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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Dec 6th, 2007 0 comments
Most likely to plead guilty: Serial rape suspect Nathan Antonio Washington is indicted by an Albemarle grand jury December 3 and is expected to plead guilty to charges stemming from a 2004 attack on...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Nov 29th, 2007 0 comments
Worst UVA student crime: Second-year engineering students Guanyu Lu and Baichuan Shu, both 19, allegedly abduct a man in Tysons Corner, hold him bound and gagged with duct tape in a Falls Church...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Nov 22nd, 2007 0 comments
Worst baby-killing trial: Robert Wayne Wyant, 33, is convicted of second-degree murder November 16 in the death of his girlfriend's eight-month-old daughter, Alexis Renee McFadyen, by shaking. Rob...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Nov 15th, 2007 0 comments
Biggest upsets: Political unknown Denise Lunsford unseats four-term Commonwealth's Attorney Jim Camblos, while Ann Mallek denies David Wyant reelection to the Albemarle Board of Supervisors in the...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Nov 8th, 2007 0 comments
Most unusual charge: Defense attorney Debbie Wyatt is indicted on five misdemeanor counts of "embracery," a charge dating to the Middle Ages, for allegedly attempting to influence a 2004 grand jury...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Nov 1st, 2007 1 comments
Biggest Pavilion crowd: Nearly 5,000 people pack the outdoor amphitheater October 29 to hear presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama.
Biggest presidential fundraiser: Obama pulls in $250,000,...
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4BETTER OR WORSE: The week in review Published on Oct 25th, 2007 0 comments
Latest sign the 29 western bypass will never be entirely dead: Attorney General Bob McDonnell suggests that if Charlottesville and Albemarle take the controversial roadway out of longterm plans,...
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4BETTER OR WORSE: The week in review Published on Oct 18th, 2007 0 comments
Worst break-up: Corn Pone Lane resident Sheri Staples, 38, is shot three times October 13 by her partner, Kandace Bright, 38, in their Lake Monticello home, NBC29 reports. Bright fatally shot herself...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Oct 11th, 2007 1 comments
Best case of "what was he thinking?" A pistol-packing parent who works in law enforcement sends Fluvanna Middle School into lockdown October 2 when the gun toter is seen strolling around school...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Oct 4th, 2007 1 comments
Worst coaching: Nelson County Middle School librarian Tim Bennett, who also coaches high school track, using the on-line screen name "Steel Pony," allegedly masturbates and explains how to...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Sep 27th, 2007 0 comments
Latest water woes: A major repair of the water supply's aging infrastructure during a severe drought would be "catastrophic," says Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority director Tom Frederick, who's...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Sep 20th, 2007 0 comments
Biggest change on the southern horizon: The Albemarle Board of Supervisors unanimously approves the 3,100-unit Biscuit Run development around 1am September 13.
Biggest burglar bust: Alleged...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Sep 13th, 2007 0 comments
Biggest protest: According to the Cavalier Daily, at least 100 hundred UVA students (the Progress reports nearly 200) file into the Cav Daily offices September 5 to demonstrate their displeasure with...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Sep 6th, 2007 0 comments
Hottest seat: Virginia Tech president Charles Steger hears people calling for his head following the report of the panel that investigated the April 16 massacre by Cho Sueng-Hui.
Deepest cut: UVA...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Aug 30th, 2007 0 comments
Largest: The Class of 2011, which moved in August 25, contains 3,267 first years as of August 27, the biggest and most diverse class in UVA history, according to a University release.
Best reason for...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Aug 23rd, 2007 0 comments
Worst back-to-school happening at Tech: A carbon monoxide leak sends 19 students to the hospital August 19, and five young women living in a Collegiate Suites apartment are injured, two of them...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Aug 16th, 2007 0 comments
Biggest story: A 10-year reign of terror ends with the August 13 arrest of Nathan Antonio "Tony" Washington, whom police charge in two serial rapist assaults. DNA had previously tied seven attacks to...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Aug 9th, 2007 1 comments
Worst trend, part 1: Fights between African-American youths in the Prospect Avenue and Forest Hills areas are videotaped and posted on Youtube, Henry Graff reports on NBC29.
Worst trend, part 2...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jul 26th, 2007 0 comments
Driest: The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority asks residents to voluntarily conserve water July 23. Rainfall is 6 inches below normal, and RWSA executive director Tom Frederick predicts water will...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jul 19th, 2007 0 comments
Worst weekend for traffic fatalities: North Garden resident Mitchell Clark, 20, dies July 13 in a single-car accident when his car runs off Taylor's Gap Road and strikes a tree some time before 6:...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jul 12th, 2007 0 comments
Worst backfire on a Good Samaritan: Marilyn Baker, 62, is struck in the head with a child's scooter while trying to break up a fight outside her home in Orange July 4 and dies early the next day, Rob...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jul 5th, 2007 0 comments
Most suspicious white powder: A substance later determined to be sugar shuts down the main post office on Seminole Trail for several hours early July 2, WINA reports. Hazmat teams remove the sugar...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jun 28th, 2007 0 comments
Greenest reprieve: Charlottesville cuts loose with a $400,000 check to cover the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority's deficit before the authority slashes free recycling and other popular programs, Jeremy...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jun 21st, 2007 10 comments
Most surprising indictment: Game warden Robert Orrin Ham III, 25, on June 11 for the January 24 death of Greene County teen Allen Michael Cochran, 16. Ham, charged with voluntary manslaughter, shot...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jun 14th, 2007 0 comments
Most outraged: Dr. Barbara Haskins joins the City Council race as an independent, citing her outrage at councilors' willingness to shell out $1 million to buy and staff ambulances rather than work...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jun 7th, 2007 1 comments
Most convenient bank robbery: The Downtown Mall branch of Union Bank & Trust, nearly robbed Friday June 1 by a Fredericksburg man named Jeffrey A. Adams, stands two blocks from the...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on May 31st, 2007 2 comments
Worst location for a drug bust: The Emergency Communications Center, where employee and Afton resident Jeanine Miller, 44, is arrested and charged with felony possession of cocaine and marijuana,...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on May 24th, 2007 0 comments
Biggest deadbeat: The city of Charlottesville has refused since 2001 to pay the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority a portion of fees that would go to administrative costs until the city reaches an...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on May 17th, 2007 0 comments
Loudest screams from Scott Stadium: Big donors get the best seats and parking starting in 2008, Jerry Ratcliffe reports in the Daily Progress. UVA gives the $500-a-year contributors one last season...
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on May 10th, 2007 0 comments
Biggest slap on the face of a world class city: Frommer's, which ranked Charlottesville the number-one place to live three years ago, downgrades the city to number 17, citing the high cost of...
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