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    <title>Local News for Richmond Times-Dispatch</title>
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          <title>Special prosecutor: Investigation of Woody nearly complete</title>
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The special prosecutor investigating an allegation made against Richmond&#8217;s sheriff plans to complete the inquiry by early next week. Prince William County Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Paul B. Ebert also said today that no charges have been placed in connection with the allegation against Sheriff C.T. Woody Jr. Ebert declined to further discuss the case.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:40:17 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>W&amp;M approves $300 tuition increase for spring</title>
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The College of William and Mary&#8217;s board of visitors today approved a $300 tuition increase for the spring semester to help offset the loss of $6.2 million in state funds for the current fiscal year. The tuition increase, to be added to spring bills for undergraduate, business and law students, was necessary to rebalance the budget after a 15 percent reduction ordered in September because of the state&#8217;s revenue shortfall, W&amp;M President Taylor Reveley said in an e-mail to students.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:20:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Brown Middle School teacher named Richmond teacher of the year</title>
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Latonya Waller, a science teacher at Lucille Brown Middle School, is the Richmond Public Schools&#8217;&nbsp; 2010 Teacher of the Year.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:13:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sheriff Woody calls sexual battery allegation fabricated</title>
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Richmond Sheriff C.T. Woody Jr. issued a statement today saying a sexual battery allegation against him is fabricated and without merit.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:25:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Driver killed when Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns on I&#45;85</title>
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A Miley Cyrus tour bus overturned on southbound Interstate 85 in Dinwiddie County today, killing the driver, Virginia State Police said. Cyrus was not aboard the bus.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Student missionary from Va. found slain on Pacific island</title>
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A 20-year-old Seventh-day Adventist student missionary from Virginia was found murdered on the Pacific island of Yap after going jogging near the school where she was teaching.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:24:36 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond police investigating gunfire exchange</title>
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Richmond police today are continuing to investigate an exchange of gunfire while serving a search warrant in the city&#8217;s East End last night.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:38:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Man shot, wounded in Richmond armed robbery</title>
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Richmond police are investigating the armed robbery of a man who was shot and wounded last night in the 2000 block of Mechanicsville Turnpike.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:30:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sentencing delayed in Ryan Matko slaying</title>
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Next week&#8217;s scheduled sentencing of former gang member Detavis J. King for the 2007 slaying of Chesterfield County teenager Ryan Matko will be delayed for several months as his defense attorney seeks to have King&#8217;s guilty verdicts set aside. Defense lawyer Greg Sheldon filed a motion Wednesday to continue Monday&#8217;s sentencing hearing so he can obtain and review a transcript of the testimony given by Dominique Johnson, a key prosecution witness, who Sheldon suggested at King&#8217;s trial was the real killer.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:52 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Hundreds get help at service fair for the homeless</title>
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Joey Monroe calls himself a survivor. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran has survived since August without a permanent roof over his head, and he understands the consequences of living on the streets. &#8220;Anything could have happened to me in the street,&#8220; he said. &#8220;I could have ended up dead in the street.&#8220;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:52 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Henrico ZIP code changes cause revenue losses for Richmond</title>
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Richmond&#8217;s budget woes extend beyond the national recession and are being compounded by permanent revenue losses from Henrico County&#8217;s decision to change some ZIP code addresses from Richmond to Henrico, the city&#8217;s top finance official said. Marcus D. Jones, deputy chief administrative officer for finance and administration, told the City Council&#8217;s Finance Committee yesterday that the ZIP code change is partly responsible for a projected $10.3 million budget shortfall for the current fiscal year, but he said an amount hasn&#8217;t been determined.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond sheriff accused of sexual battery</title>
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A special prosecutor has been assigned to investigate an allegation of sexual battery made against Richmond Sheriff C.T. Woody, a law-enforcement official confirmed last night. An adult woman made the allegation against Woody to Richmond authorities, and the matter later was referred to a special prosecutor, the official said. It could not be confirmed when the incident is alleged to have taken place or the status of the investigation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:41 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Audit questions higher fees for Richmond construction permits</title>
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A 15.5 percent increase in Richmond&#8217;s construction permit fees may have been unnecessary, and it has failed to produce the promised improvements in inspection services, according to the city auditor. Backed by 32 development professionals and then-Mayor L. Douglas Wilder, the City Council raised the fees in 2007 so the city could hire 10 inspectors and related staff to make the operation more efficient.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:17 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>News Near You for Nov. 20</title>
