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Tonight, March 9, "American Idol" returns with the top eight female semifinalists performing.  In the long hours before 8 p.m., entertain yourself with a little "Idol Talk":
OVER IT? So far, Season 9 has seemed a little ho-hum. On Friday, CNN posed the question many of us had been wondering: 

By Larry Bonko
Correspondent
When Jason George joined "Grey's Anatomy" in February, the number of actors with a Virginia Beach connection on the ABC drama doubled. Already established in the cast was Chyler Leigh, a former Virginia Beach resident.

By John Streit
Correspondent
According to Shamrock Marathon directors Jerry Frostick and Amy Frostick, their goal was never to have the biggest running event, but the best.
When it comes to their Operation Smile Final Mile, they can now stake their claim for the latter.

Demonologists, renowned paranormal researchers and expert exorcists are just some of those who will be in Virginia Beach during the Eastern Paranormal Investigators Co-Op Conference this weekend.
Famous haunting survivors who inspired the movies “The Sixth Sense” and “Haunting in Connecticut” will also be at the three-day conference that starts Friday .

Come and share your simply mortifying moments, or just come listen (and relate) to others' tales of love lost, summer camp crushes, high school stupidity and other priceless gems.Page redirect: The link you clicked didn't take you to the page we intended it to take you. Please click here for the proper Web page. Thank you!

COLONY MANOR Trash doesn't faze Louise Young. Officially, Young is one of two females in the city who holds the title "waste management collector." She picks up your trash, piece by piece. Her gloved hands lift old televisions, weathered vacuums, outdated nightstands and slats of wood from the continuous construction in the neighborhoods along South Military Highway.

By Jerome L. Langston
Special to The Virginian-Pilot
“There’s a lot of love in this building tonight.”
So proclaimed hip-hop deity Jay-Z, the Brooklyn native who last year surpassed the long-held Elvis Presley record for most No. 1 albums by a solo artist on the Billboard Top 200, during Sunday’s sold-out concert at Norfolk’s Scope arena.

"Hurt Locker" and Kathryn Bigelow won big, but did I really see Alec pat her behind? Also, why no Farrah or Bea, but a Michael in the in-memoriam segment? Read our Oscar gripes and recap in today's Cube Candy. http://bit.ly/aE1VO7
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The guys were playing 3-on-3 at the Western Branch Community Center when I walked through the door and someone shouted to Max Koser, "Pick it up! Your lady's here."
Koser was 77 then, back in late October, and he was wearing what he almost always wears to weekly basketball practices - a blue T-shirt with "Golden Olympics" written on the front.

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