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Breaking News
• Search on for missing Westmoreland woman
Local News
• WILL MORE SNOW FREEZE CLEANUP?
Utility crews work to restore power as many in area endure another day without electricity
• Search on for missing Westmoreland woman
• House backs tribal status for Virginia's Patawomecks
• Stuart's wood waste energy bill killed
• Cole bill seeks to end printing of amendments
• Senate panel advances limited version of fees bill
• Medical workers injured in crash
• It takes fancy footwork, but mail gets delivered  
• HOMELESS ABLE TO FIND SHELTER
• No rest seen for the weary plow operators
• Outages filled up motels in region
• Spotsy tax bills to stay steady
Yesterday's Stories
• Snow is boon for local hotels
• THOUSANDS IN AREA STILL WITHOUT POWER  
• CREWS MAKE ROADS 'PASSABLE,' BUT CLEARING WILL TAKE TIME  
• City Council to revisit limiting sizes of new homes
• Is this turn light in city really necessary?
• Local report confirms gender gap in salaries  
Local Sports
• Allen on the upswing
ACC report
• With local help, CNU women unbeaten
• HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Snow puts damper on prep schedules
Local Business
• Quantitative approach done in by emotion
Business Browser
• NAMES & NOTES
• Proposed increases have retailers crying foul  
• It's what they eat, not what they play  
• Finding a sweet spot in a sour economy  
• S.C. developer plans apartment community
• Area gas prices for Friday, Feb. 5
• Groceryis gone, but not bank
• Quick fixes and easy answers won't work  
• First parts arrive for Toyota pedal repairs
• Web chat took on taxing topic
• Study disputed by cooperative
• Recalling a few notorious recalls  
• Augustine Homes to hold seminar on Energy Star-qualified construction, and Germanna will hold workshops on small business development
• STEPHANIE JOHNSON  
Local Features
Town & County is now exclusively found in the print edition of The Free Lance-Star
• Some book characters are real dolls and you'll enjoy them
Local children's librarian offers timely reading suggestions
• We're bursting at seams and craving a shake-up  
• Book aims to help combat veterans; dental group wants kids to brush, but not waste so much water
• MRSA infections devastating to some locals
• AT FIRST, MRSA RESEMBLES A SPIDER BITE
• Trip to England adds fuel to fire of annual bash here  
• 'Superbugs' thrive on overuse of antibiotics ON CALL >>
• Quick care needed to beat 'superbug'  
• Soy foods are good for cancer survivors
• HEALTH CALENDAR  
• Fredericksburg native scores Super Bowl ad  
• Here comes the bridal tab
• Calendar Update: Weekend events rescheduled
• >> SUPPORT ANIMALS IN NEED OF LOVE--AND INDULGE YOURSELF, TOO!  
• >> NEW ORLEANS BLUES-FUNK GREAT CONTINUES TO HELP HIS CITY REBUILD  
• >> FROM APPETIZERS TO DESSERTS, A WORTHY MEAL INDEED IN GORDSONSVILLE  
• Movies still playing in the Fredericksburg area
• Movies opening this week  
• >> GIBSON HELPS ONE MOVIE HAVE AN 'EDGE,' BUT DON'T BOTHER VISITING 'ROME'  
• >> NEW ORLEANS-BASED QUINTET FUSES OLD JAZZ-BAND MUSIC WITH NEWER 'BOUNCE' HIP-HOP AND CLUB STYLES  
• >> AT FORD'S THEATRE, 'THE RIVALRY' CAPTURES THE MOMENTS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR  
• >> SEE '100 YEARS OF MAGIC' AS WALT DISNEY'S BELOVED CHARACTERS VISIT THE VERIZON CENTER  
• ART AUCTIONS MEAN ART FOR ALL  
• >> WANT TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION? SEND A SINGING VALENTINE THIS YEAR!  
• GEORGIA ON MY MIND --IN NEW D.C. EXHIBIT
• HAVE A HEART: LEARN HOW TO MAKE A HEART PIN ON FEB. 10, FROM 10 TO 11 A.M., AT TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES, F'BURG--FREE!  
