Weather Outlook for Monday August 8 2001
Partly sunny conditions are forecast with a high near 88 degrees. The day is expected to be warm and dry with only light breeze recorded across coastal areas. No precipitation is anticipated, and sunset should occur around the early evening hour.
Pocono Race Update Keselowski Injured With Broken Ankle
In a Pocono event, NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski sustained a broken ankle during practice or collision. The injury sidelines him while teams assess impact on the season and racing schedule.
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Dow Weekly Wrap Hits Aug 5 Close
The week ending August 5 saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average close at 698.63 with a high of 698.63 and a low of 5.68, while AMEX reached 2,245.68 after a 660.37 drop.
Living headstones use QR codes to honor dead in Shoreline
A QR code on Edouard Garneau’s grave at Holyrood Cemetery in Shoreline Washington links visitors to a password protected site detailing his life as a collision repair specialist and businessman who loved barbecue flying and travel. The QR tag, provided by Quiring Monuments, expands the memorial with photos and videos.
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Shoreline
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Seattle
Keystone Bank saga ends with 23.31 million settlement
The case Grant Thornton LLP versus the FDIC concludes with a final stipulation of 23,306,618 to the FDIC as the prevailing party. Post trial, damages were set at 23.7 million in 2010, then reduced by the Fourth Circuit to 23.1 million. post-judgment interest adjusted the total. The dispute centered on alleged malpractice in an audit of Keystone Bank in 1999. Judge Davie A. Faber oversaw the May to June 2004 bench trial.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
U.S. District Court
Grant Thornton
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals Court
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Davie A. Faber
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Four injured at Bluewell Kroger picnic scene in Bluefield mall
A 1997 white Chevrolet Cavalier sped through the Bluewell Southview Mall parking lot crushing a picnic table where four people sat. Driver Contessa Lail, 31, of Pocahontas Virginia, told officers she lost power on Route 52 and entered the mall area, bouncing over a median near the entrance.
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Kroger
Southview
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Contessa Lail
Pocahontas
Runaway Brake Failure Tragedy Injures Kroger Employees
Deputy W E Rose reports brakes failed as a Kroger incident injures employees on break. Victims include two with broken legs and others with internal injuries. Investigating officer cites mechanical failure and preliminary findings. Police pursue further inquiry into cause and safety lapses.
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Save the Water Table opposes Marcellus drilling claims
Monroe County residents organized Save the Water Table warn hydrofracture drilling on the Marcellus shale harms their lifestyle. Leader Myles Yates says their research, including a Duke University study on well water contamination, undermines gas company statements.
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Monroe County
Marcellus
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
L. Zane Shuck
Myles Yates
Save the Water
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Yates
Duke University
Ballard donates portrait by famous NC artist
Pete Ballard donated a Portrait, A-6 For art's sake, a distinctive painting by deaf artist William Sparks from 1974, to the West Virginia State Museum. The presentation at Peterstown featured Randall Reid-Smith, arts commissioner, and Charles Morris, museum director, in attendance.
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Penine
Pete Ballard
Randall Reid-Smith
Ballard
State Museum
William Sparks
West Virginia
Charles Morris
Arts
Peterstown
Tazewell schools unveil new faculty and refreshed facilities
Tazewell County Schools welcome 30 new teachers and several new principals and assistants amid summer renovations including a new air conditioning system at Tazewell High School. New leaders include Lee Sayers at Graham Middle School and Chandra Ashby at Tazewell Elementary, with Kim Ringstaff and Irene Mullins taking key posts.
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Graham High Schools
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Lee Sayers
Graham Middle
Ms. Hill
Kim Ringstaff
Graham Middle School
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Irene Mullins
Abbs Valley Elementary
Chandra
Ashby
Tazewell Elementary
Becky Dye
Raven Elementary
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