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    <title>Breaking News for InRich</title>
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          <title>State says Goochland methane emissions under control</title>
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GOOCHLAND&#8212;State officials say methane emissions at the landfill beneath Hidden Rock Park are under control. The assessment was made according to the latest monitoring report dated April 8 from the state Department of Environmental Quality. A new remediation system was installed this year to bring the landfill into compliance with state standards.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:46:03 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>And now, let the dry weather begin</title>
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After several days of cool rain, Richmond has nothing but dry weather on its radar for the rest of the week. The National Weather Service has sunny skies and pleasant daytime high temperatures in the Richmond-area forecast until Sunday night, when there&#8217;s a slight chance of showers. Today should be mostly sunny with an afternoon high near 62.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:42:04 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Thousands vent anger at Tax Day Tea Party</title>
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It rained on the Richmond Tax Day Tea Party, but that didn&#8217;t dampen the enthusiasm of several thousand chanting, sign-waving Virginians. They crowded into the Kanawha Plaza tonight to vent their anger at what they consider a big-spending government that they fear is taking away their freedoms.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:01:28 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Proposed bus transfer station in Shockoe Bottom meets opposition</title>
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The Richmond Slave Trail Commission has lined up against a proposed bus transfer center for Main Street Station in Shockoe Bottom. A majority of commission members agreed last week to oppose the $70 million project on the grounds that the related traffic would undermine efforts to commemorate the area&#8217;s role in the slave trade, said chairwoman Delores L. McQuinn, a state delegate from Richmond.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:01:17 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Plan reduces Hopewell real estate tax rate by 14 cents</title>
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The real estate tax rate would be reduced by 14 cents in the fiscal 2010 budget proposed by Hopewell City Manager Edwin C. Daley. The plan is based on a real estate tax rate of 95 cents per $100 of assessed value, down from the current rate of $1.09. The rate change would balance out a 15 percent increase on property assessments this year, Daley said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:01:04 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Cool Spring West development backed by Hanover supervisors</title>
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A proposed development off Cool Spring Road got the go-ahead last night from the Hanover County Board of Supervisors. The board unanimously approved plans for Cool Spring West, a 59-acre development of 236 detached single-family homes. It will be located across from the back entrance to the Rutland community. Cool Spring West will have a pedestrian trail and four playgrounds plus nearly 6 acres of open space.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>News Near You for April 16</title>
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Goochland Methane emissions at the landfill beneath Hidden Rock Park are under control, according to the latest monitoring report dated April 8 from the state Department of Environmental Quality. A new remediation system was installed this year to bring the landfill into compliance with state standards. Henrico Henrico County resident Ellis Baggs finished in the top 15 during the 2009 Monopoly U.S. National Championship completed yesterday in Washington. Baggs, an environmental lawyer at Hunton &amp; Williams, finished 14th out of 28 competitors. Baggs won his opening round match Tuesday night but lost both rounds he played yesterday. He lost to eventual national champion Richard Marinaccio of Buffalo, N.Y. Marinaccio collected $20,580 and advances to the World Championship tournament in Las Vegas in October.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Goochland man gets term for posing as a paramedic</title>
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A Goochland County man who answered an emergency summons for a paramedic will be reporting to jail instead of the rescue squad. Adam V. Tatum, 34, will begin serving a six-month jail term tomorrow for impersonating public-safety personnel. Judge Gary A. Hicks of Henrico County Circuit Court yesterday also suspended all of a two-year, six-month sentence he imposed on Tatum for practicing medicine without a license.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Oak Forest razing in Hanover sparks concerns</title>
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An issue over the razing of a historic Hanover County home comes before the Planning Commission tonight. Oak Forest, off Rural Point Road, was built around 1828, according to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. It&#8217;s listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmark Registry. The owner, Charles B. Walker, is seeking an amendment to a proffered condition that came with the purchase of the home in 2007. He&#8217;s seeking elimination of a condition that Oak Forest &#8220;shall be maintained on the original site. This shall not prevent the owner of the site from adding to the home provided that its basic character remains.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Ex&#45;nurse charged in Parrish escape attempt faces trial</title>
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A former nurse charged in an escape attempt by one of the men involved in the slaying of Tahliek Taliaferro faces trial tomorrow in Powhatan County. Karen N. Peregoy of Goochland County will be tried in General District Court on a misdemeanor charge of aiding and attempting the escape of a prisoner. Authorities say she tried to help Joseph &#8220;Joey&#8221; Parrish in July when he attempted to escape from James River Regional Detention Center. At the time, Peregoy was a nurse at the facility. She has since been fired.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Henrico police arrest Richmond man in shooting</title>
