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          <title>Fraud case nearly wrecks cousin&#8217;s concrete company</title>
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Steve Lloyd said he is one step closer to closure after a guilty plea this week from his cousin, whose financial fraud scheme nearly cost Lloyd his company and brought his world crashing down around him.            ]]></description>
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          <title>GOP complains after Perriello votes against own earmark</title>
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Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District, recently issued a news release touting a $500,000 earmark he requested in an appropriations bill for a Halifax County wastewater treatment plant. Perriello, however, voted against that bill in June.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Campbell County hiring part&#45;time marshal to help investigate fires</title>
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In the wake of an assistant fire marshal&#8217;s retirement and an increasing number of fire investigations, Campbell County&#8217;s Board of Supervisors recently approved a budget amendment to transfer funds for the hiring of a part-time assistant fire marshal.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Bond denied again for man accused of exposing himself</title>
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An Amherst County man accused of breaking into two college dormitories and exposing himself to women was denied bond for a third time in two weeks in Lynchburg Circuit Court on Friday morning.           ]]></description>
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          <title>VES to welcome new headmaster</title>
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Virginia Episcopal School will have a new headmaster next year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Authorities searching for man considered dangerous</title>
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Three area law enforcement agencies are searching for an Amherst County man who is considered dangerous.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Man charged in school bus wreck</title>
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A man was charged with reckless driving Friday after rear-ending a school bus on Wards Ferry Road at the intersection with Timberlake Road, Captain Brandon Zuidema of the Lynchburg Police Department said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SLIDESHOW: Pictures of the week for Nov. 6, 2009</title>
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Check out our photographers&#8217; latest set of their favorite pictures.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia reacts to the Fort Hood shootings</title>
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          <title>Accused flasher denied bond</title>
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An Amherst County man accused of multiple incidents of indecent exposure in Lynchburg was denied bond for the third time in two weeks this morning.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Flulike illness declines in Virginia but H1N1 deaths up</title>
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Flulike illness in the state appeared to decline last week, but deaths caused by the H1N1 flu continue to rise.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Authority may hire agent to market Fifth Street stretch</title>
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The Lynchburg Redevelopment &amp; Housing Authority is considering hiring a real estate agent to help it market several historic, but damaged, buildings it owns along the Fifth Street corridor.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Artist adding splash to Fifth Street building</title>
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On a busy corner of Fifth Street, a cold black expanse of glass has suddenly sprouted a plump, cheerful flower.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Black Eagle Farm files for bankruptcy before auction</title>
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A 2,000-plus acre farm in Nelson County valued at $15.5 million filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, a day before it was scheduled to go up for public auction on the steps of the Lovingston courthouse.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Moneta man arrested on child sex charges</title>
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A Bedford County man was arrested Thursday on multiple sex charges involving children, the Bedford County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said Thursday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Goodlatte slams House health care bill</title>
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A $1.2 trillion health care bill set for debate in the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday is facing a significant bipartisan attack, said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-6th District, in a conference call on Thursday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>CVCC breaks ground on new culinary arts building</title>
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Central Virginia Community College broke ground Thursday on its new culinary arts building, Seven Hills Hall, a $2.4 million facility that will open to students next fall.           ]]></description>
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          <title>GLTC honored as outstanding transit service</title>
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The Greater Lynchburg Transit Company is being applauded by state transportation officials after winning a national award for excellence earlier this year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fort Hood suspect said his goodbyes before rampage</title>
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Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Texas.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ex&#45;Miss California Prejean, pageant settle lawsuit</title>
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The legal war between former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean and pageant organizers is over.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Gov. Kaine to resume teaching after leaving office</title>
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RICHMOND &#8212; Gov. Timothy Kaine will return to teaching at the University of Richmond after his four-year term ends in January.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Attorney general says D.C. sniper showed no mental illness</title>
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The Virginia attorney general&#8217;s office said yesterday that there is no evidence John Allen Muhammad&#8217;s lawyers had reason to think he was mentally ill when he asked to represent himself at his 2003 trial.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lynchburg&#45;based Virginia National Guard unit heading to Iraq</title>
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The 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Brigade Combat Team has received orders to enter active duty in January, the Virginia National Guard said in a news release.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Payne laughs off poll mixup</title>
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Lynchburg City Manager Kimball Payne got some unexpected news when he went to the polls on Tuesday: he was no longer listed as a valid city voter.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Council members weigh future, minus Garrett</title>
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The short-term future of the City Council seat currently held by Scott Garrett will rest in the hands of his fellow City Council members.           ]]></description>
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Del. Shannon Valentine conceded the Lynchburg House of Delegates seat to Republican Scott Garrett on Wednesday after a canvass of the votes showed little change in Garrett&#8217;s slim lead in their race Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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LYNCHBURG &#8212; While sentencing a Lynchburg man to three years in prison for his involvement in a $450,000 Ponzi and tax-fraud scheme Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Norman Moon offered a stiff rebuke.
