http://news.yahoo.com/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/20799 Yahoo! Local News - The Virginian-Pilot en-us PORTSMOUTH The City Council on Tuesday unanimously repealed an out-of-date law that banned guns on city lakes. The existence of the law came up in early November, when members of the Virginia Citizens Defense League brought it to the council's attention. The state has prohibited cities from having laws that restrict or prohibit guns on most public property. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11go2ips5/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F532052 http://hamptonroads.com/node/532052 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:22:50 +0000 A year ago, Kristen Perry spent Thanksgiving more anxious than grateful. Sitting at her family's dining-room table in Chesapeake, she fought back tears as loved ones offered prayers for her safety. Until a few months earlier, she'd been enjoying a relatively carefree life - taking classes at TCC with hopes of becoming a nurse, working part time at Golden Corral, partying with friends. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11gsle0to/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F532049 http://hamptonroads.com/node/532049 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:07:53 +0000 NORFOLK Three local Navy SEALs face prosecution for allegedly assaulting - or failing to protect - an Iraqi captured in early September who reportedly was connected to the brutal 2004 killings of four Blackwater contractors in the city of Fallujah. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11gpti5rj/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F532047 http://hamptonroads.com/node/532047 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:07:40 +0000 VIRGINIA BEACH Turkeys aren't usually very good fliers, except on Thanksgiving. Every year, police respond to multiple reports of assault-by-turkey when family fights result in someone throwing the dinnertime bird. In most cases, the turkey sustains the brunt of the damage, said Officer Margie Hobbs, a police spokeswoman. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11g1hoekp/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F532046 http://hamptonroads.com/node/532046 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:07:30 +0000 A suspect in the bombing of the destroyer Cole, in which 17 Norfolk-based sailors were killed, has been added to the U.S. government's list of Most Wanted Terrorists, the FBI said Tuesday. Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso is believed to be 35 years old and may be living in Yemen, the FBI said. The Norfolk-based destroyer was attacked in the Yemeni port of Aden in October 2000. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11gecvvk7/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F532042 http://hamptonroads.com/node/532042 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:22:30 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11gsp80hi/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F532031 http://hamptonroads.com/node/532031 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:37:30 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11gehck1t/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F532028 http://hamptonroads.com/node/532028 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:37:40 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11gffirr7/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F532019 http://hamptonroads.com/node/532019 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:07:30 +0000 PORTSMOUTH They called this planned arrest a "high-risk take down." More than 20 police officers crowded into a conference room for a tense briefing. It was at the heart of an investigation of illegal gang and drug activity, court documents show. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11gl4nkss/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F532002 http://hamptonroads.com/node/532002 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:37:40 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11git2fm9/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F531996 http://hamptonroads.com/node/531996 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:22:30 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11g3g8615/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F531994 http://hamptonroads.com/node/531994 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:08:00 +0000 NORFOLK The commanding officer of a locally based SEAL team was relieved of his duties Wednesday, five months into a two-year assignment. Lt. j.g. Arlo Abrahamson, a spokesman for Naval Special Warfare Group Two, said Cmdr. Dennis Debobes, who had led SEAL Team 4, was reassigned to another Navy unit. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11g5sv3b4/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F531985 http://hamptonroads.com/node/531985 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:22:40 +0000 VIRGINIA BEACH Police found a man dead in his condo Wednesday afternoon, ending a nearly three-hour standoff in which he exchanged gunfire with officers before barricading himself inside his residence. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11gmkgj70/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F531986 http://hamptonroads.com/node/531986 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:22:30 +0000 SUFFOLK Elizabeth Newby, at 83, was an active senior citizen. She was always laughing, always talking and still drove anywhere she wanted to go, said her daughter, Denise Tynes. Newby was at a senior citizens' luau at the Suffolk National Guard Armory with a friend on Aug. 12. Two weeks later, she was dead. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11guhqq9o/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F531984 http://hamptonroads.com/node/531984 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:52:40 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11gve5lem/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F531983 http://hamptonroads.com/node/531983 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:37:35 +0000 NORFOLK The Justice Department has agreed to forgive Billy Ekofo's $7,000 debt to the government and renew his passport. Ekofo owed the money through a repatriation loan he was given by the State Department when he was forced to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo during a 1998 coup. He was 17 at the time and could not read the papers he was given to sign. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11g2st0o5/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F531982 http://hamptonroads.com/node/531982 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:22:35 +0000 VIRGINIA BEACH City crews will collect garbage Thursday and Friday this week. The landfill will be closed Thursday and open from 7 a.m. to noon Friday, a city news release says. Residents can call (757) 385-4650 for more information. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11gocp045/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F531971 http://hamptonroads.com/node/531971 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:37:28 +0000 WILLIAMSBURG A man who cannot hear or speak has been found incompetent again to stand trial on charges he raped and killed a James City County teenager. A prosecutor concluded Tuesday that Oswaldo Martinez is unable to assist in his own defense because of his limited communications skills. This is at least the fifth time such a determination has been made. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11gc0gi4l/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F531968 http://hamptonroads.com/node/531968 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:37:30 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11g87g8vt/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F531966 http://hamptonroads.com/node/531966 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:07:40 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/The_Virginian-Pilot/SIG=11g9vojm7/**http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F531964 http://hamptonroads.com/node/531964 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:07:30 +0000 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:22:50 +0000