The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) articles from July 2001

The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) archives from July 2001

Norfolk, Va.-Area Cable Company Adds Channels, Offers N.C. Stations.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Larry Bonko Jul. 2--VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--Cox Communications will begin delivering two North Carolina television stations to cable subscribers in Hampton Roads on Aug. 1. The addition of PBS station WUND in Columbia, N.C., and...

Virginia Beach, Va.-Area Homeowners May Have to Dredge Their Wallets.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Jon Glass Jul. 2--VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--Like many of the waterfront homeowners who bought into a plan to dredge the coves and creeks off the Lynnhaven River's Western Branch, William H. Carson II did so reluctantly. On his high...

RadioShack Outlets Move into Blockbuster Video Stores for a Test.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Vandana Sinha Jul. 2--The lightning-striped, red remote-controlled truck looks ready to jump off the wall and zoom down the aisle of kids' movies. The silent keyboard seems yearning to have its notes floating past the latest...

Norfolk, Va.-Area Awaits Government Decision on Tech Grants.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Vandana Sinha Jul. 2--NORFOLK, Va.--The U.S. Department of Labor is considering two local grant applications totaling $29 million, mostly to pay the high-tech training bills for up to 3,200 ex-military folks over three years. ...

Gas Prices, Airfares Fall, Just in Time for Summer Holidays.
July 2, 2001... Byline: Michael Davis Jul. 2--Loading up for the busiest travel period of the summer? You're in luck. After an initial spike, gasoline prices this July 4 week are settling down, actually falling to levels below a year ago. And...

Federal Grant to Fund Technology Training for Former Military Personnel.
July 3, 2001... Byline: Sean Olson Jul. 3--The U.S. Department of Labor approved a $20 million grant Monday that will help train former military personnel and their spouses for technology jobs. The hope is that the grant will have two benefits for...

Developer to Propose $60 Million Resort for Virginia Beach, Va., Ocean Front.
July 3, 2001... Byline: Jason Skog Jul. 3--Developer Bruce L. Thompson said Monday he will go to the city this spring with plans for a $60 million resort complex, one of the largest private developments at the Oceanfront in decades. "We're looking at...

Use of Pound Nets Banned in Virginia to Protect Chesapeake Bay Sea Turtles.
July 3, 2001... Byline: Paul Clancy Jul. 3--Trying to halt a rash of sea turtle deaths in the Virginia portions of the Chesapeake Bay, federal regulators have banned the use of large-mesh pound nets, which tend to trap the animals and cause them to drown....

Wine Retail Store Opens Location in Virginia Beach, Va.
July 4, 2001... Byline: Caroline Lynch Jul. 4--VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--By the time Julie Cole got to the cash register, she had presents for more than a dozen friends. Pulling the bottles of wine from her cart, she ticked off names. There was a French...

Seven Norfolk, Va., Motels Must Fix Code Violations or Close, City Says.
July 5, 2001... Byline: Meredith Kruse Jul. 5--NORFOLK, Va.--Seven Norfolk motels risk being shut down if they don't correct code violations identified by city inspectors. The city began inspecting Norfolk's 42 hotels and motels last fall as part of a...

New Portsmouth, Va., Amphitheater Hosts First Concert.
July 6, 2001... Byline: Louis Hansen Jul. 6--PORTSMOUTH, Va.--Just 11 months ago, the ground by Portsmouth City Hall held little more than weeds, a railroad track and promise. Tonight, thousands are expected to gather there, under a glowing white...

Virginia Beach, Va., May Become Second City to Use Face-Identifying Software.
July 6, 2001... Byline: Agnes Blum Jul. 6--VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--New software that can analyze a face may transform the sometimes imprecise art of identifying criminals -- comparing mug shots to people on the street -- into a science, police say. ...

Logistics Company Opens Warehouse in Chesapeake, Va., Industrial Park.
July 6, 2001... Byline: Dennis O'Brien Jul. 6--CHESAPEAKE, Va.--Though its companion steamship line has yet to announce its intentions for Hampton Roads, Maersk Logistics has opened a new, $20 million warehouse complex in Chesapeake's Gateway Commerce...

Virginia Beach, Va., Company Exports Packages Home to Philippines.
July 6, 2001... Byline: Katrice Franklin Jul. 6--VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--The four-door, tan Montero stopped in the no parking zone. Elmer Genuino got out and opened the back of the sport utility vehicle. He wrestled with a massive, tightly wrapped cardboard...

