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If the renowned music show "Mountain Stage," based in the western part of the state, is one of the crown jewels of West Virginia, you could say the Contemporary American Theater Festival is a crown jewel on the state's Eastern Panhandle.
Never been? Here are a couple of shorthand indicators of the festival's significance to the American contemporary theater scene as the 21st season unfolds July 8-31 in picturesque Shepherdstown.
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Estate tax planners have long employed intentionally defective grantor trusts to freeze the value of an asset for estate tax purposes while transferri...
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The Federal Aviation Administration is moving to fire an air traffic controller who it says decided to nap on the job while working the midnight shift in the radar room at a Tennessee airport in February.
Unlike the controller supervisor at Reagan National Airport who told officials that he inadvertently dozed off while working the overnight shift in the tower last month, the controller at Knoxville's airport intentionally napped while seven planes landed over a five-hour period on Feb. 19, according to FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt.
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When two sets of tax laws use different standards to measure the outcome of a single transaction, some advisers call the result a loophole. Others cal...
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The Capital-Journal
The board of directors of the Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority is expected today to choose from among alternatives for proposed cuts in city bus service.
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A fire that destroyed a car Tuesday evening at 4400 N.E. Seward Ave. was intentionally set, Topeka Fire Department Investigator Michael Martin said Thursday.
Martin said he was continuing to look into the blaze.
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The foreman announced Thursday that the jury had found Daudoit Butsitsi guilty of murdering Serge Mulongo. Marshals soon cuffed Butsitsi and led him out of the courtroom as prosecutors, police and the victim's relatives hugged.
In the hallway outside, the families of the victim and his killer greeted each other. The two fathers - who shook hands each day they attended the trial -went off on their own to speak, and embraced before parting.
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GREENVILLE, N.C.
BEFORE HE TOOK questions from the media, Frank Beamer quietly said, "I apologize for our team.
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A fire was intentionally set early Wednesday at a house that had burned in December, according to Colorado Springs firefighters.
The fire caused $50,000 in damage to the house at 5347 Mira Loma Circle, firefighters said.