Competition for fed facility The
Monongalia County Commission isn’t the only entity interested
in the Harley O. Staggers Federal Building in downtown Morgantown. Read
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An illegal
problem? Morgantown’s
illegal resident
issue so small, government
puts it on the back burner Read
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Police
see
car thefts
increase Morgantown
police officers have seen a jump in reports of stolen vehicles.
Since July 13, there have been at least four reported vehicle
thefts inside the city limits. Read
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Businesses
irked at IRS rule in new law WASHINGTON — Tucked
into the new health care law is a requirement that could become a paperwork
nightmare for nearly 40 million businesses. Read
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The Dynamic Duo: A
Q&A
with Noel Devine and Jock Sanders On
a hot and hazy summer afternoon by the Puskar Center, Noel Devine and Jock
Sanders — aka Batman and Superman, aka “the alpha dogs” — were
about to begin their daily workout. But first they were practicing their
alternate sport — friendly banter. Read
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Overton
opens
a 3-shot lead WHITE
SULPHUR SPRINGS — Jeff Overton saw J.B. Holmes and D.A. Points
flirt with 59s, then rode his own hot finish to move one round of his
first PGA Tour win. Read
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Slaton
eager to win back starting job HOUSTON — Steve
Slaton has some young and eager competition as he tries to regain his spot
as the Houston Texans’ featured running back. In Slaton’s mind,
he never lost the job, despite a sub-par second season that ended a month
early because of a neck injury. Read
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‘Touch-A-Truck’ raises money for cancer outreach Say you’re 3.
Years old, that is.
And you find yourself in the driver’s seat of a truck crane — one
of those giant, hydraulic jobs with tires taller than you.
What do you do? Read
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Rowers
break
Atlantic record
from N.Y. to U.K. LONDON — A
four-man rowing team has broken the 114-year-old record for crossing
the Atlantic from New York to Britain by 11 days. Read
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Oliverio
out-earns McKinley The
campaign war chests for congressional candidates David McKinley and Mike Oliverio
were nearly even at the end of the July quarterly filing period, according to
the Federal Election Commission. Read
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Preston,
Mon short pollworkers
Monongalia County needs 50 pollworkers for the Aug. 28 special primary election
to fill U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd’s vacant seat. Read
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WVU
study points to new child cholesterol screening guides A
recent WVU study suggests that parents who don’t have a family
history of high cholesterol may want to have their children screened
anyway. Read
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Hacker
builds $1,500
cell-phone tapping devices LAS
VEGAS — A computer security researcher has built a device
for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls
and record everything that’s said.
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Informant:
WikiLeaks
suspect had civilian help HAGERSTOWN,
Md. — An Army private charged with leaking classified material
to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks had civilian help, a key
figure in the case said Saturday.
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Search
goes on for Kyron PORTLAND,
Ore. — The first accounts of 7-year-old Kyron Horman’s disappearance
were a parent’s nightmare: A boy vanishes from the safe haven of his
elementary school.
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Afghan
official: 3 die in
Kunduz suicide bombing KABUL,
Afghanistan — A former militia commander who supported the Afghan
government and two others were killed Saturday night by a suicide bomber
who blew himself up at a football game in northern Afghanistan, officials
said.
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Death
toll in Pakistani
floods surges past 800 NOWSHERA,
Pakistan — The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged
past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an
official said. The damage to roads, bridges and communications networks
hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees
arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea and skin problems.
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Men
swapped at
birth work, live together SAO
PAULO — Two years back, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didn’t
know of each other’s existence. Then they learned they had been accidentally
switched at birth more than 20 years ago.
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BANDIERA,
Tony J. Sr.
FLOWERS, Max D.
FILANDINO, Joseph “Joe” Charles
JOHNSON, Ruby F.
KENNEDY, Junior Carl
POPERNACK, Andrew G. Jr.
ROBINSON, Dennis
TURNER, Ruth Cox
VALLYATHAN, Dr. Velayudhan “Val” Read
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Players
revel in a tough summer Since
he arrived at WVU, in 2008, strength and conditioning director Mike Joseph has
been fighting an uphill battle. He knew it would take time for the football players
under his watch to adjust to the intensity of his workouts. That didn’t
happen during his first year with the Mountaineers, and it didn’t happen
this past season, either. Read
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Column:
Getting up to
speed on long Devine runs:
strength + explosion Consider
these stats, and then a fact: Since December 2005, the WVU football team has
had 33 rushing plays go for 50 yards or more. In the 12 seasons between 1993
and 2004, the Mountaineers had 17 such runs. Read
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WVU’s
Campriani wins
10-meter gold at world
shooting championships WVU
senior Nicco Campriani won the 10-meter men’s air rifle at the 50th International
Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) world championship Saturday, at Munich, Germany. Read
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Pat
White returns
to Miami practice
after 1-day absence DAVIE,
Fla. — The absence of Miami Dolphins reserve quarterback Pat White, a former
WVU star, from the first day of practice Friday was notable. Read
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Roethlisberger
practices
with the Steelers’ starters LATROBE,
Pa. — His No. 7 hasn’t changed. Neither has his place in the offense.
Ben Roethlisberger is the Steelers’ starting quarterback, and that was
quickly evident during their first practice of training camp. Read
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Pocono
chief promising
safety changes ONG
POND, Pa. — Pocono Raceway keeps taking hits.
Often criticized by drivers for unnecessary 500-mile races and for clogging
two spots on the Sprint Cup schedule, the 2 1/2-mile triangle track is
now deemed by some as unsafe, after an accident in the June race involving
Kasey Kahne. Read
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Misplaced trust The
main thing people want from cemeteries is that their loved ones rest in peace
there.
In the case of the dead in military cemeteries — it’s often the peace
many never did know. Read
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State cannot
afford to get
fooled again with outsourcing
Kyle Schafer, the chief technology officer for the West Virginia Office
of Technology, is proposing to outsource almost all of the information
technology (IT) functions and employees in the executive branch of state
government. Read
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Letter
to the Editor
Government
should
do right thing on mine
Preston
Countians
should get involved
Take
kids to a dietitian
instead of psychiatrist Read
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Blennerhassett
brings
our past to life From
the riverbank of Belpre, Ohio’s Civitan Park, where a sternwheeler
dubbed Island Belle ferries visitors around and eventually onto its shores — Blennerhassett
Island’s initial impression is deceptively provincial on a muggy,
rain-spattered July afternoon. Read
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Column:
Constructing
an outfit can take months When
it comes to the myriad things I obsess about, few fixations hold the
power of the already-planned outfit. Read
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Taking
a bite out of the bills? CHICAGO — When
Jeremy Reis got Bodhi last summer, he immediately took out a pet insurance
policy on the yellow Labrador puppy. That wound up being a wise decision. Read
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