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          <title>VMI cadet dies after training exercise</title>
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LEXINGTON&#8212;A Virginia Military Institute freshman cadet collapsed after a training exercise and was pronounced dead shortly after noon todayat Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital. John Alexander Evans, 19, of Highland, Md., collapsed in his barracks room after completing a 10-mileroad march with other members of the class. Evans was an International Studies major and a member of the Marine ROTC program.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:30:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Volunteers continue search for missing Va. Tech student</title>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE&#8212;More than 500 volunteers are continuing the search for a Virginia Tech student who went missing in Charlottesville last month. Morgan Dana Harrington, 20, was last seen Oct. 17 after she became separated from her friends at a Metallica concert. A three-day search for Harrington began Friday with about 360 volunteers, but they turned up no new leads. On Saturday, there was a 30-minute wait for volunteers to register.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:54:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Packing company in Danville cuts 33 jobs</title>
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DANVILLE, Va.&#8212;Shorewood Packaging Corp. has cut 33 jobs at its Danville plant because of low customer demand. Plant general manager Mike Fenton says the positions were eliminated after about three months of rolling temporary layoffs. Shorewood produces packaging boxes and paper products. One of the plants four printing presses was eliminated as part of the cuts. The plant had run three shifts per day, five days a week, on each of the four printing presses.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Va. man dead in nightclub shooting</title>
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EDEN, N.C.&#8212;Authorities say a 37-year-old Virginia man is dead and two other people injured in a shooting outside a North Carolina nightclub. Multiple media outlets report that Eden police were checking out a suspicious car around 2:30 a.m. Saturday when they heard gunshots coming from Eden&#8217;s Icehouse Club and Lounge. The officers say they saw several people running from the club, then found three people who had been shot.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:34:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Health&#45;care bill clears procedural hurdle</title>
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WASHINGTON&#8212;President Barack Obama&#8217;s health-care initiative has cleared its first big hurdle in the House, with lawmakers voting to advance the debate. The House voted 242-192 in favor of a must-pass procedural measure setting the terms for the debate. All 177 Republicans, joined by Democrats, voted to block the debate. With Obama urging them on in a rare personal visit to Capitol Hill, Democrats pushed toward a final vote late Saturday on the bill, which would reshape the U.S. health-care system and extend coverage to millions of the uninsured.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:12:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Cause of fatal Henrico house fire still being investigated</title>
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The cause of an east Henrico County house fire that killed a 16-year-old and critically injured a 9-year-old Friday night remains under investigation. Fire officials would not release the names of the victims this morning. &#8220;We are still putting information together,&#8220; said Capt. Chris Buehren of the Henrico Fire Department. &#8220;It&#8217;s still a very active investigation.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:58:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Democrats clear impasse blocking health care vote</title>
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House Democrats have cleared an impasse over abortion that has been holding up a vote on sweeping health care legislation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:31:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Olympian urges Richmond students to go for the gold academically</title>
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Nine-year-old Marcus Fuller wanted to know just how fast Olympic gold medalist LaShawn Merritt could run. So the third-grader asked Merritt, who was making a return visit to Richmond&#8217;s Elizabeth D. Redd Elementary School yesterday, the obvious question: &#8220;Are you faster than a cheetah?&#8220; If cheetahs run faster than 30-some mph, then no. Otherwise, he&#8217;s got them beat.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:58 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Law&#45;enforcement officers recognized for valor</title>
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Police officers and firefighters from around the Richmond region were recognized yesterday for their selfless acts of bravery. They risked their lives to rescue people from burning trucks, water-submerged cars, smoke-filled buildings and collapsed trenches. They also apprehended dangerous criminals with guns. And for their efforts, they were awarded gold, silver and bronze awards at the 20th annual Valor Awards breakfast at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Former headmaster of Benedictine sues the school</title>
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The former headmaster of Benedictine High School is suing his former employer, alleging that the school broke his employment agreement when he was forced out in a reorganization this year. John B. McGinty&#8217;s suit, filed in Richmond Circuit Court last month, contends that his employment agreement of July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, provided for automatic one-year renewals unless the school notified him otherwise by April 1.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Corrections</title>
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Fort Hood, Texas, is the largest active-duty armored post in the United States. A map on Thursday&#8217;s Page A4 incorrectly identified it as the largest army base in the United States.   . . .  The adult male who died from the H1N1 swine flu reported this week lived in the Rappahannock/Rapidan Health District. The health district was incorrect in a story that ran on yesterday&#8217;s front page.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Fort Hood: Routine</title>
