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Documentary 'Oxyana' stirs Oceana residents to vow fight against prescription pill abuse
OCEANA, W.Va. (AP) — Some Oceana residents are upset over the portrayal of their southern West Virginia town in a documentary about prescription pill abuse. The film "Oxyana" chronicles the lives of people addicted to Oxycontin. Filmed by Sean...Tags: OxyContin (drug), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, TriBeCa Film Festival
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Here is the latest West Virginia news from The Associated Press
OCEANA, W.Va. (AP) — Some Oceana residents are upset over the portrayal of their southern West Virginia town in a documentary about prescription pill abuse. The film "Oxyana" chronicles the lives of people addicted to Oxycontin. Filmed by Sean...Tags: OxyContin (drug), Justice System, Colleges and Universities, TriBeCa Film Festival, Crime, Law and Justice
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5 Lessons From the Tribeca Film Festival
ReutersApr 29 (TheWrap.com) - This year's Tribeca Film Festival began on April 17 with a rock 'n' roll movie, "Mistaken for Strangers," and had its official closing-night gala on Saturday with the appearance of Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis for...Tags: Emma Roberts, John Slattery, Substance Abuse, Margo Martindale, Coney Island
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Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services
Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Google Inc., Health and Safety at School, Business, Vaccines
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Navy describes more cuts now that sequestration is here
The Navy this weekend announced additional cutbacks to deal with sequestration, now that the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts are official. The service will defer or cancel up to six ship deployments to various locations around the world...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Naval Station Norfolk
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Navy to build new kennel for military working dogs
It's nice to see man's best friend isn't getting shortshrifted because of budget cuts. The Navy announced Monday it has begun construction on a new kennel for military working dogs at the Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex in Virginia Beach....Tags: Tetra Tech Incorporated
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Former Oceana fighter pilot tapped for International Space Station
A former Navy fighter pilot who spent several years at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach in the 1990s has been selected for a year-long mission aboard the International Space Station. Scott Kelly, 48, a New Jersey native, will launch into space...
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Space Programs, NASA, Science and Technology, Mark Kelly
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Windber Veterans Day Parade
The borough of Windber and the surrounding communities will celebrate Veterans Day on Nov. 12 with a parade and service in Windber Veterans Park to salute military veterans and to thank them for serving America with honor, courage, and commitment. The...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Wars and Interventions, American Legion, Manhattan (New York City)
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Nationwide Series leader Elliott Sadler spends day with Navy pilots, crew
VIRGINIA BEACH — There are some similarities between the Chevy Impala Elliott Sadler drives in the Nationwide Series and the F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter aircraft the pilots of squadron VFA-81 fly out of Naval Air Station Oceana and on the super...
Tags: Auto Racing, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Stock Car Racing, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Armed Forces
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Living Here: Military installations
Newcomers will see it right away: Hampton Roads and theU.S. military go hand in hand. Every branch of the service is represented in this corner of southeastern Virginia: Start with the world's largest naval base and the only East Coast home for the...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Navy, World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Army, Langley Air Force Base
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Navy fighter jet crashes into apartments; no fatalities reported
CNNA Navy fighter jet experienced a "catastrophic mechanical malfunction" during takeoff Friday over the military community of Virginia Beach, Va., and rained a stench of jet fuel shortly before crashing into apartment buildings, according to residents and...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Health, Fires, Easter, Passover
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Navy Begins Compensation After Virginia Beach Jet Crash
CNNVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The U.S. Navy will be begin cutting compensation checks as early as Monday to victims of last week's fiery crash of a fighter jet into apartment buildings in Virginia Beach, Virginia. "We are committed to doing the right thing to...Tags: Military Aircraft, U.S. Navy, Bob McDonnell, Transportation Accidents, Federal Aviation Administration
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