West Africa Ebola outbreak tops 700 deaths in Sierra Leone
West Africa faces the deadliest Ebola outbreak with more than 700 deaths across Guinea Sierra Leone and Liberia. Health officials urge U.S. travelers to avoid the region as authorities conduct house to house searches in Freetown and monitor exposed individuals. Heavily affected are U.S. aid workers Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol.
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
U.S
Guinea
Liberia
World Health Organization
Kent Brantly
Texas
Nancy Writebol
North Carolina
Writebol
Rosa Crestani
Ebola
Doctors Without Borders
Medecins Sans Frontieres
Peace Corps
State Department
Moberly
Missouri
Liz Sosniecki
Dane
USS Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Asia
Nigeria
Thousands of miners rally in Pittsburgh to defend coal
Thousands of miners from southern West Virginia and members of the United Mine Workers of America gathered in Pittsburgh to protest EPA actions. Al Palmer of Princeton urged unity across unions as Cecil Roberts and David Jackson framed the rally as a defense of jobs and American industry against environmental regulations. The crowd was estimated at 5,000 to 8,000 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
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Eckley
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburgh
Environmental Protection Agency
United States
Big al” Palmer
Princeton
Palmer
Cliffs Natural Resources Pinnacle
Pineville
Beckley
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
UMWA
Boilermakers Union
The
International
Jackson
Jerry Massie
EPA
Massie
Fayette County
Bill Archer
Coal Workers Rally Against EPA Plan Continues
UMW leaders and members protested the EPA's Clean Power Plan at a convention center rally and march. They argued the rule would cost thousands of coal jobs while environmental activists urged climate action. Speakers said the EPA plan aims to show a U.S. climate strategy to nations like China and India.
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Caputo
Capitol Hill
Convention Center
Climate Action Now
EPA
China
India
U.S
Protest crowd in Pittsburgh rally against EPA coal rules
Riders and environmental activists joined 5 000 marchers ferried by 73 buses to Pittsburgh to oppose EPA regulations aimed at curbing carbon emissions coal miners Jeff Bienkoski and Danny Tennant from Robinson Run voiced fears over job loss health care and retirement as they urged action to protect communities and oppose new coal fired plants citing doubts about available technology and the plan's climate impact.
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EPA
Roberts
Pittsburgh
North Central
West Virginia
Jeff Bienkoski
Fairmont
Bienkoski
Robinson Run
Danny Tennant
Rivesville
Tennant
Domestic dispute sparks fatal shooting at Methodist Hill Road
Smith was remanded to the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver after a shooting tied to Earnest and his girlfriend living with Smith and his wife. A preliminary hearing was requested, with a hearing to be set within 10 days. Investigators cited a domestic dispute as a possible motive and credited deputies and detectives including Sgt. J.S. Cary and Det. Cpl. Sommers for securing evidence at the scene.
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Smith
Southern Regional
Beaver
Flanigan
Ellison
Earnest
Methodist Hill Road
County 911 Center
J.S. Cary
D.A. Furbhes
T. S. Rose
Cpl
L.A. Sommers
L.B. Murphy
Arraignment in Bluefield Pill Initiative case
U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin began the Bluefield Pill Initiative in June 2011. In a prior case, Judge David A. Faber sentenced Brown to three years probation on May 30, 2011 for hydromorphone distribution. Brown’s new trial was set for Sept. 24 before Faber, with remand to U.S. Marshals. Assistant U.S. Attorney John L. File led the government. Derrick W. Lefler represented Brown.
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Booth Goodwin
Southern District of
West Virginia
David A
Faber
Southern
Brown
VanDervort
Bluefield
John L. File
Derrick W. Lefler
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
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Sound Off
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Ddtonling.com
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Zane So Cleveland
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