Connecting Virginia through Broadband
Region: Virginia
By Nicole Fisher Capital News Service Virginia has mapped out its future in connectivity, literally. Gov. Tim Kaine has unveiled the state’s first broadband availability map. It shows which parts of Virginia curre... more
Views: 184245 Richmond, Va. Area Jobs to be Lost To Mexico
Region: VirginiaSt. Louis-based Belden's Midlothian manufacturing plant employees 45 local workers who make connectors and components for industrial automation. In December 2008 Belden announced that it would cut its global workforce by 2... more
Views: 1132Voting Machine Errors Already Being Reported in VA and NJ
Region: United StatesAs the morning of US Election Day of 2008 has just kicked off, problems with voting machines have surfaced. Many months before, there have been talks about the uses of voting machines and the flaws they possess. ... more
Views: 1378Seventeen Snakes Found in Hotel Room
Region: United StatesIn Fairfax City , Virginia, seventeen snakes have been found in a hotel room. Twelve of the snakes were poisonous. Police think the snakes belonged to a man who had kept 100 exotic snakes in his home until he was&nb... more
Views: 2100Woman extradited to Virginia after DUI
Region: United StatesAfter Jane Ellen Plikaytis, a 48 year old who lives in South Carolina, had her blood alcohol level tested after a traffic stop on Interstate 81 on May 8 and didn't show up for her court date, Virginia prosecutors asked dep... more
Views: 1354Kentucky, West Virginia Union Members Ask McCain About the Economy
Region: United States
by Seth Michaels On Friday, Sen. John McCain took a campaign swing through two states and, as they have in cities and towns across the nation, union members mobilized to ask him about the important is... more
Views: 1283Convocation
Region: New York
I decided not to publish this article written last Spring because the collective pain of the Blacksburg massacre was too raw. But with the Supreme Court weighing in on the issue of the Second Amendment, I now fe... more
Views: 1852US judge fired for deciding by coin-toss
Region: VirginiaJuvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge James Michael Shull was removed from office by the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday for ordering a woman to drop her pants during court proceedings and for deciding a custody dis... more
Views: 1198Muggles say Quidditch is a good match
Region: Virginia
By Hoon Chung RICHMOND, Va. – On a recent Wednesday afternoon, while many students at Virginia Commonwealth University had their nose in a textbook, others were running around with a broomstick between their le... more
Views: 2150Rainy Weather Causes Voting Issues For Chesapeake, Virginia
Region: United StatesSo far, US Election Day 2008 has gone within its first hours. Several voting issues have arisen in New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. Two incidents in Virginia have already been reported. One was in Fairfax and ... more
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