Sunday hunting passes Senate committee


Hunting on private land on Sundays is one step closer to becoming law with passage of a bill by the Virginia Senate. Sen. Frank Wagner's measure advanced to the House of Delegates on a 29-11 vote


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DMV to open new Gloucester Center


The state Department of Motor Vehicles announced plans on Jan. 19 to open a new Gloucester Customer Service Center (CSC) at York River Crossing Shopping Center, Hayes. The new facility will replace the current DMV office
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Virginia, U.S. reach $2B settlement on disability services


Virginia will close four of its five institutions for housing the developmentally and intellectually disabled and transition those services to the community. It’s part of a 10-year, $2 billion settlement the state entered into today with the Department of Justice.

The settlement ends nearly a year of negotiations with the Justice Department, which determined after a three-year investigation that Virginia violated federal law by needlessly warehousing those people in institutions instead of providing adequate community-based services. Virginia agreed to close the institutions by 2020, leaving open 75 beds at Southeastern Virginia Training Center in Chesapeake.

There are currently more than 1,000 people housed at the state's five facilities.
Friend says on 911 call Demi Moore was convulsing (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2011 file photo, actress Demi Moore attends the premiere of 'Margin Call' in New York. A spokeswoman for Moore on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 said the actress is seeking professional help to treat her exhaustion and improve her health. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)AP - Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was convulsing and "semi-conscious, barely," according to a caller on a frantic 911 recording released Friday by Los Angeles fire officials.


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Actress' claim to be gay by choice riles activists (AP)

FILE - This is a Tuesday, May 25, 2010 file photo of actress Cynthia Nixon attending the Designing Women Awards in New York. Gay rights activists say actress Cynthia Nixon's insistence she chose to be a lesbian gives fodder to those who argue gays don't deserve marriage rights. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political.


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APNewsBreak: Jackson enters fray over Grammy cuts (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2011 file photo, Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks with reporters during the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial in Washington. Jackson is entering the fray over The Recording Academy's cuts to its Grammy categories: He's asking to meet with the president of the organization and has raised the possibility of protests, with the awards a little less than two weeks away. In a Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 letter to Neil Portnow, president and CEO of the Grammys, the civil rights activist said his Rainbow Push Coalition was alarmed that there were reductions at a time 'when our country needs to celebrate all its cultural traditions.' (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)AP - The Rev. Jesse Jackson is entering the fray over The Recording Academy's cuts to its Grammy categories: He's asking to meet with the president of the organization and has raised the possibility of protests with the awards less than two weeks away.


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Peter, Paul and Mary bassist Dick Kniss dies at 74 (omg!)
omg! - Dick Kniss, a bassist who performed for five decades with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," has died. He was 74.
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Loved and loathed, Lana Del Rey set to face the music (omg!)
omg! - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rarely has a pop star just starting out been so loved and loathed as Lana Del Rey, the 25-year-old who has filled acres of newspaper column inches even before her debut album "Born to Die" hits shelves next week. First came the "breakthrough" when her video for the song "Video Games" was viewed millions of times on YouTube leading to the sultry chanteuse becoming the talk of the music business. ...
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Evelyn - My Friendship with Jennifer is Done (omg!)
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The Big Bang Theory's Simon Helberg Expecting a Baby! (omg!)
omg! - This will be the first child for the actor and wife Jocelyn Towne
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'Horrible Bosses' Star Lindsay Sloane Gives Birth (omg!)
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'Horrible Bosses' Star Lindsay Sloane Gives BirthLast week, Lindsay Sloane and husband Dar Rollins welcomed their first child, according to Us Weekly. ...

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VIDEO: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Lisa Says She Had a Tough Start With Taylor (omg!)
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Taylor Armstrong and Lisa Vanderpump | Photo Credits: Evans Vestal Ward/Bravo

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Actress' claim to be gay by choice riles activists (omg!)
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SAG statuette has an interesting backstory (AP)

FILE - In this March 10, 2002 file photo, British actress Helen Mirren jokingly kisses the backside of her award, 'the Actor,' for outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role in the film, 'Gosford Park' at the 8th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. The SAG awards will be held on Jan. 29, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file)AP - The television academy's Emmy has her wings. The motion picture academy's Oscar has his sword. But the Screen Actors Guild's statuette, known as "The Actor," may have the hottest bod of the Hollywood award season.


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Peter, Paul and Mary bassist Dick Kniss dies at 74 (AP)
AP - Dick Kniss, a bassist who performed for five decades with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," has died. He was 74.
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Sundance question: How to spend a billion dollars (AP)

Writer/directors Tim Heidecker, left, and Eric Wareheim, from the film 'Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie,' pose for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will)AP - The million-dollar question at the Sundance Film Festival, home of low-budget stories shot on begged and borrowed cash, is this: What would you do if you had $1 billion to make your movie?


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HBO places its bets on horse racing drama `Luck' (AP)

In this image released by HBO, Dennis Farina, left, and Dustin Hoffman are shown in a scene from the series 'Luck,' , debuting Sunday on HBO at 9 p.m. EST. (AP Photo/HBO, Gusmano Cesaretti)AP - David Milch had the script for a horse racing drama kicking around in his head for 30 years. The screenwriter and producer was just too busy living it to put words to paper.


