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          <title>Fall still has garden tasks</title>
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Vibrant foliage isn&#8217;t enough to cheer gardeners this time of year as they watch their labors of love shrivel and suffer a crunchy brown death.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Here&#8217;s One Way To Have Your Fried Turkey Without The Explosion</title>
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Each Thanksgiving season, a few unlucky Americans manage to burn down their houses trying to deep fry a turkey.           ]]></description>
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Big Bird is leaving Sesame Street! That&#8217;s what he decides on the &#8220;Sesame Street&#8221; season opener. A rapping real-estate agent pitches him on migrating to a new habitat (&#8220;habitat,&#8220; the episode&#8217;s &#8220;Word on the Street&#8221;). After sizing up a beach and a swamp for his new habitat, Big Bird chooses a rain forest.           ]]></description>
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He liked his Mountain Dew cold and his pencils sharpened. And he loved Loretta Lynn.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Why wait for Black Friday? Deals Abound Now.</title>
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Today is Thursday, which means this must be Black Friday. Yes, every day is now Black Friday in the world of retail shopping.            ]]></description>
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          <title>GOING UP: Success in &#8216;space elevator&#8217; competition</title>
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A robot powered by a ground-based laser beam climbed a long cable dangling from a helicopter on Wednesday to qualify for prize money in a $2 million competition to test the potential reality of the science fiction concept of space elevators.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Harvest Jubilee presents second annual Brew Fest</title>
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As the leaves change once again, so returns the Bright Leaf Brew Fest. The beer sampling festival that brought hundreds to downtown Danville last year is back for a second round Nov. 14.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Danville woman makes recording family history easy</title>
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Clara Fountain makes recording family history look easy. During her presentation at the Wednesday Club last week, Fountain, a retired Averett University librarian and archivist, shared what she has learned about organizing and preserving information about ancestors.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Carrey&#8217;s Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit</title>
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Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of the line to separate movie-goers from their cash?           ]]></description>
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One local auto body repair and paint shop owner changed the way he did business to help the environment.           ]]></description>
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God&#8217;s Pit Crew has made good use of the space in their headquarters on North Main Street since moving there in 2005 and contracting to purchase it from Roman Eagle Memorial Home Inc. last year.            ]]></description>
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Like other non-profit organizations, God&#8217;s Pit Crew has had a tough year financially, but as Randy Johnson, executive director, said recently with his tongue-in-cheek, &#8220;We&#8217;re still here, so I guess we&#8217;re successful.&#8221;           ]]></description>
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Leaves swirl. Autumn&#8217;s chill is in the air. It must be time to set the clock back.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Cash for candy: Orthodontist offers to buy back candy</title>
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HICKORY - Turning bags of Halloween candy into piles of cash is this year&#8217;s goal for the patients of a local orthodontist.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Monster classes probe new vein of scholarship</title>
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Most college students put in a monster study session or two. Marina Levina&#8217;s students get to spend sessions studying monsters.
