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          <title>Burglars steal box holding baby&#8217;s ashes</title>
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An Arizona family is pleading with burglars to return a wooden music box containing the ashes of their 5-month old son.           ]]></description>
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          <title>UPDATE: Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns on I&#45;85; driver killed</title>
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Cyrus was not aboard the bus, which was one of four traveling in a caravan to the pop star&#8217;s next concert in Greensboro, N.C.
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          <title>GOP candidate commits to &#8216;never sway&#8217; from core conservative beliefs</title>
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In what he described as an &#8220;unconventional&#8221; campaign announcement, one Republican candidate running for the 5th District GOP nomination pledged to 10 goals Thursday in Danville.
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          <title>Man charged with raping, killing N.C. 5&#45;year&#45;old to appear in court</title>
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A man charged with raping and killing a 5-year-old North Carolina girl was expected in court Friday, a day after authorities revealed what they believed happened to her in her final days.           ]]></description>
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          <title>UPDATE: $3.5 billion shortfall means local governments will feel the pinch</title>
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Local governments aren&#8217;t likely to escape the pain when the General Assembly attempts to eliminate an estimated $3.5 billion hole in the next two-year budget.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Execution offers look behind the scenes</title>
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JARRATT &#8212; Shortly before Larry &#8220;Bill&#8221; Elliott was put to death for killing a Woodbridge couple in 2001, he wrote that the justice system &#8220;failed me.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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          <title>Study highlights tax&#45;burden disparity</title>
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Low- and middle-income families pay a disproportionate share of taxes in Virginia, a study by a tax policy institute concluded Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Budget analyst: Stop building prisons</title>
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Virginia and its localities should stop building more prisons and jails because a decade-long building program has led to undercrowding, a state budget analyst said Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Kaine cites budget concerns in his final months</title>
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RICHMOND &#8212;Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine&#8217;s term expires in less than two months, but that doesn&#8217;t mean he&#8217;s leaving behind his concerns about the future of the commonwealth.           ]]></description>
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          <title>FAA glitch causes widespread delays</title>
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A problem with the FAA system that collects airlines&#8217; flight plans caused widespread flight cancellations and delays nationwide Thursday. It was the second time in 15 months that a glitch in the flight plan system caused delays.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia correctional officers accused of dog fondling won&#8217;t be prosecuted</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.
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          <title>Sen. Reid&#8217;s health care plan carries $849 billion price tag</title>
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Setting up a historic year-end debate, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid revealed his long-awaited version of legislation to reshape the nation&#8217;s health-care system last night, a measure designed to extend coverage to 94 percent of eligible Americans and bar private industry from denying insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions.
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          <title>State transit plan faces $851.5 million cut</title>
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Virginia transportation officials say they will have to slice $851.5 million out of Virginia&#8217;s six-year transportation plan, which has already been hit with $3.7 billion in cuts since the spring of 2008.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia receives a &#8216;D&#8217; for premature birth rate</title>
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Virginia is doing better at reducing premature births, but the state still gets a grade of D because too many babies are born before full term, according to the March of Dimes.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Albemarle panel OKs wind turbines</title>
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With little hesitation, the Albemarle County Planning Commission sent a formal recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that called for wind turbines to be allowed in the county.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Obama warns of double&#45;dip recession</title>
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President Barack Obama says he&#8217;s worried that spending too much money to help revive the economy could undermine a fragile U.S. recovery and throw the economy into a double-dip recession.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Home construction plunges 10.6 percent in October</title>
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Construction of new homes unexpectedly plunged last month, as builders waited to see whether lawmakers would extend a tax credit for homebuyers.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Halifax County toddler drowns in pond near home</title>
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Police say the drowning of a Halifax County toddler in a pond near his home appears to be an accident.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Farms, crops soaked by recent rains</title>
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Last week&#8217;s torrential rainfalls have caused damage and delays to some Virginia farm crops, but the extent of losses is unknown, some agriculture experts said Monday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Study: Courts too often treat juveniles as adults</title>
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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 onto career felons, according to a study released today.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Tuition increase looks likely at UVa.</title>
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The University of Virginia on Friday gave its highest honor, the Thomas Jefferson Award, to the university&#8217;s president, John T. Casteen III, and the chairman of the Department of Microbiology, J. Thomas Parsons.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Embattled Del. Hamilton resigns from Va. House</title>
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Del. Phillip A. Hamilton, R-Newport News, under an ethics cloud and defeated for re-election, has resigned from the House of Delegates seat he has held for 21 years.           ]]></description>
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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.
