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Protest against Joe Manchin to be held this Saturday, 12/22/2012 at 10:00.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Hundreds of people gathered at the state Capitol to express their frustration with the Obama administration, and particularly its spending plans. Despite the rain and cold Wednesday, the crowd waving American flags came out for the local version of a national day of protests that cite the Boston Tea Party as inspiration.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ)-- Bringing a gun or other weapons to the State Capitol Complex isn't allowed. But, one Senator believes the ban on weapons is too broad. Preston County Senator Dave Sypolt brought Bill 147 before the Senate last week. It proposes repealing the prohibition on bringing deadly weapons onto the State Capitol Complex. "You're going to have that knee jerk reaction oh gosh he wants crazies running around the capitol with guns," said Senator Sypolt. "That's not the intent at all." What the Senator wants is for certified gun owners to at least have the right to keep their...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- When it comes to owning guns our region is near the top in the nation. In West Virginia alone, more than half of all households claim to own a gun, and a good number of those are concealed weapons. In Today’s Great Outdoors John Marra helps you determine which concealed weapon is best for you.

Negative campaigning in America was sired by two lifelong friends, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Back in 1776, the dynamic duo combined powers to help claim America's independence, and they had nothing but love and respect for one another. But by 1800, party politics had so distanced the pair that, for the first and last time in U.S. history, a president found himself running against his vice president.

Despite more than 20,000 lawsuits filed against music fans in the years since they started finding free tunes online rather than buying CDs from record companies, the recording industry has utterly failed to halt the decline of the record album or the rise of digital music sharing.

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