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          <title>&#8216;Then, bang, it happened&#8217;</title>
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With the piquant scent of a hot sub sizzling on the grill, the sports d&#233;cor and the caricatures of food servers on the wall, it&#8217;s hard to imagine violence breaking out in a place as congenial and collegiate as Pacino&#8217;s Deli on the Corner.
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Although local fuel prices have plummeted by 21 cents in the past week, the cost of a gallon of gas in the Charlottesville area remains vastly more expensive than in 

Northern Virginia, Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Waynesboro and nearly every other locality in the state.
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          <title>UVa librarian to speak at Convocation</title>
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University of Virginia Librarian Karin Wittenborg will give the keynote address at Convocation on Oct. 24.
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The Paramount Theater has inked a three-year agreement with SMG, a national facilities management company, that theater officials hope will streamline operations, facilitate the booking of acts and keep down ticket prices.
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          <title>Affordable housing efforts show little progress</title>
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After renting a house on 10 1/2 Street for 39 years, Mary Banks&#8217; aching hips, knees and back convinced her it was time to buy her own home.
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          <title>Critics question reservoir panel on its intentions</title>
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Several local residents on Monday questioned the purpose of the South Fork Reservoir Task Force, with some suggesting the panel is failing to consider all the options available to meet the area&#8217;s long-term water-supply needs.
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          <title>Week in Photos 10/5 &#45; 10/11</title>
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Daily Progress photos for the week of October 5th.&nbsp;
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          <title>The Commute</title>
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Monday morning, back in the saddle
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          <title>PVCC students reap fruits of local viticulture labors</title>
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For close to four years Piedmont Virginia Community College has used its viticulture and enology programs to school students in the ways of winemaking.
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A Charlottesville man was slain early Sunday after a confrontation at a party apparently escalated into violence, police said. One other person was shot and two more were injured.
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          <title>Making ends meet: City schools adapt to low&#45;income needs</title>
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Charlottesville&#8217;s poverty picture looks bleak from within the walls of its public schools.
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          <title>Multimedia: PVCC winemaking class</title>
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Multimedia: PVCC winemaking class
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Like any other business in a softening economy, the Sexual Assault Resource Agency has been cutting back on expenses and nonessential travel.
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          <title>Police seek man in connection with fatal shooting</title>
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Police are seeking a Charlottesville man they believe is connected with a homicide near the University of Virginia early this morning. Three other people were injured in the shooting.
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          <title>It&#8217;s deer (vs. car) season once again</title>
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The chances of slamming your car into a deer just went up.
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The conversation about how Albemarle County and Charlottesville will get drinking water for the next 50 years &#8212; and at what cost &#8212; has heated up since an engineering firm hiked a cost estimate by tens of millions of dollars.
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          <title>City confronts rising poverty</title>
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&#8220;If you don&#8217;t have the money, it&#8217;s hard to live in Charlottesville.&#8221;
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          <title>Crozet fall arts festival gets crafts&#45;y</title>
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Barbara Williams spent her Saturday afternoon browsing jewelry cases and pottery pieces, hoping to return home with a few select items.
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          <title>Albemarle surveys students on bullying</title>
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Albemarle County wants to determine the extent of bullying in its schools and ways it can be prevented.
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          <title>Crews to replace Piney River bridge</title>
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Drivers who use the Route 827 bridge to cross the Piney River at the Amherst-Nelson county line will need to plan for delays beginning Tuesday.
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          <title>Ruckersville students gain a new playground</title>
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Recess has a fresh face at Ruckersville Elementary School, where the ribbon was cut on a new playground this week.
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          <title>Panel files suit for city driver alleging discrimination</title>
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A federal panel has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a former Charlottesville-area driver who said he was fired because of his religion.
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          <title>Crime statistics a mixed bag</title>
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Violent crime is down so far this year in the Charlottesville area, but that good news is tainted by September&#8217;s three homicides.
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Home sales are down 21.7 percent across the Charlottes-ville region, according to a new market analysis by the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors.
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          <title>Goode, Perriello divvy up endorsements</title>
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U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Arlington, visited Charlottesville on Friday to endorse Democrat Tom Perriello in his bid to unseat longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-Rocky Mount.
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&#8220;DemoCat&#8221; Sammy has defeated &#8220;RePuplican&#8221; Zachary in the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA&#8217;s mock election.
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The Greene County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has received a $150,000 grant for school security.
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An Albemarle County man faces another indictment in connection with a 1988 homicide.
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Nailing down the number of affordable housing units in Charlottesville is nearly impossible, complicating the city&#8217;s efforts to expand its stock, officials said Friday.
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Alvin Lee &#8220;Butch&#8221; Morris, 67, appeared in court this morning as a first appearance on a murder during the course of a robbery charge. Circuit Judge Cheryl Higgins said the charge will be secured under Morris&#8217;s previously set $50,000 bond.
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Charlottesville spent $2.1 million on affordable housing last fiscal year, yet the city has no record of the numbers of planned or completed affordable units.&nbsp;
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          <title>Budget for UVa sliced by 7 percent</title>
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The University of Virginia will lose $10.6 million of its $161 million state funding appropriation, a cut of nearly 7 percent.


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Earl Funk has spent most of his life loving the outdoors. His family is holding out hope that the 50-year-old will survive his latest foray into the wilderness.
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          <title>Woman accused of sex with students sees hearing postponed to November</title>
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STANARDSVILLE &#8212; A Greene County woman facing charges of having sex with William Monroe High School student-athletes had a hearing postponed Thursday.
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A Staunton man accused of leading Virginia State Police on a high-speed chase on Interstate 64 that ended in Charlottesville is now facing federal drug and firearm charges and jail time.
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&#8220;We still hold out hope that Earl may be found alive and rescued. We fervently pray for this outcome,&#8221; said the family statement, issued by a first cousin of Funk, Robyn Davis Sekula. &#8220;We hope that those who read this message will pray with us. Pray for peace and good weather for those searching.&#8221;
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More than half of Albemarle County residents would be open to paying taxes specifically for transportation needs, according to a new survey that underscores the demand for roads, education and rescue services.
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Albemarle County students graduate on time at one of the highest rates in Virginia, according to state figures released Wednesday, but Charlottesville&#8217;s rate lags well below the state average.
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Too many Albemarle County officials and residents remain in the dark about a proposal to light softball fields at Darden Towe Park to move ahead with the idea, the Board of Supervisors decided Wednesday.
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The Virginia Film Festival has made some additions to this year&#8217;s events.
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A 17-year-old girl faces a reckless driving charge after her car crashed into a school bus that was about to drop off Stone-Robinson Elementary students, Albemarle police said.
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A respected Charlottesville regional homebuilder is facing foreclosure on more than 20 properties worth a total of at least $3.5 million.
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Searchers have found a hat, cigarettes and a tent stake while looking for a 50-year-old man who has been missing more than a week.
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Economic development officials in the Charlottesville area are undertaking a major new effort to support existing businesses.
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A bubbled-over football field could be the answer athletic officials at the University of Virginia are searching for as they look to limit the number of team practices canceled by inclement weather.
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The Albemarle Planning Commission heard a recommendation Tuesday from county staff to more than triple fees for developers under a subdivision ordinance. But some commissioners said the county should consider increasing the fees more than six-fold.
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There will apparently be no televised debate in the 5th District congressional race between incumbent U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-Rocky Mount, and challenger Democrat Tom Perriello of Ivy.
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The Charlottesville City Council voted 4-1 late during its Monday night meeting to sell two pieces of land on Ridge Street to the local Southern Development Group.
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Charlottesville officials are seeking the authority to impose taxes or raise assessments on specific property owners when the city buries utilities, so those only directly affected from the improvements would pay the extra cost.
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Alvin Lee &#8220;Butch&#8221; Morris, 67, was charged Monday with first-degree murder, robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He faces a five-day jury trial starting April 13.
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Two University of Virginia football players charged with stealing beer from Club 216 were cleared Monday in Charlottesville General District Court.
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Five people, including three brothers, are facing prison after admitting their involvement in rural cocaine sales and/or wire fraud involving Lowe&#8217;s Home Improvement stores.
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Region Ten Community Services Board has frozen hiring and begun reviewing its budget in light of the state&#8217;s projected revenue shortfalls.
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Several private schools in Albemarle County and Charlottesville are growing to accommodate current and future enrollments, school officials say.
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Critics of a Ridge Street land sale were sparse at the Charlottesville City Council&#8217;s meeting Monday, with several city residents boycotting the council&#8217;s attempt to garner more public opinion on the proposal.&nbsp;
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Starting right tackle Will Barker and Dave Roberts, a redshirt freshman, faced charges stemming from a July incident at the club in which they were accused of stealing beer.
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For the first time since Barry Goldwater ran against Lyndon B. Johnson back in 1964, a major party candidate on the presidential ticket is making a spectacle with spectacles.
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Piedmont Virginia Community College has pushed to offer more classes online &#8212; with zero in 2000 there are more than 70 this year &#8212; but instructor Allen Duff&#8217;s is the only one that is engaging students in real-time video.
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Charlottesville&#8217;s 2008 Housing Affordability Program is giving $428,475 in grants to city homeowners for real estate tax relief, a slight increase from last year.
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Police, trained volunteers and dog teams continued their searchover the weekend to find a Staunton man who was last seen a week ago in the Cedar Mountain area of Shenandoah National Park.
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Albemarle County Fire-Rescue and Domino&#8217;s Pizza are teaming up to make sure area residents have working smoke detectors.
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An interfaith prayer service in conjunction with the National Day of Prayer for Mental Illness Awareness Recovery and Understand-ing will take place Tuesday in Charlottesville.
