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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 2011
Page
1
Mostly sunny with a high near 79 and a west wind around 6 to 8 mph. Tonight entails mostly clear skies and cooler conditions as the day ends.
Norfolk AP The former commander of a nuclear powered carrier says he wishes he had never made a series of raunchy videos broadcast aboard the USS Enterprise. Capt Owen P Honors spoke to a Navy panel about the videos made when he was executive officer from 2005 through 2007. He was relieved of command in January before a scheduled deployment amid public furor over the clips. The videos included simulated same sex showers, anti gay slurs and references to prostitution in foreign ports. He says they were meant to boost morale and acknowledges he would not have created them if he anticipated the backlash.
Daily 3 in West Virginia draws 6 8 5. Daily 4 6 2 8 3. Virginia Pick 3 7 3 8. Virginia Pick 4 6 0 3 9.
A McDowell County woman was arrested after a Bramwell convenience store robbery left her accomplice and husband dead. David Douglas Roberts, 41, of Crumpler, entered the Pop Shop masked and armed. a Mercer County customer shot him. Jessica Persianni Roberts, 31, waited in the parking lot and was later charged with conspiracy robbery.
A 5.8 magnitude quake centered 40 miles northwest of Richmond, Virginia rattled the East Coast from South Carolina to Maine. Washington and New York evacuated major buildings, with injuries reported and nuclear reactors at North Anna automatically shut down. No deaths reported, but fears of a larger event lingered.
Mercer County Circuit Court Judge Omar Aboulhosn steadied himself as a Princeton courthouse annex shook violently. He said the court was in session when the building began to tremble and he looked outside for wind or other cause before grabbing the bench for support.
Thousands of travelers faced delays after a quake referenced as reminiscent of 9/11. White House says no major damage reported. Readers share experiences on Facebook as West and East tease each other on social networks after the tremor.
Jurors hear opening arguments as the Mercer County case against Mark Lynn Jeffrey 55 of Mount Juliet Tennessee proceeds. Indicted on multiple counts including purchasing a child sexual abuse first degree and sexual assault first degree with charges stemming from 2006 and involving minor children. Judge Derek Swope presided over a lengthy jury selection session Tuesday as potential jurors faced questions about familiarity with the defendants and attorneys.
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