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  • Second eagle chick hatches
  • Usually in an eagle nest, the male does nearly all the hunting — bringing in fish — while the female does nearly all the chick care. There is some role reversal going on in this nest, with Virginia doing some hunting and James some feeding, Slatcher said.
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch
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  • 3/18/2012 8:40:16 PM
  • KG market will include Westmoreland producers this season
  • Producers in both counties will offer fresh vegetables, fruits, berries, fish, breads and jams and products from ... at the market are available online here or at King George’s Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Office at 10087 Kings Highway.
  • Free Lance-Star
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  • 3/18/2012 8:01:30 AM
  • Virginia Beach robbery suspect shot by police
  • Wavy-TV 10 news is reporting that a Saturday afternoon robbery attempt in Virginia Beach led to a chase and crash that was followed by a melee where at least one police officer shot the suspect. According to a report on the television station's ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/18/2012 6:57:04 AM
  • Second Richmond eagle chick hatched at 7:31 a.m. today
  • 7:48 UPDATE: Eagle chick number two broke it's shell in half to start the morning but Virginia and James kept the egg and ... eating and feeding chick number one their fresh caught fish, the other eaglet cracked out of it's egg shell.
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch
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  • 3/18/2012 4:55:23 AM
  • Sunday’s column: A track befitting the name ‘Coach Jones’
  • On other occasions, he took them fishing. Jones died last year on April 8 — he ... Hundreds came by his house to do that in person. The Virginia General Assembly later honored him in a resolution. And barely a month after his death, the Roanoke School ...
  • Roanoke Times
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  • 3/18/2012 3:22:19 AM
  • New Norfolk pizzeria cooks up kosher certification
  • So Pepe New York won't offer sausage or pepperoni toppings and won't serve any meat, said Suissa, a former contractor who lives in Virginia Beach ... such as lasagna and manicotti, and fish dishes. Pepe New York will replace Rita's ice and custard store ..
  • HamptonRoads.com
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  • 3/18/2012 12:01:53 AM
  • Metro columnist Dan Casey: Guiding athletes was PH coach's calling
  • On other occasions, he took them fishing. Jones died last year on April 8 - he'd been ... Hundreds came by his house to do that in person. The Virginia General Assembly later honored him in a resolution. And barely a month after his death, the Roanoke ...
  • Roanoke Times
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  • 3/17/2012 9:10:05 PM
  • Time right for Virginia Beach light rail?
  • Two recent developments may indicate growing momentum toward an extension of light rail into Virginia Beach. First, in February, Dwight Farmer, executive director of the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, penned a letter to the ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/17/2012 6:39:46 PM
  • Boat rentals under new ownership
  • In fact, the pair went fishing for their first date ... and each has a bounty of fish. Cohoon boasts largemouth bass, crappie, bream, shellcrackers and white perch. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries states on its website ...
  • Suffolk News-Herald
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  • 3/17/2012 3:47:58 PM
  • A mother's heart ache: 'My son could have been saved'
  • “He liked to do different things,” Maria Jones said. “He loved going fishing. He loved animals.” Michael Jones moved to Lynchburg in 2005, but his old demons continued to haunt him. Last year he began living at The Gateway, a transition ...
  • Lynchburg News and Advance
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  • 3/16/2012 8:28:20 PM
  • Waypoint Seafood & Grill, a winner worth the wait
  • Tommy Leggett’s York River oysters were available on the half-shell ($8), simply fried ($8) or the “Waypoint Way” ($13) – our choice – baked with lump crab, shaved Virginia ham and ... sumptuous-sounding fresh fish selections, we were tempted ...
  • HamptonRoads.com
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  • 3/16/2012 6:26:38 PM
  • Update: Nearly 100 rabbits removed from Virginia Beach home
  • VIRGINIA BEACH -- Nearly 100 rabbits were taken from a Virginia Beach home Thursday, according to police. Police responded to a suspicious call for service in the 2100 Block of Wolfsnare Road in the Hilltop neighborhood of the City at 6:55 p.m ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/16/2012 2:08:56 PM
  • Westmoreland Berry Farm branches out
  • These include arrowheads left by the Eastern Woodland Indians who caught fish, oysters and crabs in the Rappahannock River; and pottery and glass dating to the 17th century when Colonists farmed the land. “We’ve had all these artifacts all ...
  • Free Lance-Star
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  • 3/16/2012 12:21:34 PM
  • More than 70 rabbits removed from Virginia Beach home
  • VIRGINIA BEACH -- More than 70 rabbits were taken from a Virginia Beach home Thursday. Police responded to a suspicious call for service in the 2100 Block of Wolfsnare Road in the Hilltop neighborhood of the City at 6:55 p.m., according to a ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/16/2012 11:24:18 AM
  • Is advice on salt intake realistic?
