Friday August 10 2007: Bdtonline Highlights
Local Friday edition highlights events and notices from August 10 2007 including community updates, brief reports, and upcoming deadlines. Readers are urged to check Bdtonline for details on listings, services, and schedules in the parish and surrounding area.
Barbara Morgan and Crew In Space Amid Shuttle Endeavour Launch
A NASA Endeavour mission lifts Barbara Morgan and her crew into space as Barbara Morgan and her crewmates begin a classroom in space with a teacher astronaut leading the mission. Showers possible today and highs near 86 with partly cloudy skies.
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Barbara Morgan
NASA Mission Control
Market snapshot with Dow gains and Nasdaq activity
Dow Jones at 387.18 with industrials 13,270.68 and various indices shown. Declines outpace advances with 2,629 down versus 713 up, volume figures listed for NYSE and Nasdaq including new highs and lows, and overall market movement captured.
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Dow Jones
Diapered monkey leads Madison police on downtown chase
A 20 year old woman was bitten on the thumb by a monkey wearing a white diaper near State Street Brats. Police tracked the animal from the beer garden, but the monkey escaped briefly before being captured about seven hours later. It was quarantined for 10 days to check for disease.
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Chase Madison
Wis
State Street
Brats
Lottery results for West Virginia and Virginia today
West Virginia Daily 3 numbers are 9 2 7 and Daily 4 numbers are 1 3 7 8 Virginia Pick 3 numbers are 9 6 3 and Pick 4 numbers are 9 5 1 3
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West Virginia Daily
Daily
Virginia
Delivery questions for Telegraph delivery line
To solve any problems concerning your paper's delivery contact the Telegraph re delivery line at (304) 327-2800 from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. seven days a week. Please call by noon to ensure timely delivery within limited delivery area.
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Telegraph
Fiber backbone goes live in Bluefield region
U S Rep Rick Boucher joined Bluefield officials and area lawmakers Thursday to light a major fiber optic backbone spanning from Claypool Hill along U S Route 19 460 through Tazewell Bluefield and a Mercer County eight mile corridor in West Virginia. The diverse loop ensures continuous broadband service with future high capacity links planned from Richlands to Grundy.
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Bluefield
U.S
Rick Boucher
D-Va
Tazewell County
Boucher
Richlands
Grundy
Dow sinks as credit fears spark big slide
NEW YORK AP Markets tumbled as fears of a spreading credit crunch intensified. The Dow Jones industrials fell by over 380 points after BNP Paribas froze three funds tied to U.S. subprime mortgages, signaling wider impact on money availability. The selloff followed weeks of volatility tied to tight credit and bad subprime loans.
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New York
Wall Street
Dow Jones
U.S
BNP Paribas
Mercer woman arraigned on counts of animal cruelty
Leslie Lankford, 36, of Gardner Loop Road near Princeton, was arraigned on six misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty stemming from alleged neglect of dogs, cats, and other animals found on her property on July 31. She turned herself in at the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department and was released on a $12,000 personal recognizance bond.
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Princeton
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Leslie Lankford
Gardner Loop Road
Danny Falkiner
WE. Rose
Lankford
Rose
Falkiner
Beating the heat in Bluefields lemonade distribution
As Bluefields temperatures topped 90 degrees with a heat index near 95, volunteers continued the annual free lemonade giveaway. Linda Huff of the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce noted lower crowds due to the heat while Megan Godfrey served lemonade at Goodykoontz Pharmacy as temperatures lingered in the low 90s.
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Luefield
Bluefields
National Weather Service
Bluefield
Linda Huff
Greater Bluefield
Megan Godfrey
Goodykoontz Pharmacy
Eric
City leaves Barons without a home
BLUEFIELD Bluefield City Manager Mark Henne said the city will not allow the Bluefield Barons semi pro football team to use Mitchell Stadium for now after undisclosed issues. He noted the parks and recreation department must protect its integrity and that a future arrangement is possible if issues are resolved.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Barons
Barons
Mitchell Stadium
Bluefield City
Mark Henne
Bill Dudley
Henne
Parks and Recreation
Alliance Football League
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