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Petersburg Institution For Disabled Set To Close Video included

900 employees at Petersburg center could lose their jobs after Virginia reaches agreement with Department of Justice...
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Powhatan Beating, Abduction Suspect Held Without Bond Video included

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James Wolfe Sr. arraigned Friday morning; Wolfe ordered held without bond by Powhatan judge...
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House Passes Repeal Of HPV Vaccination Mandate

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia House of Delegates has passed legislation repealing a requirement that girls receive a vaccine to prevent a virus that can cause cervical cancer. State law mandates More>>

Activists & Bloggers Fear Twitter Censorship

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Bloggers and activists from China, the Middle East and Latin America said Friday they were afraid that new Twitter policies could allow governments to censor messages, stifling free More>>

Bill Affecting Voters Without ID Advances

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A House of Delegates committee has endorsed legislation that would require voters without identification to cast provisional ballots. Currently, voters who fail to produce an More>>

State Board Of Health Works On Abortion Clinic Regulations

Public hearing planned Friday as permanent rules are developed for Virginia clinics. More>>

Man Charged With Threatening Judicial Officials

Release from Virginia State Police: James City Co. – Special Agents with the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Richmond and Chesapeake Field Offices, arrested Vincent D. Rera early More>>

Costa Offers $14,460 A Passenger For Italian Ship Wreck

ROME (AP) -- Costa Crociere SpA offered uninjured passengers euro11,000 ($14,460) apiece Friday to compensate them for lost baggage and the psychological trauma they suffered after their cruise ship ran More>>

"Barefoot Bandit" Set To Be Sentenced For Crime Spree

SEATTLE (AP) - "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in a Seattle federal courtroom for his two-year international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts. More>>

Controversial Ultrasound Bill Passes Va. Senate Committee

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Senate committee where abortion restrictions once routinely died has approved a bill that would force pregnant women to have ultrasound images made of their fetuses before having More>>

Albemarle Officer Charged After Hitting Jogger With Car

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - An Albemarle County police officer whose cruiser hit a jogger has been charged with failure to yield the right of way. Sgt. Darrell Byers said that 35-year-old Officer More>>

Spotsy Suspicious Situation Involving Teen Solved

Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office warns about suspicious man who followed 14-year-old home from school. More>>

No New Leads In Morgan Harrington Slaying Video included

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - There are still no substantive leads in the slaying of a Virginia Tech student last seen leaving a concert at the University of Virginia in 2009. The parents of Morgan More>>

Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Sunday Hunting Bill

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Hunting on private land on Sundays is one step closer to becoming law with passage of a bill by the Virginia Senate. Sen. Frank Wagner's measure advanced to the House of Delegates More>>

President Obama Opening Local Campaign Offices

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is preparing to open its Virginia headquarters. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported the campaign plans to open the headquarters More>>

Bob Barker Asks UVA To Stop Using Cats In Medical Studies

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Former game show host Bob Barker is asking the University of Virginia to stop using live cats in medical training. Barker says in a letter to U.Va. President Teresa More>>

New-Home Purchases Fall, 2011 Worst Ever For Sales

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer people bought new homes in December. The decline made 2011 the worst year for new -homes sales on records dating back nearly half a century. The Commerce Department said Thursday More>>

Senate Kills Labor Day School Bill; House Version Lives On

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A legislative priority in Gov. Bob McDonnell's public education improvement package that would allow local schools to open before Labor Day has failed a major Senate panel vote, More>>

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