  • You’d even have to limit bread and cereals, milk, meat, chicken and fish. For example, a slice of bread, a cup of milk or a modest, 3-ounce serving of meat, chicken, or fish has 150 to 180 milligrams of sodium. There are only 10 milligrams of ...
  • Free Lance-Star
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  • 3/16/2012 7:35:14 AM
  • Virginia Beach sheriff: No drugs involved in York woman's jail death
  • A York County woman did not have drugs in her system when she died in a Virginia Beach jail last year, sheriff Ken Stolle said. Jacquelynn Diane Schwartz, 31, died on July 18, 2011, after choking on her jail-issued identification bracelet.
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/16/2012 5:40:42 AM
  • Halifax resident brings Native American music to life
  • The group has several performances lined up with the earliest set for June 9 in Virginia Beach at the Eastern American ... she enjoys being a “nature buff.” “I love fishing and hunting and spending time with the birds, especially watching the eagles.
  • Gazette Virginian
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  • 3/16/2012 3:46:10 AM
  • Outdoors: You can still experience "Opening Day" for trout fishing
  • And many fishermen complained that trout fishing was no longer an angling experience, but a circus. Finally, a slew of poachers disregarded the closed season and made short work of the fish in many steams before legal anglers had a chance.
  • Daily Progress
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  • 3/15/2012 8:58:09 PM
  • Shad showing up early in Richmond
  • So, how about a little fishing roundup ... blueback herring and alewives — are off limits. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission sets the regulations for anadromous fish such as herring (and stripers and shad), which spend most of their ...
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch
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  • 3/15/2012 8:43:50 PM
  • Gonzaga 77, West Virginia 54
  • Gonzaga 77, West Virginia 54: The freshman backcourt of Kevin Pangos and Gary Bell Jr. combined for 27 points as the Bulldogs throttled the Mountaineers in Pittsburgh. Bell and Robert Sacre each scored 14 points and Pangos added 13 more to lead ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/15/2012 7:46:34 PM
  • Marshall's military detention bill divides Va. Republicans
  • As Virginia lawmakers scrambled late in the General Assembly session to wrap up loose ends, an unusual piece of legislation with potentially vast ramifications passed with little fanfare. If signed into law, House Bill 1160, sponsored by Del.
  • Inside Nova
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  • 3/15/2012 7:25:05 PM
  • Virginia's parks catering to spring break crowds
  • When kids think of "spring break" they often think of parties and the beach. This year, the Virginia State Park system is hoping more children, and families, are thinking relaxation and nature. For the first time, Virginia's 35 state parks are ...
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/15/2012 3:21:42 PM
  • Obstacle race coming up
  • She said obstacle courses are becoming more and more popular in Virginia. But don’t worry about the obstacles ... Cat” crawl where you have to crawl on your belly under fishing line. >> A balance beam. >> A shamrock slip-and-slide on ...
  • Madison News
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  • 3/15/2012 12:15:35 PM
  • Health Notes: Eastern Virginia AIDS Network receives meals grant
  • Eastern Virginia AIDS Network (EVAN) has been awarded $5,000 in grant money from Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, based in New York City. This national grant is designated for food service and meal delivery programs Broadway Cares / Equity ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/15/2012 9:30:57 AM
  • Online viewing of osprey nest in Va. debuts
  • (WTW) — The Virginia ... by eating live fish, such as croaker, menhaden and white perch. That helps researchers understand the health of the ecosystem. The nesting site the camera is set up on gives ospreys easy access to nearby fishing grounds on ...
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/15/2012 7:43:35 AM
  • Grand jury begins Norfolk no-show worker probe
  • But Poston said the special grand jury shouldn't engage in a “fishing expedition.” The panel will report any potential wrongdoing to the court. Former Norfolk schools Superintendent John O. Simpson will serve as jury foreman.
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch
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  • 3/15/2012 4:08:50 AM
  • Virginia Tech To Review Negligence Verdict In 2007 Shooting Rampage
  • (CNN) -- Virginia Tech plans to consider all its options after it reviews a jury verdict that found it was negligent in a 2007 shooting rampage that left 33 people dead, including the gunman, a university spokesman said. The move follows Wednesday's ...
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/15/2012 12:05:27 AM
  • Shenandoah National Park focus of historical society's meeting
  • John Lederer, a German physician, and three Native American guides were sent westward in 1669 by the Virginia colony's lieutenant governor ... Decades later President Herbert Hoover had a fishing retreat on the Rapidan River.
