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West Virginia Wins in OT

Wheeling News Register - Jan 22, 2012
West Virginia's Kevin Jones (5) and Gary Browne, right, celebrate after Browne's shot tied the game near the end of the second half. ''He's a big shot-taker,'' WVU's Kevin Jones said of Browne, ''and he's a big shot-maker. He has all the confidence to ...

Woman killed in West Virginia

WKBW-TV

Buffalo News - Jan 22, 2012
MEDINA—A former Orleans County woman was murdered then beheaded in West Virginia last week by her boyfriend, who took his own life as authorities closed in on him, authorities said. News of the death of Carol Ann Rhim, 53, formerly of Medina, ...

Charleston

WOWK - Jan 22, 2012
In 2011, the West Virginia body of Habitat for Humanity started a program to train workers around the state on how to build homes that would be Energy Star rated homes. When a home is energy efficient it becomes more durable with reduced maintenance ...

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West Virginia books

The Glass Castle

by: Jeannette Walls
Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and above all, how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary, who painted and wrote and couldn’t stand the responsibility of providing for her family, called herself an “excitement addict.
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The Blacker House

by: Nicole Mulloy
Inspired by true events! Sixteen-year-old Kate is shocked when she must suddenly move across the country to Huntington, West Virginia, leaving behind her college-aged boyfriend, Jacob. Dazed and angry, Kate nevertheless tries to find her place in a new school and a new home, a beautiful but eerie southern mansion.

Soon, strange occurrences pique Kate’s suspicion. Sounds of a lively party fill the house at night, love letters to Jacob seem to rip themselves to shreds, and Kate’s arm is branded with a heart-shaped burn.
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The Devil's Palm

by: Bob Knapp
In the novel, THE DEVIL'S PALM, A West Virginia sheriff, Terrance Fowlkes, attempts to enrich himself by building an illegal casino on a beautiful piece of countryside owned by old timer, Andy Mehrhaus. Fowlkes and his bogus deputies run a car over Mehrhaus in the middle of the night. With the property in his pocket, Fowlkes attacks the locals who block the construction of his so-called family resort. Blackmail and murder clear the way, but Michael Hanover, a community leader, remains in his path.
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