Developers Seek to Build Luxury Retirement Communities in Norfolk, Va.-Area.
July 7, 2001... Byline: Christopher Dinsmore Jul. 7--NORFOLK, Va.--At least three different groups are looking for property in the city to build upscale continuous-care retirement communities like Westminster Canterbury in Virginia Beach, several Norfolk...

Military Highway Corridor Awaits a Direction in Norfolk, Va.
July 8, 2001... Byline: Joan Stanus Jul. 8--A drive along the 1.5-mile stretch of Military Highway between Interstate 264 and Northampton Boulevard offers conflicting signals about the corridor's retail future. There's an encouraging wave of new...

Kmart Sweetens Offer in Bid to Build Super Store in Norfolk, Va., Area.
July 9, 2001... Byline: Robert McCabe Jul. 9--Developers of a proposed Super Kmart on North Battlefield Boulevard are offering to donate to the city of Chesapeake an estate they say is worth about $1 million as part of a rezoning application scheduled to...

HEADLINE HERE.
July 10, 2001... Byline: Elizabeth Simpson NORFOLK, Va. _ In what may be a world first, researchers at Eastern Virginia Medical School have created more than 100 human embryos for the sole purpose of harvesting stem cells to research their role in treating...

First Virginia Banks Reports Rise in Second-Quarter Earnings.
July 10, 2001... Byline: Tom Shean Jul. 10--Helped by gains from the sales of investment securities and its interest in an electronic network for automated teller machines, First Virginia Banks Inc. reported Monday that its second-quarter net income rose 8...

Virginia Beach, Va., Mayor Opposes Police Department's Plan to Scan Faces.
July 10, 2001... Byline: Agnes Blum Jul. 10--VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--Mayor Meyera E. Oberndorf on Monday criticized the police department's hope of using technology to scan the faces of Oceanfront pedestrians for wanted criminals. Remote cameras feeding...

Changes to Suffolk, Va., Hotel Project Alarm Officials.
July 10, 2001... Byline: Harold Nedd Jul. 10--SUFFOLK, Va.-- Changes to the $21.2 million Constant's Wharf hotel project, being financed in part with public money, have alarmed some council members, who say the redesign needs their approval. The city...

Network Operations Center Opens at Norfolk, Va., Naval Station.
July 10, 2001... Byline: Vandana Sinha Jul. 10--NORFOLK, Va.--Replacing the familiar red ribbon with a giant styrofoam electrical outlet, Navy and political leaders publicly plugged two local operations Monday that will support the world's largest internal...

Judge sails through confirmation hearing; likely to be first black judge on court.
July 11, 2001... Byline: Dale Eisman WASHINGTON _ Roger L. Gregory moved a step closer to securing an historic permanent appointment to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday as the Richmond judge sailed through a Senate confirmation hearing. ...

Group Raises $30,000 to Renovate Historic Norfolk, Va., Movie Theater.
July 11, 2001... Byline: Meredith Kruse Jul. 11--NORFOLK, Va.--Fund-raisers for the Naro cinema are discovering there's nothing like the glimmer of silver-screen immortality to make folks crack open their wallets. The owners of the historic Ghent movie...

Negotiations for New Norfolk, Va., Hotel May Result in Agreement.
July 11, 2001... Byline: Christopher Dinsmore Jul. 11--NORFOLK, Va.--Negotiations to bring an extended-stay hotel to downtown could result in an agreement this week. Hotel developer Donnell Thompson said he's meeting with City Manager Regina V.K....

Law Requires Inspection of Virginia Beach, Va., Mattress Factory.
July 11, 2001... Byline: Sean Olson Jul. 11--These inspectors don't drive squad cars, or carry magnifying glasses. They aren't looking for clues -- they're checking mattresses. Virginia is one of 39 states with laws that apply to bedding and...

Unique Services Set New Virginia Beach, Va., Mattress Retailer Apart.
July 11, 2001... Byline: Sean Olson Jul. 11--VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--With more than 20 mattress retailers in South Hampton Roads, a newcomer to the market had better have an angle. The Original Mattress Factory does. Only at Original Mattress can you...

Chesapeake, Va., to Purchase Land for Business Park.
July 12, 2001... Byline: Amy Jeter Jul. 12--CHESAPEAKE, Va.--The city is poised to buy land in Greenbrier to build a business and technology park, said Donald Z. Goldberg, director of the Economic Development Department. If the sale goes through,...