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Virginia faces a $3 billion budget shortfall, has no fix for its transportation gridlock and is being run by an unabashed supporter of the Democratic presidential candidate in a state that has backed Republicans for president since 1964. But Virginians apparently aren&#8217;t holding any of it against Gov. Timothy M. Kaine.&nbsp;
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Two incumbents are vying for re-election Nov. 4 to the Gordonsville Town Council.
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When Albemarle sheriff&#8217;s deputies serve an eviction notice, they take with them a letter with phone numbers of organizations that can help.
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After more than a year-and-a-half, Martha Jefferson Hospital&#8217;s planned five-story, 452,109-square-foot new hospital is nearing its final approval.
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The University of Virginia&#8217;s Board of Visitors seemed little surprised on Saturday morning to hear that the university&#8217;s endowment is expecting limited returns on its investments over the coming year.
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Preliminary cost estimates and the bleak prospect of increased transportation funding have tabled the Eastern Connector, leaving Charlottesville and Albemarle officials with even fewer options for getting the project under way.
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Charlottesville has issued several traffic alerts that are effective beginning this week.
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Greene County sheriff&#8217;s investigators on Friday arrested a 39-year-old woman, alleging that she had sex with William Monroe High School students.
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The University of Virginia&#8217;s Board of Visitors heard Friday that the school&#8217;s mission to raise $3 billion by 2011 is still on course &#8212; despite the economic downturn.
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The Community Mediation Center of Charlottesville is facing an increasing demand for volunteer mediators.
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The head of the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority has resigned, making it the fourth time in 10 years that the authority will experience a change at the helm.
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Tammy Harlow Cox, of Celt Road in Greene, faces two felony charges of taking indecent liberties with a child and three misdemeanor charges of rendering a child a delinquent by having sex with them, according to Maj. Randall Snead of the Sheriff&#8217;s Office.
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Friday&#8217;s traffic
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Charlottesville School Board members on Thursday saw that progress is being made in overall student achievement, but said there&#8217;s plenty of work to be done.
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A Hispanic teenager was the victim in Tuesday&#8217;s fatal shooting at Autumn Hill Apartments on Commonwealth Drive, according to Albemarle police.
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Searchers have had no luck finding the 50-year-old Staunton man who went missing Monday in Shenandoah National Park.
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Entrepreneur Halsey Minor has filed a class action lawsuit against Sotheby&#8217;s Inc. over the auction house&#8217;s alleged economic interests in a painting for which he bid $8.6 million.
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Ruffin Hall is the second new building at the University of Virginia to be dedicated this week.
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After initially saying Albemarle County Public Schools fell short, the Virginia Department of Education now concludes that the county&#8217;s schools have made Adequate Yearly Progress.
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An 18-year-old Albemarle County man is in jail, facing charges in connection with a Tuesday night armed robbery of the Barracks Road Market, according to Albemarle County police.
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The University of Virginia&#8217;s Institute on Aging is hosting a conference on Oct. 10 to focus on voting among seniors living in long-term care facilities.
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Nearly six weeks after the University of Virginia banned all signs at its sporting events &#8212; including football and basketball &#8212; the university abruptly switched course Thursday afternoon and rescinded its controversial no-sign policy.
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Watch a live stream of the Vice Presidential debates. This stream will only work with Internet Explorer.&nbsp;
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&#8220;The policy prohibiting signs, banners and flags in all UVa athletics venues has become a distraction and has taken the focus away from supporting our student-athletes,&#8221; Craig Littlepage, UVa&#8217;s athletics director, said in a written statement.
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Obama has a sizable lead in Northern Virginia (57 percent to 37 percent), but McCain is favored in the rural corners of the state and in the Richmond area. The race is a toss-up in the Hampton Roads/Tidewater region.
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An Albemarle County man has been charged in connection with a Tuesday robbery at the Barracks Road Market
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A Charlottesville man who was facing deportation to Russia will get a second chance to have his case heard before the Board of Immigration Appeals.
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Cost estimates for the proposed Eastern Connector range from $40 million to $169 million depending on the size of the road and its location, according to the consultant overseeing an alignment study.
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Albemarle county and school officials left a joint meeting uncertain Wednesday how much of a salary increase staff and teachers will receive next fiscal year &#8212; if any.
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A Charlottesville man admitted to a stabbing incident that hospitalized one man and killed another, according to a statement made in court Wednesday.
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Covering more of the nation&#8217;s 45 million Americans without health insurance is a top campaign promise by both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.
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Albemarle County residents receiving tax benefits for keeping rural land undeveloped will soon have to revalidate every two years to keep their eligibility in the program.
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Nearly nine months passed before the year&#8217;s first homicide in Albemarle County.
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The area where a 50-year-old man went missing is secluded and dangerous, according to Albemarle Sheriff J.E. &#8220;Chip&#8221; Harding.
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The Republican campaign to elect John McCain and other GOP candidates in Central Virginia has opened a volunteer coordinating office in Albemarle County.
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University of Virginia and Harvard researchers recently published work on a new approach toward creating more effective antibiotics.
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