NORFOLK A bullet grazed one person in a shooting this morning outside a Granby Street club. The shooting was reported about 1:30 a.m. outside Velvet Lounge after a fight that began inside the business continued out on the street, according to Karen Parker-Chesson, police spokeswoman. A bullet struck a man, who suffered a superficial wound.

NEWPORT NEWS Former Virginia Tech quarterback Maurice DeShazo is among hundreds of men arrested in a nationwide sting on prostitution and other sex crime charges. DeShazo is charged with soliciting prostitution. Media outlets report DeShazo was arrested along with 14 other men in Newport News.

NORFOLK A man convicted in a drunken driving crash that killed three passengers is scheduled to be sentenced today in Circuit Court. Craig Watson, 32, was convicted of three counts of aggravated involuntary manslaughter for a violent vehicle crash after a night of partying at the Oceanfront. A jury recommended a 25-year sentence.

By Jeff Lawson Wednesday saw highs in the mid 50s and Thursday was only in the mid 40s. Today will again be in the mid 50s and Saturday in the mid 40s. It's not often you get big swings every day, but we are in that pattern until the end of the weekend when we drop even more after Saturday's chill.

SUFFOLK School Board members on Thursday asked the superintendent to adjust his proposed budget to include at least a2 percent pay increase for employees. "We have cut and we have cut and we simply cannot cut any more," board member Diane Foster said. "It's time to take a really hard stand."

SUFFOLK The School Board attorney urged members Thursday night to review concerns about a proposed student dress code that limits cross-gender apparel, but he stopped short of recommending they nix the plan.

JAMESTOWN The Jamestown-Scotland Ferry is back to full capacity. The Pocahontas was taken out of service earlier this morning because of mechanical problems, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.  

Virginians strongly favor drug tests for welfare recipients and support repealing a requirement that young girls be vaccinated against a virus that can cause cervical cancer, according to a new poll conducted by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. They also want public schools to be allowed to open before Labor Day and be able to more easily fire teachers, the poll found.

LEXINGTON Washington and Lee University has canceled the appearance of an elephant in a parade at a mock political convention after a national animal-rights group objected. The convention in Lexington is being held this week to predict the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.

By Bob Lewis  RICHMOND Two bills have advanced to a final House vote to restate more than 400 years of common law that shield from prosecution people who protect themselves from intruders in their homes. Democrats say the bills go too far in writing into Virginia law civil and criminal immunity for people defending themselves from others illegally in their dwellings.