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Virginia launches road-trip tourism campaign

By Brock VergakisThe Associated Press — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

NORFOLK — Virginia's newest tourism campaign is focused on getting travelers off their couches and into their cars for an "Old School" road trip.

Mercurio says goodbye to Hampton Roads radio Thursday

By Mike Holtzclaw , mholtzclaw@dailypress.com | 757-928-6479 — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:51:46 EDT

After 26 years and 6,500 broadcasts, Tony Mercurio's sports talk show ends Thursday.

Tony Mercurio vows that there won't be anything especially different about his show on Thursday afternoon.

Site of State Fair of Virginia auctioned for $5.3M

By Zinie Chen Sampson, Associated Press — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:32:07 EDT

RICHMOND — The owner of a Tennessee-based amusement company placed the winning bid Tuesday for the State Fair of Virginia, buying both the 150-year-old fair and the event site, which includes where Triple Crown winner Secretariat was born.

State fair property to be sold at auction

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

RICHMOND — The Caroline County farm where champion racehorse Secretariat was born left her family's possession decades ago, but Kate Chenery Tweedy hopes the new owners keep the equestrian tradition alive — as well as resurrect the annual State Fair of Virginia.

Seagrasses drop sharply in Virginia coastal bays

By ALEX DOMINGUEZ — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:05:00 EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Deteriorating water quality and summer heat combined to kill off more than a third of seagrasses in coastal bays along the Eastern Shore, Maryland and Virginia officials announced Tuesday.

GOP House smacks McDonnell on bonuses, 25 amendments

By BOB LEWIS, AP Political Writer — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:40:00 EDT

The House of Delegates bullied Gov. Bob McDonnell on more than two dozen amendments he offered to the budget for the current fiscal year, including rejecting a proposal that put state employee pay bonuses in doubt. In a marathon session, 29 of the 106 amendments the Republican governor offered to two bills that direct state spending through June 2014 lay dead.

House of Delegates rejects Thorne-Begland for judgeship

By Jim Nolan, Richmond Times-Dispatch — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:10:00 EDT

A late-hour lobbying offensive by social conservatives prevailed in the House of Delegates early Tuesday to torpedo bipartisan support for the judicial nomination of an openly gay Richmond prosecutor.

Families allowed to intervene in disabilities case

Wed, 9 May 2012 20:39:51 EDT

RICHMOND — Thirteen residents of state-run centers for Virginians with intellectual disabilities can intervene in a court case that could lead to closure of most of the facilities, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Study examines black Virginians' economic outcomes

By Zinie Chen SampsonThe Associated Press — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:10:01 EDT

RICHMOND — Black Virginians have made educational and economic gains over the past three decades, but they continue to lag far behind their white counterparts, according to a University of Virginia study.

Cancer survivors, friends ready to walk for a cure

By Shannon Humphrey Mabe, shumphrey@dailypress.com 757-247-4795 — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Relay for Life events blanket Peninsula region. Missed one? Look for another

HAMPTON — Two years ago, Linda Batchelor Smith couldn't finish a lap around the track at Darling Stadium during Hampton's Relay for Life.