March 19, 2013 1 Comment
RICHMOND, Va. — A lawyer for a South Carolina inmate told a federal appeals court Tuesday that the prisoner’s constitutional rights were violated when his visitation privileges were suspended for two years without proof that he had done anything wrong. ...
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Read More »March 11, 2013 Comments Off on Va. officials say bay oyster poaching is epidemic
NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia officials say oyster poaching has become epidemic in the Chesapeake Bay. Last year, the Virginia Marine Police logged 240 violations for illegal oyster harvesting. Some were for harvesting oysters intended to restore the bay’s ailing stocks ...
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Read More »February 26, 2013 Comments Off on Navy medical ship Comfort leaves Md. for Va.
The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort has left Baltimore, heading to its new home in Norfolk, Va.
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Read More »February 25, 2013 1 Comment
ANNAPOLIS — The governors of Maryland and Virginia say they agree that huge, automatic federal budget cuts set to begin this week need to be avoided. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a Democrat, and his Virginia counterpart, Republican Bob McDonnell appeared ...
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Read More »February 21, 2013 Comments Off on Feds indict 4 in salmonella outbreak
ATLANTA — A federal grand jury indicted four employees of a peanut company linked to a 2009 salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds. The indictment was unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Georgia and charges four employees ...
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Read More »February 18, 2013 Comments Off on Companies signal interest in offshore Va. winds
RICHMOND, Va. — An energy company developing the nation’s first offshore wind project is among the growing number of companies expressing interest in the federally designated wind-development area 27 miles off Virginia’s coast. Energy Management Inc., developer of the Cape ...
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Read More »February 18, 2013 Comments Off on Report: Md., Va., most vulnerable in budget fight
ANNAPOLIS — A Wells Fargo report says Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia are the most vulnerable to looming and widespread federal budget cuts. The report released Monday examines states that would feel the most pain from $85 billion ...
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Read More »February 15, 2013 1 Comment
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A U.S. Postal Service official has pleaded guilty to accepting at least $40,000 in bribes in exchange for helping a Maryland company receive $6 million in contracts. Forty-seven-year-old Gene Quarles of Spotsylvania pleaded guilty Thursday in federal ...
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Read More »January 15, 2013 Comments Off on Virginia considers first openly-gay judge (again)
Virginia is deciding whether to approve the full-time appointment of the first openly-gay judge in the state.
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Read More »January 14, 2013 Comments Off on Voters tell Va., Md. reps of November voting woes
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