<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>West Virginia: News &amp; Videos about West Virginia - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/West_Virginia</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about West Virginia from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:40:46 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>West Virginia: News &amp; Videos about West Virginia - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/West_Virginia</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about West Virginia from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>West Virginia's Byrd becomes the longest-serving member of Congress</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/18/robert.byrd.congress.record/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/18/robert.byrd.congress.record/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When Robert Byrd came to Congress from West Virginia, a postage stamp cost 3 cents and kids were clamoring for a new toy called Mr. Potato Head.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>NCAA benches West Virginia's Kilicli for first 20 games</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/10/30/kilicli.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/10/30/kilicli.ap/index.html</guid><description>MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- The NCAA has benched West Virginia freshman forward Deniz Kilicli for the first 20 games of the season after determining he violated an amateurism rule.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Achievement gap narrows between black, white students</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/07/16/education.gaps/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/07/16/education.gaps/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Math and reading scores for fourth- and eighth-graders in public schools improved nationwide, but African-American students continued to lag behind their white classmates, a new federal study found.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High court rejects lawsuit over gays in military law</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/08/scotus.gays.military/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/08/scotus.gays.military/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A former Army captain who was dismissed under a federal law dealing with gays and lesbians in the military lost his appeal Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadly storms rip through Midwest, South</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/05/10/deadly.storms/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/05/10/deadly.storms/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Emergency teams on Sunday were assessing damage from deadly storms that devastated parts of Missouri, Kentucky and West Virginia this weekend -- even as the threat of more severe weather continued.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 03:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Applying for jobless benefits? Here, pee in a cup</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/31/jobless.benefits/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/31/jobless.benefits/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>If Craig Blair gets his way, anyone filing for unemployment or food stamps must show that they are drug-free. He's a state lawmaker in West Virginia who has introduced a bill to require random drug testing for benefits and lays out his case on a Web site called notwithmytaxdollars.com.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>West Virginia's road to nowhere gets stimulus boost</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/12/corridor.h/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/12/corridor.h/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>After more than 40 years and $1.5 billion, West Virginia's massive "Corridor H" project is getting another boost from the Obama administration's economic stimulus package, despite questions over whether the project will ever be completed.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Take this 401(k) and shove it</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/19/pf/retirement/West_virginia_pensions.moneymag/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/19/pf/retirement/West_virginia_pensions.moneymag/index.htm</guid><description>Last week's West Virginia election should frighten you.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>No 401(k) do-over for you</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/13/retirement/do_over.moneymag/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/13/retirement/do_over.moneymag/index.htm</guid><description>I may write about retirement for a living, but that doesn't mean I like seeing my 401(k) crater any more than you do. Given what's been happening in the market, I sometimes catch myself thinking how great it would be if my financial future weren't tied to something as volatile as Wall Street's mood.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Long lines, glitches reported during early voting</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/voting.problems/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/voting.problems/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In many states across the country, voting has begun, and in some cases, so have the headaches.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Candidates should come clean on coal</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/06/biggers.coal/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/06/biggers.coal/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Wall Street crisis notwithstanding, coal continues to embroil the presidential campaign into knots unlike any other issue in the swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>One killed in West Virginia plant blast</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/08/29/plant.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/08/29/plant.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One person was killed and another injured in a chemical plant explosion late Thursday near Charleston, West Virginia.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>After big win, Clinton vows to push forward</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/13/wv.primary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/13/wv.primary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Hillary Clinton used her big win in West Virginia on Tuesday to make her case that she has a better chance of beating the Republicans in the general election. </description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 11:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton Rolls to West Virginia Win</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1764598,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1764598,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The New York senator enjoys a resounding, double-digit victory, but most say Obama has already won the real race</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama takes superdelegate lead on eve of expected loss</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/12/campaign.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/12/campaign.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Barack Obama took the lead in the race for superdelegates on the eve of a contest that's expected to fall easily into Sen. Hillary Clinton's column.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 14:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton focuses on West Virginia; Obama, on  future</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/12/wv.primary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/12/wv.primary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The outcome of West Virginia's primary Tuesday may best be foretold by where Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama plan to spend the day.