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Henrico County police arrested Antwon Damont Smith in yesterday&#8217;s early-morning shooting of a 19-year-old man in the county. Henrico police Lt. Doug Perry said Smith, 30, of the 3900 block of Chamberlayne Avenue in Richmond, is facing a count of aggravated malicious wounding as well as firearm charges. The victim remained in critical condition last night at VCU Medical Center, according to police.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Chesterfield man killed in crash</title>
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A Chesterfield County man was killed Saturday when the car he was driving veered off Grove Hill Road in Chesterfield and overturned, police said. Killed was Scott P. McCumber, 43, who lived on Coalbrook Drive. Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the 3:50 a.m. crash.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Chesterfield holds real estate tax rate, adopts operating budget</title>
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Opting to keep the county&#8217;s real estate tax rate at 95 cents per $100 of assessed value, the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors yesterday unanimously adopted a $1.23 billion operating budget for fiscal 2010. The tax rate will mean a slight decrease in real estate taxes&#8212;$2,131 for the average homeowner based on this year&#8217;s assessments, which determined the average home value to be $224,286.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>REVIEW: The Dead at John Paul Jones Arena</title>
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It began in typical shambolic fashion&#8212;the disheveled-looking band ambled onstage, noodled around with instruments for a few minutes as if at sound check and then, with a few foot taps from Phil Lesh, launched into the first song of a three-hour night. But what was atypical about tonight&#8217;s show from The Dead at John Paul Jones Arena&#8212;only the third stop on a 22-date tour&#8212;were some of the song selections and arrangements.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:18:13 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Henrico man finishes 14th in Monopoly contest</title>
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Henrico County resident Ellis Baggs finished in the top 15 during the 2009 Monopoly U.S. National Championship completed earlier today at Union Station in Washington. Baggs, an environmental lawyer at Hunton &amp; Williams, finished 14th out of 28 competitors at the national championship. He won his opening round match Tuesday night but lost both rounds he played this morning.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:04:13 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hanover approves Cool Spring West development</title>
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A proposed development off Cool Spring Road got the go-ahead last night. The Hanover County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved plans for Cool Spring West, a 59-acre development of 236 detached single-family homes. It will be located across from the back entrance to the Rutland community. Cool Spring West will have a pedestrian trail and four playgrounds plus nearly six acres of open space.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:52:08 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Man wins Va. Lottery prize twice in 4 years</title>
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A North Carolina man has a knack for picking the winning number for Virginia Lottery drawings. The lottery said today that Steve Granger of Henderson, N.C., won $90,800 in Sunday night&#8217;s Pick 4 drawing by playing the same number combination, 5-1-1-7, on 20 tickets. Sixteen tickets each won $5,000 because Granger wagered &#8220;exact order&#8221; on them. The other four tickets each won $2,700 because he wagered &#8220;50/50&#8221; on them.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:58:23 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Wagner raised more than Bolling in first quarter</title>
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Jody Wagner of Virginia Beach, one of three Democrats seeking the nomination to run for lieutenant governor, outraised Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling in the first quarter, campaign reports show. Wagner, a former Secretary of Finance under Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, reported raising $375,000 to Bolling&#8217;s $302,000. Wagner had more time to raise the money, because she does not serve in the General Assembly. As lieutenant governor, Bolling presided over the Virginia Senate for 46 days and was not allowed to raise money during that period.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:58:14 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Family sues Va. funeral home for neglect</title>
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FAIRFAX&#8212;The family of an Army veteran whose body was allegedly mishandled as it awaited burial at Arlington National Cemetery is suing a Fairfax County funeral home. The lawsuits against National Funeral Home and parent company Service Corporation International of Houston seek $60 million in damages. The family alleges that the body of retired Army Col. Andrew DeGraff was left in an unrefrigerated garage and &#8220;negligently defiled&#8221; as it sat in storage more than two months between his death in October and burial at Arlington in January.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:56:11 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Democrats say Signer will be on ballot for lieutenant governor</title>
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The Democratic Party of Virginia has certified Mike Signer as a candidate for the nomination for lieutenant governor although some of his qualifying petitions were in error. This came Tuesday after the State Board of Elections advised C. Richard Cranwell, chairman of the party, that a notary public made the error, not the Signer campaign, so the Signer campaign should not be penalized.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:50:33 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Man gets 6 months for impersonating paramedic</title>
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A Goochland man who answered an emergency summons for a paramedic will be reporting to jail instead of the rescue squad. Adam V. Tatum, 34, will begin serving a six-month jail term Friday for impersonating public safety personnel.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:02:13 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>5 members of Mechanicsville family face tax charges</title>
