Mar 11th, 2010 · The Senate majority leader's wife, Landra, suffered a broken back and neck after the minivan she was riding in with her daughter, Lana Barringer, was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck on a highway in suburban Virginia. Neither woman's injuries appeared to be life-threatening, Reid's aides said.
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Feb 22nd, 2010 · Even if Democrats can manage to agree on a health care bill, there's widespread rebellion from the states. More than 30 states are moving to block the federal government from imposing a central feature of the bill: the individual mandate requiring that everyone buy insurance. Legal scholars generally agree that the measure is constitutional. Still, Virginia's pre-emptive law is on the governor's desk.
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Feb 5th, 2010 · As a massive storm hit Virginia and headed north, forecasters predicted a record 30 inches or more of snow for Washington, D.C. The storm was expected to track through Virginia and West Virginia, across Maryland into southern New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Jan 30th, 2010 · A Northern Virginia community had to decide whether to let a Saudi-funded Islamic school expand to serve more kids. The debate turned to the curriculum at the Islamic Saudi Academy and draws attention to the still-tenuous relationships between Muslims and non-Muslims in America.
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Jan 27th, 2010 · Transcript of the prepared remarks of the Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union address, delivered by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.
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Jan 21st, 2010 · Virginia's Transportation Board voted to reopen 19 closed Interstate rest stops. They were shut last summer amid budget cuts, much to the dismay of travelers.
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Jan 20th, 2010 · Scores of police officers are searching in central Virginia for a gunman who killed eight people and nearly took down a state police helicopter Tuesday. The suspect is believed to be in woods near a home where seven bodies were found.
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Jan 14th, 2010 · More contaminated dough was found at Nestle factory in Virginia that had problems last year. But this time, the company said, none of the dough left the facility.
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