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          <title>Grant will help simulation center to train health care providers</title>
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LYNCHBURG &#8212; Lynchburg College and Centra Health received a $200,000 grant from the Virginia Tobacco Commission for a health simulation lab that will provide medical training for local students and health care practitioners.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Pancake Jamboree heads into 50th year</title>
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Longtime Lynchburg Exchange Club member Lawrence Bryant explains the club&#8217;s annual Pancake Jamboree this way: &#8220;It&#8217;s like the circus. We come in, set up, do our show, and then tear it all down again.&#8221;
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          <title>Election officials begin canvass of votes this morning</title>
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Representatives for both incumbent Shannon Valentine and City Council member Scott Garrett were present for the canvass, which is expected to take all day. Garrett edged Valentine by a 210-vote margin in unofficial returns Tuesday night.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Slideshow: Election Day 2009 in Lynchburg</title>
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Lynchburg City Councilman Scott Garrett challenged Del. Shannon Valentine for the House of Delegates 23rd District seat, and voters came out to make their choice.           ]]></description>
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          <title>City schools score green award</title>
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The Lynchburg City School division has won the top honor for its size category in the Virginia School Board Association&#8217;s Green School Challenge.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Liberty delivers votes by the busload</title>
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As many as 3,200 Liberty University students were eligible to vote Tuesday. To encourage a high turnout, LU cancelled classes and ran buses between the campus and the voting precinct every few minutes.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Appomattox elects supervisors, school board member</title>
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Incumbent Sam Carter and Jerry Small came out on top in the two contested races for the Appomattox County Board of Supervisors.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Amherst supervisors criticized over biosolids stance</title>
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The biosolids monitor for Amherst County took issue Tuesday with the Board of Supervisors over its attempt to prevent the spreading of treated sludge on farmland near the Blue Ridge Railway Trail.           ]]></description>
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Del. Lacey E. Putney, Virginia&#8217;s longest-serving legislator, was elected to his 25th term in the House of Delegates on Tuesday to represent the northern parts of Bedford and Botetourt counties.           ]]></description>
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Republican Del. Ben Cline turned back a challenge from Madison Heights Democrat Jeff Price on Tuesday, winning his fifth term to represent a district that includes most of Amherst County.           ]]></description>
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The second time was the charm for Madison Heights resident Frank Campbell Jr. in Tuesday&#8217;s election.           ]]></description>
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RICHMOND (AP) &#8212; Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling has been elected to a second term, defeating former state finance secretary Jody Wagner.           ]]></description>
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Del. Shannon Valentine said this afternoon she has conceded to Republican Scott Garrett in the 23rd House district election.
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RICHMOND &#8212; Republican Bob McDonnell easily won the Virginia governor&#8217;s race Tuesday as independent voters who last year helped deliver the state to President Barack Obama handed the party a convincing victory.           ]]></description>
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After the polls close, check here for election results.           ]]></description>
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RICHMOND (AP) &#8212; Voters cast their ballots Tuesday for a new Virginia governor in a closely watched race that has focused on promises of jobs and critiques of President Barack Obama&#8217;s policies a year after he won the state.           ]]></description>
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 On US-460 in the County of Bedford, in the vicinity of Merriman Rd; Rt. 715N/S (Bedford County), motorists can expect major delays due to a tractor trailer accident. The west left lane and right lane are closed. Traffic backups are approximately 3.0 miles.           ]]></description>
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More interested in grandchildren and vacations than grand galas and gatherings, Albemarle County winemaker and philanthropist Patricia Kluge has put on the market for $100 million her 24,000-square-foot Albemarle House estate and 300 acres surrounding it.