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Five members of a Mechanicsville family have been charged with filing false income tax returns for allegedly understating their tax liability by a combined $38,000. According to the United States Attorney&#8217;s Office the five are: Eugene Bud Helmick; his wife, Doris Marie Helmick, both 72; and children, Michael Wayne Helmick, 48; Eugene Larry Helmick, 41; and Diana Marie Acree, 40.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:48:06 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Henrico police make arrest in shooting</title>
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Henrico police have arrested Antwon Damont Smith in today&#8217;s early morning shooting of a 19-year-old man in the county. Henrico Lt. Doug Perry said that Smith, 30, of the 3900 block of Chamberlayne Ave. in the city, is facing charges for firearm violations and aggravated malicious wounding. The victim in the case remained in critical condition this evening at VCU Medical Center, according to police.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:18:26 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Candidates trade humorous jabs at Shad Planking</title>
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The skies opened at the 61st annual Shad Planking this afternoon, moments after three of the four candidates for governor wrapped up their mainly humorous speeches, that featured good-natured jabs and some policy positions. An estimated 2,000 to 2,500 people attended the political rite in the woods of Wakefield, according to the program chairman.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:18:04 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Chesterfield supervisors approve $1.23 billion budget</title>
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Opting to continue the county&#8217;s real estate tax rate at 95 cents, the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors has unanimously adopted a $1.23 billion operating budget for fiscal year 2010. The overall budget represents the first decline in years and the largest revenue loss on record with a more than $53 million (about 4 percent) shortfall from the current year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:16:05 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Chesterfield supervisors hire group to guide master&#45;plan process</title>
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The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an $869,920 contract with a Florida-based Renaissance Planning Group to create a new comprehensive plan. The current plan is made up of 21 individual area plans. The new guideline for growth will look at the county as a whole with a focus on new urbanism style development.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:48:29 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>McAuliffe says he won&#8217;t take Dominion&#8217;s money</title>
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Terry McAuliffe, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, says he won&#8217;t take money from the state&#8217;s biggest utility. But that doesn&#8217;t mean McAuliffe isn&#8217;t accepting contributions from Dominion Virginia&#8217;s employees or retired executives. Last night, McAuliffe met with prospective supporters at the Richmond home of the company&#8217;s retired president and chief executive officer, Thomas E. Capps.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:20:05 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hopewell presents 2010 budget plan</title>
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HOPEWELL&#8212;The real estate tax rate is reduced by 14 cents in the fiscal 2010 budget proposed by City Manager Edwin C. Daley. The proposed financial plan is based on a real estate tax rate of 95 cents per $100 of assessed value, down from the current rate of $1.09. The rate change is set to balance out a 15 percent increase on property assessments this year, Daley said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>VSU chooses George White to lead basketball program</title>
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Virginia State University announced today that George White has been named the new men&#8217;s basketball coach. White was at Stanford University the past two seasons, serving as director of external relations for the men&#8217;s basketball program. He is a Harvard graduate and a Philadelphia native.&#8212;Ralph Paulk           ]]></description>
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          <title>Richmond post office alone in offering extended tax day hours</title>
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The U.S. Postal service is mostly sticking to regular business hours today, the deadline for Americans to file their federal tax returns. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:16:24 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Scattered showers today, then skies clearing</title>
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If you&#8217;ve had enough of the rain lately, Richmond, there&#8217;s relief on the way. The National Weather Service says there is a 40 percent chance of scattered showers today with an afternoon high near 57 degrees, and there will be more showers overnight, but after that, there are several days of dry weather ahead. Tomorrow should be mostly sunny with a high near 62 degrees, and there&#8217;s more sunshine in the forecast for Friday, when the high is to rise to 69.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:04:05 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>One injured in Henrico shooting</title>
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One person was injured early today in eastern Henrico County when an altercation led to a shooting. The victim, struck once in the head, was taken to VCU Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition, Henrico police said. Police said they had identified several suspects and that the investigation was ongoing. The shooting occurred when someone fired multiple shots from one car into another at Nine Mile Road and Masonic Home Lane, police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:00:04 EDT</pubDate>
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A development issue will be at the forefront when the Hanover County Board of Supervisors meets today. Among the items on the agenda is a vote on Cool Spring West, a proposed development off Cool Spring Road. The board meets at 2 and 7 p.m. at the county administration building, 7515 County Complex Road. The Cool Spring West matter is on the agenda for the night session.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:40:09 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>FBI investigating Taliaferro slaying</title>