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Chesterfield A hunter was found dead early yesterday in a wooded area off River Road in Chesterfield County after he had been reported missing by his family, police said. The body of Carl Walls Sr., 52, who lived nearby, was found about 3 a.m. on private property where he had permission to hunt, said police Lt. Matt Botset. Officials are investigating the cause of death. There was no obvious trauma, and there were no signs of foul play, Botset said. Chesterfield officers, along with canine units from the state Department of Corrections and the Hopewell police, had searched the area starting about 10 p.m. Wednesday, Botset said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Spirit of Giving for Nov. 20</title>
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Your donations to the Richmond Christmas Mother Fund help provide a brighter holiday to families struggling to make ends meet. The fund provides toys, clothing, food and other assistance to families in need. The fund was established in 1935 by the Richmond Times-Dispatch and The Richmond News Leader. The Salvation Army now administers the fund as part of its citywide Christmas programs.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Waynesboro man pleads guilty in mushrooms case</title>
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The man charged in Waynesboro&#8217;s largest bust for illegal mushrooms pleaded guilty this week in Circuit Court to possessing and distributing the psychedelic drug, which police found stored in more than 100 jars in his apartment. In July, authorities charged Felix Christopher Gutierrez, 31, with a single felony charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>How seek holiday assistance or make donations</title>
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People seeking aid must include their addresses and phone numbers in their written requests. Requests must be made by a custodial parent or guardian of children 16 or younger. &nbsp; Letters must include the reason for needing aid as well as the mailing address, phone number and the name and age of the child(ren) included in the request. &nbsp; By mail: Monetary contributions may be sent to The Richmond Christmas Mother Fund, P.O. Box 85333, Richmond, VA 23293-0001. Checks should be made payable to the Richmond Christmas Mother Fund.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Salvation Army adds two credit&#45;card machines for holidays</title>
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The Salvation Army&#8217;s Red Kettle Campaign will be more than a drop in the bucket this year. Two hand-held credit-card machines will take donations from people who aren&#8217;t carrying cash. &#8220;We&#8217;re trying to stay with the times,&#8220; Salvation Army spokesman Jeff Baldwin said yesterday during a trial run at the Ukrop&#8217;s store on Forest Hill Avenue.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:59 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Hanover planners back denial of rezoning for Providence Creek</title>
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The Hanover County Planning Commission tonight unanimously opposed a revised plan for the Providence Creek development, which it originally approved in the spring. Its recommendation to deny rezoning for the proposed development off state Route 54 near Interstate 95 now goes to county supervisors, who have the final vote. The original plan approved in March would have closed a historic road; the most recent plan proposed rerouting the road around the development. But even so, Planning Commission member Edmonia P. Iverson moved for denial because of the road rerouting.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:40:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond Sheriff Woody accused of sexual battery</title>
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A special prosecutor has been assigned to investigate an allegation of sexual battery made against Richmond Sheriff C.T. Woody, a law-enforcement official confirmed tonight. An adult woman made the allegation against Woody to Richmond authorities, and the matter later was referred to a special prosecutor, the official said. It could not be confirmed when the incident is alleged to have taken place or the status of the investigation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:32:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Police exchange gunfire in Richmond</title>
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Police exchanged gunfire while serving a search warrant in Richmond&#8217;s East End tonight. At 8:43 p.m., narcotics officers were serving the warrant in the 1200 block of North 28th Street when the incident happened. Authorities detained several people, but they released no additional details.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:46:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond says it&#8217;s lost revenue because of Henrico ZIP code change</title>
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Richmond&#8217;s budget woes extend beyond the national recession and are being compounded by permanent revenue losses from Henrico County&#8217;s decision to change some ZIP Code addresses from Richmond to Henrico, the city&#8217;s top finance official said. Marcus D. Jones, deputy chief administrative officer for finance and administration, told the City Council&#8217;s Finance Committee today that the ZIP Code change is partly responsible for a projected $10.3 million budget shortfall for the current fiscal year, but he said an amount hasn&#8217;t been determined.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:02:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>H1N1 flu claims Richmond man, 2 others</title>
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Three Virginians, including a Richmond man and a woman in each the Norfolk and West Piedment health districts, are the latest deaths in the state from the H1N1 swine flu. The three deaths were reported yesterday and today. A total of 27 deaths in Virginia have been blamed on the new influenza strain.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:38:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>National Guard soldier wounded at Fort Pickett expected to make complete recovery</title>
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A Virginia National Guard soldier wounded in an accidental blast at Fort Pickett is in stable condition at VCU Medical Center and is expected to make a full recovery, a spokesman said today. Thirteen other soldiers taken to Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg last night were treated and released and have returned to duty, said Maj. Cotton Puryear.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>For homeless, &#8216;a lot of friendly people&#8217; a welcome sight</title>
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Hundreds of the Richmond area&#8217;s homeless population turned out today for Homeward&#8217;s third annual Project Homeless Connect at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:58:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Search warrant: Suspect admitted taking Shaniya Davis</title>
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A search warrant says a man charged with kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl who was later found dead told police he took the girl to the hotel where she was last seen alive.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:14:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Searchers find body of hunter in Chesterfield</title>