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Hannah Arendt wrote of the banality of evil. Good God almighty, mass murder threatens to become routine. The initial dispatches from Fort Hood were as chaotic as the scene itself. Reports of multiple gunmen proved false. The name of the alleged assailant confirmed the assumptions of many and the fears of others. An individual committed the enormity, yet Muslim Americans collectively anticipate a state of siege. The Fort Hood bloodshed was followed by yesterday&#8217;s shootings in Orlando. More will come.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:52 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Former Augusta County prison guard charged with bribery</title>
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Authorities have charged a former county prison guard with bribery as part of a ring they say delivered drugs to inmates. For months April M. Hogsett, 26, of Doe Hill, used her position at the Augusta County Correctional Center to work as a liaison between prisoners and an outside drug source, according to court records. Three months after arresting Hogsett on charges she delivered marijuana to an inmate, authorities this week charged her with bribery. Inmates Anthony Roach and Charles Daniel Koberstein Jr., both 33, also have been charged with bribery.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>News Near You for Nov. 7</title>
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Prince George Prince George County placed seventh nationally in the medium-sized category of the 2009 Pinnacle Awards program of the National Association of Government Webmasters. The judges noted that the Prince George Web site was &#8220;clean, simple, informative and makes good use of colors in overall design.&#8220; The judges also noted that the site was &#8220;very functional and easy to navigate.&#8220; County Administrator John G. Kines Jr. said: &#8220;Providing useable information to our citizens is a critical objective of county government, and our excellent Web site makes this task much easier. Our information technology staff is to be commended for a job well-done.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond day&#45;care driver convicted in child&#8217;s death</title>
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A driver for a Richmond day-care center faces 15 years in prison after being convicted in the death of a 13-month-old boy who was left in a van used by the center on a hot July day. Keishawn L. Whitfield was convicted yesterday by Richmond Circuit Judge Beverly W. Snukals after a trial that lasted nearly three hours. Whitfield, 24, is to be sentenced Jan. 8, when he could get up to 10 years for involuntary manslaughter and five years for felony child neglect.           ]]></description>
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          <title>At Va.&#8216;s Fort Lee, shock and sympathy</title>
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A day after the worst mass shooting ever to occur on a U.S. military base, the Fort Lee community carried on and in silence honored the victims at Fort Hood, Texas. &#8220;We are shocked, horrified by something very sad that has happened to members of our family,&#8220; said Lt. Col. Joseph Gibilisco, the family life chaplain at Fort Lee. &#8220;We are grieving. I think that everyone of us needs to pray for the families of those who have lost a soldier.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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          <title>Chesterfield, others, doing more business with women</title>
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Chesterfield County is spending more with women-owned businesses and companies inside the county line. So is Henrico County. The localities are doing so in part because of their diversity initiatives, officials say. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s a great idea,&#8220; said Karen Allen, owner of Southern Police Equipment, a Chesterfield-based business that handles supplies to the county&#8217;s law-enforcement agencies.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:45 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Communist&#45;era police archives haunt Eastern Bloc</title>
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BUCHAREST, Romania&#8212;Even his best friend betrayed him. Stelian Tanase found out when he asked to see the thick file that Romania&#8217;s communist-era secret police had kept on him. The revelation nearly knocked the wind out of him: His closest pal was an informer who regularly told agents what Tanase was up to. &#8220;In a way, I haven&#8217;t even recovered today,&#8220; said Tanase, a novelist who was placed under surveillance and had his home bugged during the late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu&#8217;s regime.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:45 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama calls holdouts on health care</title>
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WASHINGTON&#8212;Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration on health-care legislation, House Democratic leaders weighed fresh concessions yesterday to abortion opponents and worked to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts. &#8220;We&#8217;re very close&#8221; to having enough votes to prevail, said Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, though he added that a scheduled Saturday vote could be delayed by a day or two. He sought to pin the blame on possible Republican delaying tactics.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>WWII group to meet Wednesday in Powhatan</title>
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The World War II Round Table of Central Virginia will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Father Val Hall, 2480 Batterson Road in Powhatan. Bill Levi, a B-24 navigator flying missions out of Italy, will be the featured speaker. The meeting is open to the public. A $5 donation is suggested. Details, call (804) 363-9274, or visit http://ww2rtcva.com.           ]]></description>
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          <title>John Tyler Community College to hold college fair</title>
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John Tyler Community College will host a college-information fair Monday with representatives from more than 90 colleges and universities. College Night will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Nicholas Student Center on John Tyler&#8217;s Chester campus, 13101 Jefferson Davis Highway. The event, which is free and open to the public, is held in cooperation with the Virginia Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:33 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Navy working on issues of putting women on subs</title>
