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<title>A few words about soda pop</title>
<description><![CDATA[            <p class="MsoPlainText"><span>Leah Woodburn, dietician for the Pediatric Clinic at the West Virginia University Health Services Center, on soft drinks:</span>  <p class="MsoPlainText"><span>&quot;Typically, West Virginia children drink between ...]]></description>
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<title>Consumers can take advantage of green tax credits</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoPlainText">CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- <span>Are you among the green pioneers driving around in a Chevy Volt or similar plug-in electric car. Good for you. As you know, you paid extra to be different.</span>  <p class="MsoPlainText"><span>But did you...]]></description>
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<title>Budgeting is best way to cut extraneous costs</title>
<description><![CDATA[  <p class="MsoPlainText">CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Sticking to a budget may sound easier said than done. But one local financial advisor thinks anyone -- and everyone -- should do it. <span></span>  <p class="MsoPlainText"><span>&quot;It takes a lot of work an...]]></description>
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<title>Commonly overlooked tax deductions could net a larger return</title>
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<title>Online tax filing continues to get more popular</title>
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<title>Tech park bustling with activity</title>
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<title>Steps to avoid debt-relief scams</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoPlainText">CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- <span>Companies that claim to offer debt relief and settlement &quot;services&quot; are the top online financial scam in the nation, and one of top 10 online scams overall that consumers should be aware of, acco...]]></description>
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<title>Chemicals, auto parts, coal among states top exports</title>
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<title>The Way It Was: Hill climb, 1914</title>
<description><![CDATA[    Almost a century ago motorcycles were still in their infancy and this photo is remarkable for its detail showing an early motorcycle racing up Bridge Road in Charleston.  The idea was not to race up the hill together to race individually using a time c...]]></description>
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<title>Things to do Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[    <strong>Music</strong>  &quot;MOUNTAIN STAGE&quot;: 7 p.m. Advance tickets $15, at the door $25. Featuring Fountains of Wayne, Marc Broussard, Ben Lee, Amanda Shires, Grace Weber. Culture Center Theater. Call 800-594-TIXX or visit <a href="http://www.m...]]></description>
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<title>Crime report: Feb. 2-8, 2012</title>
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<title>On file: Feb. 3-10, 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[          <strong>Marriages</strong>  The following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Feb. 3 and 10:  John Clark Smith Jr., 82, of Belle, and Dottie Lin Clendenin, 62, of Dunbar.    Mark Edward Stevens, 49, and Lalora Lyman Hed...]]></description>
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<title>This is a public health emergency</title>
<description><![CDATA[                                                    <strong>Read more</strong> about the CARDIAC project at <a href="http://www.cardiacwv.org" target="_blank">cardiacwv.org</a>. See individual county results at <a href="http://www.cardiacwv.org/results.php...]]></description>
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<title>Putting the pieces together</title>
<description><![CDATA[                Read more: <a href="http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201202100147" target="_blank">One in four 11-year-olds faces high blood pressure, cholesterol, obesity </a>CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Every year, for 12 years, Lincoln County school nurse Pam Dice...]]></description>
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<title>JCPenney gets rid of sales, takes new approach to pricing</title>
<description><![CDATA[        CHARLESTON, W.Va. --  A self-proclaimed bargain shopper, Nicole Stanley said J.C. Penneys markdown pricing approach, introduced last week, is a smart decision to offer shoppers more predictable pricing.  As Stanley shopped at the JCPenney store at ...]]></description>
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<title>Statehouse Beat: New disclosure forms more interesting</title>
<description><![CDATA[      CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As I gazed with my good eye upon the yet-to-be-compiled stacks of new, more-detailed financial-disclosure forms at the Ethics Commission, like Flounder before the parade in &quot;Animal House,&quot; I said, &quot;Boy, is this gre...]]></description>
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<title>George Hohmann: Fossil fuels future</title>
<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Fossil fuels are the lowest-cost way to generate the electricity needed to meet demand, and if the price of natural gas remains low, it &quot;will be the fuel of choice,&quot; said Nick Akins, American Electric Powers president and...]]></description>
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<title>On the Town: Feb. 12, 2012</title>
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<title>Travel Notes: Feb. 12, 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[      <strong>Valentines buffet at Hawks Nest</strong>  ANSTED, W.Va. -- Hawks Nest Restaurant at Hawks Nest State Park is offering a Valentines Day dinner buffet with music on Tuesday.  The buffet is $15.95 per person. Music will be provided by the Duffy ...]]></description>