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 14:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What to watch for in West Virginia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/13/wva.watch.for/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/13/wva.watch.for/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>West Virginia is a state that appears built to accentuate Sen Hillary Clinton's strengths and to highlight the weaknesses her campaign asserts would make Sen. Barack Obama a more vulnerable Democratic nominee.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What might West Virginia's primary mean?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/09/west.virginia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/09/west.virginia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>West Virginians will head to the polls Tuesday for the state's Democratic primary between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. But what will the vote there really mean after new delegate totals show Obama with a sizable lead?</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 22:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton adds West Virginia to campaign stops</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/07/clinton.westvirginia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/07/clinton.westvirginia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Hillary Clinton added a previously unscheduled campaign stop Wednesday in West Virginia, soldiering on after a split decision in Tuesday's voting in Indiana and North Carolina, her aides said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kelli Anderson:  Women's Spokane Regional breakdown</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/kelli_anderson/03/18/west.bracket/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/kelli_anderson/03/18/west.bracket/index.html</guid><description>Underrated:  Pittsburgh. The Panthers lost six games between Feb. 2 and March 1; thus their No. 6 seed. But it's worth noting that they have since avenged two of those losses, to Notre Dame and West Virginia, and that their loss to Rutgers in early February was only by four points. With All-America candidates Marcedes Walker and Shavonte Zellous delivering a reliable inside-out attack, the Panthers are dangerous.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>McCain the big winner; Huckabee shines</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/05/super.gop/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/05/super.gop/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Arizona Sen. John McCain piled up wins in the Republican race for the White House Tuesday -- with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee also surging to victories throughout the South just days after ignoring calls to drop out of the race.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Stewart Mandel: Georgia holds top spot with maturing offense, feisty D</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/stewart_mandel/01/16/power.rankings/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/stewart_mandel/01/16/power.rankings/index.html</guid><description>Now that college football's most talented juniors (and third-year sophomores) have answered that weightiest of questions -- Should I Stay or Should I Go? -- we have a clearer sense of the national pecking order heading into 2008.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Stewart Mandel: Surging Bulldogs start atop '08 preseason top 10</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/stewart_mandel/01/08/early.top10/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/stewart_mandel/01/08/early.top10/index.html</guid><description>NEW ORLEANS -- One of the main reasons there was so much attrition at the top of the polls in 2007 was that, with the exception of national champ LSU, most of the teams that populated the top 10 were highly dependent on young, inexperienced players.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Luke Winn:  Cheat sheet</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/luke_winn/01/03/power.rankings/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/luke_winn/01/03/power.rankings/index.html</guid><description>As much as I'd like to believe our entire readership has been with this college hoops season from its basic-cable opener (Gardner-Webb over Kentucky, Nov. 8!) and its Pay-Per-View debut (Florida over North Dakota State, Nov. 9!), I am aware that is not the case. As bowl season fades away, casual hoop fans come trickling in with dire need of a catch-up course. The Power Rankings are here to provide it, tuition-free, in three parts per team:</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Jennifer Garner Receives State Honor at Home</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20168629,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20168629,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Jennifer Garner may be the toast of Broadway for her Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac, and she may be the national critics' darling for her role as the wannabe mom in the new movie Juno, but to the folks at home, she's no slouch, either.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Early nest egg: Say no to annuities</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/10/pf/expert/expert.moneymag/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/10/pf/expert/expert.moneymag/index.htm</guid><description>Question: I'm 44, and after maxing out my 401(k) and Roth IRA, I still have about $400 a month I'd like to invest outside these accounts for early retirement. Would you suggest I invest this money in an annuity? - Angie Tyrie, Hinton, West Virginia</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>W. Virginia QB White knocked out of game</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/ncaa/09/29/westvirginia.white.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/ncaa/09/29/westvirginia.white.ap/index.html</guid><description>TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- West Virginia quarterback Pat White limped off the field Friday night during the second quarter of the fifth-ranked Mountaineers' game at No. 18 South Florida after being tackled at the end of an 18-yard run.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stewart Mandel: Week 4 College Football Rankings</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/stewart_mandel/09/17/power.rankings4/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/stewart_mandel/09/17/power.rankings4/index.html</guid><description>It's only three weeks into the season, way too early to have weeded out the contenders from the pretenders, right? Maybe not.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Where is the outrage when humans are abused?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/12/martin/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/12/martin/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When federal prosecutors in Virginia released details of the dogfighting charges against Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, all hell broke loose. </description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Torture suspects may face hate crime charges</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/11/woman.tortured/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/11/woman.tortured/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Six West Virginians charged with kidnapping, torturing and sexually assaulting a woman for at least a week may also face hate crime charges, Logan County Sheriff's officials said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Woman tortured for at least a week, officials say</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/10/woman.tortured/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/10/woman.tortured/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Six West Virginia residents have been charged with kidnapping, torturing and sexually assaulting a Charleston woman for at least a week, the Logan County Sheriff's Department said Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stewart Mandel: Season-opening questions</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/stewart_mandel/08/29/mailbag/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/stewart_mandel/08/29/mailbag/index.html</guid><description>There's football this weekend, folks. Real, actual, meaningful football games. Let's not beat around the bush. Here are 10 questions I'm most eager to have answered by this time next week: </description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: National strategy needed to fight fat </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.fitness/08/27/obesity.study/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.fitness/08/27/obesity.study/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Americans are already among the fattest people in the world, and they just keep packing on the pounds. A new report finds that obesity rates have swelled during the last year in 31 states with not one state reporting that its obesity rate shrank. </description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>View from the top: Rock climbing in West Virginia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/08/24/new.river.climbing.