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In Virginia, suicide is now three times as common as murder
RICHMOND — Virginia's suicide rate is the highest it's been in 13 years, according to the state's chief medical examiner. Experts say the causes may include the poor economy and lack of mental health services. In 2011, the most recent year for...Tags: Politics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Conditions, Gun Control, Mental Health
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Public safety officers deserve our gratitude
I would like to take the opportunity during Law Enforcement Memorial Week to pay tribute to the men and women who protect and serve the Commonwealth, risking their lives each day to keep us safe. Since the first known line-of-duty death in America,...Tags: Law Enforcement, Government, Human Interest, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Martinovich found guilty on 17 federal fraud counts
NEWPORT NEWS — A federal jury on Monday found Jeffrey A. Martinovich, the head of now-defunct MICG Investment Management, guilty on 17 of the 25 fraud counts he faced. Following a case that saw more 35 witnesses take the stand and featured...
Tags: Prosecution, MICG Investment Management, Economy, Business and Finance, Prisons, Accounting and Auditing
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First call of "Taps"
It’s just 24 notes sounded on a bugle — and it lasts only 50 to 60 seconds all told. Yet no piece of music is more widely known in America than the strains of “Taps” — or more deeply felt. When the plaintive call was...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Music Industry, Human Interest, Norton (Norton, Virginia), U.S. Army
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Charles City County's Amy's Garden shows benefits of going organic in your yard
If you want to put basic organic gardening techniques to use in your own yard, three local experts with different backgrounds are eager to share their expertise with you. "Growing your own food organically is easier to do than you think and incredibly...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Gardening, Hobbies, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Nearly 70 percent of Virginia schools meet new education benchmarks
Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...
Tags: Bedford County (Virginia), Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Grayson County
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Civil War deeply rooted in Virginia
Special to the Los Angeles TimesOn a blustery late-winter afternoon at Manassas, where a muscular statue of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson marks the spot where the Confederate general earned his nickname, the Civil War lives, not separate from life in Virginia, but intricately entwined with...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Travel, White House, Slavery
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Visiting Virginia's Civil War sites
THE BEST WAY TO VIRGINIA'S CIVIL WAR SITES From LAX, nonstop service to Washington Dulles (in Virginia) is offered on United, American and Virgin America; direct service (stop, no change of plane) is offered on Southwest, and connecting service (change...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), U.S. Airways, Washington (U.S. state), Tredegar Corporation
May 12, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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May 6, 2013
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Apr 29, 2013
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Mar 16, 2013
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Jan 1, 2013
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Oct 10, 2012
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Apr 10, 2011
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Apr 10, 2011
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