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Watch live: Romney campaigns with vets in Virginia
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney holds a campaign event with veterans in Springfield, Virginia. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Sept. 27. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Virginia judge sentenced to 30 days for growing 41 marijuana plants
A judge in Virginia has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for growing more than 40 marijuana plants in his home, according to the Associated Press. Attorney and substitute judge James H. Allamong Jr. was sentenced on Monday after the felony charges were knocked down to a misdemeanor. The…
Renoir painting found at Virginia flea market
A box of bric-a-brac purchased for several dollars at a Virginia flea market contained an unlikely treasure: a painting by French Impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The canvas, which shows a scene along the Seine River titled “Paysage Bords de Seine,” is scheduled to be auctioned later this month by the…
Watch live: Obama speaks in Virginia
President Obama speaks in Norfolk, Virginia. Watch live, broadcast on MSNBC on Aug. 4. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Ryan: Romney’s background is ‘starting up small businesses’
At a campaign event in Glen Allen, Virginia on Friday, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said that Mitt Romney, who founded Bain Capital, had proven he knew that small businesses were the backbone of the American economy because he had started “small businesses” himself. “[Mitt Romney] has proven, through…
‘Modest’ swimwear gaining more customers in U.S.
Modest bathing suits have shed their mothballs and come back in style in the United States, with a clientele spanning the religious, the curvy and the sun-sensitive. “Definitely, there was a need for it,” said New York fashion designer Regine Tessone. “There are a lot of women who need to…
Power outages from deadly storms could last days as heat wave continues
Storms that killed 13 across eastern US have left hundreds of thousands without power amid record-breaking temperatures Hundreds of thousands of residents could be left without power for days after vicious storms lashed the eastern US, bringing down electricity lines and resulting in at least 13 deaths. Officials said it…
Weekend storms leave at least 13 dead, 3 million without power
The death toll arising from vicious storms that lashed the eastern US climbed to double digits Saturday as millions of people were left without power in sweltering conditions. With temperatures expected to reach triple figures in Washington DC and surrounding areas on Saturday, about 3.4 million people remained without electricity…
Anti-LGBT Virginia lawmaker: ‘Sodomy not a civil right’
A Virginia lawmaker who recently led the fight to block an openly gay man from becoming a judge General District Court judge in Richmond insisted on Thursday that the move had nothing to do with nominee’s sexual orientation, but he was concerned about “bias” in cases between “a homosexual and…
Gingrich officially drops presidential bid
ARLINGTON, Virginia — Former House speaker Newt Gingrich on Wednesday dropped his erratic campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, but pledged to remain in the public eye as an “active citizen.” “Today I am suspending the campaign. Suspending the campaign does not mean suspending citizenship,” Gingrich said in a…
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