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If you want women–and specifically teens–to have fewer abortions, provide better (read: reality-based) sex ed and give them easier access to contraceptives.

A collection of more than 100 boots bearing the names, ages and hometowns of Virginia residents killed in the Iraq War are on display at the east end of the Downtown Mall, parallel to the Free Speech Wall. The exhibit is on display afternoons through Sunday, May 25…

Apparently The Daily Progress is so strapped for reporters these days that it has to rely on the Associated Press to get word out about its parent company’s woes.

Schoolkids and their parents are increasingly having to pay for public education right out of their own pockets. That’s according to a new report from the Legal Aid Justice Center’s JustChildren program, called “The Price of a Free Public Education” and released today.

Score another one for the Grish! According to the Hollywood Reporter, Phoenix Pictures has picked up movie rights to Albemarle best-selling novelist John Grisham’s Playing for Pizza.

Dozens of supporters and detractors of the $143 million plan to meet city and county water needs until 2055 came out to join the public record last night. City Council billed the public hearing as the last chance to make a statement, and 34 people addressed the topic, including environmentalists, business interests, citizens worried about costs – and a former city mayor.

The Staff Union at UVA (SUUVA) launched a new campaign to sign up faculty members today on the Corner. The union is six years old, and traditionally, says Jan Cornell, SUUVA president, it has been only for UVA staff. Now, though, it has opened its membership to faculty.