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VIRGINIA BEACH - A State Police trooper shot and wounded a man who claimed to have a gun and then lunged at the officer early Sunday, according to a State Police spokesman. The trooper was unhurt. Sgt. D.S. Carr said the wounded man, Nicholes Godwin, 26, of Marlboro Road in Portsmouth, had been arrested moments earlier on suspicion of drunken driving. Godwin was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where he underwent surgery Sunday and was listed in stable condition by evening. He is expected to recover, Carr said. The incident began on westbound Interstate 64 about 2:16 a.m. when...

Off-duty officer fatally shoots man after car chase The man had fled after hitting the officer's car.By Jeff Shields and Barbara BoyerInquirer Staff WritersAn off-duty Philadelphia police officer chased a driver who collided with his car to the Willow Grove train station, then shot the man to death when he charged toward the officer early yesterday morning, police said. An autopsy was scheduled for today on the 22-year-old Philadelphia man, whose name was not released while authorities notified his family. The officer, identified by Philadelphia police as Barry Sudler, 25, who joined the force two years ago, was questioned by...

Off-duty officer fatally shoots man after accident and chaseBy Barbara Boyer and Jeff ShieldsINQUIRER STAFF WRITERSAn off-duty Philadelphia police officer chased a driver who collided with his car to the Willow Grove train station, then shot the man to death when he charged toward the officer early this morning, police said. Authorities did not release the names of the officer or the shooting victim. The off-duty officer, a two-year veteran assigned to the 16th District in West Philadelphia, had ended his shift at about 4:20 a.m. when an accident occurred near Wadsworth and Cheltenham Avenues in the Cedarbrook section, just...

HOOPER BAY -- This Eskimo village sits on the edge of the continent, part shantytown, part suburb, part Wild West. One can't go farther west without stepping into the Bering Sea, and, just beyond, onto the frosty eastern tip of Siberia. No roads lead to Hooper Bay, which is why the modern world has taken its time coming here, and then only in spots. Clusters of plywood shacks stand a short distance from subdivisions of look-alike modular homes. There's no running water but lots of VCRs and satellite dishes and computers hooked up to the Internet. One of the more...