After fatal shooting, Balto. Co. officers receive awards for valor
Source: Baltimore Sun
Norfolk :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-17 17:43:50 -0700 | political-news
Lopez' relatives had said in September they were outraged by his death at the hands of police and they questioned the account given at the time of a struggle...Weston, president of the Baltimore County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No...An...
Gun Control
Source: HNN
Fairfax :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-17 13:59:53 -0700 | political-news
Students will participate in a lock down drill and understand the procedures...Procedures: Attention Getter: Tell students that in 2012 alone, almost 450 people in Chicago died from something...After a few guesses have been made, tell students that these deaths were...
Wednesday registration deadline for Friday PTA Legislative Day in San Ramon
Source: Contra Costa Times
Danville :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-16 17:07:10 -0700 | political-news
Wednesday is the deadline to register for the 33rd annual PTA Advocacy Day focusing on "Unparalleled Opportunity, Unparalleled Risks," to be held Friday in San Ramon. The event, sponsored by the Las Trampas Creek Council of PTAs and the San...
C-SPAN Breaks Story About Investigation Into What Happens to MIA and POW Americans
Source: Salem News
Norfolk :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-16 12:32:15 -0700 | political-news
Breaks Story About Investigation Into What Happens to MIA and POW Americans Salem-News.com Watch the special program Saturday, April 20, noon EST; repeat airing Sunday, April 21, 11 a.m. April 20 about An American in the Basement, a investigation Into...
Judge orders Chinese former NASA contractor held until trial
Source: United Press International
Norfolk :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-16 12:26:22 -0700 | political-news
Chinese scientist Bo Jiang, charged with lying to federal investigators in Virginia, must remain in custody while he awaits a trial, a judge ruled. Langley Research center in Hampton, Va., was arrested March 16 as he attempted to board a...
Judge: EKU must release most records related to Hoskins' tenure at arts center
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
Richmond :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-16 09:51:16 -0700 | political-news
Clouse Jr. ruled Tuesday that Eastern Kentucky University must release the majority of documents the Herald-Leader is seeking related to the departure last June of EKU Center for the Arts director Debra Hoskins. The university and Hoskins have 14 days...
Lawmaker disputes impact of budget cuts on parks
Source: Virginian-Pilot Online
Virginia Beach :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-16 12:57:19 -0700 | political-news
The Republican chairman of a House oversight committee is challenging the head of the National Park Service's grim predictions of the impact automatic spending cuts would have on hundreds of parks across the country. Republican Congressman Darrel Issa of California...
This time, social media users showed some restraint
Source: USA Today
McLean :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-16 05:11:47 -0700 | political-news
ET, two bombs exploded near the finish line in today's Boston Marathon...EDT April 16, 2013 The Twitter crowd rises up against false reports, warning against being first at the expense of being right. Social media are no longer a novelty...
EDITORIAL: Coming to grips with reality on I-69
Source: Courier & Press
Martinsville :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-15 22:23:29 -0700 | political-news
Coming to grips with reality on I-69 Posted April 16, 2013 at 12:01 a.m. The Interstate 69 wars are far from over, but it does appear that some opponents to the Evansville-to-Indianapolis direct highway have come to grips with reality....
Driver high on drink and drugs who killed schoolgirl, 10, in a crash is jailed for 10 years
Source: Mail Online UK
Newport News :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-15 12:48:37 -0700 | political-news
Tragic Evey was sitting in the rear passenger seat of the vehicle, which was left a crumpled wreck and shunted 30 yards down the road by the impact. Blakely is said to have 'come from nowhere' and rammed into the...
Suspect in Va. college shootings appears in court
Source: The Boston Globe
Christiansburg :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-15 14:18:22 -0700 | political-news
Va. (AP) An 18-year-old man suspected of shooting and wounding two women at a community college in Virginia has been appointed an attorney at his initial court appearance. Neil Allan MacInnis was asked by a judge Monday if he understood...
Va. Group Looks to Preserve Monticello's View
Source: Epoch Times
Charlottesville :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-15 09:05:54 -0700 | political-news
Va. (AP) The foundation that owns Thomas Jefferson's estate hopes to take efforts to preserve Monticello's spectacular mountain views a step further, an idea that worries some developers. A request the group filed with the Albemarle County Planning Commission calls...
Ride for those who died: APD to honor fallen officers
Source: Times Standard
Portsmouth :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-15 04:24:25 -0700 | political-news
APD Officers Anthony Fox and Chris Wilson will take part in the Police Unity Tour -- a 240 mile bike ride from Portsmouth, Va., to Washington, D.C. The four-day ride starts May 9 and is aimed to raise public awareness...
NH police say bank robber dropped some cash
Source: Boston.com
Hampton :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-15 03:20:10 -0700 | political-news
N.H. (AP) Police in Hampton, N.H., are looking for a man who robbed a bank and dropped some of the money after he fled down an alley. Police say the man entered a TD BankNorth on Sunday afternoon and gave...
Bipartisanship tempered by toxic relationships
Source: Politico
Williamsburg :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-04-14 16:01:31 -0700 | political-news
From the outside, this spring has shaped up to be a season of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill. Gangs of senators have hashed out agreements on guns and immigration. President Barack Obama has had two dinners with Senate Republicans and traveled...
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