Virginia Tech critics fault campus warning delay report finds law broken
Critics say Virginia Tech ignored a campus emergency and failed to warn students promptly after the 2007 massacre. The federal report faults two hour delays to alert about the dorm killings and the gunman at large, while Tech defends its actions as proper under then guidelines.
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Virginia Tech
Lori Haas
Emily
Seung-Hui Cho
U.S. Department of Education
Ing
Larry Hincker
Derek O’dell
O’dell
Tech
Safe Havens International
Dorn
Federal Education Department
Clery
S. Daniel Carter
Oial Public Policy For Security On
Virginia
Hinckers
Trial set for hit and run fatality case
Mercer County woman Brittani Taylor-Yopp 19 faces first degree murder charges after Velma Moore 50 of Bluefield was killed in a hit and run near Goodykoontz Drug Store April 7. A status hearing is scheduled February 22, 2011, before Judge Omar Aboulhasa in Mercer County Circuit Court. Warrants were issued for Yopp who was arrested at a home near Peel Chestnut Mountain in Pocahontas Virginia. Grand Jury indicted her on the murder charge.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
Brittani Taylor-Yopp
Omar Aboulhasa
Yopp
Velma Moore
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Bland Street
South Street
Peel Chestnut Mountain
Pocahontas
Mercer County Grand Jury
Missing 12 year old Brittany Smith found unharmed
A 12 year old girl Brittany May Smith missing for a week was found unharmed with Jeffrey Scott Easley, her mother’s live-in boyfriend, taken into custody out of state. The mother was found dead at home earlier and police have ruled it a homicide with no cause released.
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Virginia
Roanoke
Brittany May Smith
Jeffrey Scott Easley
Teresa Hamilton Hall
Easley
Brittany
Blankenship Will Not Testify In Mine Probe
Outgoing Massey Energy executive Don Blankenship refuses to testify about the Upper Big Branch mine blast that killed 29 and injured two in southern West Virginia. State officials cite a 5th Amendment assertion via his attorney, as regulators scrutinize Massey safety practices amid civil and criminal probes.
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Morgantown
Massey Energy
Don Blankenship
Upper Big Branch
Eugene White
Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training
Blankenship
West Virginia
Massey
White
Bill Taylor
Baxter Phillips Jr
Adm
Bobby Inman
Big Branch
U.S
Om Blankenship
Charleston Gazette
Clinton urges Democrats to back tax-cut deal
Bill Clinton urged Democrats to back Barack Obama’s tax-cut agreement with Republicans during a surprise White House appearance. He praised the deal as the best option to avoid a recession, calling for Senate ratification of a U S Russia nuclear pact and stressing the need to extend tax cuts, renew unemployment benefits, and trim Social Security taxes for one year despite liberal doubts.
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Bill Clinton
Washington
Barack Obama
Obama
White House
Clinton
Oval Office
Senate
Energy rate cut and policy talk in Southwest Virginia
APCO plans to lower the rate to 9.4 cents per kilowatt hour on Jan 1 2011 after a state regulator approved a lower rate than requested. Officials cite coal price savings and a removed environmental rider as reasons. Lawmakers discuss fuel costs from environmental rules and potential utility regulation reforms and coalbed methane tax credits to boost jobs.
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Todd Burns
APCO
Burns
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Pany
Virginia
Morefield
Rabies Risk Emphasized Amid Local Cases and Vaccination Call
Health officials warn rabies presents with delirium fever and staggering, stressing pets and livestock vaccination. In 2010 Virginia logged nine rabies cases in livestock. 2009 had ten statewide. Recent local incidents include a rabid skunk in Burkes Garden and two exposed puppies euthanized, with Mercer County reporting six cases this year including a long haired black cat exposing residents. For details see the Virginia Dept of Health Rabies Control site or contact local health departments.
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Parker
Dreyzehner
Tazewell
Burkes Garden
Mercer County
Princeton
Virginia Department of Health
Vdh.virginia.gov
Tazewell County
Weekend storm to bring rain then snow and deep cold
Forecaster Silverman warns of a weekend storm bringing mixed precipitation with sleet or freezing rain Saturday night, then mostly rain before a sharp temperature drop. Snow is forecast to begin early in the week with strong winds and very low wind chills Sunday night through Monday, with highs not rising much. Residents should prepare in advance and monitor local forecasts from the National Weather Service.
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Silverman
National Weather Service
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