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/14/2012 11:15:20 PM
  • Ready for deployment
  • Camp Leatherneck Etherton's family moved from West Virginia to Moneta when she was in junior high ... Etherton returned to Roanoke and did a lot of fishing. She eventually decided to "take the leap" and go back to college. She returned to Ferrum for ...
  • Roanoke Times
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  • 3/14/2012 7:04:48 PM
  • Virginia Tech loses wrongful death case from 2007 rampage
  • PORTSMOUTH, Virginia (Reuters) - A jury on Wednesday found Virginia Tech negligent in the 2007 massacre at the university by being slow to issue a campus warning as the shooting spree unfolded, and recommended that the families of two slain ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/14/2012 5:46:03 PM
  • Slideshow-Michael Hash released
  • Michael Wayne Hash is led from the Culpeper County Courthouse Wednesday afternoon after a judge ordered his release from prison. Earlier this month, a federal judge overturned Hash's 2001 capital murder conviction for the killing of Thelma Scroggins of ...
  • Daily Progress
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  • 3/14/2012 3:51:32 PM
  • Jury Finds Virginia Tech Negligent In Shootings
  • (CNN) -- A jury in Christiansburg, Virginia, decided Wednesday in favor of two families of victims of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. The seven-member jury awarded $4 million to the families, who had sued the state. Their lawyers had argued that the ...
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/14/2012 1:35:31 PM
  • Yay for Virginia Women!
  • Virginia Republican caucus chairman Ryan McDougle has proven himself a fearless, uterusless supporter of Getting all up in The Commonwealth's Ladybusiness. He backed the state's now-tabled Personhood bill and stood behind the law that will force women ...
  • Free Lance-Star
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  • 3/14/2012 12:31:06 PM
  • Hard-Pressed Agencies Make Pleas To Board
  • Included in the draft are 3 percent pay raises for county employees, and larger employer contributions for the Virginia Retirement System and group life insurance. Steve Bolster, director of fiscal services for the county, said he’d based the ...
  • The News-Gazette
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  • 3/14/2012 11:26:40 AM
  • Police investigate attempted sexual assault in Virginia Beach
  • Police in Virginia Beach are investigating an attempted sexual attack on a woman who was walking in the Green Run section of the city on Tuesday morning. Police spokeswoman Grazia Moyers said the woman was was walking in her neighborhood and saw ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/14/2012 9:32:08 AM
  • Girl, 6, Becomes Youngest Eligible For Spelling Bee
  • (CNN) -- Can you say extraordinary? Six-year-old Lori Anne Madison can probably spell it - and it's one of the best words to describe her. The young girl from Prince William County, Va., has just become the youngest speller eligible to participate in the .
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/14/2012 9:17:49 AM
  • Nelson County man killed in accident remembered
  • He was described as a quick-thinking problem solver and known as Computer 911 in the telecommunications department at the University of Virginia, where he worked ... During the family’s fishing trips when the kids were younger, Steven would ...
  • News-Virginian
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  • 3/14/2012 6:33:11 AM
  • Catholic cooks whip up meatless meals
  • and the family always ate meatless meals on Fridays (fish was allowed). When the children were moved from Catholic school to public school, Ashbrook’s mother coordinated with the school about Friday meals. Growing up in West Virginia, everything was ...
  • Martinsville Bulletin
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  • 3/14/2012 6:04:33 AM
  • Nelson County man killed in accident remembered
  • He was described as a quick-thinking problem solver and known as Computer 911 in the telecommunications department at the University of Virginia, where he worked ... During the family’s fishing trips when the kids were younger, Steven would ...
  • Lynchburg News and Advance
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  • 3/14/2012 5:43:04 AM
  • Accident shuts down highway ramps on I-264 in Virginia Beach
  • An accident in Virginia Beach has shut down two highway ramps early Wednesday morning. The accident at First Colonial Road and Virginia Beach Boulevard has caused the Virginia Department of Transportation to close the ramps to both eastbound and ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/14/2012 2:58:26 AM
  • Wyoming tribe gets OK to kill 2 bald eagles
  • The Northern Arapaho Tribe had sued the government last year, arguing its members' religious freedom was being violated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's refusal to issue a "take" permit. Federal law prohibits killing a bald eagle, the national bird.
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/13/2012 9:29:09 PM
  • Profile for Daily Progress Staff Reports
  • During the course of the $1,788,671 project, traffic will be diverted onto Interstate 64 between exits 124 and 129 in both directions. During heavy traffic periods, police officers will direct traffic at exit 129.
