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Lynchburg man sentenced to 11 years on child pornography charges
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefA Lynchburg man will spend 11 years in prison for looking at pornographic pictures of children. A Federal judge sentenced Jesse Leon Coleman Wednesday afternoon. He was found guilty in November on charges of receiving e-mails from Russia that contained...Tags: U.S. Navy, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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LIVE VIDEO: NASA video of asteroid flying by Earth
Live video for mobile from Ustream The world is safe -- at least from one asteroid. A 150-foot cosmic rock hurtled safely past Earth on Friday. To watch live video of the asteroid flying by Earth, click in the video player above. The video is being...
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Virginia family facing many challenges while trying to adopt teenage boy from Russia
WDBJ 7 Anchor/ReporterA Russian orphan wants to bypass that country's laws to live in Virginia. A family in Northern Virginia tried to adopt the 14 year old boy, despite the country's new ban on Americans adopting Russian children. They say they'll keep fighting...Tags: Social Issues, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Christianity
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'The Amazing Race' Recap: We Was Robbed
WDBJ7 BloggerLast week, the Amazing Race left us with a cliff hanger. Are Abba and James done? Can Abbie + Ryan and Brent +Josh catch up to the rest of the pack? James and Abba are told to find their missing passports. The guys rush to make phone calls to police...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Moscow (Russia), Politics, The Amazing Race (tv program), Interior Policy
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'The Amazing Race' Recap: Off To See The Wizard
WDBJ7 BloggerTeams travel to Moscow, Russia for this leg of the race. Once there, they must find the Zurab Tsereteli Park for their next clue. Ryan and Abbie feel that Sri Lanka latch on to Trey and Lexi. They feel that they are trying to make an enemy out of them...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Birkat Hachama, Sri Lanka, Arts and Culture, Moscow (Russia)
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Lynchburg man indicted on child pornography charges
A Lynchburg man is among nine people indicted on federal child pornography charges.
The Department of Justice says the defendants conspired to receive, distribute and view child pornography. Prosecutors believe that over the past two-and-a-...Tags: Sex Crimes, Prosecution, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), U.S. Department of Justice, Punishment
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Attic Productions getting ready for new play
Botetourt Co., Va.---
She's been the subject of historical lore for nearly a century.
Now, the story of "Anastasia" is coming to the stage in Botetourt Co.
The play focuses on a woman who insisted she was related to Russia's Tsar Nicholas II after...Tags: Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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Russia: Suicide bomber attacked the Moscow airport
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian investigators say a suicide bomber most likely carried out the attack that killed at least 31 people and wounded over 140 at Moscow's busiest airport.
Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin says experts are now trying...Tags: Mass Media, Explosions, News Agency, Suicide, Politics
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More South Koreans support developing nuclear weapons
SEOUL — Perhaps it is merely basic human desire to keep up with the neighbors, but an increasing number of South Koreans are saying that they want nuclear weapons too. Even in Japan, a country still traumatized by the legacy of Hiroshima and...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Tokyo (Japan), Gun Control, Interior Policy
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Syria's Assad dubious of U.S.-Russia peace initiative
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad has expressed skepticism that a planned U.S.-Russian peace conference could help stop the bloodshed in his country, according to an interview published Saturday in an Argentine newspaper. The Syrian leader...
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Syria's Assad: Little chance peace talks would succeed -newspaper
ReutersLIMA, May 18 (Reuters) - Proposed peace talks for Syria would not curb "terrorism" in the country and it is unrealistic to think they would succeed, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published in an Argentine newspaper on Saturday....Tags: Iran, Peace Negotiations, Newspaper and Magazine, Wars and Interventions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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READER SUBMITTED: Dalia Lazar Comes To Chester For Third Music And More Concert
Middletown/ShorelineClassical pianist Dalia Lazar comes to Chester for the third Music and More concert on Sunday, May 19, at Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek. Born in Croatia, Ms. Lazar began studying piano at an early age. Her first piano teacher recognized her...Tags: Entertainment, Moscow (Russia), Music, Croatia
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