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	       	       	       <![CDATA[News from the Virgin Islands Daily News]]>
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	   <lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:51:05 -0400</lastBuildDate>
	
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	        <title><![CDATA[DeJongh strikes down Elections bills]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By ALDETH LEWIN
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[ST. THOMAS - Gov. John deJongh Jr. took action on a number of bills passed last month by the Senate. 
In his transmittal letter to Senate President Ronald Russell, deJongh first thanked the members of the 29th Legislature for ratifying the amended agreem]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:51:05 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[Superior Court marshal dies in crash]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By FIONA STOKES
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[ST. CROIX - It was a sad day at the V.I. Superior Court on Monday, as news circulated that one of the court's marshals had died in a motorcycle crash.
Ronald Rogers, who had served as a Deputy Marshal I at the court, was in a one-vehicle crash and died a]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:36:18 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[6 Elections Board members file lawsuit against Adelbert Bryan, V.I. Action Group]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By FIONA STOKES
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[ST. CROIX - Six of the seven members of the St. Croix Board of Elections filed suit in V.I. Superior Court against members of the V.I. Action Group, fellow board member Adelbert Bryan and others who the board members say are trying to ruin their reputati]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:12:49 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[134 graduate from UVI on St. Croix]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By FIONA STOKES
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[ST. CROIX - The University of the Virgin Islands held its 48th annual Commencement Ceremony on St. Croix Sunday and conferred 134 degrees in varying subject areas.
More than 1,000 friends, family and well wishers gathered and spilled out of a large yello]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 01:23:31 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[Degrees awarded]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[Staff Report]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[Total number of degrees on the  St. Croix campus: 134
Master of Arts in Education:  18
Master of Business Administration: 1
Master of Public Administration:  3
Bachelor of Science: 7
Bachelor of Arts: 55
Associate of Applied Science:  20
Associate of Art]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 01:23:25 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[Jury deadlocks in friendly fire case]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By FIONA STOKES
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[ST. CROIX - The V.I. Superior Court jury tasked with deciding the fate of two men charged in connection with a fatal shooting outside a Christiansted bar in 2010, deliberated for three hours Saturday before indicating they were hopelessly deadlocked.
Sup]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 23:57:14 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[V.I. Supreme Court upholds Richie Fontaine conviction]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By ALDETH LEWIN
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[ST. THOMAS - The V.I. Supreme Court upheld the trial court's conviction of Richie Fontaine for an armed robbery and shooting on Aug. 14, 2009.
On March 12, 2010, a jury found Fontaine guilty of six counts: first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery, fir]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 22:41:27 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[Judge orders consent decree hearing]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By JOY BLACKBURN
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[ST. CROIX - A federal judge has ordered a hearing to determine whether the consent decree that the V.I. Police Department has been operating under for more than three years should be amended.
District Judge Curtis Gomez set the hearing for June 21, follo]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 22:41:20 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[Science, Technology and Mathematics Fair at Sunshine Mall]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[Staff Report]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[The annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Fair will be ongoing from Thursday to Saturday at the lower level of Sunshine Mall on St. Croix.
Students' scientific projects from all St. Croix public schools will be available for public view]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 22:31:32 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[Degrees awarded]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By ALDETH LEWIN
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[ST. THOMAS - Proud smiles and fist pumps were in abundance Saturday as 226 University of the Virgin Islands students accepted their diplomas.
Friends and family in the packed UVI Sports and Fitness Center on St. Thomas witnessed the transformation from s]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 21:47:42 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[PSC to return funds held in billing disputes]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By ALDETH LEWIN
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[ST. THOMAS - The V.I. Public Services Commission voted Tuesday to begin the process of returning money it accepted on behalf of utility customers with billing disputes. 
A number of court opinions in recent years have ruled that the Public Services Commi]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 00:38:27 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[PSC will consider raising ferry rates]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By ALDETH LEWIN
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
	        <link>http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/psc-will-consider-raising-ferry-rates-1.1312651?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	        <description><![CDATA[ST. THOMAS - The V.I. Public Services Commission decided Tuesday to begin the process to considering a rate increase for the ferry companies working between St. Thomas and St. John.
The Public Services Commission will choose a hearing examiner at the nex]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 00:38:21 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[Feds award V.I. $197,720 to study population  Information crucial to Kids Count study]]></title>
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	        <description><![CDATA[The Virgin Islands received almost $200,000 from the U.S. Interior Department to study the territory's demographics and acquire population data that will benefit the territory's social programs.
The University of the Virgin Islands will conduct the Virgi]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 00:38:14 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[Hundreds of travel agents drop in on St. Thomas for the day]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By Thomas Layer
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
	        <link>http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/hundreds-of-travel-agents-drop-in-on-st-thomas-for-the-day-1.1312645?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	        <description><![CDATA[More than 800 travel agents alit on St. Thomas on Tuesday to pursue the business of pleasure travel.
As part of Vacation.com's 14th International Conference and Trade Show, travel experts arrived aboard Oasis of the Seas to tour St. Thomas and experience]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 00:34:07 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[Senators to consider sports complex]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By JOY BLACKBURN
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[ST. CROIX - The Senate Human Services, Recreation and Sports Committee is scheduled tonight to again take up consideration of a bill authorizing development of a multi-million dollar sports complex in Frederiksted.
The committee first heard testimony abo]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 23:43:23 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[Delinquent V.I. properties to be auctioned May 23-25]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[Staff Report]]></author>
	        <link>http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/delinquent-v-i-properties-to-be-auctioned-may-23-25-1.1312564?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	        <description><![CDATA[The Lt. Governor's Office Division of Real Property Tax will resume auctions of properties that have been delinquent in paying property taxes for 10 years or more.
A listing of the properties scheduled for auction can be found in the Classifieds section]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 23:43:17 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[Police on St. Croix investigating report of 2011 rape]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By FIONA STOKES
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[ST. CROIX - Police are investigating the report of a rape that may have occurred more than a year ago.
According to the police incident listing, someone walked into the Ancilmo Marshall Police Command in Bassin Triangle just before 7 p.m. Monday and repo]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 23:41:10 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[Expert testimony debated in murder case]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By FIONA STOKES
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[ST. CROIX - After spending a full day outside of the courtroom Tuesday while attorneys argued the merits of expert testimony, jurors will return today to continue to hear testimony as the prosecution's case continues in the murder trial against two Chris]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 22:49:23 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[Man wanted on assault charges turns himself in]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By FIONA STOKES
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[ST. CROIX - After more than a month of being sought by police, Jose Almestica turned himself in to authorities Tuesday morning.
According to the Virgin Islands Police Department arrest log, Almestica, 36, of Old Fredensborg walked into the police departm]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 22:49:17 -0400</pubDate>
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	        <title><![CDATA[Four Tuskegee Airmen to visit Virgin Islands for ceremony]]></title>
	        <author><![CDATA[By FIONA STOKES
 (Daily News Staff)]]></author>
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	        <description><![CDATA[ST. CROIX - Considered trailblazers and men of honor who defended what they believed in and paved the way for other African Americans in the military, members of the Tuskegee Airmen will visit the territory to honor the local chapter of their group.
The]]></description>
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	        <pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 22:47:05 -0400</pubDate>
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