Provides the latest RSS feeds for Virginia Beach News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The Virginia Beach News.Net http://www.thevirginiabeachnews.net/ en-us Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:11:53 -0500 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:11:53 -0500 30 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LEXINGTON, Va. -- Chavis Holmes led seven players in double figures for Virginia Military Institue in its 133-72 victory against Stevenson on Thursday night. Holmes scored 21 ... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19733911&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:54:53 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19733911&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Darryl Bryant scored 16 points to lead West Virginia to an 86-54 win over Longwood in preliminary round play of the Las Vegas Invitational on Thursday nigh... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19730115&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:58:12 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19730115&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 West Virginia University economics professor George Hammond says the news isn't good, but it isn't as bad as it could have been. Story by Paul Darst http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19712318&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:23:22 -0500 State Journal http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19712318&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Sabra Dipping Company LLC . will build a new plant in Virginia at an investment of $68 million. The plant is due to open in 2010 near the state capital of Richmond. Sabra CEO Ronen Zohar said, "We ar... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19711413&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:11:57 -0500 Globes http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19711413&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RICHMOND, Va. -- Eric Maynor scored 16 of his 29 points during a 24-7 second-half spurt, leading Virginia Commonwealth to a 72-56 win over South Dakota State Wednesday night. ... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19698141&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:07:16 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19698141&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Sylven Landesberg nailed a layup with 13 seconds left and sank a free throw six seconds later to seal Virginia's 77-75 victory over South Florida on Wed... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19696358&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:19:33 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19696358&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 LURAY, Va. -- A 16-year-old employee of a small Virginia zoo is recovering after a tiger bit her when she tried to pet it.Zoo owner Jennifer Westhoff says the girl lost her pinky and had cuts on her ... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19685073&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:12:39 -0500 The Miami Herald http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19685073&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ELON, N.C. -- Brett James scored 20 points to lead Elon past Southern Virginia 83-55 Tuesday night. Ola Atoyebi added 13 points, as four players scored in double figures for E... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19660570&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:49:44 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19660570&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Virginia College in Birmingham. Wilson comes to Birmingham after serving as president of American InterContinental University in Atlanta. She oversaw more than 2,000 students and 300 faculty and staf... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19654459&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:14:45 -0500 Business Journal http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19654459&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Alex Dominguez November 18, 2008 - 4:00 p.m. BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland and Virginia watermen are eligible for up to $20 million in crab disaster relief, federal officials announced Tuesday. Each... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19651813&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:28:07 -0500 Canadian Business http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19651813&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Posted: 12:25 PM- CHESAPEAKE, Va. - The trial of a Virginia man accused of killing one Mormon missionary and wounding another in 2006 is under way in Chesapeake. The jury heard opening statements on... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19651814&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:21:41 -0500 Salt Lake Tribune http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19651814&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 According to state officials, Sherry Kay Peyton, of Williamstown, who plead guilty in May 2008 was sentenced on Nov.6 by the Judge J. D. Beane. Peyton was sentenced to three consecutive sentences of ... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19639744&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:10:35 -0500 Insurance Journal http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19639744&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 (CNSNews.com) - Violent sex offenders who are also illegal aliens in Virginia were identified, located, and deported thanks to a well-coordinated joint operation earlier this year involving both state... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19634485&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:07:19 -0500 CNS News http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19634485&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 The Lady Vols basketball team fell to 15th ranked Virginia Cavaliers Monday night 83-82. It was back and forth the entire second half. UVa junior Monica Wright tied the game up at 82 with just 39 sec... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19627590&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:05:48 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19627590&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 NORFOLK, Va. — A Virginia scientist pleaded guilty Monday to selling rocket technology to China and bribing Chinese officials to secure a lucrative contract for his high-tech company. Quan-Sheng ... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19620612&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:06:43 -0500 Deseret News http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19620612&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 (RTTNews) - A Virginia physicist plead guilty Monday to illegally exporting space launch data to China and offering to bribe Chinese officials.Shu Quan-Sheng plead guilty to a three-count criminal in... