Two students injured in attempted robbery
Editor’s Note: In the following story, some initials were used in place of names in the interest of preserving the safety of several witnesses.
Two students were shot during an attempted robbery of four students on the 300 block of Goshen Street Friday. The injured students were taken to VCU Medical Center, one with minor injuries and one in critical condition.
US ambassador appeals for patience in Iraq
U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker accused Iran of trying to interfere with a new security pact between Iraq and the United States Sunday, and said Americans need to view Iraq with “a sense of strategic patience” because the stakes in the region are so high.
The 37-year veteran diplomat, interviewed by The Associated Press at his embassy in Baghdad, is in the middle of tough negotiations with Iraqi officials to define the basis for a continuing American military presence in the country beyond the end of this year.
Israeli officials say US provides advanced radar
The U.S. has provided Israel with an advanced radar system that will give it early warning in case of an Iranian missile attack, Israeli officials said Sunday, confirming a new defense tool in what is potentially the Mideast’s deadliest feud.
Israel considers Iran its biggest threat, a view reinforced by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s repeated calls for the destruction of the Jewish state.
China mission touches down after first spacewalk
Chinese astronauts returned to earth and emerged triumphant from their capsule Sunday after successfully completing the country’s first spacewalk mission.
State broadcaster CCTV showed the Shenzhou 7 spaceship landing under clear skies in the grasslands of China’s northern Inner Mongolia region at 5:37 p.
Medevac helicopter crash kills 4 in Md.
A medevac helicopter taking accident victims to a trauma center crashed in suburban Washington early Sunday, killing four of the five people aboard, authorities said.
The accident killed two police officers on board, one of them the pilot. Also killed were an Emergency Medical Services staffer and one of the accident victims, said Mark Brady, a spokesman for the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department.
Tentative accord on bailing out bankers
Congressional negotiators and the Bush administration’s top Treasury officials are working on settling the final details of a historic $700 billion Wall Street bailout aimed at keeping credit flowing and saving the nation’s shaky economy from collapsing into a crippling recession.
Review of Hopewell police complete
Nearly $20,000 and three firearms remain unaccounted for following a two-year internal review into missing evidence at the Hopewell Police Department.
The review found 87 drug cases had been compromised or affected as a result of narcotics that went missing.
Hunting-dog owners try to keep opponents at bay
In a state considered the American birthplace of hunting with hounds, the sport has become a target for some Virginia landowners who say baying dogs and their owners are trampling property rights.
Even other hunters object to the Virginia right-to-retrieve law viewed as the most absolute in the nation.
Democratic ticket stumps in Fredericksburg
Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden brought their campaign back to battleground Virginia on Saturday.
It was the fifth tour for the Democratic ticket since July to a state that has voted Republican in every presidential election for the past 40 years.
Obama has visited southwestern Virginia twice and his running mate, Biden, was there last weekend.
Discounted State Fair Ride Vouchers Available
VCU and VCU Health System Human Resources and University Student Commons & Activities are offering State Fair ride wristband vouchers for $5 – a savings of $8 from the gate price – to faculty, staff and students with valid VCUCard IDs through Friday, Oct. 3.