DISNEY PULLS UP VIRGINIA STAKES

Walt Disney Co. has scrapped plans to build its colossal $650 million historical theme park on a Virginia site that opponents feared would mar some real history nearby: Manassas National Battlefield, scene of two of the most important Civil War battles. The midnight decision stunned both backers of the project, like Virginia Governor George Allen, and others who thought planned slavery exhibits and other parts of the enterprise sounded tasteless.