  • Charlottesville Daily Progress
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  • 3/13/2012 3:52:43 PM
  • Federal agency will let Wyoming tribe kill eagles
  • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Federal court records show the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to give an American Indian tribe in Wyoming a permit to kill two bald eagles this year for religious purposes. The Northern Arapaho Tribe filed a lawsuit against
  • NBC12
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  • 3/13/2012 2:55:27 PM
  • Candidates Play Expectation Game In Deep South Primaries
  • But that story was offset because Gingrich and Santorum weren't on the Virginia ballot, and because the Romney campaign let Tennessee expectations get out of whack. "But if he adds a win in either Alabama or Mississippi, and wins as many or more delegates
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/13/2012 1:36:42 PM
  • Virginia's unemployment rate hits three-year low
  • Virginia's unemployment rate dipped to 5.8 percent in January, the state's lowest figure in three years, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Virginia Employment Commission. The rate fell 0.3 percentage points from December 2011 when ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/13/2012 11:49:20 AM
  • Mental Illness Behind Afghan Shooting?
  • Newhouse compared the shootings to mass killings seen in the United States, at Virginia Tech and in Tucson, Arizona. Individuals accused in those incidents "turn out to have given off a lot of signals of mental illness or severe disturbance before the ...
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/13/2012 8:07:25 AM
  • Navy Carrier USS Enterprise On Final Voyage
  • The carrier and its crew of 3,100 left Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia on Sunday in the ship's 22nd deployment. The ship's air wing and other naval staff aboard add another 1,500 personnel. It will be deployed in the Navy's Sixth Fleet and Fifth Fleet ..
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/13/2012 12:57:56 AM
  • Frank T. Slonka
  • Mr. Slonka was a member of the Church of the Messiah, where he led an adult Bible study for many years. He loved NASCAR, fishing and spending time with his family at his vacation home in Murrells Inlet, S.C. Survivors include his wife, Carol F. Slonka ...
  • Free Lance-Star
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  • 3/12/2012 9:30:20 PM
  • Police thought first Virginia Tech shootings were domestic violence
  • CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — Law enforcement officials on Monday defended the police conclusion on the morning of the Virginia Tech mass killings in April 2007 that the first two shootings had all the signs of domestic violence and not the work ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/12/2012 9:08:52 PM
  • Lucky Claytor Lake angler reels in top bass
  • Kegley's application for the state record must be approved by the Virginia state record fish committee, which seems all but assured. The fish, which was 20 inches long, hit an Alabama rig. A-rigs, the hottest thing going in bass fishing, are castable ...
  • Roanoke Times
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  • 3/12/2012 8:54:33 PM
  • Boat sank so fast no time for distress call
  • ... pounds of fish in the morning to the fish processing plant in Warrenton. Work as a commercial fisherman is considered one of the most dangerous jobs. From 2000-2010, 545 commercial fishermen died while fishing in U.S. waters, according to the Centers .
  • NBC12
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  • 3/12/2012 6:09:54 PM
  • Classes to be held on anniversary of Virginia Tech massacre
  • Students at Virginia Tech will do something they haven't done since the massacre on campus five years ago — go to class on the anniversary of the killings. Classes on April 16 will be an important milestone after student gunman Seung Hui Cho killed 32 ...
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/12/2012 4:58:19 PM
  • 2 Eastern US mussels to be listed as endangered
  • The sheepnose and spectaclecase mussels will be protected following an agreement reached last summer between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and ... Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The spectaclecase is about 7 inches ...
  • Journal-News
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  • 3/12/2012 12:54:56 PM
  • Virginia lands larger number of corporate facilities, expansions in 2011
  • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia landed a larger number of corporate facilities and expansions in 2011.Gov. Bob McDonnell's office on Monday said the state had 273 new projects and expansions in 2011. That's a 44 percent increase from the 190 new ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/12/2012 12:33:28 PM
  • 2 Eastern US mussels to be listed as endangered
  • The sheepnose and spectaclecase mussels will be protected following an agreement reached last summer between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and ... Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The spectaclecase is about 7 inches ...
  • Middletown Journal
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  • 3/12/2012 12:26:18 PM
  • Is merit Virginia's measure of progress?
  • Throughout Virginia's history there has been a conscious focus of support by the Virginia General Assembly for certain projects to the exclusion of others. It seems that — whatever the motivation for financial support given to certain majority ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/12/2012 9:05:53 AM
  • US, Russia to talk Syria at key UN Mideast meeting
  • UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Syria's president on Monday to take swift action to end his regime's bloody crackdown and appealed to the divided U.N. Security Council to speak with one voice and help Syria "pull back from the ...
  • NBC12
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  • 3/12/2012 8:58:43 AM
  • Apple's market clout likely to draw more scrutiny
  • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - In everything it does, from product design to business deals, Apple strives for as much control as possible. But as the world's most valuable company sets out to define and dominate the rapidly evolving markets it created with the ...
