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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - As the Obama administration weans the U.S. off dirty fuels blamed for global warming, energy companies have been sending more of America's energy leftovers to other parts of the world - where they create even more pollution.

ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JULY 28, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. AND THEREAFTER - In this May 22, 2014, photo, the Kinder Morgan coal terminal is reflected in a pond at the adjacent Dominion Terminal Associates' coal terminal in Newport News, Va.

Chief Stephen Pincus with the Newport News Fire Department said that the house had a significant amount of belongings inside it which created a challenge for firefighters working to extinguish the flames.

Newport News, Va.- The Fire Department is on the scene of a house fire in the 400 block of Ashton Green Blvd. in the northern section of Denbigh.

A new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research has used CDC data to estimate the relative happiness of every metropolitan area with more than one million people.

A new study has named Thomas Jefferson's home town the feelgood capital of the US, but residents say that just means liberal values and a sense of community To the residents of Charlottesville, it is a fitting coincidence that Thomas Jefferson, principal drafter of the Declaration of Independence that installed "Life, liberty and the pursuit of ... (more)

From a desktop computer at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News or from a laptop on the third floor of his home, Riverside psychiatrist Anthony Caterine can treat geriatric patients at nine far-flung locations.

Steve, Poquoson: Thanks for the James Garner editorial obituary. It was the only write-up of the many I've seen that came right out and said that Garner's Jim Rockford "was among the greatest of all TV characters."

Newport News, Va.- A car wash was held at Hoss's Deli Saturday afternoon to raise money for four year old, Cole Terrill's medical expenses.

Ferguson Center for the Arts has added seven new artists to its 2014-2015 season, including drummer Jae Sinnett and the Virginia Symphony, Gipsy Kings and the Baltimore Symphony.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) July 25--Want to push a button on your smartphone to get your grass cut? You can when the Mowz app launches in Hampton Roads on Monday.

Newport News police officer Brendon Walzak discusses using a tourniquet on a shooting victim when responding to the July 21 shooting on Newsome Drive.

A Newport News couple charged with running an illegal gambling operation said Thursday they did nothing of the kind - they simply had friends over to play some poker.

Marie Gardner, from Newport News, listens intently to a reading at the poetry night held at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center .

During the daylong bus trip, guests will tour two Virginia wineries, Cardinal Point and Delfosse, and two cideries, Bold Rock Hard Cider and Albermarle Ciderworks.

Police say Shirlean Whichard's children were in a car at the Wal-Mart on Jefferson Avenue near Mercury Boulevard on Thursday afternoon.

Crews were called to 606 Denbigh Blvd. after a passerby reported smoke coming from the Counseling Center, LLC around 4:40 a.m., Battalion Chief Stephen Pincus told WVEC.com.

The Raleigh-Durham area is No. 4 on a list of the happiest metro areas in the U.S. with population of more than 1 million, according to a study at the University of British Columbia .

Police and firefighters responded to the blaze at about 4:47 a.m. and saw smoke coming from the building, according to Newport News Fire Department Capt.

A federal judge sentenced 35-year-old Salvatore Lopiccolo of Newport News to nearly five years in prison and three years of supervised release.