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Newport News officer shoots pit bull (WRIC 8 News Richmond)
Associated Press - May 11, 2008 3:55 PM ET NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - Newport News police say an officer shot a male pit bull Saturday morning after the animal attacked him outside a housing...

Newport News officer kills pit bull after it chases neighbors, attacks (The Virginian-Pilot)
NEWPORT NEWS A Newport News police officer shot and killed a pit bull that was chasing people early Saturday morning, police said. The officer shot at the dog, a male, several times after the dog attacked him, police said in a statement. Police were called at 3:30 a.m. to the 400 blo ...

Newport News Police Officer shoots attacking Pitbull (WAVY 10)
DEVELOPING STORY-NEWPORT NEWS, VA - (WAVY.com) - A Newport News Police Officer shot and killed a pitbull Saturday morning. The incident happened in the 400 block of Eureeka Loop around 3:30am.

Woman sentenced for crash that killed two children in Newport News (13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads)
NEWPORT NEWS – A woman driving a car that crashed on I-64 last year, killing her young daughter and nephew, was sentenced Friday to three and a half years in prison.

Newport News sheriff's deputy home after inmate attack (WAVY 10)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. (WAVY.com) -- A Newport News sheriff's deputy underwent emergency surgery to save his eye after officials say a mentally ill inmate brutally attacked him Tuesday. Thursday afternoon he went home to his family.

Newport baseball team rounding into form as playoffs near (Newport News-Times)
The Newport baseball team has won four straight games - three in six days - by 10-running each of their opponents. The Cubs shut out Taft 12-0 Thursday, May 1. Eddie Crowe pitched all five innings for Newport, striking out 11 and walking one, while giving up two hits. He had 73 pitches for the game.

Thursday's Sports in Brief (Park Hills Daily Journal)
Thursday's sports in brief around the country. PRO BASKETBALL EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Kiki Vandeweghe became the New Jersey Nets’ general manager Thursday, less than six months after being hired as a special assistant to president Rod Thorn.

Newport Gwent Dragons 31 Leinster 26 (Sporting Life via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
Newport Gwent Dragons and Leinster saved one of the best Magners League matches of the season until the last weekend as the Welshmen scored a famous victory at Rodney Parade.

The hum of seaside night life in Newport (Boston Globe)
NEWPORT - In the warmer months, when day fades into night, Newport comes alive. Its labyrinth of lanes such as Thames Street, Broadway, and America's Cup Avenue fills with tourists and locals headed to taverns, restaurants, and live music clubs.

Sports Briefs: Wie off to another bad start on LPGA Tour (The World)
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The booming drives were there, but more often than not, Michelle Wie didn’t know where they were going in her first round on the LPGA Tour since February.