Slain store clerk had hard lesson 21 years earlier

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Video surveillance cameras captured two fatal robberies – just hours within being exactly 21 years apart – at convenience stores owned by Farooq Bhimdi .

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    Tattered, tangled U.S. flag ‘a travesty’

    At the Richmond Central Post Office at 2nd and Grace Streets, where the U.S. flag has been in distress for a while.

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    Shacking up may not be illegal for much longer

    Delegate Ebbin’s bill passed unanimously Monday in a Senate justice committee and will likely sail through the Senate.

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    Richmond police chief interviewed publicly in Raleigh

    Will Richmond lose another police chief to North Carolina?

  • Mark Holmberg Reports / Politics Joe Morrissey

    Gun-toting lawmaker once lost two assault-style firearms

    But 20 years earlier, his lack of gun control made headlines when he lost an Uzi assault-style rifle and a high-capacity Tec-9 pistol.

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    HOLMBERG: Political gerrymandering? Imagine if sports teams redrew the boundaries.

    This redrawing of voting districts to influence election results and gain power has been a favorite stunt for both parties practically since this nation began.

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    HOLMBERG: Would wealthier Richmonders let their children attend a ‘toxic’ school?

    Test after test showing the school is safe has done little to clear the air at the school named after a beloved Philadelphia priest from Richmond.

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    HOLMBERG: ‘Kiss my ass’ killer’s last statement before execution

    Just before the Commonwealth of Virginia electrocuted 42-year-old Robert Charles Gleason, Jr. Wednesday night, the three-time murderer’s last words were “kiss my ass” in Gaelic and then “God Bless.”

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    HOLMBERG: Killer’s final words – “Kiss my ass” – not original among executed.

    Gleason, Jr. Wednesday night, the three-time murderer’s last words were “kiss my ass” in Gaelic and then “God Bless.”

  • Mark Holmberg Reports / Politics

    HOLMBERG: Obama’s new legislation focuses on wrong guns

    Is it really common sense to focus on assault style rifles and high-capacity magazines when they are used in a tiny percentage of murders?

  • Mark Holmberg Reports Redskins training camp

    HOLMBERG: Redskins park bulldozing: promises broken, special treatment

    It appears city council was never told of the 100-foot shift in the footprint before they voted to approve the project at the last minute.

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    HOLMBERG: Wrongly bulldozed trees at Redskins park make finishing easier, but…

    The mayor’s press secretary now says they are trying to figure out what happened.

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    HOLMBERG: Skies filled with contrails – or chemtrails- sprayed by the government?

    You’ve probably seen the marks in question. But are the skies filled with contrails – or chemtrails- spayed by the government?