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          <title>Flu doesn&#8217;t have to scare off trick&#45;or&#45;treaters</title>
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Fear of the swine flu is no reason to be scared off of Halloween.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Trick or treat? Iconic Necco wafers go all&#45;natural</title>
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All-natural may be all the rage in the food world, but will candy lovers have a sweet tooth for beet juice and purple cabbage?           ]]></description>
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          <title>Vampires, Frankenstein, werewolves, oh my!</title>
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With vampires taking over pop culture this year, the North Theatre is latching onto the craze &#8212; and just in time for Halloween.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Just for show: Fall decorating relies on veggies</title>
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Fall is a busy time for decorating, second only to Christmas, and the period when vegetables are valued more for their beauty than their flavor.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Tragedy turns woman into health advocate</title>
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It was the best of times.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Study Says Atkins&#45;Type Diets May Reduce Stress</title>
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It started out as a simple diet experiment.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:03:17 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Cheesecake vs. cheesesteak; Miss Liberty vs. Rocky</title>
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The notion that you can&#8217;t have too much of a good thing is about to get a major test.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Man remembers fellow passengers 50 years after first crash of Piedmont Airlines</title>
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Phil Bradley shivered in lonely silence on the mountain by the demolished plane. His injuries left him unable to move. He knew better than to look at the bodies of his fellow passengers. If help didn&#8217;t come soon, he realized he&#8217;d face a more agonizing death than any of them had.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Another Titanic expedition possible in 2010</title>
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The company that has exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic wants to make another expedition to the world&#8217;s most famous shipwreck in 2010.           ]]></description>
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What&#8217;s the point of having Halloween anymore?           ]]></description>
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          <title>Remodeled Danville theater to house record store</title>
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As one downtown building&#8217;s facelift nears completion, Downtown Records plans to relocate from Union Street to Main Street in November.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Blind bowlers play for the love of the game</title>
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More than ghosts and goblins will be descending upon Danville on Halloween weekend. More than 100 bowlers from across North Carolina and southern Virginia will also be in town for the 13th annual Carolina Bowling Alliance and Shootout Blind Bowler&#8217;s Tournament Oct. 30&#8211;Nov. 1.            ]]></description>
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A lucky swap and some eager building propelled a 19-year-old Norwegian student to the top of board game fame and sent three would-be tycoons to the poor house at the Monopoly World Championship in Las Vegas.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Raw&#45;foodists believe that diet works miracles</title>
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Before fire, there was only raw food. In recent years, a number of Americans have embraced this diet.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Shockoe Bottom dig finds 18th&#45;century cellar</title>
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Building the future of Shockoe Bottom is uncovering bits and pieces of its past.           ]]></description>
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Danville has a chance to catch a variety show featuring 20 acts, ranging from comedy to hip hop. But there are a few things the audience won&#8217;t be seeing or hearing: profanity or sexual themes of any kind.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Love Corn Bread? Saddle Up For A Fabulous Side Dish</title>
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There used to be a chain Tex-Mex restaurant near my home. It wasn&#8217;t the best food, but they did have this cool tortilla machine that would spit out rounds of dough on a conveyor belt, and then this lady would flatten them and cook them fresh for your table. My dream home definitely will have that contraption (and the tortilla lady) installed right next to the massive Krispy Kreme doughnut machine.           ]]></description>
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Do you blindly follow recipes, afraid that one change or misstep will ruin a dish?           ]]></description>
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Growing up in the Texas Hill Country, I was your typical all-American boy, playing sports and dreaming of reaching the Super Bowl, World Series or World Cup some day. The camaraderie of the team, the pride of being an athlete and the cheering fans were intoxicating.           ]]></description>
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What becomes of two software engineers with a common dream to live in the country and own a country store?           ]]></description>
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For the second year in a row, fans of open-and-pour pie mixes may look to their grocery store shelves and see only emptiness where there should be cans of pumpkin pie mix. There&#8217;s a shortage.           ]]></description>
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 European astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many places where life could develop.
