MSNBC’s David Shuster Hits Republicans as Racist for Calling Charlie - News Busters
MSNBC’s David Shuster on Monday attacked Republicans as racist for calling embattled Congressman Charlie Rangel a “crooked, Harlem Democrat.” Talking to ex-Virginia Governor Doug Wilder, the host complained about a press release by the National
Duke’s Scheyer, Singler named to All-ACC team - Greensboro News & Record
RALEIGH (AP) Maryland’s Greivis Vasquez, Duke’s Jon Scheyer and Virginia Tech’s Malcolm Delaney the top three scorers in the ACC are unanimous All-ACC picks. Vasquez, Scheyer and Delaney were first-team selections on all 53 votes in
Mark Linkous, Leader of Sparklehorse Band, Dies at 47 - New York Times
Frederick Mark Linkous was born in Arlington, Va., in 1962 to a family with roots in the coal-mining country of southwestern Virginia. After graduating from high school he moved to New York City and started the band the Dancing Hoods, which relocated
FDIC’s Bair Eyes Low Interest Rates, More Lending - ABC News
ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - U.S. banking regulator Sheila Bair said on Monday that a low interest rate policy is “clearly appropriate” to get credit flowing, while also saying regulators should stop short of ordering banks to lend. Bair, chairman
Virginia’s backsliding on mental health care - Washington Post
In the wake of the shootings on the Virginia Tech campus that left 33 people dead on April 16, 2007, then-Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, with then-Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell standing next to him, signed legislation to improve the state’s mental health-care system. Two years after that
Confrontation between student and professor at Portland State - Oregonian
One afternoon last November, a Portland State University economics student gave a class presentation on what he described as the U.S. military’s flawed reliance on one of its key combat rifles. View full size Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian Zach
Butler leads No. 10 West Virginia over No. 9 Nova - Collegebaseball.rivals.com
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Some situations conjure up great images. Even if they don t happen. West Virginia had just played its worst half of the season against Villanova on Saturday. Those who know the coaching techniques of Bob Huggins would expect him
Brown s 19 lead Pitt past Rutgers 83-54 - Collegebaseball.rivals.com
PITTSBURGH (AP) Gilbert Brown scored 19 points and No. 17 Pittsburgh took control early with a 19-2 run Saturday that sent the Panthers to an 83-54 rout of Rutgers and the No. 2 seeding in the Big East tournament. The Panthers (24-7, 13-5) were
Virginia suspends Landesberg for rest of season - USA Today
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Virginia has suspended top scorer Sylven Landesberg for the rest of the season for failing to meet his academic obligations, the school said. Coach Tony Bennett made the announcement Saturday about an hour before the
Snowflakes, warnings from Alabama to West Virginia - Indiana Gazette
AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND) North Alabama reported snow mixed with icy rain early Tuesday and a winter weather The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings or advisories in western North and South Carolina. Light snow was possible
President Obama declares major disaster in West Virginia - Thaindian.com
or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe winter storm and snowstorm in the counties of Boone, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Kanawha, McDowell, Mingo, Nicholas, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Ritchie, Roane, and Wyoming.
Kaine not worried about politics of health care - San Francisco Chronicle
In a nationally broadcast interview, the former Virginia governor said, “If they want to run a campaign of bring back the day of kicking people off because of pre-existing conditions, I relish it.” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,
Multiracial No Longer Boxed In By Census - WUSA
( USA TODAY ) — Jennifer Harvey was raised by her white mother and white stepfather in what she calls “a Caucasian world.” Harvey never met her father but she knew he was black and Cuban. That made her Hispanic, white and black. “Blacks think I’m
