloney
announces
candidacy CHARLESTON — Morgantown
resident Bill Maloney will run again for governor. Maloney, a Re- publican
who lost by less than 2 percent to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin in the October
special election, announced his intentions Thursday
morning in Morgantown, at Ruby & Ketchy’s restaurant, near his
Cheat Lake home. Read
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Cub Scout pack
holds annual
Pinewood Derby
Rusty Ireland thought the idea of passing down his wood-working skills was
an extinct notion. Having daughters will do that, he said. Read
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Former
employee
sues Patriot Coal An
ex-employee of Patriot Coal’s Federal No. 2 mine
is suing the company and his former bosses, saying they
pressured him to manipulate mine safety inspections and
falsify reports. Read
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’Eers zone out
in ugly loss When
Kevin Jones looked up at the Madison Square Garden clock Wednesday
and saw the WVU men’s basketball team had scored only six points
in 12 minutes of first-half action, he knew it was going to be another
tough night for the Mountaineers’ offense. Read
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Napoleon
following
his father Even
though St. Peter’s Prep (Jersey City, N.J.) cornerback
Brandon Napoleon took his first official visit to WVU just this
month, he’s more than prepared to call WVU his home. Read
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Mohigans,’ Hawks’
girls are victorious MHS
beats John Marshall, 54-44, while UHS defeats Preston, 57-52. Read
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THE FIRST AMENDMENT
Police:
Murder
suspect’s testimony
changed over time Andrew McIntyre gave police two versions of
events that led up to him shooting Marcus Toothman with a compound bow and arrow
Oct. 17, 2010. Read
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FBI: Slaying plot was to be blamed on victim’s cat EAST
ST. LOUIS, Ill. — An Illinois man is jailed on federal
charges that he planned to kidnap, extort and electrocute a wealthy
man in a scheme that sought to blame the killing on the intended
victim’s cat. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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WVU-Marshall
Sept. 1 HUNTINGTON — Marshall will open the 2012
football season in Morgantown, against WVU, on Sept. 1. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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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?” Read
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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 Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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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. Read
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