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The Army National Guard today announced a new national recruiting initiative that kicks off in West Virginia and four other test states.

The initiative will use West Virginia Army guardsmen to help recruit new guard members and will reward each with up to a $2,000 bonus, depending on their success.

Lt. Gen. Clyde A. Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard, announced the initiati...

Welcome back to the , where we take an over-the-top look at the past weekend of college basketball.

Don't be offended by anything you read. It's all in fun.

Whoever has been voting for Charlotte in the Top 25 -- the 49ers had two votes last week -- needs to switch sports. Charlotte isn't good. Charlotte is, in fact, bad. The 49ers lost 53-38 late last week at home to Mississippi ...

Both are offspring of bigtime, longtime WVU supporters--Sean's ("JrWVDihard" on this forum) Dad (the original "WVDihard") has had a rooting interest in all things Gold and Blue since growing up in Wheeling some 47 years ago. The VanSickles are Mountaineer clan for just about as long.

The ribbon running through the VanSickle household in West Virginia and the Garrisons' down in the Tidew...

The recent Broadway revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is moving to London with its New York cast intact. The show, which stars Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin and is directed by Anthony Page, is set to begin previews at the Apollo Theatre on January 20.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a caustic look at marriage and dysfunctional relationships. In addi...

Matthew Gaskins Jr.'s two children inevitably have the same question almost daily: When can they go back home to Louisiana?

"Even the 2-year-old asks that," said Gaskins by phone from Virginia, where they are staying with family.

The 49-year-old fisherman from Cameron Parish, his girlfriend and the children initially evacuated to Alabama, but have spent most of the last two months ...

Taking it to the hoop over Hooper Texas forward P.J. Tucker (2) goes for a layup over Louisiana-Monroe's Tony Hooper (00) during the first half Saturday in Austin, Texas. Texas won 90-55.

AUSTIN, Texas -- P.J. Tucker hit all nine of his shots, including his first career 3-pointer, to score 19 points in leading No. 2 Texas to a 90-55 win over Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday.

After tough w...

USF falls at Connecticut when a victory would have given it a chance to play for Big East title.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- South Florida stumbled and fumbled its way right out of a chance to play for BCS berth, losing 15-10 to Connecticut on Saturday to hand West Virginia the Big East title.

Connecticut's Lou Allen rushed for a career-high 101 yards and a touchdown, Darius Butler return...

NAVY CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER KEITH R. WAGNER, a 1985 graduate of Matawan Regional High School, made a port visit with his shipmates to Noumea, New Caledonia, aboard the USS Blue Ridge. Blue Ridge is ported in Yokosuka, Japan, and serves as a command and control center for naval and joint commanders.

NAVY SEAMAN ALBERT L. FUSCO, son of Connie and Albert M. Fusco of Middletown, completed basi...

VASHON ISLAND — Kelsey Kozack's kitchen is a dairy wonderland. Fresh cheeses, yogurt and quarts of fresh raw milk abound, all compliments of Iris, a gentle tan cow who grazes on the family's seven-acre property.

Just 16, Kelsey has established and run Fort Bantam Creamery from her family home on this island just west of Seattle.

At first, Kelsey's parents and sister were the main...

(New York City) New York, the traditional liberal bastion which hasn't had one of its own elected president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt won a fourth term in 1944, has potential contenders leading the field in both major parties for the 2008 White House nominations.

A national poll last month from Marist College's Institute for Public Opinion, mirroring other independent surveys, had...