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CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) A spokeswoman at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia says a suspicious package found there does not appear to be similar to packages found at Maryland state government buildings. An airport spokeswoman says a bomb squad from Virginia State Police examined the package yesterday and determined it was harmless.
NEWPORT, Va. (AP) Brown University says in a federal lawsuit that a Civil War-era sword recently displayed at a Newport News-owned museum was stolen from a university collection in the 1970s. Brown's lawsuit asks a federal judge to declare the university as the rightful owner of the sword and an ornamental scabbard.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) Hampton Roads Transit is delaying the start of light rail because the safety systems won't be completed by the scheduled May 1 opening. The agency's president says he doesn't know when the light rail called The Tide will begin operations but says he expects it to start this year.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) Federal authorities are handing out speeding tickets to large commercial ships that exceed a new speed limit aimed at protecting the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Six vessels have been cited for a total of 42 violations in the last year.
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Nostalgia For Sale As Captain Kangaroo's Pals Are Auctioned Off
A giant lot of Captain Kangaroo memorabilia goes on the auction block this week in Los Angeles. Among the items up for auction are several of the Captain's signature jackets, Mr. Grean Jeans' famous jeans and the life-sized costume worn by Dancing Bear.Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York
Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century artist who liked to play with his food, transforming it into the building blocks of many of his fantastical portraits. Artist Philip Haas has taken those portraits out of museums, reinterpreting them as colossal statues that interact with the natural environment.Is There Really A Second-Term Curse?
Whether it's President Richard Nixon's resignation or President Bill Clinton's impeachment, presidents tend to have a tough time during the back half of an eight-year presidency.Young Kenyans Build Mobile Apps For Local Use
College students and recent graduates crammed the top floor of a tech hub in Nairobi for a competition built around the theme "Solutions for the Next Billion Mobile Users." Africa has more than 600 million mobile phone users (approximately 11 percent of the global total) – and the number is growing.Leave a Comment
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