$17M sought for fed building
Proposals
for financing the renovation of the Harley O. Staggers
Federal Building, the former downtown Post Office, are
being accepted by the Monongalia County Commission. Read
more ...
Hunt takes
experience
on the road Jim
Hunt, the former Sunnyside Up director who now travels the country as a consultant
for civic leaders of towns big and small, loves tossing out ponderables
in his talks. Read
more ...
Reaching
for
the STARS WVU’s
Center for Black
Culture and Research recently
hosted its annual Dr. Carter
G. Woodson Black Graduates
Recognition Celebration. Read
more ...
White
House: Obama not involved in scandal WASHINGTON — A
top
White House adviser insisted
Sunday that President Barack
Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups
only “when it came out in the news.” Republicans continued
to press the administration
for more answers. Read
more ...
WVU
earns No. 3 seed in Big 12 tourney The
WVU baseball team,
picked to finish last by the Big 12
Conference ’s coaches at the start
of the season, will be the No. 3
seed in the league tournament
that begins Wednesday, in Oklahoma
City. Read
more ...
Murray’s big day If it’s true that life
is simply a
collection of the decisions we
make, then WVU forward Aaric
Murray, who earned his degree
in multidisciplinary studies
Sunday, can pinpoint the choice
that saved his life. Read
more ...
Ottawa
takes
down Pens in
double OT IOTTAWA — Colin Greening
scored 7:39 into double overtime,
and the Ottawa Senators rallied
for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh
Penguins that cut their series
deficit to 2-1 on Sunday
night. Read
more ...
Decision looms
for House with Thompson’s departure CHARLESTON — West
Virginia ’s House of Delegates
faces a momentous decision
once Speaker Rick
Thompson departs for Gov.
Earl Ray Tomblin’s Cabinet:
Choosing a new leader
will help set the stage for
2014, when Republicans aim
to wipe out the Democrats’
ebbing majority. Read
more ... Funeral
home has
bicycle hearse
for 1 last ride EUGENE,
Ore. — A funeral home in offers natural burials where the
ride to the person’s final resting place is on the back
of a three-wheeled bicycle. Read
more ...
Students
slightly
more ruly WVU
saw a small decrease in
total sanctions against students this past school year. It also saw a dramatic
drop in the number of
malicious burning cases and a
rise in hazing incidents. Read
more ...
Water
shed
groups will
share $40K The West Virginia Water Research
Institute, a program of the National Research Center for Coal and Energy at WVU,
has awarded $40,000 to local watershed organizations. Read
more ...
Winter
proves tasty
in Europe I SPENT THE WINTER in Vilnius, Lithuania, far enough north so
mid-summer nights don’t get completely dark, and winter days have only
a few hours of light. In dark, cold December, my sister arrived from Italy, and
took out a small can of olive oil from her luggage. The taste of the oil (on
good Lithuanian bread) transported me in my heart back to sunny olive groves. Read
more ...
AP
CEO: Records seizure unconstitutional WASHINGTON — The
president and chief executive
officer of The Associated
Press on Sunday called the
gover nment’s secret seizure
of two months of reporters’ phone records “unconstitutional” and said the news cooperative
had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department. Read
more ...
Official:
Va. driver likely
had medical condition DAMASCUS,
Va. — Authorities believe the driver
who plowed into dozens of
hikers marching in a Virginia
mountain town parade
suffered from a medical condition
and did not cause the
crash intentionally, an emergency
official said Sunday. Read
more ...
Fate
of L.A. pot shops
left to voters LOS
ANGELES — Los
Angeles politicians have
struggled for more than five
years to regulate medical
marijuana, trying to balance
the needs of the sick against
neighborhood concerns that
pot shops attract crime. Read
more ...
MHS’s
Hanson
signs
with
Shepherd University Surrounded
by her parents, Karen and Ken, and
with Morgantown High head softball coach Lorri
Lipscomb (right) and assistants Jennifer Poland and
Megan Keith, Mohigans standout Tara Hanson signs
her letter to attend Shepherd University. Read
more ...
MHS’s
Golden signs with
Fairmont State Surrounded
by her parents, Theresa and Mike, and
with Morgantown High girl’s basketball coach Adam
Henkins (right) and AAU coaches Benji Bradley and
Eric Pryor, Mohigans standout Alicia Golden signs her
letter to attend Fairmont State University as an invited
walk-on. Read
more ...
Column:
PHS
relay team still finds success
without top finish THE
STATE TRACK MEET has a tendency
to bring out the remarkable in athletes. Read
more ...
Spurs
rout Grizzlies in
West finals opener SAN
ANTONIO — The
San Antonio Spurs opened
the Western Conference finals
resembling the past
champions who’ve been
there so many times before. Read
more ...
Boychuk
breaks Game 2 tie, Bruins top Rangers BOSTON — Claude Julien
wanted his Bruins
to play more aggressively in the third period. The Boston coach got his
wish with the help of some shaky defense by the New
York Rangers. Read
more ...
Bae
outduels
Bradley to win
Byron Nelson IRVING,
Texas — Sang-Moon Bae won the Byron Nelson Championship
on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, beating Keegan Bradley by two strokes
after
blowing a four-stroke lead. The 26-year-old South Korean closed with a 1-under
69 to finish at 13-under 267. Read
more ...
I’m
not from
here,
yet may
find my place “I’M
NOT FROM HERE,” I say, whenever
I’m asked about how I like
something particular to West
Virginia. I’ve lived here seven
months.
Facebook,
Twitter announce
apps for Google’s Glass SAN
FRANCISCO —
Google says it’s still figuring
out the best ways to use
Glass, but the company announced
recently that Facebook,
Twitter and several
other media firms have
built their own applications
for the futuristic-looking
wearable computer.
‘Zombieland’ series
is
dead at Amazon LOS
ANGELES — Amazon hasn’t yet announcedwhich of the 14 pilots
it released last month will be getting series orders, but there’s
already been one confirmed casualty: “Zombieland.” Read
more ...
