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Could West Virginia be on the brink of an entrepreneurial revolution?
Members of Vision Shared, a nonprofit economic and community development organization, hope so. 
On May 15, Cal Kent, a distinguished professor of business at Marshall University, will present a white paper on entrepreneurship in West Virginia. His presentation is part of a Vision Shared event that [...]

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Pregnant man’ separates from wife
Hermann J. Knippertz / AP fileThomas Beatie, better known as the “pregnant man,” has separated from his wife. The couple has three children together.

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The museum is part of a state-funded push to make animation a key export for China. but that strategy, while good for architects, might be wrong-headed.
Today you might say that all roads lead to China. the country’s a manufacturing powerhouse, producing everything from agricultural fertilizers to iPhones. (Its economy recently overtook Japan as the no. [...]

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Rockies starting pitcher Jamie Moyer is kind of a big deal. At age 49, his quest to become the oldest pitcher in MLB history to earn a victory has been well-chronicled in The Denver Post. National outlets are now taking note as well.
A couple [...]

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The temporary payroll tax holiday that Americans are enjoying now looks like a full-time component of the U.S. economy. So, it might as well be put to better use. Congress should let payroll tax cut recipients place some or all of this money in voluntary personal retirement accounts.
The payroll tax holiday was designed as a [...]

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Mukherjee in Delhi on Tuesday. Picture by Prem Singh
Debutant Dinesh Trivedi has suddenly made it a tough act to follow for the vastly experienced Pranab Mukherjee who presents his 2012-13 budget on Friday.
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We aren’t the only ones suffering in a bad economy … sometimes pets go hungry too! through the month of March, St. Pet’s Day is asking residents to consider making pet food and cat litter donations to local fire stations.
St. Pet’s Day is a month-long pet food donation drive sponsored by the Celtic Club in [...]

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1)    What makes you the best candidate for the 9th District?
I know Lakewood unlike anyone else serving in an elected position in this area. I chose my Congressional headquarters to be located in Lakewood because of the centrality of its location to the rest of the west side. Since my office is in Lakewood we have [...]

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — the 100th Anniversary of the CIAA Tournament is already proving to be a successful one for uptown businesses.
“I plan to spend about $5,000 this weekend," said Washington D.C. resident Calvin Johnson. “I’ve already spent more than $1,000 and we’ve only been here a few hours.”
Johnson and his friends expected to attend several [...]

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Not unlike the 1993 movie of the same name, I find that over the past few years and especially during the rally from the October lows things are repeating as in the movie Groundhog Day. Volume is low, prices are rising, indicators are mediocre but sentiment is extreme and cherished studies, tenets and assumptions no [...]

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