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ST. MARYS, Ga.&#8212;Submariners sleep nine to a bunk room. There are four showers and seven toilets for the roughly 140 enlisted men. The passageways on board the vessel are so narrow that crew members can barely squeeze by each other without touching. And that&#8217;s on the roomiest submarines. The Navy is considering allowing women to serve aboard submarines for the first time, 16 years after bringing female sailors onto surface combat ships.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Weekly Review</title>
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No one seems to have followed our advice. Although we warned that the temptation is to read too much into elections rather than too little, national experts of all inclinations have discerned transcendental meaning in Virginia&#8217;s 2009 results. Although the outcome represented a major triumph for Bob McDonnell and the GOP, low-turnout elections tend not to be watersheds. Although the turnout&#8212;the worst in a gubernatorial election since the rise of two-party politics in Virginia&#8212;may have serious implications for future races, it seems unlikely to indicate partisan or ideological realignment.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Richmond&#45;area Muslims say Islam no threat to military</title>
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Ali Faruk grew up as a Muslim in an Indian-American military family in Northern Virginia. Soldiers and police officers routinely showed up in uniform for Friday prayer services at Dar AlNoor Islamic Community Center in Woodbridge, sometimes carrying their service weapons. &#8220;It really wasn&#8217;t a big deal,&#8220; said Faruk, who works as a policy analyst for the Virginia Interfaith Center in Richmond.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Crozet man gets 7&#189; years for Ponzi scheme</title>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE&#8212;A Crozet man who bilked more than $5.3 million from investors in a decade-long Ponzi scheme was sentenced to 7&#189; years in prison yesterday in Charlottesville&#8217;s federal court. U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon sentenced John Mark Donnelly to 90 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Authorities said Donnelly will have to repay all of the stolen money.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Health Care: Where Are They?</title>
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The other day a reporter asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about where the Constitution grants Congress the power to require Americans to buy health insurance. It&#8217;s a fair question; even the Congressional Budget Office has said an individual mandate &#8220;would be an unprecedented form of federal action.&#8220; Yet Pelosi seemed dumbfounded: &#8220;Are you serious?&#8220; she replied. Apparently the idea that the Constitution might not permit Congress to do anything it wants is foreign to her.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Suspect in Orlando shooting had money woes</title>
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ORLANDO, Fla.&#8212;A man who was deeply in debt opened fire yesterday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding five, authorities said. As officers led a handcuffed Jason Rodriguez into a police station, a reporter asked the divorced 40-year-old why he had attacked his former colleagues. &#8220;Because they left me to rot,&#8220; said Rodriguez, who recently told a bankruptcy judge he was making less than $30,000 a year at a Subway sandwich shop and owed nearly $90,000.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Back&#45;to&#45;back mass shootings heighten concerns</title>
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Less than 24 hours after the worst mass shooting at a U.S. military base, a gunman yesterday killed one and injured five at an Orlando, Fla., office building. News of such scenarios, though still jarring, has become all too familiar. &#8220;We periodically have these types of crimes in the United States. The unusual thing is to have two incidents so close together,&#8220; said Dr. Joan L. Neff, a criminologist and associate professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Richmond.           ]]></description>
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          <title>But for heroes, Fort Hood bloodbath could have been worse</title>
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Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about a bee-sting allergy when the sounds erupted. A loud, popping noise. Moans. The sudden, urgent shout of &#8220;Gun!&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Fire Wire for Nov. 4</title>
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Here&#8217;s a snapshot of emergency calls during the week of Oct. 26-Nov. 2, as reported by Metro Richmond fire departments. RICHMOND Fire Calls: 198 Emergency Medical Calls: 421 EMS: Cardiac arrest (7), chest pain (60), breathing problems (151), shooting (7), stabbing (4), unconsciousness (69). Significant Events: Fire: 1200 block of N. 26th Street, house. One person arrested and charged with arson. Fire: 1200 block of Goddin Street, house. One person transported to hospital with smoke inhalation. Under investigation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Veterans Day holiday schedule</title>
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES&#8212;Closed Wednesday. POSTAL SERVICE&#8212;Closed Wednesday; no delivery.&nbsp; STATE GOVERNMENT  OFFICES&#8212;Closed Wednesday.&nbsp; RICHMOND AREA  COUNTY, CITY OFFICES&#8212;Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, Goochland, New Kent and Powhatan closed Wednesday. Richmond open Wednesday. COLLEGES&#8212;Open Wednesday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Volunteers search for Morgan Harrington, missing coed</title>
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One said she has had an uncanny ability to find four-leaf clovers since childhood. Another wanted to find anything that could help. &#8220;I feel like it&#8217;s better to do something than just to wait around for something to happen,&#8220; said Kelly Giltner, a first-year student at the University of Virginia, as she hiked yesterday morning through forest and thick layers of leaves near Observatory Hill with eight others.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:12 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Holiday&#45;aid efforts in Hanover undergo changes</title>
