Matt Knight

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• More dredging needed before Hatteras-Ocracoke ferries can return to original route

  Posted on: 10:41 am, May 17, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 10:44am, May 17, 2013

  Shifting sand continues to cause problems for returning the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferries to their original route. Tests conducted by the U.S.... Read More ›

  

• Man burned when fire destroys camper trailer in Suffolk

  Posted on: 10:29 am, May 17, 2013, by Matt Knight

  Suffolk Fire & Rescue arrived at 5:27 p.m. to find the camper trailer behind a residence on Great Fork Road fully engulfed in flames. Read More ›

  

• Hampton man arrested for allegedly breaking into tobacco shop

  Posted on: 9:51 am, May 17, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 09:58am, May 17, 2013

  An 18-year-old Hampton man was arrested early Thursday morning after he allegedly broke into the Bonzai Pipe and Tobacco Shop on East Pembroke Avenue. Read More ›

  

• Amazing time-lapse video of the day: Dubai

  Posted on: 7:28 am, May 17, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 07:29am, May 17, 2013

  Today’s amazing time-lapse video is the city of Dubai, shot by Vimeo user dimid. Read More ›

  

• NASCAR driver Dick Trickle dead in apparent suicide

  Posted on: 6:51 am, May 17, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 07:23am, May 17, 2013

  Trickle was well known after he was shown on live television smoking inside his car during the 1990 Winston 500. NASCAR told Trickle he could smoke during yellow flag periods. Read More ›

  

• Congress eyes changes as military struggles with sex assaults

  Posted on: 2:29 pm, May 16, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 02:32pm, May 16, 2013

  In 2012, more than 26,000 troops experienced an episode of "unwanted sexual contact," a huge jump from the 19,300 figure in the 2010 report, the Defense Department said this month. Read More ›

  

• Eastern Shore National Wildlife Refuge to unveil USS Missouri gun barrel Memorial Day weekend

  Posted on: 1:57 pm, May 16, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 01:58pm, May 16, 2013

  On Saturday, May 25th the refuge will unveil a 120 ton, 68-foot gun barrel which was on the battleship USS Missouri when the Japanese surrendered ending World War II. Read More ›

  

• Marine missing from Vietnam War buried at Arlington with crew

  Posted on: 1:17 pm, May 16, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 01:39pm, May 16, 2013

  Marine Corps Pfc. Daniel A. Benedett of Seattle, Wash., was buried May 15 Read More ›

  

• Boston bomber left message in boat he was captured in

  Posted on: 10:05 am, May 16, 2013, by Matt Knight

  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made remarks about the bombing in a makeshift message found in the boat where he was captured in the backyard of a Watertown, Massachusetts, home Read More ›

  

• Taco Bell testing breakfast Waffle Taco

  Posted on: 9:25 am, May 16, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 09:43am, May 16, 2013

  Would you trade in your normal breakfast for a Waffle Taco? Taco Bell hopes so. The fast-food chain has been... Read More ›

  

• Driver arrested after striking bicyclist in Virginia Beach

  Posted on: 6:24 am, May 16, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 03:33pm, May 16, 2013

  A driver was arrested early this morning after striking a bicyclist near Kings Point Road and South Rosemont Road and fleeing the scene. Read More ›

  

• Video: Two men undergo simulated labor pains while wives watch

  Posted on: 11:29 am, May 15, 2013, by Matt Knight

  The two men in this video underwent a simulation of the pain of childbirth while their wives watched. See the video for their hilarious reactions. Read More ›