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Advocates push abortion-rights license plate in Va
The Press Democrat
| Activists are pushing a "Trust Women/Respect Choice" license plate in Virginia, which would become only the fourth state to offer a pro-choice plate and the first to require legislative approval for it. Supporters have threatened to sue if lawmakers don't give drivers the option. | "We really don'...
Arch Coal's Coal-Mac Operation Honored With Three Safety and Environmental Awards in West Virginia
redOrbit
Posted on: Monday, 8 February 2010, 16:20 CST | CHARLESTON, W.Va., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) today announced that Coal-Mac, Inc. has earned three top West Virginia state honors for achieving a strong safety performa...
Advocates push abortion-rights license plate in Va
The Press Democrat
| Activists are pushing a "Trust Women/Respect Choice" license plate in Virginia, which would become only the fourth state to offer a pro-choice plate and the first to require legislative approval for it. Supporters have threatened to sue if lawmaker...
Lorillard 4Q profit falls on higher costs
The Examiner
Comments RICHMOND, Va. (Map, News) - Lorillard Inc., the nation's third-largest cigarette maker, saw less of a decline in cigarettes sold in the fourth quarter than its competitors. One of its value brands posted big gains and its Newport menthol bra...
Amazon: Alexandria nation's most romantic city
Business Journal
Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | Get new image | Audio verification | reCAPTCHA™ | Amazon.com i...
Dominion Virginia Power Expects 98 Percent of Storm Restoration Will be Completed by Tonight
redOrbit
Posted on: Monday, 8 February 2010, 07:02 CST | RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thousands of Dominion Virginia Power employees and contractors have worked around the clock through the weekend to restore electric service to 271,000 of ...
Snow storm creating many challenges for Pittsburgh area businesses
Business Journal
Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | Get new image | Audio verification | reCAPTCHA™ Southwestern P...
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend, former Italian model Carla Bruni hold hands on a trip to Cairo, Egypt in this Dec. 30, 2007 file photo. Sarkozy married his girlfriend in a small ceremony Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008 at the presidential Elysee Palace, the mayor who performed the ceremony said. Sarkozy, 53, and Bruni, 40, have had a whirlwind courtship: They married less than three months after they reportedly first met, and less than four months after Sarkozy divorced his second wife, Cecilia.
AP Photo / Remy de la Mauviniere, file
How do we divide a house after a divorce?
The Guardian
| Q I live with my partner and we are going through a rough patch and will probably­ split up. We are both sensible people, even though emotions will obviously run high. Our house...
Cellphone - Texting - Text Message
WN / Yolanda Leyba
That text can wait until drive is over
The Oklahoman
| Keeping in touch on the road is taking a toll. Our desire to stay connected via cell phone no matter where we are is becoming a deadly addiction. | Texting is the worst offense. ...
NAACP Chairman Julian Bond attends a news conference to celebrate the release of civil rights pioneer U.S. postage stamps, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, in New York, during the annual meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The Civil Rights Pioneers stamp sheet honors 12 civil rights pioneers, including slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, and are available today nationwide.
AP / Diane Bondareff
NAACP leader: Racism persists
The Roanoke Times
| RADFORD -- In a speech Wednesday, NAACP Chairman Julian Bond called on defenders of civil rights to support the country's first black president as he faces what is expected to be...
Smart Grid Update: RETECH 2010: Premier renewable energy trade gathering – Day 3
The Examiner
| Snow in the Washington, D.C. can spoil and shift event schedules. The final day of RETECH 2010 was no exception. Attendance was lackluster, exhibitors were scarce and the tempo of the previous days could not be found. As a faithful writer for the c...
Gas drillers try recycling their brine
The Columbus Dispatch
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A drilling technique that is beginning to unlock staggering quantities of natural gas underneath Appalachia also yields a troubling byproduct: powerfully briny wastewater that can kill fish and give tap water a foul taste and odor. ...
States consider getting out of the liquor business
The Boston Globe
| SEATTLE - Thousands of cases of whiskey, vodka, and rum zip along three miles of conveyor belts inside a massive distribution center in industrial south Seattle, the sole location for shipping booze to liquor stores across Washington state. | The 2...
Saints uplift Katrina victims
The Roanoke Times
| ERIC BRADY The Roanoke Times | Jill Davis, a child life specialist with Carilion Clinic, moved to Roanoke from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. | Jill Davis will watch the Super Bowl at home in Roanoke tonight, looking for New Orleans S...
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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend, former Italian model Carla Bruni hold hands on a trip to Cairo, Egypt in this Dec. 30, 2007 file photo. Sarkozy married his girlfriend in a small ceremony Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008 at the presidential Elysee Palace, the mayor who performed the ceremony said. Sarkozy, 53, and Bruni, 40, have had a whirlwind courtship: They married less than three months after they reportedly first met, and less than four months after Sarkozy divorced his second wife, Cecilia.
(photo: AP Photo / Remy de la Mauviniere, file)
How do we divide a house after a divorce?
The Guardian
| Q I live with my partner and we are going through a rough patch and will probably­ split up. We are both sensible people, even though emotions will obviously run high. Our house cost £165,000 about two-and-a-half years ago, of which we put down £10,000 as a deposit (split equally between us). We originally had a 35-year mortgage fixed for two ...



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