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Weekend Virginia 1 - 5.29.10

Sandy Hausman finds a different kind of swimming pool: the Veggie Chef makes Fiery Fajitas and Charlie Perkinson gets a case of Intermittent Ears.

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Weekend Virginia 2 - 5.29.10

Roanoke Times writer Jeff Sturgeon previews his series on Interestate 81; Singer-songwriter Ben Arthur talks about his work and a warning about the risks of transporting firewood.

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Weekend Virginia 3 - 5.29.10

Amanda Bower discovers that it's cool to drive a mini-van; Steve Brown remembers Victory at Sea; the Maintenance Evangelist goes to Italy and hears his work performed at the Verona Opera House and Dudski the Sports Blogger offers marital advice

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Weekend Virginia 1 - 5.15.10

Student volunteers save lives in Charlottesville; minor league baseball is a winner in Virginia and Charlie Perkinson likes jazz collaborations

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Weekend Virginia 2 - 5.15.10

Connie Stevens gets stuck in an elevator; Steve Brown goes Greek; a device delevoped at VMI promises to make mining safer; coal ash and what to do with it and sports headlines that don't mean what they say

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Weekend Virginia 3 - 5.15.10

A visit to the World Veggie Center; kids learn to cook Brazilian cuisine; the Veggie Chef makes an almost-homemade dish at home and the USDA ramps up inspections of organic food products

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Weekend Virginia 1 - 5.8.10

Some opinions about Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's move to get a former UVA climate scientist's emails. Also, the veggie chef makes a roasted red pepper pasta

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Weekend Virginia 2 - 5.8.10

How Virginia almost stayed in the Union in 1860; a pair of great collaborations between Johns Wayne and Ford; Amanda Bower plucks KFC's new multi-chicken sandwich and WVTF's Steve Brown talks like a true Frenchman.

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Weekend Virginia 3 - 5.8.10

Parents who've lost children provide mutual support in the New River Valley; the Blue Ridge Business Journal's Annie Johnson talks about a little-discussed provision of federal health care legislation; a look back at Winston Churchill 70 years after he became Britain's wartime leader and Dudski the sports blogger looks around himself and sees nothing new

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