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The FBI is working with the Powhatan County Sheriff&#8217;s Office to investigate the slaying of high school student Tahliek Taliaferro for possible civil-rights violations, law-enforcement officials said yesterday.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:01:30 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Henrico residents push for high school planned for Varina</title>
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Many residents of eastern Henrico County don&#8217;t care where the funds come from to build a new school. What they care about is that students aren&#8217;t going to classes in trailers, don&#8217;t have to wait in long cafeteria lines and have facilities on par with other parts of the county. About 75 residents attended a public hearing about the proposed Henrico budget last night at a Board of Supervisors meeting. Many wore buttons reading &#8220;Eastern Henrico Schools Now.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:01:15 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Ex&#45;Navy SEAL trainee appeals conviction in woman&#8217;s 1995 murder</title>
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A former Navy SEAL trainee convicted of the 1995 murder of a college student visiting Virginia Beach took his plea for freedom to the Virginia Court of Appeals in Richmond yesterday. Dustin Allen Turner, 34, and fellow SEAL trainee Billy Joe Brown, 36, were sentenced to 82 and 72 years respectively in the June 19, 1995, slaying of Jennifer Lea Evans in a parked automobile outside a Virginia Beach nightclub.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:01:08 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Henrico lawyer advances in tourney</title>
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Henrico County resident Ellis Baggs won his opening-round match last night at the 2009 Monopoly U.S. National Championship at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington County. Baggs, a lawyer with Hunton &amp; Williams, bankrupted his three opponents to earn 28 points in the opening round. He bankrupted his last opponent with about six minutes remaining in the 90-minute match.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>City, Eggleston Hotel owners disagree over collapse</title>
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Richmond&#8217;s mayor is trying to calm an escalating war of words between the city and owners of the Eggleston Hotel over the collapse of the long-blighted landmark in Jackson Ward. Mayor Dwight C. Jones declined to respond in detail to a statement by the owners yesterday that they got no help from Richmond in financing the planned $1 million renovation of the building, which was renowned as a magnet for illustrious black entertainers and athletes during decades of racial segregation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Petersburg residents question pending deal on Farmers Market building</title>
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Some residents are questioning a potential deal to lease part of Petersburg&#8217;s Farmers Market building. A lease arrangement between the city and the nonprofit Historic Petersburg Foundation is being negotiated, partly as a way for the city to get money to finish the renovations of the market at 9 E. Old St. Petersburg plans to turn the historic building into the city&#8217;s visitor center.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Police: Overdoses suspected after bodies found in Chesterfield</title>
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A woman and her live-in boyfriend who were found dead Saturday in the woman&#8217;s Chesterfield County apartment apparently died of drug overdoses, police said yesterday. Investigators seized pill bottles containing pharmaceutical drugs and hand-rolled cigars containing marijuana from the couple&#8217;s apartment in the 7700 block of Bannockbarn Drive in the Chesterfield Village Apartments, according to a search warrant filed yesterday in Chesterfield Circuit Court.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Arrests made in separate homicides</title>
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Authorities yesterday announced that they had arrested two Richmond men wanted in separate city homicides. David M. Ellis, 18, of the 3000 block of Garland Avenue, was arrested Monday hours after police found a man dead in a car from a gunshot wound in North Richmond. Police identified the victim yesterday as Kelvin R. Green, 38, of Highland Springs.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia chief justice&#8217;s daughter charged</title>
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Joanna I. Hassell, 18, faces a court hearing June 24 in Henrico County General District Court on a misdemeanor shoplifting charge. Hassell, a daughter of Chief Justice Leroy R. Hassell Sr. of the Virginia Supreme Court, was arrested Saturday. Police say she left Macy&#8217;s at Regency Square mall with $71.97 in clothing she did not pay for.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Hopewell City Council tonight voted 6-1 to approve a rate increase in the sewer service provided by the Hopewell Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility. An average customer who uses 5,000 gallons of water per month will see a bill increase of nearly 70 percent starting July 1. That bill would go up by $7.52 per month, from a monthly bill of $10.88 to $18.40.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:16:04 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Henricoan wins 1st round in national Monopoly championship</title>
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Henrico County resident Ellis Baggs won his opening round match tonight at the 2009 Monopoly U.S. National Championship at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington County. Baggs, an environmental lawyer with Hunton &amp; Williams, bankrupted his three opponents to earn 28 points in the opening round. He sent his last opponent into bankruptcy with about 6 minutes remaining in the 90-minute match.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:16:04 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Henrico residents push for new high school in Varina</title>
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Many residents of eastern Henrico County don&#8217;t care where the funds come from to build a new school. What they care about is that students aren&#8217;t going to classes in trailers, don&#8217;t have to wait in long cafeteria lines and have facilities on par with other parts of the county. About 75 residents attended a public hearing about the proposed Henrico budget tonight at a Board of Supervisors meeting. Many of them were wearing buttons reading &#8220;Eastern Henrico Schools Now.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:48:55 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>HOLE IN ONE</title>
