The Free Lance–Star:
A Ruther Glen woman was charged last week with five counts of animal cruelty after her pet dachshunds were found dead and decomposing in kennels at her Caroline County home.
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[Caroline County Commonwealth’s Attorney Tony Spencer] said the dogs were found dead in kennels on Gaylord’s Meadows Farm Road property and two other dogs […]

This is a really good way to deal with the subject if “meeting grandma and grandpa in heaven” doesn’t work for your belief system.

…that a judge would actually accept this plea deal (New York Post):
Durham was sentenced Wednesday to life behind bars with a chance for parole in 30 years after pleading guilty last month to aggravated murder for Adam Calbreath’s brutal slaying.
Multnomah County, Ore., Judge Eric Bergstrom agreed to the unusual plea deal – which included buckets […]

A hacker has uncovered cached copies of official Chinese government documents that list the age of 2 of the gymnasts as 14. Of course, government documents can be wrong. They often are. However, somebody has been working hard to make this particular documents disappear from the Internet. They’ve been removed from Google and the Google […]

I hosted my web sites (all of them) with a little company out in CA. For 8 years the service was unbeatable and the price was awesome. Last year they sold out to Jumpline.com and service became less than great. I experienced more downtime, and their virtual hosting setup is way overcomplicated and makes even […]

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Saxophonist LeRoi Moore of the Dave Matthews Band died yesterday from complications caused by an all terrain vehicle accident suffered weeks earlier.  He was 46 years old.
On June 30, Moore crashed his ATV on his farm outside of Charlottesville, but was discharged from hospital and returned to his Los Angeles home to begin physical therapy. Complications […]

One rumor I’m hearing…. is that the reason Obama hasn’t announced his runningmate yet, is because he’s still holding out for Mark Warner. The former Governor is concerned, however, at the implications of dropping out of the Senate race.
Kaine, Biden, Sebelius, and maybe a few others, are making arrangements in the event that they are chosen.
This rumor […]

Choose Responsibility has announced their newest project, the Amethyst Initiative. Working with over a hundred college and university presidents, the goal is to initiate “informed and unimpeded debate” regarding the 21 year old legal drinking age. The …

Given the high pressure ridge settling in over the East Coast it now appears that Fay (and her potentially beneficial rains) will be squashed to our south. During chase season out on the Plains such a high pressure ridge is ominously termed a “Death R…