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From the Newsroom

Pardon the dust...

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If you're reaching this page after 11 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, because you typed "roanoke.com" into your browser hoping to find today's breaking news, the latest from the Fort Hood shootings or election results, we're sorry.

You've been redirected to this post because, between 11 and 11:30 p.m. tonight, we'll be taking a few of our databases offline to perform some routine maintenance and backups.

Thanks for your patience. We'll be back online as usual by 11:30.

Till then, our stories, multimedia and calendar will be unavailable, but you'll be able to browse our blogs -- where you can recap Election Day news and analysis, find a recipe for Brunswick stew or discuss the 100 things restaurant staffers should never do at Lindsey Nair's Fridge Magnet blog, find out about holiday promotions and new shops arriving in town on Jenny Kincaid Boone's Storefront blog and recap this week's Virginia Tech game on Randy King and Doug Doughty's Insiders blog.

In the meantime, if you've got questions or comments, feel free to comment here on our From the Newsroom blog or e-mail me at meg.martin@roanoke.com.

-- Meg Martin, online editor

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