Grottoes town manager resigns after brief tenure
Cate Mansfield, 22, resigns as town manager of Grottoes after less than 14 percent of a year in office. She cited desire for more authority and left at a special meeting called by the mayor. Mansfield started June 23 with a $24,000 salary and oversaw maintenance and office staff.
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Inside Cheers In Britain Queen Mother Elizabeth Birthday Gala
Thousands cheered Queen Mother Elizabeth as she marked a royal birthday in Britain. Obituaries list Katherine H. Eavey 96 Harrisonburg Mary E. Grant 63 Raphine Nettie V. Hershman 93 Strasburg Velma M. Hoover 68 Harrisonburg Elizabeth V. Redman 72 Petersburg W Va Ollie M. Spitler 82 Luray.
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Cell phones blamed for brain tumor fears face rising usage
Artha Armstrong chats on a cell in Officemax while her husband calls about car pools. Despite a Baltimore neurologist's $800 million suit linking his tumors to six years of use, locals say they continue using mobiles as studies yield no definite answers. Experts note exposure would need years to show cancer, and usage climbs as phones become common.
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Delegates Urge Bush Day One Actions At GOP Convention
Philadelphia delegates urge President-elect Bush to begin a tax cut, education reform, and military rebuilding on day one. They also seek reversing Clinton era land protections while warning of a large wartime surplus and pledging early executive actions.以来?
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Goldilocks Economy Seen As Jobless Rate Steady
Economists describe the July unemployment rate at 4 percent near a three-decade low as manufacturing revival offsets 290,000 Census temporary job losses. The report, dubbed a Goldilocks scenario, hints at restrained inflation risk yet prompts mixed Wall Street reaction and a Dow rise of 67 points to 10,767.75.
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Forest Service Calls In More Firefighters From Canada and Army
Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck said 200 Canadian firefighters plus 500 additional Army troops will reinforce Western crews. Most Canadians go to Montana. 500 Fort Hood troops will train and join 500 Army and 500 Marines already fighting fires in Idaho. Major Montana fires total 15 across 100000 acres amid evacuations in Bitterroot Valley. A helicopter crash near Elko, Nevada, killed one crew member and injured three others.
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Virginia man loses bid for custody of fetus
In Roanoke, Alphonso Brooks sought custody of an unborn child arguing the mother Chevette Hunter’s environment endangered the child. Judge Robert P. Doherty dismissed the petition, ruling custody cannot exist before birth.
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