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Va.'s first African-American federal judge to semi-retire next year
Richmond Times-DispatchU.S. District Judge James R. Spencer, the first African-American to serve as a federal judge in Virginia, will step down from active status to become a senior judge next year. His semi-retirement from the Richmond division of the federal court system'...Tags: Justice System, Hampton Roads, Ronald Reagan, Jim Webb, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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The Mount Airy News, N.C., Tom Joyce column
The Mount Airy News, N.C.It's funny how politicians at virtually every level of government always pledge to create jobs, yet their actions seem to involve everything but the economy -- whether it be a preoccupation with gun control, gay marriage or other irrelevant social issues....Tags: Immigration, Regional Authority, U.S. Congress, Mount Airy, Interior Policy
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Warner to chair Senate Commerce subcommittee
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner will lead a Senate Commerce Committee subpanel that promotes trade, investment, innovation and manufacturing to boost U.S. competitiveness. The Virginia Democrat announced his appointment as chairman of the Competitiveness,...
Tags: Invention and Innovation, Politics, John D. Rockefeller IV
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Roanoke College poll shows Virginians undecided in gubernatorial election
WDBJ7 ReporterNew poll results released Wednesday night show the race for Virginia's governor is far from decided. Roanoke College's Institute for Policy and Opinion Research shows Republican Ken Cuccinelli has a narrow lead over Democrat Terry McAuliffe....Tags: U.S. Congress, Regional Authority, Government, Elections, Ken Cuccinelli
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Obama: 'Shame on us' if Congress forgets Newtown
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and "get squishy" on tightened gun laws, though some lawmakers in his own Democratic Party remain a tough...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Quinnipiac University, Peter Brown
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Lawmakers rush to catch up on gay marriage
WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, American opinion on gay marriage has been shifting. Now lawmakers are in a mad dash to catch up. In less than two weeks, seven senators — all from moderate or Republican-leaning states — announced their...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, Justice System, Judges, Family
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Supremes waffle on marriage equality
Over the last 40 years, I've been involved in a lot of political battles for a lot of different causes: workers' rights, women's rights, gay rights, environmental protection, anti-war, anti-nuclear power, anti-urban sprawl, animal rights, gun control,...
Tags: Christianity, Social Issues, Religion and Belief, Family, Defense of Marriage Act
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However court rules, gay marriage debate won't end
NEW YORK (AP) — However the Supreme Court rules after its landmark hearings on same-sex marriage, the issue seems certain to divide Americans and states for many years to come. In oral arguments Tuesday and Wednesday on two cases involving gay...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, Justice System, Social Issues, Family
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Obama: Sequestration demands a compromise
President Barack Obama made a late appeal for compromise to stave off across-the-board cuts Tuesday in a speech at Newport News Shipbuilding. He called sequestration – the budgetary term for the cuts – an ugly word, and an even uglier...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Justice System, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections
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Hillary Clinton's stock is on the rise
In the cease-fire struck between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got second billing to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's role as the prime go-between, and rightly so. But her highly visible hand-holding on both...Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Mahmoud Abbas, Joe Biden, Elections, Israel
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Former Roanoke Delegate Chip Woodrum Dies
ReporterFormer Delegate Chip Woodrum has died. A Roanoke attorney, Woodrum represented western Virginia in the General Assembly for 24 years. He was 74 years old. Woodrum first ran for the House of Delegates in 1979, winning the seat he would hold for over...Tags: Virginia General Assembly, Human Interest, Local Elections, Arts and Culture, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
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Members of VA Congressional delegation unite against sequestration cuts
Nine of Virginia's 13 members of Congress sent a letter to President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Friday expressing their unified support of averting the arbitrary sequestration cuts...Tags: U.S. Congress, Government, National Government, National Security, Harry Reid
Apr 29, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 27, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 25, 2013
|Story| AP Virginia
Apr 17, 2013
|Story| WDBJ7
Mar 29, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 29, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 29, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Mar 28, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Feb 26, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Nov 26, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 20, 2013
|Story| WDBJ7
Feb 15, 2013
| Daily Press
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