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Local News
• Friends express support in court
Lee gets year on cocaine conviction
• City moving ahead with courts building
• NEW CHARGE FOR KILLER  
• HOLIDAY CLOSINGS
• CLINKING SOUND FADES AROUND RED KETTLE  
• Zach's new $1 coins 'cool'  
• A bounty of goodwill in K.G.  
• Howell backs ethics review
• Spotsy finance news is bleak
• Fredericksburg-area churches sponsor holiday meals
Yesterday's Stories
• Convicted murderer charged in cold case  
• Local teen needs online votes for recording contract  
• police brief
• Few job openings at this fair  
• City police get accreditation
• HOME SALES KEEP RISING
• HOLIDAY CLOSINGS
• Spotsy school finances gloomy
• Council to consider vote on court site again
• CORRECTIONS
Local Sports
• Portis' problems persisting
Redskins notebook
• VHSL REGIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS
• Late free throw sinks Eagles
• Samuels not ready to hang up jersey--yet PRO FOOTBALL  
• SOCCER
• BIDDING WILL BE FIERCE FOR COACHING 'SAVIORS'  
• Falcons drop season opener
• Jackets, Hornets are named all-state
• Cunningham, Ragonesi claim top honors
• VHSL PAIRINGS
• For Cavaliers, the end is near  
• Redskins insist there's no rift
• The pain truth: Redskins hurting  
• Green boostsOwls' revival  
Local Business
• After college, many struggle with debts  
Student loan delinquencies growing
• NAMES & NOTES
• Economics on a human scale  
• Patience nets Droid reward  
• Signing up for a big project  
• Area gas prices for Friday, Nov. 20
• For Radley, there will be life after Saturn
• Will 'reform' punish banks' bad behavior?  
• Isabella's Boutique is opening in downtown Culpeper
• New tenant for former Circuit City building?
• It's an employers' market  
• Store's closing an unpleasant surprise to some
• Apartment complex set for foreclosure?
• Lacker sees economy still facing challenges
• NITA VAN DER WALT  
• BB&T chairman puts crisis blame on feds
Local Features
Town & County is now exclusively found in the print edition of The Free Lance-Star
• Get busy baking with new book
book review of "400 Sensational Cookies" by Linda J. Amendt
• Share a story, you'll be thankful for the memory  
• It's Lite-Brite time  
• Gathering aims to help people cope with grief during holidays.
• Make the golden years golden
• HEALTH CALENDAR
• PEOPLE NEED VEGGIES--AND LOVE
• Vegetables are the root of nourishing holiday meals  
• Staff writer profiles "World War II, Saving the Reality"  
• Visit to dentist makes impression
• Fredericksburg.com writer reviews "Michael"  
• Staff artist reviews "Herblock: The Life and Work of the Great Political Cartoonist"  
• Staff writer reviews "Time Great Discoveries: Explorations That Changed History"  
• Staff member reviews "Photographic History" of the Battle of the Bulge  
• Staff copy editor reviews "Nigella Christmas"  
• Staff writer reviews "Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera"  
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• Staff writer reviews "National Parks: America's Best Idea"  
• >> D.C. THEATER COMPANY'S PRODUCTION INSPIRED BY WASHINGTON'S URBAN STREETSCAPES  
• THE CHART-TOPPING CHRISTIAN ARTIST AND HIS BAND DIVERSE CITY PLAY PATRIOT CENTER SATURDAY NIGHT  
• CONCERT WILL HERALD HOLIDAYS  
• >> BRASS GROUP'S CATALYST WAS A CRAIGSLIST ADVERTISEMENT FOR MARCHING BAND UNIFORMS  
• Movies opening this week  
• Movies still playing in the Fredericksburg area
• >> HASIDIC REGGAE SINGER RE-EMERGES AFTER A THREE-YEAR STUDIO HIATUS WITH A FRESH SOUND  
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• >> DON'T FOCUS ON HOW UNREAL THE STORY IS; JUST ENJOY THE SPECIAL EFFECTS  
• >> MOVIES AT THE MUSEUM SHOWCASES NICOLAS CAGE ADVENTURE FILM  
• >> CULPEPER EATERY SERVES UP DELICIOUS FARE MADE FROM SCRATCH  
• >> FRED FRANKLIN WANTS TO MAKE SHAKESPEARE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO AUDIENCES  
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SHOP THE FREDERICKSBURG AREA SERVICE LEAGUE'S MERRY MARKET, A BOUTIQUE CRAFT EVENT, 10 A.M.-6 P.M. SATURDAY AT UMW'S JEPSON CENTER. COST: ADULTS $3, KIDS UNDER 12 FREE  
• >> SPOTSWOOD COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE WILL BENEFIT HOMELESS MINISTRY  

Community News
• ROVs get underwater test  
Eighth-graders take the plunge for science
• School system hosts its second annual career night
• CALENDAR EXTRA
• Scout News
• Fredericksburg's riverfront park is beginning to take shape
• Holiday brings memories of food, family  
• SPOTSYLVANIA CRIME SOLVERS  
• White Oak museum tells Stafford's story
• Spotsy Civil War museum closes
• Crime tips go high tech  
• Helping students get fit  
• School News
• SCHOOL DAYS
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• SCHOOL CALENDAR
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS
• PARKS CALENDAR
• SCHOOL CALENDAR
• SPORTS NOTES
• Sickle Cell association honors its founders  
• K.G. considers towing rules
• Holladay House shares memories  
• COMMUNITY BRIEFS  
• Bikers raise funds for Toys for Tots
• COMMUNITY CALENDAR
More Local News on the Web
• Personal use of Richmond police cars reduced,
  Richmond Times Dispatch, 2009/11/25
• News Near You for Nov. 25,
  Richmond Times Dispatch, 2009/11/25
• News Near You for Nov. 25,
  Richmond Times Dispatch, 2009/11/25
• Better ethics procedures urged in wake of Hamilton scandal,
  Richmond Times Dispatch, 2009/11/25
• Supervisors postpone decision on School Board’s request for unspent funds,
  King George Journal, 2009/11/25
• Police: Drive safely during holiday,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/25
• Hospital Auxiliary prepares for Tuesday Lights of Love ceremony,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/25
• Secure schools,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/25
• A pie on every table,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/25
• Va school system targets use of Confederate flag,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/25
• Rapidan Fire Co. sells poinsettias on Black Friday,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/25
• Dentist pleads guilty to drug distribution,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/25
• Woman still enjoys making squirrel gravy,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/25
• No injuries in two fires,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/24
• Winners of downtown store decorating contest,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/24
• Orange Co. celebrates its other presidential son,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/24
• Job fair draws hundreds,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/24
• School Board updates division goals,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/24
• School Board updates division goals,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/24
• Kaine: I won’t rule out tax hikes,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/24
• Labor violation trial for Va meatpacker delayed,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/24
• Carbon monoxide forces 2 evacuations in Staunton,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/24
• Virginia police say no $1,000 HOV ticket after all,
  Culpeper Star-Exponent, 2009/11/24
• Local Leads: Sweet Roads and Laurel Dinosaurs,
  NBC Washington, 2009/11/24
• Citing Hamilton, Howell wants to change ethics procedures,
  Richmond Times Dispatch, 2009/11/24
• Police charge convicted man for another murder,
  Stafford Sun, 2009/11/24
• Police briefs: Nov. 27 paper,
  Stafford Sun, 2009/11/24
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Obituaries
• Lizzie R. Bishop
• Franklin F. Jones
• Duane D. Stewart
• Dale R. Sprinkle
• David W. Pitts
• T. J. Sears
• Judith A. Janney
• Charles P. Corke
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    • Letters
    • I'd like to see a true health care debate
    • Warning constitutes 'hate speech'
    • Rep. Wittman's vote reflected his district
    • Superintendent's salary is over the top
    • Thanks to Wittman for his health care vote
    • Don't underestimate Wilderness popularity
    • Local officials' salaries are 'obscene'
    • We will all pay for others' health care
    • Don't blame Muslims for the act of one
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    • Editorials
    • Fantasy land stimulus
    • Is Euro- Christo-?
    • Holder's 'justice'
    • Here & there
    • Up
    • Prevention: 1 oz.
    • Uncle Sam, Coke lord
    • A Chesapeake dawn?
    • Sarah and Carrie: They got looks, they got books
    • In a fix? Edward Woodward could get you out
    • Old age, health, and R's
    • Piracy pays (in pesetas)
    • Jackets downer
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    • Local Columns
    • An 'iron-core' dedication
    Americans' need to know is not going away anytime soon, no matter what the means of distributing news
    • Louisa farm busy with trees for Christmas  
    • A little goes a long way  
    • Police speed traps raise larger issue of fairness to commuters
    • Thousands offer their ideas on efficiency, energy savings
    • More than 1,000 local kids need adoptive Santas
    • Please save me from the cost of being rescued
    • Trip to concert like visiting the tropical isles
    • Media vulnerable in rush to report
    State AP
    Politico
    • Boehner PAC splurges on golf
    • Obama goes basic in holiday message
    • State dinner guest list
    • Broder: Reid's no Mike Mansfield
    • Obama WH hooked on 'unprecedented'
    Real Estate
    • Pre-winter TLC for trees, shrubs
    • Raking a minor downside to trees', leaves' value
    • Raking a minor downside to trees', leaves' value
    • New house rises from ashes
    • Old cabins given new life
    • Old cabins given new life

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    Please contact Cathy Dyson at cdyson@freelancestar.com
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    Research shows that altruism can have benefits for the one doing the giving. I'm working on a story about science behind generosity and how people can reap the benefits of giving even when they are low on money. If you have a story to share, I'd love to hear from you!
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