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  Snap o' the day: Baldacci signs
  Best-selling novelist and UVA law grad David Baldacci signs a copy of his latest, The Whole Truth, tonight at Barnes & Noble. (By the way, the lucky book recipient will be the mother of Rutherford Institute lawyer Peggy Grimm, not shown, who is fighting for the right of kids to wear “Virginity rocks” t-shirts at school.) (0)

  Snap o' the Day: Hannah clogs
  “That child was born to clog,” said the announcer, as a child named Hannah took center stage with Stanardsville’s Hi-Horse Cloggers at Armed Forces Day Festival yesterday afternoon in McIntire Park. (0)

  Storm Team 29 bumps Scrubs finale
  Local fans of NBC medical comedy Scrubs had to miss the final episode of the show’s seven-season run last night. Instead, fans of J.D., Elliot and Turk tuned in to find the NBC 29 “Storm Team” engaged in wall-to-wall coverage of the foul weather and the tornado warning that came with it for nearly two hours. To be fair, though, you can watch the Scrubs finale, as well as preempted episodes of The Office and My Name Is Earl in full on NBC 29’s website today, and our local weather team’s coverage was nowhere near as melodramatic as this promo from Oklahoma CBS affiliate KWTV. # (16)

  AHS student killed
  Albemarle High School student Sydney Aichs, 16, died this morning at 7:08am when she made a left turn in her Chevy Cavalier onto U.S. 29 north from Ashwood Boulevard and was struck by a tractor trailer. Kenneth Barber, 54, was the driver and charges are pending. (39)

  Hook columnist sparks AG lawsuit
  Attorney General Bob McDonnell has filed suit against Nicholas J. Gianakos, proprietor of Instant Cash Title Loans in Charlottesville, for violating Virginia’s Consumer Finance Act. According to a release, the company’s alleged wrongdoing was first brought to the attention of the AG by Alan Zimmerman, the Hook’s consumer reporter. Zimmerman investigated the case of Estelle Williams, who borrowed $230 in 2005 and despite paying $1,000, which worked out to interest of 240 percent, still had her car repossessed. Based on this info, the Office of the Attorney General launched an investigation, which led to today’s announcement of legal action. “It’s pretty cool to see government respond,” says Zimmerman. (1)

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