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Another reason to consider a dog a man’s best friend! British scientists believe that dogs have demonstrated a capacity for human empathy because dogs find human yawns contagious! This was a trait (the contagious yawn phenomena) that was previously only attributed to humans and chimpanzees, according to MSNBC. Dogs are [...]

WV National Guard members are headed to Iraq for aviation operations, according to The Charleston Gazette.
The brigade-sized combat aviation unit known as Task Force 34 has 2,700-plus National Guards troops from the states of Minnesota, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, New York, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia and Oklahoma.
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The Creative Arts Center has accepted another permanent sculpture: only the second to be installed outside the CAC.  “Last Dance” is a composition of stainless steel and river stones by Ohio artist Kevin Lyles.
“It was important for me to use the round stones found in West Virginia rivers, which have been accentuated by the steel [...]

A former WVU baseball player, Jeremy Cummings, will be pitching for the U.S. Olympic Team, according to MSNsportsNET.Com.
Cummings, who played at WVU from 1996-99, makes his debut with the team on Aug. 1-4 when the U.S. squad plays four exhibition games against Canada. The team enters Olympic competition in Beijing, China, on Aug. 13-23.
Cummings is [...]

It’s the lazy summer months, and one of the inexpensive ways to enjoy the great outdoors is to go to the “restricted use area” campsites in the Monongahela National Forest.  These fee free sites are first come, first served, and campers can stay for up to 14 days.  Check out the article about them in [...]

For those of you who need a dose of cute today:

I’m a little behind the times on noticing this gem, but perhaps you are as well.  You can follow what’s happening with the Mars Phoenix lander on Twitter!  NASA has created a Twitter feed where they send short updates on the lander’s progress, submit links to images and other information from the lander, and occasionally [...]

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According to The Daily Athenaeum, WVU’s student newspaper, Rodriguez agreed late Tuesday night to pay the entire $4 million that was in his contract.
The settlement was reached on the night that Rodriguez was supposed to submit non-redacted term sheets he signed with Michigan that had previously been blacked out.
“It’s a case that should have settled [...]