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(Photo: AP / Ugarit News via AP video)Hezbollah leader affirms support for Assad in Syria
This image made from amateur video released by the Ugarit News and accessed Monday, July 30, 2012, purports to show Free Syrian Army soldiers in Anadan 16 kilometers (10 miles), from Aleppo, Syria....Full Story

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(Photo: WN / Periasamy)Chinese tourists' spending in the U.S. takes off
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Kuchar Leads by a Stroke
Matt Kuchar made a 12-foot birdie putt at the 16th hole to regain the lead at Colonial in Fort Worth. Graham DeLaet, Boo Weekley, Chris Stroud and Matt Every were one shot back. | ■ Lee Westwood shot a 67 to move into second place, a stroke behind Alejandro Cañizares...Full Story
HELP! I sent the wrong items! Now what?
I log onto PayPal and my choices are to: | • Allow the buyer to keep the item and receive a refund | • Have the buyer send EVERYTHING back and get a refund. | Notice there is not a choice for the buyer to send the wrong thing back and receive the correct item | As i...Full Story
The real meaning of Memorial Day
Shirley said, "Memorial Day is more than having hot dogs and hamburgers. While relaxing and eating with family and friends is great, that's not the real meaning of Memorial Day." | Gregory said, "I remember going to a parade on Memorial Day. However, I don't think that'...Full Story
Alexandra Taylor, Paul Belonick
Alexandra West Taylor, the daughter of Libby Tyree Taylor and Barry E. Taylor of Atherton, Calif., is to be married Sunday to Paul Belonick, a son of Deborah Malacky Belonick and the Rev. Steven J. Belonick of Tuckahoe, N.Y. The groom’s father, the pastor of Holy Ghos...Full Story
Jocelyn Adelman, Andrew Vorenberg
Jocelyn Craigle Adelman and Dr. Andrew James Vorenberg are to be married Sunday by Rabbi Martin P. Beifield Jr. at Congregation Beth Ahabah in Richmond, Va. | Enlarge This Image | Don Mears | The bride, 35, is a violinist with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra and teaches...Full Story
Elaine Choi, Elliott Tapp
Elaine Choi and Richard Elliott Tapp were married Saturday at Central Presbyterian Church in New York. The Rev. Edward Sirya, a Presbyterian minister, officiated, with Aaron M. Bjerke, who expects to be ordained as a Presbyterian minister next month, leading the ceremon...Full Story
Yasmine Kirkorian, Daniel Gonen
Dr. Anna Yasmine Kirkorian and Daniel Murray Gonen are to be married Sunday at the Inn at West Settlement in Roxbury, N.Y. Federal District Court Judge John Gleeson, who presides in Brooklyn and for whom the groom was a law clerk in 2011 and 2012, is to officiate. | Enl...Full Story
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Sun 26 May 2013
Weidle ~ Edewaard
The News & Observer Stephanie Renee Edewaard and William Scott Weidle were unit­ed in marriage on April 13, 2013 at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, MD. The ceremony was officiated by Dr. Richard White and Rev. David O’Connell. | The bride is the daught...
Woodworkers craft final resting places for veterans
Tampa Bay Online LAND O' LAKES - The boxes are simple. | Made of donated wood — birch, maple, or poplar — the containers are generally 9 inches in length, 7 inches wide and about 7 inches tall. | Though small in size, the urns are a large gesture by the p...
Woman: Saudi diplomats in Virginia kept me as slave
WorldNetDaily (WRC-TV) A 25-year-old Kenyan woman has come forward with allegations that she was kept as a domestic slave for three months by Saudi Arabian diplomats living in Northern Virginia. | The allegations come to light two weeks after News4 first reported ...
Va. road to Medicaid reform involves training centers
Richmond Times Dispatch The path to Medicaid reform in Virginia may lead to Southside Virginia Training Center and other state institutions that care for Virginians with significant intellectual and developmental disabilities. | Under federal legal pressure to provide care ...
Consoler in chief a fairly new White House role
Richmond Times Dispatch When President Barack Obama travels to Oklahoma today to meet with the survivors of Monday’s tornado, it will mark the third time this year he has journeyed to a patch of America to console a community on behalf of the country. | During his five ye...
