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Asian stocks tumble on weak China PMI, Fed policy plan
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares tumbled to nine-month lows on Thursday as slowing Chinese manufacturing activity exacerbated sentiment already unnerved by the U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke confirming the Fed would begin reducing its stimulus...Tags: Bonds, Imperial Oil Limited, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Real Estate Buyers, Mitsubishi Corporation
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2013 homicides in Hampton Roads
HOMICIDES IN HAMPTON ROADS in 2013 CHESAPEAKE 1. Jan. 20—Rachel Abshire (26, Chesapeake) was found stabbed to death in her Kingsbridge apartment located off of Johnstown Road. Cory Abshire (27, Norfolk), Rachel’s estranged...Tags: Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Pocahontas, Hampton Roads, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia)
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Coastal cities and climate change: You're going to get wet
BEFORE Hurricane Sandy tore through New York and New Jersey, it stopped in Florida. Huge waves covered beaches, swept over Fort Lauderdale’s concrete sea wall and spilled onto A1A, Florida’s coastal highway. A month later another series of...Tags: Conservation, Water, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Wetlands, Battery Park City
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Norfolk man dead in two-vehicle crash
Daily PressA Norfolk man died after a car accident in the city around noon Friday, according to Virginia State Police. State police were called to a two-vehicle crash on I-64 eastbound east of the Azalea Garden Road underpass, according to an email from Sgt....Tags: Accidental Death, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Feds seize 14 7-Elevens in Va., N.Y. in immigration raids
ReutersNEW YORK — The owners and managers of more than a dozen 7-Eleven Inc. stores, including four in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, were accused Monday of hiring and victimizing dozens of illegal immigrants, forcing them to live in substandard...Tags: Immigration, Portsmouth (Portsmouth, Virginia), Prosecution, Theft, Migration
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Sunday's local roundup: N.C. State beats North Carolina 8-1 in CWS, sends Tar Heels to elimination game
N.C. State routs No. 1 UNC Baseball: N.C. State beat top-seeded North Carolina 8-1 in a College World Series game at Omaha, Neb. N.C. State (50-14) will play the UCLA-LSU winner at 8 p.m. Tuesday in a winners bracket game. UNC (57-11) will play the...Tags: North Carolina Tar Heels, College Baseball
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Day Trips from the Lehigh Valley
DAY TRIPPIN' •Peddler's Village & Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, shopping, tasting at Chaddsford Winery, Sept. 14. $50. Northern Lehigh Community Center, Taylor, 610-504-7699. •"Menopause the Musical," Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, Sept....Tags: Holidays, Menopause, Festive Events, Physical Conditions, Concerts
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June 19: U.Va. President Teresa Sullivan to speak in Virginia Beach
University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan plans to speak for the next Professional Women’s Leadership Luncheon Series on June 19 in Virginia Beach. Prior to being the university’s eighth president, Sullivan was provost at the...
Tags: University of Virginia, University of Michigan, Colleges and Universities, Education
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A newly discovered map of the War of 1812 Battle of Craney Island
Unlike the Civil War, the War of 1812 in Hampton Roads left such a dearth of artifacts and records that it's been tough finding ways to illustrate what are some pretty dramatic but strangely invisible stories. That scarcity of documents is what makes...
Tags: War of 1812, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hampton Roads, Wars and Interventions
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Dredging starts in Rudee Inlet in Va Beach
Taking a brief diversion from the maritime blogging, I'm updating you on a dredging project that kicked off in Rudee Inlet. The Army Corps of Engineers's Norfolk District office announced the work would start Monday and last four days as a dredge boat...Tags: Oceans, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Atlantic Ocean, Bodies of Water
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Hampton Roads foreclosure activity up in May from a year ago
Foreclosure filings in Hampton Roads increased 10.6 percent in May compared to May last year, according to a RealtyTrac report released Thursday. Foreclosure filings – default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions – dropped 7....
Tags: Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia), Real Estate, Suffolk (Suffolk, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia)
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Steven M. Smith, respiratory therapist
Steven M. Smith, a respiratory therapist and outdoorsman, died Saturday from cancer at the Golden Living Center in Westminster. He was 56. The son of a United Methodist minister and a social worker, Steven Montgomery Smith was born in Laurel. He was...Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Johns Hopkins Hospital, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Mount Airy
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