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Mechanicsville resident Sue Beer and her daughters wanted to help a family in need last Christmas. So she turned to Hanover County&#8217;s Department of Social Services and, through its Holiday Match program, made the season a little brighter for a local woman who was taking care of her 9-year-old grandson. She wasn&#8217;t the only one. The match program, along with the Hanover Christmas Mother, helped 689 families, or 2,377 people, including 1,445 children.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:10 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Three Va. House Democrats undecided on health&#45;care</title>
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Three of the six Democrats in Virginia&#8217;s U.S. House delegation remain undecided heading into this weekend&#8217;s pivotal vote on President Barack Obama&#8217;s 10-year, $1.2 trillion health-care overhaul. A fourth, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-11th, wants to listen to the debate but is leaning toward supporting the bill, his spokesman said. The Virginians conferred with constituents yesterday as House Democratic leaders acknowledged that they don&#8217;t yet have the 218 votes they need to pass the health-care package. House Democrats signaled that they might delay the vote until tomorrow or early next week.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:09 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Victims of the Fort Hood shootings</title>
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Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago. She was pregnant and preparing to return home.&nbsp;   Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, 19, of the Salt Lake City suburb of West Jordan, Utah.&nbsp;   Pfc. Michael Pearson, 21, of the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, Ill., quit what he figured was a dead-end furniture company job to join the military a year ago.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:08 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Crime log for Nov. 4</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 1600 block of Monteiro Street, between 9:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. Oct. 29, someone stole electronics. 5400 block of Bryce Lane, between 6 p.m. Oct. 26 and 1 a.m. Oct. 29, someone stole electronics.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>News Near You for Nov. 7</title>
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Henrico One juvenile died last night and another was in critical condition at VCU Medical Center after a fire in a single-family home in eastern Henrico County, said fire Capt. Chris Buehren. Firefighters responded at about 8 p.m. to the 1900 block of Johnson Road, near The Showplace on Mechanicsville Turnpike, and found the home engulfed in flames. Two people were rescued and taken to the medical center for treatment, where one of them died, Buehren said. The fire is under investigation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Fort Hood suspect gave farewells to neighbors</title>
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As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship&#8212;common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing rampage that left 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, dead.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Muslims express dismay, sorrow at Fort Hood attack</title>
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Virginia Muslims reacted with dismay and sorrow yesterday to the shooting rampage at an Army base by a Muslim psychiatrist. &#8220;There is no political ideology or religious basis to justify such killings,&#8220; said Dr. Nazir Chaudhary, president of the Islamic Center of Virginia. &#8220;As American Muslims, we stand with our fellow citizens in solidarity and offer our sympathy and prayers to the families that were affected by this tragedy.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Parts of Va. under freeze warning</title>
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A freeze warning will be in effect tomorrow morning from 3 to 8 a.m. for parts of central and eastern Virginia, according to the National Weather Service. The weather service says strong high pressure building over the region will allow temperatures to drop into the upper 20s to the low 30s early tomorrow.Tomorrow and Sunday should be sunny, with highs reaching 63 tomorrow and 70 on Sunday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:34:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: One dead, another critical in eastern Henrico fire</title>
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Henrico County fire officials say one person is dead and another in critical condition after a house fire in the 1900 block of Johnson Road in the eastern part of the county.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:22:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>McDonnell adds staff to transition team</title>
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Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell&#8217;s transition team today announced additional placements from the gubernatorial campaign staff. He tapped Janet Polarek as deputy director for personnel and administration, and Eric Finkbeiner as director of policy. Earlier this week, McDonnell named his campaign manager, Phil Cox, as transition director.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:22:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Fort Hood suspect moved to San Antonio</title>
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An Army medical official says the man suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood has been transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:04:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Classmate said Hasan described terror fight as war on Islam</title>
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A classmate of the Fort Hood shooting suspect says Maj. Nidal Hasan was an outspoken opponent of the U.S. war on terror and called it a &#8220;war against Islam.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:09:17 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>AP sources: 1 rampage gun purchased legally</title>
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A 5.7-millimeter pistol used in the Fort Hood shooting was purchased legally by suspect Nidal Hasan at a Texas gun shop, law enforcement officials said Friday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:52:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Area police officers, firefighters receive Valor Awards</title>
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 Richmond-area police officers and firefighters were recognized for selfless acts of bravery and awarded gold, silver and bronze awards at the 20th annual Valor Awards breakfast at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:13:32 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Hungary Brook Shopping Center is on auction block</title>
