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(Photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)Palestinians, Christians and the Politics of Compassion
File - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, center, holds the hands of Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah, left, the top Roman Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, and a unidentified member of the Christian church delegation, as they leave Arafat's office in the West Bank town of Ramallah Monday, Dec. 24, 2001....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Alastair Grant)The motives behind Floyd Mayweather's offensive tirade against Manny Pacquiao
US boxer Floyd Merryweather spars at a gym in east London, Friday, May 22, 2009. Mayweather will fight Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez in a bout entitled 'Number One/ Numero Uno' on Saturday July 18 in Las Vegas in the U.S. The fight will be at the Light Welterweight division.(...Full Story

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Shawsville man charged with attempted murder following domestic disputer
A Shawsville man was charged Friday afternoon in connection with a shooting that arose from a domestic dispute, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said. | Bradley Wayne Hall, 33, was charged with attempted murder, shooting at a moving vehicle and brandishing a fir...Full Story
Va. State Police issue alert for missing senior
| RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia State Police have issued an alert after a 79-year-old resident of a Vinton nursing home was reported missing. | Elmer Felix Morton was last seen Sunday at the Berkshire Nursing Home. Authorities say he suffers from a cognitive impairment...Full Story
Report: W.Va. psychiatric hospital overcrowded
| WESTON, W.Va. — A court-appointed monitor says overcrowding remains a problem at West Virginia's psychiatric hospital in Weston. | David Sudbeck blames an influx of patients ordered into psychiatric hospitals by judges for overcrowding at William R. Sharpe Jr. H...Full Story
VSP step up enforcement for Labor Day
| Virginia State Police (VSP) are stepping up enforcement for the Labor Day holiday weekend. | According to VSP, drivers can expect to see 75% of the State Police's uniformed workforce on patrol. | On Thursday, state police joined Governor Bob McDonnell, the Washington ...Full Story
Search team out in Virginia
| The St. Louis County Rescue team and Virginia police are searching a body of water between Gilbert and Virginia. | The team apparently found a bulldozer in a deep body of water and don't know if there was anyone in the bulldozer when it when in. | Rescue teams are cur...Full Story
Virginia's 2nd District race: Republican Scott Rigell challenges Democrat Glenn Nye
| Considered a toss-up race, the Virginia contest between Rep. Glenn Nye and Republican Scott Rigell is causing a good deal of concern for backers of Nye, a freshman Democrat. While he's voted in line with the conservative 2nd Congressional District, recent events invol...Full Story
Do You have an Emergency Plan for Your Pit Bull?
With Hurricane Earl having passed us,  we are reminded that hurricane season is in full swing. As Pit Bull owners, it brings up ugly specters of Katrina and Ike.  The terrible devastation down in Louisiana and Texas.  So many companion animals were lost during that t...Full Story
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Fri 3 Sep 2010
How many drinks does it take to be over the legal limit?
The Examiner | In Virginia, as in most states, a Blood Alcohol Level of .08 or higher is considered over the legal limit to drive. Of course, the number of drinks it takes to reach that limit varies by individual. | However, one thing to remember is that one beer...
The Movement Movement: Microsoft and Sony Take Aim at Nintendo's Success.
The Examiner | If you’re a gamer, you are all too familiar with the efforts of both Microsoft and Sony to capture some of the market share in a house that Nintendo essentially built. | If you’re not a gamer, chances are you are all too familiar with the Ninte...
Hate Crimes Against Gays...Stop Ignoring Them!
Newsvine | In August 2010, the countries newspapers where covered with headlines about an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning. She had committed adultery and was sentenced to death via stoning. An international out cry irrupted in defense of h...
Police seek three robbery suspects
MSNBC | Franklin Police are looking for three suspects in two armed robberies that occurred Thursday night in Barretts Landing. | Police said three suspects robbed a 15-year-old man's wallet behind Birdson Peanut Company around 9:45 p.m. Thursday night. Tw...
