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Confessions of a credit card telemarketer Posted: Tuesday, November 17 2009 at 06:00 am CT by Bob Sullivan What if there were a way to have your credit card debt erased if you lost your job or became disabled? That's the pitch behind debt cancellation, a service offered by many credit card issuers and retailers.

Officers in nearby Virginia make a major drug bust during a routine patrol. The Middlesboro Daily News reports Lee County, Virginia sheriff's deputies were patrolling highway 606 when they discovered a drug deal taking place.

A routine patrol led to a major seizure of narcotics in Lee County. Investigators Captain Taylor Scott and Lt.

In winning the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama joins an elite group of U.S. presidents.

An elderly couple were found dead by rescue crews Friday evening after a fire gutted their home in Lee County's Flatwoods community.

Scott Co., Va. - Three teenagers are in jail today after conspiring to kill one of the boy's relatives so they could steal from them.

Marsh Regional Blood Center will hold a memorial blood drive for Ephraim Batten, an infant who died tragically this summer, Saturday, Sept.

JONESVILLE, Va. a ' Lee County authorities thwarted a prison escape over the weekend at the United States Penitentiary, located eight miles east of Jonesville, Va.

Scott County recycling employee Teresa Graham sorts through plastics at the recycling bins on East Carters Valley Road recently.

Lee County authorities have seized 360 growing marijuana plants from seven patches in the Keokee and Robbins Chapel areas of the county.

Heavy rains hindered efforts to rescue 23 miners who became trapped early Thursday in flooding at a mine in northeastern China, a local authority said.

Former United Mine Workers of America International President Sam Church has died.

A Southwest Virginia man will appear in court today, after the Lee County Sheriff's Office says that deputies found four dozen marijuana plants and hundreds of prescription drug pills in his home.

People send in the strangest requests for AC articles. "Describe 4 to 6 libraries in your town"? My home town is Gate City, Virginia, with a population between two and three thousand people.