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Book Review

Bias in Police Math Test? It Doesnt Add Up

Insult to Ray Charles Re Beach disputes claim of bias: Math portion of entrance test for police comes under question (news, Feb. 9):

Talking with Each Other, Person to Person

A son of Virginia returned to the commonwealth this week, offering local civic leaders and other people of good will a template to tackle one of the nations most persistent problems: race relations. Lynchburg native William A. Johnson Jr. is the immediate past mayor of Rochester, N.Y., and former head of the Rochester Urban League. The folks who invited him here including representatives of the Urban League of Hampton Roads, YWCA, Norfolk United Facing Race and Tidewater Community College d...

Hits and Misses

Hit: Del. John Cosgrove The Chesapeake Republican spurned a lobbyist junket to the swish Atlantis Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas and footed the tab himself. More politicos here and in Washington should follow his example.

Mr. Bob Was Ready to Lend a Hand No Fuss Necessary

BY JIM WASHINGTON THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Does Odu Need Lesson in Safety?

BY PHILIP WALZER THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Campaign Funds Used for Dues, Some Say

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Recruits Step in to Fill Most Vacancies On Fire Squad

BY MATTHEW ROY THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Police Tests Reveal Education Failure

Recruitment tests for the Virginia Beach Police Department find that minorities, particularly blacks, fare poorly in simple math. This is attributable to: A) racial discrimination.

Shadow Walkers

BY MATTHEW BOWERS THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Texas City Eyeing Jets From Oceana

BY JON W. GLASS THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

General Assembly Briefs

real estate tax Seniors, disabled could get tax break

Beach May Try Again to Buy Out Burton Station

BY Marisa Taylor and Susan E. White THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Murder Charges for 2 Sent to Grand Jury in Beach Slaying of Teen

BY JON FRANK THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT VIRGINIA BEACH Murder charges were sent to the grand jury Friday against two men accused of slaying a teenager in December in Lake Edward.

Snow Enthusiasts, Set Your Expectations Low

BY STEVE STONE THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Beach School Bus Drivers Convicted of Separate Offenses

BY Duane Bourne THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Numbers, Not Arithmetic, the True Test for Beach Police

Numbers, numbers, numbers. Everybodys talking numbers this week. Thats because the U.S. Justice Department in an astonishing act of arrogance accused the Virginia Beach Police Department of discrimination because it requires all police recruits - black, white and Hispanic - to do basic arithmetic.

Woman Hurt in Wreck in Chesapeake Dies

The virginian-pilot CHESAPEAKE An 82-year-old woman has died of injuries she suffered in a Feb. 2 crash in Western Branch.

Crime and Court Briefs

Norfolk: Father sentenced to 35 years for abusing infant Bryan Thicklin held his 3-month-old daughters head in his hand and punched her in the face, a prosecutor said Friday.

Eminent Domain Bill Sent to Full House

BY HARRY MINIUM The Virginian-Pilot

Not-yet-Candidate Warner Wont Back Primary Changes

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press