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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 2011
Page
1
A chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly after 2 p m on Wednesday August 3 2011 with a lingering chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight Exact timing and intensity not specified as the forecast remains uncertain for the regional area.
Market watch report lists figures for August 2 2011 with indices 265 87 minus 75 37 and a total of 2669 24 indicating mixed market movement across major indicators and commodities. The terse line records core values and date without additional context or commentary.
A plan to eliminate the state sales tax on groceries could emerge from the special session. The tax is set to drop from three to two cents, with talks to remove a further half penny and eventually phase out the rest. Triggers include budget surpluses and the emergency reserve, with the House of Delegates seen as pivotal to timing.
West Virginia Daily 3 numbers are 7 7 5 and Daily 4 numbers are 6 8 1 6. Virginia Pick 3 is 2 8 3 and Pick 4 is 9 2 3 0.
A restrained Obama signed the debt limit bill in the Oval Office following a 74 to 26 Senate vote amid Dow Jones losses and a push for fiscal restraint. The plan cuts federal spending by over 2 trillion over a decade while conservatives resist new taxes, urging more rounds of deficit reduction later this fall.
A House committee backed a new redistricting map shifting districts in Mercer and McDowell counties. The plan folds the old 24th and 25th districts into a 27th, creates a single 25th district centered in Wyoming County, and places incumbents Frazier Ellington Gearhart Moore in new districts while drawing Republican condemnation and Democratic praise.
West Virginia State Police reported the seizure of 200 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of 500000 dollars during eradication in Monroe County. Four plots were found, observed from the air by spotters, with ground teams pulling the plants. No arrests yet.
Nature's Air-Conditioned City offered free lemonade on Tuesday marking the ninth such event of the summer. The action followed a TV station reporting a 90 degree day while the National Weather Service in Blacksburg logged 89.1 degrees as the official high. The Bluefield Greater Chamber of Commerce, led by executive director Marc Meachum, said the event would proceed and the readings inquiry would follow.
On a 90 degree day in Bluefields, free lemonade flowed for the ninth time this summer at Food City. Sandy Claypool of Falls Mills, Virginia serves Owen Clapper of Bluefield while Owen’s mother Vawn assists. Photo by Eric DiNovo.
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