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    Cops and Doughnuts Cliché Becomes Benefit for Law Enforcement Torch Run, Special Olympics   Aug. 19, 2011 If you’re looking for Richmond Police officers on Saturday, Aug. 27, they’ll be at the Krispy Kreme. But it’s for a good cause. Richmond Police and Krispy Kreme have joined forces for a fun fundraiser – […]

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Clean out your closet and donate those old band instruments to Linwood Holton Elementary School on Sunday, August 21, 1600 Laburnum Ave,. The Richmond Concert Band will present a free Concert “Old Instruments for Young Hands”  and all you have to do is bring an old instrument or donate funds to buy band accessories. The […]

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Take the little ones to the Children’s Museum of Richmond Saturday, August 20th for Moonbounce Mania. There will be moonbounces all over the museum for your kids to bounce themselves silly. The Museum is located at 2626 W. Broad Street, Richmond, get details at www.c-mor.org or call 804-474-7000.

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Cottom Candy anyone…the Dindiwwide County Fair opened Thursday and will run through Sunday, August 21. Look for it at Virginia Motorsports Park, 8018 Bodyton Road, Route 1, Petersburg, 23803. Get more information at www.DinwiddieCountyFair.com or call 804-732-1100 or 804-862-3174.

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The disheartening news about women in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields just keeps coming. Following on the heels of the Department of Commerce’s report showing that only 25% of STEM jobs are held by women and that women with STEM degrees are much more likely to work outside their fields than are […]

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Most people have a list of dream destinations they would like to visit in their lifetime. The Egyptian Pyramids often appear on that list. However, to see a record setting pyramid, you will have to travel elsewhere. The world’s biggest pyramid is not in Egypt, but in Mexico.

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In recent weeks, so-called flash mobs have taken a criminal turn in several states, flooding stores with young people who overwhelm the businesses, then help themselves to the merchandise. There’s definitely a troubling mob mentality behind the crimes orchestrated by cell phones and social networking. The flash mob robberies and attacks have occurred in Washington […]

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This weekend we’ve got some feel good music that’ll give you that down home feeling.  So we’re giving you an Ol School Fish Fry Winning Weekend.  Keep it here while we play those songs that have you reminiscing about the good ol’ days, as we give you a chance to win tickets to the Seafood […]

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Check out this very interesting article from Clutch Magazine: I love reality TV and I won’t apologize for it either. Maybe that makes me a part of the problem. It is entertaining and packed with drama, but the critic in me is highly interested in race, popular culture and gender representations on television which keep […]

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Coin collectors spend a lot of time searching for old and rare pieces of change. Any collector would be thrilled to have one of the first U.S pennies in their collection. Here’s one way they could tell that coin is authentic…. The first penny had the motto “mind your own business.”

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The price to fill-up your gas tank is going down… and fast. “As crude oil prices go down, the gas prices are going down as well,” says AAA Mid-Atlantic spokesperson Windy VanCuren. VanCuren also says many investors are worried that the economy will only get worse. The silver-lining to that is gas prices may drop […]