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  • Global Warming Affects Health 23 Dec 2009 05:32 GMT
    ... reported COG last year. A year ago, the Virginia Commission on Climate Change found that CO2 ... national average. Commissioners documented what is happening in Virginia — a 5.4 degree increase in temperatures, ...

  • Feeling restless? Head for Virginia Beach 23 Dec 2009 05:51 GMT
    ... dome of the Komodo dragon habitat at the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center. Who was ... desert/Mediterranean Sea -- are modeled on contemporary environments that may also have existed in prehistoric ...

  • Virginia Beach Aquarium opens 'Restless Planet' exhibit 23 Dec 2009 10:00 GMT
    ... dome of the Komodo dragon habitat at the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center. Who was ... desert/Mediterranean Sea -- are modeled on contemporary environments that may also have existed in prehistoric ...

  • W.Va. rejects proposed sale of natural gas utility 23 Dec 2009 15:33 GMT
    ... gas utility Dominion spends $253M on W Virginia gas expansion Power company Dominion Resources said Wednesday ... The power company, which has headquarters in Richmond, Va., said Barr and Bassett Furniture Industries ... Tennessee. Gas could be the cavalry in global warming fight An unlikely source of energy has ...

  • McDonnell adds 3 members to Cabinet 23 Dec 2009 12:39 GMT
    ... Steve Szkotak and Dena Potter ASSOCIATED PRESS RICHMOND | Gov.-elect Robert F. McDonnell announced three ... gas sales. As a commuter in Northern Virginia for 25 years, Mr. Connaughton said he ... a statement from his old boss, Gov. Tim Kaine called Mr. Haymore "a principled and compassionate ...

  • McDonnell names three to cabinet posts 23 Dec 2009 02:31 GMT
    ... Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell has tapped a Northern Virginia Republican with local and federal government experience ... Haymore now serves as the commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Community Services under ... Agriculture and Community Services under outgoing Gov. Tim Kaine. McDonnell appointed Lisa Hicks-Thomas, a deputy attorney ...

  • Community Briefs: Dec. 25 Paper 23 Dec 2009 17:19 GMT
    ... is the first Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney from Virginia to be elected to the NDAA Board of ... approvals from the Federal Trade Commission and the Virginia Attorney General. As part of the agreement, ... hints at job cuts for state employees RICHMOND — Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell is warning state ...

  • Outgoing transportation secretary hopes public-private continues 23 Dec 2009 00:14 GMT
    ... Outgoing Virginia Transportation Secretary Pierce R. Homer said public-private partnerships ... provide weekday rail service from Lynchburg and Richmond, to New York City and Boston. Homer ... transportation in a single area, said Chase. The Virginia Department of Transportation also saw a massive ...

  • McDonnell names some Cabinet members 23 Dec 2009 06:54 GMT
    ... RICHMOND -- Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell took the first ... state's transportation system Tuesday, tapping a Northern Virginia lawyer with local and federal government experience ... named Todd Haymore, an official in Gov. Tim Kaine's administration, to serve as secretary of agriculture ...

  • Companies pull high-voltage power line application in Va. 23 Dec 2009 05:23 GMT
    ... build a high-voltage transmission line through Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia have asked to withdraw their application in Virginia in a move to coordinate the state ... scheduled to take place Dec. 30 in Richmond. If its motion to withdraw is approved, PATH ...

  • Power line application pulled 23 Dec 2009 05:27 GMT
    ... build a high-voltage transmission line through Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia have asked to withdraw their application in Virginia in a move to coordinate the state ... scheduled to take place Dec. 30 in Richmond. If its motion to withdraw is approved, PATH ...

  • High-voltage power line application is pulled 23 Dec 2009 05:30 GMT
    ... build a high-voltage transmission line through Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia have asked to withdraw their application in Virginia in a move to coordinate the state ... scheduled to take place Dec. 30 in Richmond. If its motion to withdraw is approved, PATH ...

  • Power line application pulled in Va. 23 Dec 2009 13:55 GMT
    ... build a high-voltage transmission line through Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia have asked to withdraw their application in Virginia in a move to coordinate the state ... scheduled to take place Dec. 30 in Richmond. If its motion to withdraw is approved, PATH ...

  • SOLs ignore meaningful education 23 Dec 2009 07:16 GMT
    ... been 15 years since the inception of the Virginia Standards of Learning. It's telling that neither ... are simply forgotten. Lorraine Lange, superintendent of Roanoke County Public Schools taught teachers that "learners ...

  • McDonnell names three more Cabinet secretaries 23 Dec 2009 15:13 GMT
    ... nationwide search for a new commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation. McDonnell repeated his assertion that ... or twhitley@timesdispatch.com. To see more of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, or to subscribe to the newspaper, ...


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