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Actress' claim to be gay by choice riles activists (AP)

FILE - This is a Tuesday, May 25, 2010 file photo of actress Cynthia Nixon attending the Designing Women Awards in New York. Gay rights activists say actress Cynthia Nixon's insistence she chose to be a lesbian gives fodder to those who argue gays don't deserve marriage rights. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political.


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Djokovic wins marathon match to set up Nadal final (AP)

Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Andy Murray of Britain during their semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, early Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)AP - If anyone knows how Novak Djokovic feels after sweating and scrapping for almost five hours in the Australian Open semifinals, it's his next opponent — Rafael Nadal.


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Manning, Irsay insist they are on same page (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2012, file photo, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning watches from the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville, Fla. Shortly after introducing Chuck Pagano as Indianapolis' new coach, team owner Jim Irsay responded to the comments Manning made earlier this week about the Colts by referring to the only four-time league MVP as a 'politician.' (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)AP - Peyton Manning and Colts owner Jim Irsay insist they are just fine after a week filled with complaints and comments suggesting a rift had developed following one of the most miserable seasons in team history.


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Woods, McIlroy in contention in Abu Dhabi (AP)

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, left, talks to Tiger Woods from U.S. on the 15th hole during the second round of Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - Maybe those swing changes are paying off for Tiger Woods.


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Buccaneers introduce Rutgers' Schiano as new coach (AP)

Rutgers football coach Greg Schiano pauses as he answers a question while talking with a group of reporters in Piscataway, N.J., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, after it was announced that he had accepted an offer to coach the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti says a new coach will be hired 'as soon as possible' but did not guarantee that a hire would be made before signing day on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Greg Schiano relishes the challenge of trying to turn around the struggling Tampa Bay Buccaneers.


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A.J. Foyt hospitalized for infection (AP)
AP - A.J. Foyt has been hospitalized in Houston for complications from knee surgery and will skip the 50th anniversary of the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
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AP Source: Browns hire Childress as OC (AP)
AP - Pat Shurmur is turning Cleveland's struggling offense over to a close friend.
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Giants spent years perfecting winning formula (Reuters)
Reuters - The New York Giants are one win away from becoming the only National Football League (NFL) team with four Super Bowl wins in the last 25 years, a stunning turnaround for a franchise that always seemed to come up short in its early years.
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Fielder: Joining Tigers 'kind of a dream' (AP)

Jadyn Fielder, 7, answers a question next to his father, Prince Fielder, who agreed to a $214 million, nine-year contract with the Detroit Tigers, during his introduction to reporters as a member of the team at a baseball news conference at Comerica Park in Detroit, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Prince Fielder was born in 1984, the last time Detroit won the World Series.


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Raptors' top scorer Bargnani out indefinitely with injury (Reuters)
Reuters - The Toronto Raptors will be without leading scorer Andrea Bargnani indefinitely after the Italian centre reinjured his strained left calf, the National Basketball Association team said on Friday.
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Paterno's son: 'Dad, you won. You can go home now' (AP)

Sue Paterno, center, wife of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, consoles her grandson as they leave a memorial service for Joe at Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pa., Thursday Jan. 26, 2012. A capacity crowd of more than 12,000 packed the Bryce Jordan Center for one more tribute to Paterno, the Hall of Fame football coach who died Sunday from lung cancer.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - Jay Paterno leaned over his dying father, gave him a kiss, and whispered in his ear.


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William Clarke wins 2nd stage of Tour Down Under (AP)
AP - Little-known Australian William Clarke won the second stage of cycling's Tour Down Under on Wednesday, defying the peleton in one of the boldest individual breakaways in the history of the World Tour event.
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Canadiens' 7-2 win ends Red Wings' win streak at 7 (AP)

Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price makes a save against the Detroit Red Wings during second-period NHL hockey game action on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Montreal. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)AP - David Desharnais had two goals and an assist, and the Montreal Canadiens ended Detroit's seven-game winning streak with a 7-2 victory over the Red Wings on Wednesday night in the NHL's final game before the league's All-Star break.


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Mahan plans big trip in middle of West Coast swing (AP)

Hunter Mahan drives on the fourth hole of the South Course during the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi )AP - Hunter Mahan is playing five straight tournaments to start the season, a West Coast swing that includes a 17,000-mile detour to the Middle East.


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MMA's 'Iron Mike' gets prison in Vegas sex case (AP)

Michael 'Iron Mike' Whitehead, left, talks with his attorney William Terry, while waiting in Clark County district court, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in Las Vegas. A judge in Las Vegas will decide whether the mixed martial arts fighter once featured on Spike TV's 'The Ultimate Fighter' will go to prison for attempted sexual assault of a woman in April 2010 at his home.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - A mixed martial arts fighter once featured on Spike TV's "The Ultimate Fighter" is going to prison for one to four years for the attempted sexual assault of a woman at his home in April 2010.


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Jennings takes unanimous decision over Byarm (AP)
AP - Bryant Jennings used a fine mix of looping head shots and effective counters to win a 10-round unanimous decision against Maurice Byarm in a heavyweight bout on Saturday night.
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