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A young California man was indicted today on six counts of capital murder for the slayings of four people found dead in a Farmville home.           ]]></description>
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Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say.
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7 p.m.: Polls are closed           ]]></description>
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RICHMOND &#8212; Democrat Creigh Deeds turned to the man he hopes to succeed as Virginia governor to lash the Republican front-runner in a final rally before Tuesday&#8217;s election.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Appomattox water line talks on hold for now; hearing set on broadband authority</title>
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Any further discussion between the Appomattox Town Council and Board of Supervisors concerning the town&#8217;s participation in the U.S. 460 water line will have to wait until next year, board supervisors agreed Monday.           ]]></description>
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Campbell County supervisors approved several small rezoning requests during Monday&#8217;s meeting.            ]]></description>
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FOREST &#8212; Before a crowd of more than 100 people gathered in Jefferson Forest High School&#8217;s auditorium Monday, seniors Michael Kerr and Dylan Barber accepted two spots on the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band.           ]]></description>
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Centra has become the first-ever health care system to be certified by a new nationwide program aimed at bolstering care for cancer survivors through an innovative marriage of oncology and rehabilitation expertise, officials announced Monday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Salvation Army sets higher goal for Red Kettle campaign</title>
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The Salvation Army is stepping up the goal for its annual Red Kettle campaign in light of rising need in the area.           ]]></description>
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RUSTBURG &#8212; A jury has granted a $9 million judgment in favor of the owners of a Campbell County manufactured home park who sued the county claiming the landfill next door polluted their drinking water and made their land and business unsellable.           ]]></description>
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The National D-Day Memorial Foundation in Bedford is eliminating nearly half its staff as it approaches a winter expected to produce &#8220;very modest revenue,&#8221; according to the foundation&#8217;s president.           ]]></description>
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Democrat R. Creigh Deeds and Republican Bob McDonnell both are making election-eve appearances in the Richmond area.           ]]></description>
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Democrat R. Creigh Deeds took his campaign to Hampton Roads yesterday, while Republican Bob McDonnell flew around the state in late efforts to drive up turnout in a contest that has taken on national significance.           ]]></description>
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Voting may go a little faster Tuesday because electronic poll books will be used to check voters into the polls.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Grease fire damages Lynchburg home&#8217;s kitchen</title>
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A house in Lynchburg suffered heavy damage to its kitchen when a grease fire broke out at about 12:15 p.m. Sunday, according to the Lynchburg Fire Department.           ]]></description>
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RICHMOND &#8212; Republican Bob McDonnell appears poised to win the governorship and lead a GOP sweep Tuesday, ending nearly a decade of reverses for his party, according to a Mason-Dixon poll.           ]]></description>
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With as many as 3,200 Liberty University students eligible to vote in Tuesday&#8217;s election, the school has turned into a battleground for local politics.           ]]></description>
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A couple of crimes from some 40 years ago, when he was a teenager, cost Jerry Smith the right to a spot at the polls. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine reinstated Smiths rights in October.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lynchburg Christian Academy $45K away from new playground</title>
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Already, the school has laid down synthetic grass and paved a new basketball court in an area that used to be a maintenance parking lot. Now, the school is working to raise funds for playground equipment. About $45,000 more is needed.           ]]></description>
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In addition to the multiple state offices up for election Tuesday, Lynchburg voters will find on their ballots four of the city&#8217;s local constitutional offices.           ]]></description>
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Kiwanis members will head north on Nov. 11 and, after resting for a day, will head back, driving through the night to make it back in time for a 10 a.m. delivery at the Holy Cross School on Nov. 14.           ]]></description>
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House of Delegates candidate Scott Garrett is being called out by one of his City Council colleagues over a 2007 vote on the tax structure of Lakeside Centre, a major retail development that has yet to break ground.           ]]></description>
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Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, who is seeking re-election, and Ken Cuccinelli, the nominee for attorney general, are heading into Tuesday&#8217;s election with comfortable leads over their Democratic challengers.           ]]></description>
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H1N1 vaccination clinics in all Lynchburg-area public schools have been completed on schedule, Central Health District Public Information Officer Shayla Anderson said on Friday.           ]]></description>
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The man accused of exposing himself multiple times in Lynchburg is also facing misdemeanor indecency charges from an incident on the campus of Virginia Tech in late August, school officials said.           ]]></description>