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The Hungary Brook Shopping Center in northern Henrico County is on the auction block. The retail center, on Concord Avenue near Parham and Brook roads, is scheduled to be auctioned off on the county courthouse steps next Friday at 3 p.m. The retail center, anchored by a Food Lion grocery store, was built in 1988. The property will be sold as is. A deposit in the form of certified funds for $150,000, or 10 percent of the highest bid, whichever is lower, is required at the time and place of the sale.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:22:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Va. man sentenced for running $5 million Ponzi scheme</title>
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A Crozet man will spend more than seven years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that bilked more than $5 million from more than 30 investors.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:46:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Day care&#8217;s van driver convicted in child&#8217;s death</title>
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A Richmond day-care center&#8217;s driver was convicted today on two felony charges related to his role in the death of a child who was inadvertently left in the facility&#8217;s van on a hot summer day. Keishawn L. Whitfield, 24, was convicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter and child neglect. He is to be sentenced Jan. 8 by Richmond Circuit Judge Beverly W. Snukals.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:28:54 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>1 dead, 5 hurt in Orlando shooting; gunman caught</title>
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Police in Orlando say a gunman has been apprehended after killing one person and injuring five others at a downtown office building where he was let go two years ago.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:07:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama: &#8216;Entire nation is grieving&#8217;</title>
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President Barack Obama said Friday the entire nation is grieving for those slain at Fort Hood, and he urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officers investigate the shootings.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:33:30 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Officer praised for taking down suspected gunman</title>
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The top commander at Fort Hood is crediting a civilian police officer for stopping the shooting rampage that killed 13 people at the Texas post.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:07:58 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>2 U.S. soldiers die in Afghanistan</title>
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KABUL&#8212;NATO is reporting the deaths of two more American service members in Afghanistan. A NATO statement says the two Americans were killed yesterday by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, but it gave no further details. The deaths bring to three the number of U.S. service members killed in the Afghan war so far this month. October was the deadliest month of the eight-year war for U.S. forces with 59 deaths reported.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:16:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Suspect arrested in Milwaukee theft of flu vaccine</title>
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Milwaukee police have arrested a man accused of stealing a truck carrying 900 doses of swine flu vaccine.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:57:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>New Mexico boy tells 911 operator he shot father in anger</title>
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&#8220;Just get a doctor over here!&#8220; the desperate 10-year-old boy begs a 911 operator. &#8220;Please hurry up. It looks like he&#8217;s dying.&#8220;
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          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:48:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Health bill vote could be tomorrow or Sunday</title>
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House Democrats are scrambling to secure enough support to pass President Barack Obama&#8217;s historic health overhaul initiative, working to soothe last-minute concerns from rank-and-file Democrats ahead of a make-or-break vote.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:44:33 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Dozens die when bus plunges down gorge in India</title>
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DHARMSALA, India&#8212;A crowded bus plunged down a steep mountain gorge in northern India today, killing 32 people, a local official said. At least 30 other people on the bus were injured in the accident near Baner Khud, about 30 miles south of Dharmsala in India&#8217;s Himachal Pradesh state, said Rakesh Mehra, a district official. Villagers and police climbed down the gorge to the bus and helped rescue the injured passengers and retrieve the bodies of the dead, he said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:42:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Spain rules out freeing Somali pirates</title>
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Spain&#8217;s deputy defense minister has ruled out freeing two detained Somali pirates as demanded by fellow hijackers who are holding a Spanish trawler and 33 crew members.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:40:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sunny and 55 today, but freeze warning tonight</title>
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The National Weather Service is calling for sunny skies, light winds and a high near 55 degrees today in the Richmond area. There is a freeze warning posted for tonight, however, with the weather service saying strong high pressure building over the region will allow temperatures to drop into the upper 20s to the low 30s between 3 a.m. and 8 a.m.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:28:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama to sign extension of jobless benefits</title>
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WASHINGTON&#8212;President Barack Obama is set to sign a bill today extending jobless benefits 20 weeks and prolonging the $8,000 homebuyer tax credit. The law is also aimed at spurring job creation by giving an additional tax cut to struggling businesses. Later today, the president will visit Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Then he meets in the Oval Office with Congressman-elect Bill Owens, the Democrat who won a special election in New York&#8217;s 23rd District that&#8217;s been controlled by Republicans for decades.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:18:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Police say couple stole nearly 1,000 bags from airport</title>
