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Local News
• Orange battle earns new look
Historians hope to bring attention to little-known Orange County battlefield where Union, Confederacy met in a brief but hot fight
• Police brief
• Mother, son guilty in false dog-attack case  
• Council pushed on courts space
• DELUGE SOAKS NORTHERN NECK  
• PTA hears about role of men in schools  
• Uncle in Delaware facing sex charges  
• Killer receives life in prison  
• regional brief
• Elected official fined by judge in hunting case
• Spotsylvania man gets five years for exposure
• police brief
• Virginia Railway Express predicts severe delays Monday on the Fredericksburg Line; Limited service available
• WIND, WATER POUND BEACH  
• CORRECTION
• Storm closing Virginia roadways
• Murder-for-hire attempt admitted
• Plant opens and lays off workers  
• Beach panels exchange snubs
• Family welcomes another generation  
• Horn will lead missile programs  
• This book giveaway is a wish come true  
• STUDENTS OF THE MONTH  
• Dahlgren honors namesake  
• CORRECTION
Yesterday's Stories
• STUDENTS OF THE MONTH  
• This book giveaway is a wish come true  
• Horn will lead missile programs  
• Orange battle earns new look  
• Plant opens and lays off workers  
• Beach panels exchange snubs
• Storm closing Virginia roadways
• Murder-for-hire attempt admitted
• CORRECTION
• WIND, WATER POUND BEACH  
• Virginia Railway Express predicts severe delays Monday on the Fredericksburg Line; Limited service available
• police brief
• Spotsylvania man gets five years for exposure
• Elected official fined by judge in hunting case
Local Sports
• EAGLES STAY UPRIGHT
RegionII, Division 4 football playoffs: Louisa at Liberty
• HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PAIRINGS
• Wollen leads FCS at VISAA state meet
• PREP PAIRINGS
• HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
• PRO FOOTBALL  
• 'Skins hope Jones shall be Levi of '05
• Rinehart down to last chance  
• PAIRINGS
• HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS
• Scots end Eagles' NCAA run
• Hands-on instruction
• Knights' tale one of gallantry, hope
• Knights lose Kocher to college ranks  
• TONIGHT'S REGULAR SEASON GAMES
• Riding emergencies focus of seminar
• RECREATION CALENDAR
• NORTHWEST REGION DIVISION 6 DIVISION 5 REGION II, DIVISION 4
• VHSL POWER POINTS
• BOWLING SCORES
• BOWLING SCORES
• VHSL POWER POINTS
• RECREATION CALENDAR
• NORTHWEST REGION DIVISION 6 DIVISION 5 REGION II, DIVISION 4
• Riding emergencies focus of seminar
• TONIGHT'S REGULAR SEASON GAMES
• Knights lose Kocher to college ranks  
• Knights' tale one of gallantry, hope
• Hands-on instruction
• Scots end Eagles' NCAA run
• HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS
• PAIRINGS
• Rinehart down to last chance  
• 'Skins hope Jones shall be Levi of '05
Local Business
• Riders share bus with ads
FREDericksburg Regional Transit tries to raise some revenue by posting ads inside buses
• Recession solution: Just pretend world ends in 2012  
• Area gas prices for Friday, November 13
• Regal will beat its 'Twilight' deadline  
• Brothers push Caroline plan  
• A worldview as seen from Moss Neck  
• Brothers push Caroline plan  
• Riders share bus with ads  
• Area gas prices for Friday, November 13
• THAT IS ONE 'L' OF A RECOVERY  
• Officials: Sell responsibly  
• CRAIG BOOTHE  
• Keystone Coffee and Auto Spa will honor vets on Veterans Day.  
• Get ready for return of the giant omelet  
• Year-to-year home prices fall again
• The eye can lie when we're trying to spot trends
• Utilities plug into demand for renewables  
• Worrell receives achievement award  
• Shoplifters, thieves on Santa's naughty list
• Five sectors faring well
Local Features
Town & County is now exclusively found in the print edition of The Free Lance-Star
• In the end, love's the best antivenin
One thing leads to another in the most unusual way as fallout from a snakebite results in a walk down a makeshift aisle
• In the end, love's the best antivenin  
• Movies opening this week  
• Movies still playing in the Fredericksburg area
• >> IT MAY BE THE START OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON, BUT NO NEED TO RUSH TO THE MOVIES THIS WEEK  
• >> THE HARVEST FESTIVAL IN MARKET SQUARE PROMISES A GREAT TIME THIS SATURDAY
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• >> DAVID CROWDER BAND INJECTS NEW LEVEL OF FUN--AND HONESTY--INTO CHRISTIAN-BASED ELECTRONIC ROCK  
• >> BAND HAS MANAGED TO EXPAND BEYOND ITS 'TEEN-GIRL' FAN BASE WITH A NO. 1 BILLBOARD SINGLE, 'GIVES YOU HELL'  
• >> ACCLAIMED PIANIST BRINGS THE MUSIC, AND THE STORY, OF CHOPIN TO GEORGE MASON  
• >> TWO FABULOUS PRODUCTIONS BRING FUN FOR THE KIDS  
• SEE THE LIGHT AT MOUNT VERNON  
• IT DOESN'T GET MUCH MORE AWESOME FOR FANS OF FIGURE SKATING: DOROTHY HAMILL, SCOTT HAMILTON, KRISTI YAMAGUCHI AND NANCY KERRIGAN ON THE ICE!  
