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Obama concludes swing-state college tour in Va.

President Barack Obama drew an overflow crowd Wednesday in this picturesque college town, just as he had three times before, but a measure of the magic was gone.

Wednesday - 08/29/2012, 06:54pm EDT

Tags: President Obama, Obama campaign, elections, Virginia

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U.Va. class secures grant for inmate work project

An academic exercise in grant-writing resulted in a financial boost for a Charlottesville program that provides temporary work for former inmates.

Monday - 08/20/2012, 05:48am EDT

Tags: university of virginia, inmates, grants

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Va. college town considers noise crackdown

The Charlottesville City Council is considering drastically increasing penalties for violating the local noise ordinance.

Monday - 08/20/2012, 03:19am EDT

Tags: noise, fines, college

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Repair work on UVa's historic chimneys under way

Crews are fixing fireplaces in the rows of rustic rooms on the University of Virginia's historic Lawn and Range after inspectors found cracks in flue linings and chimneys last year in the rooms, which date to the school's 1819 founding.

Monday - 07/30/2012, 03:35pm EDT

Tags: university of virginia

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Inmates at Va. women's prison sue over health care

Medical care at a Virginia women's prison is so deficient that it violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment, five inmates claim in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

Tuesday - 07/24/2012, 04:27pm EDT

Tags: Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women

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