Author: Dena Potter
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Racy videos raise questions about Navy culture
NORFOLK, Va. — Raunchy comedy videos made by a high-ranking Navy commander and shown to the crew of an aircraft carrier three or four years ago have suddenly proved an embarrassment to the Pentagon that could blight the officer’s career. The videos, released Sunday by a newspaper in this Navy port city, feature Capt. Owen…
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Convictions overturned for ex-SEAL trainee
RICHMOND, Va. — An ex-Navy SEAL trainee had his murder and abduction convictions overturned Tuesday after spending 13 years in prison for killing a Georgia college student who was vacationing in Virginia. A divided Virginia Court of Appeals panel granted Dustin Turner’s request for a writ of actual innocence, vacating his conviction of murder and…
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Fears of a Dem crackdown lead to boom in gun sales
MIDLOTHIAN, Va. – When 10-year-old Austin Smith heard Barack Obama had been elected president, he had one question: Does this mean I won’t get a new gun for Christmas?That brought his mother, the camouflage-clad Rachel Smith, to Bob Moates Sports Shop on Thursday, where she was picking out that special 20-gauge shotgun – one of…