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02/08/2012 08:39 AM
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Committee holds sex offender-registration bill
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ST. THOMAS - Some last-minute concerns Tuesday caused members of the Senate Rules and Judiciary Committee to hold a bill updating the sex offender registry laws in the territory.
The legislation amends the V.I. Sexual Offender Registration and Community
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02/08/2012 08:39 AM
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CASA: Fewer pennies falling from Heaven this year
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ST. CROIX - CASA's "Pennies from Heaven" seem to be coming in just a little slower this year.
The annual Pennies from Heaven fundraiser for the Court-Appointed Special Advocates of the Virgin Islands is running behind when compared with last year's total
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02/08/2012 08:23 AM
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3 nominees for CZM panel advance in Senate
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ST. THOMAS - The Senate Rules and Judiciary Committee approved three nominees for the V.I. Coastal Zone Management Commission on Tuesday.
The nominees are on today's session agenda for confirmation.
The 15-member commission is made up of three five-memb
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02/08/2012 08:22 AM
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Senators OK bills to build senior housing, attract film projects
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ST. THOMAS - Senators passed several bills through the Rules and Judiciary Committee Tuesday, including bills to build a senior living facility on St. Thomas and attract film and music productions to the territory.
The committee also passed bills to cre
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02/08/2012 07:15 AM
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Man arrested in 2011 shooting death
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ST. THOMAS - When police arrived at Jamal Blyden's Estate Tutu house in the early morning of July 5, 2011, two men were on the porch as Blyden sat inside with a shiny pistol in his lap, gasping for air while blood poured from behind his right ear.
Monday
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02/08/2012 06:34 AM
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Queen Eleanor Roberts Cerge
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Eleanor Roberts already had graduated from Ss. Peter and Paul when she was crowned the 1954 Carnival Queen.
Her dream profession was to be a Gospel singer, but she decided to raise a family.
After getting married on the day Hurricane Connie struck in 19
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02/07/2012 08:32 AM
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Nelson proposing bill to set up referendum to recall de Jongh
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ST. THOMAS - Sen. Terrence Nelson plans to offer legislation at this week's Senate session to have a recall election for Gov. John deJongh Jr.
"I do have the drafted bill, I do plan to get it offered at the session coming up," Nelson said Monday. "On t
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02/07/2012 08:31 AM
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Senate probe of scathing audit nears completion
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ST. THOMAS - Senate President Ronald Russell said the internal investigation he conducted following a joint audit report is almost complete and he will soon be naming names of the senators who misused public funds.
The V.I. Inspector General's Office an
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02/07/2012 07:18 AM
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Queen Carmen Nicholson Sibilly
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Carmen Nicholson was 19 when she was crowned Carnival Queen in 1952, and she later married her King, Leo Sibilly. They recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, and she remains active in her church and tending to her large family.
Question. Ho
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02/07/2012 07:13 AM
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Tourism continues to reach out to Danes
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In an effort to increase the number of visitors from Denmark to the territory, the V.I. Tourism Department has translated its website into Danish.
The department's entire website is now available in three languages: English, Spanish and Danish.
Accordin
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02/07/2012 07:13 AM
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Lawsuit seeks further protection for threatened coral reefs
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The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a federal lawsuit seeking greater protection from fishing for threatened coral reefs in the Caribbean.
The lawsuit alleges that when catch limits were approved for Caribbean fisheries, the National Marine Fis
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02/07/2012 05:55 AM
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Man shot dead in car in Hospital Ground
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ST. THOMAS - Some drivers heading to work Monday morning passed a crime scene near the Hospital Ground basketball court, where a 33-year-old man was fatally shot in a parked Honda Civic shortly after 4 a.m.
The man, whose identity is being withheld until
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