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Local Restaurants Prepare for Big Football Weekend
Last Updated: 5:37 PM 02/03/12 - With the Super Bowl this weekend, sports bars around the Valley are getting ready for the big game.
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RMH Hosts Trail Walk in Honor of Heart Health Awareness
Last Updated: 5:34 PM 02/03/12 - February is the American Heart Association's National Heart Month, and Friday was National "Wear Red" Day to raise awareness. Rockingham Memorial Hospital participated in the campaign by hosting "Walk the Walk."
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Local Farmers Have Hard Time Passing Down Farms to Children
Last Updated: 7:52 PM 02/03/12 - Local farmers are having a tough time passing their farms onto the younger generation.
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Two Former JMU Football Players Raided for Illegal Drugs
Last Updated: 5:28 PM 02/03/12 - Two former James Madison University players may be in trouble with the law. Police are investigating the alleged sale of cocaine, marijuana, and illegal steroids found in their apartment.
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Caller Claims Va. Tech Menagerie Belongs to Her
Last Updated: 4:55 PM 02/03/12 - Virginia Tech police say someone has stepped forward to say a menagerie of snakes, bugs, and furry creatures found in an underground steam tunnel belongs to her.
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Strong Jobs Report Sends Dow to Highest Since '08
Last Updated: 4:49 PM 02/03/12 - Dow Jones industrial average closes at highest level since before 2008 financial crisis
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Feds Give Va County Grant for Quake-Damaged School
Last Updated: 4:06 PM 02/03/12 - Federal officials are awarding Louisa County $3.2 million to replace an elementary school that was damaged in the Aug. 23 earthquake.
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House Passes Bill Ending State Abortion Funding
Last Updated: 4:03 PM 02/03/12 - Virginia's House has passed legislation that would end public funding for abortions, another triumph for a large, socially conservative legislative majority.
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Bid to Study Pot Sales at Va ABC Stores Fails
Last Updated: 3:12 PM 02/03/12 - A Virginia lawmaker's proposal to study the possibility of selling marijuana through state-run liquor stores has gone up in smoke.
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Exotic Animals Found in Va. Tech Steam Tunnels
Last Updated: 12:55 PM 02/03/12 - Snakes, a black widow spider, and a cage of crickets were among the menagerie found in Virginia Tech's underground steam tunnel network.
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VEC Helps Veterans Find Jobs
Last Updated: 2:37 PM 02/03/12 - Over the last year, Virginia Employment Commission officials say more than 2,500 veterans have come in looking for help finding a job in Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, and Page County.
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OSHA Investigates Va. School After Lead Found
Last Updated: 12:11 PM 02/03/12 - Federal safety regulators are investigating a Roanoke school following the detection of lead in some paint chips.
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Senate Passes Home Intrusion Bill
Last Updated: 10:40 AM 02/03/12 - The state Senate has passed legislation allowing Virginians to use deadly force against intruders without fear of being sued.
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Va. Regulators OK New Power Plant, Rate Rider
Last Updated: 10:11 AM 02/03/12 - State regulators have given the green light to a $1.1 billion power plant in Warren County.
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Va. House Set to Vote on Gay Adoption Bill
Last Updated: 9:58 AM 02/03/12 - The Virginia House of Delegates is set for a final vote on legislation that would allow private, faith-based adoption agencies to deny placements that conflict with their religious beliefs, including opposition to homosexuality.
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Eastbound Reservoir Closed to Thru Traffic
Last Updated: 12:07 PM 02/03/12 - Eastbound Reservoir is closed right now to thru traffic because of a ruptured water line.
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JMU Students Create Mural to Remember Deceased Classmates
Last Updated: 10:42 PM 02/02/12 - Some students at James Madison University are finding creative ways to remember fellow Dukes who died last fall and others in past semesters.
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Waynesboro Police Department Names Officer of the Year
Last Updated: 10:37 PM 02/02/12 - Thursday, Waynesboro Police Department leaders name Sergeant Dave Shaw their 2011 officer of the year.
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Va. House Panel Tables Light Bulb Bill
Last Updated: 6:53 PM 02/02/12 - Legislation to allow the manufacture and sale of incandescent light bulbs within Virginia's borders after new federal energy standards take effect is dead.
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2nd Man Arrested in Death of Va. Activist
Last Updated: 6:51 PM 02/02/12 - A second person has been arrested in the slaying of an Alexandria, Va., community activist whose body was dumped into a well.
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Virginia Senator Fighting Pentagon Cuts
Last Updated: 6:14 PM 02/02/12 - Two Republican senators are trying to spare the Pentagon from nearly $500 billion in cuts that will kick in automatically next January. The cuts are a result of the congressional deficit cutting panel failing to find a way to reduce spending.
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Sunday Hunting Bill has Local Residents Fired Up
Last Updated: 6:00 PM 02/02/12 - The ban on Sunday hunting could be lifted soon if the General Assembly passes the senate's bill. -
New Scam Involves False Stories about Family Members in Trouble
Last Updated: 5:48 PM 02/02/12 - Be careful if you get any phone calls saying that one of your family members is in trouble and that they need money immediately wired.
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Missing Inmate from Middle River Jail
Last Updated: 5:36 PM 02/02/12 - An inmate went missing from Middle River Regional Jail on Monday. Inmate Jordan Kyle Duncan was assigned to work release employment at a business in Harrisonburg. The inmate never showed up.
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Va. Agents Arrest Alleged Moonshiner, Seize Stills
Last Updated: 4:36 PM 02/02/12 - Special agents with Virginia's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control say they seized two copper stills, various spirits, mason jars and weapons from a Roanoke County man who they say was making illegal whiskey.
