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Hampton Roads' most important pirate
Blackbeard may get all the attention. Black Bart was even more feared. But for my money, the most important pirate to cast a shadow across Hampton Roads was an almost completely unknown Englishman named William Dampier. Exactly what he was doing in...
Tags: College of William and Mary, USS Monitor, Piracy, Blackbeard Pirate Festival, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Videos from the 2012 Hampton tornado
Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the tornado that made its way through Hampton and the surrounding neighborhoods during the Blackbeard Pirate Festival. People pulled out their cameras and phones as the EF-1 twister spun toward them - that is... -
Networks send SOS to Michael J. Fox, Robin Williams and other stars
If viewers are losing interest in broadcast TV, what can lure them back? Executives hope they have an answer: stars. Lifting the curtain on their 2013-14 schedules at the "upfronts" in New York this week, the networks behaved like smartphone-...
Tags: American Idol (tv program), The Voice (tv program), Carnegie Hall, Entertainment, Castle (tv program)
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NBC primetime schedule 2013-14
Channel Guide MagazineNBC has put out its lineup of primetime shows for the upcoming 2013-14 season, including returning series, and eight new dramas and six new comedies. NBC hopes its schedule this upcoming year will be bolstered by its coverage of the Winter Games in... -
2013 TV upfronts: NBC lineup aims at rebuilding Thursday comedies
NEW YORK -- NBC is hoping that sitcom pros Michael J. Fox and Sean Hayes can conjure their magic once more. The beleaguered network announced its 2013-14 lineup Sunday with a focus on restocking its dwindling comedy pantry. "The Office" and "30 Rock"...Tags: The New Normal (tv program), Hannibal (tv program), The Voice (tv program), Entertainment, Saturday Night Live (tv program)
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NBC's 2013-14 schedule banks on new shows, past stars
RedEyeHoping to change it prime time fortunes, NBC announced a bold new schedule Sunday filled with new shows and familiar stars. The network plans to introduce 17 new series during the season, including six new comedies, eight new dramas and three new reality...Tags: Game of Thrones (tv program), The Voice (tv program), New York City Police Department, David Walton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen
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`Blackbeard¿ auditions set
The Council for the Arts of Chambersburg announces auditions for the Missoula Children's Theatre production of "Blackbeard the Pirate" on Monday, April 8, from 4:30 to 8:45 p.m. at The Capitol Theatre's Wood Center. Students in grades kindergarten to 12...Tags: Arts and Culture
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'American Horror Story Asylum' recap, 'Unholy Night'
Sister Mary Eunice loves two things: killing and encouraging others to kill. She does plenty of both in this episode. Her newest recruit: Santa Claus. Or not really Santa, but a deranged madman who is locked up for killing 18 people from five families...
Tags: Santa Claus (fictional character), Holidays, Religious Festivals, Ian McShane
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Blackbeard's Cannon Salvaged from Shipwreck Off NC Coast
Associated PressResearchers have raised a 2,000-pound cannon from the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's ship, which has been on the ocean floor off the North Carolina coast for nearly 300 years. The Queen Anne's Revenge Project brought the massive gun ashore Wednesday.... -
The legend of Blackbeard grows, as a North Carolina shipwreck yields another prize
ReporterThe legend of Blackbeard is known around the world, and the historical record surrounding the infamous pirate is growing. An underwater excavation continues just off the coast of North Carolina, and this week, a team lead by the state recovered a...Tags: Arts and Culture, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Cool Anne Arundel
The temperatures may no longer be topping records as they were for a time in mid-July, but with the dog days of August and early September looming in Anne Arundel County and elsewhere, few are forgetting the importance of finding ways of keeping chill....Tags: Swimming, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Sports, Dining and Drinking
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'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'
Zap2ItJohnny Depp suits up again as Capt. Jack Sparrow in the fourth installment of the adventure series, putting the pirate in the not wholly comfortable company of his peer Blackbeard (Ian McShane, "Deadwood"). They set sail to find the legendary Fountain of...Tags: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (movie), Piracy, Jerry Bruckheimer , Entertainment, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Dec 6, 2012
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Oct 27, 2011
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Jul 30, 2011
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Sep 15, 2011
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