The Herald-Dispatch News Briefs RSS 2009-11-22T17:27:19-05:00 urn:uuid:3cbf3606-3d51-40e0-8e53-449c170d5960 Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported), except where noted. Lethal injection creator fine with 1 drug in Ohio The Associated Press urn:uuid:47ca94a9-be65-45c1-bf95-9954e4006723 2009-11-22T16:44:27-05:00 <p>COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) &#8212; The man considered the father of lethal injection in the United States said it doesn&#8217;t matter whether three fatal drugs are used or one &#8212; as his home state of Ohio has proposed &#8212; as long as the drug works efficiently.<br /> &#160;</p> ‘New Moon’ wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend The Associated Press urn:uuid:e0e46e85-f23b-458b-ac42-0e5f743d7809 2009-11-22T15:41:00-05:00 <p>LOS ANGELES (AP) &#8212; The vampire romance &#8220;The Twilight Saga: New Moon&#8221; sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.<br /> &#160;</p> Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill The Associated Press urn:uuid:ac614670-8133-4df3-ba06-5d239e25a160 2009-11-22T15:12:57-05:00 <p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.<br /> &#160;</p> Sunday afternoon obituary update The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:38bec8de-4f79-4870-b1f2-0b0f9794edef 2009-11-22T14:42:22-05:00 <p>The following obituaries have been provided by local funeral homes. Check back at 4:30 p.m. for more updated information on area deaths, and read Monday&#8217;s Herald-Dispatch and www.herald-dispatch.com.</p> City National Bank to host Business After Hours 2009/The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:5abb103d-bb43-42cc-ad18-dba156bc51e9 2009-11-22T14:35:00-05:00 <p>HUNTINGTON &#8212; City National Bank will present the Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce&#8217;s Holiday Business After Hours from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3, at the bank's 1900 3RD Ave. location in Huntington.<br /> &#160;</p> Nominations sought to honor employers who support soldiers 2009/The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:69db39c0-2ca0-404b-b49c-e14cc11d3ac8 2009-11-22T14:00:00-05:00 <p>Members of the National Guard and Reserve and their families across West Virginia are being encouraged to thank supportive employers this Thanksgiving by nominating them for the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.<br /> &#160;</p> Ohio teachers’ union fights GOP records’ request The Associated Press urn:uuid:32074e09-edea-4d45-8791-414fd2526124 2009-11-22T13:30:00-05:00 <p>COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) &#8212; The state&#8217;s largest teachers union and the Ohio Republican Party have gone to court over a GOP request for the names and addresses of all educators.<br /> &#160;</p> Pikeville College looking for new prosperity The Associated Press urn:uuid:e3c4c523-44c5-4c9a-94a2-894c77e1d7e9 2009-11-22T13:05:00-05:00 <p>&#160; PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) &#8212; Pikeville College seems better off compared with a year ago when the liberal arts school was facing sagging undergraduate enrollment and a battered endowment.<br /> The college&#8217;s medical school dean died suddenly in 2007, and earlier this year, President Michael Looney bolted after seven months on the job. But things are looking better for the four-year school nestled in the mountains of eastern Kentucky.<br /> &#160;</p> Firefighters contain overnight fire 2009/The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:ba5ff294-f5b9-4db4-b4ee-65a0a9178305 2009-11-22T12:15:00-05:00 <p>HUNTINGTON &#8212; Huntington firefighters responded to an early morning blaze at 212 W. Court Street Sunday.<br /> &#160;</p> Training opportunities offered by OSHA, Goodwill 2009/The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:620374c3-698f-424d-8721-6e9d6f199613 2009-11-22T11:02:58-05:00 <p>OSHA is offering a 30-hour training course&#160;in December,&#160;and other training opportunities will be offered in the Tri-State in upcoming weeks.</p>