McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is now taking public comments on its proposed rate increases along the Dulles Toll Road.

Virginia has recorded its first two human West Nile virus cases of 2012.

The Virginia Lottery earned a record $487 million profit in the fiscal year that ended June 30.

The Virginia and federal governments are making it possible for the state's farmers' markets to accept food stamps.

Governments in another seven Virginia localities are eligible for federal disaster aid to help pay costs stemming from severe storms in late June.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Virginia Tourism Corporation is planning to award more than $660,000 in grants to 45 tourism initiatives throughout the state.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign is launching state-specific efforts to target elements of Paul Ryan's austere budget proposals, expanding beyond its opposition to the Republican vice presidential candidate's Medicare overhaul.

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (AP) -- Like the people who hike it, the Appalachian Trail is always moving.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- An initiative that's part of southwest Virginia's `Round the Mountain artisan network is receiving $815,000 in grant money to help promote economic development.

Virginia is receiving nearly $189,000 in federal grants to help pay for low-income students to take advanced placement tests.

A Maryland man faces criminal charges in Warren County, Va., for allegedly selling rotten meat from a supermarket garbage bin.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- A group of University of Virginia alumni are calling on the school's board to explain candidly its attempted ouster of President Teresa Sullivan, saying a failure to do so will hurt the university's reputation and its fundraising efforts.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A Martinsville woman has nabbed a new record freshwater drum.

Attorneys for Facebook and the American Civil Liberties Union want a federal appeals court to rule that clicking the "Like" button on the social networking site is constitutionally protected speech.

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) -- A teenager has been sentenced to two years and two months in prison for an accident that killed a fellow student at James River High School.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Three Chamber of Commerce offices and a state government office have been recognized for their efforts to restock Virginia's food banks.

The State Board of Elections is meeting to discuss a nonprofit group's voter registration mailings following hundreds of complaints.

Authorities are investigating a pipe bomb that exploded in Blacksburg, damaging a vehicle parked blocks from Virginia Tech's campus.

Central Virginia is again the backdrop for a film focusing on President Abraham Lincoln.

The University of Virginia is being sued by the family of a literary journal managing editor who committed suicide in 2010.

Authorities are investigating an explosion in Blacksburg that damaged a passenger vehicle.

A Michigan man has died two days after a surfer rescued him from the ocean at Virginia Beach.

Crews are fixing the chimneys in rooms on the University of Virginia's historic Lawn and Range.

The University of Virginia is creating a teachable moment from President Teresa A. Sullivan's ouster and reinstatement.

People are inventing so many new, legal ways to get high that lawmakers can't seem to keep up.