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          <title>No survivors in Augusta/Rockbridge plane crash</title>
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A small, single-engine plane crashed in a field on the Augusta/Rockbridge county line early Sunday, killing all aboard, state police said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia takes center stage in health&#45;care debate</title>
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Virginia took center stage in the national debate over health-care coverage Wednesday when Debby Smith rose to tell her story to President Barack Obama.           ]]></description>
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          <title>&#8216;Virginia is for Lovers&#8217; slogan is honored</title>
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Forbes.com has rated &#8220;Virginia is for Lovers&#8221; as one of the world&#8217;s top 10 tourism campaigns.
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          <title>Second Va. death linked to swine flu</title>
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Virginia health officials have confirmed the second death in the state related to the swine flu.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Medical incident closes Camp Virginia Jaycee in Bedford County</title>
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A camp for people with disabilities in Bedford County has closed for the rest of the summer after what its operators call a medical incident involving a camper.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Condemned Virginia man wants to die by electrocution</title>
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A Virginia man set to die later this month for killing a 16-year-old girl and bragging about it in a letter to prosecutors wants to die by electrocution.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Starting today, no texting behind the wheel or smoking in many restaurants</title>
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No more texting while driving. No more loitering on bridges. And no more smoking in many restaurants. These are but a few of the 879 bills that were passed into law this last General Assembly session           ]]></description>
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          <title>Two Southwest Virginia towns growing as others shrink</title>
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Whether it&#8217;s a revitalized downtown or outdoor recreation, two small Southwest Virginia towns have bucked a trend that is plaguing the Mountain Empire &#8211; a slow but steady loss of population.           ]]></description>
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          <title>State alleges breach in IT deal</title>
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The state now is accusing Northrop Grumman of failing to deliver computer services and hinting at unspecified action against the giant company.           ]]></description>
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          <title>College bans indoor plants in effort to stave off mold</title>
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Houseplants are banned at a Roanoke college, whose officials are taking no chances that they might cause a mold problem.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia has issued more than $1.6 billion in tax refunds</title>
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The Virginia Department of Taxation has issued nearly all the state income tax refunds from 2008.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia IT contract is six months late, says official</title>
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Virginia&#8217;s computer agency is six months behind schedule in putting in place a $2.3 billion contract with Northrop Grumman for info-tech services.
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          <title>Police: Son faked own death to survive massacre</title>
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A college student played dead to escape a family shooting by his father, who killed the other son and their mother before setting their house on fire and taking his own life, investigators said Monday.            ]]></description>
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          <title>UPDATE: Doctors reluctant to prescribe painkillers after security breach</title>
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State officials say people with excruciating pain are unable to receive powerful painkilling drugs they need because of the response to a hacker&#8217;s attack on the state prescription drug database.           ]]></description>
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          <title>AAA predicts drop in July 4 travel in Virginia</title>
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The travel group expects the number of Virginia holiday travelers will be down 1.8 percent from 2008, spokeswoman Windy A. VanCuren said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia legislative panel to discuss car title lending</title>
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Virginia legislators are beginning to take a look at the unregulated business of car title lending.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Midlothian man dies in Augusta County motorcycle wreck</title>
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A Midlothian man was among two motorcyclists killed yesterday when a pair of Harley-Davidsons collided head-on in Augusta County.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ban on texting while driving among other new Virginia laws</title>
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Virginia will join 13 other states and the District of Columbia that have banned texting while driving when the new law and hundreds of others legislators passed this winter take effect Wednesday.            ]]></description>
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          <title>UPDATE: Virginia Republicans drop fight over Kaine&#8217;s travel records</title>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is refusing to turn over to the Republican Party of Virginia records of his out-of-state travel as chairman of the Democratic National Committee.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Authorities plan weekend crackdown on drunken boating</title>
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Officers from the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission will be patrolling waterways today through Sunday, looking for boaters with blood alcohol levels of .08 or higher.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia will keep 19 rest areas open through July 4</title>
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Virginia will keep its interstate highway rest areas open through the Fourth of July holiday weekend, even though money to operate them has run out.            ]]></description>
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          <title>2 at UVa Medical Center get swine flu</title>
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Two employees of the University of Virginia Medical Center have contracted the H1N1 virus, bringing the Charlottesville region&#8217;s number of &#8220;swine flu&#8221; cases to four.
