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Magistrate pay plan spurs debate in W.Va. House
The latest attempt to hike salaries for West Virginia’s magistrate courts on Monday became the first test of power in the House of Delegates since the recent election, when Republicans came within five seats of capturing the chamber’s...
Tags: 2010 Census, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Elections, Finance
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These scholarship pageants are a beautiful idea
Plenty of people have chuckled into their bran muffins over the Miss America “scholarship” pageants, and I confess to perhaps — not often, but on occasion — parlaying the label into a cheap laugh or two. But it is amazing how your...
Tags: Miss America Pageant, Judges, Entertainment Events, Crime, Law and Justice, Awards and Prizes
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W.Va. taxpayers want credit for using solar tech
Some taxpayers in the Eastern Panhandle are challenging the state’s exclusion of solar energy from an alternative energy tax credit. A 2011 law allows a credit of up to $25,000 for alternative-fuel motor vehicles and more than $300,000 for...Tags: Alternative Energy, Credit and Debt, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Judges
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Democrats defeat GOP efforts to weaken Md. gun control lbill
Associated PressDemocratic lawmakers in the Maryland House of Delegates defeated Republican efforts to weaken a gun-control measure Tuesday night, moving the bill backed by Gov. Martin O’Malley closer to passage with its major provisions intact. The House rejected...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Judges, Politics, Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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Judge recuses himself in hearing for Pa. man charged with robbing bank
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comWashington County Circuit Judge Daniel P. Dwyer recused himself from a suppression hearing Monday for a Chambersburg, Pa., man charged in a September 2012 bank robbery, and an out-of-area judge will be brought in to hear the case. Charles Benjamin...Tags: Trials, Bank Robbery, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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General Assembly tackles gun control in session's final week
Associated PressWhile Maryland lawmakers will have plenty to do in the last week of the state’s legislative session, most of the high-profile measures backed by Gov. Martin O’Malley already have been approved by the General Assembly. An increase in the...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Health Treatments, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Executive Branch, Politics
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Gun-rights supporters testify against assault rifle ban in Md. Senate panel hearing
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comA Senate committee hearing on Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s bill that seeks to ban assault rifles attracted hundreds of gun-rights supporters to the state capital on Feb. 6, with some of the supporters testifying against the bill. A...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Michael E. Busch, Executive Branch, Politics, Firearms
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Alford plea entered for Falling Waters man accused of shooting W.Va. couple
matthewu@herald-mail.comA Falling Waters, W.Va., man accused of shooting a couple twice in the head at their home in November 2009 entered an Alford plea Friday to two counts of second-degree attempted murder and two counts of malicious assault. Donald Mark “Donnie”...Tags: Court Preliminary, Trials, Theft, Judges, Murder
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Prosecutors seek to convict South African Olympic hero of premeditated murder
Associated PressOlympic athlete Oscar Pistorius wept in court Friday as prosecutors said they'll pursue a charge of premeditated murder against him in the killing of his model girlfriend, meaning the man who once inspired the world could spend the rest of his life in...Tags: Track and Field, Trials, Television Industry, Arts, Murder
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Martinsburg to take over fireworks display
matthewu@herald-mail.comThe Martinsburg City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to host the community’s annual Fourth of July fireworks show and obtain the required permits. City Council’s 6-0 decision comes after the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Parks &...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Injuries and Wounds, Hospitals and Clinics, Judges
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Washington County delegation weighs in on bill to repeal death penalty
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comGov. Martin O’Malley testified Thursday at hearings in front of the House and Senate judicial committees in support of his bill to repeal the death penalty, but a majority of Washington County legislators still support the death penalty. “Is...Tags: Annapolis, Criminals, Criminal Laws, Executive Branch, Politics
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Man found not guilty of felony murder faces possible life sentence as repeat offender
matthewu@herald-mail.comJonathan Frederick Bennett was found not guilty of felony murder last month in the March 2011 shooting death of a man at a Martinsburg-area hotel, but now faces a possible life sentence in prison as a repeat offender. Bennett, 41, of Charlottesville,...Tags: Chesterfield County, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Trials, Criminal Laws, Judges
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