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As fundraising in Lynchburg&#8217;s House of Delegates race climbed past $800,000 this week, a Republican leader challenged Del. Shannon Valentine to return a $3,000 gift from Equality Virginia, an advocacy group for gay and lesbian people.           ]]></description>
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For the first time in a decade, Halloween falls on a Saturday.           ]]></description>
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Authorities arrested a man they say tried to kill himself by setting fire to a house in Richmond&#8217;s East End, only to be rescued by firefighters from the burning building.           ]]></description>
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The head of the &#8220;grassroots&#8221; lobbying firm that sent bogus letters to U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello and two other congressman apologized Thursday to a congressional panel investigating the deception.           ]]></description>
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More than 150 Republican activists braved an early-morning drizzle Friday in Lynchburg to hear gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell and Michael Steele, the party&#8217;s national chairman, urge them to work for a big voter turnout Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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Racial barriers in education continue to exist more than 50 years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down separate-but-equal schools for blacks and whites and more than 30 years after forced desegregation, according to panelists at a University of Virginia symposium.           ]]></description>
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WYTHEVILLE  &#8211; The proposed King College medical school gained considerable traction Thursday, receiving a $25 million grant that assures it would be built in Virginia.           ]]></description>
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Evolutionary biologist and New York Times columnist Olivia Judson will examine how 4.5 billion years of life evolving on Earth transformed it from boring to awe-inspiring in her lecture &#8220;Glad to Have Evolved&#8221; at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Sweet Briar&#8217;s College&#8217;s Murchison Lane Auditorium.           ]]></description>
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Several concerts to benefit employees of Olde Liberty Station in Bedford are planned for November.           ]]></description>
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ALTAVISTA &#8212; Downtown Altavista is playing host to nearly three dozen straw-stuffed strangers.           ]]></description>
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A candidate for the Fifth District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives announced Thursday he is removing himself from the Republican ticket to restructure his campaign as an independent.           ]]></description>
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More volunteerism, efficiency audits of city departments and even higher taxes were all among the suggestions offered Thursday during the third and final installment of an intensive community budget workshop organized this month by the city.           ]]></description>
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Next week Babcock &amp; Wilcox Company officials will meet with federal regulators to discuss in detail a low-level emergency that occurred at the company&#8217;s Mt. Athos facility in July.           ]]></description>
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In one regard, the election for the House of Delegates seat that represents most of Amherst County is the longest-running House race in Virginia.           ]]></description>
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A federal judge threw out a $500,000 free speech complaint against the city Thursday after concluding it failed to meet the necessary legal standard for such cases.            ]]></description>
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A Virginia Tech graduate was one of four Americans killed Monday in the collision of two helicopters in Afghanistan.           ]]></description>
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A day after President Barack Obama rallied Democrats in Norfolk for gubernatorial nominee R. Creigh Deeds, national Republican headliners hopscotched Virginia for front-runner Bob McDonnell.           ]]></description>
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Fueled by government stimulus, the economy grew last quarter for the first time in more than a year. The question now is, can the recovery last?
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The last reported sighting of Morgan D. Harrington was on a bridge over railroad tracks near the John Paul Jones Arena.           ]]></description>
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The Wings of Tour group will display the planes through Friday for a $12 donation, or $6 for kids 12 and younger.           ]]></description>
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Four Bedford County men were arrested Tuesday on charges relating to counterfeit money.           ]]></description>
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A $500,000 free-speech lawsuit against the city is expected to have its first hearing in federal court this morning.           ]]></description>
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Want a chance to win a tricked out retired police cruiser?           ]]></description>
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A community coalition called BEDCO CARES that aims to reduce the number of traffic accidents and related deaths among Bedford County teens is hosting a Nov. 4 meeting at Central Virginia Community College in Bedford.           ]]></description>
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The director of the Central Virginia Health District will speak Nov. 10 on &#8220;Pandemics: Panic or Preparation?&#8221;
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President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which included legislation for a study of whether the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford can become a national park.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Upcoming events: Dance Theatre presenting Decade of Dance</title>
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Dance Theatre of Lynchburg is celebrating a &#8220;Decade of Dance&#8221; with a gala scheduled for 7 p.m. Nov. 7.            ]]></description>
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