News Headlines for Baileys Crossroa, Virginia

Lottery Lawsuit Has Virginia Residents Concerned About Their Chances Of Winning Big (Bristol Herald Courier)
A lawsuit filed in Virginia claiming breach of contract against the Virginia Lottery, has some folks worried they never had a chance of cashing in.

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Residents In Damascus, Virginia Speak Out After Another Police Chief Was Fired (Bristol Herald Courier)
A small Southwest Virginia town is back in the spotlight. The Damascus Town Council fired its police chief again. John Rouse was fired late Monday night.

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Mark Warner's Blueprint to Win Virginia (Washington Post)
Former Virginia governor Mark Warner, the man who seven years ago broke the Republican stranglehold on statewide elected offices, told The Fix in an interview today that Barack Obama can be the first Democratic presidential candidate in more than...

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Former U of M president takes post amid degree scandal in West Virginia (Pioneer Press)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) _ Veteran educator C. Peter Magrath, the former president of three universities and a national higher education group, was named interim president of West Virginia University on Tuesday.

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Birmingham's Virginia College to open South Carolina campus (BizJournals)
Birmingham-based Education Corporation of America will open the Greenville, S.C., campus of Virginia College in October 2008 to train students for specific jobs in the local community with an emphasis on medical professions.

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Several local residents begin new career with Virginia State Police (WDBJ 7 Roanoke)
Fifty-nine new Virginia State Police troopers will begin their career on patrol this week. On Thursday, the new troopers graduated at the police academy in Richmond. The new troopers reported to their respective duty assignments on Monday.

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Virginia Beach students join team seeking lost patrol (WRIC 8 News Richmond)
Associated Press - July 8, 2008 2:15 PM ET VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - This month, three Radford University researchers and six students are heading to the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific,...

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Virginia Beach students join team seeking lost patrol (WDBJ 7 Roanoke)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- This month, three Radford University researchers and six students are heading to the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, searching for 22 Marines who died there 66 years ago.

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Virginia Madsen keeping busy with 3 movies in the works (The Pantagraph)
It’s not easy being a Hollywood actress after age 35. But at 46, Virginia Madsen still manages to nab parts with oomph.

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Helen Virginia Stinson Roberts (The Dalton Daily Citizen)
Mrs. Helen Virginia Stinson Roberts, 82, of Dalton, died July 2, 2008 in the loving comfort of her son and daughter and friend. Helen was born and grew up in the Waring Community of Whitfield County where she attended Poplar Springs Baptist Church as a child.

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