Virginia Beach, Va., Hotel Owners to Invest in North Carolina Beach Property.
July 12, 2001... Byline: Christopher Dinsmore Jul. 12--KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C.--Virginia Beach-based hotel owners/developers Bruce Thompson and Edmund Ruffin continue to expand their hospitality empire. The two are among the investors in Nags Head Beach...

Virginia Beach, Va., Machine, Welding Shop Ends 80 Years of Business.
July 12, 2001... Byline: Kimberly Sweet Jul. 12--He can weld a broken lawn chair. Get an old-fashioned steam engine running again or repair a bulldozer bucket. He's even rigged a casket to eject a mannequin at a haunted house. Charles "Tommy" Deary has...

Wachovia Reports Rise in Operating Net Income for Quarter.
July 12, 2001... Byline: Tom Shean Jul. 12--Wachovia Corp., which has been aggressively seeking shareholder support for its proposed merger with First Union Corp., said Wednesday that its operating net income for the April-June quarter climbed sharply...

Portsmouth, Va., Landmark Restaurant Fights for Its Future.
July 13, 2001... Byline: Janie Bryant Jul. 13--PORTSMOUTH, Va.--The soothing strains of "Strangers in the Night" drift over the restaurant. A young man sips wine and smokes at the bar. Some diners stop at the piano on their way out, their dollar...

Crews Re-Work Virginia Beach, Va., Water Ride That Came Near Power Lines.
July 13, 2001... Byline: Agnes Blum Jul. 13--VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--Thrill seekers may crave electrifying rides, but a water slide within a few feet of power lines was pushing it, Virginia Power decided. Amusement park crews have spent the past few days...

NASA to Test Journalist's Regional Air Travel Concept in Virginia.
July 13, 2001... Byline: Vandana Sinha Jul. 13--NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--Need to book a last-minute flight to meet a client in Pasadena? Want to fly for the afternoon to upstate New York with your friends? No problem, just call your regional pilot. ...

Job Cuts at International Paper Will Barely Touch Operations in Franklin, Va.
July 14, 2001... Byline: Michael Davis Jul. 14--FRANKLIN, Va.--Two recently announced rounds of job cuts by International Paper Co. should have little effect on the company's vast Franklin operations, according to officials. IP says a maximum of seven...

Navy to Help Train Shipbuilding Contractors.
July 14, 2001... Byline: Sean Olson Jul. 14--NORFOLK, Va.--The Navy is offering $2 million to help train small businesses that apply for shipbuilding contracts. The money will be awarded through the Navy Technical Assistance Pilot Program. NTAPP will...

London Firm to Purchase Chesapeake, Va., Internet Software Developer.
July 14, 2001... Byline: Vandana Sinha Jul. 14--CHESAPEAKE, Va.-- OOP, an Internet software developer in Greenbrier, has agreed to be acquired by a London-based company and become its 14th office in nine countries. The transaction, announced Friday...

Monitor surfaces after 140 years at bottom of sea.
July 16, 2001... Byline: Paul Clancy OFF CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. _ The power plant that drove the Union ironclad Monitor to its date with history emerged Monday from the deep azure sea. Navy divers and archaeologists from the National Oceanograhic and...

Norfolk, Va.-Area Economy Is Bigger Than Hungary's.
July 16, 2001... Byline: Christopher Dinsmore Jul. 16--NORFOLK-VIRGINIA BEACH-NEWPORT NEWS, VA-NC--Just smaller than New Zealand and just bigger than the Czech Republic. That's how big the Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Va.-N.C., economy is,...

Virginia Investment Counselors Rebound.
July 16, 2001... Byline: Tom Shean Jul. 16--NORFOLK, Va.--Letters, phone calls and e-mail still arrive from clients who were delighted to see growth in their investment portfolios last year. Among the officers and portfolio managers of Virginia...

Virtual Reality Comes to Life Through Three Projects at Virginia College.
July 16, 2001... Byline: Vandana Sinha Jul. 16--You see it in video games. You see it in theme parks. Now virtual reality may be coming to a museum, well, NOT near you. More like on the central coastline of Chile. But researchers near you --...

Accounting, Consulting Firm To Sell Virginia Beach, Va., Office.
July 17, 2001... Byline: Tom Shean Jul. 17--VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--PricewaterhouseCoopers, the giant international accounting and consulting firm, said Monday that it plans to sell its Virginia Beach office and Hampton Roads practice as part of an effort to...

