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Latest Confirmed Casualties and Missing Persons in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.
The following is a list of confirmed dead as of Monday. List compiled from sources including Pentagon websites, New York Coroner's Office, and Times wire services, by Times researchers Cary Schneider and Kent Coloma and Times staff writer Myrna Oliver....Tags: Bloomfield (Staten Island, New York), Science and Technology, David Birnbaum, North Haven (New Haven, New York), Transportation
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Portsmouth program integrates special-needs students
The Virginian-PilotKids sat in clusters before circle time in classroom 12. They huddled two- and three-deep on beanbag chairs, sat cross-legged on the floor, and sprawled across a rug. Teacher Laura Rieg, in the middle of it all, turned to Uriah Myers, a boy on the...Tags: Learning Disability, Students, Spina Bifida, Hampton Roads, Teaching and Learning
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Maine Shipyard workers say Congress failed others
Portland Press Herald, MaineRepresentatives for unionized workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery said they were pleased with the Pentagon's decision to exempt most shipyard employees from furloughs, but that Congress has still failed hundreds of thousands of other...Tags: Career and Workplace, Manufacturing and Engineering, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Shipbuilding
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Summer Arts Festival Guide: Get into art outside
The Virginian-PilotJean Benvenuto, a Portsmouth artist in the studio of her home with a work in progress of her mom, Joan, who died in 1991. The painting will be completed and shown at the upcoming Boardwalk Art Show in June at the oceanfront. Benvenuto is an art teacher at...Tags: Colonial Williamsburg, Festive Events, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Painting, Arts and Culture
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Financial fallout from ruling on tolls is unclear
The Virginian-PilotState officials want to know more before they try to figure out what a judge's ruling against the Midtown and Downtown tunnel tolls could cost Virginia, Secretary of Transportation Sean Connaughton said Wednesday. An analyst with Fitch Ratings has...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Consumer Confidence, Virginia Department of Transportation
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HRTPO retreat critical point in road funding debate
On Thursday regional leaders will huddle for a nearly four-hour retreat in a cramped board room to discuss how they'll spend an estimated $200 million per year to alleviate road congestion. Although they won't make any firm decisions, the talks will...Tags: Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, Bob McDonnell, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Transportation
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A port first: box ship drafts 49 feet of water
The Port of Virginia has outdone itself, when it comes to handling big container ships. The Virginia Port Authority announced that the port complex topped its own East Coast record on Saturday when a fully loaded Mediterranean Shipping Co. vessel set...Tags: Charleston, Military Justice, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Suez Canal
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Tuesday's 5/14 local schedule (updated Monday AM; including complete VISAA pairings around state)
COLLEGES Baseball William and Mary vs. Old Dominion (at War Memorial Stadium in Hampton), 6 Men’s golf NCAA Division III championship (in Destin, Fla.; including CNU’s Brian Jaeger) HIGH SCHOOLS Baseball Tabb at Smithfield, 4:30 New Kent at...Tags: Wakefield (Sussex, Virginia), Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Southampton (Southampton, Virginia), Religion and Belief, Suffolk (Suffolk, Virginia)
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Virginia gubernatorial hopefuls tout tax reform
The Virginian-PilotA new ranking of Virginia's business tax burden as one of the lowest in the nation arrives as taxes have become a key issue in the governor's race. Notwithstanding Virginia's jump from 27th in 2008 to 11th in 2011 in the Anderson Economic Group...Tags: Taxation, Career and Workplace, Suffolk (Suffolk, Virginia), Government, Jeffrey L. McWaters
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Hampton Roads sees rise in foreclosure activity in April
Foreclosure filings in Hampton Roads increased 5.93 percent in April compared to April last year, according to data released Thursday. That’s a total increase of 48 filings from the same month a year ago, but only a slight increase of 11 more...
Tags: Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Suffolk (Suffolk, Virginia), Surry (Surry, Virginia), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Cosgrove wins GOP state Senate nomination
The Virginian-PilotNext stop for Del. John Cosgrove: a special election in August. The Republican legislator from Chesapeake comfortably won his party's nomination in a firehouse primary Thursday evening, earning a chance to succeed retiring state Sen. Harry Blevins....Tags: Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Southampton (Southampton, Virginia), Republican Party, Suffolk (Suffolk, Virginia), Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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Portsmouth aims to plug pension gap; no proof of fault
The Virginian-PilotCity leaders are working on a plan to close a gap in pensions for about 450 former employees, many of whom claim they never were warned about a cut in payments occurring when Social Security kicks in. But there is no proof the cash-strapped city owes...Tags: Career and Workplace, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Employees
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