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A Sweet Turnout For Cats And Dogs
• Eating chocolate feeds homeless pets.

Suits Shed Light On Clinic
• Two lawsuits offer a rare look at the business dealings of one of the region's largest medical practices.

Police, Witness Differ On Shooting
• Witness account of Culpeper shooting contradicts what state police are saying

Correction
• Correction

Registrars Expectbusy Voting Year
• Registrars prepare for busy voting year

Stafford Board Sets Priorities
• Stafford board sets priorities for upcoming budget.

Germanna Fetes Fred Rankin As Its Distinguished Person Of The Year
• Germanna fetes Fred Rankin as its Distinguished Person of the Year


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Public Calendar
• public calendar

Another Hall Earns Highest Scout Honor
• Fredericksburg family has impressive service in Boy Scouts and in our country's armed forces


Community

County Quake Damage Detailed
• Almost 80 King George homes were damaged in earthquake; county hosts informational meeting about disaster assistance for residents Feb. 16

Service Features Black Soldiers
• Culpeper church hosting black history program

Spotsylvania Parks Calendar
• Spotsylvania Parks & Recreation

Spotsylvania School Notes
• School News

Stafford School Notes Stafford School Notes
• School News

Private School Notes
• School News

Military Notes
• Military Notes


Editorial

• Build that toll road


Business

Taxable Sales Improve In Fourth Quarter Locally
• Taxable sales improve in fourth quarter locally

It May Be Too Early To Like Facebook Ipo
• Is it a good idea to buy Facebook shares?


Opinion:Letter

• Obama's assault on the poor

• Emile Lester's op-ed column on Mormonism and the presidency.

• A Local Look at the Mormon Moment,

• Chris Connelly's op-ed column: Haven't We Heard this Before? Flashbacks in the State of the Union address.

Wrong Number Becomes Just Right
• book review of Sophie Kinsella's latest, "I've Got Your Number"

Richly Layered Saga Of Slaves
• book review of Sydney Nathans' "To Free and Family: the Journey of Mary Walker"

• Great Lives/Griffin Bookstore advertisement for Feb. 12, 2012: The Lovings, and Jackie Robinson

Just What Is Free?
• book review of Robert Levine's "Free Ride"





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Mormonism and the presidency: Don't worry
WE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS: A LOCAL LOOK AT A DIVERSE & WORLDWIDE CHURCH
Literature with naughty words? A Catch-22
What's good for business is good for the state?
The face is vaguely familiar, and so is the speech
Great Lives/Griffin Bookstore advertisement for Feb. 12, 2012: The Lovings, and Jackie Robinson
Attack religious charities and wound the poor
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