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DOSWELL, Va. (AP) — The State Fair of Virginia is kicking off its 10-day run on Friday with new owners and attractions.

The Farm Bureau Federation and Universal Fairs are teaming up to present the annual agricultural attraction, which runs through Oct. 7 at The Meadow Event Park in Caroline County.

Officials say the popular racing pigs will be part of the attractions, as well as the opportunity to see Alaskan grizzly bears and Bengal tigers.

BETHANY BEACH, Del. (AP) — The resort town of Bethany Beach is marking the traditional death of summer in swinging style.

The annual Bethany Beach Jazz Funeral starts Monday evening at the north end of the town's boardwalk.

The Jazz Funeral is 27-year-old family-friendly tradition marked by music and mourners wearing sometimes outrageous costumes accompanying a casket with a mannequin representing summer to its final resting place at the boardwalk bandstand.