“West Virginia, United States” on The Daily Caller

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) — A man is behind bars for committing “lewd acts” with a mannequin in a public park Sunday morning. (more)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia student managers, graduate assistants and other non-coaching staff worked with football players on their skills and techniques in violation of NCAA limits during the Rich Rodriguez era and under current coach Bill Stewart, according to NCAA allegations released Thursday. (more)

You have power that no one is telling you about. It works this way. Speaker Pelosi and Harry Reid are planning to call Congress back in session after the November elections. This rare Lame Duck session will be called so they can try and pass Immigration, Cap ‘N Trade, tax increases, Card Check…just to name a few. They hope the session will be a real “doozie.” You see, even if you vote your member of Congress out of office in November, he/she still keeps the job until January 2011. That’s the way it works in each election. Except when you have a member of Congress that was appointed to fill a vacancy that occurred for one reason or another. I bet you can think of a few members of Congress who are in Congress today because they were appointed to fill a vacancy. President Obama’s Senate seat is one, and then there is the Senate seat VP Biden had for so many years. (more)

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Stuart Appleby understands the scrutiny that might come with shooting a 59 on a par-70 course. (more)

Democrats added another 20 House seats to their list of targeted districts, officials confirmed Tuesday evening, raising the party’s commitment in television advertising for the final weeks of the campaign to more than $49 million. (more)

There has been much grumbling from the left and exultation on the right this week on Harry Reid’s decision to drop cap-and-trade provisions from a scaled-back energy bill.  Is the Senate Majority Leader running scared and caving to midterm jitters?  Or is he playing his cards very carefully?  Either way, don’t bet the farm that the senior senator from the Silver State is ready to cash out on this issue just yet. (more)

The Democrats have an impending problem surfacing at an inopportune time, the investigation of Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) by the House Ethics Committee.  This comes as a surprise to many — the House has an Ethics Committee? (more)

“A House Divided against itself cannot stand.” (more)

When news first broke that The Daily Caller had obtained documents and other such evidence asserting that a left-wing journalist listserv had plotted to cover up controversial stories revolving around then candidate Barack Obama’s pastor, as well conspire to destroy the lives of anyone who opposes their agenda, most Americans probably shrugged it off realizing this is simply old news. (more)

Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) has decided she will not run to replace Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), three sources familiar with her plans said Tuesday night. (more)

Walk onto a modern wind farm and you’ll feel like an ant in a field of sunflowers. Modern wind turbines stand 30-50 stories tall. Their blades swinging high above can be more than 130 feet long. Their steel towers are anchored in platforms of more than a thousand tons of cement and steel rebar, which are typically 30 to 50 feet across and anywhere from 6 to 30 feet deep. (more)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Time is running out for legislation that would set a fall vote for the seat held by the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd after it sat idle Sunday. (more)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sources tell The Associated Press that Carte Goodwin will be Gov. Joe Manchin’s temporary appointee to the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd’s seat. (more)

(CNN) — West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin will announce on Friday his pick to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd. (more)

It seems like every week there is a new story out there that touches on the challenges of adopting, on a national level, energy policy that has historically dealt with on a regional and state level. (more)

Here’s what happened the last time there was a Social Security ‘crisis’ in 1983 when incoming payroll tax receipts were just about to go below the amount of expected benefit payments going out: (more)

The latest hearsay circling the politico rumor mill is that former Alaska governor Sarah Palin could be the perfect fit as the next chairwoman of the Republican Party. She does have an ability to raise money, as well as sellout venues. Plus she is the author of a nationally known bestselling book and has an enormous loyal following, particularly among Tea Party faithful. However, are those kinds of credentials enough to qualify her to succeed Michael Steele? (more)

West Virginia’s attorney general has determined that Gov. Joe Manchin III can call a special election this year to fill the vacancy created by the death of Robert C. Byrd, clearing the way for a contest in November to fill the remaining two years of Mr. Byrd’s term. (more)

Dr. Patrick Wolf spoke to a packed audience in the Capitol Visitors Center last Monday. (more)

The “Draft Joe” movement has begun. (more)