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Obama Sweeps, Takes
Lead in Delegates

He has now won eight straight contests over Clinton

Feb 12, 08 10:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama swept the Potomac primaries tonight with easy victories over Hillary Clinton in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC, NBC reports. Obama has now won eight consecutive contests to capture an elusive commodity in this year's race—momentum. He also has an unambiguous lead in delegates for the first time—... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Maryland • primary • Mike Huckabee • Virginia • Washington, DC

Va. Offers Democrats 2 Possible VPs

If 'dream ticket' doesn't materialize, Kaine, Webb are rising stars

Feb 12, 08 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Amid talk of an Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama dream ticket, Democrats may want to look around before leaving Virginia tonight—the state is home to not one but two viable vice presidential contenders, Politico reports. Obama has already short-listed Gov. Tim Kaine, a campaign co-chair who shares the senator's bipartisan charisma.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Jim Webb • Tim Kaine • Virginia • Potomac Primary • vice presidential sweepstakes

Potential Bellwether Va. Shades From Red to Blue

Longtime GOP state among moderates flirting with Democrats

Feb 11, 08 3:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Virginia will have its critical primary moment tomorrow, but the state may play an even bigger role in November—that of a red state turning blue, reports the Wall Street Journal. The former Confederate seat has voted Republican in every election but one since 1952, but lately has elected... More »

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immigration • Virginia • Democratic nomination • red state • Potomac Primary • the suburban vote • suburban sprawl • blue states

Clinton Battles for Vital Va. Win

Senator targets strongholds: Latinos, federal workers, rural southwest

Feb 11, 08 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Super Tuesday was supposed to decide the Democratic nomination, but tomorrow's Chesapeake primary might be what pushes Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton over the top, reports Politico. And with Obama all but assured victories in DC and Maryland, Clinton is waging a critical battle for Virginia, where her rival holds... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Maryland • Washington DC • primary • Virginia • Chesapeake primary

Dems Encircle Vital Virginia

Clinton pushing hard in state thought to favor Obama

Feb 7, 08 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Forget Yorktown and Manassas: Virginia will weigh in on a new war Tuesday, as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton make the state the next key Democratic battleground. Watchers had thought Obama would sweep the so-called Potomac Primary—in Virginia, Maryland, and DC—but Clinton is looking for a crucial stand... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Tim Kaine • Virginia • Potomac Primary

States, Sellers Drooling Over Gift Card Sales

Retailers add revenue when they're used, but states want their share

Jan 27, 08 2:19 PM CST
(Newser) - After enduring tepid holiday sales, retailers are happily awaiting $8 billion from shoppers with unused gift cards—because only then can sellers claim the added revenue, BusinessWeek reports. But some US states say that their unclaimed-property laws enable them to extract a piece of the left-over card pie. What's really... More »

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Florida • New York • US states • Virginia • US economy • Delaware • retail sales • retail stores • Best Buy • retail shopping • retail technology • gift card

Long-Held Secret Takes Man Off
Death Row

Ethics board allows lawyer to speak up

Jan 19, 08 4:11 PM CST
(Newser) - A Virginia lawyer revealed a 10-year-old secret last year that had put a man on death row: Prosecutors coached another suspect to make his testimony match the evidence. When the state's legal ethics board reversed its gag order on Leslie Smith, the lawyer spoke up last week, and the sentence... More »

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death penalty • Virginia • death sentence • murder trial • Leslie Smith • Virginia bar • coaching

Best States for Small Business

Some states love small business a little more than others. CNNMoney names the top 10

Nov 25, 07 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - If you want your seed of genius to grow, plant it in the right soil. CNNMoney finds the most small-business-friendly states:
  1. South Dakota: No tax personal income, capital gains, corporate income, or corporate capital gains and low energy costs.
  2. Nevada: No income, capital gains, corporate income, or corporate
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Florida • Texas • South Carolina • Washington • Michigan • small businesses • Virginia • South Dakota • Alabama • Wyoming • small business • Nevada

Feds: Vick Should Pay
$1M for Dogs

Prosecutors hope
to beat creditors to
NFL star's assets

Nov 20, 07 10:11 PM CST
(Newser) - The feds want Michael Vick to pick up the nearly $1-million tab for the 48 pit bulls they seized from his home. Prosecutors say the Atlanta Falcon, who surrendered to authorities yesterday to begin serving his time, should pay for the seizure, care, and adoption of the dogs, which they... More »

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NFL • Atlanta Falcons • Michael Vick • Georgia • football • Virginia • dogfighting • federal prison

Democrats Hang On to City Hall

Four mayors returned
to office, one wins in Philly; Dems also take Virginia senate

Nov 7, 07 7:01 AM CST
(Newser) - It was a good night for Democratic mayors last night: incumbents in San Francisco, Houston and Pittsburgh all comfortably won reelection. In addition, Philadelphia elected Michael Nutter on promises to reduce violence, and Baltimore gave a full term to Sheila Dixon, the city's first female mayor, who took office earlier... More »