Smithfield, Va., Foods Firm to Enter Chicken Business.
July 17, 2001... Byline: Michael Davis Jul. 17--SMITHFIELD, Va.--Just weeks after completing the purchase of its first beefpacking company, pork giant Smithfield Foods Inc. is also getting into the chicken business. The company plans to buy...

Norfolk, Va., Grill Gets Makeover; Becomes Southern-Style Restaurant.
July 17, 2001... Byline: Sean Olson Jul. 17--NORFOLK, Va.--Nancy Cobb leans against the bar at the former Bienville Grill and explains her intentions. The thick, clear finish has been stripped to bare wood, so she can put her own polish down. That's what...

Norfolk, Va., Software Firm Seeks Investments, Partnerships.
July 17, 2001... Byline: Christopher Dinsmore Jul. 17--NORFOLK, Va.--Great Bridge LLC, the Norfolk firm that is commercializing an open-source database software, is looking at several possible outside investments or partnerships, its president confirmed...

Virginia Councilman's Link with Hotel Developers Questioned.
July 18, 2001... Jul. 18--VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--City Councilman Linwood O. Branch profited from a business relationship with the developers of the 31st Street hotel project for four years before severing it last month. From 1997 until last month, Branch's...

Southampton County, Va., Prison Inmates Work as Farmers.
July 18, 2001... Byline: Linda McNatt Jul. 18--SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, Va.--Wearing jeans and denim work shirts, hairnets and plastic gloves, about 30 inmates at the Southampton Correctional Center follow plump yellow squash from the bath to the chopper to the...

Chesapeake, Va., Council Votes Down Plan for Super Kmart.
July 18, 2001... Byline: Robert McCabe Jul. 18--CHESAPEAKE, Va.--After roughly four hours of public debate, the City Council unanimously voted down a rezoning application Tuesday for a Super Kmart on North Battlefield Boulevard. A total of 55 speakers...

New Medicaid System Makes Life More Difficult for Disabled Virginians.
July 18, 2001... Byline: Elizabeth Simpson Jul. 18--Michael Bailey needs dialysis three times a week because of his high blood pressure. The 30-year-old Portsmouth man used to arrange for a medical transport driver to pick him up on those days. But...

Newport News, Va., Shipbuilding Company Beats Analyst Profit Estimates.
July 18, 2001... Byline: Dennis O'Brien Jul. 18--Merger-related drama had no adverse effect on Newport News Shipbuilding's second-quarter earnings, which beat Wall Street estimates by 3 cents and topped 2000's performance for the same quarter by 16percent....

Norfolk, Va., Ethical Animal Treatment Organization Nominated for Web Award.
July 18, 2001... Byline: Vandana Sinha Jul. 18--The lettuce underwear and "Sex and the Kitty" promos worked. They caught the eye of international Internet judges, who decide tonight whether People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals return to Norfolk...

Bank One Subsidiary Rejects Wachovia's Chesapeake, Va., Credit Card Center.
July 19, 2001... Byline: Tom Shean Jul. 19--CHESAPEAKE, Va.--In a reversal of its earlier plans, First USA has decided that it won't need Wachovia Bank's credit-card service center in Chesapeake when it buys Wachovia's card portfolio this month. ...

Clean-Air Violation Puts Chesapeake, Va., Area Under Federal Scrutiny.
July 19, 2001... Byline: Scott Harper Jul. 19--CHESAPEAKE, Va.--Hampton Roads is in trouble again because of its smog. With a clean-air violation on June 29, the region has flunked a national test that will trigger a new round of restrictions and...

Franklin, Va., Plans to Turn Former Buggy Factory into Haven for Technology.
July 19, 2001... Byline: Phyllis Speidell Jul. 19--FRANKLIN, Va.--By June 2003, Franklin plans to transform a former buggy factory into a high-tech haven for fledgling businesses. The proposed business incubator center offers almost 40,000 square feet...

Norfolk, Va.-Based Finance Firm Reports Sharp Rise in Earnings.
July 19, 2001... Byline: Tom Shean Jul. 19--NORFOLK, Va.--Helped by lower operating costs, TFC Enterprises Inc. reported a sharp rise in earnings for the April-through-June quarter, but its chief executive officer said the consumer-finance company still...

NASA Tests Tires with Fewer Grooves at Virginia Center.
July 19, 2001... Byline: Vandana Sinha Jul. 19--HAMPTON, Va.--Like a 60-ton bullet, the world's fastest water-powered sled zoomed Wednesday morning from 0 to 230 mph in 1.5 seconds, less time than it probably took you to read this sentence. It carried...