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          <title>Legislators choose leaders</title>
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The Virginia House of Delegates&#8217; Democratic and Republican caucuses each elected their leadership for the 2010 General Assembly session during the weekend.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Execution set for tonight</title>
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Larry &#8220;Bill&#8221; Elliott is scheduled to die in the electric chair tonight, a month after Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine delayed his execution.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Hamilton, delegate under federal probe, resigns</title>
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Delegate Philip Hamilton, a 22-year legislator dogged by a federal investigation and defeated in a re-election bid earlier this month, resigned Monday.           ]]></description>
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A new nonprofit medical research institute will create 415 jobs in Fairfax County.           ]]></description>
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          <title>McAuliffe backs school rehab tax credits plan</title>
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Terry McAuliffe, a former Democratic National Committee chairman and Virginia gubernatorial candidate, is lending his name to a tax-credit plan co-authored by Republican George Allen and a Democrat.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Group takes anti&#45;abortion message to skies over Lynchburg</title>
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An airplane towing a banner depicting the hand of a human fetus lying on top of a dime flew for three hours over Lynchburg on Monday and is expected to return today.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Webb co&#45;sponsors bill to boost nuclear, alternative energy</title>
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Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., joined a leading Republican senator Monday in sponsoring a bill that, they said, would double nuclear-produced electrical power in 20 years and support other forms of clean energy with &#8220;mini-Manhattan projects.&#8220;            ]]></description>
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For a week, authorities feverishly searched for a 5-year-old girl across central North Carolina, only to find her body Monday off a rural road following accusations the girl&#8217;s mother offered her for sex.           ]]></description>
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When Gov. Bev Perdue signed the Racial Justice Act in August, North Carolina became the second state in the country to have a law that tries to make sure that race is not a factor in in how the death penalty is applied.           ]]></description>
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Anti-war protesters try to shout down President George W. Bush at a July 4 naturalization ceremony at Monticello. U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouts &#8220;You lie!&#8220; at Barack Obama during an address by the president to Congress. Angry constituents shout in the faces of their congressmen at health care town halls.           ]]></description>
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In late summer, with polls pointing to victory, Bob McDonnell may have realized his No. 2 in the attorney general&#8217;s office, Bill Mims, was out of the running for gubernatorial chief of staff.           ]]></description>
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The University of Virginia&#8217;s Board of Visitors is poised to greenlight yet another round of demolitions of the university&#8217;s 1960s-era residence halls.           ]]></description>
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The day before the Nov. 3 election, Bob McDonnell&#8217;s campaign paid Google about $39,000 to saturate computers in Virginia and Washington with banner ads promoting the candidate.           ]]></description>
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Juggalos, Wiccans, Satanists and vampires are all subcultures of the occult that are on the periphery of the mainstream. But the recent quadruple homicide in Farmville at the home of a Longwood University professor has thrust these lifestyles into the headlines.           ]]></description>
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A report says Virginia farms saw increased crop yields and cash receipts last year.
