Two hijacked planes have been crashed into the World Trade Center, destroying one of the buildings. Another plane has been crashed into the Pentagon, and there are currently unconfirmed reports by ABC News that there have been a similar attacks on the Capitol Building and the White House. We will, of course, make no attempt to cover things here — just get thee to a television. (And if you’re reading this from D.C, come home to C’ville!)
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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another plane was dileberiatley crashed somewhere in sommerset penn. all the hijacked planes so far have been on route to california
What’s the story with the National Ground Intelligence Center? Has it been evactuated? The most recent WINA report says that CHO is being closed down, and that officers are at the NGIC as a precaution. (Remember that they’ve moved from downtown out to Airport Road.) I think WINA also said that they’ve closed the federal building. Can anybody provide first-hand info?
All federal buildings in Virginia (and most, if not all, other states) are closed today. In addition, CHO is at the very least closed to air traffic because, for the first time in US history, the FAA has closed the nations’ airways, and Canada looks as if it will do the same soon.
Both towers have collapsed to the ground, leaving the Manhattan skyline eerily vacant. There have been no attacks on the Capitol, White House, or any buildings other than the World Trade Center and Pentagon. New York’s mayor hazards a guess at 10,000 casualties, and most reporters and politicians are calling this “an act of war” that is the largest attack on the US since Pearl Harbor, perhaps even eclipsing that because of the catastrophic loss of civilian life.
Someone’s going to get the shit bombed out of them over this.
Yeah, and I hope we don’t hear any whining about “collateral damage,” either.
This is surreal. It feels like we’re living inside a Tom Clancy novel.
There is a great opinion piece at the Chicago Tribune site (chicagotribune.com – written by John Kass) which elegantly states that the victims are Americans who were murdered for simply being Americans.
This is one of those days that is going to change everything. Everything.
CHO is shut down tighter than I’ve ever seen it before (my office is in the AMvest-Worrell terminal). You simply can’t get past the entry on Dickinson Road without an airport ID. Security personnel here are definitely on their toes today.
For lack of a better place to post this, here’s more info than you wanted to know about Osama bin Laden.