UPS plane crashes in Dubai
MSNBC | A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed on Friday shortly after takeoff outside Dubai, United Arab Emirates officials said. | There was no immediate word on casualties. | The plane went down inside an Emirati air base near a busy h...
Injury to Oak Hill star not as severe as once feared
The Roanoke Times Coach Steve Smith will bring perennial national power Oak Hill Academy to the Roanoke area on three occasions this year and, with any luck, he’ll be able to showcase prized point guard Quinn Cook. | Cook, who played at DeMatha Catholic High School ...
Father of convicted murderer pleads guilty to lesser charges
The Roanoke Times RADFORD -- A Radford man whose son was convicted a week ago of murder in the April 2009 slaying of Floyd Wilfred-Linn Wright Jr. pleaded guilty today to lesser charges in the case. | The charges against Phillip Eugene Beale Sr. were reduced from seco...
200-year-old dog graves found in Va.
Wtop | WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The discovery of two 200-year-old dog graves on its campus is a scholarly mystery, the College of William and Mary says. | Archaeologists with the Williamsburg college's Center for Archaeological Research found the unmarked grav...
Virginia Dogs in hot pursuit of $100,000 in the ASPCA $1K Challenge
The Examiner | On August 1, the  American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA ) launched a contest to help save more homeless animals --  the ASPCA Save More Lives $100K Challenge. 46  animal shelters across the country were selected to sav...
West Coast boutique Apricot Lane opens first NC store this Labor Day weekend
The Examiner | Old issues of Vogue clutter your coffee table, you’ve seen every episode of The Rachel Zoe Project, and you remember each of Heidi Klum’s last five Emmy dresses. Obsessed? Perhaps. Fashionista? Definitely. | It’s time you’ve met your match....
Chartway robbed in Virginia Beach
MSNBC | Police are looking for a man they say robbed the Chartway Federal Credit Union located in the 3800 block of Holland Road in Virginia Beach late Thursday afternoon. | Investigators say the suspect entered the bank, handed a teller a note demanding m...
For Jamie Oliver, the Revolution Continues
Slashfood | ABC announced yesterday (Sept. 2) that Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution will return for a second season, this time taking place in Los Angeles. ABC tells Slashfood that the six-episode season is projected to air sometime in Spring 2011, but that's st...
Five for Friday: Mazzulla needs maps to public restrooms
CBS News Expert By Gary Parrish | Tell Gary your opinion! CBSSports.com Senior Writer | West Virginia has players urinating in public. | So does my neighborhood. | Let's do Five for Friday. | 1. Have you ever pulled a Joe Mazzulla? | If you mean frustrate DeM...
WVU RB Noel Devine ready for senior year
The Press Democrat | Rather than take a chance on the NFL draft last April, Devine is returning for one final season in which he believes "the sky is the limit." | Liftoff starts Saturday when No. 25 West Virginia plays Coastal Carolina from the Championship Subdivisio...
Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England
Philadelphia Daily News | MIKE BAKER | The Associated Press | BUXTON, N.C. - Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, then took aim at the gray-shingled cottages and fi...
W.Va. AG reaches settlements with debt collectors
MSNBC | CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Attorney General Darrel McGraw says two debt collection companies have agreed to pay penalties and stop operating in West Virginia until they register with the state and post bonds. | McGraw said Friday that Carpenter Capi...
Top cops recognized for DUI enforcement
MSNBC | Two Suffolk police officers were recognized for their role in getting drunk drivers off the road. | In 2009, Officer Jason Price made 53 DUI arrests and Officer Eric Crawley made 41 arrests. Together, they accounted for 26 percent of the Department...
Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England
Breitbart | Debris covers the road along the beach in south Nags Head, N.C., Friday,... | Utilities workers try to support power lines that were blown sideways from... | A metal roof is seen on the ground after winds from Hurricane Earl passed... | BUXTON, N.C...
Earl weakens to Category 1, heads for Northeast
Ohio | BUXTON, N.C.: Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, then took aim at New England as a weaker but still dangerous storm. | Earl dropped to a...
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