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RAILROAD HEAD GETS $4.5 MILLION SALARY - The head of Norfolk Southern Corporation received a 55% raise
in salary, bonuses and other cash compensation last year.
Chairman, president and CEO David Goode earned $4,500,000 dollars last year, according to the proxy statement obtained
from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
He also received stock options with a current value of $7.7 million dollars.
The railroad has received multiple jolts of money from American taxpayers.
KANAWHA HAS THREE MURDERS - 23-year-old Brian Massey of Miami, Kanawha County was stabbed to death
Tuesday, the third murder in Kanawha County in slightly over 48-hours.
Massey was stabbed with a screwdriver in the side, under his left arm. at about 3:30 pm. The suspect, 21-year-old Joshua
Knight of Chesapeake, was arrested at a nearby apartment where police allegedly found the murder weapon.
The incident was the second fatal stabbing in as many days in Kanawha County. A Sissonville man died and his father was
wounded after they were stabbed Monday night outside a convenience store. A former Kanawha County Sheriff's deputy
was charged in that case.
TENNESSEE RESOLUTION WANTS HILLBILLY SHOW CANCELED - A Tennessee state senator is pushing a
resolution asking CBS to cancel plans for a reality show based on "The Beverly Hillbillies," where an actual poor,
backwoods mountain family would be taken to Hollywood to live in luxury, with cameras following their movements.
CBS say the reality show would not make fun of the hillbillies, but opponents say that is highly unlikely.
Representatives have been out scouting through several Appalachian states, including West Virginia, for a family.
Several lawmakers have criticized CBS about the show, saying the "hillbilly" stereotype is offensive.
WAL-MART SUED FOR DISCRIMINATION - An ongoing suit brought against the Wal-Mart Corporation alleges
discrimination, it says wages paid to men are considerably higher than women. Wal-Mart has declined to provide
information regarding salaries and benefits, but information obtained for the suit indicates men are paid considerably higher
for the same jobs, particularly in levels of management.
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