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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 2008
Page
1
A brief listing from the Bdtonline site dated Wednesday December 31 2008 notes end of year updates and local items. It cites online content and commemorates the closing day of the year with community relevance.
Snow showers are likely mainly before 1 p.m. Then the day becomes mostly cloudy and then sunny with a high near 32. Also quoted: Israel vows a bitter end in its war against Hamas with the home front serving as a strength for the military. Defense Minister Ehud Barak tells parliament he seeks a devastating blow against Hamas.
World news note reports Israel weighing a ceasefire option with Hamas amid ongoing Gaza war. Market figures included show B-1 Russell 2000 at 16.62 and 482.77 on the NYSE diary, with 2,555 advances and 592 declines.
In Pambula New South Wales campers captured a five foot alligator near a volleyball net. Police corrected an initial statement to confirm the animal is an American alligator native to the southeastern United States. Investigators seek its origin as crocodile misidentifications linger.
West Virginia Daily numbers report West Virginia Daily 3 draw 8 4 6 and Daily 4 draw 9 4 9 4. Virginia Pick 3 shows 6 7 9 and Pick 4 0 0 6 8.
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In February 2008 Pocahontas Va residents protested as Tazewell County School Board abruptly closed Pocahontas High School amid consolidation plans for Mercer County middle schools. The surprise decision angered locals and dominated editorial coverage in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
Ahmad Bradshaw, a Graham High School graduate and Giants running back, wowed Bluefield residents with autographs after his Super Bowl XLII win and later faced a 30 day jail term in Tazewell County for probation violation.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich appoints Roland Burris, a Black political pioneer and former Illinois attorney general, to Barack Obama’s Senate seat amid controversy. Burris rejects links to Blagojevich’s alleged bid-selling charges, stressing independence as he becomes Illinois’s first Black U.S. senator.
President Bush signs the Short Term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act sponsored by Sen. Rockefeller. The law adds a 30 day extension for residents in southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia to prepare for the February 17 2009 digital television transition and to help viewers restore lost signals.
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