Cases back W.Va. charges
Two
court cases cited in Rachel Shoaf ’s plea agreement
outline why her case can be handled in West Virginia, while
a court transcript from her plea hearing suggests that
Skylar Neese was murdered in Pennsylvania . Read
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Surgeon and patient: Jolie decision right WVU
Hospitals Interim Chief of Surgical Oncology Hannah Hazard said a double mastectomy
is something doctors counsel patients to undergo if they have the same genetic
trait
that led actress Angelina Jolie to undergo the procedure. Read
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Honors
Convocation
held for students,
canine companions Friday’s
WVU Honors Convocation, which kicks off graduation weekend, featured a
furry grad that walked on four legs —
Elkie the service dog. Read
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Police
arrest woman A
Morgantown woman is accused of embezzling more than $4,000 from a video
gambling parlor. Read
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Hawks,
Mohigans vie for state titles High-powered
Hawks face a
challenge from young MHS Read
more ... Champs Mohigans’ 4X800
wins
in school-record tim
Clouds
hang over air shows after budget cuts BRUNSWICK,
Maine —Patty Wagstaff is a Hollywood stunt pilot, three time
U.S. aerobatic champion, inductee to the National Aviation Hall of
Fame and favorite on the air show circuit. One of her tricked-out
planes is on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Read
more ... Anteater’s
birth
has zoo staff in
Conn. puzzled GREENWICH,
Conn. — An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation
center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived. Read
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Preston
sheriff pleased
with work so far KINGWOOD —Preston
County Sheriff Dan Loughrie has completed the first quarter of his first
year in office and feels pretty good about what he’s achieved, though
he admits he still has plenty to do. Read
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MLA
students take
learning outside Students
at Morgantown Learning Academy (MLA) took on a host of activities Friday,
sponsored by three of the school ’s partner organizations Friday. Read
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Sabraton
Walgreens unlocks doors with ‘soft opening’ Friday Morgantown’s
newest Walgreens, on Earl Core Road in Sabraton, quietly opened its doors
Friday. Read
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House
panel subpoenas
Benghazi probe co-chair WASHINGTON — The
head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee subpoenaed
the co-chairman of the independent review board that investigated last
year’s
attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, to answer questions
about the panel’s findings behind closed doors. Read
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U.S.
slams missiles going
to Syria regime WASHINGTON —The
Obama administration denounced Russia on Friday for providing Syrian President
Bashar Assad’s regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons
would only worsen a war that Washington and Moscow have been promising
to work together on stopping. Read
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GOP
hopes IRS
woes will snag law WASHINGTON —Republicans
hope the furor about federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups
will snag President Barack Obama’s health care law. Read
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Rights
groups: Syria holds
thousands incommunicado BEIRUT — About
30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door
to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus.
They grabbed a 24-year old university student and drove off. Read
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Bombs
aimed at Sunnis
kill 76 in Iraq BAGHDAD — Bombs
ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing
at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. Read
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Ex-Argentine dictator
dies
at 87 in prison BUENOS
AIRES, Argentina —
Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a
1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow
citizens in a dirty war to eliminate so called “subversives, ”died
quietly in his sleep Friday while serving life in prison for crimes against
humanity. He was 87. Read
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Cowboys’ lefthander
in shutout STILLWATER,
Okla. — Tyler Nurdin tossed his second career shutout to lead 16th
ranked Oklahoma State to a series-clinching 5-0 win against WVU on Friday,
at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. Read
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Reaves
rejoins Carey’s
women’s hoops staff Former
WVU women’s basketball assistant coach Sharrona Reaves has re-joined the
staff
as an assistant, head coach Mike Carey said Friday.Reaves signed a one-year contract that
pays her $100,000. Read
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Column:
Athletes should be
‘
Roads ’ scholars by
time they graduate The
date was March 3, 2007, which in the grand scheme of things is no more an important
date
than the one on which bologna was invented or someone was shocked for the first
time
by sticking a finger in a light socket. Read
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Muffed
fly ball gives
Pirates comeback win PITTSBURGH —Jimmy
Paredes dropped Russell Martin's bases-loaded fly ball when he collided
with second baseman Jake Elmore with two outs in the ninth inning, the
second missed catch by a Houston right fielder, and the Pittsburgh Pirates
rallied past the Astros, 5-4, Friday. Read
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Edwards
on pole at Star race CONCORD,
N.C. — Carl Edwards captured the pole for the Sprint All-Star race
at Charlotte Motor Speedway, paying tribute to the late Dick Trickle along
the way. Read
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Crosby,
Pens in command
with victory PITTSBURGH — Sidney
Crosby had his second career playoff hat trick and the Pittsburgh Penguins
beat the Ottawa Senators, 4-3, on Friday, to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference
semifinals. Read
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Taxation
not for
political purposes IRS’s
great power requires even greater
responsibility from high-profile agency. Read
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What
to do when a line of inquiry crosses the line The
new immigration study released by the Heritage Foundation, a leading conservative
think tank, quickly went from fanfare
to fiasco. Read
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Letter
to the editor ‘Oh
that babies treated
like dogs in this country’ Read
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