Outages Near 112,000 in Va As Storm Reaches State

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nearly 112,000 customers are without power and schools are closed in parts of Virginia as a late-winter storm moves across the state. The outages include about 65,700 Dominion Virginia Power customers, more than 43,000 customers of electric cooperatives and about 3,240 Appalachian Power customers. Most of the outages are in the …

Va Schools Earn Education Excellence Award

2013 Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence Two schools – Rocky Run Middle in Fairfax County and Kemps Landing Magnet in Virginia Beach – earned the Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence, the highest VIP award. Both schools will receive a display banner and a signed resolution of commendation from Governor McDonnell. No school divisions qualified for …

Martinsville Keeps Top Jobless Rate in February

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The city of Martinsville’s jobless rate remained the highest in Virginia in February. The Virginia Employment Commission says the city’s seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was 15.4 percent, down from 16.7 percent in January and 16.2 percent a year ago. The statewide rate for February was 5.7 percent. Nationally, the seasonally unadjusted …

In Q1, McAuliffe Grosses $5.1M, Cuccinelli $2.4M

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic fundraising maven Terry McAuliffe raked in $5.1 million for his own Virginia gubernatorial quest the first quarter of this year. His Republican rival, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, raised about $2.4 million, but had about half the time to do it because of the law banning officeholders from raising cash during …

2 Found Dead in Burning House in Chesterfield

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Chesterfield County authorities are investigating the deaths of two people who were found in a burning house. Lt. Jason Elmore of the fire department says foul play is suspected. Several fires may have been intentionally set inside the structure. The bodies were found on different floors of the two-story structure. According …

Va Police Halt Search for Woman, Await ID of Body

HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police are awaiting the identification of a body found in the same area where a missing professor’s car was discovered. The Daily News-Record (http://bit.ly/15eBYRv ) reports that state police halted the search for Harriet Cobb after the body was found Friday in the Mountain Grove area of Bath County. …

Deadly fire hits Kangkok shopping complex

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The country waits as coup rumours grow

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Middle classes losing out to ultra-rich

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New duck species found in Philippines

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