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          <title>Survey says: Keep Crozet park green</title>
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                    Suggestions for amenities at a park in a Crozet meadow have been plentiful &#8212; a pavilion, multi-use fields, a playground, a picnic area, a giant chalkboard.
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          <title>Hillsdale connector funding delayed</title>
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                    The construction of the Hillsdale Drive connector road, which will provide drivers with an alternative to U.S. 29, has been delayed for several years because of the drop in state funding for local transportation projects.
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          <title>Walking the path illegal</title>
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                    It sounded like approaching thunder.
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          <title>Author: Huge shift in development needs to happen</title>
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                    Reid Ewing believes that a fundamental shift in real estate development is necessary to save the planet from climate change.
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          <title>Albemarle teachers overused, survey says</title>
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                    Nearly a quarter of teachers who responded to a survey recently conducted by the Albemarle Education Association reported working 60 or more hours per week. And two-thirds said that they do not have enough time in the week to complete the tasks that are expected of them.
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          <title>Area&#8217;s bike week to begin Monday</title>
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                    The second annual &#8220;bike week&#8221; in the Charlottesville area, to include a series of events and free giveaways, starts Monday.
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          <title>Dancing the day away</title>
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                    JoAnn Robinson and her 7-year-old son, Gregory, were among 180 mothers and sons who attended Charlottesville&#8217;s second annual Mother&#8217;s Day prom at the Key Recreation Center off the Downtown Mall.
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          <title>Laurencin leaving UVa for U&#45;Conn</title>
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                    One of the University of Virginia&#8217;s most prominent medical and engineering researchers is leaving UVa to take a senior post at the University of Connecticut.
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          <title>PVCC Commencement: &#8216;Be an optimist&#8217;</title>
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                    Gov. Timothy M. Kaine&#8217;s mother once told him: &#8220;If you want to be right, be a pessimist. If you want to do right, be an optimist.&#8221;
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          <title>Severe weather raises a ruckus</title>
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                    A tornado damaged property in western Virginia Thursday night and heavy winds, hail and up to three inches of rain howled through Central Virginia into Friday, dropping as much as 2.6 inches of rain and leaving about 1,550 customers without power as of Friday morning.
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                    At 7:08 a.m. Friday, the Sydney Aichs was preparing to make a left turn from Ashwood Boulevard onto southbound U.S. 29, police said. A short time later, emergency crews responded to the intersection to find that a tractor-trailer had plowed into her black 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier. Authorities pronounced Aichs dead at the scene.
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          <title>Arrest made in hot dog&#8217;s abduction</title>
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                    A Charlottesville man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a beloved hot dog mascot.
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          <title>Suspect in stun gun robberies to enter pleas</title>
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                    An 18-year-old man charged in connection with stun gun robberies at two city Exxons is scheduled to enter a guilty plea June 2 on some of his charges.
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          <title>Tornado warnings, but no tornadoes</title>
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                    500 customers were powerless in Albemarle.
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                    I-64 construction near Crozet leads to wreck
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          <title>Reporter challenges ruling over sources in anthrax case</title>
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                    Former USA Today reporter Toni Locy is appealing a judge's order requiring her to pay up to $5,000 a day out of her own pocket until she gives up her sources.
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          <title>Lawyer: Muhammad now wants to fight his death sentence</title>
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                    Lawyers for convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad say their client has changed his mind again and now wants to go forward with a federal appeal of his conviction and death sentence.

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          <title>Weather: Suspected tornado hits south Stafford</title>
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                    Although much of Central Virginia spent an hour or more under tornado warnings Friday night, no funnel clouds were reported and none reportedly touched down. 
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          <title>PVCC graduation U&#45;Hauled to U&#45;Hall</title>
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                    Piedmont Virginia Community College&#8217;s graduation this afternoon has been relocated to University Hall at the University of Virginia.
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          <title>AHS student killed in wreck</title>
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                    &#8220;We are facing a great tragedy in our school system this morning and our thoughts and prayers are with Ms. Aichs&#8217; family and friends and the entire Albemarle High School community,&#8221; said Superin-tendent Pam Moran, in a prepared statement.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Juvenile in I&#45;64 shootings charged in Waynesboro</title>
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                    The 16-year-old juvenile who plead guilty in an Albemarle County court Wednesday to participation in the string of shootings on and near I-64 in March is now facing charges in Waynesboro as well, police said.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Roanoke panel charges Guatemalan with transporting illegals</title>
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                    A Guatemala national has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Roanoke on charges related to transportation of illegal immigrants.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:47:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama picks up 3 superdelegates, union endorsement</title>
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                    The movement of Democratic superdelegates to presidential hopeful Barack Obama gained steam Friday with endorsements from a union president and two congressmen, including one who switched his backing from rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Tornado knocks vehicles around in N. Carolina, kills 1</title>
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                    Authorities began combing through the wreckage Friday caused by a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina
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          <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Storms slap Virginia</title>
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                    Storms slam Virginia
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          <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>The Commute</title>
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                    It's a rainy day
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          <title>Powerful storms, heavy downpour pound Central Virginia</title>
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                    Powerful storms threatened Central Virginia with tornadoes and flooding late Thursday, as pounding torrents of rain made it unfit out for man or beast.
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          <title>Tech wiz a master coder in mostly male field</title>
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                    Growing up in Zion Crossroads, Candice Clowater was bitten by the computer bug at an early age.
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          <title>&#8216;Virginity&#8217; shirts stir dispute</title>
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                    The Albemarle school division denied Thursday an allegation that officials at Albemarle High School warned female students not to wear T-shirts promoting abstinence.
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          <title>Old Monticello visitors center to close</title>
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                    In preparation for Monticello&#8217;s new visitors center that is expected to open in November, officials are closing the old center that sits off Route 20 in Albemarle County and dismantling the exhibition.

