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...party, breezily suggested to a friend, retired pathologist Eugene Foster, that DNA tests might show whether Thomas Jefferson fathered children with his slave Sally Hemings--which prompted Foster and a team of scientists to investigate and make world news by confirming a familial connection; of kidney failure; in Arlington, Va. The Foster team found that a male Jefferson, probably Thomas, had fathered at least one of Hemings' children. But the finding pre-empted Bennett's plans for a book on the topic--and ended her friendship with Foster...
Intent on waging war against slavery in the South, the militant abolitionist led a raid on the federal armory at Harper's Ferry, Va. Local militiamen captured him, and he was hanged after being convicted of treason, murder and inciting slave insurrection...
...who’ve built careers on confusing drug prohibition’s collateral damage with a relatively harmless plant. The big losers in this battle are the taxpayers who have been deluded into believing big government is the appropriate response to non-traditional consensual vices. ROBERT SHARPE Arlington, Va. October 10, 2006 The writer is a policy analyst for Common Sense for Drug Policy...
...side street in the small, leafy university town of Charlottesville, Va., there is an unassuming door with a buzzer next to it marked Oakwood Books. It doesn't look like much--it's next door to a mini-mall--but behind it is an enterprise that earns in the neighborhood of $20 million annually. Its sole asset fits in a comfy chair at a red-leather-covered conference table. The asset is good-natured and at ease with himself. With his smooth Southern accent, listening to him talk is like sniffing bourbon...
...weekend promised lots of action for Harvard’s golf teams, as the men traveled to Yale to participate in the MacDonald Cup and the women were set to compete in the ECAC Division I Championships in Williamsburg, Va. However, heavy rains rolled through Williamsburg on Friday and Saturday, soaking the course and forcing officials to cancel the women’s tournament early Saturday evening. WOMEN The team arrived on Friday hoping to play a practice round before beginning tournament play on Saturday, yet was not even allowed to walk the course. Downpours continued steadily on Saturday, canceling...