Artist Roos Hailed Amid Airport Gourd Suspicion
In Ann Arbor John Roos faced TSA scrutiny after a dried summer gourd painted with the words dirty bomb triggered alarms at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Officials cleared the device after screening showed no explosives, leaving airline decisions on Roos’s passenger status.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
John Roos
Roos
Detroit Metropolitan
Transportation Security Administration
TSA
Rhatigan
Small town swells with patriotism on July Fourth
Pocahontas residents parade through the streets in an Independence Day celebration described as friendliest and most patriotic. Dozens of decorated bicycles wagons four wheelers fill the scene as hundreds watch a stream of red, white and blue.
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Ocahontas
America
Pocahontas
WV Colleges Trim Budgets Amid 10 Percent Cut
West Virginia public colleges and universities reduce services and adjust operations to meet a 10 percent budget cut imposed July 1 to cover a projected state deficit. Facilities save energy with efficient bulbs and lower wattage lighting while state contributions to insurance programs rise.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Bob Wise
State colleges face multi million dollar cuts in new budget
CHARLESTON AP A list shows annual cuts to higher education institutions for the new fiscal year starting July 1. Bluefield State College 750000, Concord College 437000, Fairmont State 1000000, Glenville State 1400000, Marshall University 900000, Shepherd 6300000, West Liberty 1400000, WVU 22000000 including Potomac State, Tech, and Parkersburg, WV State College 1200000, WVSO Medicine 606000.
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Charleston
Bluefield State College
Concord College
Fairmont State College
Glenville State College
Marshall University
Shepherd College
West Liberty State College
West Virginia University
Potomac State College
West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Parkersburg
West Virginia State College
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Free music piracy debate sparks virus punishment proposal
In Princeton, Sen. Orrin Hatch urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider government actions against illegal file sharing. He proposed injecting a virus into downloadable music files to deter copying, a controversial measure amid a surge in free tunes.
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Princeton
Sen
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Senate Judiciary Committee
State campaign aims to stop illegal marijuana growth
West Virginia State Police ramp up anti cannabis efforts posting notices in stores warning marijuana cultivation is illegal. A sketch of a marijuana plant accompanies the message as 12 counties join the Appalachian High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area including Boone Braxton Cabell Gilmer Kanawha Lewis Lincoln Logan Mason McDowell Mingo and Wayne. Tips from the public are encouraged to help stop cultivation. County counts show 301 marijuana arrests in the 2001 to 2002 period.
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West Virginia
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Wayne Counties
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Mingo
Logan
State Division of Criminal Justice Services
Boone, Braxton
Cabell, Gilmer
Kanawha
Lewis, Lincoln
Mason, McDowell
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