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  • 2nd degree murder verdict in lacrosse death trial

    STEVE SZKOTAK, Associated Press

    CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Jurors found a former University of Virginia lacrosse player guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the slaying of his ex-girlfriend that was fueled by jealousy over her relationship with another lacrosse player. Jurors met for nine hours in the trial of George Huguely V, rejecting a verdict of first-degree murder that could have resulted in life in prison in the May 2010 beating death of Yeardley Love. He also was convicted of grand larceny. The two convictions call for a maximum of 60 years in p...

  • Anti-abortion group video targets Virginia clinic

    STEVE SZKOTAK, Associated Press

    Anti-abortion group video targets Virginia clinic STEVE SZKOTAK, Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An anti-abortion group that has targeted Planned Parenthood released a secretly recorded video Thursday that purports to show a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute receiving abortion and contraceptive counseling at a Virginia clinic for their underage sex workers. The group, Live Action, said the video illustrates Planned Parenthood's "willingness to aid and abet in the sexual exploitation of minors and young women." T...