Earl Ray Tomblin, who won a special election to succeed Mr Manchin as governor last month, had a staunchly anti-abortion voting record as a state senator and was endorsed by the National Rifle Association.
He owns a nightclub, various restaurants, a newspaper, a radio station, his own record label and a state-of-the-art recording studio where young artists can develop their careers, and where he produces several of his own albums every year, aimed at the African market.
Another tidbit is the inclusion of a memory system that will "maintain a record its current state when it is undocked from a particular type of appliance, " meaning that when you return and re-dock your handheld, everything should resume without any hassle.
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He has a record of preferring state spending, which has been rising at 16% a year since 2001, to private initiative.
In Russia, some bold pickpockets return a "found" wallet to a victim after having scanned credit cards to record numbers, according to a State Department report on crime in that country.
In industrial policy Mr Sarkozy has a record of backing state bail-outs.
Angus King, a former state governor, has a record as a fiscal conservative but is seen as socially liberal.
"New Yorkers say they want a senator with a record of delivering for the state, " Lazio told an audience in Plattsburgh recently.
The FDIC may have to select their first cases in a state where the record of successful use of the in pari delicto defense by third parties is less than in New York or Pennsylvania, for example.
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In Washington, Democratic incumbent Christine Gregoire faced Republican opponent Dino Rossi, a former state senator, who she edged out by a national record of 133 votes after a 51-day recount.
State officials expect a record 351, 000 voters to head to polling places to perform their traditional role of clarifying the presidential field.
We'll take a look at a state's track record to determine whether the steps they've taken have had real results when it comes to their students' education.
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Craft held the ball until he had no other choice, then swished a 3-pointer with a half-second left Sunday for a 78-75 victory over Iowa State, sending the Buckeyes to a school-record fourth straight trip to the round of 16.
While we have developed a meaningful use certified, state-of-the-art electronic health record, including a native iPad version, the effort has hindered our ability to aggressively pursue such opportunities.
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An April survey by the National Conference of State Legislatures found that a record 1, 169 immigration bills--double the number from the year before--had been introduced this year in state legislatures and that the largest number (199) dealt with employment.
In the first half of 2011, state legislatures in all 50 states and Puerto Rico have introduced a record number of bills or resolutions relating to immigrants or refugees, according to a report by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
And with each day, it seems, the state sets a new solar power record.
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Now, with the states running record deficits, state politicians are threatening to make a hash of any new federal tax cuts.
The calls that, for Cathedral, cost it a state title, and, for Aledo, cost its star running back a touchdown record, were, by rule, correct.
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Nixon, on the other hand, has been elected as the state's attorney general a record four times, though he also has had two failed U.S. Senate bids.
Palin's record as a small-town mayor and then a state governor is full of the kinds of anecdotes and petty intrigues common to a lot of political careers.
Other record-setters in the state include Haines, a community about 92 miles north of Juneau that saw about 360 inches of snow for the 2011-2012 season -- smashing the previous record of 309 inches set five years ago, according to the weather service.
Chaoui has also guessed that the Turkey5 may set a record as the largest inaugural Thanksgiving race in the state.
Its annual State of the Industry report claimed a record 1, 701MW of wind projects were approved onshore this year, compared to 1, 142MW last year - a jump of nearly 50%.
And Democrats had a record-breaking year in '06, unseating both GOP House members, re-electing the Dem governor by a record margin, and taking both houses of the state Legislature for the first time since the 19th century.
The 6-3 sophomore is an Arizona State transfer and had a school-record 40 points at Hawaii in January to follow in his high-scoring father's footsteps at Bradley, where Hersey Hawkins is the school's all-time leading scorer and ranks seventh in Division I history with 3, 008 career points.
In those states, a record from the prescription drug purchase is sent to the state agency that oversees the monitoring programs.
State regulators, who have a solid track record of sniffing out the fraudsters likely to take advantage of these new fundraising loopholes, are aghast at the new law.
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North Dakota pumped a record 113 million barrels of oil in 2010, and State officials estimate that daily production will reach 700, 000 barrels in four to seven years.
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However, the FAI rules, state that to claim an official ballooning record, a balloonist must also bring the envelope down and therefore the Austrian's altitude will forever remain just an unofficial mark.
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