http://www.headlineva.com/index.php/news/ en scottb@vpa.net Copyright 2010 2010-07-30T05:15:06+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/weat30gat-ar-355185/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/weat30gat-ar-355185/#When:22:50:01Z A 56-year record for triple-digit temperatures ended Thursday evening in a line of violent thunderstorms accompanying a cool front. Winds reaching 70 mph, drenching rains and lightning left some 58,000 central Virginia customers without power at the peak of the outage, downed scores of trees and set numerous fires. quot;We ... Richmond 2010-07-29T22:50:01+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/30/weatgat29-ar-237119/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/30/weatgat29-ar-237119/#When:19:23:13Z Traffic lights are out, trees are down and streets are flooded as a result of the severe thunderstorm moving through the Richmond area. Richmond 2010-07-29T19:23:13+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/7/weatgat29-ar-237119/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/7/weatgat29-ar-237119/#When:16:55:07Z Traffic lights are out, trees are down and streets are flooded as a result of the severe thunderstorm moving through the Richmond area. Richmond 2010-07-29T16:55:07+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/hiwagat30-ar-354718/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/hiwagat30-ar-354718/#When:15:18:01Z State Police said two people traveling to a college graduation died after a one-car accident this morning on Interstate 95 in Hanover County near the state Route 30 exit. According to state police, a northbound vehicle left the interstate and struck a tree killing the two back-seat passengers, Garry W. ... Richmond 2010-07-29T15:18:01+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/portgat29-ar-354480/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/portgat29-ar-354480/#When:12:22:01Z The Port of Richmond Commission approved an agreement with the city today for a $1 million loan that will allow the cash-strapped operation to pay bills and remain open into the middle of next year. The memorandum of understanding also gives the port the option of drawing on an additional ... Richmond 2010-07-29T12:22:01+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/18-year-old-charged-belvidere-slaying-ar-354475/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/18-year-old-charged-belvidere-slaying-ar-354475/#When:12:11:31Z Police have said the victim was not the intended target when he was struck by gunfire downtown on July 18. Richmond 2010-07-29T12:11:31+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/10/sniper-malvo-reveals-co-conspirators-shootings-ar-354277/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/10/sniper-malvo-reveals-co-conspirators-shootings-ar-354277/#When:11:34:15Z Sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tells actor William Shatner on a cable TV special that he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters in 2002. Richmond 2010-07-29T11:34:15+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/new-ordnance-chief-begins-work-fort-lee-ar-354383/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/new-ordnance-chief-begins-work-fort-lee-ar-354383/#When:10:15:37Z Col. Clark W. LeMasters Jr. became the 36th Chief of Ordnance this morning during a change of command ceremony at Fort Lee. Richmond 2010-07-29T10:15:37+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/5/powh29-ar-353704/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/5/powh29-ar-353704/#When:09:44:39Z Governor says he wants his top public safety officials to further examine proposal that has drawn citizen protest in Powhatan. Richmond 2010-07-29T09:44:39+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/4/powh29-ar-353704/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/4/powh29-ar-353704/#When:09:44:39Z Governor says he wants his top public safety officials to further examine proposal that has drawn citizen protest in Powhatan. Richmond 2010-07-29T09:44:39+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/sniper-malvo-reveals-co-conspirators-shootings-ar-354277/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/sniper-malvo-reveals-co-conspirators-shootings-ar-354277/#When:08:10:28Z A man convicted in the 2002 sniper attacks says two others planned to participate in the shootings but backed out. Richmond 2010-07-29T08:10:28+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/2/first-woman-command-carrier-group-ar-354157/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/2/first-woman-command-carrier-group-ar-354157/#When:04:49:55Z Naval Station Norfolk will make history when Rear Adm. Nora Tyson assumes command of Carrier Strike Two amp;mdash; the first woman to be assigned to that command. Richmond 2010-07-29T04:49:55+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/flee29-ar-353823/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/flee29-ar-353823/#When:23:01:38Z FORT LEE Military cooking is no longer just about pre-packaged meals ready to eat or mass-produced food for the mess hall. Richmond 2010-07-28T23:01:38+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/flee29-ar-353823/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/flee29-ar-353823/#When:23:01:00Z FORT LEE Military cooking is no longer just about pre-packaged meals ready to