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Colonial Williamsburg&#8217;s collection of historic pieces is going high-tech.            ]]></description>
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When is the best time to come up with an ingenious idea?           ]]></description>
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&#8220;Through Endangered Eyes&#8221; is an inspiring book of poetry and paintings describing the plight of 21 endangered and threatened animals. Written with simple verse, the poems are obviously meant to appeal to children, but the book seems to be written mainly for adults to read to children. Dillon beseeches adults to take action to help save these endangered species and to encourage their children to do the same.           ]]></description>
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Giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get childhood vaccinations may backfire and make the shots a little less effective, surprising new research suggests.           ]]></description>
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Advertisements on buses and in movie theaters, television and radio spots, temporary tattoos, T-shirts and stickers are all being used in a media campaign to persuade Virginians to get the H1N1 swine-flu vaccine.           ]]></description>
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Breast cancer - often regarded as a female illness - can strike women and men alike, and is equally deadly for either gender.           ]]></description>
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Read the October/November issue           ]]></description>
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ABINGDON &#8211; It&#8217;s perched above the forest floor, where nature sings outside the door, inviting as a place of rest, beside the birds a human nest.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;I want to see it happen,&#8220; said Dean Reganess, a third generation stone mason.           ]]></description>
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There&#8217;s an eerie silence at the edge of the quarry, where barren rock meets the forest&#8217;s end.           ]]></description>
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The economic downturn has prompted people to scale back in a lot of ways.           ]]></description>
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A year ago, Danville and the rest of the country started feeling the effects of an economic recession.           ]]></description>
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I have never been a huge coffee drinker, but everyone in my family is. Growing up, there wasn&#8217;t a day that our single-cup coffee maker wasn&#8217;t working overtime to keep up with the demand each morning.           ]]></description>
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As the swine flu sweeps through schools and households across the state, many folks feel as if hand washing now rivals time spent playing outside.           ]]></description>
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Joe Luebbert, a DanChem Technologies Inc. employee, knew he had suffered from congestive heart failure since 1997 but was surprised when he failed his annual physical at work in April.            ]]></description>
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My husband picked up my purse the other day.           ]]></description>
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Longtime &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; moderator Tim Russert&#8217;s office, complete with Buffalo Bills pennants and a journalist&#8217;s clutter, will go on display next month at the Newseum.           ]]></description>
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Preparing to kick off its 57th season, the Danville Concert Association has four international cultural offerings this year &#8212; from a Russian orchestra to a Korean-Danish &#8220;musical alliance.&#8221;            ]]></description>
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Stores are turning back the clock, conjuring images of hearth and home as they stock their holiday merchandise.           ]]></description>
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You&#8217;re walking down the street, looking for a good place to eat. You hold up your cell phone and use it like the viewfinder on a camera, so the screen shows what&#8217;s in front of you. But it also shows things you couldn&#8217;t see before: Brightly colored markers indicating nearby restaurants and bars.           ]]></description>
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For late night TV host David Letterman, the question now is whether his personal embarrassment will help fuel further professional triumph.           ]]></description>
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With harvest season winding down, it&#8217;s time for dessert. How about some candy, real candy, from the garden?           ]]></description>
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For the Danville music and entertainment community, networking is everything.           ]]></description>
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If you&#8217;re still using plain old vanilla marshmallows at your campfire or in your cocoa, you&#8217;re out of touch.           ]]></description>
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While many nonprofit organizations are struggling for support during the recession, the Danville Science Center&#8217;s assistant director said the museum&#8217;s attendance has actually grown a small amount since last year.            ]]></description>
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Years ago, in the dim reaches of Danville&#8217;s history, various Indian tribes made their home in the area, leaving behind evidences of their lives that tickled the imagination of three brothers living in Schoolfield in the years before World War II.            ]]></description>
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Every Wednesday night after she and her parents have supper at her grandparents&#8217; house, Logan Prysiaszniuk heads downstairs to her workshop.           ]]></description>
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One Pittsylvania County resident never worked so hard, yet never felt so happy.           ]]></description>
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Now that the weather is cooler, it&#8217;s a perfect time to head for the largest zoo in our area &#8212; the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, N.C.            ]]></description>
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As the seasons change, outdoor activities for the kids may fall away. Colder weather starts picking away at the countless outdoor options of the summer.           ]]></description>
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George Washington High School will be hosting the Dixie Classic band competition Saturday, with performances beginning at 1:30 p.m. and going on until after 7 p.m.            ]]></description>
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Sitting in elegant, black formalwear, four members of a local string quartet recently played a repertoire of classical music while members of the community ate, drank and celebrated the grand opening of a new facility in Pittsylvania County.            ]]></description>
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Nearly 40 years after breaking up, The Beatles are still breaking records for album sales.           ]]></description>
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Elisabeth von Trapp clearly remembers the first time she was aware of her legacy as part of the von Trapp family that produced the Trapp Family Singers and inspired &#8220;The Sound of Music&#8221; musical and movie.           ]]></description>
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The endowment of the former Main Street United Methodist Church is bringing to town Daniel Rodriguez, a singer and retired New York City police officer many will recognize from the days right after planes hit the Twin Towers &#8212; and changed the nation.	           ]]></description>
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Friday marked the final flicker of CBS&#8217; &#8220;Guiding Light,&#8220; as that venerable daytime drama logged its farewell hour after 72 years on the air.           ]]></description>
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Companies from homebuilders to carmakers to airlines are rolling out job loss insurance programs to entice you to buy big-ticket items.           ]]></description>
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Averett University&#8217;s Theatre Department will perform &#8220;Jack and Beanstalk&#8221; at 7:30 p.m. today and 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Pritchett Auditorium, part of the University&#8217;s Theatre for Young People Series.           ]]></description>
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I hiked the Appalachian Trail on vacation. Honest.           ]]></description>
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Somewhere, over the rainbow, it&#8217;s possible another film could have the lasting effect &#8220;The Wizard of Oz&#8221; has enjoyed during the past 70 years.            ]]></description>
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Claude and Katherine Dix are living the final chapters of their love story, but they are doing it with the same devotion and sweetness that has marked their whole marriage. 
