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Recent wave of violence includes 20 students killed since September

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23824652/

Speeding on the highway adds a surprising amount to your fuel costs.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/26/autos/slow_down_save_gas/index.htm?cnn=yes

A 20-mile stretch of Interstate 64 between Charlottesville and Waynesboro is open again as Virginia State Police continue searching for someone who took shots at vehicles on the road.

http://www.nbc12.com/news/state/17046486.html

The story’s author, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Chuck Philips, said in a statement late yesterday: “In relying on documents that I now believe were fake, I failed to do my job. I’m sorry.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/27/AR2008032700879.html?hpid=moreheadlines

The two young women had several friends in common, but never actually spoke to each other until April 26, 2006, the night a deadly car crash, followed by an unbelievable string of events, joined the Van Ryn and Cerak families forever…

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23820719/

Victim taken into foster care after fluke arrest of ‘mother’ in Latvia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23810134/?GT1=43001

“A lot of perfectly good food is thrown away,” says Nelson, a spokeswoman for Freegan.info, a New York City group that promotes “freeganism,” which eschews conventional commerce in favor of a lifestyle that uses minimal resources.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/03/27/free.commerce/index.html