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                    The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors moved ahead this week with obtaining an independent scrutiny of its operations.
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          <title>Man killed when truck runs off road</title>
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                    A 39-year-old man died Thursday after the dump truck he was driving ran off Route 33 in Greene County and struck two trees, according to the Virginia State Police.
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                    Charlottesville police are looking for a driver who fled after crashing a vehicle into three businesses, causing significant damage.
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          <title>Health care bus tour set to make local stop</title>
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                    The Road To American Health Care bus tour is coming to Charlottesville.
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          <title>Attorney general sues local car title lender</title>
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                    McDonnell filed suit in Richmond Circuit Court on Thursday against NJG Inc. and Nicholas Gianakos, which operate Instant Cash Title Loans. 
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          <title>Afternoon Commute</title>
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                    Rare afternoon commute update
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          <title>Feds backing union in mine dispute</title>
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                    Feds  taking mining company to court to force reinstatement of union workers
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          <title>College tuitions soar</title>
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                    George Mason announces tuition increase
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                    Smithfield mother guilty of manslaughter
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                    Thursday morning is such a rush.
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                    Harry the Hot Dog&#8217;s month-long kidnapping ordeal is over.
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                    A 16-year-old Crozet boy pleaded guilty Wednesday to several charges in connection with the March shootings on Interstate 64.
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                    Allen W. Groves has been appointed as the University of Virginia&#8217;s associate vice president and dean of students.
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                    Departing University of Virginia students are being urged to donate unwanted furniture and household items to low-income residents of the Charlottesville region.
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                    Local letter carriers will collect nonperishable food Saturday as part of their 16th annual Stamp Out Hunger! food drive.
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                    Several streets in Charlottesville will be temporarily closed or disrupted in the coming days.
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                    Thomas Taylor, the incoming principal at Charlottesville High School, believes that the secret to narrowing the school&#8217;s achievement gap is individualized attention.
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                    The Nature Conservancy is committed to making available to the public approximately 340 acres south of Interstate 64 and west of U.S. 29, said Ridge Schuyler, the director of the Nature Conservancy&#8217;s Piedmont Program.
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                    Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is calling the General Assembly into special session beginning June 23 to consider a new transportation funding package, legislators said Wednesday.
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                    I-64 is a parking lot
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                    A police source says that a person of interest linked to the University of Richmond lockdown yesterday has been taken into custody by Henrico County police.
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                    Deputy Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Darby Lowe said the teenager pleaded guilty to five counts of maliciously shooting at an occupied vehicle.
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          <title>Obama gains superdelegates after trading wins with Clinton</title>
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                    Barack Obama pocketed the support of at least four Democratic convention superdelegates on Wednesday, building on the momentum from a convincing North Carolina primary victory.
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                    Josh Blanthorn, the store&#8217;s owner  said he intends to rebuild his store&#8217;s hot dog mascot, which is worth an estimated $2,000.
&#8220;He&#8217;ll be like the bionic hot dog,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He&#8217;ll be bigger, stronger, faster.&#8221;
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                    Aquarium officials say the seal, named "Sammy Alfredo" by her rescuers, will be released at 1 p.m. Thursday at First Landing State Park.
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          <title>$9 million Rockingham lottery winner dies in crash</title>
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                    Dana Martz of Singers Glen hit all five numbers in the Big Game, a multistate lottery game that is now called Mega Millions.
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                    Harry the Hotdog, has been recovered by police.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:29:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Man arrested in Falls Church stabbing death</title>
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                    High school student stabbed, man arrested
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 07:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Wireless merger sparked by new broadband technology</title>
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                    Clearwire and Sprint Nextel are merging wireless phone services
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 07:07:01 EDT</pubDate>
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                    Big screw up on the Interstate...
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 06:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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                    SCOTTSVILLE &#8212; Many familiar faces will spend two more years on Scottsville&#8217;s Town Council, and that has re-elected Mayor R. Stephen Phipps excited.

