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Newspaper
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 2008
Page
1
Virginia Night Drawing results include Pick 3 1-264 Pick 4 7-221 Cash 5 3-14-16-21-32 Mega Millions 10-16-19-27-48 Mega Ball 25 DC Night Drawing Lucky Numbers 1-66 DC4 7-1-3830 Rolling Cash 5 5 15 19-28-32 DC 6 6-9-13-21-23-25 Bonus 24 DC Midday Drawing Lucky Numbers 5-1-7 DC 4 7-8-0-0
Quote notes Barack Obama’s quest to quit smoking as a public example. Cheryl Healton of the American Legacy Foundation suggests the president-elect can show how hard it is to quit. The item appears on Page B4 as today’s quote.
On December 13, 1642 Abel Tasman sighted what is now New Zealand. In 1769 Dartmouth College gained a charter. Union defeats Fredericksburg in 1862. 1918 Woodrow Wilson visited Europe in office. 1944 Nashville was damaged by a kamikaze attack. 1978 Philadelphia Mint began Susan B Anthony dollar coins. 1981 Polish martial law crackdown on Solidarity. 1994 An American Eagle crash near Raleigh Durham killed 15 of 20.
Fragmented OCR shows address lines for Harrisonburg Virginia publication. Mentions Rockingham Publishing Co. Daily News Record and sections for General Information Advertising Classified Display Circulation and contact numbers. No clear event or person defined.
More than 200 readers called the Richmond Times Dispatch after a story about a mysteriously abandoned Chihuahua named Roo. The dog has been adopted and now lives with a family in Midlothian.
The biggest full moon of the year silhouettes Justice atop the Rockingham County Courthouse on Friday night. The moon appeared brighter than others this year as it was at perigee, the orbital point closest to Earth.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai met aboard an American aircraft carrier this week while U S naval officials reassured him that airstrikes would avoid civilian casualties. The visit underscores ongoing coordination between Kabul and Washington on battlefield restraint.
Consumer spending weakened for the fifth straight month in November as retail sales fell and the Producer Price Index dropped 2.2 percent signaling a deepening recession. The report highlights weaker demand, price pressures, and ongoing economic malaise.
Washington AP report confirms Robin Toner of The New York Times died at 54 from colon cancer at her Washington home. In a 25 year career she covered five presidential elections and major campaigns. praised for meticulous reporting and steadfast fact checking.
A Virginia lawmakers hearing heard environmentalists scientists and industry groups warn that air and water contamination must be studied before Virginia weighs mining one of the world’s largest uranium deposits The study pairs Virginia Tech and the National Academy of Sciences with 15 to 20 scientists and will take about 1% years to complete Virginia Uranium Inc seeks to mine the ore near the North Carolina border while landowner Walter Coles pledges restoration and stewardship as the moratorium remains in place
Tense fallout over a failed 14 billion loan would have funded GM and Chrysler faces UAW accusations that Southern Republican senators seek to break the union for foreign automakers. The dispute centers on wage concessions and a proposed car czar while the Bush administration signals money from the 700 billion bailout.
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