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A hunter was found dead early today in a wooded area off River Road in Chesterfield County after he had been reported missing by his family, police said.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:06:54 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond projects $10 million revenue shortfall</title>
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The city of Richmond is projecting a $10 million revenue shortfall in the current budget year because of sagging sales-tax collections and cuts in state funding. Mayor Dwight C. Jones announced the shortfall yesterday after reviewing revenue collections and other data from the first quarter of fiscal 2009-10. &#8220;We have anticipated a downward adjustment for some time in light of the sour economy,&#8220; the mayor said in a news release. &#8220;For the current year, the adjustment represents 1.7 percent less than the approved budget. What we are embarking on now is a number of strategies to help close the budget gap while keeping our fund balance intact.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Chesterfield ordinance on bow and arrows deferred</title>
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Chesterfield County supervisors last night unanimously agreed to wait three months before voting on an ordinance prohibiting the use of a bow and arrow within 600 feet of a home. The issue arose in response to complaints from Salisbury residents in the Midlothian area concerned that bow hunters were hunting too close to homes where children were playing.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>All juveniles in Hopewell face new 11 p.m. curfew</title>
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All juveniles in Hopewell are now facing an 11 p.m. curfew. City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to require that anyone 17 or younger be accompanied by a parent&#8212;or be at home&#8212;by 11 p.m. The new curfew took effect immediately. Minors are exempt if they are at work or attending religious ceremonies or other meetings sponsored by public schools or organizations such as the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Correctional officers won&#8217;t be prosecuted for alleged dog fondling</title>
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The five correctional officers charged in October with animal cruelty for fondling a K-9 dog and videotaping the incidents will not be prosecuted. Powhatan County Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Robert B. Beasley Jr. decided last week not to follow through because he believed the cruelty charges would not stand up in court, he said yesterday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:03 EST</pubDate>
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Chesterfield No injuries were reported in a two-alarm fire yesterday morning at a plant that makes printing inks and pigments in the Walthall area of Chesterfield County. Battalion Chief David Throckmorton of Chesterfield Fire &amp; EMS said firefighters were called to the Sun Chemical plant at 4:59 a.m. The facility is a one-story warehouse-type building at 1600 Continental Blvd., in the Appomattox Industrial Center just off Ruffin Mill Road. The fire, which apparently began in a mixing vat before spreading to duct work, was under control at 6:18 a.m.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Henrico County authorities revealed yesterday that a series of beatings earlier this year in the western part of the county were linked to gang initiation rites. Deputy Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Michael Feinmel and police investigator D.C. Wood said at a preliminary hearing that two defendants and juvenile witnesses who appeared in court yesterday have ties to two well-known street gangs, the Bloods and the Crips.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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A Richmond jury awarded a research librarian at the Library of Virginia $8 million in damages yesterday, the full amount sought by her lawyers after the woman was struck by a GRTC Transit System bus and severely injured. Meikiu Lo, now 34, suffered spinal and shoulder damage and multiple hip and pelvis fractures that resulted in chronic pain after a GRTC bus making a right turn struck her as she crossed North Eighth Street beside the library two years ago.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Army searching Afghanistan river for Chesterfield soldier</title>
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A soldier from Chesterfield County has been missing since a resupply mission in Afghanistan that claimed the life of a unit member from Massachusetts, the U.S. Department of Defense said yesterday. Sgt. Brandon T. Islip, 23, of Chesterfield, and Sgt. Benjamin W. Sherman, 21, of Plymouth, Mass., were swept away in a river Nov. 4 in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, officials confirmed yesterday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Spirit of Giving for Nov. 19</title>
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The Richmond Christmas Mother program was launched 75 years ago when The Times-Dispatch Goodfellows Club and The News Leader Neediest Family fund joined with other local Christmas stocking clubs to create a single holiday fundraising campaign. The fund was designed to provide needy children and families with toys, clothing, food and other assistance during the holidays. The Salvation Army now administers the fund as part of its citywide Christmas programs.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Henrico landfill to get permit for expansion</title>
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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will render a decision today to issue a permit to Henrico County&#8217;s East End Landfill, with amendments in response to public comment. The landfill had asked for four times its current maximum intake of construction and demolition debris. Neighbors had protested because of truck traffic, mud on Darbytown Road, previous permit violations, dust and odors.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>27 displaced by apartment fire in Richmond; nine taken to hospitals</title>
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Nine people were transported to area hospitals for evaluation and treatment yesterday after a fire damaged an apartment building and displaced 27 people in Richmond&#8217;s East End. The fire was reported at 8:31 a.m. at a three-story apartment building in the 1300 block of Coalter Street. Richmond fire Lt. Shawn L. Jones said emergency crews at the scene examined 19 people and transported nine to hospitals, mostly for smoke inhalation. One woman had a leg injury after jumping from a window to safety, Jones said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Chesterfield supervisors tonight unanimously agreed to wait three months before voting on an ordinance prohibiting the use of a bow and arrow within 600 feet of a home. The issue arose in response to complaints from Salisbury residents in the Midlothian area concerned that bow hunters were hunting too close to homes where children were playing.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:32:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>14 soldiers treated after small explosion at Fort Pickett</title>
