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Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: The rise of the confounding conservative
July 30, 2010Ken Cuccinelli was at his desk past midnight, laboring over calculus homework, when he heard a long, loud scream. It came from an adjacent basement bedroom in the group house he rented with some friends that summer of 1989 in Charlottesville, where he was a student at the University of Virginia. The woman in the room had awakened to an intruder climbing onto her bed. She kicked him and bolted upstairs. The man fled through the window he had entered.
Harry C. Press Jr., 78, dies; led Howard University's radiology department
July 30, 2010Harry C. Press Jr., 78, a Howard University radiologist who successfully fought for the racial integration of a swimming pool in his former Silver Spring neighborhood, died July 4 at his home in Bethesda. He had complications from colon cancer.
Video game group spent $1.1M lobbying in 2Q
July 30, 2010WASHINGTON -- The Entertainment Software Association, a trade group for video game companies, spent $1.1 million during the second quarter to lobby on the regulation of video game content, First Amendment protection, parental control technology and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report.
1st US execution of woman since 2005 set for Sept.
July 30, 2010 RICHMOND, Va. -- A Virginia woman who used sex and money to persuade two men to kill her husband and her stepson to collect a $250,000 life insurance policy was scheduled Thursday to be executed in two months, which would be the first U.S. execution of a woman in five years.
Arizona immigration law SB 1070 - Judge blocks some sections
July 30, 2010A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the most contested provisions of Arizona's new immigration law one day before they were to take effect, ratcheting up the legal and political debate over the increasingly divisive issue.
Prince George's County volunteer opportunities
July 30, 2010The American Red Cross's Prince George's County chapter needs volunteers 18 and older to join its Disaster Action Team. Members assist with local disaster relief such as fire, flooding and storms, including aiding and comforting survivors. Training is provided. Call 240-487-2105.
Elena Kagan news: Sen. Jeff Sessions calls Kagan a 'dangerous' nominee
July 30, 2010WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan picked up more GOP backing Wednesday in her drive toward near-certain confirmation next week, even as a top Republican lashed out at her as "dangerous."
Coal companies eye targeting congressional Dems
July 30, 2010 FRANKFORT, Ky. -- An Appalachian coal company is asking its competitors to pool their money for a political offensive against Democrats in Kentucky and West Virginia they believe are anti-coal.
Target Corp. defends Minn. political donation
July 30, 2010ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Target Corp. on Tuesday defended the use of its new freedom to spend money on political campaigns as employees and gay organizations criticized a $150,000 donation that will help a Minnesota GOP gubernatorial candidate who opposes gay marriage.
Oil spill legal mess likely one of costliest ever
July 30, 2010MIAMI -- BP PLC and the other companies involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are faced with fast-multiplying lawsuits that will provoke one of the most drawn-out and costliest legal battles in U.S. history, one that could easily consume the $20 billion set aside by BP to pay for the disaster, according to legal experts and attorneys nationwide.
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