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19613974&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:11:49 -0500 Quote.com http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19613974&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - As a portly woman plodded ahead of him on the sidewalk, the obese mayor of America's fattest and unhealthiest city explained why health is not a big local issue. "It doesn't co... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19606065&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:18:50 -0500 Newsday http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19606065&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 PROBABLE STARTERS (ht./ppg)VIRGINIA (1-0)F Kelly Hartig (6-4/2.0)C Aisha Mohammed (6-3/11.0)G Britnee Millner (5-10/4.0)G Ariana Moorer (5-7/ 19.0)G Monica Wright (5-11/16)TENNESSEE (1-0)F Glory Johns... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19603694&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:35:11 -0500 The Tennessean http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19603694&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Sylven Landesberg scored 28 points to break Virginia's freshman-debut scoring record and Jeff Jones hit two late 3-pointers to lift the Cavaliers in a 1... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19593770&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:16:05 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19593770&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 TROUTDALE, Ore. -- A hit-and-run driver may be to blame for the death of an Oregon Marine who was found dead on a Virginia highway.Maddison Peterson, of Troutdale, died last Saturday night in Arlingto... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19586395&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:31:39 -0500 Fox 12 http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19586395&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Timberline Resort Realty has announced that for a limited time guests can enjoy up to a 20% discount on select professionally managed vacation rentals this Thanksgiving. Offering rustic to luxurious v... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19580921&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:57:55 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19580921&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Da'Sean Butler and Alex Ruoff scored 19 points apiece to lead West Virginia to a 92-47 win over Elon on Saturday night in the season opener for both school... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19575072&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:11:51 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19575072&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 By BILL ARCHER Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, Va. — Virginia State Senator Phillip P. Puckett, D-Russell, whose 38th senatorial district covers a large part of Southwest Virginia coal coun... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19562847&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:13:35 -0500 Bluefield Daily Telegraph http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19562847&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 VMI's Travis Holmes, right, pases around Kentucky's Ramon Harris during VMI's 111-103 NCAA college basketball victory at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. Holmes led his team wit... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19557737&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:14:18 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19557737&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 are expecting him to wrap a listening tour of Virginia with a January 7 announcement that he is officially running for governor of the commonwealth. Yes, we are jumping the gun to state his likely con... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19548029&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:32:27 -0500 U.S. News & World Report http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19548029&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 W ASHINGTON — Months after President George W. Bush and Congress lifted bans on offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean, the federal government moved Thursday to pursue oil and natural gas explo... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19544600&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:46:29 -0500 Boston Herald http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19544600&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 STAUNTON, VA, November 14, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ -- As America welcomes the 44th President of the United States, The Stonewall Jackson Hotel in Staunton invites travelers to get reacquainted with pr... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19529160&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:07:49 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19529160&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 The U.S. Department of Interior on Thursday began a 45-day public notice period to receive comments on the potential for offshore drilling off Virginia. Comments are due by Dec. 29, 2008, to: Minera... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19529226&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:53:14 -0500 News & Observer http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19529226&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 The Miami Hurricanes are alone in first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division -- at least until the weekend.And should North Carolina lose at Maryland on Saturday, the Hurricanes w... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19526249&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:32:18 -0500 The Miami Herald http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19526249&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 The Associated Press November 13, 2008 - 10:25 p.m. MEMPHIS, Tenn. - International Paper Co. said Thursday it will shut down one of its paper production machines at its mill in Franklin, Va., and tak... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19525636&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:25:11 -0500 Canadian Business http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19525636&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Posted on: Thursday, 13 November 2008, 18:00 CST Coventry Health Care/Carelink has expanded its current service area to include eligible Medicare beneficiaries in the following West Virginia counti... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19522255&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:45:17 -0500 RedOrbit http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19522255&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Virginia Tech dormitory Thursday, briefly scaring a campus still scarred from mass shootings last year.The scare was the first use of the university's revamped crisis alert system. Virginia Tech added... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19523145&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:37:58 -0500 The Examiner http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19523145&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 will permanently shut down its No. 3 uncoated freesheet paper machine in Franklin, Va., due to a continued decline in demand, according to a company release. The closure will decrease the company&rsq... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19519174&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:14:47 -0500 Memphis Business Journal http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19519174&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Annual job growth reached a negative 0.5 percent nationally in September, but Northern Virginia has seen its jobs grow by 1 percent in the last year, according to the http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19519789&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:56:46 -0500 Business Journal http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19519789&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Other Stories by Veronica Goad CRAB ORCHARD-- -- Raleigh County kids are trying to set a Guinness Book of Records, along with 190,000 other kids around the country. Thursday Crab Orchard Elementary ... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19509520&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:03:32 -0500 State Journal http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19509520&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Firecrackers may have been the source of gunshot-like sounds that prompted a lockdown of a residence hall on Virginia Tech's campus Thursday, authorities said. http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19511553&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:40:05 -0500 USA Today http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19511553&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 An emergency call box stands on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, June 2007. (Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images) BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Virginia Tech police say there were no gunshot... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19510222&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:38:28 -0500 Fox 23 http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19510222&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has taken the first step in the multi-year leasing process to hold a sale for acreage offshore Virginia. The Call for Information and Interest/Nominations and Not... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19474124&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:28:32 -0500 Rigzone http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19474124&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Posted: 7:08 AM- POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. - A $40 medical bill might seem small but a West Virginia man says his five-year battle over paying it was a matter of principle. Sam Juniper says his health b... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19465973&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:21:43 -0500 Salt Lake Tribune http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19465973&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Jury selection is scheduled to resume Wednesday in Chesapeake Circuit Court for 21-year-old James Boughton, a Deep Creek man accused in the killing of one Mormon missionary and the wounding of another... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19470353&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:01:26 -0500 Deseret News http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19470353&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 The snowy months are approaching and the roads will get slick , but the state of West Virginia says it has a large supply of salt.There is currently a nationwide shortage of salt, but the West Virgini... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19430482&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:49:20 -0500 WTOV 9 http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19430482&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 TGT ). And Danville (Calif.) writer Leigh Chronister plans to buy her two young boys socks and underwear with their favorite cartoon characters. Facing economic uncertainty, not to mention tighte... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19396445&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:54:18 -0500 Business Week http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19396445&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Brandon Pendergrass rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown, Kevin Patterson returned an interception for another score and Wake Forest surged to the top of the jumbled Atlantic C... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19372208&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:39:14 -0500 The Miami Herald http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19372208&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 been a fancy celebrity New York lawyer, you'd have heard his name by now. Here in Virginia, when Democrats talk about him, cartoon birds sing and cartoon butterflies play small cartoon harps. A gradua... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19367554&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:55:23 -0500 MSN Slate http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19367554&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 B LACKSBURG, Va. — Darren Evans and Virginia Tech spent 12 days hearing about an offense that fans blamed for the team’s struggles in a wide-open ACC. They spent Thursday night suggesting... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19333522&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:30:56 -0500 Boston Herald http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19333522&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 The numbers show a nearly 23 percent decline in workplace deaths between 2006 and 2007, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics said. Sixty-one workers were killed on the job in 2007... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19329028&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:35:49 -0500 Insurance Journal http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19329028&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Senior Republicans were gathered in a secluded location deep in the Virginia countryside today for an inquest into Tuesday night's devastating elections losses and discussion of how to rebrand the par... http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19315279&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:17:09 -0500 The Guardian http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19315279&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Article Reprints West Virgnia voters have approved a measure that will allow the Greenbrier Resort to add casino gambling to its list of four-star amenities. http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19304027&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:40:33 -0500 Insurance Journal http://feeds.thevirginiabeachnews.net/?rid=19304027&cat=622ebe3a790ef0e4