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Ex-owner of wetlands site sues, may delay conservation plan
Wayne McLeskey Jr., who once owned the 122 acres of wetlands, sandy beaches and forest near the Chesapeake Bay, has asked a judge to temporarily halt the sale of the land for environmental preservation.
New restrictions have banks altering overdraft policies
For people living paycheck to paycheck, it can happen all too easily: overdraft.
Spend more than your checking account holds and your bank covers it and hits you with a fee.
Maybe not anymore.
National Business News
- Comfort Inn a hurricane hostel in NC
- Earl weakens but still powerful as it smacks NC
- Oil platform explodes off La. coast; crew rescued
- Time Warner Cable gets ESPN3.com in new deal
- Pension fund approached on Potash bid
- Dell's enterprise challenge remains after 3Par
- H&R Block 1Q loss narrows despite revenue decline
- Dell cedes data-storage maker 3Par to HP
- Recession talk quieted by improving economic data
- Burger King sets sights overseas after $3.26B sale
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Local Business News
- Columbia customers to see gas bills go up
- Hampton Roads' jobless rate stays the same
- Smithfield Foods turns corner, CEO says
- Norfolk Southern sets environmental goal
- Virginia tries to lure fall tourists with new website
- Norfolk homeowner narrowly averts foreclosure
- HR Bankshares seeks OK from shareholders for plan
- Williamsburg Pottery to move into new retail complex
- Smithfield Foods to host annual meeting today in Williamsburg
- Newport News research center to get $73.2M upgrade
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- United Parcel Serve.
- Verizon Comm.
- Wellpoint
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