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A former Oneontan who works as a Virginia state trooper is recovering from injuries sustained in an on-duty car crash earlier this week.

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One year after filing for bankruptcy protection, Circuit City Stores Inc. is nearly extinct.

Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar alumna Amal Ameen al-Mehain, presently Barwa Media's acting art director, will present awards to VCUQatar alumni working at Barwa Media, during - Alumni Injaz Night' on November 15.

Ali Faruk grew up as a Muslim in an Indian-American military family in Northern Virginia.

'Knowledge is essential to understanding and understanding should precede judging." This Brandeis quote is featured on the Harold Berg mosaic in the University of Louisville Louis D.Brandeis School of Law entry area only a few feet from the final resting place of the Louisville native for whom the law school is named.

Richmond police have several suspects in one set of robberies in the Fan District and neighborhoods around Virginia Commonwealth University, with three people in custody and two more possibly facing indictment on robbery charges next month.

The Church of Scientology is going through a difficult season. Over the course of two days last week, a French court convicted the church of fraud and Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis' resignation from the church over a litany of concerns was aired publicly.

The last of three survivors of the Washington-area sniper attacks has been discharged from a hospital after undergoing five operations.

There are countless stories of lottery winners who have ended up broke or miserable.

Old models just don't compete well with new ones -- it's true in the fashion industry, and it's true with cars.

Moving testimony from teachers, family and friends -- and an assist from the prosecution -- may have kept a police impersonator found guilty of attempted abduction out of prison.

Last year, 23-year-old Rashida Hill watched the presidential debates, visited the college political party meetings and put a Barack Obama bumper sticker on her townhouse door.

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Barnstorming Democratic candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general touched down on the campus at of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond this afternoon as part of a final desperate push for votes on Election Day.

Happiness has had a tough time of it lately. The backlash against the seemingly endless stream of books about the subject had already set in last year.

Democrat R. Creigh Deeds and Republican Bob McDonnell both are making election-eve appearances in the Richmond area.

The Church of Scientology is going through a difficult season. Over the course of two days last week, a French court convicted the church of fraud and Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis' resignation from the church over a litany of concerns was aired publicly.

Six people were robbed and one car was stolen in two robberies and a carjacking last night and early today in Richmond.

Republican Bob McDonnell said yesterday that his jobs-and-economy theme has helped push him ahead, while Democrat R. Creigh Deeds continued promoting themes of education and transportation as the gubernatorial campaign headed into its final two days.