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Bob Henderson, 122-yard 17th hole at Hunting Hawk GC, 9-iron, playing with Maurice Smith.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:39:13 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond Tax Day Tea Party on rain or shine</title>
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Wednesday night&#8217;s Richmond Tax Day Tea Party at Kanawha Plaza is on, rain or shine. &#8220;We don&#8217;t believe that Virginians are fair-weather patriots,&#8220; said Sara James, project leader for the Richmond tea party, one of 19 scheduled in Virginia Wednesday. &#8220;Those who fought for our liberty and continue to fight for our freedoms do so in much worse environments, and standing in the rain is the least we can do.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:16:04 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Va. chief justice&#8217;s daughter, 18, charged with shoplifting</title>
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Joanna I. Hassell, 18, faces a court hearing June 24 in Henrico County General District Court on a misdemeanor shoplifting charge. Hassell, a daughter of the chief justice of the state Supreme Court, Leroy R. Hassell Sr., was arrested Saturday. Police say she left Macy&#8217;s at Regency Square with $71.97 in clothing she did not pay for. Hassell&#8217;s lawyer, Steven D. Benjamin, declined comment yesterday. She did not reply to an e-mail or telephone message left for her at the University of Virginia, where she is listed as a student.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:22:05 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Court allows Pa. lawsuit to continue against Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan</title>
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HARRISBURG, Pa.&#8212;A Pennsylvania court refused to throw out a lawsuit Tuesday brought by dozens of municipalities and local sewer authorities that claim the state&#8217;s Chesapeake Bay watershed cleanup plan is illegal. Commonwealth Court&#8217;s 5-2 decision denied a state Department of Environmental Protection motion to dismiss the year-old lawsuit. The municipalities and authorities sued after complaining that they would be saddled with at least $1 billion in sewer plant improvements they say they can&#8217;t afford.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:56:05 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Business, unions pressure Sen. Mark Warner</title>
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner has friends on both sides of a big labor-management fight in Washington. By not taking sides, the freshman Democrat is angering his friends. In Richmond today, Warner came under pressure from unions and corporations to take a stand in the debate over federal legislation that could make it easier for labor to organize workers.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:44:23 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Police charge two in Richmond homicides</title>
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Authorities today say they&#8217;ve arrested two Richmond men wanted in separate city homicides. David M. Ellis, 18, of the 3000 block of Garland Avenue, was arrested yesterday within hours after police found a man dead in a car from a gunshot wound in North Richmond. Police identified the victim today as Kelvin R. Green, 38, of Highland Springs. A family member and a family friend yesterday had identified him as Kevin Green.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:22:03 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>FBI continues work with Taliaferro slaying investigation</title>
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Sentencing dates are set for two convicted of involuntary manslaughter as protests continue around Powhatan County Courthouse; trial date scheduled for prosecution witness.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:02:44 EDT</pubDate>
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A man and woman whose bodies were discovered in a Chesterfield County apartment Saturday apparently died of drug overdoses, police said today. Authorities still are not identifying the man and woman found dead in the 7700 block of Bannockbarn Drive in the Chesterfield Village Apartments north of Midlothian Turnpike and west of Chippenham Parkway.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:46:03 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Chesterfield sets registration for kindergarten, pre&#45;kindergarten</title>
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Chesterfield County will register children for kindergarten and take applications for a limited number of pre-kindergarten positions Thursday at the county&#8217;s schools between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:01:35 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Wreck cleared on I&#45;95 south near Bryan Park</title>
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A two-vehicle wreck this morning slowed rush-hour traffic on Interstate 95 southbound near the junction of Interstate 64 westbound at Bryan Park. The wreck occurred about 7 a.m. near I-95&#8217;s exit 79 and involved a pickup truck and a passenger car. The wreck was blocking the center and left lanes on southbound I-95. No injuries were reported, but southbound I-95 traffic quickly backed up as Virginia State Police worked to clear the wreckage.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Highland Park homicide suspect remains at large</title>
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Richmond police were continuing to search today for the suspect in yesterday afternoon&#8217;s homicide in Highland Park. Police were summoned shortly after 3 p.m. after the man was fatally shot in the 3000 block of Third Avenue, just south of East Brookland Park Boulevard. Authorities had not named the victim, but a family member and a family friend identified him as Kevin Green of Highland Springs. They said he was about 39 years old.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:00:04 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Power restored in Colonial Heights</title>
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A blown transformer left thousands of Dominion Virginia Power customers without electricity this morning in Colonial Heights. Nearly 3,000 customers were without power in the Colonial Heights-southern Chesterfield County area until utility crews repaired the damage and restored power about 6 a.m.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:46:34 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Periods of drizzle today</title>
