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Police arrest man accused of several sexual assaults in North Carolina, Virginia

DUCK, NC Lesiba Simon Matsoake, a 37-year-old South African national, has been arrested in connection with the June 25, 2003 rape of a woman in the Town of Duck , as well as a June 10, 2003 rape of a woman which occurred in Kill Devil Hills , North Carolina.

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Chesapeake, Portsmouth led region in population growth

The Weldon Cooper Center released the following population growth rate estimates for South Hampton Roads between April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2011, and the corresponding gain in residents: Chesapeake is leading Hampton Roads in growth and, in a startling turnabout, Portsmouth is rebounding from a decade of shrinking population, data obtained since … (more)

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Crime and Police News for Wednesday, Jan. 25

A candlelight vigil will be held Thursday evening for Samuel L. Johnson, who was found dead of gunshot wounds on Friday in South Richmond.

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Free talk in Norfolk to focus on uranium mining’s risks

A free talk is scheduled Tuesday night on the possible risks to drinking water in South Hampton Roads from proposed uranium mining in southcentral Virginia.

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Hampton Roads scientists, students on boat that helped rescue S. Koreans in Antarctica

At least 10 scientists and students from Hampton Roads are aboard a ship that helped rescue South Korean fishermen off Antarctica's coast early Wednesday.

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Car slams into hair salon

Crashing into a Virginia Beach beauty salon on South Lynnhaven isn’t quite how these folks pictured their start to 2012.

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Two $25K lotto tickets bought in Hampton Roads

None of the winning $1 million tickets in the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle were bought in South Hampton Roads, according to a lottery news release. But two of the $25,000 tickets were purchased here – one at a 7-Eleven in Chesapeake and one at a 7-Eleven in Hampton. The Virginia Lottery had offered 330,000 tickets for the Jan. 1 drawing. Tickets sold out yesterday.

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AES Joint Venture Signs Partnership Agreement with Turkey’s Largest Pension Fund to Develop Power Project in South East Turkey

ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) announced today that its 50/50 Joint Venture with Koç Holding in Turkey, AES Entek, has entered into an agreement to develop Ayas, a 625 MW greenfield coal project to be developed in South East Turkey. The project is a 50/50 joint venture between AES Entek and Oyak, Turkey’s largest pension fund, and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2016 with construction set to begin in late 2012. “Since AES entered the country in

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Midwest Technology Companies to Showcase New Products at the 2012 International CES

ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–More than 160 technology companies based in the Midwest region of the U.S. (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin)

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Homicide rate in South Hampton Roads is cut in half

The homicide rate in South Hampton Roads is half what it was in the early 1990s, mirroring a broader trend that has pushed the nation’s homicide rate to its lowest level in more than four decades.

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