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Syracuse bigger and better than last season
Nov 21st, 2009 - FOX Sports
NEW YORK - Jim Boeheim watched Jonny Flynn depart early and become the No. 6 pick in this past June's NBA draft. Fellow starters Paul Harris and Eric Devendorf also left — or were nudged out — early.Jobless Rate Up in 29 States, Hitting Records in 4 of Them
Nov 20th, 2009 - New York Times
California, Delaware, South Carolina and Florida registered record rates of unemployment in October, the Labor Department said Friday. Joblessness rose in 29 states last month compared with 22 in September...
West Virginia governor to approve pension rescue, new bonds
Nov 20th, 2009 - Reuters
MIAMI (Reuters) - West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin expects to sign bills giving the state's large cities pension-funding relief and approving the sale of $225 million in stimulus bonds...Steel of West Virginia to Lay off 53 by Nov.'s End
Nov 20th, 2009 - ABC News
More than 50 Steel of West Virginia Inc. workers will be out of work by the end of November. President Tim Duke said the layoffs of 53 workers will leave the company with about 300 employees.
Sarah's secret 'motel womb'
Nov 20th, 2009 - New York Pos
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio -- The woman who bore twin girls for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick said yesterday that she was living in a West Virginia motel around the time a police chief allegedly broke into her eastern Ohio home.
West Virginia videos from YouTube:
2:30Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia Trailer
Tucked deeply in the hills of the Appalachian Mountains, the White family lives an existence more like something out of the Wild West than modern-day rural America. The legendary family is known as much for their disturbing and excessive ways as they are for their famous mountain tap dancing legacy ...
5:07This Is Our West Virginia
A montage showing aspects of life in West Virginian in 2009. From employment to enjoyment, these glimpses of West Virginian culture and geography make up who we are and what we do. Sponsored by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, produced by Charles Ryan Associates.
2:28West Virginia Ninja
Diamond Dave's Ninja School
3:15Almost Heaven West Virginia
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West Virginia from WikiPedia:
West Virginia ( /?w?st v?r?d??nj?/ (help·info)) is a state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast. The capital and largest city is Charleston.
Historically the area now occupied by West Virginia was contested territory, mainly by Pennsylvania and Virginia. Some speculative land companies, such as the Vandalia Company, and later the Ohio Company and Indiana Company tried to legitimize their claims to land in parts of West Virginia and Kentucky but failed. With the settlement of the Pennsylvania and Virginia border dispute, which resulted in the creation of Kentucky, Kentuckians "were satisfied...and the inhabitants of a large part of West Virginia were grateful."
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