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The National Weather Service says it will be a wet day in Richmond. The forecast for the capital region calls for a 90 percent chance of periods of rain or drizzle before 1p.m., then occasional drizzle with an afternoon high near 60 degrees. The drizzle pattern will continue overnight, giving way to a 60 percent chance of showers tomorrow with an afternoon high near 53 degrees.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:42:05 EDT</pubDate>
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Richmond&#8217;s real estate tax rate will remain at $1.20 next year, the highest rate in the region even though the mayor&#8217;s proposed 2010 budget is $26 million less than the current year&#8217;s budget. &#8220;I do not think we would be responsible if we cut the budget any more,&#8220; said Council President Kathy C. Graziano before calling for a vote last night. &#8220;It will be difficult to balance even at $1.20.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:01:58 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Police seek killer in Highland Park shooting</title>
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The killing of a man in a car near a busy North Richmond intersection yesterday afternoon drew grieving family members and dozens of onlookers. Police were summoned shortly after 3 p.m. after the man was fatally shot in the 3000 block of Third Avenue, just south of East Brookland Park Boulevard in the Highland Park area.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:01:55 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>News Near You for April 14</title>
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Henrico Denise M. Jefferson, charged with felony child neglect in the shooting death of her 2-year old grandson, will face a June 9 trial in Henrico County Circuit Court. Jefferson, 57, waived a preliminary hearing yesterday and remains jailed in lieu of $100,000 bond. Authorities yesterday dropped a misdemeanor charge of failing to secure a dangerous weapon. Occupants of Jefferson&#8217;s home told police that Kristofer L. Jefferson shot himself with a .22-caliber rifle Jan. 25. The boy died in VCU Medical Center.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:01:54 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Chesterfield police officer acquitted of brandishing weapon while off&#45;duty</title>
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A Chesterfield County police officer was acquitted yesterday of brandishing his police-issue pistol during an off-duty confrontation last month with two men. After a 3&#189;-hour trial in Chesterfield General District Court, a judge found officer Frank H. Darnold III not guilty and concluded that he had never unholstered his gun. He was returned to full duty yesterday after being on administrative leave with pay after his arrest.           ]]></description>
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Thirty-six-year-old Yong Sun was a famiiar figure in the eastern Henrico neighborhood; a killer remains at large.           ]]></description>
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A lone candle lighted at midnight will begin a daylong remembrance Thursday at Virginia Tech for the 32 people who died there two years ago. Members of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets will stand guard of that candle, which will be extinguished at 11:59 p.m., for the duration of the day.            ]]></description>
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Richmond&#8217;s top planning and building official blames the collapse of the historic Eggleston Hotel on its owners&#8217; slow response to years of urging from the city to repair the blighted building.            ]]></description>
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Richmond&#8217;s real estate tax rate will remain at $1.20 next year, the highest rate in the region even though the mayor&#8217;s proposed 2010 budget is $26 million less than the current year&#8217;s budget. &#8220;I do not think we would be responsible if we cut the budget any more,&#8220; Council President Kathy C. Graziano said before calling for a vote last night. &#8220;It will be difficult to balance even at $1.20.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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After a 16-year hiatus, Virginia again is taking part in a federal survey of health-risk behaviors affecting youths that covers topics from bullying to drug use. This month and next, high school students across the state will answer questions such as how many times they have used over-the-counter drugs to get high; whether during the past 12 months they ever seriously considered attempting suicide; and how they would describe their weight.           ]]></description>
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A Chesterfield County police officer was acquitted yesterday of brandishing his police-issue pistol during an off-duty confrontation last month with two men. After a 3&#189;-hour trial in Chesterfield General District Court, a judge found Officer Frank H. Darnold III not guilty and concluded that he had never unholstered his gun. He was returned to full duty yesterday after being on administrative leave with pay after his arrest.           ]]></description>
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A 27-year-old man was convicted yesterday in Louisa County of setting fire to his twin brother&#8217;s home in Louisa County after an argument over a cell-phone bill, according to authorities. Joshua A. Follin was found guilty of arson for a fire Dec. 18, 2007, that destroyed a garage, two cars and several recreational motor vehicles, officials said.           ]]></description>
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On the 266th anniversary of his birth, some of Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s biggest fans are again speaking out on the controversy that followed him to his grave in 1826 and has been fodder for scandal ever since. Meeting beneath a portrait of the Virginian in the state Capitol he designed more than 200 years ago, the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society yesterday made its case against claims that the third president had an affair with slave Sally Hemings and had several children with her after his wife&#8217;s death.           ]]></description>
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Authorities in Richmond were investigating two fires they believe were deliberately set two blocks from each other in the Carver area yesterday. One was a two-alarm fire that significantly damaged a building under renovation near Virginia Commonwealth University&#8217;s Monroe Park campus. No injuries were reported in the fire, which was discovered shortly before 4 a.m. at a two-story vacant building in the 900 block of West Clay Street.           ]]></description>