  • NBC12
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  • 3/12/2012 8:51:34 AM
  • Woman grazed by bullet during shootout at Virginia Beach nightclub
  • A woman was grazed by a bullet Saturday morning during a shootout at a Virginia Beach nightclub. The incident took place at 12:48 a.m. at Scooters located in the 900 block of Lynnhaven Boulevard, said Grazia Moyers, spokeswoman for the Virginia ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/12/2012 7:47:08 AM
  • Japan marks tsunami anniversary with moment of silence
  • After the quake, Tomizawa Hitomi and seven colleagues had fled their fish processing plant in a van ... She has been unemployed ever since the tsunami destroyed the city's fishing industry. Ikurou Okuda had abandoned his car on a gridlocked bridge and ...
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/11/2012 5:56:46 PM
  • 10th Person Dies From Tornado Outbreak
  • Baldwin of Meigs Township and two nieces, Donna Bella Vilvens of Blanchester and Virginia Ann Conley of Dunkinsville. Baldwin was a homemaker and dairy farmer. Funeral home directors said she attended the former Compton School and was a lifetime member of
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/11/2012 4:09:24 PM
  • Adams Co. Tornado Claims Another Life
  • Baldwin of Meigs Township and two nieces, Donna Bella Vilvens of Blanchester and Virginia Ann Conley of Dunkinsville. Baldwin was a homemaker and dairy farmer. Funeral home directors said she attended the former Compton School and was a lifetime member of
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/11/2012 2:07:43 PM
  • Japan debates how to memorialize thousands killed by tsunami
  • Nationwide, more than 19,000 people died. Today, the metal skeleton of the building is one of few remaining structures in the desolated fishing town of Minamisanriku, northeast Japan. Visitors bow and leave flowers at a makeshift shrine to Endo and her col
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/11/2012 5:18:00 AM
  • Search on overnight after debris found off Wash.
  • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Two Coast Guard cutters searched through the early morning hours Sunday for four people who disappeared from a fishing trawler. Crews found a damaged, empty lifeboat after tracking a distress beacon to a debris field and an oil sheen
  • NBC12
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  • 3/11/2012 3:44:56 AM
  • Support, rewards key to fitness success
  • Did swimming like a fish make you feel great as a kid? Were you a good dancer and did it make you happy? “Find some kind of activities that give back to you,” said Nielsen. A former swimmer is much more likely to be successful at getting fit ...
  • Lynchburg News and Advance
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  • 3/11/2012 12:00:18 AM
  • Living wage won't make workers stop striving
  • As a student at the University of Virginia, I’d like to respond to a letter of Feb ... wage takes away the incentive to earn an education. “Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” appears to be what he is trying to get ...
  • Daily Progress
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  • 3/10/2012 9:37:08 PM
  • Eagle eggs should hatch this week
  • After long weeks of sitting on the eggs, the parents should burst into action, with James bringing in fish for the chicks and Virginia feeding the blonde, downy youngsters six to eight times a day. The two Richmond eggs should hatch two or three ...
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch
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  • 3/10/2012 8:54:11 PM
  • National Briefs for March 11
  • Police who had trained for a Virginia Tech-style shooting killed him ... The emergency beacon from an Oregon-based fishing boat led rescuers to the debris field and a damaged lifeboat, the Coast Guard said. The distress signal came early ...
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch
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  • 3/10/2012 8:54:11 PM
  • Girls soccer season preview: STAB turns to new faces on defense
  • The 2011 girls soccer team at St. Anne’s-Belfield was a talented one, posting a 9-6-2 record and earning spot in the LIS state semifinals. The Saints advanced further than they had in their previous four spring seasons. “We had a tremendous ...
  • Daily Progress
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  • 3/10/2012 7:56:55 PM
  • Help, advice for victims of floodwaters
  • In his work and with family members who fish and crab on the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers, Moncure said he’s seen the dead zones that result from too much nitrogen and phosphorus in the water.   “They pull up a pot and all the crabs in ...
  • Free Lance-Star
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  • 3/10/2012 6:59:39 PM
  • Japanese, U.S. volunteers help communities rebuild
  • At the Hikado fishing harbor, a few miles down the battered coastline ... 19-foot boat thanks to Operation Blessing International (OBI), a Virginia-based charity. "I look forward to making my own income again," said Hatakayama, whose 80 year-old father ...
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/10/2012 4:57:58 PM
  • Jobs, Energy Dominate Weekly Addresses
  • We've quadrupled the number of operating oil rigs, and opened up millions of acres for drilling." Speaking at a Virginia factory he visited on Friday, Obama said it has a big role to play in aviation. "The engine parts manufactured here will go into next .
