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TUESDAY,
JAN. 6, 2009 |
MORGANTOWN,
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8
stores – similar burglaries
Local
police think a rash of smash-and-grab burglaries might
have been committed by the same person or group of people.
At least eight businesses have reported burglaries since
Friday.
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Devono: District shouldn’t pay
for repairs
Monongalia County Schools Superintendent Frank Devono
said the district should “absolutely not” pay
the insurance deductible for the repairs of the extensive
water damage at University High School.
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Kennedy
new
commission
president
County
Commissioners Bob Bell and Asel Kennedy switched
seats to start off the first meeting of the new year.
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Mountaineer
Court tenants cited
The Morgantown Fire Department
cited some Mountaineer Court tenants Monday for continuing
to live in the building while it was condemned.
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UConn’s success begins with its guards
When Connecticut
has a center like Hasheem Thabeet, who stands 7-foot-3, and a power forward like
Jeff Adrien, who is 6-foot-7 and 243 pounds, they’re going to garner a
lot of attention.
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MHS
runs
past Huskies
Tyler
Anderson, Cody Petitte and Sam Runner led the way
for the Morgantown High boys’ basketball team
in a 64-41 home win over North Marion, on Monday
night.
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WVU
receives
second DB
commitment
The
Mountaineers netted another five-star recruit when highly
regarded Ely High School (Pompano Beach, Fla.) cornerback
Michael Carter verbally committed to WVU during Saturday’s
U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
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Mon
County prepares to get drug court up and running
Monongalia County’s
drug court could be up-and-running in the next
two months, once the hiring of a program coordinator
is finalized, Circuit Court Judge Russell Clawges
said.
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Art
and sole:
Patrons pitch
shoes at
Bush image
ASHLAND,
Ore. — Art was laced up with political statement
as a gallery opened an exhibit with a paint-splattered
fundraiser that featured a ‘‘shoe throw’’ at
an image of President George W. Bush.
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Manchin
to
seek BOG
replacement
candidates
Gov.
Joe Manchin plans to begin identifying candidates this week to
fill a vacancy on WVU’s Board of Governors, spokeswoman
Lara Ramsburg said Monday.
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Sleet,
snow expected today;
more snow Wed., Thurs.
Get
ready for a snowflake invasion.
Frank Strait, AccuWeather.com meteorologist, said there is
a winter weather advisory in effect because a storm moving
through Monday and into today
will bring icy conditions, including sleet and snow.
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W.Va.
Supreme Court
starts prison, jail review
CHARLESTON — The
state Supreme Court’s review of West Virginia’s
prison and jail system is under way with the hiring of a
full-time person to monitor the process.
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former justices: Benjamin should have bowed out
CHARLESTON — More
than two dozen of his former colleagues from across the country
believe West Virginia’s new chief justice was wrong to
hear a case involving Massey Energy.
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W.Va.
reviews mileage
rate for state workers
CHARLESTON — State
Administration Secretary Robert Ferguson is reviewing the reimbursement
rate for state workers who use their own vehicles on the job.
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Dem
aide: Obama supports
$300B tax cut plan
WASHINGTON — President-elect
Barack Obama, commencing face to face consultations with congressional
leaders Monday, is embracing an unexpectedly large tax cut of
up to $300 billion. Obama said the country faces an ‘‘extraordinary
economic challenge.’’
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Some
U.S. cities eliminate
criminal-history question
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Hoping to prevent convicts from
being shut out of the work force, some major U.S. cities
are eliminating questions from their job applications that
ask whether prospective employees have ever been convicted
of a crime.
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Bush
to establish 3 marine monuments in Pacific
WASHINGTON — President
George W. Bush plans to designate three remote Pacific island chains as national
monuments in what will be the largest marine conservation effort in history.
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U.S.
joins press for truce
as
Gaza onslaught goes on
GAZA
CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel seized control of high-rise
buildings and attacked houses, mosques and smuggling
tunnels as it pressed its offensive against the Gaza
Strip’s Hamas rulers on Monday, while the U.S.
joined a stream of countries pushing for a cease-fire.
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Guatemalan
mudslide
kills 34 and injures 15
GUATEMALA
CITY — A massive landslide tore down the side of a
mountain and buried a northern Guatemalan highway, killing
at least 34 people and leaving rescue workers to dig for
more victims Monday.
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Taliban
claims to have
killed 5,220 foreign troops
KABUL,
Afghanistan — The Taliban has long exaggerated its military
successes, but its figures for 2008 may be the militia’s
most startling claims yet.
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Treasury
provides $15B
from bailout pot to 7 banks
WASHINGTON —The
government said Monday it had supplied another $15 billion
to seven banks in the latest round of payments from the $700
billion rescue fund.
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Wall
St. investors collect
profits after last week’s rally
NEW
YORK — Caution returned to Wall Street on Monday as
investors gave back some gains from last week’s rally
even as they found encouragement from President-elect Barack
Obama’s calls for an economic stimulus package.
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BOLYARD,
Junior Lincoln
BROWN, Mary F.
GASPAR, Michael Francis “Mike”
HUMPHREY, Deloris M.
STAGGERS, Gloria Kaye
WEAVER, Luetta Jane
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Column:
WVU’s
Bryant
eager to face old teammate
For
those who are wondering how much respect Connecticut freshman guard
Kemba Walker garnered in high school, you don’t have to look
too far past WVU’s own Devin Ebanks.
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Big
East sets record
with 9 ranked teams
It
seems any conversation these days about the Big East men’s
basketball conference is about setting records.
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Mazzulla
upbeat as medical
redshirt deadline approaches
First
and foremost, Joe Mazzulla is always going to be his jovial self, even
if there isn’t much to celebrate these days.
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Steelers’ James
Harrison
named top NFL defender
James
Harrison slams down the current version of the Steel Curtain
better than any Pittsburgh Steeler, earning him The Associated
Press 2008 Defensive Player of the Year award. The linebacker
who had a career-high 16 sacks, setting a team record, and
led the NFL with a career-high seven forced fumbles, beat
Dallas’ DeMarcus Ware in balloting by a nationwide
panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters announced Monday.
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Texas
rallies past Ohio State
GLENDALE,
Ariz. — Colt McCoy hit Quan Cosby for a 26-yard touchdown
with 16 seconds to play, lifting third-ranked Texas to
a 24-21 Fiesta Bowl victory over No. 10 Ohio State on Monday
night.
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Harangody,
Notre Dame
down the Hoyas, 73-67
SOUTH
BEND, Ind. — Luke Harangody had 31 points and 11 rebounds
and No. 13 Notre Dame shot 45 percent against No. 9 Georgetown
in a 73-67 victory Monday night that ended a five-game losing
streak to the Hoyas.
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Community’s
future in transit
WVU
is getting personal about the PRT. Last month, a
survey was posted online to gather information on whether
or not the Personal Rapid Transit system is meeting
riders’ needs.
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To
take the survey or get more information abou the PRT
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States
seek financial deliverance from Obama administration
Like
pigs waiting in line to get their snouts in the feeding trough
come many of the nation’s governors — on the heels
of the mayors — asking Washington for bailout money.
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Letters
to the editor
We
are all Palestinians
today in light of violence
Restaurant
employees
should get break, too
Help
wanted to work
holidays at restaurants
Anything
better than
being ‘Bush-whacked’
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