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          <title>Virginia board decides to keep third&#45;grade history SOL test</title>
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Virginia&#8217;s Board of Education has given the state the green light to continue requiring third-graders to take history and social-science accountability tests.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia swimmer dies at NC beach after rescue</title>
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Police say a Virginia minister has died on a North Carolina beach after being pulled from the Outer Banks surf.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Children orphaned following Halifax County wreck</title>
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After losing their mother in December, two young Halifax County children are now left without a father following a deadly crash Monday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Vote expected on Wal&#45;Mart near Va. Civil War battlefield</title>
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Wal-Mart&#8217;s proposal to build a Supercenter near a Civil War battlefield in Virginia is headed to its first vote.           ]]></description>
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A trial has been delayed for a man charged with helping his brother plan a jail escape that led to two slayings and a manhunt that shut down the Virginia Tech campus.            ]]></description>
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          <title>SC Gov. Mark Sanford says he&#8217;s had an affair</title>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he&#8217;s been having an affair and will resign as head of the Republican Governor&#8217;s Association.           ]]></description>
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          <title>I&#45;64 shooter gets 15 years&#8217; prison time</title>
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Slade Allen Woodson was sentenced Tuesday to a 15-year active prison sentence in Albemarle County Circuit Court. Judge Cheryl Higgins suspended 135 years of the sentence.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Kaine says DNC will repay state for security expenses</title>
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If you want to know where Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is, just ask him. That&#8217;s the message Kaine delivered yesterday to state Republican critics who say he has been sneaking off to tend to his high-profile, part-time job as chairman of the Democratic National Committee.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Tobacco firm hopes regulation will be perk</title>
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One of the real tests of how federal regulation will affect tobacco use could be something you&#8217;ll spot at a convenience store counter.           ]]></description>
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          <title>UVA study: Gender bias remains on sexes, science</title>
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Both men and women hold to the stereotype that males are more easily linked with science than females, a new study says.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Investigators probe capital&#8217;s worst subway crash</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; The worst accident in 33-year history of Metrorail, Washington&#8217;s subway system, is under investigation by authorities trying to determine why a train plowed into the rear of another, killing at least nine people and injuring scores of others.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; Apple Inc. sold more than a million units of its latest iPhone model in the first three days, making it the most successful debut for a smart phone yet.           ]]></description>
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When you&#8217;ve had only seven presidents in 106 years, finding the right person for the job could take a little time and a lot of effort.           ]]></description>
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The Republican Party of Virginia yesterday requested under the Freedom of Information Act records of Gov. Timothy M. Kaine&#8217;s out-of-state travels and state expenditures related to his work as chairman of the Democratic National Committee.           ]]></description>
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RICHMOND  &#8212; The state Department of Education is withdrawing a proposal to discontinue third-grade history and social-science accountability tests, after vocal protests from history advocates and state legislators.            ]]></description>
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The major political parties are competing for 58 House of Delegates seats this fall &#8212; an increase from recent election cycles.           ]]></description>
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Lawmakers readying to investigate Virginia&#8217;s hiring of Northrop Grumman to run its computer systems say controversy surrounding the deal is an embarrassment.           ]]></description>
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The Virginia Department of Transportation is eliminating two Augusta County rest stops, the Verona residency office and is making across the board service reductions in cuts approved Thursday by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.           ]]></description>
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Battered by the recession, Virginia&#8217;s highway and transit programs have shrunk by one-third in two years.           ]]></description>
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DALLAS (AP) &#8212; A captain on a Continental Airlines flight has died during the flight, says a person familiar with the situation.           ]]></description>
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Virginia&#8217;s roughly 40 state prisons, correctional field units and work release centers aim to be smoke and tobacco-free by Feb. 1 for staff and inmates.           ]]></description>
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President Barack Obama, whose gay and lesbian supporters have grown frustrated with his slow movement on their priorities, is extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, a White House official said.           ]]></description>
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In her 100 years, there was just one thing Kathleen Bolick had never done - ride a motorcycle.            ]]></description>
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The Kaine administration put a hopeful face on a 9.3 percent revenue plunge in addressing legislative budget writers Tuesday.            ]]></description>
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The Danville Area Humane Society and the Danville Police Department have received death threats following the June 8 shooting of a miniature dachshund named Killer.
