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Unionized: National Marriage Project sets up shop at UVA
Professor Brad Wilcox at the October 21st discussion, “Not So Sacred Vows: Religion and Marriage in America.” PHOTO BY ERIKA MAGUIRE Think marriage is dying? A think tank dedicated to the state of our unions has recently set up shop at the University of V...irginia, moving from its ...

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Ponzi sentencing: Schemer John Donnelly gets 7 1/2 years
Ponzi-schemer John M. Donnelly will serve seven and a half years for running a Ponzi scheme. FILE FAMILY PHOTO John M. Donnelly walked out of federal court Friday morning a free man— but not for much longer. The  man who pleaded guilty last spring to runn...ing a decade-long multi-mi...

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Hundreds turn out for Harrington search
A major search effort to find Morgan Harrington launches Friday morning, November 6, and continues through the weekend. PHOTO FROM STATE POLICE The Jefferson Room at the Cavalier Inn Best Western at the corner of Emmet Street and Ivy Road was filled to capacity tonight— and ...then some&...

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Local vid makes Obamacare finals
“I deserve health care.” SCREEN CAPTURE One local filmmaker (along with a pack of kids at Riverview Park) might play a key role in the health care debate if a new video keeps advancing in the Obama Health Care Reform Video Challenge. Already, the 30-second spot from Charlottes......

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Church gets $25K for laundry ministry
Belmont Baptist Church has just won a $25,000 grant for its “laundry ministry,” a new effort to help struggling people wash their clothes. The grant will buy washers and dryers that financially disadvantaged can use free of charge, says church member (and noted photographer) Jim Ca...rp...

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Heaphy new U.S. attorney
Appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate October 14, Charlottesville resident Timothy Heaphy was sworn in today as United States attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Most recently a partner at powerhouse firm McGuire Woods, Heaphy served as assistant U.S. a...t...

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Richard Dawkins at UVA
October 16, 2009 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm The world-renowned author of The Selfish Gene and the 1.5-million-selling The God Delusion comes to Charlottesville for a talk in support of his latest best-seller. He is evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, and his latest is called The Greatest Show......

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Flight 349 survivor to host memorial
The tentative list of speakers includes Frank McCue, the doctor-in-training who wrenched the injured man’s hip back in place, Ann Mallek, the supervisor of the district where the plane went down, and the Reverend Jewell-Ann Parton who may talk about salvation amid horrific circumsta...nces. ...

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Film fest headliners announced
Annette Bening, Matthew Broderick and Norman Jewison are among the special guests at this year’s Virginia Film Festival, which runs November 5-8. Bening will be at the Paramount November 7 for a sneak preview of her new film,  Mother and Child.  Broderick premieres Wonderful World and ho......

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Hard path: Waterworks to approve new firm, new spending
Schnabel made the finals in 2007 but ultimately passed-over by the now-fired Gannett Fleming. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Despite the plea of Albemarle County’s own water resources expert to follow a so-called “softer” path, the unelected Rivanna Water & Sewer ...Authority ...

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Pastor wants prosecution
One man who describes himself as a local pastor has emailed County Attorney Larry Davis to express an interest in launching a criminal prosecution over images that accompanied a recent Hook article. This is is our response, which will likely be the last thing we have to say on the tempest.

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Fear factor: Jumbo jet turns over Scott Stadium
And then it headed off to CHO. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Some UVA football spectators felt fear pangs Saturday when a low-flying jumbo jet appeared over the field. The craft’s large size, slow speed, and appearance over a loaded sports stadium a day after the anniver...sary of 9/11 combi...

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Interview: Traveler’s tale– Roots rocker McMurtry tells all
Storyteller and songwriter James McMurtry returns to his Virginia roots. PUBLICITY PHOTO BY CRAIG SETH He’s a “poet of the people,” according to the Village Voice, a true storyteller from an aging — yet apparently still relevant — generation. Praised by ...celebr...

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