SALISBURY — Perdue Farms Inc. says it plans to layoff about 100 employees at the end of next month. Perdue, based in Salisbury, has hired North Carolina-based subcontractor Unicon to employ chicken catchers at its processing plants in Georgetown, Del., ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte is attempting to ban the use of federal dollars to implement the Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay restoration plan, accusing the agency of overreaching its authority. The Virginia Republican said the states within ...

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An Anne Arundel County woman has filed a $2 million federal lawsuit against a medical device manufacturer, claiming that part of the forceps used during her hysterectomy broke off and remained in her pelvis for more than a year. Kimberly ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley has announced that a former Virginia official will be the new secretary for the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services. O’Malley said Monday that Sam Abed, who was chief deputy director for the Department of Juvenile ...

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RICHMOND  — The Virginia State Bar says Gov. Bob McDonnell’s proposed $5 million raid on its cash reserves is an unprecedented, and perhaps illegal, tax on the state’s lawyers. The state bar is urging Virginia legislators to reject McDonnell’s plan ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — A university professor who was labeled “a wannabe right-wing pundit” by a colleague urged a federal appeals court on Wednesday to revive his lawsuit claiming he was denied a promotion because of his conservative Christian views. A ...

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The proposed merger between FirstEnergy Corp. and Allegheny Energy Inc. now has only to secure approval from Pennsylvania regulators to move forward after the Maryland Public Service Commission gave the deal its OK. The commission approved the merger of the ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — A tweet about the difference between “presume” and “assume” did not require a federal judge to hold a hearing on possible juror misconduct, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held last week. Richard Adolphus Forde, who ...

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HAGERSTOWN — The lawyer for a U.S. Army private suspected of passing thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks says he has asked the government to release his client from a Marine Corps brig due to what he says are needlessly ...

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RICHMOND, Va.— A federal appeals court says police went too far when they barged into a West Virginia family’s home without first knocking and announcing their presence. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ...

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