Sunday Q&A: Suzy Szasz Palmer, Longwood library dean, talks about life with lupus
Richmond Times Dispatch An upstate New York native, Suzy Szasz Palmer was deputy state librarian at the Library of Virginia before joining Longwood University as dean of the Janet D. Greenwood Library in June 2011. | The author of “Lupus: Living with It” (published unde...
Henrico laptop savings to help improve network
Richmond Times Dispatch Henrico County Public Schools officials plan to use the savings from the updated one-to-one laptop program to help pay for enhancements this summer to network infrastructure in the high schools. | The $4 million project is intended to improve wireles...
Local News for Sunday, May 26
Richmond Times Dispatch Chesterfield schedules golf tourney for seniors | CHESTERFIELD — The Chesterfield County Department of Parks and Recreation will hold its Swingin’ Seniors Golf Tournament on June 4. Advertisement | ...
Chesterfield library to exhibit student artwork
Richmond Times Dispatch CHESTERFIELD — Chesterfield County Public Library’s Chester branch will feature an exhibition of artwork created by high school students from Virginia’s 4th Congressional District from June 1 to 25. | The exhibit is made up of entries in the 20...
Two programs slated at Eppington in Chesterfield
Richmond Times Dispatch CHESTERFIELD — The Chesterfield County Department of Parks and Recreation will hold two programs at Eppington Plantation on Saturday. | A tour of the house and grounds will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. The tour is $8 per person. Advertisement | ...
Chesterfield schedules golf tourney for seniors
Richmond Times Dispatch CHESTERFIELD — The Chesterfield County Department of Parks and Recreation will hold its Swingin’ Seniors Golf Tournament on June 4. | The tournament, at the First Tee Golf Course on Hunting Creek Road, is open to golfers 50 and older. Advertiseme...
Kaine discusses Benghazi, IRS, Justice scandals
Richmond Times Dispatch In a recent interview, Sen. Timothy M. Kaine, D-Va., discussed issues in the news: | Benghazi Advertisement | ...
Communications officer for Hanover honored
Richmond Times Dispatch HANOVER — Becky Newcomb, communications officer III with the Hanover County Department of Emergency Communications, has been recognized by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials as the state award winner for individual performanc...
LAPTOP DEAL Emails shed light on Henrico laptop confusion
Richmond Times Dispatch When the Henrico County School Board acted without warning April 25 to approve a contract for almost 19,000 new laptops, it wasn’t exactly a surprise to everyone. | The day before, at least two Henrico officials sent emails about the possibility of...
New playground honors 2-year-old who died
Richmond Times Dispatch As Brain Cancer and Brain Tumor Awareness Month comes to a close, a Lynchburg charity is preparing to help a church there open a playground designed as a tribute to a girl who died at age 2. | Amanda Ellis wasn’t even 1 year old when she was diagno...
Tea party federation in Va. seeks investigation of IRS
Richmond Times Dispatch The Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation, an umbrella organization for more than 40 tea party groups statewide, has called for Congress to appoint an independent special prosecutor to investigate Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative g...
European author wins Washington prize
Richmond Times Dispatch MOUNT VERNON — A European author’s take on the first American president has won the $50,000 annual George Washington Book Prize. | “George Washington: Gentleman Warrior” by Stephen Brumwell focuses on the earlier years of Washington’s caree...
Cuccinelli ad features family of slain officer
Richmond Times Dispatch The Cuccinelli campaign is running a TV ad featuring family members of a police officer who was fatally injured in 2006 in a shooting outside of a Fairfax County police station. | The ad, airing statewide, features the wife and a daughter of the offi...
Everything’s coming up roses for volunteer, 87
Richmond Times Dispatch NORFOLK — Ty Brown spent nearly 40 years as a lawyer, specializing in labor and employee issues. It was completely fascinating, and equally contentious and charged. | Now, at 87, he is taking time to smell the roses. A lot of roses. | There are mor...
Byrd, 98, tells J. Warner, 86, the key to a long life
Richmond Times Dispatch John W. Warner, who retired in 2009 after 30 years in the U.S. Senate, relates that a few months ago he journeyed to Winchester for a visit with his friend Harry F. Byrd Jr., who represented Virginia in the U.S. Senate from 1965 to 1983. | Warner sai...
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