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Millenium-old cypress tree Big Mama dies in Va.
An ancient bald cypress dating back 1,000 years or more has died in a remote swamp 80 miles southeast of Richmond. Dubbed Big Mama, the largest tree in Virginia towered over Cypress Bridge, a swamp in the Nottoway River. The 40 acres of virgin...Tags: Natural Disasters, Disasters, Wetlands, Bedford County (Virginia), Natural Resources
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2 counties to host regional Va agriculture summits
Bedford and Powhatan counties will host regional agriculture summits next week on community growth and land preservation. The Virginia Agriculture Summit is set for Nov. 20 at the County Seat Food & Gathering Place in Powhatan, and for Nov. 21 at the...Tags: Agriculture
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Jesse T. Crowder
Jesse Thomas Crowder, a former Sun executive who played a role in the computerization of the paper's accounting practices and newspaper production, died Friday at a nursing home in Mount Dora, Fla. He was 84 and died after an illness partly related to...Tags: Retirement, Farms, Schools, Family, Bedford County (Pennsylvania)
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Full text of McCain's speech
Remarks for Sen. John McCain, as prepared for delivery to the National Guard Association in Baltimore: Thank you, Major General Marty Umbarger, for that kind introduction. Colonel Al Faber, Major General Poythress, Brigadier Generals Arflack, Taylor, and...Tags: Civil Unrest, Sarah Palin, Juvenile Delinquency, Government, Executive Branch
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Landscaping with love for the Chesapeake Bay
Just east of the arched bridge on Main Street in Ellicott City, a left turn onto meandering Oella Avenue leads to a hairpin left onto Race Road, which dead-ends at Lisa and Tom Baum's driveway.
Tucked among the hydrangea bushes there, a small blue sign...Tags: Botany, Ellicott City, Patapsco, Howard County, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia)
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Obama's Southern strategy tackles tradition
Imagine the irony. A black man, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, may very well be on the verge of breaking the stranglehold of an American political tradition - the "Southern strategy." Barack Obama wants to re-draw the political map,...Tags: Strom Thurmond, Television, Al Gore, Elections, Richard Nixon
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Religion profile: The Rev. Richard Barbour
Title: Pastor of congregational life since October 2006 at Advent Lutheran Church, Boca Raton, with average weekly attendance of 500-600 members.
Other job experience: Senior pastor, Messiah Lutheran Church, Rochester, N.Y.; pastor, Trinity Old...Tags: Boca Raton, Lutheran, Ethics, Beach Vacations, Staten Island (New York City)
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'Incredible Hulk' won't be all the rage
Orlando SentinelThat money-minting movie machine, Marvel Studios, trots out its superhero formula for the second time in two months with The Incredible Hulk. Unfortunately, the proximity to Iron Man robs it of whatever novelty it might have had. Spending money on real...Tags: Tim Roth, Film Festivals, Roger Moore, Fay Wray, Liv Tyler
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College admissions essays bring angst
Associated Press WriterThe SAT scores are in, the GPA is established, teachers' impressions are formed, and there's only limited time to beef up the resume of extracurricular activities and community services. By the time high school seniors start filling out their college...Tags: Schools, High Schools, School Examinations, New York University, University of Virginia
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New hot spot for workouts ... the cemetery?
South Florida Sun-SentinelSouth Florida is too noisy and hectic for Peter Nilsen, except for the place where he goes for a 4-mile walk: Lauderdale Memorial Park Cemetery. "I can walk and think," says Nilsen, 57, who goes two or three days a week. "You can't do that anyplace...Tags: Physical Fitness, Lake Worth, Judaism, Death and Dying, Delray Beach
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