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Sunday, November 13, 2005 Employees' lawsuit says water around plant contaminated

Ted Johnson worked 35 years for a DuPont Co. chemical plant and believed what company officials said about the safety of the operation. Now, he's not so sure.

Johnson and his wife, Barbara, are among more than 43,000 people in the mid-Ohio Valley who have signed up for tests to find out if a chemical...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Amanda Marder of Durham and Brian Horton of Cary, N.C., are engaged and will marry on Nov. 19, 2005, in Naples, Fla.

Miss Marder is the daughter of Virginia Marder of Naples. She is a 1994 graduate of Barron Collier High School, Naples, a 1998 graduate of Stetson University, Deland, Fla., a 2002 graduate of the University of Miami, Miami, Fla., and will graduate in 200...

Almost two years after he flunked retirement and resurfaced as head coach at Army, Bobby Ross saw a flicker last week.

A light at the end of the tunnel? Well, not exactly.

But when the Black Knights of the Hudson upended Air Force 27-24, it was a significant turn for Ross and his team. It was Army's first win over the Falcons in eight years and its first at the Air Force Academy in...

Mike Gansey had 22 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 14 West Virginia to an 88-69 victory over Louisiana-Monroe in the first round of the Guardians Classic on Saturday.

Ranked in the preseason poll for the first time in 43 years, the Mountaineers had a second-half lapse as Louisiana-Monroe cut a 17-point deficit to five. But West Virginia responded with three straight baskets, including ...

Some people assume every West River rancher is in favor of cheap grazing on federal lands. They are wrong. What I support is our Constitution.

Many people are deeply impressed by the concept of public lands. For some it is an awesome thing to view several million acres and say, "Wow. I am a part owner of all that."

It works especially well on folks accustomed to real estate measured...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Mike Gansey had 22 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 14 West Virginia to an 88-69 victory over Louisiana-Monroe in the first round of the Guardians Classic on Saturday. Ranked in the preseason poll for the first time in 43 years, the Mountaineers had a second-half lapse as Louisiana-Monroe cut a 17-point deficit to five. But West Virginia responded with three straight...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - The days are over for West Virginia catching an opponent by surprise. That showed in the 14th-ranked Mountaineers' first game since last season's improbable run that ended one win shy of the Final Four.

"Today, a couple people called our name. That was strange" said Mike Gansey, who led the Mountaineers with 22 points and 14 rebounds in Saturday's 88-...

From ticket prices rising to Rick Pitino arriving in the Big East to the NBA draft, there will be plenty to chew over this season on the national college basketball scene. Here is a sampling:

One of our New England spies, a longtime Boston College season-ticket holder, said the school has doubled the cost of his tickets. He kind of assumed that it might be because of B.C.'s move to the A...

by Noopur Shrivastav

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How you ever lacked the words to express some beauty, ever felt your camera is unjust in beholding the beauty around you, or you were unsatisfied after clicking the camera for an hour and felt, it was not enough? If so, you must be in the paradise of this earth; you must be holding the railings inside the Luray Caverns in Virginia.

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WELCOME, N.C. -- Richard Childress Racing (RCR) has signed 2005 NASCAR Weekly Series (NDWS) National Champion Peyton Sellers to a multi-year contract and next season will have him driving the No. 16 Chevrolet for Bill McAnally Racing (BMR) in the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series.

Sell...