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          <title>Letters to the Editor for Saturday, November 7, 2009</title>
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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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          <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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          <title>Virginia reacts to the Fort Hood shootings</title>
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A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, killing one person and injuring five others.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Cuccinelli announces transition team</title>
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Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli is looking to predecessors from both parties for guidance on running the state&#8217;s law office, as well as enlisting the lawyer who beat Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell in court on a transportation fix that was ruled unconstitutional.           ]]></description>
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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>Hundreds sign up to find missing Virginia Tech student</title>
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Hundreds of volunteers jammed into the Cavalier Inn on Thursday night to help organizers prepare for a community search for clues in last month&#8217;s disappearance of a young woman in Charlottesville.
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          <title>GOP congressional hopefull tours 5th district</title>
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With Tuesday&#8217;s election in the history books, one Republican candidate for Congress in 2010 isn&#8217;t wasting time getting to know the 5th District.            ]]></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>Man thought to be oldest with Down syndrome dies</title>
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He liked his Mountain Dew cold and his pencils sharpened. And he loved Loretta Lynn.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Letters to the Editor for Friday, November 6, 2009</title>
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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>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:50:15 EST</pubDate>
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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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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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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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The legal war between former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean and pageant organizers is over.           ]]></description>
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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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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>What does GOP sweep mean for 5th District in 2010?</title>
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Political pundits looking beyond the state&#8217;s GOP sweep warn that Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District is on shaky ground in 2010 because the district&#8217;s constituents are unhappy with national policies.           ]]></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>Parents of missing Virginia Tech student plea for ground search volunteers</title>
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The family of Morgan D. Harrington is seeking volunteers to redouble the efforts to locate the Virginia Tech student who disappeared Oct. 17 after leaving the John Paul Jones Arena.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Governor&#45;elect McDonnell announces transition committee</title>
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In his first day as governor-elect, Bob McDonnell yesterday announced his transition committee leaders, including Tom Farrell, chairman and CEO of the state&#8217;s largest utility, Dominion Resources.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Tax Cut Plan Weighed Down by City Politics</title>
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What business wouldn&#8217;t like to have its business license tax reduced? Businesses, like individuals, would be only too happy to see a reduction in the local tax, a reduction that would put more money in their pockets.           ]]></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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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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Should local residents like my Election Night correspondent be worried?           ]]></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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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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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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At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Dan and Gil Harrington formally announced three days of searches to be held in Charlottesville this coming Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in the search for their missing daughter Morgan.           ]]></description>
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An ebullient Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele asserted today that GOP victories in governors&#8217; races in Virginia and New Jersey demonstrate &#8220;a transcendent party&#8221; on the move again.
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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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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, the National Democratic Committee chairman, and House Republican Whip Eric I. Cantor of Henrico County squared off on the &#8220;Today&#8221; show this morning over the impact of yesterday&#8217;s elections that saw Republicans capture governorships here and in New Jersey.           ]]></description>
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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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The 23rd District House of Delegates race was really two elections in one.           ]]></description>
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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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          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Is Consensus Possible on U.S. 29 Bypass?</title>
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If the latest study of the U.S. 29 corridor &#8212; including a bypass around Charlottesville &#8212; was intended to build consensus, someone dropped the ball.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:37 EST</pubDate>
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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>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:17:44 EST</pubDate>
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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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          <title>GOP sweeps, but state still seen as competitive</title>
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A year after tipping Democratic for president for the first time since 1964, Virginia fell to Republicans in a dramatic statewide sweep that is a historic reminder of its enduring competitiveness but may not be a model for a national GOP comeback.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Putney wins 25th term in House</title>
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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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          <title>Cline keeps seat in 24th House District</title>
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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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          <title>Campbell defeats Parrish for Amherst supervisor&#8217;s seat</title>
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The second time was the charm for Madison Heights resident Frank Campbell Jr. in Tuesday&#8217;s election.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:20:59 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Lt. Gov. Bolling wins re&#45;election;Cuccinelli wins AG</title>
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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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          <title>UPDATE: Valentine concedes election to Garrett</title>
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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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          <title>UPDATED: McDonnell wins governor&#8217;s race</title>
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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>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:58:46 EST</pubDate>
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After the polls close, check here for election results.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:05:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Light turnout statewide for closely watched governor&#8217;s race</title>
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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>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:16:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>VDOT: Tractor Trailer Accident US&#45;460W mile marker 187.8</title>
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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>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:07:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>DC sniper to ask Supreme Court to block execution</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; Attorneys for sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad plan to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to stop next week&#8217;s execution.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Philanthropist Kluge putting Albemarle County house on market</title>
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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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          <title>Camera found in bathroom of Christian bookstore</title>
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A 28-year-old clerk at a Christian bookstore in Simi Valley has been arrested on charges of peeping at customers in the restroom with a video camera.           ]]></description>
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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>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:23:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says</title>
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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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          <title>Virginia, New Jersey, New York races an early test of Obama influence</title>
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Elected just a year ago, the president has spent a considerable amount of time and energy trying to ensure that Democrats win governor&#8217;s races in Virginia and New Jersey and pick up a GOP-held congressional seat in upstate New York.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:34:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Ex&#45;con charged in 4 fatal shootings in North Carolina</title>
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A soured love affair may have led an ex-convict to gun down four men in the town that inspired the idyllic community of Mayberry on the 1960s TV series &#8220;The Andy Griffith Show,&#8220; police said Monday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:28:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Polls are closed</title>
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7 p.m.: Polls are closed           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:19:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>For State&#8217;s Tribes, Goal&#8217;s In Sight</title>
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The long journey on the road to federal recognition of Virginia&#8217;s Indian tribes may be nearing its end.
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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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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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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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Dan and Gil Harrington are using the donations to print and distribute fliers and other material with a photo and description of 20-year-old Morgan Dana Harrington.            ]]></description>
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Achievements and school happenings           ]]></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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A man suspected of fatally shooting four men in the parking lot of a North Carolina television shop was arrested early today in Virginia, police said.           ]]></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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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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          <title>A prescription for the problem</title>
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Peter Houck takes the current debate over national health care legislation very seriously. Which only makes sense, because he is both a physician and the pediatric medical director at the Johnson Health Center on Federal Street.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Poll: Lead widens for McDonnell</title>
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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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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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