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Cases of the swine flu continue to climb in Virginia &#8212; and that&#8217;s pretty much what experts expect.           ]]></description>
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WILLIAMSBURG &#8212; Gov. Timothy M. Kaine yesterday gave a vote of confidence to Northrop Grumman, the giant firm that Virginia is paying $2.3 billion for information-technology services.            ]]></description>
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They battled for attorney general in 2005. Now they&#8217;re facing off for governor. But Democrat R. Creigh Deeds and Republican Bob McDonnell meet on a decidedly different political landscape than they did four years ago.           ]]></description>
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A new survey by the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that more than 73 percent of Virginians lived in a household with Internet access in 2007. That&#8217;s higher than the national average. Only eight other states had a higher percentage of households with Internet access in 2007.           ]]></description>
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The Democratic candidates for governor talked unity yesterday, while Republicans went on the attack against new nominee R. Creigh Deeds.
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The troubled economy appears to be taking a toll on trash.           ]]></description>
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A status hearing on Vick&#8217;s reorganization plan is scheduled for this morning in Norfolk.           ]]></description>
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Four teenagers stranded on rocks in the rain-swollen James River have been rescued.            ]]></description>
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The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has released the name of the man who drowned in the Blackwater River on Saturday.
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Terry McAuliffe brought a retooled message Sunday on his third visit to Lynchburg during the Democratic gubernatorial primary campaign that ends Tuesday, when Virginia voters pick a winner in the three-candidate race.           ]]></description>
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Most central Virginians have never seen a black bear, but that may change in the coming years.
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The driver of a car involved in a wreck Saturday that killed two Southside residents has been charged with failure to yield right of way.           ]]></description>
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The medical examiner in Roanoke has ruled the Tuesday shooting at G &amp; S Market on the corner of Rockford School Road and Shula Drive a murder-suicide. 
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While three fellow Democrats slug it out for the gubernatorial nomination, Sen. Mark R. Warner is taking a swing at the newly minted Republican ticket, describing it as the &#8220;no camp that didn&#8217;t move Virginia forward.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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Police say a 12-year-old Spotsylvania County boy died and another boy was critically injured after lightning struck as they were playing catch.
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A state agency is advising more than 500,000 residents who could be affected by a prescription records security breach to be vigilant about identity theft.            ]]></description>
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An additional Amtrak train starting in December will provide service between Richmond and Washington.            ]]></description>
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A federal judge has given a bit of wiggle room to tight restrictions on beach driving designed to protected endangered birds and turtles on North Carolina&#8217;s Outer Banks.           ]]></description>
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Two people are dead following a shooting this afternoon at the G&amp;S Market in Gretna, according to Lt. Corey Webb of the Pittsylvania County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.           ]]></description>
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Virginians&#8217; mailboxes and TVs are becoming free-fire zones for gubernatorial candidates.
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Amid allegations of dirty tricks in the nominating contest for attorney general, Virginia Republicans begin gathering in Richmond today for a state party convention that could draw as many as 10,000 people. 
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The National Republican Congressional Committee is airing a radio ad targeting U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, for his vote against investigating claims by Speaker Nancy Pelosi that the CIA misled her over its harsh interrogation techniques.
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Responding to economic realities and changing testing methods, the Virginia Board of Education is considering scrapping the third-grade history/social studies assessment.
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More than a year after firing a gun off an Interstate 64 overpass, Brandon Dawson walked into an Albemarle County courtroom Wednesday in his street clothes, having already been freed from juvenile detention.
