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A consumer voices frustration with checking account fees and mentions a free Visa check card as part of the complaint or offer. The note highlights dissatisfaction with bank charges and promotional card availability.
Dear Abby readers advise empathy over judgment in workplace dementia fears
Letters discuss an older coworker named Anita with memory and mood changes. Experts suggest medical, psychological, hearing tests, and potential EAP referrals, noting treatable conditions, stress, or hearing loss as possible causes. Real cases show strokes or thyroid issues can underlie behavior changes, urging compassionate handling.
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Richmond
Cal
EAP
Upstate New York
Ruth
Frederick, MD
Bronze Look Exhibit Showcases Civil War Art
Historic Mercer Street Princeton WV hosts a large exhibit and sale featuring Mort Kunstler and John Paul Strain to mark the Civil War’s 150th anniversary. We are the area's only authorized dealers for these artists, with weekend hours Sat 10 7 Sun 2 5.
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Mercer St. Princeton
Mort Kunstler
John Paul Strain
Plutonium Found Near Leaking Fukushima Plant Waters
Tokyo Electric Power Co officials reported new pools of radioactive water leaking from the Fukushima Dai ichi complex as crews pump out hundreds of tons of contaminated fluid. Traces of plutonium were detected in soil outside the site, though officials say there is no public health threat.
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Japan
Mond
Tokyo Electric Power Co
Jun Tsuruoka
Fukushima Dai-ichi
Fukushima Complex
Pennsylvania
Three Mile Island
Chernobyl
Hidehiko Nishiyama
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
TEPCO
Takashi Kurita
Obama defends Libya action in address to defense university
President Obama spoke at the National Defense University defending U S intervention in Libya amid regional upheaval. He argued delaying action would betray American values and warned against broad regime change. He noted U N authorization limits and cautioned about mission scope while contrasting Libya with Iraq.
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Obama
United States of America
National Defense University
Libya
Gaddafi
U.S
Middle East
North Africa
U.N. Security Council
United States
White House
U.N
Iraq
George W. Bush
Coal mining stars in West Virginia premiere on Spike TV
McDowell County miners from Cobalt Coal’s Westchester Mine near Big Sandy attended the premiere. Residents and relatives praise the show for realism and insight into miners daily life while noting mixed views from environmentalists and the public. The program debuts on March 30 at 10 p.m., highlighting the region’s coal industry and community.
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McBride
Welch
Cobalt Coal
Westchester
Philip Barker
Barker
Cobalt
Tom Roberts
Roberts
California
West Virginia
Arianna Bailey
Jaeger
Friends of Coal
Bailey
McDowell County
Gordon Lambert
Anawalt
Winebarger
Allilee Trent
Laeger
Trent
Spike TV
Big Sandy
Bramwell and Athens Population Shifts Highlight Regional Change
Honaker discusses mid income housing in Welch and Bramwell seeks 2020 growth through tourism and new industry. Bramwell reports a 62 person decline from 426 to 364 since 2000 while Athens sees a 5 percent drop and officials emphasize census counting uncertainties and university student filings as possible factors.
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Welch
McDowell County
Honaker
Stevens Correctional Facility
Burke Mountain
Bramwell
Lew Stoker
U.S. Census Bureau
Bureau
U.S
Census Bureau
Stoker
Hatfield-McCoy
Athens
Robert Richardson
West Virginia
Richardson
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