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Health Notes: Two Sentara nursing homes score tops in U.S. News & World Report
Sentara Windermere in Virginia Beach and Nursing Center Portsmouth, two Sentara nursing homes, received a 5-star ranking in U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of Best Nursing Homes. Of more than 15,500 nursing homes evaluated quarterly in 2011, they...Tags: Nursing Homes, Government Health Care, Long Term Care, Windermere, Sentara
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Christiansburg-based National Guard soldiers back in the United States
Assignment ManagerMore than 100 National Guard soldiers based in the Christiansburg area are back in the United States. The unit has been in Iraq since August. The soldiers will spend 5 to 10 days conducting demobilization duties before returning to Virginia, according...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Afghanistan, NATO, Politics, Travel
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Bay collision in 1978 of collier and Coast Guard cutter left 11 dead
The book "Guardians of the Capes" asserts that "most of the marine casualties on the bay have been minor in nature." But 33 years ago, the bay was the scene of a spectacular tragedy. On Oct. 20, 1978, the collier M/V Santa Cruz II, loaded with 19,500...Tags: Judges, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Crime, Law and Justice, Fishing, Justice System
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Rockers from the '90s -- Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms -- to play Portsmouth festival in July
I guess it was inevitable that one day music fans would get nostalgic about radio rock of the 1990s. Everclear, Sugar Ray and Gin Blossoms are on the road together this summer. I'd say that day has arrived. The first Summerland Tour features those bands...
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Video -- Bassist extraordinaire and Denbigh High grad Victor Wooten talks about coming home
![<a href="http://www.victorwooten.com/index.html">Victor Wooten</a>, the celebrated electric bassist and long-time member of Bela Fleck and The Flecktones, spent much of his youth in Newport News. As part of the remarkably talented Wooten clan, he grew up in Denbigh playing with his brothers in a family band.](http://www.dailypress.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/64070078-18123517.jpg "<a href="http://www.victorwooten.com/index.html\">Victor Wooten</a>, the celebrated electric bassist and long-time member of Bela Fleck and The Flecktones, spent much of his youth in Newport News. As part of the remarkably talented Wooten clan, he grew up in Denbigh playing with his brothers in a family band.")
Victor Wooten, the celebrated electric bassist and long-time member of Bela Fleck and The Flecktones, spent much of his youth in Newport News. As part of the remarkably talented Wooten clan, he grew up in Denbigh playing with his brothers in a family...Tags: Denbigh, Bruce Hornsby, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Busch Gardens Orlando
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Virginia localities order evacuations due to Irene
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- At least 10 localities in Virginia have ordered residents and visitors to leave as Hurricane Irene approaches.
Mandatory evacuations are in effect for all of Accomack County and the city of Poquoson.
Hampton, Norfolk, Portsmouth,...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Virginia, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Hurricane Irene (2011)
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President declares Virginia disaster area; FEMA to provide help
News release from FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency:
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal aid has been made available to Commonwealth of Virginia to...Tags: Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia), Relief and Aid Organizations
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McCorory 4th at worlds in 400 meters
Daily Press correspondentTwenty-one hundredths of a second. About one very long stride. They're all that separated Francena McCorory from a spot on the medals stand on Day Three of the 13th World Championships of Track and Field. The former Bethel High and Hampton University...Tags: Beijing Games, Jamaica, Awards and Prizes, Belgium, Allyson Felix
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Merritt earns gold as USA anchor in 4x400 relay at worlds
Daily PressLaShawn Merritt calls it "'my Virginia Shuffle.'' Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly would have loved it. It was the quick sidestep that freed him from a major traffic jam and gave him the daylight to barrel down the homestretch and give Team USA a dramatic 2:...Tags: Fred Astaire, Awards and Prizes, Jamaica, Belgium, Gene Kelly
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Virginia getting federal aid from Hurricane Irene
Associated PressRICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- President Barack Obama has granted Virginia's request for disaster assistance for 22 cities and counties to cover the costs of damage caused by Hurricane Irene. Gov. Bob McDonnell said Saturday the declaration enables the Federal...Tags: Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Emporia (Emporia, Virginia), Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Hurricane Damage, Bob McDonnell
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Chesapeake Bay projects receive more than $1 million
Five projects in eastern Virginia received more than $1 million to reduce pollution in lower Chesapeake Bay, officials announced Wednesday.
The grants are among 55 to receive a combined $10.9 million throughout the bay’s watershed, which...Tags: Chesapeake Bay, James City County, Hampton Roads, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
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Black bears spotted throughout Hampton Roads
A black bear was captured — of all places — in an Oceanfront neighborhood of Virginia Beach in April. Another was spotted in James City County in June. And another clogged traffic in Portsmouth last week while I was driving to work.
According...Tags: James City County, Hampton Roads
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