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/10/2012 3:50:33 AM
  • EPA rules may sink beloved Wisconsin ferry
  • The village of Leland has "Fishtown," a tiny remnant of a commercial fishing village featuring weather-beaten shacks, smokehouses and charter boats. The Badger, a stout vessel with a wide smokestack and an open-air bow popular with sunbathers, is all that
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/10/2012 2:53:17 AM
  • With video games, virtual economy equals real money
  • And in fishing for those new players, they often find a whale. A recent survey by Park Associates found that while only 5 to 10 percent of the player base of social and free-to-play games regularly pays out of pocket, those who do pay are generous.
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/9/2012 10:57:04 PM
  • Samuel L. Smith
  • He graduated from the University of Richmond with a bachelor's degree in physics and attended the University of Virginia where he did graduate ... He loved golfing, boating and fishing. He especially loved his neighbors and friends, to whom he attributed .
  • Free Lance-Star
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  • 3/9/2012 9:09:41 PM
  • Marine commission leader leaving
  • Steven G. Bowman, commissioner of the agency that manages fish in Virginia's tidal waters, is leaving to become police chief in Smithfield, where he lives. Bowman, 52, will retire March 26 after six years in charge of the Virginia Marine Resources Commissi
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch
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  • 3/9/2012 8:55:22 PM
  • Defense fails Virginia in ACC tourney loss to N.C. State
  • Less than eight minutes into Friday's ACC quarterfinal against North Carolina State, Tony Bennett called timeout and lit into his Virginia team. Nothing animates this otherwise stoic coach like anemic defense, and for one of the few times this ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/9/2012 4:51:59 PM
  • Romney Rips Obama Campaign 'Infomercial'
  • "I did not run for this office just to get back to where we were," Obama told a group of workers at a manufacturing facility in Prince George, Virginia. "I ran for this office to get us to where we need to be." Republicans in Congress and on the campaign .
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/9/2012 4:16:12 PM
  • Obama visiting Prince George, keeping manufacturing focus in Virginia
  • Political calculations are not far from the surface in these trips — Virginia is expected to be a major election battleground later this year, and the president was ending the day with fundraisers in Houston to stock up on campaign cash.
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/9/2012 2:57:27 PM
  • Song Dissection: ‘Where I Come From’
  • Words you can expect in a country song once you hear something about living life slower: tractor, porch, flag, corner store, truck, fight, fishing pole, water tower, football, beer, boat. But that don’t mean I wouldn’t be proud to show ya ...
  • Free Lance-Star
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  • 3/9/2012 2:14:30 PM
  • Little Douthat Lake gives up one giant bass
  • Chris Vess of Nicelytown, a little community near Clifton Forge, caught the fish on a tiny Mepps trout ... I suspect it will draw some extra fishing attention over the next couple of months. I have been fishing in Virginia for a long time and have never ..
  • Roanoke Times
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  • 3/9/2012 11:22:42 AM
  • John Merli: Virginia's primary election that nobody noticed
  • Still, for those still undecided on whom to vote for in the fall — includ­ing perhaps even which party to support — I suspect Ron Paul came in for a good share of these votes in Virginia ... have hung a “Gone Fishing” sign out front ...
  • Inside Nova
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  • 3/9/2012 9:56:48 AM
  • Virginia State Fair shutting down, bringing end to 150-year run
  • The State Fair of Virginia, which has entertained generations of Virginians for more than a century and a half, won't be held this year because its operator has shut down. Whether another entity will step up and take over the annual fall event ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/9/2012 8:16:35 AM
  • Virginia logger killed in New Kent by falling tree limb
  • NEW KENT — Authorities are investigating a fatal logging accident in New Kent County. The New Kent County Sheriff's Office tells WAVY-TV (http://bit.ly/yqIO7g ) that a falling tree limb struck 61-year-old Clayton Leon Boyd of Brodnax on ...
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  • 3/9/2012 5:39:07 AM
  • Obama To Bring British PM To NCAA Game In Dayton
  • The tournament's 68-team field will be announced on Sunday. Last year, Virginia Commonwealth was one of the teams that played in an opening round game in Dayton, starting a run that led to VCU's appearance in the Final Four.
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/9/2012 5:31:57 AM
  • Wildlife Management Areas access fee necessary for habitat
  • Concerning the $4 access fee being charged to individuals using Virginia Wildlife Management Areas who do not hold hunting and fishing licenses or boating ... while providing opportunities to hunt, fish, trap, and view wildlife.
