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<title>230 sue Smithfield, allege labor violations</title>
<description>NORFOLK
 Two hundred and thirty current and former workers have sued Smithfield Foods Inc., saying they weren't paid for 30 to 45 minutes of daily o ... </description>
<link>http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/230-sue-smithfield-allege-labor-violations</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:32:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Hearing on Dominion rate increase June 24</title>
<description>Dominion Virginia Power customers and others who want to comment on the company's proposed fuel rate increase may do so during a public hearing sched ... </description>
<link>http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/hearing-dominion-rate-increase-june-24</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:00:19 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Hearing scheduled on Dominion Virginia Power fuel rate increase</title>
<description>Dominion Virginia Power customers and others who want to comment on the companyandrsquo;s proposed fuel rate increase may do so during a public hea ... </description>
<link>http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/hearing-scheduled-dominion-virginia-power-fuel-rate-increase</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:09:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Energy price spike leads economic warning signs</title>
<description>Last week, Dominion Virginia Power announced it would seek a rate increase that would boost the average bill for residential customers locally by abo ... </description>
<link>http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/energy-price-spike-leads-economic-warning-signs</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 19:24:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Strawberry pickers expected in fields when not shopping for mom </title>
<description>VIRGINIA BEACH
 With a couple of toddlers and an infant in tow, two Virginia Beach moms entered a Pungo strawberry field at 8 a.m. Thursday
 Dark c ... </description>
<link>http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/strawberry-pickers-expected-fields-when-not-shopping-mom</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 21:12:39 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Regent’s MBAs, rich in diversity, buck national trend</title>
<description>When Regent University awards masterandrsquo;s degrees in business administration today, more than one in five recipients will be black.
 That 22 ... </description>
<link>http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/regent%E2%80%99s-mbas-rich-diversity-buck-national-trend</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 21:04:57 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Dollar Tree's sales up 7.8 percent in first quarter</title>
<description>Dollar Tree Inc. announced that sales for the first quarter of 2008 topped $1 billion, up 7.8 percent from the same period last year and exceeding th ... </description>
<link>http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/dollar-trees-sales-78-percent-first-quarter</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 22:14:37 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Longshoremen still essential to APM, union leader says</title>
<description>NORFOLK
 The $450 million APM Terminals cargo facility that opened last July in Portsmouth does not pose a threat to the International Longshoremen' ... </description>
<link>http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/longshoremen-still-essential-apm-union-leader-says</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 22:05:44 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Norfolk Southern set to fight EPA lawsuit, CEO tells shareholders</title>
<description>NORFOLK
 Norfolk Southern Corp. will go to trial if necessary to fight a federal environmental lawsuit filed against it because of a deadly January ... </description>
<link>http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/norfolk-southern-set-fight-epa-lawsuit-ceo-tells-shareholders</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 21:59:55 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Amerigroup looks to new markets for an expanded focus</title>
<description>VIRGINIA BEACH
 Amerigroup Corp., whose growth was driven by serving low-income mothers and children without health insurance, will devote greater a ... </description>
<link>http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/amerigroup-looks-new-markets-expanded-focus</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 21:56:46 -0400</pubDate>
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