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Arts Advocates Gathering at the Capitol Feb. 25

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 4:25 p.m.
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Arts supporters from across the state will head to the General Assembly on Thursday, Feb. 25 to protest the proposed elimination of the Virginia Commission for the Arts. On February 21 the Appropriations Committee of the House of Delegates voted, 15-7, to cut state funding for the Virginia Commission for the Arts by 50 percent in 2010 and to eliminate the group completely as in 2011. More information available at VaforArts.org ...

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Richmond real estate promoter pleads guilty to mail fraud

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Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 4:18 p.m.

A Richmond real estate promoter who cheated 22 private investors out of more than $2 million and three banks out of $252,000 pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court today. Robert S. Capehart, 54, is facing up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 when sentenced May 24 by U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer. The plea agreement calls for him to make full restitution of $2,305,000 ...

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VCU needs lots of help to get a bye

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Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 4:06 p.m.

    Hard to see a situation where VCU doesn’t finish either fifth or, more likely, sixth in the CAA standings. The Rams have unfavorable tiebreakers in most scenarios.    Which leads to the what if? question. What if VCU ...

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Stuzzi is Coming

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 3:30 p.m.
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I am far from a pizza connoisseur. In reality, I don't know much about it at all. I know enough to say that when a pizza comes with the label "Hot and Ready," it comes out tasting like cardboard; I know there are a handful of local places that serve a decent pie; and I know this: the best pizza I've had in my life did not come out of Richmond. It came from New York, of course, from a little pizza place in the West Village that serves Neapolitan-style pizza. And pizza, as everyone knows, was

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Leaves from the Library: Trees that Capture the Love of Children

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 2:23 p.m.
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by Jane Hockaday, Library Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Mulberry Tree at Lewis Ginter, Photo by Robert Llewellyn In Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest, Joan Maloof, asks us to reflect on our childhood memories of trees. "It turns out that many people have a very specific memory of a particular plant species, a memory of wonder ... " she says. I was born and raised in Missouri and the first tree I learned to identify was the black walnut. There were several growing near our

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Ex-cop charged in Katrina bridge killing probe

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Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 1:36 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS—Federal officials have charged a former New Orleans police lieutenant with conspiracy to obstruct justice, accusing him of helping to cover up police shootings that killed two and wounded four others as they crossed a bridge in the chaos after Hurricane Katrina. Former Lt. Michael Lohman is also accused of making false statements to the FBI, according to a federal bill of information unsealed today ...

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All teachers to be fired at underperforming R.I. school

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Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 12:02 p.m.

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I.—A Rhode Island school district has voted to fire all the teachers at an underperforming school. The Central Falls School Committee voted last night to fire every educator at Central Falls High School at the end of the school year. It’s the only school in the tiny, impoverished city north of Providence. Only about half its students graduate, and only 7 percent of 11th-graders were proficient in math in 2009 ...

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World Beer Fest Coming to Richmond

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 10:42 a.m.
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Get ready to grab your beer goggles, Richmond, another great new fest is headed our way this summer ... The World Beer Festival is coming to town on Saturday, June 12, on Brown's Island. The festival will offer samplings of hundreds of beers from over 200 breweries, along with educational sessions, food from local restaurants and live music. The World Beer Fest is presented by All About Beer Magazine and local Richmond charity, FETCH a cure. • Dragon Boat Fest Coming to Richmond • Events

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Blackwater suspect in Kabul shooting due in Norfolk court today

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Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 6:26 a.m.

A former Blackwater contractor charged in the shooting deaths of two Afghans is due in federal court in Virginia ...

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Fishermen rally in Washington today against catch limits

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Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 6:02 a.m.

WASHINGTON—Thousands of fishermen from around the country are gathering today in front of the Capitol to demand changes to a federal fisheries law they say is killing jobs and eroding fishing communities. Organizers of the “United We Fish” rally want to loosen federal catch restrictions they say severely damage their industry. A rally organizer, Jim Hutchinson Jr. of the Recreational Fishing Alliance, says the 2007 Magnuson-Stevens fishery law sets unrealistic fish stock recovery goals

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