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<title><![CDATA[Local man looks for meaning in life after death]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    <em>At-risk kids he taught and counseled nicknamed him &quot;Mr. Bill.&quot; It stuck. Today, on the University of Charleston campus where he volunteers, Bill Gordon still goes by &quot;Mr. Bill.&quot; Hes a 63-year-old Wheeling native and a 1969 gradu...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[sandyw@wvgazette.com (Sandy Wells)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[We almost always buck the trends]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- There are a few things I dont like about West Virginia. I dont like how some have no qualms about discarding their trash along riverbanks and roadsides.I dont like how the many who arent racist must suffer the embarrassment brought on ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[karinfuller@cnpapers.com (Karin Fuller)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Unexpected power that Obama could use]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Notes from the History Repeats Itself Case Files:  November 1999 - President Bill Clinton assures citizens that &quot;the Y2K problem will not put the safety or the savings of the American public at risk,&quot; prompting millions of Americans to spend bill...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com (Rick Steelhammer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[ABCA official(s) helping in graft inquiry]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- I understand that at least one, and possibly more of the Alcohol Beverage Control Administration officials under investigation by federal authorities for allegations of accepting gifts, travel and other considerations in exchange for f...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[philk@wvgazette.com (Phil Kabler)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Innerviews: Grandfathers notes grow into gritty memoir]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[David McElwain wanted to leave something of himself to his grandchildren, a record of the way he lived way back when. He started years ago, just pecking out notes on an old manual typewriter. The notes have evolved into a meticulously crafted memoir that d...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Who will be running for office in 2012.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Politicos had barely recovered from Tuesday night sleep deprivation before speculation started on the 2012 elections. It probably helped that at Rep. Shelley Moore Capitos victory celebration, husband Charlie suggested theyre getting t...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[philk@wvgazette.com (Phil Kabler)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Three weeks and 50,000 words to go]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Starting last Saturday, as my NaNoWriMo group members were hard at work at their desks; I was hard at work on mine. They were all starting novels, with one month to finish. I was starting my desk, removing its finish. You see, much like athletes, writers o...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[karinfuller@cnpapers.com (Karin Fuller)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Try these unusual first pets on for size]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[IN A campaign promise that would be seriously painful to break, President-elect Barrack Obama vowed to daughters Malia and Sasha that he would buy them a puppy to take with them to the White House if he prevailed in his battle with Republican rival John Mc...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com (Rick Steelhammer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Attack ads against McGraw finally arrive]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It was late in coming and scaled back in scope, thanks to the Wall Street meltdown, but the onslaught of ads from the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, and the American Tor...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[philk@wvgazette.com (Phil Kabler)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Feds look into ABCA for alleged violations]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Although hes headed for a landslide victory Tuesday, Gov. Joe Manchin was undoubtedly displeased to learn last week that federal authorities are investigating allegations of wrongdoing in his administration, with the subpoena (or subpo...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Ways Byrd can thank Reid for his support]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Since word got out last week that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., was shopping the idea of replacing Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee with Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, Byrd has mad...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Manchins loophole fix gets a little complicated]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchins supposedly simple solution to close the loophole that has put at least three known elected officials - Circuit Judges Charles King and Alfred Ferguson and Summers County Magistrate William Jeffries - in a position to ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Senate opponents engage in flier fight]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- One of the few hotly contested races in the state this fall - the 15th Senatorial District, where former Sen. Mike Ross is trying to reclaim the seat he lost in 2004 to Sen. Clark Barnes, R-Randolph - has also turned into one of the mo...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[philk@wvgazette.com (Phil Kabler)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[You dont have to make it up]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- SOME random thoughts from a scattered brain: According to an article in Fridays Gazette, screenwriter Charles Leavitt has informed Gov. Joe Manchin that his screenplay for &quot;The Express,&quot; the biopic treatment of the Ernie Davi...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com (Rick Steelhammer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[You dont have to make it up]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Some random thoughts from a scattered brain: According to an article in Fridays Gazette, screenwriter Charles Leavitt has informed Gov. Joe Manchin that his screenplay for &quot;The Express,&quot; the biopic treatment of the Ernie Davi...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com (Rick Steelhammer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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