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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012

MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA  

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Tot found at car wash

A 4 1/2-year-old autistic boy left his North Elementary School classroom undetected Tuesday morning and ran down a long, steep hill to Chestnut Ridge Road before being stopped by good Samaritans.
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Elevator death
remains under
investigation
KINGWOOD — Clifford Likens was “an ‘A’ number one fellow” who did anything he could to help out a friend.
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Officers honor fallen ‘brothers and sisters’

Nearly 30 local law enforcement officers honored the memory of Sgt. Michael Todd May and other fallen “brothers and sisters” Tuesday, at the Public Safety Building.
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Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer’s earlier
Nearly 30 local law enforcement officers honored the memory of Sgt. Michael Todd May and other fallen “brothers and sisters” Tuesday, at the Public Safety Building.
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Bargeron lassos
La Salle
WVU left-hander Zach Bargeron fell into the same trap that ensnares a lot of young college pitchers.
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Cee-Bees’ Tolley finds his niche in
400-meter dash
Most coaches will say they are only as good as their athletes. Coaches can make all the right decisions. They can teach the basics, set the lineup and motivate the team to achieve success. But, in the end, individuals make all the difference.
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Trinity’s Kerekes: Going to ‘put everything out there’
Brianna Kerekes has one shot to leave her mark at the West Virginia high school state track meet, and Trinity Christian’s senior sprinter plans to make the most of it.
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W.Va. inspectors file mass grievance
CHARLESTON — The push to hire new inspectors for West Virginia’s Marcellus shale natural gas reserve has prompted an outcry among veteran regulators, with 20 Department of Environmental Protection inspectors filing grievances this month.
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Cops: N.Y. man
shoots friend in
leg at his request

STOCKHOLM, N.Y. — Authorities said a northern New York man had his friend shoot him in the leg with a rifle because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot.

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CPS still short-staffed

CHARLESTON — State Child Protective Services (CPS) has been fighting a staff shortage for years, Commissioner Rocco Fucillo told a gathering of legislators Tuesday morning.
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Inner City renews its biz license
Inner City Professional Realty now has a West Virginia business license, an official with the state tax department said Tuesday.

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Parsons assures $4M more
on way in ’13

KINGWOOD — The Preston County Board of Education shared a presentation made to the state School Building Authority (SBA) in March at Monday’s meeting. Superintendent Larry Parsons said that while only $4 million of the $8 million requested was granted in April, he fully expects to receive the rest of the money when he and Board President Kathy McNeill present the project again next year.
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Combat-battalion jobs
opened to women

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Female soldiers this week are moving into new jobs in once all-male units as the Army breaks down formal barriers in recognition of what has already happened in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Obama threatens defense veto
WASHINGTON — The White House threatened on Tuesday to veto the House Armed Service Committee’s version of next year’s defense budget, arguing that the $642 billion measure adds billions to President Barack Obama’s request and limits the military’s ability to execute a new defense strategy.
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Panel calls for steep cuts
in U.S. nukes

WASHINGTON — An influential panel is calling for an 80 percent reduction of U.S. nuclear weapons and an elimination of all nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Palestinians march in
annual mourning ritual

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinians on Tuesday marked their mass displacement that followed Israel’s creation with a blend of sadness and hope, stopping in their tracks for a mournful siren but also flashing victory signs and carrying banners proclaiming their right of return.
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AKERS, James Monroe Jr.
CONGER, Carley Ann
HIGHT, Mary J.
KENT, Leota Mae Taylor Gregg
LIKENS, Clifford Willis
MORGAN, Rev. Mary Elizabeth
PULLER, Dr. Leon Saul
SANDERS, Thomas William “Bill Tom”
SOLOMON, Jonah Henry
TRICKETT, Robert Earl
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Former WVU baseball star Carpenter moved to Astros’ AAA
The Houston Astros optioned former East Fairmont High and WVU star David Carpenter to Class AAA Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The move became necessary when the Astros recalled right-handed pitcher Jordan Lyles, who started Tuesday’s game, at Philadelphia.
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Column: Veteran staff
in place for men’s hoops

If nothing else, the WVU men’s basketball team will enter this upcoming season in the Big 12 Conference with one of the most experienced coaching staffs in the nation.
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Schmitt works out for
NFL’s Raiders

Former WVU fullback Owen Schmitt, who played for the Mountaineers from 2005-’07, worked out for the Oakland Raiders on Monday. Schmitt was drafted in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL draft by the Seattle Seahawks, where he played for two seasons. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles for the past two seasons and is currently a free agent.
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Doctor: Bulls’ Derrick Rose
out 8-12 months to recover

CHICAGO — Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose faces a recovery of eight months to a year from knee surgery.
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Syria to send 10 athletes
to Olympics

DAMASCUS, Syria — The president of the Syrian Olympic Committee said the war-torn country will send 20 sports officials and 10 athletes to the London Games.
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Pacers win 78-75, late chances doom Miami
MIAMI — No Big Three meant one big problem for Miami, and one very big win for Indiana.
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Here comes the neighborhood
It won’t ever be “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”
But recent decisions could make Morgantown’s Sunnyside area a bit homier. You might even say these efforts have the makings of a walk in the park.
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Obama’s gay marriage
gamble playing the odds

As a political issue, same-sex marriage is like playing 3-D chess: Opponents of the idea need to move quickly because the game board is tilting slowly but steadily in favor of the other side.
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Letters to the editor
Semantic difference
not worth dividing us

Restore opera radio broadcasts in state

When in doubt about
going to ER, just go
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Strawberry fields
The month of May brings more than just flowers. It also hails the start of strawberry season.

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Berry festival continues
this week in Buckhannon

Buckhannon’s West Virginia Strawberry Festival returns starting at noon today on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan and across the town. It will continue through Sunday. There is no admission cost.

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Column: Summertime and the living is just great
Here it is the middle of May, and I’m already thinking of my favorite time of the year, which is July.

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