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7 hrs ago | Hampton Roads, Virginia, news, sports...

Election statement from Virginia House Minority Leader and Dem Caucus Chair

Statement of House Minority Leader Ward Armstrong and Democratic Caucus Chair Ken Plum on the election of Bob McDonnell as the 71st Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia : "We congratulate Governor-elect McDonnell on his victory tonight and look forward to working with him on the important issues facing Virginia.

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Related Topix: Virginia Government

12 hrs ago | NewsChannel 8

Kaine Appoints Committee for Census

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has created a committee to help ensure that all Virginians are counted in the 2010 census.

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17 hrs ago | Newsday.com

Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander

U.S.Navy Cmdr. Hung Ba Le is seen in front of his ship USS Lassen, off the Tien Sa Port in Danang, Vietnam , Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy

21 hrs ago | Messenger

Flulike illness declines in Virginia but H1N1 deaths up

Flulike illness in the state appeared to decline last week, but deaths caused by the H1N1 flu continue to rise.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Influenza

Fri Nov 06, 2009

WTKR-TV Norfolk

Southern Democrats who could be particularly vulnerable in 2010 antsy after Virginia landslide

Southern Democrats who watched the trouncing of their party's gubernatorial nominee in Virginia this week are starting to worry that a rising anti-Democratic tide in the South may reverse their hard-fought gains from the last two national elections.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Artur Davis, Representative Parker Griffith, Bob Etheridge

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Three Virginia Men Plead Guilty to Child Pornography Charges

In separate and unrelated cases, three men pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to various charges related to the transportation, receipt and possession of child pornography.

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Related Topix: Prison, Mineral, VA, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

Odessa American Online

Election results are a mixed bag

Some Democrats take a hit, but it's not necessarily a trend. November 06, 2009 6:44 AM ODESSA AMERICAN Tuesday's election results may not signal that the Republicans are back as a party capable of putting together a winning national coalition, and the result in New York's 23rd congressional district might presage a bitter intraparty squabble.

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Related Topix: US News, New Jersey, New Jersey Government, Virginia Government, Charlie Crist, US Governors, Opinion

WRIC-TV Richmond

14 Charged In Va. Cigarette Smuggling Case

Fourteen people have been charged with illegally purchasing 77 million contraband cigarettes from undercover agents in Virginia over the last year and smuggling them to New York.

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Hampton Roads, Virginia, news, sports...

Virginia military installations vigilant

The mass shootings at Fort Hood in Texas is not prompting any immediate security changes at most military installations in Virginia .

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Related Topix: Fort Lee, VA, State Prisons, Fort Monroe, Prison, US Military, US Marine Corps

Loudoun Times

Republicans take back Virginia, Loudoun

For the first time in eight years, Virginia has a Republican governor. Bob McDonnell garnered nearly 59 percent of the votes Nov.

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Related Topix: US News, Loudoun County, VA

Thu Nov 05, 2009

PilotOnline.com

Peninsula tractor-trailer crash backs up I-64 in both directions

A tractor-trailer car carrier struck a vehicle and came apart Thursday afternoon on Interstate 64 east on the Peninsula, backing up traffic in both directions, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Virginia Government

WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

Looking for VA Residents Who Didn't Get Federal Tax Refunds

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 2,200 Virginia taxpayers whose federal income tax refund checks, totaling more than $1.9 million were returned to the IRS by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors.

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Related Topix: Tax, Virginia Government

Daily Progress

Va. National Guard unit headed to Iraq

About 400 members of a Lynchburg-based Virginia National Guard battalion are being mobilized for a security mission in Iraq.

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Related Topix: US National Guard, US Military

WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

Supporters Still Hope for Protection for River in VA and WV

Supporters of federal protection for a 19-mile stretch of the New River haven't given up, even though the National Park Service has recommended against the action.

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National Ledger

Election Analysis: Virginia, New Jersey Races Showing Voters Changing Course

As the final votes were being counted, it was possible to draw some lessons from Republican Bob McDonnell's victory in Virginia and the close, three-way governor's race in New Jersey, never mind that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has taken to saying that the elections don't mean much.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner, 2008 Presidential Election, Virginia Government, Jon Corzine, US Governors

Wed Nov 04, 2009

WTKR-TV Norfolk

Virginia governor: McDonnell is cool, calm and tenacious

As a young Army lieutenant stationed in Germany, Bob McDonnell made the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Eustis, US Army, US News, US Governors, Tim Kaine, Fairfax County, VA, University of Notre Dame

WKRG-TV Mobile

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Republicans gained at least four seats Tuesday to strengthen their grip on the House of Delegates, but lost an influential delegate who has been embroiled in a scandal.

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Related Topix: US News, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, Virginia Beach, VA, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election

NewsBusters.org

WaPo's Marcus: 'Ignore the Hype,' Virginia Landslide Means Nothing

On the home page ofA the Washington Post website this morning, the headline for liberal columnist Ruth Marcus is "Ignore the hype." Inside the newspaper, it's "As for Virginia goes, not so much." Marcus advises that this GOP landslide is all some meaningless fairy tale: Advice to readers about the coming orgy of analysis about the New Jersey and ...

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Related Topix: Virginia Government, US News

WUSA9

Creigh Deeds Statement On Election Night

Here is Creigh Deeds' statement on election night: "I have said from the beginning that this election is about Virginia's future, about bringing opportunity, prosperity, and hope to every corner of the Commonwealth.

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StartupJournal

GOP Poised to Gain in Key Elections

Close NOVEMBER 3, 2009 Outcomes in New York, New Jersey and Virginia Are Unlikely to Forecast Much About National Races in 2010, History Shows WASHINGTON -- Republicans appear positioned for strong results in three hard-fought elections Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner, Virginia Government, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, California

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