Sara Lee Employees Take Advantage of Adult Education.
July 19, 2001... Byline: Laurie Berti-Camp Jul. 19--SUFFOLK, Va. -- Coffee, tea or GED? Sara Lee Coffee and Tea Consumer Brands has become a nationwide model for adult education and corporate-community relations since opening its Community Learning...

Portsmouth, Va., Schoolhouse to Become Apartment Building.
July 20, 2001... Byline: Louis Hansen Jul. 20--PORTSMOUTH, Va.--The old schoolhouse in Shea Terrace will have a new life. Regency Development Associates of North Carolina has received $1.5 million worth of federal and state tax credits to redevelop the...

Family-Owned Market in Norfolk, Va., Adds Personal Touch to Grocery Shopping.
July 20, 2001... Byline: Stephanie A. Crockett Jul. 20--NORFOLK, Va.--Leonetta Sutton had exactly $5 to buy a few things at the corner store for her mother. The 10-year-old grabbed a gallon of milk and a jug of fruit punch and plunked them down on the...

Pascagoula, Miss., Shipyard Works to Repair Ship Damaged in Yemen.
July 20, 2001... Byline: Jack Dorsey Jul. 20--ABOARD THE DESTROYER COLE, Miss.--Huge chunks of new steel rise 60 feet in the air to cover the middle of the ship's port side. The area destroyed by a terrorist blast that claimed 17 lives nine months...

Visitors to Norfolk, Va., Naval Attractions Rising.
July 21, 2001... Byline: Paul Clancy Jul. 21--NORFOLK, Va.--Tom and Pat Binetti of Virginia Beach were perched at a table outside Nauticus with their old friends the O'Learys, Tim and Bonnie, after an afternoon of touring the science center and its...

Norfolk, Va.-Based Boyd-Bluford Agrees to Keep Pests Away from Its Food.
July 21, 2001... Byline: Tim McGlone Jul. 21--NORFOLK, Va.-- Boyd-Bluford Inc. has agreed to clean up its warehouse and ensure that rodents and bugs are kept out, according to an agreement reached Thursday with the federal government. In return, the...

Hampton University, Va., President Appointed to Fannie Mae Board.
July 21, 2001... Byline: Katrice Franklin Jul. 21--HAMPTON, Va.--Hampton University President William Harvey knows he sounds like a nosy older man when speaking to graduating seniors at commencement. They've probably already heard his speech about the...

Southwest Airlines to Anounce Routes from Norfolk, Va.
July 22, 2001... Byline: Debbie Messina Jul. 22--NORFOLK, Va.--Baltimore. Nashville. Chicago. Orlando, Tampa or Jacksonville in Florida. Those are the cities that most often roll off knowing tongues when folks start speculating about where Southwest...

Virginia Beach, Va., Industrial Park Is Ready to Grow.
July 23, 2001... Byline: Christopher Dinsmore Jul. 23--VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--What may be the last piece of the city's industrial heart is about to fall into place. As soon as a pump station is transferred to the city, probably within the next two weeks,...

Ford's F-Series Trucks Maintain Enduring Popularity.
July 23, 2001... Byline: Michael Davis Jul. 23--Ford's F-series pickup has been the best-selling vehicle -- car or truck -- in America for 19 years in a row. Configured as a work truck, the F-series is available with powerful eight-cylinder engines, a...

Ford Plant in Norfolk, Va., Gears Up for $370 Million Expansion.
July 23, 2001... Byline: Michael Davis Jul. 23--In a region known best for military hardware, one of the top economic guns has nothing to do with warships or jet fighters. The Ford Motor Co. has been cranking out cars and trucks at its Norfolk plant...

Hampton, Va., Area Lags Behind Other Cities in Technology Growth.
July 23, 2001... Byline: Tom Shean Jul. 23--News from the tech sector gets gloomier by the day. The roster of failed Internet companies continues to grow, while the backlog of orders for computer equipment and consulting services dwindles. But...

Virginia Lab is Part of Project to Build Neutron Generator.
July 23, 2001... Byline: Vandana Sinha Jul. 23--NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--Jefferson Lab will soon complete a $1.3 million addition to one of its buildings, the latest step in helping to build the world's strongest neutron generator, atop a Tennessee mountain...

Advisory Service Backs Wachovia Deal with First Union.
July 24, 2001... Byline: Tom Shean Jul. 24--Wachovia Corp.'s bitterly contested agreement to merge with First Union Corp. picked up support Monday from an influential advisory service used by pension funds, mutual funds and other large investors. A...