• >> A FANTASTIC EXHIBIT BY ARTISTS KAREN WHELPLEY AND LINDA WARSHAW IS AT ART FIRST GALLERY IN FREDERICKSBURG  
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THE LEWIS CARROLL TALE (AND DISNEY ANIMATED CLASSIC) 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' GETS REVAMPED, COURTESY OF CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER AT SPOTSYLVANIA HIGH  
• >> SUPER SUSHI AND LOTS MORE MAKE KENZO A MUST-VISIT JAPANESE CUISINE EXPERIENCE  
• Soothing meals will soften winter's chill  
• Children will connect with characters with realistic issues  
• Kids, cell phones: What's right call?  
• Mary Washington Hospital Foundation honors service of doctor, group who tend to needs of medically underserved
• HEALTH CALENDAR
• Taking short breaks from technology can improve your life
• Apple picking is fun to core  
• A tasty mocha, please, but hold the calories  

Community News
• County celebrates new autism facility  
Stafford County dedicates Day School and Transition Center
• CALENDAR EXTRA
• Plans would add 200 dwellings
• Four-hour parking in place for holidays  
• Crime Solvers  
• School News
• School News
• Thank a military vet for the right to vote
• Riverbend Bears went pink for breast cancer  
• Building has 'story to tell'  
• Youth Sports Highlights
• SPORTS NOTES
• SCHOOL CALENDAR
• PARKS & RECREATION CALENDAR
• COMMUNITY
• SPORTS NOTES
• SCHOOL CALENDAR
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• Military Notes
• Military Notes
• College food drive part of try for Guinness world record  
• Orange blocks public from community room
• DAR honors two for service  
• O'Banner is NAACP queen  
• National Parks free for visitors Wednesday
• Sewer project to finish mid-2011
• COMMUNITY CALENDAR
• Census announces local managers
• MILITARY NOTES
More Local News on the Web
• News Near You for Nov. 14,
  Richmond Times Dispatch, 2009/11/14
• Community college board raises tuition for spring semester,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/14
• Culpeper woman accused of shoplifting,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/14
• Desire to help others,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/14
• Suspects sought in business break in,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/13
• State Theatre Foundation presents a country BBQ,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/13
• ABC charge dropped against Spirits owner,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/13
• Woman accused in horse abuse case dies,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/13
• A theatrical tribute,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/13
• N Korea vows to defend itself after sea clash,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/13
• Suicide bomber attacks military convoy near Kabul,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/13
• More than 155,000 in Va lack power due to storm,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/13
• ‘Balloon boy’ parents to plead guilty to hoax,
  Richmond Times Dispatch, 2009/11/13
• Deer season opens Saturday,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/13
• Va. Railway Express rail warns of Fredericksburg-line delays Monday,
  Richmond Times Dispatch, 2009/11/13
• Emergency rooms seeing fewer flulike symptoms,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/13
• Are you superstitious? Vote in our poll,
  Stafford Sun, 2009/11/13
• JC Penney reports sharp drop in 3Q profits,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/13
• Va. National Guard stands ready to help with flooding,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/13
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• James A. Adkins
• Patricia M. Brewer
• Sheldon A. Gathers
• Marie Caroline Bair
• Aubrey A. Covington
• Phillip Y. Rowe
• George H. Sparks Jr.
• Ann Timberlake
• Gordon D. Nygaard
• Norma L. Janzen
• Kevin M. Martino
• Jack H. Oliff
• Rosalie E. Smith
• Steven Liddington
• Norma L. Janzen
• Vivian H. Nelson
• Helen Scott Smith Parrish
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    • Letters
    • Crabill fought for American values
    • Watch out: Cap-and-trade bill will cost you
    • Gen X will embrace gay marriage
    • Republicans, support universal health care!
    • Cows are the problem? Look around, people!
    • I will never--ever!--support Obama
    • What's $6 million to the swells on the LOW board?
    • A private fiefdom rules over LOW
    • We can't wait until next summer!
    • Crabill fought for American values
    • Gen X will embrace gay marriage
    • Watch out: Cap-and-trade bill will cost you
    • Republicans, support universal health care!
    • We can't wait until next summer!
    • A private fiefdom rules over LOW
    • What's $6 million to the swells on the LOW board?
    • I will never--ever!--support Obama
    • Cows are the problem? Look around, people!
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    • Monster hunter
    • Steroid statism
    • Count: Four decades
    • Battle bearers
    • Train wreck
    • 'God' is dead
    • Berlin, 1989
    • The Post & the AG
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    • Local Columns
    • A plan to worm out of money hole
    Federal funds could help you worm your way out of a financial hole
    • A plan to worm out of money hole
    • Mountain has caretakers  
    • Don't listen to naysayers; newspapers will have a bright future  
    • Documentary ties bands to presidential election  
    • Leaves are turning, teams are failing: It must be fall  
    • Stopgap bill keeps agencies humming
    • Beware bad information when Metro's robots do the talking
    State AP
    Politico
    • Jefferson gets 13 years in prison
    • Craig: 'I still think we were right'
    • Dunn keeps up Fox offensive
    • 'America's first Pacific president'
    • Obama: Full Ft. Hood story must be told
    Real Estate
    • Raking a minor downside to trees', leaves' value
    • Raking a minor downside to trees', leaves' value
    • Old cabins given new life
    • Old cabins given new life
    • Young again at 105

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