2
H1N1 patients die at Ruby
Two women who were hospitalized with confirmed cases
of H1N1, or swine flu, died last weekend at Ruby Memorial
Hospital, a spokeswoman for the hospital said Thursday. Read
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WVUH
clears the way
to go tobacco free
Local health care facilities quit tobacco on Thursday to celebrate the American
Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout. Read
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NETL center to test energy use in items
A new facility to test the energy efficiency of products is coming to Morgantown. Read
more ... State
Legislature
drives into overtime
for fuel tax
CHARLESTON — House Republicans tried
and failed to kill a bill intended to stabilize
the motor fuel excise tax, forcing the
Legislature into session for an extra day. Read
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Nuts!
Buckeyes roll COLUMBUS,
Ohio — No. 3 Ohio State dominated the first
four minutes and WVU never came close to recovering
during the last 36. Read
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Hawks,
Bears
a
well-matched
pair Back
on Oct. 2, the University High football team was
unbeaten and on the road against unbeaten Fairmont
Senior. Read
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Offense
opens up
to Clarke,
Johnson They’ve
lined up in the shotgun, in the pistol and in the I-formation.
They have one-back sets, five-wide-receiver sets, a goal-line
set, and they always use lots and lots of motion. Read
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Winfrey
to announce
show will end in 2011 CHICAGO — ‘‘The
Oprah Winfrey Show,’’ an iconic
broadcast that grew over two decades into
a daytime television powerhouse and the
foundation of a multibillion-dollar media
empire, will end its run in 2011 after
25 seasons on the air, Winfrey’s
production company said Thursday night. Read
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Survey says
WVU has the
rudest fans Some
WVU fans might call it heckling, trash
talking or good-natured taunting, but
visiting fans apparently disagree. Read
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FSU
official apologizes
for
argument FAIRMONT — The
chairman of Fairmont State University’s Board of Governors
made a Page One apology Thursday to the coach police report he
accosted after a home football loss Oct. 31. Read
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Preston
schools
to be
closed next week KINGWOOD — There
will
be
no
school
in
Preston
County
next
week.
The
original
school
calendar
called
for
an
instructional
support
and
enhancement
(ISE)
day
Monday
and
full
instruction
days
Tuesday
and
Wednesday,
and
no
school
Thursday
and
Friday. Read
more ...
Car
slides into creek
from slick
Pierpont Road Heavy
rains and a slippery road caused
a young woman to crash into
a creek Thursday, police said.
The woman and her female passenger
were not injured, police said,
but her Chevrolet Cavalier
was damaged in the single-vehicle
crash. Read
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State
lawmakers mull
ruling on e-mail secrecy CHARLESTON — A
state Supreme Court justice said West Virginia’s Freedom
of Information laws are too narrow to fully serve the public’s
right to know, and some lawmakers are willing to look at changing
the code. Read
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Legislature
OKs pension bill CHARLESTON — The
police
and
firefighters
pension
bill
completed
its
journey
through
the
Legislature
on
Thursday
and
awaits
Gov.
Joe
Manchin’s
signature. Read
more ...
Foreclosures
hitting
more
people with
prime loans WASHINGTON — A
rising proportion of fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit
are sinking into foreclosure, adding to concerns about the strength of
the economic recovery. Read
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Senate
preps for
health bill debate WASHINGTON — Congressional
budget crunchers said Thurday the Democrats’ latest health care
plan would hold down federal red ink for at least 20 years, an assessment
that gave supporters hope as the Senate moved gingerly toward a historic
debate. Read
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U.N.:
More children in
school and fewer are dying UNITED
NATIONS — Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing
children’s rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food,
shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished,
UNICEF said Thursday. Read
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BATTON,
Grace M.
FORD, Ralph E.
GROVES, Sandra Sue Sisler
HOALCRAFT, Edward O. “Sonny”
RICE, Ruby Spangler
SAAB, John P.
SPIROFF, Sue
WALKER, Sue Ann Read
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