post-gazette.com - News:
The West Virginia Public Service Commission deferred action on a petition for the sale of natural gas utility Dominion Hope to a private investor group, thus delaying the sale of Pittsburgh utility Dominion Peoples to the sam (Read More)
Editorials for Richmond Times-Dispatch:
WEEK’S END A new report finds that Virginia’s tax system is still regressive: Low-income earners pay a higher percentage of their income than high-income earners. Virginia shouldn’t soak the rich, or the middle class. But it (Read More)
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Virginia State Police say one person was killed when a tour bus belonging to Miley Cyrus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star was not on board. (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Miranda Seymour enjoys a detailed insight into the daunting life of a Victorian hostessGertrude Tennant, a centenarian born in 1818, was one of those formidable 19th-century hostesses whose names surface today primarily due t (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Suffering from 'novel nausea', Zadie Smith wonders if the essay lives up to its promiseWhy do novelists write essays? Most publishers would rather have a novel. Bookshops don't know where to put them. It's a rare reader who s (Read More)
Virginia Politics Blog:
Gov. Mark Warner had "One Virginia." Gov. Tim Kaine had "Moving Virginia Forward." Now it looks like Gov. Bob McDonnell will have "Opportunity Virginia," a committee established to advance McDonnell's political goals, includi (Read More)
Virginia Politics Blog:
Quite a number of folks in Richmond have speculated that Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell's campaign manager, Phil Cox, might become chief of staff in McDonnell's administration. After all, a number of people have noted that he is ve (Read More)
Blue Virginia:
Bob McDonnell on how he won the governor's election:1. Identified the important issues (economy, "pocketbook") early and laid out "detailed plans" to deal with them.2. "I brought in very, very good people..."3. "We made a key (Read More)
MSNBC:
Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor It struck us as fundamentally wrong that the Postal Service would no longer accept or deliver letters from kids written to Santa at the North Pole—but we, along with others, reported (Read More)
Reuters:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The driver of a tour bus for Miley Cyrus died on Friday when the vehicle crashed in Virginia, but the teen singer was not on-board, police said.
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MSNBC.com: Entertainment:
The "Hannah Montana" star wasn't on board bus that ran off of a central Virginia interstate, struck an embankment and overturned. The driver died at the scene, police said. . (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Never one to shy away from hyperbole, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) insisted on Friday that the Department of Justice's decision to try terrorist suspects in civilian court will result in a growth in domestic terrorism and the inc (Read More)
Reuters:
MIAMI (Reuters) - West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin expects to sign bills giving the state's large cities pension-funding relief and approving the sale of $225 million in stimulus bonds, a spokesman said on Friday.
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The Moderate Voice:
Is Rep. Virginia Foxx crazy? I don’t know, but she certainly says some crazy things. Consider a couple of things she said yesterday:– “Actually, the GOP has been the leader in starting good environmental programs in this coun (Read More)
Blue Virginia:
Based on these tweets, I'm baffled.*"Warner indicates he will vote FOR cloture tomorrow: 'moving to debate it simply starts the process'"*"Warner, more: 'I think it's gotten better but I think it's still got a long ways to go (Read More)
State & Regional Politics for Richmond Times-Dispatch:
More than 100 people gathered outside the downtown Richmond offices of Sens. Jim Webb and Mark R. Warner today to protest the proposed health care plans pending before Congress. Neither Virginia Senator, both Democrats, has c (Read More)
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from blog:
This week's spotlight includes Miami's Morgan Stroman, Virginia's Simone Egwu, Georgia Tech's Deja Foster and NC State's Emili Tasler. (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Metro:
Lynbrook Elementary School, which serves one of the poorest communities in Fairfax County, seems to be a model for reform. Three years ago, the Springfield school failed to meet state testing goals in English. Since then it h (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Virginia:
Lynbrook Elementary School, which serves one of the poorest communities in Fairfax County, seems to be a model for reform. Three years ago, the Springfield school failed to meet state testing goals in English. Since then it h (Read More)