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The swine flu vaccine
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has a consoling message for everyone who has tried unsuccessfully to get the H1N1 vaccine: Don’t worry — more vaccine is on the way. That mess...
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FACT CHECK: Stimulus money to phantom districts?
EDITOR’S NOTE — An occasional look at public assertions and how well they adhere to the facts. WASHINGTON (AP) — Did the Obama administration really pump billions of dollars into phantom congr...
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Obama’s first year in office
Few presidents have come to the job bearing a bigger burden of great expectations than Barack Obama, a blessing for a candidate but often a curse for a presidency. … Now, a year since his hi...
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Ungrateful teen in your house? You’re not alone
NEW YORK (AP) — Is there an ungrateful teenager living in your house? Lisa Butler feels your pain. She started a Facebook group called UTIMH (Ungrateful Teenager In My House). ‘‘Here’s my Ch...
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Sotomayor adds celebrity to court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Apparently, no one told Sonia Sotomayor that Supreme Court justices are supposed to be circumspect, emerging from their marble palace mainly to dispense legal wisdom to law sch...
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Keep on winning Man Hillbillies and bring home the gold!
The No. 2-ranked Man High School Hillbillies football team pulled out a win in a tough first-round match with a very good No. 15-rated Parkersburg Catholic team. We know the Man Hillbillies have t...
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EDITORIALS
LETTERS
Healthcare Reform
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Editor, So, you don’t like the Democrats new “Healthcare Reform”? Rahall and his commie buddies in Congress tell us not to sweat it; after all it’s only going to cost a few trillion dollars. Exac...
Country singers against coal mining
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Editor, How many of our coal dollars have supported these same people that are now fighting against our families. The coal industry has long been the back bone of this nation. Emmy Lou Harris is ...
I was honored
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Editor, On November 9th, I was honored to be among a group of local veterans with children or grandchildren attending Buffalo Grade School at Accoville invited to attend a Veterans Day Program gi...
Fort Hood massacre
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Editor, I write this at the risk of being un-politically correct. The Fort Hood massacre caused a geyser of anger and sadness to whale up in my innermost being! I must be 'God Correct' even if t...
Huh? Duh!!
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Editor, This is a letter to the woman in New York who wanted to know why West Virginia had to use coal and not "electricity" like everyone else — So that we can power your schools in the hopes th...
Through my eyes
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Editor, As I look at my beautiful flowers that I have really enjoyed all this summer, they are now drooping their heads as if trying to fall asleep. Jack frost has touched them with his magic wan...
MORE OPINIONS
We ain’t poor...
by Dr. Charles M. Wood II, Guest Columnist
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A friend of mine shared about his years working as a caseworker in a local welfare office. He explained to me that some of those cases he had taught him some profound lessons. The following is suc...
The assault on coal
by (Distributed) The Associated Press
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It is obvious that President Barack Obama’s administration has launched an assault on the coal industry. As we and other critics warned before the presidential election last fall, Obama and libera...
Give thanks for everything
by Patricia Tingler, Columnist
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The time between Halloween and Thanksgiving is the real transition period between summer and fall. Mornings are chilly, and days are warm. Nights edge toward frigid, and jackets begin to emerge fr...
Climate Change
by (Distributed) The Associated Press
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It’s easy to see why people don’t want to believe that global warming is real or that we can do anything about it. ... Climate change is real, though, and judging from the loss of polar ice, it’...
I can tell I’m getting old
by J.D. Charles, Staff Writer
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There is some county music song I hear on the radio that I laugh about. a singer is talking about when he was a kid and contrasting it with today, when you can watch DVDs in your car, have a vid...
Fort Hood shooting
by (Distributed) The Associated Press
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Theories will undoubtedly run rampant the next few days and even weeks, as officials try to piece together what led an Army psychiatrist to go on a shooting rampage, killing 13 people and wounding ...
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