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Dominion donates $500K to Va. black history museum
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Dominion Resources is making the largest ever private-sector donation to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of ...
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Virginia mom sentenced for mooning school bus
Media outlets report that 34-year-old Lisa Grant was convicted this week of disorderly conduct. She was accused of mooning the school bus with roughly 45 students aboard last ...
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Some unions now angry about health care overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest ...
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Hurricane center Beware of the storm surge
By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ...
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Northern Virginia security officers tussle with disorderly man www.privateofficer.com
Several Northern Virginia security officers patrolling an apartment complex at 22:00hrs they noticed 2 Hispanic males loitering on the front steps of a ...
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Zagunis HR in 9th leads Hokies past Seminoles
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Mark Zagunis homered with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Virginia Tech a 3-2 victory over Florida State in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament ...
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Police probe multi-car crash on Dulles Greenway
Police say two people were taken to a hospital with injuries after the crash Thursday evening. One driver has life-threatening injuries. Both injured drivers are adult ...
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DC-area Boy Scout council supports lifting gay ban
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top Boy Scout executive in the council covering the District of Columbia and parts of Maryland and Virginia is supporting the national board's decision to accept openly gay ...
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Gap back in style as 1Q profit jumps 43 percent
FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, file photo, a shopper walks down the steps at a Gap store in Los Angeles. The Gap Inc. reports quarterly financial results after the market closes on Thursday, May 23, ...
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Coast Guard acts on submerged boat in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) -- The Coast Guard says a 50-foot recreational boat has become partially submerged at the Ocean Marine Yacht Center in ...
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Obama sees narrower terror threat defends drones
President Barack Obama continues to speaks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, as CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin of Code Pink shouted at him from the back of the auditorium. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...
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Hirshhorn director to resign over split with board
WASHINGTON -; The director of the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum has announced his resignation after the museum's board declined to move forward with plans to create an inflatable pavilion at the ...
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New Chesapeake CEO Lawlers 2013 pay set at $12.6 mln
Thu May 23, 2013 6:14pm EDT May 23 (Reuters) - Doug Lawler, the Anadarko Petroleum Corp executive who was named as Chesapeake Energy Corp's new chief executive officer, will receive salary, bonus and equity awards valued at $12.6 million this year, according to a regulatory filing. Lawler, 46, is also due a signing bonus worth $14.5 million. That bonus is comprised of $2 million cash and ...
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WHO Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus
GENEVA (AP) -- International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned ...
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Up to 60 injured after car drives into Virginia parade
An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident. About 50 to 60 people suffered injuries ranging from critical to superficial, but no fatalities were reported. Three of the worst injured were flown by helicopter to area hospitals. Their ...
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US criticized over response to Indonesia attacks
WASHINGTON -; The U.S. is expressing concern over increased attacks on religious minorities in Indonesia, but human rights groups accuse Washington of downplaying the problem as it looks to forge stronger relations with ...
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Kingston has first-day lead on European Tour
James Kingston shot a 6-under-par 66 and owns the lead after Thursday's play at the European Tour's BMW PGA Championship in England. Kingston had seven birdies and a bogey on the day and is one stroke ahead ...
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8th person pleads in $30M NASA contract fraud
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- An eighth person has pleaded guilty to his role in a $30 million fraud and bribery scheme that duped NASA into awarding contracts to companies that falsely claimed eligibility for preferences granted to minority-owned businesses.On Thursday, 59-year-old Michael Dunkel of Merritt Island, Fla., pleaded guilty in federal court in Alexandria to fraud for illegally receiving more ...
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Va. students build disorientation chair for NASA
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) -- High school students in Virginia have finished building NASA a spinning chair that astronauts in Texas will use to practice being ...
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The 20 Craziest Tweets From The Man Who Could Be Virginia’s Next Lt Governor
GOP nominee for Virginia Lieutenant Governor E.W. Jackson (Credit: AP) If you were to put the dregs of conservative Internet comment sections into a pot, boil them down to their essence, then run the resulting product through a sieve to get it to its rawest, most pure form of vitriol, it would probably look something like E.W. Jackson’s Twitter feed. Through much of President ...
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Power boats to gather at W.Va.s Bluestone Lake
The event is being conducted by the Hampton, Va.-based Carolina Virginia Racing Association, which is part of the American Power Boating ...
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AllergEase moving HQ distribution to Danville
The city said Thursday in a news release that AllergEase plans to invest $7.5 million in the move over three years. It will create 150 jobs during this ...
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Vicksburg marks anniversary of Civil War siege
VICKSBURG, Miss. -- The Mississippi River town of Vicksburg is holding several events this week to mark the 150th anniversary of its siege during the Civil War.Concerts, lectures and wreath-laying ceremonies are planned at the Vicksburg National Military Park.On Thursday, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a Vicksburg stamp that's part of a Civil War commemorative series. On Saturday, ...
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Virginia golfer makes 2 aces in same round
"It's strictly luck," said Blessard, an 11-handicapper and a former Roanoke city motorcycle policeman. "There's no skill involved. I'm a good average golfer and I got ...
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Virginia Beach to be linked to Norfolk with light rail
Virginia Beach may soon have a light rail link to Norfolk, which, along with Virginia Beach itself, is part of the commercial heart of the state. A light rail link between the two cities would have major benefits for commuters and local business, boosting the travel and tourism sector through increased accessibility.
Ever since The Tide, Norfolk’s light rail transit system, was first considered for construction in 1999, the possibility, or indeed the plan, of linking it to Virginia Beach has been talked of as well. The two cities are integral to one another as major commercial and tourism hubs and their joint development in a major state priority. Read more
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