Train derailment at Neal Sunoco plant prompts evacuations
Authorities investigate a derailment at a Sunoco chemical plant in Neal Wayne County near US 52 and SR 75. About 40 residents within a half mile were evacuated as a precaution. 30,000 gallons of propylene and two empty hopper cars derailed but the tanker stayed upright. Evacuees returned about 4 30 am Thursday.
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DNA cold-hit execution marks first in U S history
James Earl Patterson, 35, was put to death by lethal injection at Greensville Correctional Center after a Virginia DNA database cold hit tied him to the 1987 rape and murder of Joyce Aldridge in Prince George County. He confessed after the match and apologized to the Aldridge family. Protesters gathered outside Charlottesville court as Virginia notes it was the nation’s first cold-hit execution.
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Wise coal truck plan aims for months, not days
Gov. Wise and leaders form a legislative working group to resolve the overweight coal truck issue within two months and draft a bill for a possible special session later. They will balance safety advocates pressing current limits with industry backers seeking higher weights as truckers protest enforcement. A related case involves a threatening call to Delegate Caputo and a separate assault charge against coal trucker Roger Blake.
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Drug ring indicted over 10000 pounds marijuana and cocaine
A 168 page federal indictment charges 32 people in a large scale operation moving more than 10000 pounds of marijuana and 40 kilograms of cocaine to Virginia and other states. Kingpins Haugen and Pacheco allegedly stored, shipped, and laundered drug profits through stash houses in Virginia and couriers driving across the country with family vehicles. The case spans back to 1996 with profits totaling over 8.5 million seized.
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Former CNN bureau chief joins GMU faculty
Former CNN Washington bureau chief Frank Sesno has joined George Mason University as a professor of public policy and communications. He will teach undergrad and graduate courses, lead journalism forums, and host on air town meetings on the university network.
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Washington
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George Mason University
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