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Duo arrested for trying to pay to have woman disfigured
- A Yorktown man and Virginia Beach woman are being charged with attempting to hire someone to disfigure the man's ex-girlfriend.Police say 32-year-old Chadwick Deforest and 62-year-old Shirley Eanes offered someone money to attack Deforest's ex-girlfriend so that she was "disfigured and assaulted to the point that she was hospitalized." He also wanted her truck vandalized. Virginia Beach says ad crossed line in the sand
- Local tourism officials say their counterparts at a South Carolina resort crossed a line in the sand with an effort to steer Internet surfers' vacation dollars toward the beach some 350 miles down the Atlantic coast.A Web ad that greeted Google users looking for information about Virginia Beach touted fellow resort Myrtle Beach, S.C., as a cheaper, more relaxing and yet more thrilling alternative. Richmond Police chief takes Charlotte job
- Richmond Police Chief Rodney Monroe has accepted the job as head of the Charlotte, North Carolina police department.The 51-year-old Monroe will become Charlotte's first black police chief. PurchasePro founder convicted in stock fraud scheme
- A one-time dot-com billionaire was convicted Thursday of stock fraud, witness tampering and obstruction of justice after a judge concluded that he deceived investors in his Las Vegas software company.Charles E. "Junior" Johnson had been the chief executive of PurchasePro Inc., a software company that went bankrupt after the dot-com bubble burst in 2001 and its shaky accounting practices were exposed. Charges certified to grand jury in I-64 shootings
- A grand jury is set to hear charges against a man believed to be involved in a string of shootings along Interstate 64.Slade Allen Woodson of Afton waived his preliminary hearing for the 15 felony counts against him during an appearance in Albemarle County General District Court on Thursday. Redskins release KR Mathis, sign DE Mapu
- The Washington Redskins released former Pro Bowl kick returner Jerome Mathis on Thursday and signed undrafted rookie defensive end J.T. Mapu.Mathis signed with Washington early last month, making him the only player from another team to join the Redskins during an unusually quiet free agency period before the draft. He made his practice debut during this month's minicamp. Baby subpoenaed for unpaid chiropractor bill
- A Harrisonburg court has dismissed a case against a baby boy summoned to appear in court for an unpaid bill. Richard White said he was shocked when he got a subpoena in the mail requiring his 1-year-old son, Jacy, to appear in Rockingham County General District Court next Tuesday over a $391 chiropractor bill.Neither of Jacy's parents was named in the lawsuit, which has been dismissed at the request of the plaintiff. Redskins release KR Mathis, sign undrafted Tenn. rookie Mapu
- The Washington Redskins released former Pro Bowl kick returner Jerome Mathis on Thursday and signed undrafted rookie defensive end J.T. Mapu.Mathis signed with Washington early last month, making him the only player from another team to join the Redskins during an unusually quiet free agency period before the draft. He made his practice debut during this month's minicamp. Court dismisses case against baby for unpaid bill
- A Harrisonburg court has dismissed a case against a baby boy summoned to appear in court for an unpaid bill. Richard White said he was shocked when he got a subpoena in the mail requiring his 1-year-old son, Jacy, to appear in Rockingham County General District Court next Tuesday over a $391 chiropractor bill.Neither of Jacy's parents was named in the lawsuit, which has been dismissed at the request of the plaintiff. Farm Bill has funding for Chesapeake Bay cleanup
- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is applauding funding in the 2007 federal farm bill to help with the bay's cleanup.Thursday, Congress sent the White House an election-year farm bill that includes a boost in farm subsidies and more money for food stamps amid rising grocery prices. |
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