Turkish warplanes bomb PKK targets in northern Iraq
Turkish airstrikes hit Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq near Dahuk, marking the third cross border operation in a week. No casualties were reported, with Turkey claiming hundreds killed. The U N and Iraqi officials urge restraint amid concerns of regional destabilization.
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U.S
Ankara
United States
Dahuk
Jabar Yawar
Kurdistan
Peshmerga
Kurdistan Workers’ Party
PKK
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Bush
Washington
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
Iran
Strong storm snarls Midwest driving in Missouri pileups
A heavy snowstorm swept across the Plains into the Midwest forcing highway closures. On Interstate 29 near St. Joseph Missouri authorities reported 20 to 40 vehicles involved in a chain reaction wreck including three tractor trailers. ambulances were sent, injuries not yet described as life threatening, and about 100 miles of I-29 were closed from Dearborn to the Iowa line.
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Interstate 29
Missouri
Oklahoma
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Heartland Regional Medical Center
Dearboro
Kansas City
Iowa State Line
Missing student Hickman found dead in Huntington crawl space
Police note Hickman last spoke with a friend on Dec 14. Her phone is unused and missing while her keys purse car and packed bags were found at her Huntington apartment. About 50 people gathered for a Marshall campus candle vigil and Dress Barn offered a $10,000 reward which Holbrook said did not drive the discovery.
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Point Pleasant
Huntington
Marshall
Dress Barn
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Holbrook
Our towns feature on Lawson's long career with coal firms
Al Skinner profiles Lawson 82 who, after Bluestone High School graduation in 1944, was drafted in 1944, served in the U.S. Air Force, returned to American Coal in Crane Creek, then spent 44 years with Consol. Post retirement he cooked at Consol's Alexander Hunting and Fishing lodge in Bland County, working weekends in May through July.
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Coal People
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Bluestone High School
Bramwell
American Coal
U.S. Air Force
American Coal Co
Crane Creek
Consol
Alexander
Bland County
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