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/8/2012 11:48:21 PM
  • After slow start, Virgilina farm seeing organic growth
  • The crops are fertilized with all natural ingredients, using a natural blend of fish meal, bone meal, blood meal, feather meal and direct-mined potash. The greenhouses are fertilized with a mixture of Peruvian seabird guano, Epsom salt and vinegar.
  • Gazette Virginian
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  • 3/8/2012 10:29:37 PM
  • Sprawling old house offers opportunity
  • That's a large part of why the entire town is listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. One of those properties, at 909 Caroline St., is known both as the Gravatt House and Timberlake Manor. An early owner ...
  • Free Lance-Star
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  • 3/8/2012 9:10:52 PM
  • Outdoors: Spring brings much to fancy
  • FISH: Few things bring Richmonders ... Grab an old rod and reel, ask your nearest fishing retailer for a shad dart or spoon and go become part of the tableau. BIKE: Scheduled for completion in 2014, the Virginia Capital Trail is entering its ...
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch
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  • 3/8/2012 8:56:33 PM
  • Outdoors: A Spring march to Atlanta
  • I went on a 510-mile fishing trip last weekend ... It turns out that the day we were to fish featured an international wind convention as gales from around the world gathered at this Georgia retreat and tried to outdo each other.
  • Daily Progress
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  • 3/8/2012 7:59:17 PM
  • Japan's tsunami a year later: Ogatsu fights for a future
  • "We are taking action together, we need to revive the fishing industry in a different way," he says. A Tokyo entrepreneur raised 28 million yen for the venture by soliciting 10,000 yen donations from the public. Backers are to be repaid with the oysters ..
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/8/2012 6:40:33 PM
  • Virginia women striking back
  • And even less fear of what Virginia women will do about it. A new YouTube video, for instance, shows Del. Dave Albo, R-Fairfax, regaling giddy colleagues about the evening he kicked back with his wife, a glass of wine and a TV remote.
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/8/2012 6:11:55 PM
  • Fourteen people evacuated after Manassas deems trailer unsafe
  • There were pets in the home, too, Teevan said. Two cats from the mobile home were taken to the city animal shelter, and six fish, as well as their fish tank, were relocated to a nearby home. Manassas police and officials from the city’s ...
  • Inside Nova
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  • 3/8/2012 5:07:29 PM
  • March 10: Letters to the Editor
  • If, as the writer maintained, "it (ultrasound) is standard procedure at most abortion clinics in Virginia," why would this law have ... A pond for raising fish is a kind of aquaculture that could take place on a lot. Just because it could ...
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  • 3/8/2012 3:55:54 PM
  • Osbourn's Brendan Howell maintains family tradition
  • Parents: Liz and Keith; brother Brett (23). Did you know? Brendan admits he loves to go fishing any time he can, and his brother recently got him interested in hunting. Parents: Liz and Keith; brother Brett (23). Did you know? Brendan admits he ...
  • Inside Nova
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  • 3/8/2012 9:50:50 AM
  • Man arrested in fatal Lynchburg hit-and-run
  • Lynchburg police have arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal hit-and-run of a bicyclist Wednesday. Jeremy Lee Jarry, 21, of Campbell County, was arrested this morning and charged with felony hit-and-run. He is held at the Blue Ridge ...
  • GoDanRiver.com
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  • 3/8/2012 7:41:59 AM
  • Dallas E. Zimmerman
  • He retired from the dairy industry in 1989 with more than 40 years of service. He loved spending time with his family, gardening, feeding the birds and fly fishing. He was an avid reader, Civil War buff and loved history. In addition to his ...
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/8/2012 7:34:50 AM
  • Temple Joins Big East Conference
  • The conference has been in upheaval since longtime members Syracuse and Pittsburgh announced they were bolted for the Atlantic Coast Conference and West Virginia accepted an invitation to the Big 12.
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/8/2012 5:54:37 AM
  • Man with 25 DUI arrests draws 7-year sentence in Virginia Beach
  • A judge in Virginia Beach sentenced a man to seven years in prison for probation violation after the man's 25th arrest for drunken driving. Tracy Michael Decker, 39, had previously been convicted of DUI in Virginia Beach in July 2006 and had ...
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  • 3/8/2012 5:33:08 AM
  • Restaurant review: Aubergine, a taste of ‘home’
  • Aubergine, a family-owned restaurant whose name means “eggplant,” prides itself on home cooking. Even the curry powder is ground by the staff, and the food, made without MSG, is varied and has “home” quality. My Dining Partner and I are ...
  • Free Lance-Star
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  • 3/8/2012 3:45:46 AM
  • Pub owners shoot for St. Paddy’s Day opening
  • Owners Joe Castle and Tony Faulds, both Virginia Tech graduates ... Traditional Irish menu items will include Shepherd’s pie, Irish stew and fish and chips. Castle said there will also be “Southern-style” offerings, including Guinness ...