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One soldier was flown from VCU Medical Center with third-degree burns and other injuries, and a dozen other soldiers were taken to area hospitals after a small explosion tonight at Fort Pickett, officials said. A small device used to simulate the flashing and banging sounds soldiers experience under fire exploded about 8 p.m. at Fort Pickett, a training base for the Virginia National Guard in Nottoway County, said Maj. Cotton Puryear.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:00:41 EST</pubDate>
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A man was shot at his home during a struggle with a masked gunman tonight in South Richmond, police report. The victim, who is in his 20s, answered a knock at his back door in the 3300 block of Decatur Street, and the masked man forced his way inside, displayed a gun and demanded money, said city police Capt. Paul Kiniry. The victim wrestled the gunman for the weapon, but it discharged, striking the victim in the arm, Kiniry said. The gunman fled with his weapon.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:34:06 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>GRTC faces $8 million damage award</title>
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A research librarian struck by a GRTC bus two years ago should receive $8 million in damages, a Richmond Circuit Court jury decided today. Meikiu Lo, 34, a native of Hong Kong who suffered severe spinal and hip damage when she was struck by a GRTC bus in September 2007, has worked at the Library of Virginia for two years, her lawyer Jason Konvicka said this evening.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:06:02 EST</pubDate>
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The city of Richmond is projecting a $10 million revenue shortfall in the current budget year as a result of cuts in state funding and sagging sales-tax collections. The total budget is about $630 million. Mayor Dwight C. Jones announced the shortfall this afternoon after reviewing revenue collections and other data from the first quarter of fiscal 2009-10.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:58:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Federal grand jury gets former Del. Hamilton&#8217;s documents</title>
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A federal grand jury has subpoenaed from the Virginia House of Delegates documents related to former Del. Phillip A. Hamilton&#8217;s job at Old Dominion University. Bruce Jamerson, the House clerk, confirmed today that he turned over Hamilton&#8217;s economic interest forms, travel vouchers and documents relating to the Old Dominion University teaching center.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:08:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>$851 million sliced from Va. transportation plan</title>
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State transportation programs will be hit with another $851.5 million reduction over the next six years, state transportation officials said today. That&#8217;s actually a slight improvement from the August state transportation forecast. The state will receive slightly more than $30 million in additional federal funds to help with transportation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:16:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: 9 sent to hospitals after Richmond apartment fire</title>
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Nine people were transported to area hospitals for evaluation and treatment this morning after a fire damaged an apartment building in Richmond&#8217;s East End. The fire was reported at 8:31 a.m. at a three-story apartment building in the 1300 block of Coalter Street. Initial reports indicated people may have been trapped inside, but that turned out to not be the case, Richmond fire Lt. Shawn Jones said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:32:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>No injuries in Richmond apartment fire</title>
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No injuries were reported this morning in a fire that damaged an apartment in Richmond&#8217;s East End. The fire was reported shortly after 8:40 in the 1300 block of Coalter Street. Initial reports indicated children may have been trapped inside, but that turned out to not be the case, Richmond fire Lt. Shawn Jones said. Several people were being examined at the scene by rescue crews but none appeared to be injured, Jones said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Truck wreck cleared: I&#45;95 north at I&#45;295 reopened</title>
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Early morning wreck, which Virginia State Police say was caused by a driver who fell asleep, forced closure of busy interstate for more than three hours.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:06:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>A slight chance of rain or drizzle today</title>
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The National Weather Service is calling for a 20 percent chance of rain or drizzle after noon today in the Richmond area with an afternoon high near 58 degrees. There is a 70 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow, when the high is projected at 63 degrees. Friday should be sunny with a high of 62. Saturday should be sunny with a high of 61.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:08:28 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Fire contained at printing plant near Colonial Heights</title>
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No injuries were reported in a two-alarm fire this morning at a plant that makes printing inks and pigments in the Walthall area of Chesterfield County. Battalion Chief David Throckmorton of Chesterfield Fire &amp; EMS said firefighters were called to the Sun Chemical plant at 4:59 a.m. The facility is a one-story warehouse-type building at 1600 Continental Blvd., in the Appomattox Industrial Center just off Ruffin Mill Road.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:04:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond mayor completes leadership team</title>
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Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones filled the last vacancy in his leadership team with the hiring of Carolyn N. Graham as deputy chief administrative officer for human services. Graham had worked in Washington, D.C., as director of the State Health Planning and Development Agency and vice president for external affairs for the Greater Southeast Community Hospital. She also served on the District of Columbia School Board.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:25:43 EST</pubDate>
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Durwood Usry is a small-business owner with a complicated health history and a big monthly insurance bill. &#8220;My health policy costs more than my mortgage, but it&#8217;s the first thing that gets paid at the first of every month,&#8220; said Usry, a Henrico County resident who pays more than $1,500 to insure himself and his wife.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:07:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Elliott executed for &#8216;01 death</title>
