The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Registerhttp://www.theintelligencer.netTop Headlinesen-usWed, 19 Jun 2013 13:56:29 EDTWed, 19 Jun 2013 13:56:29 EDThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssCouncil Enacts City Sales Taxhttp://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/586675.htmlWHEELING - In unanimous votes Tuesday, Wheeling City Council voted to impose a 0.5-percent sales tax within city limits and scale back its Business and Occupation Tax.Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDTMiley Elected As House Speakerhttp://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/586676.htmlCHARLESTON (AP) - West Virginia's House of Delegates elected Tim Miley as its new speaker Tuesday - though only after one of his fellow Democrats crossed party lines to vote for the GOP nomine.Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDTUps & Downs Hitting Coalhttp://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/586677.htmlWHEELING - The coal industry's troubles have been well documented over the past few years, but West Virginia Coal Association Vice President Chris Hamilton said he believes the worldwide need for coal can provide the industry somewhat of a silver...Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDTWoman, Daughter Held As Slaveshttp://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/586678.htmlCLEVELAND (AP) - A mentally disabled woman and her young child were enslaved for more than a year, sometimes denied food and threatened with a pet python and pit bulls, and the woman was beaten and forced to get pain medication for her captors,...Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDTIn Secession, Speed Was of the Essencehttp://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/586679.htmlWHEELING - Constitutionality and expediency were the two main arguments that statehood proponents won to gain recognition of West Virginia as the 35th state, a visiting scholar said in Wheeling Tuesday.Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT