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Pete’s Picks: Maryland Moves to 3-0; Va. Tech, UVa., Navy All Winners

Pete Medhurst is picking Maryland to move to 3-0 while Navy, Virginia Tech and Virginia will also pick up wins in college football action.

2012/09/14

LaVar & Dukes: Frank Beamer Has Advice For Robert Griffin III

Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer offered advice to Washington Redskins Robert Griffin III during an interview with LaVar Arrington and Chad Dukes on 106.7 The Fan Thursday afternoon.

2012/08/30

An unidentified man grieves at a memorial of 32 granite blocks representing each of the people killed by Cho Seung-Hui at Virginia Tech April 15, 2008. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Va. Tech Victims’ Families Press Candidates On Gun Background Checks

Sixty-seven relatives of people killed or wounded in the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings sent a letter to the presidential candidates Thursday asking how they would improve a background check system designed to prevent dangerous people from buying guns.

2012/08/16

Roanoke Man Charged In Connection With Blacksburg Explosion

A Roanoke man faces charges in connection with a pipe bomb explosion in Blacksburg.

2012/08/02

Car Explodes From Improvised Explosive Device In Blacksburg

Authorities are investigating an explosion in Blacksburg that damaged a passenger vehicle.

2012/08/01

File photo of the Virginia Tech campus. (Photo by Jared Soares/Getty Images)

Virginia Tech Families, Survivors To Join DC Rally

A group representing families and victims of the mass killings at Virginia Tech in April 2007 is joining a rally in the nation’s capital in support of the Violence Against Women Act.

2012/06/26

Seung-Hui Cho, a 23-year-old South Korean native in his senior year at Virginia Tech, was the gunman who killed 32 people in a shooting rampage before turning the gun on himself. (credit: Virginia Tech via Getty Images)

Online Weapons Dealer Who Sold Gun To Virginia Tech Shooter Seung-Hui Cho Closes Shop

An online weapons dealer who sold the handgun used in the Virginia Tech massacre and provided equipment in two other mass shootings has quietly closed up shop amid a flurry of complaints from customers who allege he failed to deliver orders after billing them.

2012/06/20