  • Roanoke Times
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  • 3/8/2012 2:55:39 AM
  • Goodlatte bill seeks to halt bay cleanup
  • Nitrogen and phosphorous contribute to algal blooms in the bay that reduce oxygen in the water that fish and shellfish need. The EPA has said an initial cost-benefit analysis will be completed in 2012 and efforts to account for voluntary ...
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/7/2012 11:13:45 PM
  • Ken Perrotte’s outdoors column: Mild winters helped harvest
  • Virginia’s 2012 recreational flounder regulations were set last week. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission approved a 16-inch minimum size and a four-fish possession limit. The new rules were effective this week. Apparently there has been ...
  • Free Lance-Star
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  • 3/7/2012 8:29:06 PM
  • Louisa football standout signs letter of intent
  • John Dennis made quite a name for himself during his last two seasons as a member of the Louisa County football team, earning first team All-State and first team All-Jefferson District honors. With the Lions going 7-4 his senior year, the ...
  • Daily Progress
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  • 3/7/2012 7:53:19 PM
  • Lake Michigan town fears losing historic ferry
  • The village of Leland has "Fishtown," a tiny remnant of a commercial fishing village featuring weather-beaten shacks, smokehouses and charter boats. The Badger, a stout vessel with a wide smokestack and an open-air bow popular with sunbathers, is all that
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  • 3/7/2012 5:37:19 PM
  • State Fair of Virginia ceasing operations
  • RICHMOND, Va. (WTW) — The State Fair of Virginia Inc. is ceasing operations. The nonprofit organization announced Wednesday it is liquidating its assets and canceling all planned events after it couldn't reach a financing agreement with a lender group.
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/7/2012 2:31:12 PM
  • Kentucky Tornado Cut 95-Mile Trench, Weather Service Says
  • (CNN) -- One tornado stayed on the ground for 95 miles as it tore through towns in Kentucky and West Virginia. Two other twisters left behind 49-mile paths of destruction. The dynamically charged nature of Friday's atmosphere created an ideal environment .
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/7/2012 2:24:02 PM
  • Goodlatte introduces bill to block EPA Bay effort
  • Nitrogen, phosphorous and sediments are nutrients that feed the algae that have reduced the oxygen that Bay fish and shellfish need. His bill aims to give farmers, homebuilders and local governments new ways to meet water quality goals.
  • Staunton News Leader
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  • 3/7/2012 2:02:34 PM
  • Virginia Tech hopes to finally get over hump in ACC tournament
  • Coming out of Virginia Tech's 70-65 loss at Duke on Feb. 25, Jarell Eddie shared mixed emotions with a lot of his Hokie teammates. There was the sense that they'd let one slip away, but also a feeling they could hang with anybody. Frankly ...
  • Daily Press
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  • 3/7/2012 11:25:05 AM
  • Kentucky Tornado Cut 95-Mile Trench, NWS Says
  • (CNN) -- At least 45 separate tornadoes have been identified in last week's deadly outbreak across the Midwest and South, including one that stayed on the ground for 95 miles, tearing a swath through Kentucky and West Virginia, according to the National ..
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/7/2012 8:47:36 AM
  • Female Barbershop Singers To Compete In Covington
  • The competition is open to the public and tickets are $30. Groups from Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia will take part, according to The Kentucky Enquirer. The winning quartet will compete in the national Sweet Adelines contest in Denver this fall
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/7/2012 6:10:07 AM
  • Practical Nutrition: For a healthier you, get your plate in shape
  • Animal protein sources include beef, pork, poultry, fish and eggs. A healthful meat portion is 3 ounces, which is about the size of a deck of cards. If that's smaller than what you currently eat, cut back gradually, while increasing your produce portions.
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch
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  • 3/6/2012 8:58:56 PM
  • Joseph A. Barlow
  • Joe graduated from Caroline High School in 1943 and served as a private first class in the Virginia Reserve Militia (Minute Men ... He had a lifelong love of fishing. He worked as power plant operations engineer and supervisor at FMC Film Plant in ...
  • Free Lance-Star
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  • 3/6/2012 8:44:37 PM
  • Ohio Win Caps Romney's 'Super' Night
  • (CNN) -- Mitt Romney's victory in Ohio adds to his projected wins in Idaho, Virginia, Vermont and Massachusetts on Super Tuesday. Rick Santorum at least three on Super Tuesday, while Newt Gingrich grabbed a vital triumph in Georgia, CNN projected.
  • WLWT 5
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  • 3/6/2012 8:30:18 PM

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