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<title>Ethics law falling short of promise to clean up government, critics say</title>
<description><![CDATA[In 1974, mine inspectors wanted a pay raise. So they put hundreds of       dollars in a brown paper<BR>bag and headed to Charleston.      <P>The money was intended for Delegate T. J. Scott, D-McDowell, who       sponsored legislation to<BR>increase their s...]]></description>
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<title>SNUFFED OUT</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lynn Byus started dipping snuff on a dare.      <P>Byus, 39, now works for the West Virginia Chapter of the American       Cancer Society. She giggled a<BR>little when she told about how she became       addicted to smokeless <B>tobacco</B> as a 12-year-ol...]]></description>
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<title>DROPPING COIN</title>
<description><![CDATA[Just before 11 p.m. March 13, 1999, the Rev. Nathan Wilson walks out of       the Senate chamber.<BR>It's the last night of the session, and he is going       home to his wife and baby after 14 hours of<BR>lobbying at the West       Virginia Legislature.  ...]]></description>
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<title>LOBBYISTS WINE, DINE LEGISLATORS FOR FAVORS</title>
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<title>LEGISLATORS' CONFLICTS CAN CUT BOTH WAYS</title>
<description><![CDATA[Doing the right thing - or more importantly, appearing to do the right       thing - can be tough for<BR>a state legislator.      <P>Ask Sen. Martha Yeager Walker, D-Kanawha. When she became a candidate       for state senator in<BR>1992, she quit her job ...]]></description>
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Sun, 28 May 2000 00:00:00 -0400
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Sun, 21 May 2000 00:00:00 -0400
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