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<title>Marion County deputy accused of sending nude photos to teen</title>
<description><![CDATA[    FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- A Marion County sheriffs deputy has been charged with sending photos of himself posing naked to a 17-year-old girls cell phone.  A criminal complaint filed in Marion County Magistrate Court charged Cpl. Joseph B. McKinney with felony...]]></description>
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<title>Skull found at W.Va. construction site</title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Authorities are trying to determine the identity of a human skull found at a construction site for a new elementary school in Jefferson County.  Jefferson County Sheriff Bobby Shirley says the skull was found Thursday as crews wo...]]></description>
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<title>Public comment period for vote-by-mail program</title>
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<title>Mother arrested after West Side toddler shoots himself in the leg</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va -- A Charleston woman was charged with child neglect with injury Friday, after her four-year-old son shot himself in the leg. Hannah Danielle Workman, 24, was arrested after she brought her toddler to CAMC Women and Childrens Hospital arou...]]></description>
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<title>Fourth of July festival organizers fear violence</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTOn, W.Va. -- Larry Gibson, the well-known, 72-year-old activist against mountaintop-removal mining, will host his annual July 4 music festival at his Kayford Mountain home above Cabin Creek Saturday and Sunday. &quot;Ive been having this event, whi...]]></description>
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<title>Hurricane residents keep soccer all in the family</title>
<description><![CDATA[BARBOURSVILLE -- Hurricane resident Terry McWatters rarely uses his digital SLR camera. He has barely captured any photos, despite his three kids playing club and school soccer almost every other day. &quot;It might have been a waste of money, really,&quot...]]></description>
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<title>Bulletin board: July 4, 2009</title>
<description><![CDATA[    FUTURE EVENTS  Libbey Owens Ford Retirees: will meet at 11 a.m. July 13 for lunch at Shoneys in Kanawha City. Family and friends are welcome. Call David Radford at 304-595-1090 for information.  Arthurdale Heritage Inc.: will celebrate the founding by ...]]></description>
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<title>Theater festival adds Sunday night specials</title>
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<title>FLIPSIDE: Transformers delivers effects, nonstop action</title>
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<title>FLIPSIDE: Twilight bites into Town Center</title>
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<title>Church activities: July 4, 2009</title>
<description><![CDATA[<strong>Anniversaries </strong><li>The Liberty Missionary Baptist Church, 1343 Lewis St., will celebrate the 13th pre-anniversary services for Pastor Rev. Dr. Lloyd Allan and first lady Rosa Hill at 6 p.m. Sunday at the church. Guest will be Pastor Vincent...]]></description>
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<title>Thousands arrive in W.Va. for soccer tournament</title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Three traffic jams, 15 hours and five Harry Potter movies later, Alex Judge, 18, of Burlington, Vt., arrived in the Mountain State.  &quot;It was a really long ride,&quot; he said.  Judge and his teammates from the Far Post Soccer Club...]]></description>
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Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:36:28 -0400
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<title>Samaritan Inn turns 20</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Barry Copley had just seven cents in his pocket and the clothes on his back when he stepped off a Greyhound from North Carolina six years ago.Addicted to drugs and alcohol, Copley had lost his six-figure job as a mechanical engineer an...]]></description>
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<title>Soccer-palooza</title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - State Sen. Robert Plymale (D-Wayne) turned to West Virginia Soccer Association President Len Rogers and joked that Rogers had put the Village of Barboursville in a position of &quot;Not build it and they will come, but theyre coming, build it....]]></description>
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<title>Taco Bell shooter gets life sentence</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va.  -- Almost exactly a year after he walked into the Patrick Street Taco Bell and gunned down the mother of his child, Desmond Demetrius Clark was sentenced Thursday to life in prison.  Chief Kanawha Circuit Judge Jim Stuckys sentence came ...]]></description>
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<title>Marines  deployed  on major  mission in Afghanistan</title>
<description><![CDATA[KABUL -- The massive Marine assault launched Thursday in southern Afghanistans Helmand province is intended to recapture an area that has been under Taliban control for the past five years -- a step officials think is critical to showing Afghan civilians t...]]></description>
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<title>Judge orders monitor on mental health issues</title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The state will spend millions of dollars on new group homes, day treatment programs, jobs at psychiatric hospitals and other items associated with mental health care under an agreement reached Thursday.  The state Department of Hea...]]></description>
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<title>South Charleston mayor reports on successful two years</title>
<description><![CDATA[SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- South Charleston Mayor Frank Mullens updated residents on the goals and accomplishments of his administration at the citys regular council meeting Thursday. One major goal Mullens hoped to achieve was paying down the over $6 mill...]]></description>
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<title>Charleston man gets 25 years for sexual abuse of girl, 13</title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. --  A Charleston man was sentenced Thursday to up to 25 years in prison for sexually molesting a 13-year-old girl last November.Last month, a Kanawha Circuit Court jury convicted Robert Allen McDonald, 38, of sexual abuse by a parent,...]]></description>
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<title>Feds: DEP does not properly oversee mining flood prevention</title>
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<title>Massey loses last appeal over Cannelton mine</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Massey Energy violated federal labor law by refusing to keep union coal miners on its payroll after it bought Cannelton Industries in October 2004, according to a federal court ruling issued late Wednesday. Massey acquired Cannelton fr...]]></description>
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<title>Davis wins Senior Open qualifier</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scott Davis is getting the hang of this senior golf thing, qualifying Thursday for his second major tournament of the season.Davis, a 53-year-old from Hurricane, fired a 5-under-par 67 to beat a field of 76 players in a Senior Open sectional qualifier at W...]]></description>
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