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The Norfolk 17
Names of the Norfolk 17, black students who were educated at First Baptist Church during Virginia's "Massive Resistance" to school desegregation. The 17 went on to integrate the city's schools. Lavera Forbes Brown Delores Johnson Brown Louis Cousins...Tags: Baptist, Christianity, Virginia
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NBC Universal to buy The Weather Channel for $3.5B
AP Business WriterNBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process that had attracted interest from several major media companies. Financial terms weren't...Tags: Landmark Communications Incorporated, CBS Corp., Satellite and Cable Service, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Deutsche Bank AG
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Black students helped end 'Massive Resistance'
Associated Press WriterThe "Norfolk 17" were honored Sunday at the church that educated them 50 years ago when six of the city's all-white public schools closed under Virginia's defiant response to court-ordered desegregation. Ten of the 14 surviving members of the Norfolk...Tags: Justice System, Society, Ceremonies, Local Authority, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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Another trip to the DL?
Roch Around the ClockAdam Loewen made it through his injury rehab assignment without experiencing any pain in his left arm. He proclaimed it '100 percent.'Not anymore.Loewen left today's game in the fifth inning with discomfort in his elbow. The disabled list beckons.Can it.....Tags: Alberto Castillo, Baltimore Orioles
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maryland: Aug. 9 commissioning for high-tech warship
For the first time in almost a quarter century, a major naval warship will be commissioned in Baltimore. The USS Sterett, a $1.3 billion missile destroyer, recently left its shipyard in Maine for a month of testing at sea. The Baltimore Sun reported...Tags: Maine
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Father faces charges in daughter's drowning
A Norfolk man is facing felony child-neglect charges after police say his 9-month-old daughter drowned in a tub of water. Police say 38-year-old Jeremy Adam Kelly was arrested early Thursday and charged after officers responded to a call about 2:15 a.m....Tags: Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Police, Police Arrests
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Students helped break 'Massive Resistance'
Seventeen students are being honored at the church that educated them when six all-white public schools closed rather than integrate 50 years ago. Ten of the 14 surviving members of the "Norfolk 17" attended Sunday's service at the First Baptist Church,...Tags: Baptist, Christianity, Virginia
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Landmark agrees to sell Weather Channel
An investor group led by NBC Universal is buying The Weather Channel. Landmark Communications Inc. of Norfolk announced the deal on Sunday, but neither Landmark nor NBC disclosed the price. Pending regulatory approval, the sale could be finalized by...Tags: Landmark Communications Incorporated, NBC, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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How much would you pay for a quick commute?
247-4765How much would you pay to guarantee a speedy commute? Any local driver knows that gridlock at big bottlenecks routinely clogs traffic for hours and miles, pushing Hampton Roads' overworked transportation network to the brink. But express tolling lanes...Tags: Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Vehicles, Transportation, Heavy Engineering, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Regional Calendar
Regional Calendar MARYLAND Concert series Bethesda. The Summer Concert Series continues at noon Wednesday with folk and jazz music by Laura Baron at Bethesda Place Plaza, 7700 Wisconsin Ave. The Nighthawks performs blues music at 6 p.m. Thursday at...Tags: Movies, Wisconsin, Delaware, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Havre de Grace
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