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 Shelters deal with influx of Christmas-gift pets (The Virginian-Pilot)
VIRGINIA BEACH Cocoa, a 4-month-old black pit bull puppy, was purchased from a pet store a few weeks before Christmas by what was to be her new family. A month later, she was in a cage at a Virginia Beach shelter with a broken leg, waiting to be taken to another new home. Too much rough play with the family's two other dogs, the shelter staff was told. Cocoa just wasn't going to work out.
 Va. Beach, Chesapeake golf course robberies under investigation (13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads)
CHESAPEAKE – One man may be responsible for robberies at golf courses in Chesapeake and Va. Beach. Cash was taken from registers at Eagle Point Golf Club in Chesapeake on December 4; Cash and one register were stolen from Stumpy Lake Golf Course in Va. Beach on December 20.
 Barry Knight wins special election in 81st District (The Virginian-Pilot)
Barry Knight easily won the 81st District race for the House of Delegates on Tuesday, claiming 82 percent of the vote against 24-year-old John LaCombe. "I was happy to have a good win, but this is beyond my expectations," Knight, a Republican and member of the Virginia Beach Planning Commission, said at a victory rally in his Pungo home.
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