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The ground shook.

    People in some cities are used to feeling the ground shake on a daily basis, but it’s an unusual feeling for people in the Bedford area. An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale that shook Central Virginia just before 2 p.m. Tuesday brought people out of buildings, looking around. Facebook lit up with comments.

    The condition of the two victims from last week’s Haven Heights Drive shooting has been upgraded to stable, according to Bedford County Sheriff Mike Brown.

    At least one of those victims should be able to talk with investigators soon, he added.

What if I told you that every year the U.S. government holds a national immigration ‘lottery’ by which 50,000 individuals become legal permanent residents of the U.S. purely at random and that since 1995 nearly one million visas have been handed out through this program. Most of my constituents are shocked to learn that such a program exists.