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(Photo: Public Domain / WhisperToMe)Court to Texas: Pay $2 million to man imprisoned for 26 years
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(Photo: US Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)The NATO Afghan summit: Reality and illusion
An Afghan villager unlocks the door of a suspected homemade explosives factory for U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Rodgers in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 4, 2012....Full Story

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Facebook stock falls flat in public debut, closes at $38.23
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetAfter all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company ended where it began. Its stock closed at $38.23, up 23 cents, after pricing Thursday night at $38 per share. NEW YORK: After all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company en...Full Story
Facebook stock closes at 38.23, up 0.6 percent
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetAfter all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company ended where it began. Its stock closed at $38.23, up 23 cents, after pricing Thursday night at $38 per share. NEW YORK: After all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company en...Full Story
Mathews paving work to slow traffic on Route 3
| MATHEWS — Paving work on Route 3 could slow traffic on Saturday between Route 198 and the John Andrew Twigg Bridge over the Piankatank River. | Traffic will be reduced to a single travel lane in the work zone, said a Virginia Department of Transportation spokesw...Full Story
Facebook stock up slightly in public debut
| Facebook is trading up eight per cent as investors seek to put a dollar value on the company that turned online social networking into a global cultural phenomenon. | Earlier, the company's 28-year-old CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, smiled as he rang the opening bell from Face...Full Story
7-Eleven in Newport News robbed at gunpoint
| Police are seeking a man who robbed a 7-Eleven on Jefferson Avenue early Friday morning. | A man entered the 7-Eleven at 11825 Jefferson Avenue at 12:44 a.m., pulled a revolver from his pocket and demanded money. The man placed the gun at the back of a clerk's head an...Full Story
Two San Diego temp stories
| With temp jobs growing, here's two stories of San Diegans who have recently been a part of the workforce: | Delta Boisrond had a job interview on a recent Friday, got the offer the next Monday and started training on Tuesday. | Now she sits for about 40 hours per week...Full Story
Feds say Colorado wildfire started on camp stove
| By DAN ELLIOTT | Associated Press | LIVERMORE, Colo. (AP) - Federal authorities have blamed a Colorado man for starting a wildfire that has burned about 12 square miles in the northern part of the state. | The U.S. Attorney's Office says James J. Weber of Fort Collins...Full Story
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William and Mary committed to evolving CAA
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Fri 18 May 2012
Twitter shows drug bust in real time
MSNBC | Tweets described a drug bust at the same time James City County officials were conducting an operation that netted $25,000 in marijuana Thursday. | Maj. Stephen Rubino with the James City County Police Department said officers and the Tri-Rivers Dr...
Newborn infant dies after dog attack at Ohio home
MSNBC | LIMA, Ohio (AP) - A 3-day-old infant died hours after she was attacked by a family dog while sitting in a swing at her grandmother's home in northwest Ohio, a sheriff's deputy said Friday. | The baby girl, Makayla Darnell, suffered a head injury at...
William and Mary committed to evolving CAA
Daily Press | Despite a turbulent week that created an uncertain future, William and Mary remains committed to the Colonial Athletic Association, and athletic director Terry Driscoll believes that the league will survive. | Driscoll acknowledged that the CAA abs...
Ten questions on Jane Austen
The Guardian | The plot of which Austen novel relies on the weather? Where does Wickham have a tryst with Georgiana Darcy? And which character says 'I hate money'? Accuracy is Austen's genius, and asking specific questions about her work reveals its cleverness Ja...
Ga. Tech men's basketball season-ticket sales begin Monday
Atlanta Journal | Georgia Tech will begin its sale of men’s basketball season tickets Monday for the first season in the new McCamish Pavilion. Season tickets for the 17-game home schedule will be $330 in addition to associated Tech Fund contributions. Tech Bl...
Defections have CAA looking to add new members
my SA | RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner Tom Yeager has lost two long-time member universities in the last week and is now shopping for replacements. | He's not happy about the task ahead. | With Virginia Commonwealth and O...
