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Amateur golfer beats long odds
247-4645With 154 players in his flight, Brian Layne of Grafton figured the odds of winning at the American Golf Tour Nationals were out of sight. Fortunately, he was wrong. The 48-year-old golfer won the B Flight to become the first player from the Tidewater...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Super Bowl, Multi-Sport Events, Jim Gallagher Jr., Marathon
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Woman gets life in murder-for-hire of Navy spouse
247-4749The Newport News woman who hired a hit man to kill her Navy sailor husband was sentenced Friday to four life terms plus 20 years, with a judge imposing the terms of a plea agreement that spared her from getting the death penalty. Catherina Rose Voss, 33,...Tags: Court Administration, Crimes, Prosecution, Theft, Punishment
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Stress-free holiday
Daily PressHolidays for the Mearns family in Williamsburg are all about aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins gathering for fun. "Family get-togethers with all the parents and kids can be quite daunting," says Kate Mearns. For starters, Kate and husband Drew...Tags: Personal Service, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Family
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Redskins Midgets cap perfect run
247-4645The Fox Hill Redskins Midgets put on another dominating performance in winning their second consecutive Hampton Recreation youth football city championship Nov. 1 at Gosnold's Hope Park. The Redskins, with 13 returnees, repeated as champions by beating...Tags: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bowling, Washington Redskins, Super Bowl, Multi-Sport Events
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Readers say sick pets come first
Pet lovers and pet experts responded to a question about whether postponing a vacation for a sick pet was an obvious choice or an obsessive one. From e-mails and interviews, here are some of their responses: * I have seen people incur great personal...Tags: Torrance, Pets and Pet Supplies, Santa Monica, Depression, Texas
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Margaret O. Feiss, enthusiastic volunteer
Margaret Oliver "Maggie" Feiss, a recent college graduate and volunteer, died Sunday of an epileptic seizure at her father's Locust Point home. She was 22. Ms. Feiss was born in Baltimore and raised in Lutherville and Cedarcroft. She graduated in 2004...Tags: Economic Policy, Schools, Health Organizations, Relay for Life, Colleges and Universities
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WTKR Live VIPIR forecast: Some sunshine coming
WTKR NewsChannel 3 meteorologistOur coastal storm this week may not have been a drought buster, but it sure was a wind maker. The Outer Banks saw wind gusts of nearly 50 mph. Winds gusted about the same in Virginia Beach and we were in the 40+ mph range on the Southside. We felt wind...Tags: Weather Reports, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton Roads Weather
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Bewtixt sun and storm
Maryland WeatherSo we get clouds and a spit of rain, and then a little sunshine. Then more clouds. That's the drill today as we sit here between a slow-moving coastal storm and drier high-pressure air trying to press in from the west. You......Tags: Maryland, North Carolina
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Louis G. Close Jr.
Louis G. Close Jr., a prominent trial attorney and former managing partner of the law firm of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, died Sunday of complications from Alzheimer's disease at his home. The longtime resident of Homeland was 73. Mr. Close was born...Tags: Economic Policy, Timonium, Justice System, Roland Park, Baltimore County
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Chemistry between Gere, Lane endures
Tribune NewspapersHOLLYWOOD—Only once in her career has Diane Lane ever been asked to meet an actor to ascertain if the pair would have enough on-screen "chemistry" to make the screen sizzle. That was for the 1984 movie "The Cotton Club," and director Francis Ford...Tags: Meg Ryan, Francis Ford Coppola, Clark Gable, Nora Ephron, Rodanthe
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Tourism scaring up business during '5th season'
The Associated PressOnce upon a time, Halloween was a one-day event. Then the pumpkins and parties started moving back to the weeks between Columbus Day and Oct. 31. Now the holiday is morphing into an entire season, at least in the tourism industry, with haunted walks,...Tags: Walt Disney World Resort, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Tourism and Leisure, Halloween, Ohio
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Movie review: Nights in Rodanthe -- 2 out of 5 stars
Orlando Sentinel Movie CriticThere's still plenty of charm in romantically pairing Richard Gere and Diane Lane. The Unfaithful cast-mates can still play flirty and cute with the best of them. And the stark, wind-swept beauty of North Carolina's Outer Banks makes a grand setting...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Blackbeard, Diane Lane, Movies, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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