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• Lawyer plans lawsuit over Manchin replacement election

  By Kyla Asbury | Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010 @ 9:31am

  Manchin CHARLESTON — A South Charleston lawyer said he intends to take legal action to require a timely special election to fill the unexpired term for governor in the event that Gov. Joe Manchin wins the U.S. Senate election this fall.

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• Goodwin steps down from practice, McGraw case

  By John O'Brien | Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 @ 10:00am

  CHARLESTON -- Now that he's sworn in as a U.S. senator, Carte Goodwin has to temporarily leave his family's law firm and bow out of a lawsuit brought by West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw.

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• Group calls McGraw the fifth worst AG

  By John O'Brien | Monday, Jul 26, 2010 @ 3:30am

  McGraw WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Jerry Brown is the worst current state attorney general, according to a group that promotes free enterprise and limited government.

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• Manchin running for U.S. Senate

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Tuesday, Jul 20, 2010 @ 5:49am

  Manchin CHARLESTON -- Gov. Joe Manchin announced Tuesday he will run for the U.S. Senate to fill the late Sen. Robert Byrd's unexpired term.

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• Carte Goodwin to fill U.S. Senate seat

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Friday, Jul 16, 2010 @ 7:29am

  Goodwin CHARLESTON - Gov. Joe Manchin has selected his former general counsel Carte Goodwin to fill the late U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd's seat.

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• Rockefeller hosting W.Va. fundraiser for Harry Reid

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Thursday, Jul 15, 2010 @ 10:13am

  Reid CHARLESTON (Legal Newsline) -- The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce says it applauds U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller for hosting a fundraiser event for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

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• Lawmakers will meet to discuss special election

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Monday, Jul 12, 2010 @ 1:20pm

  Manchin CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant says her office already is moving forward in preparing for a special legislative session called by Gov. Joe Manchin.

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• THEIR VIEW: Now, more than ever, we need coal

  By The West Virginia Record | Monday, Jul 12, 2010 @ 4:46am

  CHARLESTON -- On Tuesday, July 6, electricity demand in the East surged to levels near those in the summer of 2006.

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• McGraw opinion supports 2010 election for Byrd's replacement

  By John O'Brien | Thursday, Jul 8, 2010 @ 10:54am

  McGraw CHARLESTON - West Virginians should elect someone this year to replace the late U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd, a legal opinion issued Thursday by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw says.

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• McGraw asked for opinion on Byrd replacement plan

  By John O'Brien | Wednesday, Jul 7, 2010 @ 9:14am

  McGraw CHARLESTON - State Attorney General Darrell McGraw may determine when an election is held to replace late U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd.

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• McGraw's office peeks into Byrd replacement policy

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Jul 2, 2010 @ 2:50am

  Hughes CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office says no one contacted it requiring how to fill the vacancy in the U.S. Senate caused by the recent death of Sen. Robert Byrd.

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• Redistricting will be bad for Democrats, Southern W.Va.

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Jul 1, 2010 @ 2:27am

  CHARLESTON -- The freight train is coming, and it is called the 2010 Census.

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• W.Va. legal community mourns Byrd

  By Chris Dickerson and Kyla Asbury | Monday, Jun 28, 2010 @ 6:00am

  Byrd CHARLESTON -- Members of the West Virginia legal community are mourning the death of U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd.

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• Medicare kicked off injury suit recovery in '09

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Jun 17, 2010 @ 2:30am

  West BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Kicking off a campaign to recover proceeds of personal injury suits, lawyers for Medicare claim a share of a $300 million settlement of chemical contamination claims in Anniston, Ala.

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• THEIR VIEW: Sad to see how far Byrd has fallen

  By The West Virginia Record | Tuesday, Jun 15, 2010 @ 6:55am

  Stuart CHARLESTON -- Sen. Robert Byrd, once a champion of working families and the coal industry, proved again just how far the Senator has moved away from ordinary West Virginians and working families.

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• The plaintiffs attorneys' made man

  By The West Virginia Record | Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 10:00am

  Rhode Islander Jack McConnell and his wife have contributed $700,000 to Democrat candidates and liberal organizations over the last three decades. Three members of the U.S. Senate committee considering his nomination for a federal judgeship are beneficiaries of that largesse.

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• Legislature backs McGraw's settlement plan

  By John O'Brien | Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 2:45am

  McGraw CHARLESTON -- State Attorney General Darrell McGraw and the Legislature are on the same page when it comes to how to spend part of a $22.5 million settlement with Eli Lilly & Co.

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• Workman to speak at Shepherd commencement

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, May 6, 2010 @ 5:45am

  Workman Shepherdstown, WV--West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Margaret L. Workman will be this year's speaker at Shepherd University's 137th Commencement on May 15. She also will be awarded an honorary doctorate.

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• W.Va. chamber: Take attack ad off the air

  By John O'Brien | Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 @ 3:00pm

  Wells CHARLESTON - Advertisements attacking state Sen. Erik Wells' voting record on whistleblower lawsuits are upsetting him and the state Chamber of Commerce.

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• Duke prof: Efforts at financial reform misdirected

  By John O'Brien | Monday, Apr 26, 2010 @ 6:52am

  Munger DURHAM, N.C. - President Barack Obama is on a publicity tour to tout proposed financial industry reform proposed by outgoing U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd.

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