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<title>Sundays Child: Teen is active, social</title>
<description><![CDATA[      CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Meet Ryan. He is 14 years old and enjoys being active. He especially likes basketball and skateboarding. He is very social and enjoys spending time with his friends and attending school. Ryan would really like to find a forever f...]]></description>
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<title>Jean Schumacher: Small gifts created special memories</title>
<description><![CDATA[      CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Now that Christmas is behind us, I have had more time to think about my late husband, Bob. He was a very kind, caring and thoughtful person. A wonderful role model for his six sons and a dear husband to me. I actually did not thi...]]></description>
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<title>Book Notes: Feb. 12, 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[      <strong>Fiction writer at MU</strong>  HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Fiction writer Donald Ray Pollock will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Shawkey Room of the Memorial Student Center on Marshall Universitys Huntington campus.  Published by Rando...]]></description>
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<title>Arts Notes: Feb. 12, 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[      <strong>Birdhouse workshop</strong>  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A ReArt birdhouse-building workshop will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Habitat ReStore, led by Celeste Cantees.  ReArt is a series of workshops created by collaboration between Step...]]></description>
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<title>Help Out: Feb. 12, 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[      <strong>Carnaval Rio gala raises $93,000</strong>  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A sellout crowd of about 500 people at the Clay Center for Carnaval Rio raised more than $93,000 for the education programs of the Clay Center and the Charleston Ballet.  Attende...]]></description>
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<title>Live Life Fully: Esper made me want to be a better person</title>
<description><![CDATA[      CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Its a rare thing. You know it when it happens. You come across someone who will have a lasting effect on you. Someone with that &quot;special sauce&quot; who inspires you to be all you can be.  Ive only had a few mentors in my li...]]></description>
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<title>Into the Garden: Designer describes landscape challenges</title>
<description><![CDATA[      CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- At the recent West Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association meeting, design guru Matthew Urbanski of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates of New York and Massachusetts, described some of the large-scale projects hes done.  The fi...]]></description>
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<title>Greenbrier acquires dress worn by Liz Taylor</title>
<description><![CDATA[      CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Interior designer Carleton Varney has made it clear whats missing in todays world.  Glamour.  The curator of The Greenbrier has done his best to bring glamour to the decor of the White Sulphur Springs resort.  There are black-and...]]></description>
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<title>Smell The Coffee: Chasing the love bug</title>
<description><![CDATA[      CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- My husband and I were heading toward the checkout counter at Rite Aid, which required maneuvering through aisles lined with Valentines cards, candies and gifts, when Geoff began muttering.  Im accustomed to Geoffs mutterings. He ...]]></description>
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<title>I (still) do: Timeless stories of lasting love</title>
<description><![CDATA[              CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Cupids aim was true when he targeted eight Charleston couples who will renew their wedding vows Tuesday on Valentines Day at <a href="http://www.edgewoodsummit.com/" target="_blank">Edgewood Summit</a>.  Among them they r...]]></description>
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<title>Former WVSU player gets honor at Hawks game </title>
<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA -- Earl Lloyd remembers when he suited up for the Washington Capitols more than 60 years ago as the first black to play in an NBA game and wondering if he would make a good enough impression to stick around.Lloyd and the Capitols lost the game. But...]]></description>
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<title>Attorney holds Valentines divorce contest </title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A  Charleston attorney is continuing a tradition of offering a free  divorce as a Valentines Day gift to one unlucky-in-love couple.Its the fifth year <a href="http://www.rustywebb.com/">Charles &quot;Rusty&quot; Webb</a> has held the ...]]></description>
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<title>Martinsburg debuts new city flag </title>
<description><![CDATA[MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- An official city flag is now flying over Martinsburg.As Mayor George Karos raised the flag over the public square Friday, city leaders, workers and the public looked on.The Journal reports that three flag poles were erected as part of...]]></description>
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<title>Festival of Ideas returning April 4</title>
<description><![CDATA[      CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Save the date. The next installment of the long-running Festival of Ideas sponsored by The Charleston Gazette and West Virginia University will be at 7:30 p.m. April 4 at the state Culture Center in the Capitol Complex. The free ...]]></description>
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<title>Thousands of W.Va. children headed for diabetes</title>
<description><![CDATA[                        <span></span><span>MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Jenni, a young teenager, sat on a West Virginia University examining table, twisting her fingers, waiting for the heart doctor. Sitting nearby, her dad patted her arm and closed his eyes.</spa...]]></description>
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<title>Alaska-themed TV glut continues</title>
<description><![CDATA[          I customarily pound out the words that fill this space on Friday nights, after my day job as a newspaper reporter ends for the week.  But my addiction to Alaska-based &quot;reality&quot; shows may cause me to reschedule, since Friday nights are a...]]></description>
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<title>Making snow while the sun shines </title>
<description><![CDATA[                  GHENT, W.Va. --When Winterplace president Terry Pfeiffer began working at West Virginias southernmost ski resort in the early 1990s, snowmaking was a relatively slow, labor-intensive process.  &quot;Our whole system was manually operated,...]]></description>
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<title>Berkeley convict was tormented into taking murder plea, lawyer says</title>
<description><![CDATA[              CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- In the months leading to his trial for allegedly holding his ex-girlfriend hostage in her home and stabbing her to death, Donald Berkeley Surber Jr. was tortured by corrections officers in a regional jail, according to hi...]]></description>
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<title>Documentary focuses on fight against lawsuits, rights  </title>
<description><![CDATA[              CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Stella Liebeck is the woman who spilled hot coffee on her lap as she drove out of a McDonalds parking lot and later sued the company for roughly $20 million -- or $200 billion, or something like that.  That could be a typ...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[      CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Personnel from the New River Gorge National River, in partnership with the Raleigh County Commission on Aging, will be recording the experiences of people who lived and worked along the New, Gauley and Bluestone rivers on land no...]]></description>
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<title>Coal operator made dozens of political contributions to Capito, McKinley</title>
<description><![CDATA[      CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Companies owned by coal operator Robert E. Murray, and people who work for those companies, have made dozens of political contributions to West Virginias two Republican members of Congress during this election cycle.   According ...]]></description>
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<title>Cardinals eat and run (photo)</title>
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<title>Dominion Resources playing responsible role in Marcellus drilling, company says</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Dominion Resources Services, a company that has operated in West Virginia for more than a century, is facing criticism that they are not playing a responsible role in the development of Marcellus Shale natural gas wells in the Northern...]]></description>
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Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:00:06 -0500
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<title>The greatest day ever (photo)</title>
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<title>Was Charles Polk a Machiavelli at Mountain State U..</title>
<description><![CDATA[            CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Charles Polk, ousted last month as president of Mountain State University, modeled his leadership style at MSU after a book he published five years ago that endorses Machiavellian power games, manipulation of subordinates a...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[amy.harris@wvgazette (Amy Julia Harris)]]>
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Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0500
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<title>Drug link to coal mine deaths is not clear</title>
<description><![CDATA[                CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As he defends his proposal to require drug-testing for all West Virginia coal miners, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is pointing to two state mining deaths he blames on alcohol or drug abuse.  However, a review of official gover...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[kward@wvgazette.com (Ken Ward Jr.)]]>
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<title>Marine awarded Silver Star for Afghanistan counterattack</title>
<description><![CDATA[    SAN DIEGO -- A U.S. Marine based at Camp Pendleton was awarded the Silver Star on Friday for courageous service during a bloody, six-hour firefight in the war in Afghanistan.  Sgt. Philip McCulloch Jr. was honored for his actions in a battle in the San...]]></description>
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Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:00:23 -0500
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<title>Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[    <p class="MsoPlainText"><span>LOS ANGELES -- Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop musics queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48.<...]]></description>
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