Restauranteur blames Google for associating business with accused murderer

Seeded on Sun Mar 4, 2007 11:24 AM EST (The Roanoke Times)

As of Friday, typing "Ceritano's Restaurant" into Google brought up articles from The Roanoke Times about the fatal shooting of a sheriff's deputy and a security guard as the top two listings.

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15-year-old participates in drug-sex sting

Seeded on Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:27 AM EST (The Roanoke Times)

Bedford County authorities used a 15-year-old girl in an undercover sting to ensnare a man she had accused of giving her drugs in exchange for sexual favors.

odd-news, bedford-county, southwest-virginia, sex, drugs, police, teenager, arrest

Washingtonpost.com launches 'onBeing' video story-telling project

Seeded on Wed Feb 7, 2007 9:31 AM EST (The Washington Post)

onBeing is a project based on the simple notion that we should get to know one another a little better. What you'll find here is a series of videos that takes you into the musings, passions, histories and quirks of all sorts of people. The essence of who they are, who we are.

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Virginia woman beats rabid cat against utility pole after being attacked

Seeded on Tue Feb 6, 2007 9:28 AM EST (The Roanoke Times)

After being bitten, the woman had no choice but to pick up the cat and start "beating the devil out of it" against a utility pole.

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Rodeo owner featured in 'Borat' movie only blames himself for anti-gay comments

Seeded on Fri Jan 5, 2007 8:42 AM EST (The Roanoke Times)

It's the question everyone asked since he arrived New Year's Day: When the Imperial Rodeo opens tonight in Salem, who will sing the national anthem? Bobby Rowe can tell you who won't be singing -- a certain scrawny and hairy fictional Kazakh television reporter named Borat.

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Lawsuit seeks $6.3 million from Marcus Vick

Seeded on Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:56 PM EST (The Roanoke Times)

Former Virginia Tech star Marcus Vick, now a third-string rookie quarterback for the NFL's Miami Dolphins, is being sued for $6.3 million by a 17-year-old Christiansburg girl who claims she had a sexual relationship with Vick from January 2004 through December 2005.

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Gastroenteritis: Misery spreads around Roanoke

Seeded on Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:02 AM EST (The Roanoke Times)

The Roanoke region is having an outbreak of intestinal disease, according to Lex Gibson, epidemiologist at the Roanoke City Health District.

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Weatherman fired after nude photo appears on MySpace

Seeded on Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:22 PM EST (The Roanoke Times)

Jamey Singleton, a former admitted heroin addict, managed to keep his job in a past scandal that left his coworker without a job (and in rehab) only to be fired a few months later after an old friend posted a nude photo of him on his MySpace page.

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Cleanser looks like a sports drink

Seeded on Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:46 PM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

The health risk is low. The yuck factor is high. A physicians group warned Wednesday that dozens of Texans mistakenly drank a mild cleaning product that happens to look like a sports drink.

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Stock price soars for New River Pharmaceuticals

Seeded on Mon Oct 9, 2006 1:56 PM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

Shares of New River Pharmaceuticals Inc. soared this morning on Friday's tentative approval of its first drug by the Food and Drug Administration.

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Former President Bush visits Daleville restaurant

Seeded on Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:19 PM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

Former President George Bush stopped by the popular barbeque eatery about 1:30 this afternoon on his way from Hot Springs to Bristol, Gaul said.

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Potentially rabid otter attacks pregnant woman

Seeded on Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:03 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

As bad as the first set of rabies shots hurt, it was nothing compared to the fear that Marla Hundley says washed over her when she felt teeth sink into her backside as she swam in Claytor Lake last week.

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Officer shot this morning; manhunt nears Virginia Tech campus

Seeded on Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:39 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

A law enforcement officer was shot this morning near the head of the Huckleberry Trail near the Blacksburg Public Library and police station.

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Kazakhstan official hopes Roanoke area knows that 'Ali G' has nothing to do with his country

Seeded on Tue Aug 8, 2006 9:52 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

For whoever didn't get the joke pulled on the Salem rodeo, the country of Kazakhstan wants you to know this about the prankster: He's not one of us.

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1 dead, dozens hospitalized in carbon monoxide leak at Roanoke College

Seeded on Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:43 PM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

An elderly man has died, a woman is in critical condition and dozens of others are being treated after a carbon monoxide leak at Roanoke College in Salem, college spokeswoman Teresa Gereaux said.

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Vinton officer shot; police deal with possible hostage situation

Seeded on Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:44 PM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

A Vinton police officer was shot this afternoon while making a traffic stop in or near the 1700 block of Campbell Avenue Southeast.

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Search is on for monkey who slipped out of zoo

Seeded on Mon Jul 3, 2006 11:36 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

Oops the monkey escaped. No, really. A Japanese macaque named Oops is monkeying around in the trees somewhere near the Mill Mountain Zoo.

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Craigslist debuts in Roanoke

Seeded on Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:42 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

San Francisco-based Web site Craigslist is the world's largest classified advertising source, and as of Monday it has affiliated sites for Roanoke, Blacksburg and Charlottesville.

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Carilion announces major changes

Seeded on Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:02 PM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

Moving to head off money problems expected to become severe, Carilion Health System is changing its focus.

doctors, health, healthcare, research, medicine, roanoke, carilion

Roanoke County students appear in N.Y. court

Seeded on Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:53 PM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

Court proceedings against three Roanoke County teenagers charged with throwing paint cans off the roof of a Manhattan hotel have been postponed until Sept. 8.

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1 killed, 7 wounded during Roanoke house party

Seeded on Sun May 21, 2006 11:06 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

A 22-year-old man was killed and seven people were wounded at a crowded house party early Saturday morning in one of the bloodiest shootings in Roanoke's history.

violence, drugs, shooting, police, virginia, us-news, roanoke

MOMS Club gives mothers a chance to unwind

Seeded on Sat May 20, 2006 8:06 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

Membership in the MOMS Club -- MOMS is an acronym for Moms Offering Moms Support -- has grown so much in recent years that about three months ago, the organization split from two chapters into three: Roanoke East, which covers Roanoke east of Interstate 581, part of Roanoke County

health, children, parents, moms, maternity, mothers, roanoke, moms-club

The Word on 'The Da Vinci Code'

Seeded on Fri May 19, 2006 10:38 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

The book and film have met resistance among some local theologians, but others welcome the opportunity to open discussion on the life of Christ.

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Rumsfeld addresses graduating VMI cadets

Seeded on Wed May 17, 2006 9:49 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told cadets graduating from Virginia Military Institute to be proud of their military education and use their knowledge to seek out challenges that will benefit themselves, others and America as a whole.

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Bill for fighting March forest fire amounts to $790,000

Seeded on Fri May 12, 2006 11:45 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

Three agencies spent almost $800,000 fighting a weeklong forest fire in March that burned about 1,100 acres near the border of Bedford and Botetourt counties, officials estimate.

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