Daily Archives: April 29, 2012

  • News

    Woman attempting record-breaking trip around world

    Sarah Outen left London last year and has been on the road for 394 days. Her circuitous trip will end back in London will take two and a half years.

  • News

    Earth Day brings volunteers to riverfront for clean-up

    RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) To celebrate Earth Day, more than two hundred Altria employees broke out the elbow grease and scoured…

  • News

    Police: Armed robber in women’s clothing store hold-up arrested

    An armed robber took over a women’s clothing place and forced shoppers into a room before making off with the cash.

  • News NEWS >> CRIME >> Police lights

    Dinwiddie fatal crash leaves pedestrian dead

    Virginia State Police are investigating a crash involving vehicle and a pedestrian. The male pedestrian died at the scene, said police.

  • News For comic book fans it's a Movie Marvel - "The Avengers" premieres this week, with plenty of big-name stars and one not-so-well-known director.

    Meet Joss Whedon, the mostly unknown director of ‘Avengers’

    For comic book fans it’s a Movie Marvel – “The Avengers” premieres this week, with plenty of big-name stars and one not-so-well-known director.

  • News

    Looking back 20 years later at L.A. riots

    It was 20-years-ago this Sunday that Los Angeles erupted in bloody riots sparked by the videotaped beating of a black motorist by four white police officers.

  • News

    7 dead as van plunges 60 feet into Bronx Zoo

    Seven people, including three children, died Sunday when a vehicle flipped over a guardrail and plunged up to 60 feet to the ground, landing upside down in an area of the Bronx Zoo that is closed to the public, officials said.

  • News NBA -- JaVale McGee of the Denver Nuggets & Stephen Jackson of the Charlotte Bobcats, Photo Credit: Courtesy of The Truth About It (MGN Online)

    Are ads on NBA jerseys next?

    If you’re watching the first round of the National Basketball Association playoffs this weekend, take a good look at the players’ jerseys.

  • Photo Galleries SAM_0553

    PHOTOS: Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

    Check out these beautiful photos we snapped at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.

  • Health / News Sugar, sugar substitutes or sweeteners

    Are sugar substitutes worse than the real thing?

    Today some of our favorite drinks, gum, baked goods, and candy are available in sugar-free versions. But that got me thinking… are sugar substitutes any better for you than the real thing?

  • News

    Bicyclist robs woman at knife point

    Police say a woman was approached in an alley in the 2700 block of N. Thumberland Ave. at 4:10 Sunday morning by a black male on a bicycle. The victim told police the man held her at knife point and took money from her before fleeing the scene.

  • News NEWS >> ENTERTAINMENT >> Snooki

    Snooki: Pregnancy has made me more mature

    There’s nothing like getting pregnant to make you grow up – and fast – and that seems to be the case with “Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi.