Lieberman Launches Miraculous Journey as VP Nominee
Lieberman frames his vice presidential bid as a miraculous journey before Democratic delegates in Los Angeles. He hails Gore as a leader of vision and values while defending affirmative action and urging reform without ending it. He touts education, environment, health care, and campaign finance as key contrasts with Republicans.
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Los Angeles
Joseph Lieberman
al Gore
White House
Lieberman
Connecticut
Texas
George W. Bush
America
Drug raid nets cocaine and guns in Amonate
A Tazewell County operation resulted in Charles Breeden facing cocaine distribution charges after officers served a sealed indictment. Police seized $500 worth of cocaine, $2,700 in marijuana, $1,500 in hydrocodone, $1,000 in food stamps, 25 firearms and $296 in cash. Caudill said additional charges are pending and a preliminary hearing is pending.
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Amonate
Tazewell County
Caudill
Tazewell County Narcotics Task Force
Norfolk Southern Train Strikes Man in Big Sandy
A Norfolk Southern train struck Clifford Patterson in Big Sandy McDowell County at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. Patterson 48 of Big Sandy was seated on tracks as the westbound train with three engines could not stop in time. State Police Sgt. Berkel noted the victim is hospitalized and has not been interviewed. The pedestrian and the train’s engineer are first cousins.
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Welch
Norfolk Southern
McDowell County
Big Sandy
D.A. Berkel
West Virginia State Police
Berkel
Clifford Patterson
Two Virginia suspects arrested in North Carolina bank robbery
In Gastonia North Carolina on August 9 a Bank of America was robbed when Garland May gestured a weapon at a teller. He and Jennifer May were arrested by Virginia State Police and Gastonia detectives before 10 am. The incident ended without confrontation and no weapon was shown.
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Tazewell
Raven
Gastonia
N.C
Garland Rufus May
Jennifer Lowe May
Virginia State Police
Mike Quilliams
Bank of America
Garland May
Quilliams
Wal-Mart opens Princeton Supercenter amid fanfare and donations
Open for Business reports Wal-Mart’s Princeton Supercenter on U.S. Route 460 near the West Virginia Tourist Information Center opened with fanfare and local agency donations. The store, employing about 364 people, offers car care to groceries as part of a nationwide opening of 20 stores. Mercer County Commission president Joe Coburn calls it a tremendous investment. Store associates spent over five weeks preparing for the grand opening.
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Wal-Mart
Princeton
U.S. Route 460
West Virginia Tourist Information Center
Joe Coburn
Mercer County Commission
Ronnie Hoyt
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Michael Whitley
Louis Armstrong
Whitlow Family
Store Associates
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Washington, Pa
Emily Yocum
Washington County Fair
Jeff Watson
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