Daily Archives: January 9, 2013

• News

  Report: Armstrong tried to donate $250K to anti-doping agency before scandal

  A Lance Armstrong representative tried to make a donation of about $250,000 to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency before the agency launched the investigation.
• Offbeat

  New tracking device shows great white shark swimming close to Florida coast

  Authorities and scientists are urging people to stay out of the water in Jacksonville, Florida because they’re tracking a massive Great White off the coast.
• News

  Parent brings hunting knife to city school

  Richmond school spokeswoman says there was no malicious intent.
• News

  Cheaper version of the iPhone could be available soon

  Apple is reportedly working on a cheaper iPhone as sales of Android-powered devices skyrocket.
• Health

  Flu virus responsible for 18 deaths

  Health experts say flu season is here — and it’s off to a strong start.
• Health

  Diet soda linked to depression

  Scientists say coffee seems to have the opposite of effect.
• News

  5 dead in Kentucky blaze

  Officials say four children, ages five, four, two and six months old, along with their father, were killed in the fire.
• A List / Community

  The Legend of The Poinsettia

  Three Kings celebration with the Latin Ballet Of Virginia!
• News

  Controversial birth control, abortion bills spark heated debate

  As the 2013 legislative session got underway Wednesday afternoon, dramatic debates were already taking place–but not by lawmakers.
• News

  Prof: Newtown didn’t happen

  A professor is causing outrage over his claims that the Sandy Hook school shooting may not have happened.
• News

  Bomb threat cancels classes in Nelson County

  High school and middle school students were sent home at noon. The county’s elementary schools dismissed at 12:30 p.m.
• Politics

  Gov. McDonnell to deliver State of Commonwealth address

  WTVR will carry the speech LIVE beginning at 7 p.m. on WTVR.com and on 6.3, our digital weather channel.