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Marlene Cambronero-Butkus&#8217; love affair with Carolina Herrera perfume began more than two decades ago.           ]]></description>
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Eight little hands slide across a touch-screen computer, finding their way to Africa, Europe and North America. Beneath them, the giant monitor glows with a map of the world.           ]]></description>
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In what may be the scariest shower news since Alfred Hitchcock&#8217;s &#8220;Psycho,&#8220; a study says showerheads can harbor tiny bacteria that come spraying into your face when you wash.           ]]></description>
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Skyline Drive specializes in solitude mixed with pulse-racing exhilaration. You can get that three ways as autumn colors come alive across the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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One Danville man wants a reason to wake up in the morning. Charles McCullough, 65, prays to God &#8212; and fishes. Other than that, he&#8217;s bored without a job.
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Behind the dark wooden beams of the Bavarian-style building, yoga students are stretching out into a new home &#8212; again.           ]]></description>
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As part of a special, one-night-only event to celebrate its 70th anniversary, movie theaters across America will show &#8220;The Wizard of Oz&#8221; Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. &#8212; including the Danville Stadium Cinemas on Riverside Drive.           ]]></description>
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Hartsville author Manson Drew Case plans to retrace Union Gen. William T. Sherman&#8217;s march through Georgia and South Carolina during his planned book signing tour over the next two years.           ]]></description>
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Think about what was happening on this date last year.           ]]></description>
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The early evening sky turned a soft shade of amber as the almost-chilly September breeze drifted across the water, gently rustling nearby branches overlooking the river.            ]]></description>
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Only 106 shopping days until Christmas! It will be here before you know it.           ]]></description>
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When it comes to fashion, we live in a world of unwritten rules. Some of them are good. Some of them are ridiculous.           ]]></description>
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Awareness of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease has progressed quite a bit since Dexter and Gideon Miller&#8217;s mother, Sally, was diagnosed with it in 1998.            ]]></description>
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As the temperature begins to drop and cool air drifts across the Piedmont, it&#8217;s evident fall is on its way. But before the leaves change, Labor Day weekend gives us one last chance to celebrate summer.            ]]></description>
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Flulike illness is hitting Virginia&#8217;s colleges and universities unevenly, but schools are adopting similar strategies to keep the numbers of sick down.           ]]></description>
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TAMPA &#8212; Swine flu parties that intentionally expose healthy people to illness are dangerous propositions, health officials say.           ]]></description>
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Beth Rogers wipes out the kitchen sink at her home in Fayetteville, Ark. If you can spare 10 minutes once or twice a day, you can spruce up the whole house without breaking a sweat. Do a surface wipe. Take some disinfectant wipes or some cleanser and paper towels and clean all the counters and the sinks in the kitchen and the bathrooms that get used the most often, said Alicia Rockmore, CEO of Buttoned Up, an organizational lifestyle company in Ann Arbor, Mich.           ]]></description>
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Chris Brown says he remembers beating Rihanna and that a brief interview clip making the rounds online Monday in which he said he didn&#8217;t recall the incident &#8220;is not representative of what I said.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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Let&#8217;s face it: There are just some things men and women see differently.           ]]></description>
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