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MARSEILLE, FRANCE - MAY 17: Plaintiff, Virginia Luna and a lawyer from Argentina leave the courthouse on the last day of the PIP trial at Parc Chanot on May 17, 2013 in Marseille, France. Jean-Claude Mas and his PIP company are facing fraud charges for allegedly selling faulty breast implants, which lead to a global health scare with an estimated 300,000 women in 65 countries affected. The company used non-authorized silicone gel causing many implants to rupture, an estimated 5,000 women have registered as plaintiffs in the case.
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Up to 60 hurt after car careens into Virginia parade
emergency official says about 50 to 60 people were injured after car drove into a group of hikers at a parade in a small Virginia town.Washington County director of emergency management Pokey Harris said Saturday that no fatalities have been reported.The injuries 5:31 PM Read more »
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Officials: Cigarette smuggling ring busted
and state probe, which uncovered a giant smuggling network that supplied city stores with millions of untaxed cigarettes from Virginia , New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said Thursday. The NYPD and state investigators are looking into possible Read more »
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Army Corps to study bayfront flooding
Bill included $20 million for the study of future flood risks to coastal populations that were affected by superstorm Sandy, from Virginia to Maine . "The need to study flood protections for the bayfront areas of Nassau County and Long Beach Island have been Read more »
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Residents divided about development plan
units and 32 condos near the water with boat slips. Farmingdale -based Posillico Development, LLC would build the condos and Virginia -based Avalon Bay Communities, Inc., with an office in Melville , would construct the apartment buildings."The influx of people Read more »
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Museum of the Confederacy opening Gettysburg show
a Congressional Medal of Honor and a furlough. In 1905, Congress decreed that all the flags be returned to the states. All the Virginia Flags went to the museum.The flags, which are made of wool, will be framed for the exhibit. They are, Hancock said, "the Read more »
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2. Dozens hurt in US road accident, say reports
Saturday. The accident stunned people who flocked to a Trail Days parade, a rare larger public event in the small southwestern Virginia town of Damascus, officials told local media. Between 50 and 60 people were injured when the car collided with a crowd, 5 m ago from The Star Malaysia Read more »
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Todd Covington Kicking Will Host a National Camp Series (NCS)...
NFL tryouts with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Buffalo Bills. He was nominated for the 2011 Virginia Hall of Fame. Todd Covington Kicking will host a National Camp Series (NCS) Divisional Kicking Camp for high school kickers, 37 m ago from PRWeb Read more »
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Virginia GOP picks staunch conservatives as statewide candidates
— Thousands of Virginia Republicans on Saturday picked a slate of statewide candidates who vowed to stay true to conservative principles, resisting calls to remake the GOP message after losses in 2012. At the top of the ticket is gubernatorial hopeful Ken 39 m ago from The Washington Post Read more »
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Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US
when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.More >> Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels 59 m ago from News 10 WTEN Albany Read more »
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Virginia punches ticket to semifinals with 4-0 victory against Tennessee
remains perfect on the season. URBANA, Ill. – Virginia reached the semifinals of the NCAA tournament for the fourth consecutive year and for the sixth time in the past seven years with a 4-0 victory against Tennessee in a quarterfinal match Saturday at the 7:06 PM from NCAA.com Read more »