Airline pilot allegedly traveled with gun
Buffalo News | An airline pilot from Virginia was arrested and charged with attempting to board a plane with a concealed firearm this morning at Buffalo Niagara International Airport. | Brett Dieter, 52, of Barbersville, Va., faces a maximum 10 years imprisonment...
Defections have CAA looking to add new members
Buffalo News | RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner Tom Yeager has lost two long-time member universities in the last week and is now shopping for replacements. | He's not happy about the task ahead. | With Virginia Commonwealth and Old...
Cache of evidence in shooting, still huge gaps
MSNBC | By ALLEN G. BREED and KYLE HIGHTOWER and TAMARA LUSH | Associated Press | ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Prosecutors in the Trayvon Martin case dumped a mountain of evidence on the public this week. In many criminal cases, that would bring clarity, start ans...
Education Establishment conceals sad reality when reporting test scores
The Examiner |  “Virginia eighth-graders show improved science ability,” according to a recent article in the Virginian-Pilot. “Virginia students outperform their peers nationwide in science.” Sounds good.  | But the article then says, “Only 40% show ...
2012 Spring and Summer Keeps
The Examiner | This spring and summer have lots of chic trends to fall in love with.  But like many of us who are on a budget it is good to see what is in again this season to reuse and recycle from your current wardrobe.  | -Red- This is a keeper for this s...
Pilot charged with trying to board flight in NY with loaded gun; wasn't 1st leg ...
Daily Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An airline pilot is accused of trying to board a flight to New York City with a loaded revolver in his bag, and federal authorities believe he'd been flying with it for two days. | The U.S. Attorney's Office in Buffalo char...
Love Story: Mary and Albert Pennino
Newsday | Mary and Albert Pennino of Huntington celebrated 70 years of marriage this year. Mary recalls how she met her husband. | It all started in 1936. I was 13, covered with poison ivy and calamine lotion and looking forlornly out the window of my uncle'...
Police confirm drowning in Norfolk
MSNBC | The Norfolk Police Department has launched an investigation after a man drowned Friday afternoon. | Chris Amos with the Norfolk Police Department told WAVY.com officers were dispatched to the area of Chesapeake Boulevard and East Ocean View around ...
US judge: Woman who sent back Russian boy must pay
MSNBC | By SHEILA BURKE | Associated Press | NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An American woman who adopted a Russian boy and later sent him back to Moscow on a one-way flight has been ordered to pay a sum of $150,000 and an additional $1,000 per month in child sup...
Joe Biden Doesn't 'Blame People' For Voting For That Felon In West Virginia Over Obama
Business Insider | This gaffe probably will also make Joe Biden apologize to Barack Obama. | Biden was campaigning in Ohio on Thursday when he gave an interview to WTOV-TV in Steubenville. He was asked what he "made out of" the fact that 41 percent of West Virgi...
Virginia Beach Bars & Clubs
The Examiner hampton roads entertainmentMay 1, 2012 G-Man Entertainment founder George "G-Man" Waters confirmed Sunday that Virginia Beach hip-hop artist O.Z. Da General has officially... Read more Alicia Yvonne, VA’s “Queen of R&B”, shines du...
Norfolk Admirals give it their all for 6-1 victory over St. John’s IceCaps
The Examiner | It was all a team could hope for and more in game one of a best of seven series.  The Norfolk Admirals melted the St. John’s IceCaps 6-1 in this crucial Calder Cup Playoff Finals series.  These teams met during the season and the IceCaps were d...
Mitt Romney, GOP Governors Differ On View Of The Economy
Huffington Post | DANVILLE, Va. -- In Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell runs TV ads hailing the state's business growth. Ohio Gov. John Kasich tells anyone who will listen that 100,000 jobs have been created or retained on his watch. And Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder promote...
CA woman gets life for murder of millionaire lover
MSNBC | SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Southern California woman was sentenced to life in prison Friday for helping her lover, former NFL linebacker Eric Naposki, murder her live-in millionaire boyfriend for financial gain nearly two decades ago. | Nanette Ann...
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