eat or mass-produced food for the mess hall. Richmond 2010-07-28T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/jamb29-ar-353783/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/jamb29-ar-353783/#When:23:01:00Z Evidence of the Boy Scouts#39; motto -- quot;Be Preparedquot; -- was in plain view at the National Scout Jamboree yesterday morning. Richmond 2010-07-28T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/gmuu29-ar-353825/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/gmuu29-ar-353825/#When:23:01:00Z George Mason University is studying whether to open a campus in South Korea that would be within a two-hour plane ride of one-third of the world#39;s population. Legislation authorizing the branch campus is to be signed by Gov. Bob McDonnell today, with a market study on its feasibility to be ... Richmond 2010-07-28T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/j-weat29-ar-353199/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/j-weat29-ar-353199/#When:23:01:00Z Jamboree weather Today: High 94 / Low 68 Tomorrow: High 88 / Low 61 Saturday: High 86 / Low Richmond 2010-07-28T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/vcuu29-ar-353766/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/vcuu29-ar-353766/#When:23:01:00Z Lisa Durham, 39, of Petersburg pleaded guilty to six counts of embezzlement in the theft of money she used to pay her rent and utilities. Richmond 2010-07-28T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/port29-ar-353769/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/port29-ar-353769/#When:23:01:00Z The future of the Port of Richmond will get a big boost today with the acceptance of a $1 million loan from the city to keep the financially strapped operation afloat at least until spring. The loan, approved by the Richmond City Council this month, will give the port time ... Richmond 2010-07-28T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/graf29-ar-353822/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/graf29-ar-353822/#When:23:01:00Z Racist and anti-Semitic graffiti that turned up last year in two parks and the Bellevue neighborhood in North Richmond was the work of two Richmond men, police said yesterday. An investigation by the FBI and police departments in the city and Henrico County have resulted in the arrests of Jonathan ... Richmond 2010-07-28T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/powh29gat-ar-353708/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/powh29gat-ar-353708/#When:20:32:02Z The FBI has pulled out of a planned shooting range and training facility in Powhatan County. The decision could be the nail in the coffin for the controversial project, as $1.3 million of the funding reserved for the $1.9 million project was to come from the FBI. An e-mail sent ... Richmond 2010-07-28T20:32:02+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/jeffs-notes-privatizing-abc-77030-vi-11933/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/jeffs-notes-privatizing-abc-77030-vi-11933/#When:19:31:13Z RICHMOND, Va. -- Jeff says, privatizing ABC is not as simple as one, two, three. Richmond 2010-07-28T19:31:13+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/gmuugat28-ar-353590/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/gmuugat28-ar-353590/#When:18:28:01Z George Mason University is studying whether to open a campus in South Korea that would be within a two-hour plane ride of one-third of the world#39;s population. Legislation authorizing the branch campus is to be signed by Gov. Bob McDonnell tomorrow with a market study on its feasibility to be ... Richmond 2010-07-28T18:28:01+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/teapgat28-ar-353588/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/teapgat28-ar-353588/#When:18:22:01Z The Virginia Tea Party has announced plans to hold its first Virginia convention, while former Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has unveiled a new national Democratic Party strategy to tie the Tea Party to the national Republican Party. The state convention will take place Oct. 8 and 9 at the Greater ... Richmond 2010-07-28T18:22:01+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/5/grafgat28-ar-353404/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/5/grafgat28-ar-353404/#When:16:08:10Z Racist and anti-Semitic graffiti that turned up last year in two area parks and the Bellevue neighborhood in North Richmond was the work of two Richmond men, police said today. An investigation by the FBI and police departments in the city and Henrico County have resulted in the arrests of ... Richmond 2010-07-28T16:08:10+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/firegat28-ar-353309/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/firegat28-ar-353309/#When:13:58:01Z Chesterfield fire investigators suspect a fire that burned an unoccupied apartment yesterday was started by someone. quot;It does look suspicious in nature,quot; said Fire amp; EMS Lt. Jason Elmore. The fire apparently started outside the end unit of a two-story apartment building, he said. Firefighters were dispatched to the blaze ... Richmond 2010-07-28T13:58:01+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/vcuugat28-ar-353278/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/vcuugat28-ar-353278/#When:13:44:01Z The former coordinator of a Virginia Commonwealth