Hokies Ready For First National Title In Sugar Bowl
Virginia Tech and Florida State, both 11-0, meet in the Sugar Bowl for the era’s first national championship. Hokies coach Frank Beamer praises fan support from Mercer to Four Seasons Country as Hokies chase Tech’s first national crown against No. 1 Florida State.
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Bobby Bowden
Florida State
Virginia Tech
Florida States
Frank Beamer
Peter Warrick
Michael Vick
Tech
Andre Davis
Sebastian Janikowski
Virginia
Orleans
Mercer
Tazewell
Buchanan
Louisiana Superdome
Dave Smith
Dave
Bluefield
New Orleans
Bourbon Street
Four Seasons
Beamer
Hokies
Texas
Bank trial continues into April in West Virginia case
U S District Judge David Faber extended the obstruction trial of Terry L. Church age 46 of Keystone and Michael Graham 49 of Bluefield until April 4 in Bluefield. They face charges for obstructing federal bank examiners auditing the failed First National Bank of Keystone. The bank was closed September 1 1999 citing apparent fraud and $515 million in loans still on books. The hearing also addressed Graham's counsel change request with local bar requirements noted.
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Bluefield
McDowell County
U.S
David Faber
West Virginia
Terry L. Church
Keystone
Michael Graham
Church
Graham
First National Bank of
Comptroller of the Currency
OCC
Treasury Department
Faber
Michael Fisher
Stuart Pierson
Washington, D.C
Troutman, Sanders
Susan M. Arnold
Fisher
Pierson
Temperature plummet follows record warmth in Bluefield
National Weather Service in Blacksburg says a warm spell ends today as highs stay in the 60s then fall. Rain today gives way to snow showers tonight with lows in the lower 20s. Morning snow flurries are forecast Wednesday, with a two day cold spell and a warming trend by Friday. Snow and cold linked to La Nino.
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Bluefield
National Weather Service
Blacksburg
Jan Jackson
Mercer County
Jackson
Pacific Ocean
Ohio Valley
Peanuts ends as Schulz battles cancer
Local readers mourn the final daily Peanuts strip by Charles Schulz, 77, diagnosed last November with colon cancer. His contract prevents another artist from continuing the classic comic featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and Peppermint Patty.
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Princeton
Lucy
Charlie Brown
Linus
Snoopy
Charles Schulz
Pepper
Lewinsky seeks new start after Clinton scandal
Monica Lewinsky says she is moving on with her life after two years in the public eye over a scandal that led to President Clinton's impeachment. At 26 she is in therapy, running an Internet business, and working as a spokesperson for a diet company.
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Monica Lewinsky
Clinton
White House
Lowney
Millennium sermons urge faith over materialism in bluefield pulpits
Local churches marked the new millennium with sermons stressing spiritual awakening and God centered focus. Dr Bob Stoddard urged hope in God while Rev Larry Roberts told of Isaiah's temple vision, challenging congregants to shun materialism and seek divine guidance for the new year.
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Bob Stoddard
Bluewell United Methodist Church
Rinceton
Larry Roberts
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Bluefield
Isaiah
First
Roberts
Temple
God
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Charles Owens
Bluefield Fire Department
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Direct Furniture Outlet
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