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Death-row inmate Larry Bill Elliott was executed last night for the 2001 murder of Dana Thrall of Prince William County. Elliott, 60, a former Army intelligence officer from Hanover, Md., died in the electric chair at Greensville Correctional Center, about 60 miles south of Richmond. He was pronounced dead at 9:08 p.m. He had met with his family, a spiritual adviser and his lawyers earlier in the day.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:53 EST</pubDate>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has asked the Virginia Department of Education to examine claims of racial disparities among students in gifted education programs in Virginia. While African-Americans make up 26 percent of the statewide student population, 12 percent of students identified as gifted are black, according to Education Department statistics.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Kaine cites pre&#45;K success during his term</title>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine says the number of children in pre-kindergarten classes has grown by nearly 40 percent during his term but that he wanted to do &#8220;so much more than that.&#8220; He told Virginia Board of Education members yesterday that if he could run for governor again, he would have and also would have continued efforts to improve education for the state&#8217;s more than 1 million students.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:46 EST</pubDate>
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Dr. Wendy S. Klein was concerned about Pam Stenzel long before the abstinence-only speaker created a controversy yesterday at Douglas Freeman High School. Klein&#8217;s son, while a senior at Mills Godwin High School, came home upset after hearing Stenzel give a talk there three years ago. &#8220;He was very distressed, because he knows better,&#8220; Klein said. &#8220;He said she tried to scare everybody not to use birth-control pills.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Former Tucker coach guilty of indecent liberties</title>
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J.R. Tucker High School&#8217;s former football coach pleaded guilty yesterday to three counts of taking indecent liberties with two teenage students. In a brief hearing in Henrico County Circuit Court, William Macgregor &#8220;Mac&#8221; Leighton, 31, acknowledged his guilt in months-long relationships with students 15 and 17. A prosecutor said the relationships consisted of the students sending Leighton scores of nude images of themselves by cell phone and exchanges of graphic text messages.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Fire Wire for Nov. 11</title>
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Here&#8217;s a snapshot of emergency calls during the week of Nov. 2-9, as reported by Metro Richmond fire departments. RICHMOND Fire Calls: 211 Emergency Medical Calls: 382 EMS: Cardiac arrest (5), chest pain (58), breathing problems (118), shooting (3), stabbing (1), unconsciousness (69). Significant Events: Fire: 1900 block of Chelsea Street, house. Fire found in the attic.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond superintendent cites progress, needs</title>
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A lot has been made in pop culture about what&#8217;s going to happen in 2012, Richmond School Superintendent Yvonne W. Brandon said yesterday to an auditorium packed with school officials, community business partners and students. What is she hoping for that year, which could be an apocalyptic one, if you believe the ancient Mayans and modern filmmakers?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Richmond A man was taken to VCU Medical Center after being stabbed in the chest on a downtown Richmond street late Monday. Richmond police Capt. Paul Kiniry said the victim had injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening after a stabbing that occurred at 11:30 p.m. in the 200 block of East Broad Street. Kiniry said the victim gave police varying versions of the incident, including that the suspect may have tried to rob him. Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. The stabbing occurred not far from an Oct. 29 fatal stabbing in the 300 block of East Broad. That stabbing, which took the life of Javis Jerell Turner, 20, occurred in broad daylight and involved a dispute. An arrest was made.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Two sentenced in child&#45;neglect case</title>
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Two Richmond women who shopped while the young children under their care slept in a parked car&#8212;at 1 a.m.&#8212;have received a writing assignment and weekend jail time from a judge in Henrico County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. Starline Mae Hanley, 20, and Leondria Louise Brantley, 19, were found guilty this week of misdemeanor child neglect in connection with a 1 a.m. grocery shopping trip to a Short Pump Wal-Mart store Sept. 1.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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A tanker truck delivering 8,000 gallons of jet fuel overturned yesterday morning on Airport Drive within the Richmond International Airport property in Henrico County. The accident closed the main entrance to the airport and all lanes of Williamsburg Road between Lewis Road and Airport Drive for most of the day, according to Henrico police.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Man gets 13&#45;sentence in fatal shooting</title>
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A Petersburg man has been sentenced to serve 13 years in prison for fatally shooting his mother&#8217;s neighbor in the back during a trifling disagreement that spiraled out of control. &#8220;I think it was [a situation] where people just didn&#8217;t know how to resolve conflicts,&#8220; said Petersburg Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Cassandra Stroud-Burns, who prosecuted the case. &#8220;It&#8217;s just really sad.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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          <title>Two men are injured in shootings in Richmond</title>
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Two men were taken to a hospital for treatment after a pair of shootings barely an hour and a few blocks apart Monday night near McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center in South Richmond. Both victims were taken to CJW Medical Center (Chippenham) for injuries that authorities said were not life-threatening. Police said it did not appear that the shootings were related.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Spirit of giving</title>
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As the holiday season approaches, more and more people will need a helping hand. That&#8217;s the reason for the existence of the Richmond Christmas Mother Fund. The Richmond Christmas Mother Fund was established in 1935 by the Richmond Times-Dispatch and The Richmond News Leader. The fund was designed to provide needy children and families with toys, clothing, food and other assistance during the holidays.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>U.Va. likely to increase tuition</title>