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PHOENIX&#8212;Locked safes, medical equipment and clothing piled from floor to ceiling were among the hoards of personal belongings sorted by police yesterday after a couple was arrested on charges they stole luggage from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Clothing from nearly 1,000 stolen bags took up entire rooms at the couple&#8217;s home in Waddell, where police served a search warrant Tuesday. Police also uncovered about 25 guns at the residence, although it was unclear if the weapons were stolen from the luggage, said Sgt. Giogi Chiampo.           ]]></description>
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The Virginia Department of Forestry&#8217;s online tree seedling store is now open. The department has expanded its annual offerings to include seedlings in bundles of 10 and 25. The smallest quantity previously available was 50. Each year, the state&#8217;s two tree nurseries grow and sell 24 million bareroot seedlings. For more information, go to http://www.dof.virginia.gov           ]]></description>
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras&#8212;Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said today that a U.S.-brokered pact failed to end a four-month political crisis after a deadline for forming a unity government passed. &#8220;The accord is dead,&#8220; Zelaya told Radio Globo from from the Brazilian Embassy where he has been hold up under threat of arrest. &#8220;There is no sense in deceiving Hondurans.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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Noting the steep drop in state financial support, yesterday Virginia Commonwealth University alumni launched a campaign to raise $50 million for scholarships and fellowships for the academic and medical campuses. The VCU and Medical College of Virginia alumni associations said the money raised for Opportunity VCU would support undergraduate and graduate scholarships and fellowships for graduate students across all academic units.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:01:57 EST</pubDate>
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Virginia statements on the shootings at Fort Hood:  &#8220;I am truly saddened to hear of the tragic shooting at Fort Hood, home to thousands of our nation&#8217;s active-duty military and their families. My heart goes out to the military community at Fort Hood and the families of the victims. Until we learn the full scope of the events, I will continue to monitor the situation closely.&#8220;            ]]></description>
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A wave of aging baby boomers is coming, and the Older Dominion Partnership is making sure Virginia is prepared. In a meeting at the Richmond Times-Dispatch&#8217;s downtown offices yesterday, about 100 people discussed the nonprofit group&#8217;s efforts, its progress and hopes for the future. Created in 2007 by community leaders with the support of the Richmond Memorial Health Foundation and others, the Older Dominion Partnership is a nonprofit initiative aimed at helping Virginia prepare for that demographic shift, or age wave.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:01:26 EST</pubDate>
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President Barack Obama and House Democrats scrambled yesterday to secure the votes to pass a historic health-care overhaul initiative, working to ease disagreements with rank-and-file lawmakers over abortion and illegal immigrants. Obama met at the White House with several Hispanic lawmakers who oppose any prohibition on the ability of illegal immigrants to use their own money to purchase health coverage in a new government-run marketplace.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:01:02 EST</pubDate>
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Efforts to create a unity government aimed at ending Honduras&#8217; four-month political standoff dragged past yesterday&#8217;s deadline, with the overthrown president warning that failing to act was a risky endeavor. &#8220;Today is a momentous day,&#8220; ousted President Manuel Zelaya told Radio Globo from the Brazilian Embassy, where he is holed up under threat of arrest. &#8220;Congress has a great role in solving this conflict. If it is not in session to reverse the coup and achieve peace and national reconciliation, the agreement will no longer be fulfilled.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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          <title>About the VCU fundraising campaign</title>
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More information is &nbsp; available at www.  advancement.vcu.edu.            ]]></description>
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Two Virginia universities have made Kiplinger&#8217;s rankings of the best values in private education. The University of Richmond ranked 14th on the Top 50 list of private universities, while Washington and Lee University was ranked seventh on a companion list of liberal arts colleges. The Kiplinger&#8217;s Personal Finance report said that despite plunging endowments, the nation&#8217;s independent schools increased financial aid by 9 percent while keeping tuition increases to an average of 4.3 percent, the lowest levels in four decades.           ]]></description>
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Parents have a broad duty to assure the welfare of a juvenile guest, even when harm comes to that guest from a third party outside the home. In a split decision yesterday, the state Supreme Court reinstated and sent back to Henrico County Circuit Court a wrongful-death case in which a 14-year-old guest died in a car crash. A Henrico judge had ruled that the duty of the parents overseeing the guest did not extend to the circumstances alleged in the suit.           ]]></description>
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Cold teen pulled from James River after police pursuit A 17-year-old boy was pulled from the James River in Chesterfield County yesterday morning after police said he jumped into the water while eluding police during a traffic stop. The incident began about 7:25 a.m. on Robious Road when a Chesterfield officer using radar clocked a car traveling 71 mph in a 45-mph zone. Police said that when the officer tried to stop the car, the motorist continued to drive and turned from Robious onto James River Road, where Bettie Weaver Elementary and James River High schools are located.           ]]></description>