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/08/24/new.river.climbing.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>You press your body tightly against the rock, fingers running along its crevices, trying to keep from slipping.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>South, Appalachia beset by painkiller abuse</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/21/painkiller.abuse.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/21/painkiller.abuse.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When his craving for painkillers got to be too much, Steve Dotson lay down and let his wife drive a car over his leg. It hurt, but he could dismiss the pain with thoughts of the medicated bliss that would follow.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How a Mining Rescue Went Wrong</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1654043,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1654043,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>More than 10 days after the disaster, six Utah miners are still trapped and three rescuers are dead. What went wrong?</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>529s: Best savings plan gets better</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/16/pf/college/529_guide.moneymag/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/16/pf/college/529_guide.moneymag/index.htm</guid><description>For years, consternation over expiring tax breaks, questionable financial aid treatment and high fees cast a long shadow over 529 plans, the once and future king of college savings accounts.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The dark side of metal madness</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/09/100121733/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/09/100121733/index.htm</guid><description>The Barclays base metals index is a handy gauge of copper, aluminum, lead, tin, and zinc prices. Since 2005 it is up 95%, which has prompted a rally in a different market barometer. Call it the petty larceny index. In 2006 more than 24,000 manhole covers were stolen from the streets of Shanghai. In Fort Worth last June, bronze memory urns disappeared from graveyards. The following month, at a high school football field in Washington, D.C., 750 pounds of aluminum bleachers went missing. This past April two men got trapped in a West Virginia mine. They were attempting to steal copper wire.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Patience, please</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/luke_winn/04/24/inside.bkc/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/luke_winn/04/24/inside.bkc/index.html</guid><description>Monday's analysis of the 50-team-deep coaching carousel looked at five new hires, in this Age of Impatience, who actually should be expected to win in Year 1. Situations such as Mark Turgeon's at Texas A&amp;amp;M, where he inherited a front line of two pro prospects and a team that's already top-20 caliber, are incredibly rare, however. Rebuilding projects are more the norm, so today I examine five high-profile coaches who should be afforded patience in their new gigs, whether it be one year, two, or the full length of their freshly inked contract.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>An inspiring run</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/kevin_armstrong/03/30/nit.final/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/kevin_armstrong/03/30/nit.final/index.html</guid><description>NEW YORK -- Officially, the cameras and chroniclers will have the snippet of history correct: West Virginia senior center Robert Summers was the last to cut down a strand from the Mountaineers NIT championship net in Madison Square Garden. It must be noted, however, that fellow senior Frank Young made his job easier by scorching the those nets with six three-pointers earlier in the evening.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mountaineer March</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/kevin_armstrong/03/28/nit.semis/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/kevin_armstrong/03/28/nit.semis/index.html</guid><description>NEW YORK -- Three rows behind the West Virginia bench and no more than 10 feet from the three-point line where Darris Nichols caught the inbounds pass, set his feet and released a game-winning shot to push the Mountaineers over Mississippi State, 63-62, and into the NIT championship game, former Mountaineer March magician Mike Gansey was the first to throw up his hands and point at Nichols as the new starting guard wielding the shooter's wand.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Closer Look: LSU-West Virginia</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/women/specials/ncaa_tourney/2007/03/20/lsu.closerlook/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/women/specials/ncaa_tourney/2007/03/20/lsu.closerlook/index.html</guid><description>It's a good thing the LSU defense is so good. The Tigers' offense can be downright awful.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Closer look: West Virginia-Xavier</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/tracy_schultz/03/18/closerlookwvu/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/tracy_schultz/03/18/closerlookwvu/index.html</guid><description>AUSTIN, Texas -- The Southwest was kind to Big East on Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beyond their years</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/stewart_mandel/03/08/big.east.louisville.wvu/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/stewart_mandel/03/08/big.east.louisville.wvu/index.html</guid><description>After nearly blowing a 17-point lead, riding a miraculous buzzer beater into overtime and barely missing one of his own that would have prevented a second, Louisville's Terrence Williams could finally taste victory. After West Virginia's Jamie Smalligan threw the ball away with 1:07 remaining in double overtime and the Cardinals up nine, Williams demonstratively pointed his finger the other way and led the charge back downcourt, temporarily ignoring the fact he still needed to inbound the ball.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Four dead in West Virginia gas station blast</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/01/30/gas.station.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/01/30/gas.station.blast/index.html</guid><description>At least four people were killed and at least two critically injured Tuesday when an explosion leveled a gas station in this southern West Virginia city, officials said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Money maker</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/12/25/8396759/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/12/25/8396759/index.htm</guid><description>I've been working here since 1974. At that time, I was an illustrator but had never sculpted. Since then I've designed 35 medals and 43 coins. 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