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Va. entrepreneur caught in growing political drama

When Jonnie R. Williams believed he had discovered a way to make tobacco less harmful, the Virginia car salesman-turned-entrepreneur tried to sell his method to anyone who would listen. Persistent phone calls to the nation's top cigarette makers often started with the colorful venture capitalist, once dubbed a "super salesman" ...

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2000 file photo, Jonnie Williams, chief executive officer of Star Scientific Inc., talks on the floor of Star Scientific Inc.'s tobacco processing facility in Chase City, Va. Williams, a former Virginia car salesman-turned-entrepreneur, is now caught in a growing political drama with the governor and state attorney general. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Masaaki Okada, File)

Va. entrepreneur caught in growing political drama

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Area fighters boxing to benefit vets

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Traveling Wall leaves the Wright State University Nutter Center under escort by the Patriot Guard Riders motorcycle club while passing under crossed aerial ladders from Wright Patterson AFB and the City of Fairborn fire departments, the memorial wall will be on display at the Greene County Fairgrounds.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Traveling Wall leaves WSU

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