Stocks stumble as Greenspan hints raise rates
Stocks waver sharply in New York as Fed Chair Greenspan questions irrational exuberance and signals possible rate hikes. The Dow fell 55.16 to 6381.94 while the Nasdaq and S P 500 declined, bond yields surged to 6.64 percent, and trading volume reached about 500.9 million.
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Three charged in grand theft auto and fraud case in Tazewell
Tazewell County deputies and Virginia State Police arrested Ray Lester of Cedar Bluff Crystal Lynn Coleman of Big Rock and Orvil Jackson of Pike County Kentucky on grand theft auto and credit card fraud charges. Lester allegedly charged 1400 in Sears merchandise using stolen card and the trio is linked to the theft of a purple 1993 Plymouth Sundance. Coleman remains jailed.
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Police blotter notes shoplifter and break in in Bluefield area
Officer J Altizer arrested a shoplifter at Dollar General at 6 30 p m Wednesday and investigated a break in on Kimble Avenue reported at 5 10 p m Wednesday A gray Buick with a drunk driver was reported on U S Route 460 Thursday by Deputy C J Smothers A pair of female juveniles were spotted joyriding on Mads Mill Road Thursday and later located at a North Carolina relatives home A deer spotter call proved to be a motor vehicle accident A pedestrian hit by a car on U S Route 460 near East Oakvale Road was an elderly man wandering from home A drunk driver in a black Ford Ranger was reported on Blue Stone Road Wednesday and not located A blue Ford pickup abandoned at East River Mountain Tunnel lot for about three weeks was found not stolen Deputy W W Worley II noted the vehicle.
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Weather wrecks traveling in Mercer County accidents
No fatalities reported Friday after snow and ice sparked a string of crashes in Mercer County. West Virginia State Police handled weather related incidents on Egeria Road and Eads Mill Road. One driver, Tony Jay Lindamood, 19, was treated and released after a Route 71 overturn. Four injured in a Cone Street crash. Clayton Bowden, Annette Bowden and Gina Lester were treated and released at Bluefield General and Princeton Community Hospital.
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Two arrested on drug charges in Mercer County
Mercer County deputies arrested George Daniel Justice, 40, of Montcalm on two counts of delivery of hydromorphone and one count of possession with intent to deliver marijuana after a series of controlled buys. A Friday search of his Tabernacle Hill home yielded marijuana, drug items and over $200. In a separate case, James Curtis Rogers, 56, of Lee Street Princeton, was arrested Thursday on possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine. A quantity of Valium was found on Rodgers at the Acme Supermarket parking lot. He was released on personal recognizance.
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