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USDA, Others Invest $5 Million to Grow Broccoli in the East
By not in system - AOL NewsRICHMOND, Va. -- A cool microclimate in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains has allowed farmer James Light to grow broccoli in quantity enough to supply a small chain of supermarkets. Along most of the East Coast, however, the broccoli piled up in produce crispers has traveled thousands of miles from the West Coast in refrigerated trucks, typically at a cost of $6,000 a tractor load. A team of researchers and agricultural agents hopes to take a bite out of the West Coast's $1 billion broccoli monopoly with new strains of the vegetable designed to withstand the East Coast's heat and ...
UFO Sightings: First China and NYC, Now Texas, Va.
By Lee Speigel - AOL News
(Oct. 20) -- If visitors from another world have come to Earth, they are certainly taking in a lot of sights. First, UFOs were spotted in China, causing several airport closures. Then, last week, "they" moved over Manhattan. Now, we have reports of a nighttime display in El Paso, Texas, and Richmond, Va. Coincidence? Connection? Misidentifications of not-so-unusual objects? It's sometimes difficult to keep it all straight as people continue to see and photograph things in the sky that come under the heading -- at least temporarily -- of unidentified. So far, no official explanation has ...
The Toughest Job on Any Field? Being the Mascot
By David Moye - AOL News
(Oct. 17) -- Think the odds are slim of ever playing on a pro sports team? Getting to be the mascot is even tougher. "There are only 125 positions available in the U.S.," said Erin Blank, a professional mascot who has worked for teams like the Detroit Tigers baseball team and the Washington Capitals hockey team. "You have a better chance of making an NFL team, an NBA team, a Major League Baseball team or an NHL team than being the mascot." That isn't stopping people from trying. For every Famous Chicken or Phillie Phanatic who hits the big time, there are hundreds of other hopefuls happy to ...
Gunman Wounds 2 Teens During Church Service
By not in system - AOL NewsRICHMOND, Calif. (Feb. 15) - Police were seeking a hooded gunman who horrified the congregation of a San Francisco Bay area church when he paced the aisles then pulled out a gun and shot two teenagers. No arrests had been made or suspects named in the Sunday shooting at New Gethsemane Church of God in Christ in Richmond, police said. The gunman flanked by two companions in hooded sweatshirts walked into the church, scanned the pews and fired about five shots, hitting a 14-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man in front of about 100 people, Richmond police Sgt. Bisa French said. Embedded video ...
In Fatal Texas Beating, Silence Was Not Golden
By Judy Howard Ellis - Politics DailyJonathan Bird of Wylie, Texas, had just returned from a fishing trip with his fiancee's eldest son late Saturday night when a truck came barreling through his neighborhood. Bird apparently yelled at the teen drivers to slow down. The teens should have taken his advice and driven on. And Sunday, the 28-year-old Bird should have spent the day sharing fishing stories. End of story. Instead, he was fatally beaten. Five male suspects are in custody. The oldest is 17. According to reports, witnesses in the small town northeast of Dallas saw Bird being beaten, and the Wylie News Web site has ...
Richmond Is Last Chance to Make Chase For Vickers And Busch
By Geoffrey Miller - AOL NewsThey've fought on-track and tossed fighting words at each other off-track, but now Brian Vickers and Kyle Busch are more focused on the fight ahead of them this weekend at Richmond International Raceway.Busch, a winner of four races this season, and Vickers, a winner of one, stand the best chance to fight their way into the top-12 of NASCAR's point standings at the end of the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 Saturday night. By doing so, they'd secure themselves a spot in the coveted Chase for the Sprint Cup and a chance to race for the title.But judging by performance of previous drivers on the edge of ...
VMI Twins' On-Court Switch Tricks Refs
By Will Brinson - AOL NewsChavis Holmes and Travis Holmes are twins. They are awesomely named. They are also basketball players for the Virginia Military Institute's basketball teams. It's probably safe to say that, aside from the whole military aspect of the school, they have a lot of fun at college.That's because twins get to pull all kinds of shenanigans and identity swaps. And the Holmes brothers even managed to pull one off on the court, according to a recent interview with the Quad. "When we played Richmond," Chavis said, "we did a little switcheroonie." In that Dec. 31 game, Chavis had missed three free-throws ...
NASCAR Ticket Prices Falling Fast
By Geoffrey Miller - AOL NewsBecause of the struggling economy, 2009 could be the best year in a long, long time to see a handful of NASCAR races for a great value.Thanks to this whole recession thing, several tracks on the Sprint Cup circuit aren't exactly selling too many tickets at the moment, and the speedways have wisely dropped some prices trying to get people through the gate. Here's a few of the offers that would make some really great -- but really late -- stocking stuffers: Daytona Int'l Speedway: Wanna get into "The Great American Race" for a decent price? The race, that has sold out many years in a row, if ...
Richmond Ends Appalachian State's Four-Peat
By Chris Burke - AOL NewsFor three seasons, Appalachian State has controlled the FCS (formerly I-AA), winning three straight national titles and, of course, pulling off the spectacular upset of Michigan. But the Mountaineers reign as FCS kings ended on Saturday, as Richmond headed into Boone, N.C. and notched a stunning rout, 33-13, in the playoff quarterfinals.The biggest culprit in today's Mountaineers' loss was quarterback Armanti Edwards -- App. State's hero in that Big House win. The Spiders picked Edwards off five times in the game, using two of those picks to extend a 9-7 lead to an insurmountable 23-7 ...
Raceday Warmup: Richmond
By Geoffrey Miller - AOL NewsCoverage of tonight's Jim Stewart/Crown Royal 400 starts at 7:00pm/ET on FOX. Tonight's race could turn into a Sunday afternoon affair as there is a 60% chance of rain tonight. As much as a quarter inch of rain is forecasted in the region. A few positives? There's lights for late, late racing and the 3/4 mile track would likely take less than an hour to dry after a a rain storm. An anti-rain dance might be neccesary tonight, folks! Stewart Gets to See The Other SideAs reported on last night's Nextel Cup qualifying coverage, Tony Stewart got to watch last night's Busch race from the race ...
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