Delegates table bills to cap out-of-state enrollment
9:17 pm - New bills that would set limits on the number of out-of-state students who could enroll at state colleges were scrapped Monday. Some say well-qualified Virginians are being denied spots in favor of out-of-staters who pay higher tuition.
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Ensnared in hazing scandal, sailor relieved to tell his tale
11:31 pm - A hearing last week at Norfolk Naval Station was the first chance the man accused of leading hazing and abuse had to confront his accusers.
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Fewer civil cases go to juries due in large part to cost
11:31 pm - Civil jury trials in Virginia dropped 72 percent in a decade, from 2,042 in 1999 to 570 last year. The number of cases has remained steady, however, at just more than 100,000 per year.
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HRT to ask Beach council to pony up for light-rail study 
Virginia Beach City Council thought that a multimillion-dollar light-rail study would be paid for with grants, but HRT will ask the council for almost $250K to finish the study.
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