AP Top Stories

• Hiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3 pct.add to reading list

• Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assaultadd to reading list

• Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testingadd to reading list

• Popular character actor Ben Gazzara dies in NYadd to reading list

• No charges against Armstrongadd to reading list

Strange News

• Kobayashi downs record 337 wings at Pa. Wing Bowladd to reading list

• Sheep herding Swedish bunny becomes online hitadd to reading list

• Wrong-number call helps Ohio woman having strokeadd to reading list

• Pet elk denied re-entry to Pennsylvania from W.Va.add to reading list

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  Leader of skimming ring sentenced in Norfolkadd to reading list

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  Robert Gates invested as Chancellor of W&Madd to reading list

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  Newport News police seek robbery suspectadd to reading list

• Allegations of abuse of power swirl around Kill Devil Hills police chiefadd to reading list  

• Owner claims exotic animals discovered in tunnel at Va. Techadd to reading list

• New group of students enter workforce at Newport News Shipbuildingadd to reading list  

• Bid to study marijuana sales at Va. ABC stores failsadd to reading list

• Portsmouth woman charged in deadly disputeadd to reading list

• Teen responsible for 8 business burglaries, Norfolk police say add to reading list  

• Man accused of sexually assaulting 13-year-old girl in Newport Newsadd to reading list

• Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grantsadd to reading list  

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  WEATHER: Wet at times this weekendadd to reading list  

• Pete Decker, Jr. dies after battle with canceradd to reading list  

• Window washer briefly stuck on downtown Norfolk buildingadd to reading list  

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  Turn in old child safety seat, get Walmart gift cardadd to reading list

• Va. House approves gay adoption billadd to reading list

• Study: Va. wine industry bearing fruitadd to reading list

• Cash, cocaine seized from Hertford man's homeadd to reading list

Local Sports

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  Records fall in ODU win over JMUadd to reading list  

• UVA strikes it big locally on signing dayadd to reading list  

• Hokies nab a few local stars and do well statewideadd to reading list  

• Eli Harold signing interviewadd to reading list  

• Austin Smith signing interviewadd to reading list  

Virginia News

• Alpha Natural Resources to reduce coal productionadd to reading list

• 'Skimming' ringleader in Va. sentenced to prisonadd to reading list

• Congressmen question pace of probe at Arlingtonadd to reading list

• Man gets 20 years in Va. crash that killed nunadd to reading list

• Caller claims Va. Tech menagerie belongs to heradd to reading list

Military

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  GOP senators work to avoid defense cuts add to reading list

• Leader of skimming ring sentenced in Norfolkadd to reading list

• Local Congressmen send letter to Panetta, fighting carrier moveadd to reading list  

• Bataan ARG returning after longest Navy ship deployment in nearly 40 yearsadd to reading list

• Truman sailors pitch in around Hampton Roadsadd to reading list  

Entertainment News

• Popular character actor Ben Gazzara dies in NYadd to reading list

• Keith Urban makes return from vocal surgeryadd to reading list

• Jason Segel honored by Harvard theater groupadd to reading list

• Mel Gibson may be witness in discrimination trialadd to reading list

• Racy ads for French movie about infidelity pulledadd to reading list

Health News

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  Credit: FDA

  Pfizer recalls 1M birth control packs after mixupadd to reading list

• Ultrasound bill passes Va. Senateadd to reading list

• Drug approved to treat cystic fibrosis' root causeadd to reading list

• Senator proposes amendment in retaliation of ultrasound/abortion legislationadd to reading list

• Va. House OKs repeal of HPV vaccination mandateadd to reading list

Does it Work?

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  Credit: Jason Walsh, 13News

  Does it Work? Onion Gogglesadd to reading list  

• Does it Work? Salon Expressadd to reading list  

• Does it Work? The Perfect Meatloaf Pan Setadd to reading list  

• Does it Work? MyZone Headphonesadd to reading list  

• Does it Work? The Anti-Steam Ove' Gloveadd to reading list