Nigerian diver saves surviving crewman after 72 hours underwater
Harrison Odjegba Okene, a Nigerian cook, survived 72 hours in an air pocket inside the sunken Jascon 4 tugboat at 30 meters depth after the vessel keeled over in Delta waters. Divers initially recovered bodies, then a hand appeared on video, confirming a survivor. He credited divine deliverance and recited Psalm verses as he waited, supported by Coke and an oxygen mask after rescue and decompression.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Harrison Odjegba Okene
Okene
Jascon 4
Tony Walker
DCN Diving
Walker
Fascon
Associated Press
DCN
Netherlands
Nation
Maritime Academy
the Nation
God
Church of God
American prisoner in Cuba appeals to Obama for release
Alan Gross, who has spent four years in a Cuban prison for aiding a covert Internet project, writes to President Obama asking for his personal involvement. The case strains U.S. Cuba relations as Senate leaders press for action and the White House urges Cuba to free him.
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Ashington
Cuba
Barack Obama
Alan Gross
U.S
U.S. Agency For International Development
Gross
Obama
Patrick Leahy
Dvt
White House
Jay Carney
Judy Gross
Washington
Alan
United States
State Department
Road experts monitor I-77 slope after rock slide and mudflow
Camden said no report yet on the hillside condition but crews remain on night and day watch. Weather and freezing thaw cycles worsen slips while rock falls and mudslides are common in the region. A piling wall may be needed to stabilize the roadway as holiday traffic increases and lane closures continue.
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Camden
In loving memory fundraiser totals and memory gifts
A memorial list records donations including 13 345 and 38 00 amounts for son David Matthew and other family names such as Denise Hall Lloyd Hall Kenneth Woodall and Mary Hall. It lists numerous $10 00 gifts and a $100 00 tribute to Marie McKinney with an ending daily total of 228 00 and balance 13 573 00.
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David Matthew
Denise
Lloyd Hall
Daddy
Mommy
Kenneth
Ollie Woodall
Robert Woodall
Lisa Sager
Kenny Blankenship
Mary Hall
Rhonda Bailey
Denise Hall
Kelley
Dorothy Hall
Judy Blankenship Hagg
Patty Hylton Cameron
Rita Blankenship
Jenkins
Marie McKinney
Richard
Rev. D. Homer
Zelma Stewart
East River Town Band to stage 17th Christmas Concert
Bluefield brief notes the East River Town Band will present its 17th Annual Christmas Concert on December 5 at 7 30 p m at the Bluefield High School Bluefield Performing Arts Center. For more information call 304 952 1792.
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Bluefield
East River Town
Bluefield High School
Breast feeding class offered at Princeton Community Hospital
Princeton Community Hospital will offer a free breast feeding class on December 5 from 6 30 to 8 30 p m in Education Classrooms 1 and 2. To register call 304 487 7074.
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Princeton Community Hospital
Mike Bowling
Gold City
Steve Ladd
Donna King
Princeton Middle School
Artist Circle
Waey Radio
Alabaster Box
Shears 2U
Linda Joyce
Fairview Christian Community Church
iTickets.com
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Christmas lights brighten College Avenue home
John Finley makes the most of unseasonably warm weather Tuesday by hanging Christmas lights along his College Avenue home.
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College Avenue
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