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19-year-old
is charged, jailed
Two
men were shot early Sunday in downtown Morgantown, but city
police do not believe their injuries are life threatening.
A 19-year-old has been charged and remains in jail.
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DOH investigates
construction project
West
Virginia Division of Highways officials are looking
into a development along Mileground Road, between
Cunningham, Powell and Alexander Certified Public
Accountants and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America Local Union No. 604.
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Preston
OKs 1st payment for modulars
ModSpace
will be paid for the modulars at Preston High School — at
least 80 percent of the agreed upon amount.
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US
Government takes over mortgage giants
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration seized control Sunday of troubled
mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, aiming to stabilize the housing market
turmoil that is threatening financial markets and the overall economy.
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WVU ‘too tense’
in loss to E. Carolina
The way WVU football coach Bill Stewart saw it, his team
became too tense during Saturday’s 24-3 loss at East
Carolina.
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Column:
WVU
misses Schmitt
in worst way
Sure the Pirates upset Virginia Tech the week before they
played WVU. But really, who saw THIS upset coming?
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ECU
returns to
Top 25 at No. 14
NEW
YORK — East Carolina can’t play the underdog
role anymore. After opening the season by upsetting two
ranked teams, the Pirates earned themselves a place in
the AP Top 25 for the first time in nine years.
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Britney
sweeps MTV awards
LOS
ANGELES — It took a year, but Britney Spears’ comeback
on the MTV Video Music Awards is finally a reality.
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Fish
flies out
of lake, breaks
Ark. teen’s jaw
LITTLE ROCK,
Ark. — A teenager’s jaw was broken when a fish flew from the lake
where he was riding in an inner tube and smacked him in the face.
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Lifelong
Learning Week proclaimed, starts Sept. 22
Some
say you never stop learning. Some are designating a week this
month to prove to you that it’s
true.
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Florence
Merow Mason Dixon Festival wraps up
A
9-year-old boy captured a medal and beat some adults after
correctly answering a question about the Civil War during the
22nd annual Florence Merow Mason Dixon Festival that wrapped
up Sunday.
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No
time for toxic talk
Toxic
talk kills all of us at least a little.
What do I mean by the phrase “toxic talk?”
Talk that demeans someone or something.
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Threat
shadows W.Va.
veteran statue
CHARLESTON, — To artist Joe Mullins, recent history appears ready to repeat
itself.
Mullins was hired nearly 10 years ago to sculpt a statue to honor West Virginia’s
female veterans. But a fight over the design all but derailed the project five
years ago.
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WVU
releases updated
state metro statistics
Updated economic and demographic statistics on the state’s 55 counties
and 16 metropolitan areas are available from WVU.
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Pa.
stubs out smoking
in public places
PHILADELPHIA — Smokers
who enjoy lighting up in restaurants after a meal or in work during a lunch break
only have a few more days before a new law makes them quit the habit.
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Auto
industry to press
Congress for $50B in loans
WASHINGTON — Auto industry allies hope to secure up to $50 billion in government
loans this month that would pay to modernize plants and help struggling car makers
build more fuel-efficient vehicles.
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Sen.
Kennedy aims to
return to Senate in Jan.
WASHINGTON — Sen.
Edward Kennedy, who has brain cancer, will not be on Capitol
Hill this week when Congress returns from its summer break.
He intends to work from his Massachusetts home this fall
and return to the Senate in January.
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Hurricane
Ike blasts
Bahamas, aims at Cuba
CAMAGUEY, Cuba — Hurricane Ike roared across low-lying
islands and bore down on Cuba, destroying homes, sweeping away
boats and bringing more rain to waterlogged communities in
Haiti, where it killed 48 more people.
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50,000
villagers in flooded
India refuse to leave
PATNA,
India — At least 50,000 people in
India have refused to abandon their homes in flood-ravaged
northern Indian despite pleas by authorities to
evacuate, an official said Sunday.
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Egypt
rock slide toll rises to 31
CAIRO,
Egypt — Hopes diminished Sunday for finding survivors
among hundreds of people believed trapped beneath massive
boulders that destroyed an impoverished neighborhood on
Cairo’s outskirts, killing at least 31 people, including
whole extended families.
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BLANCHARD,
Roy G. Sr.
CALHOUN, Ray Thomas
LEWIS, Darryl
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UHS
boys’ soccer
team loses, 1-0
The
University High Hawks (2-3-1) had their two game
win streak snapped Saturday in a 1-0 loss to Martinsburg.
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Disputed
call
leaves WVU tied
KNOXVILLE,
Tenn. — After 110 minutes of soccer, the 13th-ranked WVU
women’s soccer team played to a 1-1 draw with Washington
State, on Sunday morning, in its final game of the Tennessee
Lady Vols Classic.
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It’s
official: Bucs
assured of losing year
SAN
FRANCISCO — Pablo Sandoval finished with five RBIs
and the San Francisco Giants rode a 10-run inning to
an 11-6 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday, assuring the
Pirates their record-tying 16th consecutive losing season.
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Johnson
charges into
Chase with latest win
RICHMOND,
Va. — Jimmie Johnson has momentum on his side
and history in sight.
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Villegas
putts way to
BMW championship
ST.
LOUIS — For three years, Camilo Villegas managed to make
a name for himself without winning.
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Development
to
explode on scene
There’s
nothing new about another development in Morgantown.
Some fit on an acre while others might occupy 41.24
acres, like the location of still another project exploding
with plans for site preparation work near Airport Boulevard.
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Teachers
go to the
head of the class
I am so exhausted. I have worked for hours
and hours to get my room ready. I have spent more hours
getting paperwork together, making copies and attending
meetings to make sure everything runs smoothly and efficiently.
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How
do you say ‘hypocrisy’
in Romney-speak?
‘‘We
need change, all right. Change from a liberal Washington
to
a conservative Washington. We have a prescription for
every American who wants change in Washington — throw
out the big-government liberals.’’ — Mitt
Romney, Sept. 3.
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Hard-core
gamers flock to Seattle; ‘Rock Band’ expands
music library
Real news from the
virtual world:
Give Pax a chance. What do you get when you invite
about 45,000 hardcore gamers to Seattle for the weekend
(besides
entirely
new mixtures of body odor that are probably illegal
under the Geneva Conventions)?
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