University community outreach program that helps chronically and terminally ill patients with their rent, utilities and prescription drugs was convicted today of embezzling $144,000 from the program over three years. Lisa Durham, 39, of Petersburg pleaded guilty in Richmond Circuit Court to six ... Richmond 2010-07-28T13:44:01+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/2/iceegat27-ar-353134/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/2/iceegat27-ar-353134/#When:11:39:32Z Immigration Customs Enforcement agents today announced the arrests of 75 foreign nationals with criminal records and 12 fugitives picked up throughout Virginia and in Washington. Twenty-eight of those arrested were apprehended in southern and central Virginia. The majority came from Northern Virginia, said Henry Lucero, director of the Washington Field ... Richmond 2010-07-28T11:39:32+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/cens28gat-ar-353058/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/cens28gat-ar-353058/#When:09:54:01Z The 2010 Census will shut down its toll-free information line on Friday. Census officials encouraged people to call that number, (866) 872-6868, if they feel they have been overlooked in the national population count. quot;I urge residents that believe they did not receive a form, who did not mail it ... Richmond 2010-07-28T09:54:01+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/eisenhower-carrier-group-sailing-home-va-fla-ar-352851/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/eisenhower-carrier-group-sailing-home-va-fla-ar-352851/#When:05:12:42Z Nearly 5,000 sailors aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower are due home at Norfolk Naval Station after a seven-month deployment in support of the war in Afghanistan. Richmond 2010-07-28T05:12:42+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/jamb28s2-ar-352493/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/jamb28s2-ar-352493/#When:23:01:40Z The U.S. Postal Service gave the Boy Scouts of America its stamp of approval with the release of the Scouting stamp that went on sale yesterday. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the national organization, the postal service commissioned the 44-cent stamp on which illustrator Craig Frazier depicts a backpacking ... Richmond 2010-07-27T23:01:40+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/business/2010/jul/28/b-coca28-ar-352413/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/business/2010/jul/28/b-coca28-ar-352413/#When:23:01:24Z A Coca-Cola facility in Charlottesville will close in September when its operations are moved to a larger, existing facility in Henrico County, a spokesman for Mid-Atlantic CocaCola Bottling Co. said yesterday. Curtis Etherly Jr., vice president of public affairs for Mid-Atlantic Coca-Cola, said it was too early to tell if ... Richmond 2010-07-27T23:01:24+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/jamb28s2-ar-352493/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/jamb28s2-ar-352493/#When:23:01:00Z The U.S. Postal Service gave the Boy Scouts of America its stamp of approval with the release of the Scouting stamp that went on sale yesterday. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the national organization, the postal service commissioned the 44-cent stamp on which illustrator Craig Frazier depicts a backpacking ... Richmond 2010-07-27T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/business/2010/jul/28/b-coca28-ar-352413/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/business/2010/jul/28/b-coca28-ar-352413/#When:23:01:00Z A Coca-Cola facility in Charlottesville will close in September when its operations are moved to a larger, existing facility in Henrico County, a spokesman for Mid-Atlantic CocaCola Bottling Co. said yesterday. Curtis Etherly Jr., vice president of public affairs for Mid-Atlantic Coca-Cola, said it was too early to tell if ... Richmond 2010-07-27T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/jamb28s2g1-ar-352504/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/jamb28s2g1-ar-352504/#When:23:01:00Z Postmaster 117 Milford St. Bowling Green, VA 22427 There is no charge for the postmark. All orders must be received by Sept. 27. Richmond 2010-07-27T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/omar28-ar-352517/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/omar28-ar-352517/#When:23:01:00Z Sixteen-year-old Omar K. Abdelaal could spend the next five years in a juvenile-detention facility after a Hanover County judge convicted him yesterday of malicious wounding and sternly told him that allegations of bullying didn#39;t warrant a violent ax attack on a fellow student. That message came as well from Hanover ... Richmond 2010-07-27T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/walk28-ar-352516/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/walk28-ar-352516/#When:23:01:00Z Last week, in Henrico Circuit Court, Christopher Walker, now 34, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in Verna Ileo#39;s death. Richmond 2010-07-27T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/todd28-ar-352509/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/todd28-ar-352509/#When:23:01:00Z A Richmond judge yesterday denied bond for Michael D. Solomon on a charge of abducting his slain girlfriend#39;s 2-year-old son last week. During