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  • July 2008

    • Deep South Leads in Obesity

      newser  |  CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  |  Jul 18, 08 7:13 AM CDT

      Deep South Leads in Obesity

      The South has the nation's largest percentage of obese residents, a new survey by the Centers for Disease Control finds, with 30% of adults in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee qualifying as obese. Even in Colorado, the state with the best fat stats, 19% of the populace is obese. More »

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      Louisiana  • Mississippi  • Alabama  • Tennessee  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  • West Virginia

  • June 2008

    • Cheney Apologizes for Incest Joke

      newser  |  Charleston Gazette  |  Jun 3, 08 4:16 AM CDT

      Cheney Apologizes for Incest Joke

      Vice President Dick Cheney has been forced to apologize for a derogatory incest joke about West Virginians. Cheney, speaking about his distant blood relationship to Barack Obama, quipped to the National Press Club: "I had Cheneys on both sides of the family, and we don't even live in West Virginia."  More »

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      Barack Obama  • Dick Cheney  • West Virginia

  • May 2008

    • Lucky Alaska First to Hit $4 Gas

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 15, 08 11:03 AM CDT

      Lucky Alaska First to Hit $4 Gas

      It's here. Alaska has the painful distinction of becoming the first state where gas is selling for an average of $4 a gallon, Reuters reports. The average for the rest of the US is hovering at $3.76, but Connecticut, California, New York, and Illinois could all join Alaska in the $4-a-gallon club after Memorial Day weekend. More »

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      California  • gas prices  • New York  • Michigan  • Illinois  • Alaska  • Hawaii  • Connecticut  • West Virginia  • Labor Department  • AAA  • Memorial Day

    • Does W. Va. Blowout Really Hurt Obama?

      newser  |  Slate  |  May 14, 08 11:06 AM CDT

      Does W. Va. Blowout Really Hurt Obama?

      Barack Obama's West Virginia loss by a whopping 30 points probably won’t cost him the Democratic nomination, writes John Dickerson in Slate. But the loss does put a chink in Obama’s argument that he can unite disparate groups, since, apparently, these powers have failed him among at least one key voting block—the blue-collar whites that are Hillary Clinton's base. More »

    • Exit Polls Show Big Divisions Among Democrats

      newser  |  CNN  |  May 13, 08 7:28 PM CDT

      Exit Polls Show Big Divisions Among Democrats

      Early exit polls in West Virginia suggest that Democrats have much healing to do when the primary season ends, CNN reports. Only 25% of Hillary Clinton supporters said they would be satisfied if Barack Obama won the nomination, and only 38% of Obama supporters said they'd be satisfied with Clinton as the nominee. More telling, 36% of Clinton supporters said they would vote for Obama if he's the nominee, but 35% said they'd jump ship for John McCain. The economy was voters' No. 1 issue. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Democrats  • presidential primaries  • West Virginia  • West Virginia primary

    • Clinton Wins Big in W. Virginia

      newser  |  Charleston Gazette  |  May 13, 08 6:47 PM CDT

      Clinton Wins Big in W. Virginia

      Hillary Clinton won a decisive—and expected—victory tonight in West Virginia, the Charleston Gazette reports. With 95% of returns in, Clinton led 67% to 26%, and her camp hopes a big margin of victory will raise new doubts in superdelegates' minds about Barack Obama's ability to win over white voters. The state is nearly all white and has a high percentage of the working-class voters that have eluded Obama during the primary season. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Democrats  • presidential primaries  • West Virginia  • West Virginia primary

  • March 2008

    • States Aim for Young Hunters

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 8, 08 8:40 AM CST

      States Aim for Young Hunters

      West Virginia is trying to reverse a decline in hunting by bringing it into the classroom, the New York Times reports. The state, which has seen a 20% drop in hunting permits in the last decade, has passed a bill allowing hunting education in schools where enough students express interest. “For us, guns and hunting was a way of life,” said a gun shop owner. “A lot of places seem to be losing that, and we need to bring it back.” More »

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      gun control  • wildlife  • hunting  • West Virginia  • hunters

  • February 2008

    • Romney Gears Up for Hard Fight

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 6, 08 5:01 AM CST

      Romney Gears Up for Hard Fight

      Victorious only in his home state of Massachusetts, Utah, and five caucus states, Mitt Romney vowed last night to stay in the campaign—and is digging in for a long, hard battle, AP reports. Speaking in Boston, Romney pledged to fight all the way to the convention, casting his campaign as a struggle to save the nation's future. "It's not all done tonight. We're going to keep on battling," he said. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Mike Huckabee  • Super Tuesday  • Utah  • Boston  • Republican nomination  • West Virginia

    • Huckabee Storms Back In

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Feb 6, 08 2:28 AM CST

      Huckabee Storms Back In

      Mike Huckabee was expected to win his home state of Arkansas on Super Tuesday, but his wins in West Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia on top of that have put the supposed "third wheel" back in the race for the GOP nomination, the Washington Post reports. "Sometimes one small, smooth stone is more effective than a suit of armor," Huckabee told cheering supporters in Arkansas. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Mike Huckabee  • Republicans  • Georgia  • Super Tuesday  • conservative  • Alabama  • Tennessee  • Arkansas  • West Virginia

    • Huckabee Scores 1st Blood With W.Va. Victory

      newser  |  Charleston Gazette  |  Feb 5, 08 2:43 PM CST

      Huckabee Scores 1st Blood With W.Va. Victory

      Mike Huckabee won the first 18 delegates awarded on Super Tuesday, capturing the West Virginia convention over Mitt Romney, 557-522. The ex-Arkansas governor won the contest in the second round after John McCain voters shifted to him, irking Romney supporters. Said one Romney booster, “These are the juvenile actions of a morally bankrupt campaign.” More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Mike Huckabee  • West Virginia

  • January 2008

    • Goth Bonnie & Clyde Busted in $7.5M Heist

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 24, 08 3:34 PM CST

      Goth Bonnie & Clyde Busted in $7.5M Heist

      Lover of vampire novels Roger Dillon and girlfriend Nicole Boyd—dubbed the "goth Bonnie and Clyde" on a popular Internet site—thought they'd planned the perfect crime. Dillon worked at an Ohio armored car firm, where he gleaned valuable inside info. On Thanksgiving weekend, he and Boyd looted $7.4 million from the company's safes and fled to West Virginia, according to law enforcement authorities. The FBI busted them five days later. More »

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      crime  • Ohio  • West Virginia  • grand theft

  • November 2007
  • September 2007

    • Six Arrested in Horrific W.Va. Abuse Case

      newser  |  Charleston Daily Mail  |  Sep 11, 07 4:58 PM CDT

      Six Arrested in Horrific W.Va. Abuse Case

      Six people were arrested in a grisly kidnapping and assault case in rural West Virginia, and two others are still wanted. Police say an internet acquaintance delivered 23-year-old Meghan Williams to her assailants, who held her captive for at least a week, while stabbing, burning, and sexually assaulting her. “It’s something you’d see in a horror movie,” the county prosecutor said. More »

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      crime  • kidnapping  • law  • assault  • hate crime  • stabbing  • West Virginia  • Charleston

  • August 2007

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