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Golf ball lost years ago found embedded in tree trunk

A lost golf ball has been found embedded deep in the trunk of a tree at the Eaton Club in Norwich....

Telegraph UK News [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] at 3:48 AM

Classical music runs away to join the circus

The poor light and rose-coloured spots do not help. But my camera does not lie. That is a full-strength orchestra packed into a circus ring in front of a capacity audience. The band is the Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra, and I took the photo last night in one of oldest surviving working circus...

Tags: Circus , norfolk , igor stravinsky , alexander grechaninov , great yarmouth hippodrome , john barbirolli , seachange arts , julian lloyd-webber , russian state philharmonic orchestra , valery poliansky

On An Overgrown Path [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by Pliable at 3:12 PM | 5 Citations

Wednesday news

Been in meetings since 8:30am so I’m just getting caught up. Here are a few things that deserve a mention. McAuliffe conference call I participated in a blogger conference call with Terry McAuliffe this morning. Nothing new for me except that conservatives Jim Hoeft and Norm Leahy were also on...

Tags: Politics , Local , Virginia , norfolk , terry mcauliffe

VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by vjp at 4:30 PM

Noisy cockerels could land villager in court

A villager has been threatened with legal action for allowing noisy cockerels to roost in his tree....

Tags: Noise , PC , Politically Correct , legal action , norfolk , cock , Cockerel , yarmouth , Dawn Chorus , Norfolk Broads , noisy cockerels

Telegraph UK News [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] at 6:28 AM

The frightening truth about MRSA screening at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

My mother went in to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital last week for a minor operation, and she was pleasantly surprised to be taken to one side shortly after arrival and told she, like all other patients would be screened for MRSA with them taking a mouth swab and a groin swab to test. Great news, y...

Tags: norfolk , hospital acquired infections

Norfolk Blogger [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by nichstarling@btinternet.com (Norfolk Blogger) at 2:24 AM

Michael Dirda on Unearthing Ghostly Tales of Today

"A sad tale's best for winter. I have one/ Of sprites and goblins."...

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Wash Post Book World [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by Michael Dirda at 12:00 AM

Michael Dirda on Unearthing Ghostly Tales of Today

"A sad tale's best for winter. I have one/Of sprites and goblins."...

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washingtonpost.com - Michael Wilbon (washingtonpost.com) [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by Michael Dirda at 12:00 AM

Clemency Campaign Renews Misery

PITTSBURGH -- Carol and John Moore listened in a Norfolk courtroom when one of the sailors who raped and killed their daughter explained, in chilling detail, how they did it. The Moores steeled themselves at another hearing when a sailor looked directly at them and apologized for his part in the......

Tags: Campaign , pittsburgh , Virginia , Brookline , norfolk , mark warner , misery , federal bureau of investigation , john moore , Tim Kaine , renews , Clemency , eric wilson , The Virginian-Pilot , Omar Ballard , Joseph Dick Jr. , keystone oaks high school , tom wells , Bill Bosko , Carol Moore , Derek Tice , Danial Williams , Shelly Moore , Despite Ballard , Richard A. Leo

Wash Post Metro [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by Tom Jackman at 12:00 AM

Corruption most foul

The above is the title of the latest missive from Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball. From the introduction (emphasis mine): Who is to blame for acts of corruption? The guilty officials, of course, are the people we must hold culpable. Yet, the citizenry also bears its share of the rap once a culture...

Tags: Politics , National , Local , norfolk

VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by vjp at 9:40 AM

Navy to Move Carrier from Norfolk to Florida

Media General News Services reported today that the Navy plans to move one of four Norfolk based aircraft carriers to Mayport Florida. Virginia Governor Tim Kaine issued a press release commenting on the announcement made by Navy Secretary Donald Winter: "I note with disappointment the news today re...

Tags: Navy , norfolk , mark warner , virginia beach , Virginia in the News

The Virginian Federalist [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by noreply@blogger.com (Cominius) at 10:42 PM