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MONDAY,
JAN. 5, 2009 |
MORGANTOWN,
WEST VIRGINIA |
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Mon
General wants
doc search role
Officials
at Monongalia General Hospital — dissatisfied with
WVU’s progress in recruiting new heart surgeons — have
asked to be involved in the search, Mon General President
and CEO Dave Robertson said this week.
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Event center benefits
from warm winter days
Construction crews have benefitted from the recent
unseasonably warm weather that has enabled work on
the $22-million event center in the Wharf District
to continue.
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’09
paving
projects
announced
The
city of Morgantown compiled a list of nine main streets
that could get a fresh coat of asphalt as part of
the 2009 Street Paving program, and has set aside
about $400,000 to cover the cost.
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West
Virginia
sticking with
investment outlook
CHARLESTON — Managers
of West Virginia’s main investments are hoping the
worst is over after the global financial crisis erased
about $2.6 billion from the state’s portfolio since
June.
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Rankings are of no
concern for WVU
against UConn
Chances
are Connecticut will drop from its No. 2 ranking heading into Tuesday’s
matchup with West Virginia, at the WVU Coliseum, after the Huskies lost to Georgetown
at home last week.
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Pitt
star goes for
34 points in win
PITTSBURGH — Shavonte
Zellous spent most of the first half watching from
the bench Sunday afternoon, as her 19th-ranked Pitt
Panthers struggled to a 34-31 lead against West Virginia.
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Mountaineers
unsatisfied
with
result
PITTSBURGH — WVU
forward Liz Repella wanted to take solace in her 18-point,
four-rebound performance on Sunday afternoon in front of
a large contingent of her hometown Steubenville, Ohio,
fans.
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Woman
launches Web site
to find
husband in 2009
FRANKLIN,
N.J. — Neenah Pickett’s New Year’s
resolution contains a challenge for 2009: Find a husband,
or give up dating for a year.
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Review:
Belt it out with these
musical games
Thanks
to the current wave of musical games, you can have your
guests singing all night long. For ‘‘American
Idol’’ wannabes, there are karaoke games like
Sony’s ‘‘SingStar.’’ For
those of us who can’t carry a tune, there are instrumental
games like ‘‘Rock Band 2’’ and ‘‘Guitar
Hero World Tour.’’ These familiar titles remain
your best bets for a lively party, but there are some new
contenders.
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State
gets ready for
Feb. start to 10-digit dialing
West
Virginians are getting ready for the state’s upcoming change
to 10-digit dialing for all local calls.
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PMH
gets $400K upgrade
A
$400,000 CT scanner now resides at Preston Memorial Hospital,
just one more tool to better serve patients.
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Dogs
can enjoy new
place to play at Krepps
Stanley’s
Spot may be closed, but a new $12,000 dog park opened in December at Krepps Park.
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Pocket
doors at
Capitol restored
CHARLESTON — As
the restoration of the state Capitol continues, General Services
Division Director David Oliverio often finds himself amazed
with the results.
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Strayer
to open W.Va.
offices in Putnam County
CHARLESTON — Strayer
University plans to open in Putnam County, the company’s
first location in West Virginia.
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Richardson
withdraws
bid to be commerce secretary
WASHINGTON — New
Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing
his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama’s commerce
secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some of his
political donors won a lucrative state contract.
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Hoyer:
Stimulus unlikely
before inaugurationn
WASHINGTON — Don’t expect Congress to have an
economic recovery plan ready for Barack Obama when he takes
office Jan. 20.
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Illinois
gov. allies vanish
as impeachment vote nears
SPRINGFIELD,
Ill. — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich doesn’t have many friends these
days, particularly among the lawmakers who will decide whether to throw him out
of office.
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30
killed in Baghdad
BAGHDAD — Iraqi
police said a female suicide bomber has detonated an explosive
vest among a group of pilgrims worshipping at a Shiite shrine
in Baghdad, killing at least 30 people.
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Police:
Suicide attack
kills 7 in Pakistan
DERA
ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A suicide bomber attacked police
Sunday in northwest Pakistan as they rushed to treat civilians
injured by an earlier explosion, killing seven people and
wounding at least 25 others, said a police official.
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Somali
governor: 2
journalists released
MOGADISHU,
Somalia — Two foreign journalists — a Briton and
a Spaniard — were released Sunday after nearly six weeks
in captivity in Somalia, a regional official said.
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AUVIL,
Richard Eugene
BOLYARD, Junior Lincoln
BROWN, John Lloyd “Skip” Jr.
BROWN, Mary
DALTON, Burdis William “Johnny”
DENSON, Donald Clayton
DUNN, Robert Wayne
GASPAR, Michael Francis “Mike”
LUTHER, Susan Rhodes
VARNER, Charles Howard
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Column:
Senior season turns
White into a passer
WVU
quarterback Patrick White’s decision to finish his senior season
instead of going out for the NFL draft as a junior was probably one
of the best decision’s he has made in his life.
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Longhorns,
Buckeyes
ready for Fiesta Bowl
GLENDALE,
Ariz. — Texas coach Mack Brown has a theory about bowl
games.
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Louisville
survives
scare from Kentucky
LOUISVILLE,
Ky. — Edgar Sosa is finally out of Rick Pitino’s
doghouse.
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Marquette
pounds
Cincinnati
MILWAUKEE
— Marquette wanted to win its first two Big East Conference
games this season — and Jerel McNeal made sure it happened
Sunday.
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Welcome
to the
neighborhood
Welcome
back — to the neighborhood.
That’s our message to the Rock Forge Neighborhood
House as it opens its doors today in a new location — at
the Sabraton Community Center on Listravia Avenue.
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On
Jan. 20,
our
country
will be back
So
I was talking to my Mom the other day. We were talking about
this and that — politics, family members, friends, new
babies and such.
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Ask
not for plum
appointments
to
U.S. Senate
Caroline
Kennedy’s timing is impeccable. One shouldn’t expect
any less from someone whose surname is synonymous with ‘‘Camelot,’’ all
things gracious and semi-royal.
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Airing
grievances
against 2008’s worst games
Real news from the virtual world:
With so little happening in the video-game industry this week,
there’s no better time to conduct an Airing of Grievances.
So, in honor of ‘‘Seinfeld’’ patriarch
and Festivus creator Frank Costanza, here are the worst games
of 2008. No soup for them.
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