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Richmond The Richmond City Council is looking to appoint Senior Assistant City Attorney David W. Seitz as acting city attorney when Norman B. Sales retires Dec. 31. During their Organizational Development Committee meeting Monday, council members voted 8-1 to appoint Seitz. Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell opposed the appointment, saying she favored Assistant City Attorney Greg Lukanuski. The council is expected to approve Seitz&#8217;s appointment Nov. 23. It also is preparing to advertise the permanent position and has no timetable for naming Sales&#8217; replacement.           ]]></description>
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A 14-year-old girl reported missing more than a week ago by authorities in New York was found early yesterday in the company of a 33-year-old man at a hotel in Richmond. Richmond police arrested the man; the girl was being held by authorities in Richmond while her parents and police from her hometown came to Virginia. &#8220;In this day and age of missing juveniles and everything, it&#8217;s about as good an ending as we can get out of it,&#8220; Richmond police Capt. Harvey S. Powers said.           ]]></description>
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Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli is looking to predecessors from both parties for guidance on running the state&#8217;s law office, as well as enlisting the lawyer who beat Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell in court on a transportation fix that was ruled unconstitutional. Cuccinelli, a Republican, announced yesterday that he selected as transition leaders former Attorneys General Andrew P. Miller, a Democrat; Republican Richard Cullen; and ex-state GOP Chairman Patrick M. McSweeney.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Read more about the Older Dominion Partnership and its work at http://www.olderdominion.org.           ]]></description>
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Saying he wants to keep a base in Richmond as he serves as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced yesterday that he will join the University of Richmond faculty when he leaves office in January. Kaine will teach one class per semester, beginning in the spring with an undergraduate course in leadership studies. In the fall, he will teach a law school class.           ]]></description>
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Convicted slumlord Oliver C. Lawrence could serve his 70-day jail sentence in home confinement, but maybe not at his $1 million brick home in Ashland. The city of Richmond is asking that Lawrence, the owner of Bayou Properties, be ordered to live in one of his now-vacant, boarded-up homes in Church Hill North or Blackwell. Yesterday, General District Court Judge Barbara J. Gaden considered a motion for home confinement filed by Lawrence&#8217;s attorneys, but she did not make a decision.           ]]></description>
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The prior estimate for Colfax Corp.&#8216;s full-year internal sales growth was a decline of 6 percent to 8 percent. The range was incorrect in the Earnings roundup Wednesday on Page B5.   . . .            ]]></description>
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New York&#8217;s 23rd Congressional District borders on Canada. It has elected Republicans since the times of the late Rutherford B. Hayes and has attracted scant national attention during that glad span. This year its special election made headlines. The rumpus started when Barack Obama named John McHugh, the 23rd&#8217;s Republican incumbent, to serve as secretary of the Army. The move created an open seat. Republican sachems nominated Dede Scozzafava, a state legislator with a record that crossed the line separating moderate from liberal. Democrats nominated Bill Owens, an earnest businessman. The Conservative Party&#8212;a New York fixture for many decades&#8212;nominated Douglas Hoffman.           ]]></description>
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Among the vast array of mandates, taxes, fees, and directives in Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s health-care bill is a 2.5-percent tax on the makers of medical devices. That works out to a $2-billion-a-year drain on innovation. The price tag is only the explicit cost. There could be an implicit cost: the pain and suffering of individuals who might go without new treatments they would have benefited from, if medical-device manufacturers had been able to use the money for research and development instead of paying off Uncle Sam.           ]]></description>
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Two national groups have weighed in on the contentious question of a new hotel at Fort Lee. The National Restaurant Association and the American Hotel and Lodging Association have written a letter expressing dismay that &#8220;a hotel of this magnitude will usurp business from local lodging and restaurant businesses which have spent years investing in the local community . . . .&#8220;           ]]></description>
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Hasan&#8217;s name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with patients.           ]]></description>
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The top-seeded Knights claimed the title by defeating No. 2 Matoaca on the Chiefs home court. Matoaca&#8217;s Ryan Clapman had nine kills. For the Knights, Zach Seymour led with 14 kills, 11 assists and 11 blocks; Matt Knickerbocker had13 blocks and 3 kills and Jake McCall added 6 kills. Matoaca&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- 20 17 19  Thomas Dale&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- 25 25 25             ]]></description>
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14 charged with illegal buys of 77 million cigs            ]]></description>
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RICHMOND&#8212;The Virginia Supreme Court says adults have a legal duty to exercise reasonable care when they agree to supervise someone else&#8217;s child. The court reached that conclusion in a 5-2 decision Thursday reinstating a lawsuit filed by the father of Jaimee Kellerman, a 14-year-old girl who died in a December 2004 car crash while spending the night with a friend in the Richmond area.           ]]></description>
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An Army psychiatrist and Virginia Tech graduate suspected of opening fire at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment and left a phone message saying goodbye to a friend in the days before the rampage that killed 13.
