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Woman recalls spending 15 hours atop truck in flooded East Bay creek
05 Feb 2024 03:18 GMT
LIVERMORE -- When a wet storm rolls in, normally quiet creeks can quickly become raging rivers. An East Bay woman has a harrowing story to tell about the dangers of driving across flowing water.
Jennifer Magruder has to unlock a gate to access the road to …
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The secret life of Jimmy Zhong, who stole – and lost – more than $3 billion
17 Oct 2023 16:10 GMT
In 2012, someone stole 50,000 bitcoin from the Silk Road, an illegal dark web marketplace. Over time, the value of the stolen bitcoin skyrocketed to more than $3 billion dollars and for years it remained one of the biggest mysteries in the world of …
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
23 Apr 2023 15:04 GMT
Classes
SAILING. Sailing course, offered by the Cruising Club of Virginia. 6:30-8:30 p.m. for four consecutive Tuesdays starting May 7; Hampton. On the water sailing each Wednesday following class sessions. Cost: $50 plus books. No experience necessary. …
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Forgotten Mulberry Island
08 Apr 2023 04:07 GMT
NEWPORT NEWS — EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally ran in 1997 and is reproduced here to help mark the 100th birthday of Fort Eustis.Step onto the second tee at the Fort Eustis golf course and you may see more than a tree-lined fairway.
Big, burly …
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Lincoln County escaped inmate rushed at, injured guard before fleeing jail on foot
23 Aug 2022 05:29 GMT
LCSO captured 37-year-old Cody Magruder on Tuesday morning on the south of Davenport city limits after witnesses saw him and called the police. Magruder escaped from the Davenport jail on Monday.
Magruder was booked into Lincoln County Jail on multiple …
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The first Biden effect? A champagne rush in Washington DC
09 Nov 2020 13:34 GMT
Saturday's announcement of Joe Biden's election to the presidency of the United States caused a rush on champagne and sparkling wine purchases in Washington. Some stores were even close to being out of stock in the U.S. capital, a Democratic …
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Bubbly mood: Washington scrambles for champagne after Biden win
08 Nov 2020 09:17 GMT
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden's election as US president sparked a scramble for champagne in the capital Washington and some stores were already close to running out of stock in the Democratic stronghold.
It seemed many were ready to toast an end to a …
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Happy 125th, Village of Depew
23 Jul 2019 09:51 GMT
Depew residents will gather in Veterans Park at 7 p.m. to unearth a crypt that contains a time capsule buried in 1994. The event will kick off a weekend of festivities celebrating the 125th anniversary of a unique Western New York village with a storied …
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World War I cross under siege: The fallen 49 behind the Peace Cross in Maryland
24 Sep 2018 20:12 GMT
BLADENSBURG, Md. — A flag covered a bronze tablet, and a Gold Star mother who had lost a son to the Great War stood ready.
Silhouetted against the sky of a 1925 July day at the gateway of a new public highway outside Washington was a 40-foot-tall monument …
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The fallen 49 behind the Peace Cross
23 Sep 2018 16:24 GMT
BLADENSBURG, Md. - A flag covered a bronze tablet, and a Gold Star mother who had lost a son to the Great War stood ready.
Silhouetted against the sky of a 1925 July day at the gateway of a new public highway outside Washington was a 40-foot-tall monument …