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                    After promoting a &#8220;contract with fellow citizens of the town of Orange&#8221; to oppose increases in the water and sewer rate and in real estate taxes, Ryan Gibson and Kent Higginbotham were elected Tuesday to Orange&#8217;s Town Council.
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                    Some Charlottesville city councilors on Tuesday signaled a willingness to reconsider dredging the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir after hearing complaints about the area&#8217;s $142 million long-term water supply plan.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
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                    Charlottesville will overhaul the west end of McIntire Park when a new YMCA is built there next year, adding a soccer field, pedestrian trails and more parking.
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                    Since its inception in early April, the Rose Deborah Altschull Endowment for Youth has raised approximately $18,000 to benefit youth in Fluvanna County.
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                    Charlottesville&#8217;s consumer electronics mogul &#8212; and lifelong Republican &#8212; Bill Crutchfield is backing former Gov. Mark R. Warner&#8217;s bid for the U.S. Senate because he says the Democrat has a record of success in government, understands business and technology, and is willing to work across the aisle.

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                    No shots have been reported fired, said Linda Evans, the spokeswoman. 
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                    Derrick A. Christmas, 25, who lives in the Zion Crossroads area, was in Louisa General District Court this morning on a prosecution motion to revoke the bond set when he was arrested last month.
Christmas contested the results of last week's drug screening, and presented evidence that he passed a drug test that same day.
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                    Aaron P. Jackson, 24, used an assault rifle to kill Latasha Thomas, 23, late Monday in a mobile home they shared, investigators said in a news release. 
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                    School safe rooms keep students tornado-safe
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          <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 07:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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                    Cadillac lady restores glamor
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          <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 07:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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                    Maryland murders under investigation
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          <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 06:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
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                    Why do we do this, again?
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          <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 06:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
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                    A Connecticut teenager who told police she was sexually assaulted by a man she met on the social networking site Facebook actually met him through a money-based matchmaking Web site, police testified Monday.
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                    Orange County officials are charging a middle school student with filing a false police report after she claimed last week that someone tried to abduct her from school.
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                    The estimated cost of reservoir dredging that many view as key to the future of Charlottesville and Albemarle County&#8217;s water supply is likely inflated, a consultant said Monday night.
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                    Two Palmyra men facing drug and firearms charges have been charged in connection with thefts that authorities have said are part of a larger property crime ring.
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                    Madison County authorities had no history of calls to a home where an apparent murder-suicide took place last week, the county&#8217;s sheriff said Monday.
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                    Faced with two equally compelling and cogent arguments, city councilors on Monday settled on a third option: Do nothing.
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                    A University of Virginia professor is being honored as the inventor of the year for a gel that treats burns and chronic wounds.
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                    School officials locked down Prospect Heights Middle School April 30 after a student reported seeing a suspicious person inside the school, claiming that the person had grabbed her and that she broke free of the man.
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                    Another Monday
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                    For several years, Todd Barnett envisioned founding an all-boys middle school in the Charlottesville area.
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                    Building a new interchange on Interstate 64 at Sunset Avenue would be prohibitively expensive and local officials have given up on the idea.
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                    Inch a little closer and the robot will come toward you, too.
Then it might even have something to say.
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                    Sen. John W. Warner, R-Alexandria, is one of the rare party leaders who goes his own way on enough occasions that it gives some other animals in his political herd the willies, yet not the means to enforce loyalty. 
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                    Movement toward enhanced student life &#8212; through 
governance, clubs, athletics &#8212; is giving Piedmont&#8217;s 
attendees more of the college experience
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                    SCOTTSVILLE &#8212; While a soothing piece of asphalt has smoothed over the holes, ditches and bumps from the small Albemarle County town&#8217;s facelift just months ago, it remains to be seen whether town residents are happy with the progress.
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                    The annual James River Runners&#8217; chili cook-off raised a record $21,300 on Saturday for the Scottsville Volunteer Rescue Squad.
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                    The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia will be the focus of a new public television documentary set to air at the end of May.

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                    A qualifying event for the Dog Agility World Championships is being held today at Misty Mountain Campground off U.S. 250 west of Crozet.
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                    A shooting in Madison County left a woman and a man dead. Shortly before 10 p.m. Friday, the Sheriff&#8217;s Office was notified that a shooting had occurred in the 3000 block of Ridgeview Road.
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                    Both had been shot, one self-inflicted, according to the Sheriff's Office.
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                    ORANGE &#8212; Authorities are on the lookout for a suspect who attempted to abduct a student at Prospect Heights Middle School on Wednesday.

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                    LOUISA &#8212; Louisa County&#8217;s commonwealth&#8217;s attorney asked a judge to revoke the bond of a man accused of child endangerment after his toddlers tested positive for cocaine.
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                    Charlottesville officials are hosting a free-food cookout at 1006 Page Street today. The cookout will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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                    Virginia Department of Transportation officials are hoping a new traffic light at Zion&#8217;s Crossroads will clear up some traffic confusion.
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