| Tue 7 Feb 2012 |
Afternoon Read: Charged Reactions to VA Gun Legislation
NBC Washington In a major win for pro-gun advocates, the Virginia Senate voted to repeal a 19-year-old law Monday that prohibits state residents from purchasing more than one hand gun a month. | Enacted by former Gov. Doug Wilder, the ban is intended to stop Virgin... |
Happy Two Years In Hell, Jefe de Jefe
Huffington Post | Drug Lord's Demise Has Only Led to More Havoc in Mexico...Yet Marijuana Prohibition Stubbornly Rages On | It's hard to believe that it has already been two years since the dramatic killing of drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva, as it seemed like onl... |
Jury nearly chosen for murder trial of lacrosse player
Hartford Courant | CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va (Reuters) - The pool of potential jurors narrowed to about two dozen on Tuesday in jury selection for the first-degree murder trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of bludgeoning to death his ex-girlfr... |
New TechNet Sponsored Study: Nearly 500,000 "App Economy" Jobs in United States
PR Newswire | , Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TechNet, the bipartisan policy and political network of technology CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, today released a new study showing that there are now roughly 466,000 jobs ... |
Hofstra softball: Olivia Galati named to top-50 list
The Examiner | She hasn’t even thrown a pitch this season, and Olivia Galati is already getting lots of praise. | However, all that praise is warranted based on the Hofstra softball junior starting pitcher’s stellar sophomore season. | Galati was name... |
A Letter from the OFS Justice and Peace Committee regarding abortion mandate
The Examiner | Beloved National Family, | | A Blessed First Friday and First Saturday in February to all of you. May our Lord's Sacred Heart and our Mother's Immaculate Heart intercede for all of us! | Please permit me to make the three following requests.... |
Hillcats Baseball is coming soon
The Examiner | Spring has been in the air for several weeks in Lynchburg. The warm temperatures, spring flowers blooming, bees and ladybugs flying here and there we have seen lately are all signs of spring. | Another sign of spring is the sign outside City ... |
The tree that helped me remember why I love being a mom
The Examiner | Looking out my window this afternoon, I can't tell if it's February or May. The big bradford pear in my front yard is budding, the hyacinths in the flowerbed are in full bloom, and the children are running across an emerald lawn in warm sunshine th... |
Komen exec. resigns over funding fiasco
The Examiner | Breast cancer survivors in Henrico and metro-Richmond will have to bear hearing about the funding fiasco with the Komen foundation for a while longer. | Vice-president for Public Policy for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, Karen Handel h... |
Movie Review: 'Man on a Ledge'
The Examiner | Man on a Ledge is not a film that will change the way we look at thrillers, but it is a film that has enough thrills to provide for a very entertaining ride. Sure it gets a little silly at times, and you may even find yourself in disbelief at some ... |
Newt Gingrich Petition Investigation
The Examiner | Thanks to remarks by Newt Gingrich, Republican contender for the Presidency, as to his belief that the people he hired to get signatures to be on the ballot in Virginia committed fraud, there is currently an investigation. That fact and other evide... |
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down California's Proposition 8
The Examiner | A divided federal appeals court today California’s Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to prohibit gay marriage. Proposition 8 was passed by voters in response to a California Supreme Court decision that ruled that forbi... |
Va. Uranium tops in 2011 gifts to state lawmakers
The Washington Times | Follow @dsherfinski | Virginia Uranium, which is pushing to mine a 119 million-pound deposit in southside Pittsyvania County, gave more than $120,000 in gifts and trips last year to state lawmakers — tops in Virginia — according to figu... |
UPDATE: 2nd day of jury selection continues in Huguely case
Richmond Times Dispatch CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- | Jury selection continues this afternoon in the Charlottesville murder trial of former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely. | After getting rid of a number of potential jurors that group questioning and ques... |
Mo Money woes catch congressman's eye
MSNBC | Monday afternoon, dozens of people lined the sidewalk outside Mo Money Taxes on Brambleton Avenue in hopes of receiving the tax refunds checks they'd been promised. At the Granby Street location, customers were brought into the business in groups o... |
Pa. Senate approves first fees on shale drilling
MSNBC | By MARK SCOLFORO | Associated Press | HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania, the only major gas-producing state that does not tax the taking of natural gas from its soil, moved closer Tuesday to imposing a fee on the drilling in its vast Marcellus Sh... |
Suspect in multi-state burglary ring arrested in NH
Daily Press KEENE, N.H. (AP) — One of seven suspects in a five-state burglary ring has been arrested in New Hampshire. | Twenty-one-year-old Logan Critchfield was arrested Tuesday in Keene and charged with burglary and being a fugitive from justice. | He i... |
Teel Time: Virginia offensive coordinator Bill Lazor reportedly candidate with Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Daily Press | Offensive coordinator Bill Lazor’s exit from Virginia’s program figures to be for the NFL. He’s worked for the Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks, runs a pro-style attack and just seems to have that analytic... |
Man arrested in Maryland over Newport News robbery
Daily Press | NEWPORT NEWS – A 27-year-old Hampton man has been arrested in Maryland following a robbery at a home in Newport News last month. | Newport News police spokeswoman Holly McPherson said at about 4:00 P.M. on Jan. 2, a 34-year-old Newport News w... |
Local educators participate in national oral history project
Daily Press | HAMPTON — Harleé Patrick's wide, frightened eyes caught the heart of teacher Kate Musick as the 8-year-old walked into class at T.C. Walker Elementary School in Gloucester. | The girl's first memory of Musick, her former third- and fourt... |
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