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...have become a seasonal draw; bedandbreakfast.com and bbonline.com list fall gas promotions and reduced rates, such as 20% "gas relief" discounts or gas cards at inns nationwide. You can earn a gallon of gas for every bag of leaves collected from the lawn at the Hummingbird Inn in Goshen, Va. (up to a five-bag limit). The Kingsley House Bed & Breakfast in Fennville, Mich., is offering 2 gal. of gas (6 gal. maximum) for every gallon of apple cider or half bushel of apples you purchase at nearby Crane's apple orchards and Pie Pantry restaurant. And from November...
...Virginia (UVa), the first week of school was supposed to be defined by the hassles of moving in, the joy of seeing friends again, and the fun of parties without having to worry about schoolwork. Instead, for students returning to Virginia’s flagship campus in Charlottesville, Va., that week—and several weeks afterward—will be remembered for the string of ugly incidents of racial harassment and intimidation that jolted the school and prompted a public response from the university president...
...total of 81 marked a four-stroke improvement. Rollins College won the event with a score of 593, beating second-place Yale by 21 strokes. Rollins College senior Charlotte Campbell won the individual medal with a three-over 143. Next weekend, Harvard will travel to Williamsburg, Va., to compete in the William and Mary Invitational. —ELYSE N. HANSON
...what was largely a tune-up for the upcoming ECAC Championships, the Harvard men’s tennis team posted some impressive results at the fourth annual UVA Invitational in Charlottesville, VA...
...Stewart, start your Tivo: On Tuesday, Michael "Heck Of A Job" Brown, who resigned Sept. 12 as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will testify before the House select committee looking into the government's Katrina response. The chair, Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), said Brown agreed to appear voluntarily. The former director can be expected to elaborate on an interview he gave the New York Times two days after he quit, in which he blamed Louisiana state officials but also made it clear that the administration responded sluggishly after he told top officials that "things were...