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'Jena 6' Court Ruling Won't Be Challenged

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said that the prosecutor in one of the so-called "Jena 6" cases has decided not to challenge an appellate ruling that sends the case to juvenile court.

Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act

PORTLAND, Ore. - A federal judge issued a stern rebuke of a key White House anti-terror law, striking down as unconstitutional two pillars of the USA Patriot Act. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled Wednesday that using the act to authorize secret searches and wiretapping to gather criminal evidence - instead of intelligence gathering - violates the constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Toddler in Photo Is Not Missing Girl

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ZINAT, Morocco - Supporters of missing Madeleine McCann had their hopes dashed again when a girl resembling the British toddler who was photographed in Morocco turned out to be the child of an olive farmer.

Clinton On Defensive in N.H. Debate

THE WASHINGTON POST HANOVER, N.H. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton found herself on the defensive in a debate in which the Democratic presidential candidates clashed over withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq, the financial future of Social Security and Iran's nuclear threat.

Survey Says Somali Food Shortage Is an Emergency

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JOWHAR, Somalia - Some days, Lul Haji Adam listens to her youngest son wail with hunger as she scrupulously divides up the food she has scraped together between the 65 members of her extended family.

Company to Lay Off 62 Area Employees, Ambridge Integrated Services Lost Bid for Claims Processing Work

Cambridge Integrated Services Group Inc. has announced plans to lay off its 62 Charleston employees by Nov. 30 because the state gave the company's workers' compensation claims processing job to another company. The employees were transferred to Cambridge last year by BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co.

Nation &World

Head of UNC-Chapel Hill to retire in 2008 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said that he plans to step down next June.

Broadcasting Hall of Fame to Induct 32

HUNTINGTON - Thirty-two people who've made contributions to the radio and television industries have been selected for the second class of inductees into the West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame in Huntington. The ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 3.

Police Andcourts

Man asked to leave club breaks door, police say Police arrested a Charleston man accused of breaking the glass door of a nightclub after he was asked to leave.

Airline Cutting Yeager Airport's Direct Link to Pittsburgh

The once-vital air link between Charleston and Pittsburgh is coming to an end. Starting in December, US Airways is dropping the last of its three daily flights connecting West Virginia's capital city with Pittsburgh International Airport.

Kanawha County Court Upholds Silo Decision

Massey Energy Co. has won another round in a fight over its plans to build a second coal silo near a Raleigh County elementary school. A Kanawha County Circuit judge upheld the state Surface Mine Board's decision that allows construction of the silo, Massey said Wednesday. However, the Richmond, Va.-based coal company said it won't begin construction until it confers with Gov. Joe Manchin and officials at Marsh Fork Elementary School, "given the concern that this case generated in the communi...

Teri Di Trapano Arrested On Outstanding Warrant

Charleston police arrested Teri di Trapano, the wife of former Charleston lawyer and NFL agent Dante di Trapano, because of an outstanding fugitive warrant from Florida. According to court records, a circuit judge in Pinellas County, Fla., issued a warrant for Teri di Trapano's arrest last month. The warrant alleges that she violated the terms of her probation on drug charges by failing a drug test in June.

Camc to Add More Than 100 New Jobs N Majority of New Employees Will Work in General's Growing Intensive Care Unit

Charleston Area Medical Center will go through its first significant personnel increase in at least a decade when it hires 134 new employees next year, hospital officials said. CAMC's parent company, CAMC Health System, also expects to add two dozen jobs at Teays Valley Hospital (formerly known as Putnam General) and another 25 new employees at its Integrated Health Care Providers subsidiary, which operates surgery and urgent care centers in Kanawha County.

Defendants Waive Right to Hearings,: ; Cases Against Logan Torture Suspects Bobby Brewster, Alisha Burton; to Go to Grand Jury

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOGAN - Two more defendants in a Logan County torture case have waived their right to preliminary hearings.

Nurses in Ky., W.Va. Threaten to Strike If Contract Talks Fail

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Union representatives for some 800 nurses in Kentucky and West Virginia say their members will go on strike if the weeks-long negotiations with Appalachian Regional Healthcare fail over their current contract, which expires Sunday.

Business Briefs

Wayne man pleads guilty to insurance fraud A Wayne County man has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of insurance fraud, West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline said in a prepared statement.

Want to Go to the Maze?

The corn maze is located off U.S. 60 in Milton. Parking is located behind Milton Middle School from where visitors are given a hayride to the location. The maze is open from 5-10 p.m. Friday, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.