Tropical Storm Arthur Opens 2008 Atlantic Season
Arthur formed near the Yucatan and hit Belize Mexico border bringing heavy rain and rough surf. Warnings covered Belize and Mexico Caribbean coast with ports closed in Quintana Roo Cozumel Isla Mujeres and Chetumal. Forecasters expected rain up to 4 inches in Belize and potential weakening then possible reintensification.
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Ambergis Cave
Belize
Yucatan Peninsula
Belize- Mexico
Arthur
Yucatan
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Chetumal
Corozal City
Belize City
Ambergis Caye
Mexico
Caribbean
Quintana Roo
Cancun
Carlos Rodriguez Hoy
Cozumel
Isla Mujeres
Iguez
National Emergency Management Organization
Azul Hondo
Debbie Fountaineau
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Veracruz
U.S. Gulf Coast
Bomb blast at Iraqi checkpoint kills at least 10 west of Baghdad
A bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint near Hit, 85 miles west of Baghdad, killing at least 10 people including six police officers led by Chief Col Khalil Ibrahim. Four civilians died and 12 were hurt as authorities imposed a vehicle ban.
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Baghdad
Hit
Hikmat Jubeir
Jubeir
Khalil Ibrahim
Anbar
U.S
al-Qaida
Iraq
Euphrates River
al- Qaida
Syria
Dad
Associated Press
Loy
Pocahontas Bluegrass Festival Welcomes Shumate Guest
Pocahontas Mayor Anita Brown will greet Shumate at a reception on June 19 at the Pocahontas Opera House and again at the bluegrass festival the next night. Shumate, born Alice Thore in Northfork, grew up in Bluefield and later moved to Florida. John Barbour and Reverend William Davis will host and open the event with prayer. Tickets cost $10 and are sold at town offices and local shops, or from Lions Club or American Legion members.
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Pocahontas Opera House
Pocahontas
Anita Brown
Shumate
Alice Thore
Northfork
McDowell County
Bluefield
Bluefield High School
Keith Shumate
First Century Bank
Shumates
Florida
John Barbour
Lions Club
William Davis
Pocahontas Baptist Church
Pocahontas Town
Woodard’s Pie & Save
Nemours Grocery
Friendly Oaks
Pocahontas Lions Club
Pocahontas American Legion
Saunders Honored After Years at Bluefield High School
Hero reflects a long tenure at Bluefield High School culminating in retirement in 2007. Red Cross officials urged Saunders' friends to join him at the Herb Sims Youth Center on Stadium Drive from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday June 6.
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Red Cross
Saunders
Herb Sims
Stadium Drive
Community fundraiser sets June park event in West Virginia
The town fundraiser runs Saturday June 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Glenwood Park Shelter 1. Committee chair Marty Gearheart also a candidate for West Virginia's 3rd District seat, with Ireland and Don Caruth speaking. Tickets 30 adults 15 students, under 12 free. Gearheart at 320-0879 for tickets. A Bluefield Daily Telegraph report notes 17-year cicadas arriving in the McDowell area with one insect reportedly hitting the reporter in the head.
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Glenwood Park
Marty Gearheart
West Virginia
Ireland
Don Caruth
Senate
Gearheart
McDowell Saeger
Tony Price
Bluefield
Safety summit follows New York City crane collapse
New York officials held an emergency safety summit after a second deadly crane collapse in weeks. City leaders warned of risks in the building boom with 250 cranes over the city, and investigators prepared to analyze crane parts and history as crews remove debris.
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New York City
NEW York
Jessica Lappin
Manhattan
Upper East Side
Scott Stringer
Stringer
Midtown Manhattan
City Hall
Robert LiMandri
City Department of Buildings
Kate Lindquist
Buildings Department
Spencer Knfeld
Beth
Spencer
Scott Bair
LiMandri
Kodiak
Building Department
Donald Lee
Ramadan Kurtaj
Kosovo
Leo
Greece
Janine Belcastro
Zometa shown to cut breast cancer return in bone study
In a large trial, Zometa reduced overall recurrence by one third in premenopausal women with early stage breast cancer on hormone therapy. The study, led by Dr. Michael Grant, found relapse or death rates drop from 9 to 6 percent with Zometa over three years, with higher minor side effects and no major safety concerns.
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Chicago
Novartis AG
Zometa
Claudine Isaacs
Georgetown University
Lombardi Cancer Center
Michael Grant
Medical University of Vienna
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Nancy Davidson
Johns Hopkins University
United States
Gnant’s
Novartis
AstraZeneca PLC
Giant
Eric Winer
Dana-Farber Cancer Center
Boston
Winer
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