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Joyce A. Clanton came to the Greater Richmond Convention Center yesterday to get help restoring her Social Security benefits. She left with a lot more. Clanton was one of 575 area residents who visited the second Project Homeless Connect, a clearinghouse of services and information for the area’s homeless.

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Shooter’s mother unable to stand trial - 11/21/08 12:01 AM

A Richmond woman whose 11-year-old son shot and killed her 5-year-old granddaughter is incompetent to stand trial, a judge ruled yesterday.

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Gret job, boyz - you never disappoint. ( Posted by: Gretbuster )
VCU revises degree policy
I don’t like the quik-fix, loose wording “for cause”. The term is too broad and can be invoked broadly. Theoretically, a person could... ( Posted by: Larry Lanberg )
VCU revises degree policy
Wake up Rosenthal, the misconduct is that Monroe lied when he signed his degree application indicating that he had met VCU’s requirement for the... ( Posted by: Lloyd Schieldge )
VCU board changes policy, reserves right to revoke degrees
I tend to agree with the last poster (11:03 PM). Since the beginning of this farce, I’ve had good reason to believe that it started with Doug Wilder’s... ( Posted by: Larry Lanberg )
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I am actually blow away by how bad this site is. First of all just to post this comment I had to register, check my email, find the article again,... ( Posted by: eddie )
VCU board changes policy, reserves right to revoke degrees
TO: SamWhatAm Monroe does not even have a degree from Univ. of Phoenix. As far as we know he may not even qualify for one from the on-line school. 1 would... ( Posted by: Lloyd Schieldge )
VCU board changes policy, reserves right to revoke degrees
To: graduatedtwice But are you black, and do you act like Doug Wilder is just the bestest Governor of Virginia and Mayor of Richmond there’s ever... ( Posted by: SamWhatAm )
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I lived in Chlt for 13 years and much of it was when Richard Vinroot was in charge. He is telling the truth and Charlotte is one huge PR machine. ... ( Posted by: MidloTarheel )
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