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The University of Virginia is likely both to raise tuition and ask alumni to dig deeper into their pockets as the university seeks to find a more sustainable funding model in an era of dwindling state support. &#8220;We are going to be able to depend on two revenue sources,&#8220; Leonard W. Sandridge, U.Va.&#8216;s executive vice president and chief operating officer, told the university&#8217;s board of visitors on Monday. &#8220;We have potential in the areas of tuition and private support.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Petersburg man arrested after setting former co&#45;worker on fire, police say</title>
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A Petersburg man was arrested yesterday about 25 minutes after police said he set a former co-worker on fire and then fled on a public bus. The 35-year-old victim, whom police didn&#8217;t identify, suffered burns to her head and was airlifted to VCU Medical Center, where she was in serious but stable condition yesterday, police said. Henry Morton, 51, was charged with aggravated malicious wounding in the 8:35 a.m. assault, which occurred in the parking lot of the Petersburg East Complex at 110 Croatan Drive in the city&#8217;s eastern end. Morton had been fired as a maintenance worker at the apartment complex Monday, police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Crime log for Nov. 18</title>
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Following is a summary of some burglary reports made to police recently in Richmond and in Chesterfield and Henrico counties. RICHMOND POLICE 500 block of West 13th Street, between 3:30 p.m. Nov. 13 and 5:30 p.m. Nov. 15, someone stole an electric meter and a generator. 200 block of West Marshall Street, between noon Nov. 13 and 1:10 p.m. Nov. 15, someone stole money.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Pentagon: Wide probe likely after Fort Hood</title>
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WASHINGTON&#8212;Worried that the Army may have missed red flags about the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre, the Pentagon will likely launch an inquiry into how all the military services keep watch on other volatile soldiers hidden in their ranks, officials said yesterday. The probe, still in the planning stages, would be a broad examination ranging beyond the specific case of Army psychiatrist Dr. Nidal Malik Hasan, officials said. The inquiry, they said, could look at personnel policies and the availability of mental health services for troubled troops.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>REVIEW: Jimmy Buffett predictable, familiar and fun</title>
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These days, Jimmy Buffett is more a brand than a musician. The restaurants, the beer line, the newly renamed Miami Dolphins stadium after the beer line, the upcoming casino in Biloxi, Miss.&#8212;it all induces a bit of nausea. But say this for the ol&#8217; guy, when it&#8217;s time to hit the stage, he works it. At his Charlottesville stop tonight&#8212;one of the last dates of his current tour&#8212;the 62-year-old Peter Pan of the beach rolled through nearly 30 songs in 2&#189; hours, giving this nearly sold out crowd of 12,000-plus exactly what they required: escapism.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:26:09 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sniper Muhammad buried in Baton Rouge</title>
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Friends and relatives of executed Washington, D.C., sniper John Allen Muhammad gathered in his hometown today for his funeral. Muhammad was put to death last week in Virginia for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during an October 2002 shooting rampage. It left 10 people dead and terrorized Maryland, Virginia and Washington over a three-week period.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:54:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Maryland man executed in Virginia; chose electric chair</title>
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Death-row inmate Larry Bill Elliott was executed tonight for the 2001 murder of Dana Thrall of Prince William County. Elliott, 60, a former Army intelligence officer from Hanover, Md., died in the electric chair at Greensville Correctional Center, about 60 miles south of Richmond. He was pronounced dead at 9:08 p.m. He met with his family, a spiritual advisor and his lawyers earlier today.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:20:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>1 Ferrum student fatally shot, another injured in hunting incident</title>
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One Ferrum College student was shot fatally in the chest and another was injured while walking near the campus in Southwestern Virginia today. College spokeswoman Natalie Faunce said a resident from the area was deer-hunting near the campus in Franklin County and mistook a student for a deer. The incident occurred as a group of three students was walking along an access road in a wooded area near an industrial property about a mile west of campus, officials said. The students were collecting animals for a science project.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:30:11 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Storm drives tires on to island beach</title>
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Thousands of tires from a man-made underwater tire reef have washed up on the shore of Assateague Island as a result of last week&#8217;s storm. Assateague Island National Seashore spokeswoman Rachelle Daigneault said today that close to 2,000 tires are currently on the beach. Daigneault says crews and volunteers will start clearing them away Wednesday. The tires will be taken to a facility in Ocean City to be disposed of.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:52:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Powhatan County man wins half&#45;million in lottery</title>
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A Powhatan County man has won $500,000 in the Virginia Lottery. Vernon Poe bought the winning Mega Money ticket at Kim&#8217;s Deli on Maidens Road in Powhatan. The lottery will give the store a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, lottery officials said. Poe, a state employee, said he has no plans for the winnings, except to help his family, officials said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:50:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Kaine wants study of  claims of racial disparity in state&#8217;s gifted education programs</title>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has asked the Virginia Department of Education to examine claims of racial disparities among students in gifted education programs in Virginia. Kaine said in a brief interview this morning with the Richmond Times-Dispatch that he wants to look into issues raised by the NAACP about the apparent disparity. African-Americans represent about 26 percent of public school students statewide but only 12 percent of students receiving gifted education, according to NAACP statistics collected from school divisions.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:52:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Kaine declines to stop tonight&#8217;s execution</title>
