West Virginia calls on disease investigators for obesity problem (North County Times)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia, a state with one of the worst obesity problems in the country, has called in the big guns for help. For the first time ever, federal disease investigators in Atlanta are studying obesity, just as they would investigate the rapid spread of an infectious disease.
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West Virginia calls on disease investigators for obesity problem (Kane County Chronicle)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia, a state with one of the worst obesity problems in the country, has called in the big guns for help. For the first time ever, federal disease investigators in Atlanta are studying obesity, just as they would investigate the rapid spread of an infectious disease.
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Obesity in West Virginia studied as a disease (Daily Bulletin)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia, a state with one of the worst obesity problems in the country, has called in the big guns for help. For the first time ever, federal disease investigators in Atlanta are studying obesity, just as they would investigate the rapid spread of an infectious disease.
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CDC investigators studying obesity in West Virginia like a disease (Hampton Roads Daily Press)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal disease investigators in Atlanta are studying obesity in West Virginia just as they would probe the rapid spread of an infectious disease.
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CDC studying obesity in West Virginia like a disease (TimesLeader.com)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Federal disease investigators in Atlanta are studying obesity in West Virginia just as they would probe the rapid spread of an infectious disease.
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New Mrs. West Virginia Crowned In Weekend Competition (State Journal)

Jaclyn Johnson says she wants to champion breast cancer research in the Mountain State. She's got the crown. Now she's on her way! We'd like you to meet your new Mrs. West Virginia.
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Ohio all but shuts down West Virginia (The Steubenville Herald-Star)

ELM GROVE - Ohio had a group of standout pitchers at its command during Sunday's annual Ohio Valley Athletic Conference All-Star softball game. West Virginia was held to just two singles, as Ohio recorded the 9-1 victory.
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Athletics Good Stuff (OhioStateBuckeyes.com)

Baseball left-handed starting pitcher Dan DeLucia is this week's Good Stuff Athlete of the Week after leading the Baseball Buckeyes to their only win at the NCAA Corvallis Regional in Corvallis, Ore. After losing a heartbreaker the night before, the Buckeyes were facing elimination against the No. 2 seed Virginia Cavaliers.
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W.Va. man pulls revolver on officer (The Marietta Times)

By Dave Payne Sr. PARKERSBURG — Troopers arrested a Calhoun County man Sunday after he allegedly walked into the West Virginia State Police detachment on West Virginia 47 and drew a revolver on an officer.
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Bardo to stay at Western Carolina (The Herald-Sun)

Western Carolina University Chancellor John Bardo says he's pulled his name from consideration to become the next president of Marshall University in West Virginia.
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C-130 demonstration proves Pentagon wrong (Charleston Daily Mail)

The West Virginia Air National Guard has proved the Pentagon wrong in its contention that Yeager Airport can't accommodate more than eight C-130 Hercules cargo planes.
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Man sues for $10 million; says he was hurt in toilet explosion in West Virginia (Canada.com)

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - A man who says he was severely burned when a portable toilet exploded after he sat down and lit a cigarette is suing a general contractor and a coal company, accusing them of negligence.
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Covering The Region Salmonellosis-Cases (WKBN27)

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A judge says people who claim they were sickened by salmonella-tainted tomatoes can sue the company that supplied the tomatoes and the store that sold them. The ruling clears the way for a class-action lawsuit against Coronet Foods, a company based in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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D'backs make slugging shortstop No. 1 pick (The State)

NEW YORK - Justin Upton was simply too good for the Arizona Diamondbacks to pass up. Despite having a few talented shortstops already in their minor league system, the Diamondbacks added another when they made the Virginia high school star the top pick in the baseball draft Tuesday."I think everybody saw the same thing," general manager Joe Garagiola Jr. told The Associated Press. "They saw an
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Teenager Killed in Fall in Fayette County (WTRF)

Emergency crews say 21-year-old Christopher L. Lawrence of Lost Creek, West Virginia, fell about 65-feet off the Beauty Mountain overlook, Sunday. Rangers say Lawrence was walking on the edge of a cliff when he slipped on some wet moss and fell.
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Study: Bats killed at wind turbine sites (phillyburbs.com)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A study of two wind energy farms in West Virginia and Pennsylvania estimates as many as 2,600 bats were killed by the whirling blades during a six-week period last year.
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US States Should Have Authority to Negotiate Medicaid Prescription Drug Prices, Editorial States (Medical News Today)

Federal officials have approved multistate drug purchasing pools -- such as one for Louisiana, Maryland and West Virginia -- but the government "generally make[s] it very difficult for government programs to be smart shoppers because of the enormous influence of the pharmaceutical lobby," a... Baltimore Sun editorial states.
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Virginia SS Eyed As Baseball's Top Draft Pick (KSBW)

NEW YORK -- The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft gets started on Tuesday at 1 p.m. (et) with the Arizona Diamondbacks holding the first pick.
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Chief Justice Albright at Worthington Graduation (WTAP-TV)

Worthington Elementary School was the scene of a graduation ceremony with distinction Monday night. West Virginia Chief Justice Joseph Albright was the guest speaker for commencement ceremonies.
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Allegheny: Improved credit rating shouldn't hurt scrubber project (SanLuisObispo.com)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Officials with Allegheny Energy Inc. say the company's recently improved bond rating shouldn't hurt its ability to get special financing for environmental upgrades at a West Virginia power plant.
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