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Patty Walker attempts to catch her mortarboard after giving instructor Kay Pitrolo a hug.

• Adult & Community Education Center students mark milestone: PHOTOS

  Students of the Marion County Adult & Community Education Center celebrated their completion of the General Education Development test at a graduation ceremony Tuesday evening at the Feaster Center on the campus of Fairmont State University.

  May 22, 2013 8 Photos

• Hearing set for murder suspects
• Gravel, fuel spills cause traffic delays in county
• Pierpont to move some classrooms, offices downtown
• Mannington bridge named in honor of ‘Doc’ and Florence Elliott

Sports

• FSHS glides past Braxton, 11-0: PHOTOS

  Fairmont Senior High School’s baseball team leveled Braxton County in the Class AA semi-regionals Tuesday evening, 11-0.
  The Polar Bears were led by their cleanup hitter, Johnny Kesling, and starting pitcher, Fletcher DeVaul.

  May 22, 2013 4 Photos

• HERTZEL COLUMN: Bill Stewart is missed, remembered
• Miles granted release from WVU
• WVU baseball team helps those in tornado’s path
• Horton signs with Fairmont State

West Virginia

• Protesters rally at FirstEnergy annual meeting

  At least 200 union workers picketed FirstEnergy’s annual shareholder meeting in West Virginia on Tuesday, demanding the Ohio-based utility hire enough people to keep the power on without forcing an ever-shrinking labor force to work as many as 1,800 hours of overtime a year.

  May 22, 2013

• Waiver eliminates ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach
• W.Va. gets reprieve from No Child Left Behind law
• Big decision looms for W.Va. House
• Coin commemorates W.Va.’s 150th birthday

Headline News

• Search for tornado survivors nearly complete

  Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children.

  May 22, 2013 2 Stories

• Senate panel approves immigration bill
• Teachers credited with saving students in Oklahoma
• States get reprieve from education law
• Obama urged to address economy

Politics

• Men play major role regarding gender gap

  Sorry, fellas, but President Barack Obama’s re-election makes it official: Women can overrule men at the ballot box.
  For the first time in research dating to 1952, a presidential candidate whom men chose decisively — Republican Mitt Romney — lost. More women voted for the other guy.

  November 25, 2012

• Obama returns to divided government
• Battleground bonanza
• Democrats maintain control of U.S. Senate
• Republicans drive to renewed control of U.S. House

Life

• Should you friend your boss on Facebook?

  So? Should you and your boss be friends on Facebook? The answer, of course, is not simple.

  October 27, 2012

• Link to the past
• Slate: The physics of cracking an egg
• VIDEO: Bacon, pork shortage expected for next year
• Watching your favorite programs together may be killing your relationship

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  July 25, 2011

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