a brief hearing in Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, Judge Richard B. Campbell echoed a prosecutor#39;s concern about releasing Solomon because quot;the mother of this ... Richmond 2010-07-27T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/priz28-ar-352503/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/priz28-ar-352503/#When:23:01:00Z Virginia spends too much money locking up nonviolent offenders and not enough on programs to help criminals transition into life after prison, Department of Corrections director Gene M. Johnson said yesterday. Speaking at a statewide conference on prisoner re-entry, Johnson said the state should stop doling out lengthy prison sentences ... Richmond 2010-07-27T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/henr28g1-ar-352501/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/henr28g1-ar-352501/#When:23:01:00Z Community meeting The Route 5 Corridor Study team will hold an open house-style meeting where the public will have Richmond 2010-07-27T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/jamb28-ar-352497/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/jamb28-ar-352497/#When:23:01:00Z A man dressed in a linen tunic and leather war boots surveyed the four Boy Scouts and then gestured toward four sets of throwing knives. Richmond 2010-07-27T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/henr28-ar-352496/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/henr28-ar-352496/#When:23:01:00Z With a projected growth along state Route 5 in eastern Henrico County, improvements to this scenic Virginia byway may be necessary. A state-funded study of the corridor is under way to determine future travel needs in the area -- from Seventh Street in downtown Richmond to state Route 895 in ... Richmond 2010-07-27T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/jamb28s1-ar-352494/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/jamb28s1-ar-352494/#When:23:01:00Z The 2010 National Boy Scout Jamboree is the Jamboree of the wireless Scouts. This edition, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Scouting in America, is also the Jamboree of Twitter, Facebook, smart phones and iPods. Scouts can travel down Merit Badge Midway at Fort A.P. Hill and learn blacksmithing and pioneering, ... Richmond 2010-07-27T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/j-numb28-ar-351948/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/28/j-numb28-ar-351948/#When:23:01:00Z Jamboree by the numbers 32,000 youths 4,000 adult leaders 9,000 volunteer staffers 2,000 military personnel 47,000 total Jamboree participants Richmond 2010-07-27T23:01:00+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/27/frungater-ar-352074/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/27/frungater-ar-352074/#When:14:08:01Z A Kimball International Inc. subsidiary plans to open a furniture plant in Henry County that will create 67 jobs. Gov. Bob McDonnell said today that Kimball Hospitality plans to invest $1 million in the operation, which will manufacture hospitality furniture. Richmond 2010-07-27T14:08:01+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/27/16-year-old-pleads-guilty-reduced-charge-hanover-a-ar-351978/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/27/16-year-old-pleads-guilty-reduced-charge-hanover-a-ar-351978/#When:12:42:03Z A 16-year-old Hanover boy pleaded guilty today to an ax attack on a fellow Lee-Davis High School student in October. Richmond 2010-07-27T12:42:03+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/27/coxxgat27-ar-351910/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/27/coxxgat27-ar-351910/#When:11:32:01Z Authorities have evacuated an office building at 4551 Cox Road in Henrico County after two envelopes deemed suspicious were delivered to a second-floor attorney#39;s office within an hour, police said. The Henrico Division of Police#39;s bomb squad was called at 10:45 a.m. after the recipient of the two envelopes didn#39;t ... Richmond 2010-07-27T11:32:01+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/27/toddgat27-ar-351819/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/27/toddgat27-ar-351819/#When:09:42:01Z A Richmond judge this morning denied bond for Michael D. Solomon on a charge of abducting his slain girlfriend#39;s 2-year-old son. Richmond 2010-07-27T09:42:01+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/27/richmond-organizes-school-supplies-giveaways-ar-351748/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/27/richmond-organizes-school-supplies-giveaways-ar-351748/#When:08:15:09Z Several community organizations and civic groups will help host school supplies giveaways for Richmond students Aug. 28 from 10 a.m. to noon at John Marshall and George Wythe high schools, the city school system said today. Richmond 2010-07-27T08:15:09+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/27/richmond-police-seek-south-side-armed-robbery-susp-ar-351630/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/27/richmond-police-seek-south-side-armed-robbery-susp-ar-351630/#When:05:43:32Z Richmond police said this morning theyamp;nbsp;are looking for two men armed with handguns who robbed two adults of their wallets and jewelry last night about 10 p.m. in the 3400 block of Keighly Road in South Side. Richmond 2010-07-27T05:43:32+00:00 http://www.headlineva.com/index.php/news/