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WVU studies old mine sites for switchgrass farming (AP)

For now, they amount to little more than snow-dusted stubble on 30 otherwise barren acres. But in Jeff Skousen's mind, the switchgrass seeds planted on three former strip mines will someday be 3- to 10-foot-tall fields, swaying...

W.Va. OKs change in Massey mountain mining permit (AP)

State regulators have approved a permit change that will allow Massey Energy to start a mountaintop removal mine on a southern West Virginia site that environmentalists are trying to preserve for a wind farm.

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A Raisin in the Sun @ Cleveland Play House 11/15 It seems ironic that the week that this country elected its first African American President, the Cleveland Play House opened A Raisin in the Sun, considered by many to be...

New tobacco product alarms some health officials

Skoal Snus product is racked alongside traditional spit tobacco behind the counter of a Sheetz store in Morgantown, W.Va., on Nov. 18, 2008. The folks who created Joe Camel are hoping Camel Snus will become a hit with tobacco...

Brewer principal gets pay addition

Nov 21, 2008 (The Decatur Daily - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The Morgan County school board approved additional pay Thursday for Secondary Director Vicki Smith to serve as interim Brewer High School...

Tape shows progress of a death: Video shows records at Cherry Hospital were falsified in the...

RALEIGH, Nov 19, 2008 (The News & Observer - Steven H. Sabock, 50, who had lived in Roanoke Rapids, died April 29 at Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro. The video released Tuesday shows employees playing cards, watching television...

Patient appears neglected in hours before his death

Posted: Today at 2:30 p.m. Updated: 10 minutes ago RALEIGH, N.C. — Workers at Cherry Hospital dance, play cards, laugh and watch TV as 50-year-old Steven Howard Sabock sits unattended in the same room for nearly 24 hours before...

Tuesday's Matinee Begins Busy Week For Griffins

American Hockey League (AHL) Grand Rapids Griffins Sat., Nov. 8 - Unfamiliar Territory: Saturday's 5-3 loss at Peoria was the Griffins' first defeat this season with a margin larger than one goal. All Good Things Must End:...

Local bowling, golf highlights

Following are the remainder of last week's city league bowling highlight sheet scores (last week's other scores appeared on Sunday's Bowling Page), as well as local golf highlights, according to information provided to the...

New music series at Marquette Terrace provides soundtrack for First Friday artwalk

The First Friday Art Walk will have soundtrack to accompany it starting Friday. A group has reserved the Marquette Terrace for concerts to be held the first Friday of each month, coinciding with the art walk downtown.

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