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Researchers ask: Are caged chickens miserable?

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Chickens stand in their cage at the Rose Acre Farms, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, near Stuart, Iowa. About 96 percent of eggs sold in the United States come from hens who live in...

Researchers ask: Are caged chickens miserable?

Are cramped chickens crazy chickens? Researchers are trying to answer that question through several studies that intend to take emotions out of an angry debate between animal welfare groups and producers.

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November 20, 2009

Ground broken on new jail in Amherst

Members of the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority, along with a number of local officials, gathered Friday for the official groundbreaking of the Amherst County Adult Detention Center in Madison Heights.

Deer numbers leaping ahead

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Historic church in Charlottesville reborn as homeless shelter

CHARLOTTESVILLE - An undertaking that is transforming a 19th-century Charlottesville church into a day shelter for the homeless is nearly completed.

Richmond bell-ringers accepting plastic this Christmas

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Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin

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Defendant admits to killing in Pittsylvania murder trial

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Lynchburg first-responder lauded as state’s finest

As a high school student, Ricky Bomar was saving people’s lives.

What’s killing cows and chickens in Pittsylvania County?

Something is killing livestock in Pittsylvania County. On one farm near Renan, nine calves were found dead last week — bringing the number of cattle killed there in the past year to 16. No one is sure who or what delivered them to their deaths.

Burglars steal box holding baby’s ashes

An Arizona family is pleading with burglars to return a wooden music box containing the ashes of their 5-month old son.

Trial of accused Lynchburg madam delayed

The trial of a Lynchburg woman accused of running a house of prostitution on Garfield Avenue was delayed Friday when her lawyer said a doctor has judged her mentally incompetent.

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