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Ex-DNC chair for guv in 09? Quip stirs speculation
Was former Democratic chairman Terry McAuliffe dropping a hint about a possible 2009 run for governor of Virginia or just tweaking reporters at the party's national convention Wednesday? When reporters at the convention in Denver asked McAuliffe about...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Executive Branch, Political Candidates, Bob McDonnell, Elections
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Monday's Democratic National Convention schedule
Monday, Aug. 25: ONE NATION Session begins at 3 p.m. Mountain Time, which is 2 p.m. Pacific and 5 p.m. Eastern. 3 p.m - 7 p.m. Call to Order The Honorable Howard Dean Chair, Democratic National Committee Former Governor of Vermont Invocation The...Tags: Barack Obama, Georgia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Florida
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Sex change is at issue in Virginia hiring lawsuit
Associated PressAn Alexandria, Virginia, woman is suing the Library of Congress. Fifty-two-year-old Diane Schroer alleges that a job offer there was withdrawn one day after she informed an official that she was making the transition from being a man to being a woman....Tags: National Government, Virginia, Discrimination, Government, Justice and Rights
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Va. seeks poll workers for November election
Virginia is looking for additional help at the polls on Election Day. State and local elections officials say they still need more than 2,000 people to help on November 4 as election officers. Officials say help is needed because of the projected...Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Political Candidates, Virginia, Elections, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia)
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Couple Brings California Dream To Connecticut
Special to The CourantThe scene was a peninsula on the California coast, home to the University of California, Santa Barbara. Enter freshman Jeff Coyle, an 18-year-old volleyball player. A mutual friend introduces Jeff to Jill Freberg, 17, a sorority sister. Jeff asks Jill...Tags: Rocky Hill, Virginia, Nike Incorporated, Halloween, Connecticut
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Va. leads in crack sentence reductions
247-4749Virginia leads the nation in the number of prisoners who've had sentences reduced under new federal sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine, U.S. Sentencing Commission numbers show. Federal judges in Virginia have lowered the sentences of at least 825...Tags: Los Angeles, Judges, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Local Authority, Political Systems
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Consumers wise up in abandoning spendthift ways
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Adrienne Radtke plans to keep riding her bike to work even if gas prices drop. Steve Pizzini got rid of his Cadillac Escalade in favor of a 16-year-old Acura and doesn't expect to have another gas-guzzler. "I had a paradigm shift,"...Tags: National Government, Sales, Prices, Vehicles, New York
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Regional Calendar
Regional calendar MARYLAND Antique show Ocean City. Antiques by the Sea will be held 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Aug. 10 at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center, 40th Street and Isle of Wight Bay. Show features more than 40 exhibits by vendors from around...Tags: Mount Vernon, Frank Lloyd Wright, Vehicles, Movies, Wheaton
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Obama's rejection of public funding is his constitutional right
While Obama is receiving criticism for his decision to decline taxpayer funding for his presidential campaign from many groups such as Democracy 21, his decision should be supported for its protection of First Amendment rights. By running a campaign that...Tags: Political Candidates, Elections
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Some ways to get energy independence in transportation
Plug-in hybrid
What is it? A hybrid car with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that can go up to 50 miles on an overnight charge, from a wall socket in your home, before dipping into the gas tank.
What does itaccomplish? Would drastically increase gas...Tags: Honda, Vehicles, Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia), Saturn, Space Programs
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Urban centers on the rise again
The Wall Street JournalPASADENA, Calif.—Abandoning grueling freeway commutes, Mike Boseman recently found residential refuge in this Southern California city. His apartment building straddles a light-rail line, which the 25-year-old insurance broker rides to and from work...Tags: Los Angeles, Demographics, Petroleum Industry, Mortgages, Sociology
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Hispanics look to play key role in November
247-4639America's largest ethnic minority, the diverse Hispanic community, finds itself in an important strategic position for the 2008 presidential election. Voting as a unified bloc, the community can provide the swing votes that land hotly contested states &#...Tags: National Government, John McCain, Barack Obama, Lyndon B. Johnson, Population
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