German man torches BMW in protest over gas prices
A 30-year-old unemployed German man poured gasoline on his 1995 BMW 3-series and set it ablaze near Frankfurt's convention center about 7:30 a.m. Police said he did so to protest skyrocketing fuel costs. The car burned completely before firefighters arrived. authorities consider possible environmental-law charges with penalties up to five years in prison.
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Convention Center
Karlheinz Wagner
Wagner
Germany
Lottery results brief for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia Daily three digit 0 2 4 and four digit 0 6 4 3. Virginia Pick three 2 1 8 and Pick four 3 6 2 1. No further details provided.
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West Virginia Daily
Daily
Virginia Pick
Delivery questions and service hours notice
Contact the circulation department for subscriptions, delivery problems, rack sales, mail delivery or the e edition. Hours are 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 6 a.m. to noon on weekends with morning redelivery through 12 p.m. in a limited area. Customer Service 304 327 2800.
Area police foresee rise of black market gasoline crime
Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports Tazewell County Sheriff H S Caudill warns that as fuel prices climb thieves may turn to a black market in gasoline and hijack tractor trailers or siphon tanks. Mercer County Sheriff Danny Wills notes increased drive offs and more stores requiring payment before pumping, with surveillance increasingly used.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
H.S. Caudill
Caudill
Mercer County
Danny
Wills
Ordinance to clean up private property in Mercer County
Mercer County plans a local ordinance to require homeowners to remove trash and junk from private land. If residents refuse or fail to cooperate with litter control, fines or jail could follow. The rules integrate neglected property and litter issues into one local code, per Lyle Huntington.
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Princeton
Bluestone Convention & Visitors Center
Mercer
West Virginia
Lyle Huntington
Dominion's Virginia City plant wins conditional board approval
The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board granted conditional approval 5-0 for Dominion Virginia Power to construct a 1.8 billion coal fired power plant in Wise County at Virginia City. Local leaders praised the decision highlighting job creation and regional development amid debate over pollution.
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Virginia Air Pollution Control Board
Richlands
Southwest Virginia
Dominion Virginia Power
Virginia City
Dominion
Wise
Estepp
Virginia
Appalachian Power rate hike approved by PSC in WV
The Public Service Commission approved an 11.35 percent rate increase for Appalachian Power, down from a 17 percent request. Average residential bills will rise by about seven to eight dollars monthly, affecting Southern West Virginia residents amid rising costs. Blaine Braithwaite of the South Bluefield Neighborhood Association criticized the ruling, noting impact on low income and seniors.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
State Public Service Commission
Appalachian Power
Sarah Robertson
Public Service Commission
South Bluefield
West Virginia teachers wrap final day of STEM workshop at Concord
Math and science teachers from Mercer, McDowell, Monroe, Summers and Wyoming counties attended the last day of the 2008 Stimulating Student Achievement Science and Mathematics Workshop at Concord University. Kerry Richmond of RESA I described the three year project as a measure of sustained math and science development. Duard Addington watches as Tom Roberts tests a team catapult design.
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McDowell
Monroe
Summers
Wyoming
Concord University
Kerry Richmond
Resa I
West Virginia
Duard Addington
Tom Roberts
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