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Death Row inmate Larry Bill Elliott is scheduled to be executed tonight at 9 for the 2001 murder of Dana Thrall in Prince William County. This afternoon, Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine declined to intervene in the case; in September, he had delayed Elliott&#8217;s Oct. 5 execution date so his staff could review Elliott&#8217;s claim of innocence and petition to commute his death sentence to a term of life in prison.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:46:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Petersburg man charged with setting former co&#45;worker on fire</title>
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A Petersburg man was arrested today about 25 minutes after police say he set a former co-worker on fire and then fled on a public bus. The victim, who wasn&#8217;t identified, sustained burns to her head area and was airlifted to VCU Medical Center, where she is in serious but stable condition, police said. Henry Morton, 51, was charged with aggravated malicious wounding in the 8:35 a.m. assault, which occurred in the parking lot of the Petersburg East Complex at 110 Croatan Drive in the city&#8217;s east end. Morton had been fired as a maintenance worker at the apartment complex yesterday, police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:44:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Habitat creates community land trust for housing</title>
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Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity has created the first community land trust for affordable housing in Virginia, the nonprofit housing organization announced this morning. The local Habitat has placed 19 parcels of donated property off Springs Road in South Richmond into the trust, which will be overseen by the nonprofit&#8217;s board of directors.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:42:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond Fed president sees economy growing next year</title>
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The economy should grow at a reasonable pace next year, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond told state legislators this morning. In housing, Jeffrey M. Lacker said several indicators of sales and construction activity hit low points earlier this year and have already risen modestly. &#8220;Housing is no longer a major drag on GDP growth,&#8220; he said, referring to gross domestic product, which is the sum total of goods and service produced in the country.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:20:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Some lanes open after truck carrying jet fuel crashes near airport</title>
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A tanker truck delivering 8,000 gallons of jet fuel overturned this morning on Airport Drive within the Richmond International Airport property in Henrico County.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:02:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Kaine says he would &#8216;definitely&#8217; have run again if allowed</title>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine told Virginia Board of Education members this morning that if he could run for governor again that he &#8220;definitely&#8221; would have and continue his efforts to improve education for the state&#8217;s 1 million-plus students. Kaine met with board members at the beginning of their monthly meeting to talk about the panel&#8217;s work during his term, including improving graduation rates, expanding pre-K and creating career and academic plans starting with every seventh-grader.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:56:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Ex&#45;Tucker football coach pleads guilty to indecent liberties with 2 students</title>
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The former head football coach at J.R. Tucker High School in Henrico County pleaded guilty this morning to three counts of taking indecent liberties with teenaged students. William Macgregor &#8220;Mac&#8221; Leighton, 31, entered guilty pleas in a short court hearing. He was released on bond pending sentencing Feb. 19. He faces a maximum of five years in prison for each of the three convictions.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:48:22 EST</pubDate>
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Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones has filled the last vacancy in his leadership team with the hiring of Carolyn N. Graham as deputy chief administrative officer for human services. Graham had worked in Washington as director of the State Health Planning &amp; Development Agency and vice president for external affairs for the Greater Southeast Community Hospital. She also served on the District of Columbia School Board.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:46:01 EST</pubDate>
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Henrico County police are looking for a 9-year-old boy who has been missing for more than a month and may have been abducted by his mother. Lt. Eric D. Owens this morning said Antoine Lamonte Toliver Jr. was last seen Oct. 9 in the company of his mother, Charmaine Sofonia Jones. Owens said police are seeking Jones for felony parental abduction.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:16:21 EST</pubDate>
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A man was taken to VCU Medical Center after being stabbed in the chest on a downtown Richmond street late last night. Richmond police Capt. Paul Kiniry said the victim of the stabbing had injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening after a stabbing that occurred at 11:30 p.m. in the 200 block of East Broad Street. Kiniry said the victim gave police varying versions of what may have precipitated the stabbing, including that the suspect may have tried to rob him.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:42:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Today&#8217;s forecast: Mostly sunny, 62 degrees</title>
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The National Weather Service is calling for mostly sunny skies today in the Richmond area with light winds and a high near 62 degrees. There is a 20 percent chance of rain after 1 p.m. tomorrow with a high near 60 degrees. Thursday&#8217;s forecast calls for a 40 percent chance of showers and a high near 62. Rounding out the work week, the forecast for Friday is for mostly cloudy skies and a high near 61.           ]]></description>
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The scheduling of an abstinence-only speaker today at Douglas Freeman High School has drawn protests from some teachers, an abortion-rights organization, and a gay and lesbian education network. Pam Stenzel, founder of Enlighten Communications Inc., &#8220;tackles today&#8217;s tough issues of sex with candor, insight, humor and the challenge for young people to get the abstinence advantage,&#8220; according to a description on her Web site.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:42:01 EST</pubDate>