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San Francisco • Houston • Philadelphia • Virginia • mayor • Baltimore • Pittsburgh • Eleciton 2007 • Michael Nutter • Sheila Dixon • Gavin Newsom • Luke Ravenstahl • Bill White

Superbug Shuts Down Entire School District

23 schools disinfected after single case of drug-resistant staph

Oct 28, 07 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A single confirmed infection of antibiotic-resistant staph has convinced officials to shut down all 23 schools of an eastern Kentucky district so cleaners can scour classrooms, cafeterias, locker rooms, buses and playgrounds. The district superintendent called the massive disinfection a "preventive measure" to ward off a large-scale outbreak of... More »

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high school • New York City • Kentucky • public health • bacteria • staph infections • superbug • Virginia • outbreak • teenager

Supreme Court Halts Another Lethal Injection

Stay of execution for Virginia man could signal moratorium

Oct 18, 07 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court issued a stay of execution yesterday for Christopher Scott Emmett, four hours before the Virginia inmate was scheduled to die. Observers say the move signals a de facto moratorium on executions, as the court considers the legality of lethal injection. One expert called it “the most... More »

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death penalty • lethal injection • execution • Virginia • moratorium • US Supreme Court

Vick Hit With State Charges

Va. brings dogfighting case that could
net disgraced QB
10 more years

Sep 25, 07 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today the state of Virginia piled on Falcons QB Michael Vick, who's awaiting sentencing on federal dogfighting charges, with dogfighting charges of its own. Vick will face one count of beating, killing or causing dogs to fight and one count of engaging in or promoting dogfighting in state court. Both... More »

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Michael Vick • Virginia • dogfighting • Surry County

AOL Packs for Move to NY

The company employs 4,000 people in northern Virginia

Sep 17, 07 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - AOL headquarters will move from Dulles, Va., to New York, improving access to the ad industry that's crucial to its evolving business strategy. Execs say AOL's 4,000 employees in the DC suburb won't lose their jobs, but locals are worried. "This is a loss and there is no... More »

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Time Warner • AOL • New York City • Washington DC • Virginia • Dulles

Popular Ex Gov Will Run for Va. Senate Seat

Democrat Mark Warner After GOP John Warner's spot

Sep 13, 07 2:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Instead of running for the presidency, popular former Virginia governor Mark Warner will run for Senate, according to sources. He hopes to succeed Republican John W. Warner (no relation) and convert a formerly reliable Republican Senate seat. It would be the first time Virginia had two Democratic senators in 38... More »

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Senate • John Warner • Virginia • Mark Warner • Election 2008

Warner Will Retire in 2009; Dems Eye Va. Senate Seat

80 year old statesmen will "quietly step aside"

Aug 31, 07 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 28 years, John Warner will call it quits in 2009, after his fifth Senate term. The GOP stalwart who recently parted ways with President Bush on Iraq strategy announced his retirement today, sending Virginia Democrats and Republicans alike into a tizzy, the Washington Post reports. "I'm going to... More »

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Senate • GOP • John Warner • Senate Republicans • Virginia

Virginia Tech Massacre 'Could Have Been Stopped'

Official report says college should have warned students of shootings

Aug 30, 07 5:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A state investigation into the Virginia Tech massacre, in which 33 students and teachers were killed, concluded that college authorities could have saved lives by acting more quickly to warn students after the first shootings. The report, released last night after the New York Times obtained a copy,  also... More »

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Virginia Tech • Seung-Hui Cho • school shooting • Virginia • Paroxetine

Vick Signs Guilty Plea, Denies Killing Dogs

Disgraced QB admits sponsoring dogfighting, promoting gambling

Aug 24, 07 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Vick admits sponsoring a dogfighting operation and denies killing dogs but acknowledges that dogs were killed through his and two co-defendants' "collective efforts," according to the plea agreement the disgraced Falcons QB signed yesterday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. He also acknowledges promoting gambling but denies being a... More »

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NFL • Atlanta Falcons • Roger Goodell • Michael Vick • gambling • football • animal cruelty • Virginia • dogfighting • Bad Newz Kennels • Richmond • dog

Carbon Monoxide
Fells VA Tech Students

19 sickened; 5 roomies seriously poisoned

Aug 20, 07 12:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five female roommates were seriously poisoned yesterday after a carbon monoxide leak in off-campus housing at Virginia Tech sickened 19 people. Two of the women remained in critical condition and three were listed as serious.The accident was yet another blow for the school which yesterday dedicated a memorial to... More »

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Virginia Tech • Virginia • poison • accident • carbon monoxide • Virginia Tech shootings

Bad Newz
Dogs Vick

With new indictments in the offing, QB seeks to limit prison time, save career

Aug 15, 07 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - With federal prosecutors poised to bring more serious charges against Michael Vick in the ongoing dogfighting investigation, the quarterback's attorneys are trying to work out a plea deal, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Two more of Vick's co-defendants are expected to plead guilty this week. More »

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NFL • Michael Vick • trial • Virginia • dogfighting • Pro Bowl

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