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March 17, 2010
UPDATE: Senate OKs jobs bill for Obama’s signature
WASHINGTON—The Senate is sending the first of several promised election-year jobs bills to President Obama for his signature. It would provide a...
Demjanjuk trial hears how Nazi guards recruited
An expert witness in the trial of John Demjanjuk says former Soviet POWs used by the Nazis as death camp guards were not told what they were agreeing to...
Obama to talk health care at George Mason
President Barack Obama is planning to visit a Washington-area university to talk about health care reform.
Rescue redux: Dog plucked from Lake Erie—twice
WESTFIELD, N.Y.—If Koozie the dog were a cat, she would be down to seven lives. The 8-year-old mix-breed pooch had to be rescued—not once,...
Pakistani court charges 5 from N.Va. with terrorism
ISLAMABAD—A defense lawyer says a Pakistani court has charged five young Americans with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country. Lawyer...
Virginia’s crab season opening
Virginia’s blue crab season opened Wednesday for the first time since hundreds of watermen sold back their license to the state to ease catch pressures...
Police say woman orchestrated East End armed robbery
Richmond police say a woman gave the father of her children a ride as a means to set him up to be robbed at gunpoint. Danielle McLaurin, 26, was being...
Hampton taps ‘Star Wars’ sculptor for anniversary statue
HAMPTON—The city of Hampton is commissioning an artist best known for sculptures of “Star Wars” characters to make a statue to mark its...
Pope says Irish Catholics ‘severely shaken’ by sex scandal
VATICAN CITY—Pope Benedict XVI said today he hopes his upcoming letter to the Irish faithful on the sex abuse scandal in Ireland’s Catholic...
Today in Richmond: sunny and 67 degrees
The National Weather Service is calling for sunny skies and light winds in the Richmond area today with an afternoon high of 67 degrees. Tomorrow will...
Richmond investigates 2nd bank robbery in 2 days
Richmond police are investigating the second bank robbery in as many days in the city. The latest robbery occurred at 3:50 p.m. yesterday at a BB&T...
Wal-Mart probing racist store announcement
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J.—Wal-Mart Stores Inc. officials are reviewing security tapes to try to determine who used a southern New Jersey store’s...
Man charged in South Richmond knife attack
A man was charged with malicious wounding last night after another man was slashed with a knife in South Richmond. Douglas Winston, 55, was charged after...
Senate poised to clear jobs bill
WASHINGTON—The Senate today is taking up a temporary tax break for companies that hire unemployed workers. The legislation contains about $18 billion...
Obama meets with Irish prime minister today
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day by meeting with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen at the White House. Obama...
Mary Washington paying departing president $217,000
FREDERICKSBURG—The University of Mary Washington plans to name an acting president to replace Judy Hample beginning April 1. Today’s planned...
Hawaii considering law to ignore Obama ‘birthers’
HONOLULU—Birthers beware: Hawaii may start ignoring your repeated requests for proof that President Barack Obama was born here. As the state continues...
Dozens killed in bus accident in Afghan mountains
KABUL—At least 30 people are dead after a bus plunged off a road near the Salang Pass, a major route through the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan....
U.S. missile attacks kill 9 in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD—Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles at vehicles and hit a militant hide-out in a tribal region of northwestern Pakistan today, killing...
Eight Va. rest areas reopening today
DINWIDDIE—Gov. Bob McDonnell will be on hand in Dinwiddie as Virginia continues to reopen rest areas closed during the Kaine administration. The...
State prisons’ numbers drop for 1st time since 1972
NEW YORK—Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last year, contributing to...
Chesterfield Chamber has questions about Fort Lee hotel plan
The Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce yesterday sent a letter to U.S. Rep. J. Randy Forbes, R-4th, requesting that the Army’s proposal to build...
Execution of teen’s killer set for tomorrow
Paul Warner Powell’s first encounter with the law was for the destruction of property at age 12, the start of eight years of arrests that led him...
Use public records to get a report card for your local school
Virginia has more than 1.2 million students in its 1,860 public schools, and there is a lot of information about those schools if you know where to look....
Hanover hosts collegiate workers for Habitat for Humanity project
When a Boston College student first wielded a hammer at Habitat for Humanity’s construction site in Ashland, she held it with two hands and took...
Reward doubled for missing VCU student
The reward for location of a missing Virginia Commonwealth University exchange student has doubled to $10,000, officials said yesterday. Jonathan S. Dorey’s...
Reid: Wife, daughter recovering from N.Va. crash
WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says his wife and daughter are recovering at home after a violent highway crash last week. Landra Reid,...
Crusade for Voters president resigns after charter schools testimony
The president of the Richmond Crusade for Voters resigned last night after members of the group expressed outrage over his testimony to the House of Delegates...
Scriptwriter to speak here as part of Alcohol Awareness Month
William Borchert, who was nominated for an Emmy in 1989 for writing the filmed-in-Richmond movie “My Name Is Bill W.,“ will be the keynote...
VDOT crews patch 43,000 potholes statewide
Road crews have patched more than 43,000 potholes in a pothole “blitz” across the state so far this month, state officials say. Virginia Department...
