Morgantown Machine

WVU looks for better defense vs. Dukes
Charleston Gazette; 12/9/2009; 974 words; Staff writer MORGANTOWN - It's hard to argue in any way...points per game) and double-double machine Damian Saunders (15.1 points, 13...63. The last time the teams met in Morgantown, two years ago, WVU won 92-68...

MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL: ; Mining foes make slow gains; RFK Jr. expected at DEP rally today
Charleston Gazette; 12/7/2009; 1122 words; MORGANTOWN - Environmental activists gained more momentum this year than in the past...removal mining, forests are clear-cut. Explosives blast the rock, and machines scoop the exposed coal. The earth left is dumped into valleys, covering...

Pearl Harbor survivor: ; Mountaineer remembers 68 years ago; A Lincoln County man recalls being stationed with Coast Guard when the Japanese attacked
Charleston Daily Mail; 12/7/2009; 996 words; ...were running past him. Everyone was shouting. He could hear machine gun fire and the roar of airplanes overhead.The nearby naval...his ticket back home. He said that a Col. William Grow, a Morgantown native, summoned him for a talk. The two exchanged memories...

Battle over mountaintop mining slowly gains ground: ; Byrd says most Americans, lawmakers oppose the practice, but few have taken up the cause
Charleston Daily Mail; 12/7/2009; 1031 words; MORGANTOWN - Environmental activists gained more momentum this year than in the past...mining, forests are clear-cut. Explosives blast apart the rock, and machines scoop out the exposed coal. The earth left behind is dumped into valleys...

HIRED BY VICTIM'S WIFE: ; Strange tale leads to W.Va. man's death sentence
Sunday Gazette-Mail; 12/6/2009; 1445 words; ...Anthony Runyon left his house in Morgantown to buy a gun he found in an...sent her husband to an ATM machine to get lunch money for their...was within earshot of the ATM machine, just across a row of hedges...her when he got to the ATM machine, less than a minute before...