West Virginia lawmakers set start with corrected redistricting bill
West Virginia lawmakers begin a special session with a fixed redistricting plan that fixes technical errors but may still change. House leaders say duplicate precinct listings were removed and the baseline plan will guide talks on moving toward single member districts, amid calls for 100 equal districts and debates over multimember seats.
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Charleston
West Virginia
House of Delegates
House
Brent Boggs
Braxton County
Kanawha
Morgan
Chamber
Earl Ray Tomblin
GOP
Monongalia County
Tim Armstead
Mitch Carmichael
Tomblin
West
Boggs
Doomsday defense cuts loom for 12 lawmakers group
Washington AP reports a bipartisan group of six Republicans and six Democrats face looming automatic defense cuts. If automatic cuts trigger, Pentagon faces up to 500 billion in reductions starting 2013, risking layoffs at Lockheed Martin General Dynamics Raytheon Boeing and others. The panel must propose 1.5 trillion in savings by Thanksgiving to avoid a combined 1.2 trillion across the board cuts and doomsday effects nationwide.
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General Dynamics Corp
Raytheon Co
Boeing Co
Pentagon
Everett
Wash
Boeing
Air Force
Amarillo
Texas
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Lima
Ohio
BAE Systems
Pennsylvania
Patty Murray
D-Wash
Rob Portman
R-Ohio
Pat Toomey
R-Pa
Toomey
Congress
Barack Obama
Defense
Leon Panetta
Infection by water amoeba reported in Virginia
Virginia health officials confirm a local case of a rare brain eating amoeba infection in stagnant freshwater. The advisory warns that the amoeba thrives in warm 80 degree plus waters and urges soap showers before and after swimming and careful avoidance of swallowing water.
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Virginia
Richmond
Richmond Times- Dispatch
U.S
Boy Scouts to establish southern West Virginia presence
In southern West Virginia the Boy Scouts plan major jamborees at the Summit-Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in Fayette County opening in 2013. The CCC will coordinate up to 300,000 service hours across Nicholas Fayette Raleigh Wyoming Mercer McDowell Monroe Summers Greenbrier and other counties with scout led community projects including water and sewer lines building trails and aiding libraries and food banks.
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Tomblin
House
Brooke
Monroe
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Panhandle
Berkeley
Princeton
Boy Scouts
West Virginia
Fayette County
Glen Jean
Mount Hope
Boy Scouts of America
Cutter Houck
Citizens Conservation Corps of West Virginia
Houck
Mercer County
CCC
Summit
Mercer
McDowell
Clearing House
Nicholas
Fayette
Greenbrier
Habitat For Humanity
Joe Coburn
Mercer County Commission
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
Bottonline
Family seeks donations for baby's medical bills
In Princeton a local drive raised over 700 dollars toward about 2.5 million in bills for eight month old Drew Kosinar diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis. Born December 27 2010 at 1 pound 10 ounces he remains hospitalized with multiple surgeries ahead and updates posted on a Facebook page. Donations can be made through McDowell County National Bank with the Drew Kosinar Fund and MCNB contact numbers provided.
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Princeton
Drew Kosiar
Drew
Beth
Wayne
Diana Coleman
Kosmar
Ronnie
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Kosinar
Beth Kosinar
Beth Kosiar
Princeton Community Hospital
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Drew Kosinar
McDowell County National Bank
Cell phones in schools spark debate among educators
In Anderson South Carolina the debate over cell phone use in classrooms widens as data show 75 percent of teens own phones in 2010 up from 45 percent in 2004. Principals call them a major discipline issue while research links parental limits to safer texting and fewer risky behaviors.
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Pew Research Center
Tors
Mason Gary
Williamston
S.C
Fire in Great Dismal Swamp Encompasses 6100 Acres
In Suffolk Virginia an AP report notes a wildfire in the Great Dismal Swamp National Refuge has burned over 6100 acres. Firefighters strengthen lines while a light rain dampens surface debris but leaves deep peat embers hot. Water pumps draw from Lake Drummond to flood ditches as officials warn even heavy rain would take months to extinguish the blaze.
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Suffolk
Great Dismal Swamp
Lake Drummond
Timothy Craig
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