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OYCE DORRIS knows the big-time, high-stakes telecommunications industry. She helped brainstorm the 800/COLLECT, "The Neighborhood" and 10-10-220 marketing concepts at MCI. But she's no out-of-touch, limo-riding, latte-sipping, Madison Avenue executive. She knows small-town life, too. The Vienna resident has family in Fredericksburg, visits the area, and understands the mix of commuters and country people here. And she's convinced SunRocket, the fledgling broadband telephone company she co-founded with Paul Erickson that recently launched in the Fredericksburg-area market, will fly high, even with suburban moms and rural grandmas who may be distrustful of new technology. The service, Voice over Internet Protocol, uses...

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Man charged with attacking neighbor Police charge Fredericksburg resident with assault, theft By KARI PUGH Date published: 2/20/2004 A Fredericksburg man has been charged with yanking off a neighbor's prosthetic leg and beating him with it during an argument. Authorities say the fight started when the victim, Michael Clapp, 38, discovered a bottle of medicine missing from his Townsend Boulevard apartment Wednesday night. Clapp suspected his neighbor, 27-year-old Rodney Prophitt, and went next door to confront him around 7:15 p.m., city police spokesman Jim Shelhorse said. When he did, police say, Prophitt knocked Clapp to the ground, then pulled off...

FREDRICKSBURG, Va., Feb. 20 (UPI) -- A Virginia man has been charged with pulling off a neighbor's prosthetic leg and beating him with it during an argument. The fight started when the victim, Michael Clapp, 38, discovered a bottle of medicine missing from his Townsend Boulevard apartment Wednesday night, The Free Lance Star of Fredricksburg, Va., reported Friday. Clapp suspected his neighbor, 27-year-old Rodney Prophitt, and went next door to confront him, city police spokesman Jim Shelhorse said. Upon being confronted, Prophitt knocked Clapp to the ground, then pulled off Clapp's artificial leg and struck him with it several times....