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 A Baltimore attorney who became a confidant of executed D.C. sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad is writing a book about him.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is scheduled to assess storm damage in Hampton Roads on Saturday.           ]]></description>
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The Virginia State Police say they have confirmed a fourth weather-related traffic fatality.           ]]></description>
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A North Carolina principal has decided to retire after school district leaders halted the cash-for-grades fundraiser she approved.           ]]></description>
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Oil slid Friday to its lowest price in a month as investors started to pay more attention to a yearlong slump in American energy demand.           ]]></description>
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The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to delay Tuesday&#8217;s scheduled execution of a Maryland man convicted of killing a northern Virginia couple to impress a former stripper with whom he was obsessed.           ]]></description>
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Dominion Power says nearly 130,000 customers in Virginia and parts of North Carolina are still without electricity in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ida.           ]]></description>
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The son of the D.C. sniper says he knows his father&#8217;s crimes will follow him, but he doesn&#8217;t want to be judged by them.           ]]></description>
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A North Carolina man has admitted to kidnapping a 5-year-old girl, authorities said Friday, but investigators still have not found the child more than three days after she disappeared from a mobile home park.           ]]></description>
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Tropical Storm Ida&#8217;s remnants are keeping the Coast Guard and other maritime crews busy.           ]]></description>
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Virginia State Police say they believe a Virginia Tech student missing for nearly a month was hitchhiking after she left a Metallica concert in Charlottesville.           ]]></description>
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North Carolina will no longer cover the cost of 11 childhood vaccines for families with insurance as part of an effort to help pay for vaccines for uninsured children.           ]]></description>
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A University of North Carolina panel has revised a policy that allows school administrators to collect leave pay even if they don&#8217;t return to teaching positions at the school as planned.           ]]></description>
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Trying to buy a company that specializes in products that help people quit smoking may seem like a radical change for Reynolds American Inc.            ]]></description>
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The end of a 15-year annual decline in the U.S. adult smoking rate proved disturbing to federal officials and anti-tobacco advocates.           ]]></description>
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A Thanksgiving meal will cost Virginians less than usual this year.           ]]></description>
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The end of a 15-year annual decline in the U.S. adult smoking rate proved disturbing to federal officials and anti-tobacco advocates.            ]]></description>
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The State Board for Community Colleges has approved a $7.30-per-hour tuition increase to take effect in the spring 2010 semester for all students and schools, including Danville Community College. The increase will raise the cost of a typical community college class by about $22.            ]]></description>
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Saturday morning will mark an annual ritual for thousands of area hunters, who will hit the woods for the opening morning of deer season.            ]]></description>
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Swine flu appears to have been cut in half in Virginia.            ]]></description>
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A bomb-sniffing dog that disappeared during a fierce battle in Afghanistan between Australian troops and militant fighters has been found and returned to its unit after more than a year.           ]]></description>
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Two General Motors cars due in showrooms next year must be hits to help the automaker turn around sales and pay back its big debt to U.S. taxpayers.           ]]></description>
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Americans spent about the same amount in October as in August and September, according to figures released Thursday by a key data service, and they may be settling into new low-spending habits.           ]]></description>
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Ten days after his lopsided victory diminished their numbers, Governor-elect Bob McDonnell will meet tomorrow with members of the House Democratic Caucus.           ]]></description>
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More than 2,000 DVDs explaining the causes, conflicts and consequences of the Civil War have been mailed to all public schools in Virginia.
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CNN&#8217;s Lou Dobbs, a lightning rod for criticism following his transition from a business journalist to an opinionated anchor on such issues as illegal immigration, told viewers on Wednesday that he was quitting his nightly show to pursue new opportunities.           ]]></description>
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The number of homeowners on the brink of losing their homes dipped in October, the third straight monthly decline, as foreclosure-prevention programs helped more borrowers.           ]]></description>
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If history is any judge, the Army might find it challenging to impose the death penalty on the suspect in the bloodiest mass shooting ever on a U.S. military base.           ]]></description>
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Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its implication for the Catholic Church.           ]]></description>
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The governors of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a formal tri-state partnership for the deployment of offshore wind energy in the Middle Atlantic region.           ]]></description>
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Tobacco company Star Scientific Inc. has six months to get its stock price above $1 per share or face possible delisting from the Nasdaq stock exchange.            ]]></description>
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Job openings are at rock-bottom levels, according to government and private surveys released yesterday. It&#8217;s a trend that could keep the unemployment rate high even as layoffs slow.
