The Times West Virginian Today's Top News 2012-05-28T19:18:47-04:00 urn:uuid:e777783b-a16d-457d-97d9-ed07c9283efb US kills Osama bin Laden decade after 9/11 attacks By KIMBERLY DOZIER and DAVID ESPO urn:uuid:a5be973d-66cd-4ed3-a4ec-3e87589facf4 2011-05-02T10:55:07-04:00 <p> Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces Monday, then quickly buried at sea in a stunning finale to a furtive decade on the run.</p> Twitter, texting useful for disaster communication By NATASHA T. METZLER urn:uuid:1baa1db5-d276-4514-89c9-fa68170a1aa0 2009-09-01T12:43:00-04:00 A national safety group says Text messaging, Twitter and social networking Web sites could help families stay in touch in the wake of a disaster. Clinton told of security failings in Afghanistan urn:uuid:3785b88b-3537-45d7-a8ec-609978c23f69 2009-09-01T12:37:00-04:00 An independent reform group is contending that security at the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan is compromised by the failings of a private contractor hired to protect the nearly 1,000 diplomats and staff who work there. Clements meets WVU Faculty Senate on Monday urn:uuid:3eadcbe8-046d-4a83-bb76-0c5dbf57c824 2009-06-08T09:36:00-04:00 He officially starts work June 30, but incoming West Virginia University President James Clements is already easing into the job. Obama hardens US stance on North Korean defiance By JENNIFER LOVEN urn:uuid:33811cbf-deaa-49fd-85de-1ae5e4bc4663 2009-06-06T19:27:00-04:00 His patience tested, President Barack Obama on Saturday promised a new and stronger response to defiant North Korea, saying that while he prefers diplomacy he is now taking a "very hard look" at tougher measures. A Pentagon official said no military moves were planned. 2 bodies, ticket found near Air France crash site By EMMA VANDORE urn:uuid:d0a16ed1-d976-46e2-8e1d-44220dbbd6a9 2009-06-06T19:23:00-04:00 Searchers found two bodies and the first confirmed debris — a briefcase containing an Air France Flight 447 ticket — in the Atlantic Ocean near where the jetliner is believed to have crashed, a Brazil military official said Saturday. Obama hails 'sheer improbability' of D-Day victory By Jennifer Loven urn:uuid:c46f4a38-f9cd-408e-9ab6-6dfff77cb56f 2009-06-06T19:19:00-04:00 President Barack Obama honored the valiant dead and the "sheer improbability" of their D-Day victory, commemorating Saturday's 65th anniversary of the decisive invasion even as he remakes two wars and tries to thwart potential nuclear threats in Iran and North Korea. ‘I went to help her’ By John Veasey urn:uuid:7b0b99ca-eeab-4f61-a386-03d165f1968f 2009-05-25T02:20:00-04:00 Most Marion Countians remember the gentleman who got into a real scuffle last week with a much larger man who was charged with beating up a woman companion.<br class="zc-v4-fix" /><br class="zc-v4-fix" /> “I was just sitting in my car, watching the river and feeding some ducks and relaxing,” said the man, who was later identified as Frank Presley. FACT OF FICTION: City ambulance service? ‘Just brainstorming’ urn:uuid:9162927f-1194-40b0-95f4-831ae95b7d5e 2009-05-25T02:20:00-04:00 If you pick up the phone and dial 9-1-1 for a health emergency, you expect to see an ambulance at your doorstep within minutes. And if it truly is a health emergency, does it matter what the name on the side of ambulance is? ‘Casualty of war’ By J. Miles Layton urn:uuid:c9393386-a092-4128-91e5-a5d02b609d1a 2009-05-24T02:34:00-04:00 Sgt. Ralph Suter Jr. didn’t die on the battlefields of Iraq, but in his sleep months after returning home.<br class="zc-v4-fix" /><br class="zc-v4-fix" /> “When&#8200;I got that call about what happened to my son, it was one of the lowest points in my life,” said Suter’s father, Ralph, Sr. “I was devastated. I remember asking, ‘Are you sure?’ I never thought he could be dead. I couldn’t believe it. He was home and safe, and then he just dies.”