Posted: 1:51 PM The CIA has authenticated a section of the audio on the new al-Qaida videotape as an actual recording of Osama bin Laden's chief deputy, but analysts are unsure whether the voice purported to be bin Laden himself is truly him, a CIA official said Thursday.

Updated: 9:59 AM Two years after the profound horror and grief of Sept. 11, two bagpipers and a drummer marched onto the former site of the World Trade Center on Thursday, bearing an American flag that once flew over its ruins.

Updated: 9:04 AM A top economic newspaper official answers that question.

Updated: 6:29 PM It appears a suspected father and son garage scam team has had its share of local victims as well.

Updated: 12:24 PM A woman is accused of staging a May robbery.

Updated: 5:51 PM A father and son scam artist duo from this area may have expanded their operations into other states.

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Updated: 6:50 PM People know 911 is the number to call for emergencies, but what some people consider emergencies really aren't.

Updated: 6:40 PM Bennett Stump, long-time community leader, died Wednesday night at the age of 82.

Updated: 8:25 AM Last year, two Parkersburg residents died of West Nile-related illnesses, and now the virus has been found again with positive tests in two dead birds.

Updated: 9:03 AM Proposed changes in pay for workers across the nation may affect both hourly and salaried employees.

Updated: 9:01 AM Two babies, two age groups from our area. Are they the best in the country?

Updated: 10:45 AM An 18-year-old is accused of writing a version of the damaging "Blaster" computer infection that spread quickly across the Internet

Updated: 5:39 PM The papers have been signed, and the former retail portion of the Towne Square complex is now the property of Wood County.

Updated: 9:30 AM It's been sixteen months since Craig Allen Waybright was indicted for the abduction and sexual assault of a woman in early 2002. His trial, scheduled for Wednesday, will have to wait even longer.

Updated: 4:50 PM Jessica Lynch, the former prisoner of war who became a national hero when special forces rescued her from an Iraqi hospital, has been honorably discharged from the U.S. Army, her lawyer said Wednesday.

Updated: 6:35 PM An area family is asking for prayers after recently learning of their daughter's illness.

Updated: 4:42 PM Motorists have to become reacquainted with kids coming and going from school, and getting on and off buses.

Updated: 8:35 AM Does Washington County need a Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force to fight the war on drugs?

Updated: 1:46 PM West Virginia University could soon become the first public institution in the state to require applicants to submit writing results from the SAT and ACT entrance exams.

Updated: 1:48 PM Bankruptcy is on the rise in West Virginia. Bankruptcy filings soared to a record 6,326 in southern West Virginia last fiscal year, while the number of debtors seeking protection from creditors jumped nearly 17- percent in northern counties.

Updated: 8:22 AM A possible serial killer isn't the only thing West Virginians are looking out for at gas stations.

Updated: 8:23 AM A Marietta-area mother and daughter had a first-hand look at last week's blackout in New York City.

Updated: 9:08 PM Sniper shootings hit closer to home.

Updated: 10:27 AM A Sept. 11 hijacker in the cockpit of United Airlines Flight 93 instructed terrorist-pilot Ziad Jarrah to crash the jetliner moments before it slammed into a Pennsylvania field because of a fierce passenger uprising in the cabin, recently disclosed testimony by the FBI director shows.