Foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 212,764 U.S. properties in July, a 4 percent decrease from June and a 35 percent decrease from July 2010, according to a report released Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 by RealtyTrac (http://www.realtytrac.com/gateway_co.asp?accnt=137300), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties. Read more
Peter Thiel – founder of the New York-based hedge fund Clarium Capital, co-founder of PayPal, and an early investor in Facebook – has established a foundation to give 20 $100,000 grants to teenagers who would drop out of high school and pursue an ambition of becoming world visionary entrepreneurs. Read more
I look at the current understanding of how the rioting began in Britain and I think, well, what if these cops had nonviolence training, conflict resolution training, and authentic community policing connections? Had this been the case, I doubt Britain would be convulsing in riots from city to city as I write. Read more
The riots in London, which spread to other cities in England in a copy-cat pattern, were unlike any that had been seen before, and when normalcy is restored the British authorities will have to examine its origins very carefully.
MACON, GA (HNN) – A motion to approve a settlement agreement has been made in the case of former Marshall University and University of Georgia football coach, Jim Donnan and the bankrupt Proctorville, Ohio retailer, GLC Limited.Read more
CHARLESTON, WV (HNN) - Here are some upcoming casting calls ranging from a TV Spot, late 70s vehicles, and a new reality TV series, "Double Life," from the creators of "Intervention." Read more
The Super Congress created by the recent debt ceiling increase deal is a typical example of something nefarious attached to a bigger bill that is rushed through Congress without giving Members ample opportunity to consider the full ramifications. Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – “I’m just lucky to be alive,” Charles DePriest Local 83 LIUNA member, said in the Winter 2010 edition of The Laborer.Calling himself “a real survivor,” DePriest worked at four different Department of Energy (DOE) atomic weapons nuclear facilities, including the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP)Read more
Arnie Gundersen, chief engineer Fairwinds Associates, has joined with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy expressing alarming concerns concerning the Tennessee Valley Authority's Bellefonte Unit Number One. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –James Michael Daniel, 33, of Huntington, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison by United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers for distribution of crack cocaine and oxycodone. Read more
When Barack Obama first made known his lofty designs on the U.S. presidency, his qualifications were immediately challenged by those dedicated to substance rather than style. Read more
The debt deal cuts roughly $2.4 trillion in federal spending over the next decade without any new revenue streams. It slashes social services like education and health, and threatens to weaken the vital entitlement programs of our frayed social safety net. It is far from representing the shared sacrifice that an overwhelming majority of the American people had demanded of their elected officials in the days and weeks leading up to the debate and negotiation. Read more
Next in the series from Come Home. Love, Dad, published by Bernard Street Books, a memoir about my father, Samuel Reuben – a truly extraordinary man. Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today announced that he anticipates calling members of the Legislature back into session, beginning early next week. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.—Marshall University is welcoming the Class of 2015 this fall with Week of Welcome (WOW), an immersion program designed to facilitate successful entry into college life.Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.-- Marshall University’s Choral Union is seeking new singers to join it, according to Dr. David Castleberry, who is beginning his 20th year as director of the group. Rehearsals begin Tuesday, Aug. 23. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Dr. Eric B. Kmiec, director and lead research scientist at the Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (MIIR), will be the featured speaker at the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) “Dining for a Cure” event on Sunday, Aug. 21, from 5-9 p.m. at Bridge Road Bistro in Charleston.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - Sweltering heat aside, Mark Buchanan of the WV Conservation Agency , held a rain barrel workshop in late July at Huntington's Ritter Park. The barrels can be used to implement storm water control by individual citizens. Downspouts are steered into the barrel which prevents the storm water runoff from entering the sewage system. Read more
PIPESTEM, WV (HNN) - The eighth annual Culturefest World Music & Arts Festival will take place September 8-11 at The Appalachian South Folklife Center in Pipestem, WV.Read more
Maybe the candidates for Governor of West Virginia know something we don't, but frankly, we've never seen a more dead Governor's race than this one. We're willing to wager that 80% of West Virginia registered voters couldn't even name both of the candidates who will be on the Special Election ballot on Saturday, October 4th, less than two months away. Read more
HUNTINTON, WV (HNN) – The cracked concrete and hole in the Eighth Street Viaduct roadway falls under state, not city, responsibility, according to Huntington Mayor Kim Wolfe. Wolfeinformed HNN Tuesday morning and relayed the deterioration to the proper state authorities. Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – You will not be hearing “Daydream Believer” or “I’m a Believer” from The Monkees at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena Sept 2. A press release from BSSA indicated that the remaining reunion tour dates had been cancelled.Read more
Huntington, WV - Beginning in September, Heritage Station will host a monthly outdoor market, called The Downtown Market at Heritage Station. Organizers are seeking artists, artisans, performers, entrepreneurs, growers, and food-based businesses to participate.
The violence in the States hasn't reached the level of England's rioting yet, but at least one mayor of a major American city, Philadelphia's Michael Nutter, wants to nip the problem in the proverbial bud -- before it reaches the level of Britain's. Read more
I was reading Mark Twain's "Life On The Mississippi" the other day when I came across the passage where Twain mentions that the first steamboat traveled from Pittsburgh, where she was built in 1811, all the way to New Orleans. The boat was the aptly named “New Orleans.”
Following up on my review of "Death by China" (Link: http://www.huntingtonnews.net/7021) I found this news story from the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA). The "land grabbers" aren't the usual bad guys from the developed Western countries; they're fast growing Asian countries, plus arid Arab countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia. All are considered overpopulated by COHA. Read more
My teen son got a job! Amazing! It took over a year of searching by foot and on the Internet, applying countless times, and uncharacteristic persistence and follow through. It was not easy. He experienced some unfair treatment and he also hurt himself in his efforts numerous times. As with so much in life, we often learn more in failure than in success and that is the lesson I believe he’s gotten from this arduous journey to employment. Read more
A record 14,270 passengers boarded flights from Huntington Tri-State Airport (HTS) during July 2011, representing the highest number of monthly enplanements reported in the history of the airport. During the month of July, the airport served a total of 28,440 arriving and departing passengers. July’s boardings were up 5.6% over the same month last year, and up 8 ½ % over June 2011.
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – The Huntington Police Department received approval for the purchase of barcoding software for evidence identification at the August 8, 2011 city council meeting. The $27,680 purchase will be financed through drug forfeiture funds.Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. (HNN) - Sen. Joe Manchin kicked off his Rebuilding America tour of WV Monday in Charleston. The purpose of the tour is to focus statewide on rebuilding America through job creation and rebuilding our economy. Read more
Known for controversal theories about the dangers of low dose radiation exposure, scientist Christopher Busby condemns Japan's plan to re-populate locations that are between 20 and 30 kilometers from the Fukushima nuclear plant. However, the New York Times has reported on Tuesday, Aug. 9 that the government's withholding of information and wind patterns caused some fleeing on their own to "evacuate" into an area of "safety" that was highly radioactive. Read more
Over the past few months, full-page ads have been taken out by the largest pro-life group in the Mountain State, West Virginians for Life. You may have seen them. They are remarkable in that they publicly chastise their former best friend, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, for voting pro-choice at his first opportunity as the junior senator from West Virginia. Read more
In the midst of the current stampede to slash federal spending, Congress might want to take a look at two unnecessary (and dangerous) “national security” programs that, if cut, would save the United States over a quarter of a trillion dollars over the next decade.
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