• Don't be sacked by hangovers  
• Book offers 'strategies' to slash grocery bills  
• Take a break from winter by slipping into library, into the past  
• Creativity can help keep the doctor away  
Community News
• No gifts for birthday girl
Girl turns her birthday celebration into a gift for the food bank in Stafford
• Tonight's work session is canceled
• Citizens Academy in session
• Groths continue giving streak
• Helping fight cancer is up to all of us, because it affects many
• YOUTH SPORTS
• YOUTH SPORTS
• CALENDAR EXTRA
• School News
• SCHOOL DAYS
• Candidates must file to run by March 2
• CORRECTION
• CORRECTION
• Making up for lost time
• SCHOOL CALENDAR
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• SPORTS NOTES
• SCHOOL CALENDAR
• PARKS AND RECREATION CALENDAR
• SPOTSYLVANIA CRIME SOLVERS  
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• Trash turned treasure  
• Fredericksburg girl is page in state Senate  
• Eagle Scout follows footsteps of his older brother and father  
• Stafford family on way to service dog for son  
• The bride and the crowd wore white at wedding  
• Police looking for a name
• COMMUNITY CALENDAR
• School budget wins awards  
• Budget preview part of retreat
• CALENDAR EXTRA
• Youth Sports Highlights
• Dress up for good cause  
• School News
• SCHOOL DAYS
• City wants everyone to fill out census forms
• Wedding gifts keep on giving  
• Visitors tour GIS, public safety facility  
• YOUTH SPORTS
• SCHOOL CALENDAR
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• SPORTS NOTES
• PARKS CALENDAR
• COMMUNITY
More Local News on the Web
• Two-vehicle accident on Rte. 729,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• Rules of noise, stoplight at Golf Drive on town agenda,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• Piedmont power restoration continues,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• Dog shooting case continued to April,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• Home invasion suspect due in court,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• Winter storm warning this afternoon,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• CCPS cancels school for sixth time this year,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• Other major snowfall events in Culpeper,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• Slippery situation in town,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• Triple the average snowfall,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• The Week in Pictures, Feb. 1-8,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• Tonight’s Culpeper Town Council meeting canceled,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• Two men airlifted to MWH after head-on collision,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• Freezing rain this evening; 1-4 inches of snow tomorrow,
  Richmond Times Dispatch, 2010/02/09
• Obama: GOP and Dems together can spur job growth,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• House committee postpones Toyota hearing,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• 2 JMU students face felony over snowballs,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• Man claims Roanoke deputies beat him for burping,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/09
• Snow keeping many schools closed in central Virginia,
  Richmond Times Dispatch, 2010/02/08
• Roads could be icy this morning,
  Richmond Times Dispatch, 2010/02/08
• Police Reports Jan. 27-Feb. 2,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• E Squared prepares students for future,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• Mid-Atlantic digs out of snowstorm, restores power,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• School Board looks for public input,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• Dog shooting case due in court today,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• The calm after the storm,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• CCPS cancels school,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• Uncertainty in search after deadly Conn. blast,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• Expect more snow Tuesday,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• Aid groups launch Haiti mass vaccination campaign,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• Main Street still covered in snow, ice,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• Piedmont power restoration continues,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• Stranded passenger dies at bus terminal in Richmond,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• In 19th Century Lynchburg, slave trade was spread across city,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• Winter storm warning issued,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• Loudoun County Closes Schools for the Week,
  NBC Washington, 2010/02/08
• Still Need a Shovel? Reserve One Online,
  NBC Washington, 2010/02/08
• Perfect Weather for Skating, If You Can Reach the Ice,
  NBC Washington, 2010/02/08
• MD Family Survives Carbon Monoxide Poisoning,
  NBC Washington, 2010/02/08
• Record Snowfalls Around the Area,
  NBC Washington, 2010/02/08
• Schools open, closed or delayed Tuesday,
  Richmond Times Dispatch, 2010/02/08
• Snow,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• Snow a boon to Wintergreen,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2010/02/08
• DC Public Schools Closed Monday,
  NBC Washington, 2010/02/08
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Obituaries
• George Paul Shepherd
• Cisroe Ralph Bates
• Sidney S. Mason
• Sandra Hill
• Edith E. Payne
• Eladio E. Martinez
• David R. Wright
• Douglas F. Jones
• Thomas Mathews
• Dorothy C. Gibson
• Alise R. Hellems
• Gregory P. Oliver
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    • Letters
    • Wonderful teens made a snowy day better
    • U.S. should take a hard line with the U.N.
    • Dr. Hill is Spotsy's children's best advocate
    • What are we paying taxes for?
    • Cut budgets elsewhere, not the schools'
    • School sports are essential to education
    • A Supreme Congress?
    • Obama is right on banks and business
    • Marshall's salary defense speaks volumes
    • Let's help those in need here at home, too
    • Remember who you serve, Congress!
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    • Editorials
    • Oh when the Saints!
    • Citizen Osama
    • Brain dead?
    • On 'second' thought
    • Deep red sea
    • Hitch for citizenship
    • and fix fitness
    • Spare sports
    • Kid-killing roads
    • Mistrial
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    • Local Columns
    • Chesapeake bard's stories are still vital
    Artist who has celebrated the Chesapeake Bay in story and song waging battle with cancer
    • CORRECTION
    • Honeymoon put on hold for Haiti  
    • If Virginia raises speed limit, will drivers go even faster?
    • 'Pay parity' would return
    • Couple take parks to heart  
    • JM's Armstrong inspired students  
    • Sliding in snow brings back crash memory  
    State AP
    Politico
    • House cancels Tuesday votes
    • Nelson will back GOP filibuster
    • NHTSA knew of Toyota problems
    • Shelby lifts hold on nominees
    • No high hopes for health care summit
    Real Estate
    • Sometimes, garden's where questions grow
    • History, luxury meet here
    • Adjusting business to meet challenges


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