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Advance Auto Expanding Roanoke Operations
Last Updated: 3:43 PM 02/02/12 - Auto parts seller Advance Auto Parts is planning to expand its corporate headquarters in Roanoke, creating 75 jobs over the next three years.
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AP Exclusive: Dominion Wading into Offshore Winds
Last Updated: 3:41 PM 02/02/12 - Dominion Virginia Power is interested in building up to 400 wind turbines in Atlantic waters in what could be a powerful message for an emerging domestic source of clean energy.
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Economic Study: Va Wine Industry Bearing Fruit
Last Updated: 3:35 PM 02/02/12 - Gov. Bob McDonnell's office said Thursday that an economic impact study shows the industry contributes nearly $750 million annually to the state's economy.
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Harrisonburg Population Growing, Changes Being Made to Keep Up
Last Updated: 2:01 PM 02/02/12 - New census numbers are out showing more than 50,000 people now living in Harrisonburg.
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Cuccinelli, Coakley Face Off Over Health Care Law
Last Updated: 1:11 PM 02/02/12 - Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will square off against Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley on the constitutionality of the federal health care overhaul.
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Va House Panel Backs Child Abuse Reporting Bill
Last Updated: 11:59 AM 02/02/12 - Legislation that spells out the duties and deadlines of college coaches and others to report evidence of child abuse and punish those who don't has won a House committee's overwhelming endorsement.
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Big Rig Wrecks Kill 1, Close Part of I-81 in Va
Last Updated: 10:46 AM 02/02/12 - A section of Interstate 81 in Virginia remains closed following a chain-reaction tractor-trailer crash that killed a Pennsylvania man.
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Va Earthquake Recovery Centers to Close Feb. 11
Last Updated: 10:25 AM 02/02/12 - State and federal officials are preparing to close two disaster recovery centers set up after an August earthquake, but officials say assistance will continue to be available.
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W&L Students Hold GOP Mock Convention
Last Updated: 10:20 AM 02/02/12 - Washington and Lee University students are holding a mock political convention to predict the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.
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Fire Damages a Harrisonburg Townhouse
Last Updated: 6:51 AM 02/02/12 - Firefighters were busy putting out a late night blaze in a student living townhouse community.
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Augusta County Budget Meeting to Get More Money for Schools
Last Updated: 11:40 PM 02/02/12 - Wednesday night at the Augusta County budget meeting, Superintendent Chuck Bishop said that they would need five-point-four million dollars for the next school year.
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Salazar, McDonnell 'Chat' About Va. Offshore Oil
Last Updated: 7:08 AM 02/02/12 - Gov. Bob McDonnell says he discussed offshore oil and gas exploration with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar during a visit by the Obama administration official to suburban Richmond.
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Status Update: Facebook to Go Public, Raise $5B
Last Updated: 7:06 AM 02/02/12 - Facebook is updating its status from a private to public company. The shift is occurring as the Internet social network filed its long-awaited plans for an initial public offering of stock.
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Spring Temperatures in February Might Cause Crop Problems for Local Wineries
Last Updated: 6:35 PM 02/01/12 - Unseasonably warm weather this past winter has brought a bigger than usual crowd out for wine tastings at Virginia wineries. There is bad news for these local attractions. Up and down temperatures are not as good for the grapes.
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One Valley Resident is Excited to Vote for the First Time
Last Updated: 10:41 PM 02/01/12 - Learning English and becoming a citizen is hard work, but for one Valley neighbor, it's all worth it. For the firt time in Mildred Delgado's life, she is registered to vote. This is something she could never do in El Salvador.
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Waynesboro YMCA Welcomes Money and Energy Saving Initiative
Last Updated: 5:54 PM 02/01/12 - A local solar panel company will install 40 panels to help save money at the Waynesboro YMCA. The YMCA expects to save about $13,000 a year. It will be one of the largest solar thermal panel projects in the state.
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Shooting Suspect Remains in Jail After Bond Hearing
Last Updated: 5:49 PM 02/01/12 - The man who allegedly shot another man Monday night in Rockingham County remains in jail after a bond hearing Wednesday.
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JC Penney Stores to Lower Prices
Last Updated: 5:48 PM 02/01/12 - JC Penney launched a new sales plan Wednesday that will lower prices in all of their stores across the country.
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JMU Alumnus is Finalist for Super Bowl Contest
Last Updated: 5:43 PM 02/01/12 - A James Madison University alumnus is getting close to big time fame, and Wednesday night, he was in the spotlight.
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Va. Woman Pleads Guilty in Murder-for-Hire Plot
Last Updated: 5:25 PM 02/01/12 - A Virginia woman has pleaded guilty to trying to hire someone to kill a woman she described as her boyfriend's mistress.
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House, Senate Advance Bills Ending Monthly Gun Cap
Last Updated: 4:59 PM 02/01/12 - Companion bills that would end Virginia's law limiting handgun purchases to one a month to address the state's reputation as a regional mecca for gun runners advanced in Virginia's House and Senate.
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Offshore Development Fees to Expand Va Battlefield
Last Updated: 4:46 PM 02/01/12 - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the federal government will use $4 million in offshore oil and gas development fees to preserve an additional 385 acres at Richmond National Battlefield Park.
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Feds Argue for Graphic Images on Cigarette Packs
Last Updated: 3:17 PM 02/01/12 - The federal government is trying to convince a skeptical judge that tobacco companies should be required to put large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that the habit kills smokers and their babies.
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Va. Senate Passes Ultrasound Abortion Measure
Last Updated: 3:15 PM 02/01/12 - The Virginia Senate has passed legislation to force pregnant women to have ultrasound images made of their fetuses before having an abortion.
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Va. Jobless Rates Out, Martinsville Keeps Top Spot in December
Last Updated: 1:08 PM 02/01/12 - The city of Martinsville's jobless rate remained the highest in Virginia in December.
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