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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, Nursing Homes, Sentara, Windermere, Government Health Care
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Bridal show tips: Bring labels, negotiate with vendors
Sparks fly, hearts pitter patter and wallets empty, and that's just at the meeting of a bride and her wedding planner. It's bridal show season, and more than a dozen shows will take place before April, when bands across the region will strike up an...Tags: Marriage, Entertainment, Music, Concerts, Weddings
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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: Government, Customs and Tradition, Companies and Corporations, Travel, Sandston
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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: Fishing, Justice System, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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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...
Tags: Bank of America Corp., Music, Ticketmaster, Travel, Rosemont (Cook, Illinois)
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Four UVa football recruits from Norfolk Christian converted from basketball
NORFOLK — Kwontie Moore, Mario Nixon and Courtnye Wynn were basketball guys. Football? They didn't know a slot receiver from a slot machine. Wil Wahee was familiar with shoulder pads and a helmet, but he, too, preferred basketball. So how did...Tags: Public Schools, High School Sports, Armed Forces, Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Video -- Bassist extraordinaire and Denbigh High grad Victor Wooten talks about coming home
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: Bruce Hornsby, Denbigh, Busch Gardens Orlando, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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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: National Security, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Defense
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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: Awards and Prizes, Daegu (South Korea), Track and Field, Allyson Felix, Human Interest
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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: Awards and Prizes, South Africa, Daegu (South Korea), Fred Astaire, Russia
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Butterfly girl: 12-year-old Hampton resident cares for flying beauties
Kaleela Thompson was only 4 years old when her mother bought her a butterfly habitat so she could watch how a caterpillar changes into a butterfly.
Personally, Kaleela was in her own state of transformation. As a toddler, she experienced developmental...Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Small Businesses, Travel, Virginia Living Museum, Business
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Bon Secours wins preliminary approval for Suffolk cancer center
A new comprehensive cancer center may soon be coming to Northern Suffolk.
The state Department of Health has recommended approval of Bon Secours Virginia Health System's plans to relocate radiation therapy services from Bon Secours Maryview Medical...Tags: Cancer, Bon Secours, Suffolk (Suffolk, Virginia), Diseases and Illnesses, Hampton Roads
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