The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA

Self-Cleaning Windows. Socks That Don 'T Smell. Slacks That Fend Off Spills. What's Not to Love About Nanotechnology? Everything We Don 'T Understand About It. What's Not to Love About Nanotechnology? Everything We Don't Understand About It.

Nanometer-sized particles are too tiny to see and almost too tiny to contemplate. This piece of paper is roughly the equivalent of about 100,000 nanometers in thickness.

In Search of Dignity

WHEN GEORGE Washington was a young man, he copied out a list of 110 "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation." Some of the rules in his list dealt with the niceties of going to a dinner party or meeting somebody on the street. "Lean not upon anyone" was one of the rules. "Read no letter, books or papers in company" was another.

Whitaker, Sweat, Frett Head '09 Inductee List

By Ed Miller The Virginian-Pilot

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By Lauren Roth The Virginian-Pilot

Anti-War Activist to Speak in Norfolk

By Bill Sizemore The Virginian-Pilot

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By Joanne Kimberlin The Virginian-Pilot

Great Expectations

By Mark Viera The Washington Post

Mcdermott Goes Undercover in New Police Show

By Derrik J. Lang The Associated Press

Is Bing Worth the Hype? Maybe So.

For the last 15 years, Microsoft's master business plan seems to have been, "Wait until somebody else has a hit. Copy it." I know that sounds mean, but come on - look at the list of commercial hits/Microsoft knockoffs: PalmPilot/PocketPC. Netscape Navigator/Internet Explorer. Mac OS X/Windows Vista. Apple iPod/ Microsoft Zune.

Clean Your Keyboards to Keep Germs From Spreading

Q. Our computer keyboard is filthy. How can I keep it from being a breeding ground for germs? A. When a whole family is using the same computer, it's bound to get dirty. In fact, a study by the University of Arizona found that keyboards contained more germs per inch than toilet seats.

Set Anti-Virus Scans to Run When Computer Not in Use

Q. I recently purchased Norton Internet Security 2009, and I have found that my computer runs considerably slower with this program installed. It takes a huge amount of the CPU capacity. Is there anything I can do to speed things up? - Dave Cassel

The Arcade

'NCAA Football 10' $40-$60 for multiple systems from Electronic Arts

Comic Pair Doesn't Lack for Creative Tension

By Dave Itzkoff The New York Times

Two Michaels' Early Work Lives On in 'the State'

By John Wenzel The Denver Post

Box Office

LOS ANGELES Gay Austrian fashion devotee Bruno has landed the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, though its staying power is uncertain.

Seek Compromise at Battle Site

A MODERN-DAY battle at the Wilderness just got considerably wilder. For months, a large group of historians - including best-selling authors David M. McCullough and James McPherson - has been urging Wal-Mart to reconsider plans to build a store less than a mile from a national park commemorating the 1864 Battle of the Wilderness.

Trying to Rebuild Something Better

By BARACK OBAMA NEARLY SIX months ago, my administration took office amid the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression. At the time, we were losing an average of 700,000 jobs a month. Many feared that our financial system was on the verge of collapse.

Surf's Up, and so Is Wow Factor

By Lee Tolliver The Virginian-Pilot

Scandals' Collateral Damage

By DERRICK Z. JACKSON FOUR BOYS for Steve McNair. Four boys for Mark Sanford. Four children for David Vitter. Three daughters for Eliot Spitzer. Three children for John Ensign. Three children for John Edwards. Three children for Kwame Kilpatrick. Those two dozen children are enough, without even reaching back a decade for Chelsea Clinton, to demonstrate the impressive swath of psychological destruction for the dalliances of dads.

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solution: dismantle vdot FINALLY WE GET at least some half-truth answers on the recent HRBT flooding. But the real root-cause is still being ignored. VDOT originally tried to blame the whole thing on a relatively minor thunderstorm. Then, because so many recognized the lameness of that excuse, it tried to get technical by blaming it on a faulty pump and an inadequate inspection program of concrete-encased pipes.