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In the wake of the Newtown school massacre, Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat from West Virginia, calls for Congress to move toward restricting assault weapons while continuing to protect Second Amendment rights.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 31- Completing a major Republican retreat from another messy showdown with President Barack Obama, the U.S. Senate on Thursday passed legislation to allow the government to keep borrowing money at least through May 19.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 30- Many Fortune 500 companies support the creation of federal cybersecurity standards to protect them from Internet threats like hacking as long as they are voluntary, according to a Senate survey of top U.S. chief executives released on Wednesday.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va.-- Expanding its footprint the Washington, D.C. market, United Bankshares Inc. will buy Virginia Commerce Bancorp Inc. in a deal worth $490.6 million, the company said Wednesday.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va.-- The up-and-down pattern of gas prices is on the upswing again in West Virginia. The average $3.51 West Virginians are paying for a gallon of regular unleaded is 15 cents higher than the national average. Fuel prices in the state range from a low of $3.46 in Parkersburg to a high of $3.61 in Martinsburg.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va.-- The National Mining Association says global demand for coal and other natural resources bodes well for the industry, particularly in developing countries. President Hal Quinn says improvement in new-home construction and car sales in the U.S. are also good signs.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va.-- To Sue Bonham, it was as if the world were coming to an end: A wall of flame had suddenly engulfed her West Virginia neighborhood. An intense, suffocating heat prevented the Sissonville woman from fleeing her home. The chairman, West Virginia Sen.
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Senator Tom Harkin, the Democrat from Iowa who championed landmark legislation banning discrimination against people with disabilities, said Saturday that he would retire and not seek re-election next year.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va.-- Motorists are paying a little less for gas in West Virginia than they did a week ago. AAA East Central says the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is about $3.42, down 2 cents from a week ago. The highest average price is in Martinsburg, where a gallon of regular costs about $3.60.
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Jan 18- More than 146,000 homes and businesses were without power in the Virginia area Friday morning as a snowstorm batters the region, power companies said. In addition to Virginia, the outages affected customers in Tennessee, West Virginia and the Carolinas. The following is a list of some of the hardest hit utilities.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 15- States are not alone in racking up massive public pension bills: U.S. cities need hundreds of billions of dollars to make good on their promises of retirement healthcare and income to workers. Omaha, Nebraska, Portland, Oregon and Providence, Rhode Island were all at 50 percent or below.
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Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate had hoped to clear the way for swift action that would avert sweeping tax increases and spending cuts due to kick in on Tuesday.
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Aubrey McClendon, 53, endured a trying year running the second-largest natural gas producer in the United States, Chesapeake Energy Corp. But as corporate, state and federal probes into McClendon and the company continue, 2013 isn't looking much easier.
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That's where department store chain Macy's Inc recently opened a facility the size of 43 football fields- big enough to stock 1 million pairs of shoes- just to fulfill orders made online. Macy's expects that figure to triple in two years.
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That's where department store chain Macy's Inc recently opened a facility the size of 43 football fields- big enough to stock 1 million pairs of shoes- just to fulfill orders made online. Macy's expects that figure to triple in two years.
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The city has held that spot for five years running, with 64 percent of the household moves in Washington coming from outside the city in 2012.. Oregon ranked second, followed by Nevada, North Carolina and South Carolina.
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*Settlement to release $4 billion in disputed payments to states. Cigarette makers, including Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co, on Tuesday announced a settlement with the states in a long-running dispute over the amount of payments they are required to make under the 1998 landmark anti-smoking agreement.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 19- The U.S. government announced tighter rules on Wednesday to protect children's online privacy by restricting the collection of data, like the child's location, unless parents consent.
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U.S. cigarette makers including Philip Morris U.S.A. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco said on Tuesday they reached a settlement with 17 states in a dispute over the amount of payments they are required to make under the 1998 anti-smoking agreement.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 18- The Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. consumer protection agency, has asked nine companies that specialize in collecting and selling consumer data to provide information about their business practices.
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In the wake of the Newtown school massacre, Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat from West Virginia, calls for Congress to move toward restricting assault weapons while continuing to protect Second Amendment rights.