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Virginia lawmakers want tougher penalties on cigarette traffickers
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Virginia lawmakers want tougher penalties on cigarette traffickers. Low excise taxes on cigarettes have made the state an attractive base for smugglers.
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Vice President Biden gun control battle: Biden takes White House campaign to Virginia
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Vice President Joe Biden is taking the White House's campaign for gun control on the road to Virginia.
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Biden to promote gun control in pro-gun Virginia
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The White House announced Wednesday that Biden would travel to Richmond on Friday along with other Obama administration officials and Democratic Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine.
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George Huguely attorneys file case with appeals court
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Lawyers for George W. Huguely V on Tuesday filed a petition for appeal with the court arguing that constitutional and procedural errors entitle him to a new trial.
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Tracy Thorne-Begland confirmed by Virginia House
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The House of Delegates has voted overwhelmingly to confirm Tracy Thorne-Begland of Richmond as Virginia's first openly gay judge.
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Virginia 2013 legislative session begins
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Opening day of the 2013 General Assembly started Wednesday with rallies focused on the issue that dominated last year's session - abortion.
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McDonnell proposes replacing gas tax with sales tax
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Gov. Bob McDonnell wants Virginia lawmakers to eliminate the state gasoline tax and replace it with a sales tax increase of less than a penny on the dollar.
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Redskins Richmond training camp construction could start soon
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Construction on the Washington Redskins training camp in Richmond could start as soon as next week.
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Virginia jobless rate falls in November
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The Virginia Employment Commission says the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 5.6 percent last month, down from 5.7 percent in October and 6.2 percent a year ago.
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Pearl Harbor attack anniversary: Virginia flags flown at half-staff to commemorate
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Joe Demler was dubbed 'the human skeleton' in a famous 1945 Life magazine photo, taken after he was freed from a German prisoner of war camp. Today, Demler visited the World War II Memorial in Washington on his 87th birthday.
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Redskins training camp: Richmond council unanimously approves deal
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The Richmond City Council is expected to vote Monday night on a key component of the deal to bring the Washington Redskins training camp to Virginia’s capital.
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Va. Capitol Christmas tree lighting set for Friday
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Gov. Bob McDonnell and first lady Maureen McDonnell will light the Capitol tree on Friday.
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Redskins training camp deal approved by Richmond council
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Richmond’s city council has approved a resolution to build a nearly $9 million training camp facility for the Washington Redskins.
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Redskins training-camp move to Richmond questioned
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The Washington Redskins' decision to convene in Richmond for training-camp purposes the next eight seasons is a touchy subject in some quarters.
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President Obama rallies in Richmond
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More than 15,000 Obama supporters showed up for a presidential rally in Richmond Thursday. And republican VP candidate Paul Ryan draws crowds in Bristol and Charlottesville.
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Redskins training camp hosted at Science Museum site in Richmond, report says
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The Washington Redskins summer training camp will be held at a vacant land behind the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, according to the Richmond Times Dispatch.
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Mitt Romney rallies in Richmond
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Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama take different tactics in Virginia heading into the weekend.
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Trooper Andrew D. Fox funeral services set
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Services are scheduled Wednesday in Pulaski for a 27-year-old Virginia state trooper who was struck and killed while directing traffic in Hanover County.
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