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Growing up the youngest of six children, Henrico County resident Ellis Baggs was the one being beat at board games by his older brothers and sisters. Years later, Baggs is the one who routinely comes out on top at board games. The environmental lawyer at Hunton &amp; Williams is so successful at Monopoly that he qualified for this week&#8217;s 2009 Monopoly U.S. National Championship in Washington.           ]]></description>
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Sewer customers in the Hopewell area could soon see a bill increase of nearly 70 percent if the Hopewell City Council approves a proposed rate increase today. An average user&#8217;s bill would increase by $7.52 per month. The average sewer customer uses 5,000 gallons of water per month and has a monthly bill of $10.88; under the proposal, that bill would go up to $18.40.           ]]></description>
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Less than two months into its latest deployment, the Virginia-based USS Bainbridge found itself at the forefront of a tense overseas showdown. Snipers from the guided-missile destroyer, whose home port is Naval Station Norfolk, needed just three shots to take out three Somali pirates holding an American cargo ship captain hostage Sunday in the Indian Ocean.           ]]></description>
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Emergency disaster-relief techniques and equipment will be showcased tomorrow at Virginia Commonwealth University. The VCU Medical Center and the Medical Reserve Corps will demonstrate the Stabilization and Treatment in Place unit from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Student Commons courtyard, 907 Floyd Ave. At noon, an emergency simulation and demonstration of a field hospital will take place with the Medical Reserve Corps, which includes volunteers from medical and public-health professions.           ]]></description>
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Most people say they plan to use this year&#8217;s tax refund to pay bills, deciding in this sour economy to be more frugal with their annual windfall.           ]]></description>
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ARLINGTON&#8212;Until Congress closes a loophole that makes it easy for criminals to buy firearms at gun shows, Virginia and other states must work to tighten their own laws, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today. Bloomberg joined family members of Virginia Tech massacre victims in northern Virginia to unveil a new television ad that will begin airing Tuesday, which calls on the state to end a practice allowing what are called &#8220;occasional sellers&#8221; at gun shows to sell weapons without conducting background checks.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:08:04 EDT</pubDate>
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A restaurant delivery driver was shot to death Sunday night off Nine Mile Road shortly after he delivered an order to a home in the 500 block of Lowell Street.           ]]></description>
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          <title>At Capitol, supporters defend Jefferson on his 266th birthday</title>
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On the 266th anniversary of his birth, some of Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s biggest fans are again speaking out on the controversy that followed him to his grave in 1826 and has been fodder for scandal ever since. Meeting beneath a portrait of the Virginian in the state Capitol he designed more than 200 years ago, the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society today made the case against claims the nation&#8217;s third president had an affair with slave Sally Hemings and with her, had several children after his wife&#8217;s death.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:14:24 EDT</pubDate>
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A Chesterfield County police officer was acquitted today of a charge of brandishing his police-issue pistol during an off-duty confrontation last month with two men in a car. After a 3&#189;-hour trial in Chesterfield General District Court, a judge found Officer Frank H. Darnold III not guilty and concluded that he had never unholstered his gun.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:54:23 EDT</pubDate>
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BOSTON (AP)&#8212;Former All-Star pitcher Mark &#8220;The Bird&#8221; Fidrych has been found dead in an apparent accident at his farm in Northborough, Massachusetts. He was 54. Worcester County district attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. says a family friend found Fidrych about 2:30 p.m. Monday beneath a pickup truck. He appeared to be working on the truck, Early said.           ]]></description>
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In the 25 years since Thomas E. Haynesworth went behind bars as a 130-pound teenager, he has befriended two inmates who, like himself, were convicted rapists. Earlier this decade, DNA testing of evidence discovered in old state forensic laboratory files proved those friends, Marvin Anderson and Julius Ruffin, innocent and implicated the real assailants.           ]]></description>
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Republican Bob McDonnell raised $2.2 million for his campaign for governor in the last three months, outpacing all but one of his three Democratic rivals. McDonnell, who is unopposed for the Republican nomination, had $3.5 million in cash on hand through March 31, more than any of his Democratic opponents. The former attorney general was barred from raising funds from Jan. 15, the beginning of the General Assembly session, through Feb. 20, when he stepped down to run for governor full time.           ]]></description>
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Police are investigating a fatal shooting this afternoon on Third Avenue near East Brookland Park Boulevard in Richmond&#8217;s North Side. Police responded shortly after 3 p.m. and found the body of a man with at least one gunshot wound.&nbsp; The body was inside a black Ford Edge. Dozens of onlookers watched as police surrounded the crime scene and began their investigation. Part of East Brookland Park Boulevard was shut down.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has appointed Luisa Soaterna as his Latino liaison.            ]]></description>
