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Virginia 's governor declared a state of emergency Wednesday as unrelenting rain from the remnants of a tropical storm soaked the state, while officials in North Carolina braced for another day of heavy rain.

Latin America faces an unrelenting onslaught on its citizens by a glut of small arms, responsible for thousands of homicides every year by gangs, organized crime and vigilantes.

"I thought it was a really good cause, helping my classmates be safe," says Old Dominion University sophomore Emerald Welch.

We are pleased that Herbert Van de Sompel will be talking about Memento, a joint project of Los Alamos National Laboratory and Old Dominion University, at OCLC later this month.

ODU won for the 8th time in 2009 on homecoming. WAVY TV's Ahmed Fareed has the highlites from Foreman Field.

Cleveland, Tenn.-based Life Care Centers of America recently named Michael Lops as its new chief compliance officer.

Ben Bailey is perhaps best known as the "Cash Cab" driver on the Discovery Channel show.

Republicans have defeated another Democratic incumbent in the House of Delegates, increasing their net gain to five seats with one race still undecided.

To pull off her Tuesday victory over Del. Phil Hamilton, Robin Abbott picked off Republican voters to split tickets in every precinct in the 93rd District.

Republicans last night were well on their way to increasing their control of the Virginia House of Delegates.

Loading... Del. Phil Hamilton, R-Newport News, speaks during a House Finance Committee meeting at the Capitol in Richmond in 2004.

The new Habitat for Humanity club at Old Dominion University is already at work building a home.

The residential real estate outlook is a matter of perspective. Falling prices and high inventory make it a great time to buy, but harder to sell.

Despite the drizzling, cloudy skies, more than four thousand people gathered on the National Mall to take part in Walk Now for Autism.

In August, an investigation by Virginian-Pilot reporters Bill Sizemore and Julian Walker uncovered e-mails showing that Del.

Now that it's election season again - in Virginia and New Jersey, at least - President Barack Obama has reintroduced one of his more enigmatic and intriguing characters.

The Norfolk Police Department has alerted Old Dominion University about two robberies Thursday night and Friday morning involving students off campus.

Cellular phones - once a luxury used strictly for talking - have taken on many new roles in recent years.

So, we're going to become a sea people. For real. By the year 2100, if the latest scientific projections pan out, melting polar ice will send sea levels not one, not two, but three feet higher - or more - in Hampton Roads .

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