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Hanesbrands Inc. has renewed a pivotal production contract with Unifi Inc., according to a regulatory filing.            ]]></description>
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What do the huge gains for GOP candidates seen on Election Day foreshadow for the 2010 re-election chances of U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy?            ]]></description>
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The National D-Day Memorial, teetering on precarious financial footing, will host a Veterans Day ceremony as usual. But nearly half the staff will be gone in less than a month and visitors this winter may have to call for an appointment.           ]]></description>
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John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that left 10 dead, was executed Tuesday night as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorized the Washington metro area for three weeks in October 2002.           ]]></description>
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A Virginia Tech center for student collaboration in a wing that was the site of mass shootings in 2007 has been named for an engineering professor who was slain.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:32:53 EST</pubDate>
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FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) &#8212; One by one, President Barack Obama spoke the names and told the stories Tuesday of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood shooting rampage, honoring their memories even as he denounced the &#8220;twisted logic&#8221; that led to their deaths.           ]]></description>
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Many of us know we owe more on our mortgages than our homes are worth. But here&#8217;s a little bit of good news: Values show signs of stabilizing.           ]]></description>
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Convicted slumlord Oliver C. Lawrence will get to experience life in the Richmond City Jail and one of his own neglected rental properties.           ]]></description>
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A North Carolina-based yarn company is expanding and plans to add 135 jobs over the next three years.           ]]></description>
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Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean calls a sex tape she made for an ex-boyfriend several years ago &#8220;the biggest mistake of my life.&#8220;
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A federal magistrate recommended Monday that the use of prayer to open a board of commissioners meeting in North Carolina violates the First Amendment.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Beverly Perdue introduced a plan Monday to complete the outer loop around North Carolina&#8217;s largest city by 2015 in part through alternative financing that could save tens of millions of dollars.           ]]></description>
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Health officials in North Carolina say two pregnant women were among five people who died of pandemic H1N1 flu or similar symptoms in one week.           ]]></description>
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A state-run Web site to help streamline the process of starting a business has reached a milestone.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Tim Kaine denied clemency Tuesday for sniper John Allen Muhammad, clearing the way for him to be executed for the attacks that terrorized the nation&#8217;s capital region for three weeks in 2002.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:29:34 EST</pubDate>
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A North Carolina man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 10-month-old infant girl.           ]]></description>
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More than 2,000 DVDs explaining the causes, conflicts and consequences of the Civil War have been mailed to all public schools in Virginia.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:47:27 EST</pubDate>
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Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes and Grizzly smokeless tobacco, is in talks to buy a Swedish company that helps people stop smoking, a tobacco expert who said he was briefed by people close to the talks told The Associated Press Monday.
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History told Virginia Democrats it wasn&#8217;t going to be easy.           ]]></description>
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Big win notwithstanding, Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell will start his reign hampered by a slashed state budget, a politically divided legislature and a sour economy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:41:59 EST</pubDate>
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The founder of a restaurant chain known for his religious views is lending a hand to a Virginia group&#8217;s attempt to build a Christian school system.            ]]></description>
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The man accused of killing 13 people and wounding 29 at Fort Hood is able to talk, a hospital spokesman said Monday, but it&#8217;s unknown when investigators might take advantage of his improving health to press forward with their probe into the shooting spree.           ]]></description>
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About a million Maclaren strollers sold by Target and Babies &#8220;R&#8221; Us were recalled Monday, after 12 reports of children having their fingertips amputated by a hinge mechanism.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:55:53 EST</pubDate>
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The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday&#8217;s scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad.           ]]></description>
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On Oct. 24, police captured John Allen Muhammad and teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo at a rest stop 50 miles northwest of D.C. The nerve-tingling terror that had gripped the region&#8217;s 5.4 million people and captivated the nation was over.           ]]></description>
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Across Fort Hood, signs point to a post on the mend after Thursday&#8217;s shooting spree that killed 13 and wounded another 29. Accused gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, shot in the torso by civilian police to end the rampage, was in critical but stable condition and breathing on his own at an Army hospital in San Antonio.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:29:22 EST</pubDate>
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Hundreds of volunteers are wrapping up after three days of searching for missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, only to find nothing.           ]]></description>
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Virginia Gov-elect Bob McDonnell said this morning that he hasn&#8217;t read the entire health-care bill that narrowly passed the House of Representatives last night but that the &#8220;public option does not seem to be something that&#8217;s going to help us in Virginia.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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A sex-toy study at Duke University has raised some eyebrows in the campus religious community.           ]]></description>
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Two hotels and a restaurant in Virginia have received AAA&#8217;s top rating.           ]]></description>
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