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A 27-year-old man was convicted today in Louisa County of setting a fire at his twin brother&#8217;s home after an argument over a cell-phone bill, authorities said. Joshua A. Follin was found guilty of arson in a fire on Dec. 18, 2007, that destroyed a garage, two cars and several recreational motor vehicles, officials said. The twin brother testified he was asleep in his home with his girlfriend when he heard an explosion in the garage around midnight. Firefighters stopped the flames before they caused much damage to the home itself.           ]]></description>
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds today unveiled a 10-year plan to help 70,000 more Virginians graduate from college by making higher education more affordable through additional loans and grants. The state senator from rural Bath County also proposed incentives for teachers in kindergarten through 12th grade, pitching loan forgiveness for work in high-need areas of the state and for teacher specialization in emerging science and technology fields.           ]]></description>
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NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell will moderate the Democratic gubernatorial debate this Sunday at the College of William &amp; Mary. The debate features the three Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls: state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds of Bath County, former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe and former Del. Brian Moran of Alexandria.           ]]></description>
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WOODBRIDGE&#8212;A Richmond woman has been charged by police for allegedly leaving her children alone in her car while she went shopping at the Potomac Mills mall. Emily McCormick left her 16-month-old daughter and 3&#189;-month-old son sitting in the car at a mall parking lot on Apirl 4 at 8 p.m., said Prince William County police spokeswoman Erika Hernandez.           ]]></description>
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HOPEWELL&#8212;The Hopewell School Board will meet today to address several money matters. The agenda includes a discussion on the 2009-10 budget and renovations at Hopewell High School. The meeting is to begin at 5:30 p.m. at the School Board office, 103 N. 12th Ave.           ]]></description>
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ETTRICK&#8212;Virginia State University will present &#8220;Child Soldiers: A Global Dilemma&#8221; today at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the L. Douglas Wilder Building. The event is free and open to the public. The forum will address the exploitation of children by militants in countries around the globe and its implications on the future of children cross-culturally.           ]]></description>
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The National Weather Service is calling for a wet week in the Richmond area. Today&#8217;s forecast is for an 80 percent chance of rain after 2 p.m. with an afternoon high near 55 degrees. There is a 90 percent chance of possibly heavy rain overnight before it drops to an 80 percent chance of rain tomorrow, when the high is expected to top out again at about 55 degrees.           ]]></description>
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Police said arson was to blame for a two-alarm fire this morning that significantly damaged a building under renovation near Virginia Commonwealth University&#8217;s Monroe Park campus. No injuries were reported in the fire, which was discovered shortly before 4 a.m. at a two-story building in the 900 block of West Clay Street. Richmond Fire Lt. Shawn L. Jones said the fire heavily damaged the second floor of the building before being declared under control shortly after 4:15 a.m.           ]]></description>
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Melissa Mitchem, a second-year teacher at Falling Creek Elementary School, has been eager for her fifth-graders to take their Standards of Learning tests online. This spring, she&#8217;ll get her wish.            ]]></description>
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Police are investigating a fatal shooting in Richmond and the deaths of two people in Chesterfield County this weekend. Chesterfield police are awaiting autopsy results to determine the cause of death of a man and woman found dead in an apartment Saturday.            ]]></description>
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Walking down a four-block stretch of Monument Avenue yesterday afternoon, it was easy to suffer from sensory overload. The senses were set upon from all directions&#8212;smells of funnel cakes and simmering sausages; sights of people and dogs traversing the historic street dressed up in unusual, often homemade headgear; and sounds of music emanating from porches and sidewalks.           ]]></description>
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VCU Medical Center&#8217;s $192 million Critical Care Hospital opened in October with the vision of it being a facility of the future, with features that make patient care better, safer and more cost-efficient.            ]]></description>
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Piles of brick, stone and cinderblock were all that remained of the historic Eggleston Hotel yesterday, a day after the structure partially collapsed and was later demolished. A broken Eggleston Hotel sign laid nearby, and two large heavy equipment excavators sat atop the rubble. The loss of the building at the corner of Second and Leigh streets in Richmond is being felt by the Jackson Ward neighborhood and by preservationists. The building partially collapsed Saturday about 5:45 a.m.           ]]></description>
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A former Navy SEAL trainee&#8217;s bid to be cleared of a murder conviction will be argued before the Court of Appeals of Virginia tomorrow. Dustin Turner, 34, is serving 82 years for the first-degree murder and abduction in 1995 of Jennifer Evans, a 21-year-old pre-med student at Emory University in Atlanta. The two had met at a Virginia Beach nightclub.           ]]></description>
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While the average taxpayer may recoil when he hears the word &#8220;audit,&#8220; he might embrace it when applied to local governments and how they spend tax dollars. For example, a recent audit in Goochland County turned up almost $200,000 in undeposited utilities checks. The county has had to begin a forensic audit of the utilities department that could cost up to $50,000, and another top-down audit of the county has been approved for later this year, at a cost of up to $15,000.           ]]></description>
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