Read more West Virginia stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10722/west-virginia.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:05:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74300/robert-byrd-now-longest-serving-legislator-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWest Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd has become the longest-serving lawmaker in congressional history, a milestone to be marked today with a Senate resolution. "I look forward to serving you for the next 56 years and 320 days," Byrd said, adding that he was sorry his late wife Erma was...http://www.newser.com/story/74300/robert-byrd-now-longest-serving-legislator-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 8:39:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72270/wva-woman-recants-kidnap-torture-story.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA black woman who accused seven white people of beating and raping her while keeping her captive in a West Virginia trailer in 2007 has recanted her story, according to her lawyer. Six of the seven are currently serving prison time after confessing and accepting plea bargains. Megan Williams, whose...http://www.newser.com/story/72270/wva-woman-recants-kidnap-torture-story.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 5:40:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71168/jay-rockefeller-is-the-new-teddy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJay Rockefeller shares little of the temperament of the late Ted Kennedy, but what they do share is essential. “Massive wealth and a virtual lock on his Senate seat frees a man to do what he believes in,” writes Margaret Carlson. And for both men—the West Virginia Democrat now...http://www.newser.com/story/71168/jay-rockefeller-is-the-new-teddy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 13:10:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70014/fall-sends-byrd-to-hospital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSen. Robert Byrd is at the hospital after a fall at his Northern Virginia home, the Washington Post reports. The 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat has been scarce at the Capitol recently after a previous hospitalization that ended in June. The longest-serving US senator ever “apparently stood up too fast this...http://www.newser.com/story/70014/fall-sends-byrd-to-hospital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 11:27:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63122/we-were-just-pawns-lynndie-england.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLynndie England is trying to rebuild some semblance of a normal life, but her past continues to haunt her, she tells the AP. “It’s my face that's always recognized,” the former Army Reservist and poster child for Abu Ghraib abuse said of trying to get a job—or even just...http://www.newser.com/story/63122/we-were-just-pawns-lynndie-england.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 14:06:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61304/court-elected-judges-cant-rule-on-major-donors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court ruled today that elected judges must recuse themselves from cases when large campaign contributions from interested parties create the appearance of bias. By a 5-4 vote in a case from West Virginia, the court said that a judge who remained involved in a lawsuit filed against his...http://www.newser.com/story/61304/court-elected-judges-cant-rule-on-major-donors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 10:26:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52428/w-va-considers-banning-barbie-on-50th-birthday.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA West Virginia lawmaker wants to boot Barbie and dolls like her from store shelves before the famous babe celebrates her 50th birthday next week, reports Fox News. Banning the dolls would send a message to children and adults that education is more important than physical beauty, said the lawmaker....http://www.newser.com/story/52428/w-va-considers-banning-barbie-on-50th-birthday.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Mar 2009 2:25:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/52153/supreme-court-hears-case-on-role-of-money-in-justice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis week, the Supreme Court will hear a case so twisty it inspired a John Grisham novel, the Washington Post reports. At stake: the standards for judicial impartiality. The owner of a small coal company sued a huge one, alleging it illegally drove him out of business. He won, but...http://www.newser.com/story/52153/supreme-court-hears-case-on-role-of-money-in-justice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Mar 2009 12:48:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43111/peta-video-shows-wva-workers-abusing-turkeys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJust ahead of Thanksgiving, workers at a West Virginia farm are shown stomping turkeys and twisting their necks to kill them in an undercover video released by PETA, AP reports. The employee who filmed the stomach-turning scenes says the birds are kept in overcrowded barns and that employees brag about...http://www.newser.com/story/43111/peta-video-shows-wva-workers-abusing-turkeys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Nov 2008 14:00:00 CST