Two Injured After Bluefield Motorcycle Crash
A Honda Goldwing rider and a passenger sustained trauma injuries Thursday after a crash with a Dodge Ram 1500 at the U S 460 and Washington Street intersection in Bluefield. Two Bluefield Rescue Squad units transported them to Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Police reported the truck entered the intersection and appeared not to see the motorcycle. Names were not released. Bluefield Fire Department responded.
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Washington Street
Bluefield
Shrewsbury
Bluefield Fire Department
Cheap fast self assembling paper robots from origami tech
Harvard and MIT researchers create self assembling robots from a sheet of paper and plastic costing about 100 dollars for materials and components. The four inch high machines rise on four legs, move slowly, and could be used for search and rescue, space exploration, and future rapid robot manufacturing.
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Ashington
Harvard
MIT
Harvard Robotics
Sam Felton
Science
Rus
Felton
Rodney Brooks
ENIAC
Brooks
West Virginia seeks 1.8M from bankrupt spill company
West Virginia sues Freedom Industries in bankruptcy court in Charleston seeking 1.8 million to cover spill response costs across agencies. Health and Human Resources seeks over 940 thousand, the largest share, while DEP is not included. Freedom remains liable for site cleanup under state orders. The January incident tainted tap water for about 300,000 residents for days.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Patrick Morrisey
Freedom Industries
Department of Health and Human Resources
State Department of Environmental Protection
Freedom
Walsh exits Montana Senate race amid plagiarism probe
Montana Senator John Walsh withdraws from his bid after allegations he plagiarized segments of a 2007 research paper. The move heightens Republican hopes in a pivotal battleground with a replacement nominee to be chosen by August 20. Walsh will remain in office until January 2015.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
U.S
John Walsh
Senate
Walsh
Steve Davies
Democratic Party
Brian Schweitzer
Schweitzer
Max Baucus
China
National Guard
U.S. Army War College
Army War College
Lee Newspapers
Davies
Bozeman
House
Montana State University
David Parker
Parker
New York Times
Middle East
Associated Press
Iraq
APCo seeks approval for Richlands Whitewood 138 kV line project
Appalachian Power Company files with the Virginia State Corporation Commission the Application for Approval and Certification of the Richlands Whitewood 138 kV Transmission Line Project to add a new 7.5 mile line from Richlands Substation to Grassy Creek Hales Branch line, a Whitewood Switchyard in Buchanan County, a 0.4 mile Whitewood Extension, a 0.5 mile collocated segment, and substation upgrades with an estimated $25 million cost and 24 to 30 months of work aiming to relieve a 2017 thermal violation affecting about 150 MW. The plan mostly uses existing ROW, with a new 200-foot ROW for the Whitewood Extension, and seeks in-service by June 1, 2017. Details and maps available at SCC and via the commission website.
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Apco
Company
State Corporation Commission
Commission
Richlands-Whitewood
Richlands
Tazewell County
Grassy Creek
Hales
Buchanan County
Whitewood
Grassy Creek- Hales Branch
Grassy Creek-Hales
PJM Interconnection
L.L.C
Tazewell
Buchanan
Oakwood
Osborne Mountain Road
Nipper Road
Tyler Building
1300
East Main Street
Richmond
Virginia
Scevirginia
Joel H. Peck
P.O. Box
Sce
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