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Noting the steep drop in state financial support, Virginia Commonwealth University alumni today launched a campaign to raise $50 million for scholarships and fellowships on both the academic and medical campuses. The VCU and MCV alumni associations said the money raised for Opportunity VCU would support undergraduate and graduate scholarships and fellowships for graduate students across all academic units.           ]]></description>
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Convicted slumlord Oliver C. Lawrence could serve his 70-day jail sentence in home confinement. The city of Richmond is asking that Lawrence, the owner of Bayou Properties, be ordered to live in one of his now-vacant, boarded-up homes in Church Hill North or Blackwell. General District Court Judge Barbara J. Gaden today considered a motion for home confinement filed by Lawrence&#8217;s attorneys, but she did not make a decision.           ]]></description>
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The House Speaker&#8217;s health-care bill is a bureaucratic monstrosity.            ]]></description>
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WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP)&#8212;Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty today to lying to the White House and said he would also admit to tax crimes. The plea bargain, which included an anticipated eight charges, included the prosecution&#8217;s suggestion that the crimes are punishable by 27 to 33 months in prison. It was designed to resolve three pending federal criminal trials.           ]]></description>
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A 17-year-old boy was pulled from the James River in Chesterfield County this morning after police said he jumped into the water after initially eluding police in a traffic stop. The incident began about 7:23 a.m. on Robious Road when a Chesterfield officer clocked a car with radar traveling 71 mph in a 45 mph zone. When the officer tried to stop the car, the driver continued to drive and turned from Robious onto James River Road. From there, the driver continued a short distance into Robious Landing Park at the James River, said Chesterfield Lt. Doug Mooney.           ]]></description>
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PHILADELPHIA&#8212;Hundreds of commuters were stranded at a regional rail station today after service was suspended when a worker was struck and killed on the tracks, creating further havoc on the system already crippled by a transit strike. The train was inbound from the city&#8217;s northern suburbs when it struck the worker shortly after 9:30 a.m., Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority officials said. More than 625 people on the train were stranded at the Melrose Park station as three of 13 regional lines have had to be shut down, SEPTA spokeswoman Jerri Williams said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:26:01 EST</pubDate>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has accepted a part-time teaching post at the University of Richmond after he leaves the Executive Mansion in January. The school announced that Kaine will have a joint appointment in the university&#8217;s School of Law and Jepson School of Leadership Studies. He will have additional responsibilities in advancing the university&#8217;s strategic plan, The Richmond Promise.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:12:03 EST</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON&#8212;Ignoring a Republican boycott, Senate Democrats pushed a precedent-setting climate bill through a key committee today. Rep. Barbara Boxer, chairman of the Senate Environment &amp; Public Works Committee, had delayed the crucial vote for days because of a Republican protest over whether the cost of the legislation had been fully examined. But the California Democrat moved quickly to pass the bill, which for the first time would set mandatory limits on heat-trapping gases, without any of the seven GOP senators on the panel present. The measure cleared the panel on a 11-1 vote.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:44:01 EST</pubDate>
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Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli is looking to predecessors from both political parties for guidance on how to run the state&#8217;s law office. Cuccinelli announced this morning that his transition will be led by former Attorneys General Andrew Miller, a Democrat, and Republican Richard Cullen, as well as former state GOP chairman Pat McSweeney.           ]]></description>
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua&#8212;Newly born Hurricane Ida ripped into Nicaragua&#8217;s Atlantic coast today after forcing more than 2,000 people to flee their homes and knocking out power to some parts of the impoverished region. The hurricane struck land about 75 miles north of Bluefields. It was forecast to weaken while cutting across Honduras before possibly emerging over open water on Saturday&#8212;a still-tentative path that could carry it near Mexico&#8217;s resort of Cancun by midweek.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON&#8212;The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles are appealing the revocation of their licenses to fly. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz said today the pilots have filed appeals with the safety board. The Federal Aviation Administration revoked the licenses of Captain Timothy Cheney of Gig Harbor, Wash., and First Officer Richard Cole of Salem, Ore., saying they put the 144 passengers of Northwest Flight 188 in serious danger.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:38:02 EST</pubDate>
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LYNCHBURG&#8212;About 400 members of a Lynchburg-based Virginia National Guard battalion are being mobilized for a security mission in Iraq. Maj. Gen. Robert Newman Jr., the adjutant general of Virginia, says the 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Brigade Combat Team will begin federal active duty on Jan. 5. The soldiers will undergo mobilization training at Camp Shelby, Miss., for 45 to 60 days before they are deployed to Iraq.           ]]></description>
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