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Two men were taken to a hospital for treatment after a pair of shootings barely an hour and a few blocks apart last night near McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center in South Richmond. Both victims were taken to CJW Medical Center (Chippenam) for injuries that authorities said were not life-threatening. Police said it did not appear that the shootings were related.           ]]></description>
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The Virginia Attorney General&#8217;s Office has recognized two localities for their efforts to address domestic violence. Chesterfield and King George counties were recognized at a ceremony yesterday. They join Fairfax, Loudoun and Tazewell counties and the city of Richmond, which were recognized in April for their leadership on the issue.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:10:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Boil&#45;water advisory remains in effect in Hanover</title>
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Hanover County residents in the Battlefield Green subdivision are being advised to use bottled water or boil their water before drinking for the next two days as a safety precaution after a water main break. The water main break was repaired yesterday. The boil-water notice applies to homes east of Magazine Drive on Old Cavalry Drive, including Reunion Drive, Shiloh Place, Ironworks Court, Ironclad Drive, Old Cavalry Court, Devils Den Lane, Gettysburg Lane, Saber Court, Dugout Terrace, Muzzle Court, Green Top Court, Hanover Meadow Drive and Curnow Drive.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:48:03 EST</pubDate>
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HOPEWELL&#8212;Hopewell Police Chief Steven Martin has proposed an 11 p.m. curfew for all city juveniles. Under current city law, Hopewell&#8217;s teens younger than 16 have a 10 p.m. curfew and 17-year-olds have a midnight curfew. Instead, Martin said a fixed 11 p.m. curfew for all juveniles would simplify this process. The City Council will vote on Martin&#8217;s proposed change of the city ordinance at today&#8217;s meeting.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:46:01 EST</pubDate>
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Before they vote, Chesterfield County leaders will hear from the public tomorrow night about a proposal to prohibit the use of bows and arrows within 600 feet of a home. The ordinance change was initiated to address concerns from homeowners in Midlothian&#8217;s Salisbury community that people were hunting too close to homes. Currently, Chesterfield property owners and permitted guests are allowed to use bows anywhere on their property, so long as the arrow does not cross the property line. Because of growth in the county&#8217;s deer population, the state Department of Game and Inland Fisheries allows additional bow hunting with site-specific &#8220;kill permits&#8221; on property adjacent to or within residential neighborhoods.           ]]></description>
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Virginians like their public schools but still would like more nonpublic options, a poll released yesterday shows. The poll of 1,203 likely Virginia voters was sponsored by several organizations supporting school vouchers and tax-credit scholarship programs. Conducted by Braun Research Inc., a New Jersey company, the poll shows that 62 percent of Virginians rate the public school system as good or excellent.           ]]></description>
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The scheduling of an abstinence-only speaker today at Douglas Freeman High School has drawn protests from some teachers, an abortion-rights organization, and a gay and lesbian education network. Pam Stenzel, founder of Enlighten Communications Inc., &#8220;tackles today&#8217;s tough issues of sex with candor, insight, humor and the challenge for young people to get the abstinence advantage,&#8220; according to a description on her Web site.           ]]></description>
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Hanover Hanover County residents in the Battlefield Green subdivision are being advised to use bottled water or boil their water before drinking for the next two days as a safety precaution after a water main break. The water main break was repaired yesterday. The boil-water notice applies to homes east of Magazine Drive on Old Cavalry Drive, including Reunion Drive, Shiloh Place, Ironworks Court, Ironclad Drive, Old Cavalry Court, Devils Den Lane, Gettysburg Lane, Saber Court, Dugout Terrace, Muzzle Court, Green Top Court, Hanover Meadow Drive and Curnow Drive.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:40 EST</pubDate>
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The authority of Virginia&#8217;s juvenile-court judges is being usurped by prosecutors and higher courts in a process that too often mixes juvenile offenders and adults and that helps transform juvenile lawbreakers into career felons, according to a study released today. &#8220;Putting youth in the adult system ultimately makes communities less safe,&#8220; the study says.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Maryland man who killed N.Va. couple set to die tonight</title>
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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday refused to block the execution of a Maryland man who was convicted of gunning down a Northern Virginia couple to win the love of a former stripper. Larry Bill Elliott, 60, is scheduled to be executed by electrocution at 9 tonight for the January 2001 shooting deaths of 25-year-old Dana Thrall and 30-year-old Robert Finch. The former Army counterintelligence worker would become the first Virginia inmate to die by electrocution since 2006 and the first nationwide since last year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond School Board picks schools for replacement</title>
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With as much as $175 million potentially burning a hole in its collective pocket, the Richmond School Board voted 6-1 last night to include seven schools in the first phase of its construction plan, with a new Huguenot High School at the top of the list. The city has not built a new school in more than a decade. The School Board will present to the City Council a plan that includes the new high school, a new Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in the East End, and new Broad Rock and Oak Grove elementary schools in South Richmond. Also on the list are secondary priorities including replacements for Elkhardt Middle and E.H.S. Greene Elementary, both in South Richmond, and George Mason Elementary in North Side.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:31 EST</pubDate>
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The Richmond Christmas Mother program was launched 75 years ago when The Times-Dispatch Goodfellows Club and The News Leader Neediest Family fund joined with other local Christmas stocking clubs to create a single holiday fundraising campaign. The fund was designed to provide needy children and families with toys, clothing, food and other assistance during the holidays.           ]]></description>
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