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the death penalty in in S.C.: The article makes it seem as if it is the first. But it is the first for a federal crime. Not the first ever. In fact, South Carolina has already executed four people this year. (SC does, however, come in at a third of the total executions that our own VA has.)

remember her? 'Baby Jessica' Finishes High School: Wow, seventeen years ago, I remember that!

sex ed in schools: Abstinence-Only: Does It Work? Virginia has an Abstinence Education Initiative. The VA Department of Health reports that there were 13,586 teen pregnancies in 2002, which reflects both a state and national level decline. Does this mean that teaching abstinence works? I doubt it. Maybe our teens are just listening. Maybe.

for locals, The Maglev Mess: 'More than four years ago, Old Dominion University jumped on board a proposal to build the nation's first magnetic levitation train on campus, testing a new technology that the train's designer said would one day whisk passengers from Norfolk to Washington in an hour.'

it's June!! June hosts birthdays (including mine), anniversaries, and the beginning of hurricane season: I wouldn't worry, the big ones don't hit until September.



UPDATE at 4:35 pm: this post was originally just headlines. I had some comments to make but didn't have the time earlier. :-)