World & Nation
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May 13, 1990
Mason Andrews, the physician who delivered the nation’s first in-vitro baby, died Oct. 13 of pulmonary fibrosis at his home in Norfolk, Va.
Oct. 20, 2006
Police search for a man suspected of abducting two churchwomen after allegedly shooting his father. The second sister is discovered unharmed.
March 27, 2003
Politics
Obama will try not to cry when Michelle speaks at DNC
Sept. 4, 2012
As a young Navy wife during the 1940s, Amy Elizabeth Kirkland Thomas began taking college courses to keep busy while her husband was at sea.
July 16, 2000
The 17th Duke of Norfolk, England’s most senior nobleman, has died. He was 86.
June 27, 2002
Norfolk, Va., caught in crossfire of campaign attack ads
July 25, 2012
High School Sports
Michele Ponce, a four-year starting pitcher for University High’s softball team, has signed a letter of intent to attend Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C.
May 20, 1992
Obituaries
Batten, the retired chairman of Landmark Communications, launched the 24-hour cable weather network in 1982. It was sold in 2008 for $3.5 billion.
Sept. 11, 2009
Television
Frank Batten Sr. dies at 82; executive who founded Weather Channel