Chesapeake, Va., Economic Guru Leaving City.
July 24, 2001... Byline: Amy Jeter Jul. 24--CHESAPEAKE, Va.--After nearly 13 years as Chesapeake's economic development guru, Donald Z. Goldberg is leaving the city to become a vice president at a Chesapeake-based warehousing and distribution firm, a...

Disney Buys Virginia Beach, Va.-Based Family Channel from Fox.
July 24, 2001... Byline: Larry Bonko Jul. 24--PASADENA, Calif. -- Not so very long ago, it was a relatively modest cable television enterprise based in Virginia Beach. Soon, the Family Channel will be part of the vast Walt Disney Co. empire. Disney is...

Ford to Invest Millions to Expand Norfolk, Va., Plant.
July 24, 2001... Byline: Michael Davis Jul. 24--NORFOLK, Va.--Ford Motor Co. is calling the $375 million expansion of its Norfolk truck assembly plant a "vote of confidence." "It just shows how proud we are of Ford Norfolk, even in these uncertain...

Wachovia, First Union Courting Small Shareholders in Norfolk, Va., Area.
July 25, 2001... Byline: Tom Shean Jul. 25--Sitting at a long table in the sunroom of his Virginia Beach home, George Hamar scanned the latest letter from banking companies Wachovia Corp. and First Union Corp. and put it aside. A retiree who owns 200...

HMO Drug Change Creates Woes for Norfolk, Va.-Area Patients.
July 25, 2001... Byline: Liz Szabo Jul. 25--An insurance mix-up has caused major problems in the past week for dozens of local Medicaid patients trying to obtain prescription drugs. Some patients have been unable to get the medicines they need and...

Shipments Through Hampton, Va.-Area Port Rise Slightly.
July 25, 2001... Byline: Dennis O'Brien Jul. 25--Container cargo shipments through the Port of Hampton Roads are up a relatively scant 1.5 percent through June, as the port struggles with a sluggish economy and demanding shippers. The port, which...

Dollar Tree Retailer Sees Second-Quarter Earnings Rise.
July 25, 2001... Byline: Joanne Kimberlin Jul. 25--Dollar Tree investors reaped 19 cents a share during the second quarter, a payoff that's right on the money according to analysts' predictions. Net earnings for the quarter, reported after the market...

Southwest Will Fly Nonstop to Four Cities from Norfolk, Va.
July 25, 2001... Byline: Michael Davis Jul. 25--Low-fare leader Southwest Airlines will launch service out of Norfolk this fall with a dozen flights to its key cities on the East Coast, in the West and in Florida. The carrier announced Tuesday that its...

HEADLINE HERE.
July 25, 2001... Byline: Diane Tennant "She kind of named herself," Paul answered. "When I was in the woods there on Assateague, I couldn't tell if I was seeing white mist with the sun on it, or a live colt. The minute I knew `twas a live colt, I kept...

Norfolk, Va.-Based Freight Firm Posts 8 Percent Earnings Increase.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Dennis O'Brien Jul. 26--Despite the sluggish economy, Norfolk Southern more than held its own in the second quarter, posting an 8 percent earnings increase on flat revenues. "We are encouraged with our progress in the second...

Suggestions of Norfolk, Va.-Area Military Base Closings Stirs Senator's Anger.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Dale Eisman Jul. 26--WASHINGTON--The Pentagon scrambled Wednesday to save plans for a new round of military base closings as a key Bush administration ally on Capitol Hill reacted angrily to suggestions that at least some Hampton...

Hampton, Va., Nonprofit Stages Open House.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Vandana Sinha Jul. 26--HAMPTON, Va.--KIDTECH Inc. will hold an open house today for its technical support center, the technological backbone for a string of community centers that will widen computer access to all corners of...

Technology Firm Negotiating Lease for Downtown Norfolk, Va., Office.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Vandana Sinha Jul. 26--NORFOLK, Va.--A technology firm that touts itself as the alternative to cable companies is negotiating lease terms to move into a downtown Norfolk office by the end of the year. SouthernSkies...

Chesapeake, Va.-Area Trash Trucks to Become Mobile Billboards.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Scott Harper Jul. 26--CHESAPEAKE, Va.--Ads are everywhere these days -- on race cars, buildings, Little League jerseys, golf balls. Even stadiums are named after corporate sponsors. Now comes this sales vehicle: trash trucks....