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FOX News/Rasmussen Reports Poll: Obama Leads in Ohio, 49% to 47% Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has gained a lead over his opponent in the swing state of Ohio, according to a recent poll. Barack Obama has pulled ahead of John McCain in Ohio, the weekly FOX News/Rasmussen Reports Battleground Poll shows. This week's poll shows a very stable race whose underlying dynamic strongly favors the Democratic presidential candidate. Obama holds a narrow advantage ranging from two to five percentage points in Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Missouri, and he is tied with McCain in North Carolina. Keep in mind that...

Never before heard audio of my good friend Chris Dorr, of Lynchburg, VA, asking Jim Gilmore to clarify his position on abortion at this year’s RPV State Convention. Question starts about five seconds in to the clip. http://theoldright.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/jim-gilmore-on-abortion/

RICHMOND, Va. - Doug and Cheryl Camden were raised around guns but agreed not to keep them in their house after they got married and began raising five children of their own. Then violent crime began to dominate daily news reports. Several businesses near their Chester restaurant were robbed, home invasions seemed to increase and the world just seemed to be getting much more dangerous. "It's to the point where you can't walk through the park without getting attacked," Doug Camden said Friday. So the Camdens are following the path taken by a sharply increasing number of Virginians: They're applying...

In the wake of Super Tuesday's split between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the conventional wisdom is that the rest of the February primary calendar favors the senator from Illinois. On balance, the evidence is pretty strong. Obama does disproportionately well in caucus states (Washington, Nebraska, Maine), in states where African Americans make up more than a quarter of the population (Louisiana, 31.7 percent; Maryland, 29.5 percent), and in lily-white northern-tier states (Nebraska, Maine, Wisconsin, and to a slightly lesser extent Washington). In fact, somewhat astonishingly, among states in which whites make up 89 percent or more of the population,...

If dad goes for a walk with his daughter and holds her hand, apparently Virginia Department of Health officials wants you to pick up the phone and destroy his life by reporting him as a possible sexual abuser. I would've thought this article about this campaign was from the Onion or some satirical publication, but it's for real. One of the most beautiful pictures I've ever seen is a picture of my father walking on the beach near sunset holding my daughter's little hand. The picture in the new "Stop It Now" campaign advertisement that depicts a man holding a...

The 15-story towers and crackling cables that are planned to cut across the Northern Virginia countryside are just red lines on a map, a paper illustration of what could come. But for Cameron Eaton, who learned shortly after Thanksgiving that one of the proposed routes for a new high-voltage power line slices across her Fauquier County property, they have already brought the specter of financial ruin. She bought her 100-acre Delaplane farm last year, when it was an overgrown slice of land anchored by a rundown old farmhouse just off Interstate 66. She plowed all her savings into it. To...

Desi Making Waves By Roopika Risam Aneesh Chopra: The Power of Three in Public Service At age 33, Aneesh Chopra is the Secretary of Technology in the Commonwealth of Virginia cabinet, under Governor Tim Kaine. Prior to his appointment, Chopra served as managing director of the Advisory Board Company. He sat down with ABCDlady to talk about government, networking and the power of three. You are currently secretary of technology for Virginia governor Tim Kaine. Previously, you were managing director of the Advisory Board Company, which provides research and analysis in business strategy and management for the health care...

The removal of the Confederate flag from Amherst County's official seal has upset Southern heritage groups, who contend residents weren't told of the change. County officials acknowledge the image was quietly removed in August 2004 to avoid an uproar.

Governor Tim Kaine of the southern U.S. state of Virginia says President Bush's "poor choices and bad management" have left the federal government unable to serve the American people... The governor also blasted the Bush administration for its handling of the new Medicare prescription drug plan, which he said was poorly planned. Mr. Kaine says Democrats across the nation are leading the way on reforms in such areas as energy and ethics for lawmakers.

Topics: Tax Reform OP/ED, Virginia Governor's race, 20065 Alabama Governor's race.

RICHMOND, VA. - John Allen Muhammad's lawyers argued before the state Supreme Court on Tuesday that the convicted sniper cannot be sentenced to death under a Virginia law because he did not pull the trigger in the October 2002 killing spree. Muhammad was sentenced to die after being convicted of two counts of capital murder last year in the shooting of Dean Harold Meyers near Manassas. Prosecutors had argued Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo formed a sniper team and were thus equally culpable — even though Malvo said he pulled the trigger. Defense lawyer Peter Greenspun contended that Virginia law...

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<p>CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — A tanker carrying industrial ethanol exploded and sank about 50 miles off the Virginia coast Saturday night, the Coast Guard said.</p> <p>The 570-foot tanker was traveling from New York to Houston when it called in a mayday to the Coast Guard just after 6 p.m., saying there had been an explosion on board, Petty Officer Stacey Pardini of the Coast Guard Atlantic area in Portsmouth said.</p>

Actions reaffirm Republicans strong anti-tax sentiments Committees reject bills to up taxes. The lawmakers who sought tax increases said the state cannot cut its way out of a $2.1 billion budget shortfall without damaging essential programs. By MICHAEL SLUSS and KEVIN MILLER THE ROANOKE TIMES RICHMOND - Two key General Assembly committees shelved a stack of bills Wednesday that would have increased taxes , confirming that lawmakers will try to balance Virginia's revenue-strapped budget with a combination of spending cuts and stopgap measures. The Senate and House of Delegates finance committees quashed proposals that would have raised cigarette and alcohol...

Homeowner Must Pay $102,000 For Flying the American Flag May have to pay an additional $42,000 January 25, 2003 By Shu Bartholomew (View author info) Richmond, VA - Breaking News... Contact Richard and Ava Oulton FAX (804)270-5757 Richard and Ava Oullton were informed by Judge Harris of the Henrico County Circuit Court to be prepared to pay the consequences if Old Glory is still flying on their property on March 1st. Having exhausted every avenue of appeal, the Oultons ultimately lost the battle to keep their flagpole on their property. The Virginia Supreme Court's opinion, that people who live in...

Matthew 17:20-21 for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. I would ask that all who will, not just pray but, also fast. This helps in getting G- d's attention and also shows that you really mean it. Make sure you do it with a right heart. Wanting to get closer to G-d, seek his face. If you read...

<p>BALTIMORE — A man was shot and killed while pumping gas in a Virginia station on Wednesday night. Authorities are investigating whether or not the murder is linked to the sniper who has terrorized the Washington area for a week.</p>