Most of Virginia airport stripping suit dismissed
BY: Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed most of the constitutional claims raised by a Charlottesville man who was arrested after stripping down to his running shorts during an airport checkpoint protest. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson tossed out Aaron Tobey’s lawsuit against Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Transportation Security Administration Director [...] |
Virginia Gov. McDonnell, Obama cabinet members meet post-Irene
BY: Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Bob McDonnell continues his post-Hurricane Irene slate of prominent public appearances Tuesday, appearing alongside two Obama administration cabinet secretaries at a news conference. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack join the Republican governor at Virginia’s Emergency Operations Center in suburban Richmond at 4:15 in the afternoon. The [...] |
Homeland chief: No plans to raise terror level
BY: Associated Press WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the government has no plans to raise the terror alert level in the U.S. as a result of Osama bin Laden’s death. Napolitano says elevated terror alerts will only be issued when the government has specific or credible intelligence it can share with the American public. Some [...] |





