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Death-penalty protester uses sniper trial for his message
Sun StaffVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - As John Allen Muhammad stiffly bowed to jurors in the freshly painted Virginia Beach courtroom, Jack Payden-Travers began a lonely vigil outside that drew honks of empathy and derision. His felt brim hat warding off the chilly...Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Russia, Christianity, Judaism, Trials
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To murder victims' families, executing killers is justice
FREDERICK ANTHONY Romano remembers the night. More than 15 years later, he remembers it as if it happened within the last week. It was Sunday night, Nov. 1, 1987. Seventeen-year-old Romano had gone to bed. His mother, Betty Romano, was in the house...Tags: Baltimore County, Health and Safety at School, Death Penalty, Colleges and Universities, Punishment
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Real, live courtroom drama
Sun StaffVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - It's the hottest ticket in town right now, a seat in the tiny courtroom where Washington-area sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad is fighting for his life. And it will take luck - not money - to snag one. Courtroom 10 stretches back...Tags: Lawyers, University of Maryland, College Park, Trials, Montgomery County (Maryland), Lotteries
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Living Here: Military installations
Newcomers will see it right away: Hampton Roads and theU.S. military go hand in hand. Every branch of the service is represented in this corner of southeastern Virginia: Start with the world's largest naval base and the only East Coast home for the...
Tags: U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Hospitals and Clinics, World War II (1939-1945), Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Army
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Carrier Air wing 17 returning to Norfolk
Hornets, Hawkeyes and Greyhounds will return home to Hampton Roads this week. Three squadrons from Carrier Air Wing 17 are scheduled to fly in on Wednesday, completing a six-month deployment aboard the San Diego-based USS Carl Vinson, according to a Navy...Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Naval Station Norfolk
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Teen passes out in Beach woman's yard after using spice
A Virginia Beach woman says that she found a 17-year-old boy passed out in the grass of her Ego Street home on Sunday afternoon. She says that he was only minutes away from death. “He was in my front yard, lying down. I asked if he was okay, he...
Tags: Google Inc., Synthetic Marijuana, E-Commerce Industry
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Navy jet crash witness reports: Aircraft 'dropped out of the sky'
Daniel Cavanaugh was standing in a Virginia Beach, Va., convenience store parking lot when he noticed the F/A-18 Hornet. The Navy jet appeared on path to land at Naval Air Station Oceana. But Cavanaugh instinctively knew something was wrong. It was...Tags: Hampton Roads, Television Industry, Bob McDonnell, Injuries and Wounds
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Navy fighter jet crashes into apartments; no fatalities reported
CNNA Navy fighter jet experienced a "catastrophic mechanical malfunction" during takeoff Friday over the military community of Virginia Beach, Va., and rained a stench of jet fuel shortly before crashing into apartment buildings, according to residents and...Tags: CNN (tv network), Hospitals and Clinics, Easter, Passover, U.S. Department of Defense
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Navy jet crash: A day many in Virginia Beach have feared
Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms said it was the kind of news he's long dreaded: A U.S. Navy jet from nearby Naval Air Station Oceana dropped out of the sky Friday and slammed into a neighborhood. A search for victims was underway Friday afternoon in...
Tags: CNN (tv network), Google+, Transportation Accidents, Television Industry, White House
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Navy jet crash: 'buffer zones' sought to protect neighborhoods
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Municipalities in the Hampton Roads area, which is near the site of Friday’s U.S. Navy fighter jet crash in Virginia Beach, have bought land around a nearby Air Force base in hopes of minimizing damage from potential...
Tags: Langley Air Force Base, York County (Virginia), Hampton Roads, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Navy Begins Compensation After Virginia Beach Jet Crash
CNNVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The U.S. Navy will be begin cutting compensation checks as early as Monday to victims of last week's fiery crash of a fighter jet into apartment buildings in Virginia Beach, Virginia. "We are committed to doing the right thing to...Tags: CNN (tv network), Hospitals and Clinics, Passover, Military Aircraft, Sentara
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Following Virginia Beach crash, encroachment remains an issue
Peninsula officials believe state and federal dollars should be earmarked to help increase safety buffers around local military air stations.
Their response comes after a F/A-18 Hornet with the VFA (Strike Fighter Squadron) 106 crashed shortly after noon...Tags: Langley Air Force Base, Lobbying, Transportation Accidents, York County (Virginia), Hampton Roads
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