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Judge Michael Urbanski has become so disillusioned with seeing 18- to 20-year-olds in his courtroom facing stiff prison sentences for drug charges that he is taking a message to middle-school students.           ]]></description>
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Michael Vick walked into a federal courthouse in Virginia on Friday to meet his probation officer, ignoring questions from waiting reporters about his life under home confinement after being released from a federal prison this week.            ]]></description>
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The uranium-mining study has begun. The Virginia Coal and Energy Commission&#8217;s Uranium Mining Subcommittee, tasked with overseeing a study to determine whether uranium can be mined and milled safely in the commonwealth, approved a revised final draft of the study Thursday.           ]]></description>
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A doctoral student accused of killing a fellow student at a Virginia Tech coffee shop has been found competent to stand trial.           ]]></description>
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Students at Virginia&#8217;s community colleges will see tuition and fees increase by $6.55 per credit hour for the 2009-10 school year.            ]]></description>
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Around-the-clock James River ferry service and six interstate highway rest stops that were among 25 targeted for closure should be saved, state transportation officials said Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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Suspended NFL star Michael Vick arrived at his Virginia home in a car with blackout curtains Thursday after being released from federal prison to begin home confinement and try to resume his pro football career.            ]]></description>
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Roadside grass will grow higher, 19 Interstate highway rest stops will close and highway workers will lose jobs as Virginia&#8217;s road money dries up.            ]]></description>
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Suspended NFL star Michael Vick left a Kansas prison before dawn Wednesday to begin home confinement in Virginia, one of his attorneys said, the latest step on a journey that Vick hopes will lead to his reinstatement.            ]]></description>
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KONNAROCK, Va. &#8211; Built by Lutheran missionaries, the Konnarock Girls&#8217; School was a prestigious place for young women to attend in the early 20th century, when the region lacked modern roads and education.           ]]></description>
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CULPEPER, Va. - Preservationists&#8217; fight to keep Wal-Mart from locating a Supercenter near the Wilderness Battlefield in Orange County may just have received some more ammunition.           ]]></description>
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Preservation Virginia on Monday joined a growing opposition that says a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter near the Wilderness Battlefield threatens the Civil War site where nearly 29,000 troops were killed or injured 145 years ago.            ]]></description>
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A Frederick County woman could face animal cruelty charges after officials found 192 live cats and seven dead ones in a mobile home.
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State senator and Democratic gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds was involved in a minor car wreck in Louisa County on Saturday, his campaign said this morning.           ]]></description>
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The state is still trying to determine who hacked into the Department of Health Professions&#8217; computer system and how much data was obtained, Secretary of Human Services Margaret Tavenner said today.           ]]></description>
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Bob Bishop quit smoking some 20 years ago. And now his business has to quit &#8212; or at least cut down &#8212; by December.           ]]></description>
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Virginia&#8217;s budget belt needs to be pulled a little tighter. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said yesterday that the ongoing recession will force even deeper cuts in state spending in the coming months.           ]]></description>
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The Miss California USA pageant says its co-directors plan to address whether current title holder Carrie Prejean will hold onto her crown amid allegations of contract violations.           ]]></description>
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The post office wants two more pennies for your thoughts. The price of a first-class stamp for mailing a letter - or paying a bill - climbed to 44 cents Monday, though folks who planned ahead and stocked up on Forever stamps will still be paying the lower rate.           ]]></description>
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FARMVILLE &#8212; A sorority founded more than a century ago at Longwood University is closing its chapter at the school in the aftermath of allegations of hazing and underage drinking, officials said.           ]]></description>
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The price of a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline in Virginia has topped $2 for the first time since November.            ]]></description>
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Virginia Health Professions officials said they don&#8217;t have any evidence that personal information was stolen by hackers who accessed a Web site that collects data on some patient prescriptions.           ]]></description>
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Virginia State Police officials are awaiting lab test results to identify a white, powdery substance in an envelope mailed to the agency&#8217;s headquarters.
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State and federal authorities said very little yesterday about a hacker&#8217;s claim that millions of patient prescription records kept on Virginia Department of Health Professions computers have been stolen.           ]]></description>
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State police are investigating allegations that the daughter of Franklin County Sheriff Ewell Hunt claimed hours for her job at the sheriff&#8217;s office that she didn&#8217;t work.            ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON &#8212; Reading may be an elementary skill, but mastery of the written word should be pursued throughout a student&#8217;s career, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said yesterday as he released a study on adolescent literacy.           ]]></description>
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In many states, newly discovered evidence of innocence can be taken years later to the same court in which an inmate was convicted so his name can be cleared.           ]]></description>
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