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By Myra MacDonald ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's prime minister, reacting to reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seriously ill, said the 76-year-old was recovering in France but had been ordered to take complete rest by his doctors. Since he was rushed to hospital in Paris on April 27 with what was officially described as a minor stroke, Bouteflika has been neither heard nor seen in public, raising widespread speculation that he is seriously ailing. ...

The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Monday, May 13, to Sunday, May 19, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify.

By Dhanya Skariachan (Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc reported weak quarterly sales on Tuesday and warned that a slew of investments to entice shoppers could squeeze profits in the near term. The news overshadowed its better-than-expected first-quarter profit and sent shares of the world's largest consumer electronics chain down 4 percent in premarket trading. Net earnings from continuing operations fell to $97 million, or 29 cents a share, from $169 million, or 49 cents a share a year earlier. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron is committed to governing as part of a two-party coalition until the next national election in 2015, his spokesman said on Tuesday, days after Cameron raised the prospect of the alliance breaking apart. Cameron has ruled with the Liberal Democrats, his junior coalition partner, since 2010, but the two have taken increasingly different positions on issues such as Britain's role in Europe and Cameron on Sunday for the first time raised the possibility that the coalition might not last until 2015. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron is committed to governing as part of a two-party coalition until the next national election in 2015, his spokesman said on Tuesday, days after Cameron raised the prospect of the alliance breaking apart. Cameron has ruled with the Liberal Democrats, his junior coalition partner, since 2010, but the two have taken increasingly different positions on issues such as Britain's role in Europe and Cameron on Sunday for the first time raised the possibility that the coalition might not last until 2015. ...

ATLANTA, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding businesses in West Virginia that working capital loans are still available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations affected by the severe storms and high winds between June 29 and July 8, 2012. (Logo ...

Motorists in West Virginia are getting a break from price increases at the pump. AAA East Central says the average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline fell 4 cents in the past week to a statewide average ...

Bidders for multimedia rights to certain West Virginia University athletic events will have until June 18 to respond to a newly issued request for proposals, the school announced Tuesday. WVU said last ...

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and West Virginia state officials are searching for a missing portable gauge containing sealed sources of radioactive material that was lost in West Virginia on May 3, and are asking anyone with information on the missing gauge to report it to ...

Two West Virginia officials are blasting the Environmental Protection Agency over new air pollution rules. Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Randy Huffman and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey ...

West Virginia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April was 6.6 percent, the lowest it's been in four years. WorkForce West Virginia said Tuesday that's down four-tenths of a percentage point from ...

As Memorial Day approaches, many families are preparing to decorate their loved ones’ graves with flowers. But in Wayne County, W.Va., one family will be cleaning up instead of decorating.

Deputies say David Lemons was discovered dead Monday just before 2 p.m.

The 20 senior students accused of breaking into Wayne High School Friday will not be walking across the stage at their graduation ceremony.

The fire broke out just before 6:30 a.m. Tuesday at a home at 137 Walnut Drive in East Bank.

30-year-old Joshua Greenwood was unaccounted for during Monday night's count.

The situation is taking place about two miles out State Route 248 in Chester Township.

One person is dead after being struck by a train Monday near the border of Fayette and Summers counties. The incident was initially reported around 2 p.m. and involved a CSX train in the Meadow Creek area. Authorities say the accident happened on CSX property within the New River Gorge National Park. Fayette County 911 says a medical examiner was called out to the scene along with officials with the Park Service and CSX. The victim’s name has not  been released as the investigation continues.

The limited edition silver commemorative rounds marking West Virginia’s 150th birthday sold out within 12 hours of their debut. “It shows a lot of people have an interest in having one to keep,” said Governor Earl Ray Tomblin. “We have a lot of the specialty type coin collectors in West Virginia and this is one they can pass down to the kids or their grand kids.” The state had created 1,863 of the coins to reflect the year West Virginia gained statehood. Online sales began shortly after midnight and all the coins were gone by 11:15 a.m. Monday. The coins sold...

The children of law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty now qualify for some extra financial assistance for college. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed into law Monday outside the Culture Center S.B. 394 which provides a four year scholarship for children who lost their parents in the line of duty to help pay for college. “$7,500 a year will go to dependent children of those officers to help offset the costs associated with continuing education beyond high school,” said Capt. Joe White with the West Virginia State Police. The children can use the money to attend any state university,...

The state of West Virginia can now use its own accountability measures to identify and assist troubled schools in the state. The West Virginia Board of Education received the stamp of approval from the U.S. Department of Education this week on a proposal seeking flexibility under the No Child Left Behind Act. “This means the federally mandated one size fits all approach to academic success will no longer hinder our school’s performance and our student achievement,” said Governor Earl Ray Tomblin. Governor Tomblin along with state Board of Education President Wade Linger and state superintendent Jim Phares announced the good news Monday at the...

The discovery of a body in a home in Kanawha County is being investigated as a homicide. At around 1:45 p.m. Monday, Metro 911 received a call from a male who said he saw a deceased man’s body in a mobile home on Darlington Lane in Elkview. The man caller noticed the body while peering through a window. Kanawha County sheriff’s deputies later identified the body as belonging to 28 year old David Lemons, the owner of the residence. Police said Lemons lived alone at the residence and was the only body found. Lemon’s body has been sent to Medical Examiner’s...

Members of the WVU baseball team are safe after a devastating tornado passed about 10 miles to the south of where the team is staying this week in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The F-4 tornado wiped out parts of Moore, Okla., on Monday afternoon. Tornado warning sirens went off in downtown Oklahoma City. MetroNews Sports anchor Kyle Wiggs, traveling with the team, watched the devastation happening just a few miles away. “I grew up in the Midwest and I’ve never seen anything like this in my life,” Wiggs said. The tornado was on the ground for at least 15 minutes and it could have been more...