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Virginia considers privately-operated ports

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Senate race heats up in Va.

A key race in the battle over control of the U.S. Senate is heating up, with all sides digging deep to get an advantage. Republican George Allen and Democrat Tim Kaine have been locked in a tight battle and the latest polls show them dead even.

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Fall campaigns blast off in Virginia this week

Nominees? Who needs nominees? The fall presidential campaign opens this spring in Virginia long before President Barack Obama or Mitt Romney gets his party's nomination.

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Study examines black Virginians' economic outcomes

Black Virginians have made educational and economic gains over the past three decades, but they continue to lag far behind their white counterparts, according to a University of Virginia study.

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Va. court reinstates delegate's law license

Delegate Joseph D. Morrissey's law license has been reinstated by the Virginia Supreme Court.

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WTOP's Top 5 morning stories

Five stories to keep you informed and get you going.

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Kaine lone Democrat, 4 file GOP Senate petitions

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Va. to join states tracking sales of allergy medication

Virginia will soon be one of a growing number of states that uses a national data base to track the sale of Claritin-D and other over-the-counter allergy medicines.

Tags: Claritin D, pseudophedrine, allergy, allergy medicine, Mark Seagraves

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Shooter of Trayvon Martin from Manassas

A national outrage continues over the shooting of a black teenager by a neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, Florida. That man, George Zimmerman, graduated Osbourn High School in Manassas in 2001.

Tags: Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, Manassas, hank silverberg, Dave McConnell

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Court in Va. hears anti-Obama group's appeal

A lawyer for a conservative group that claims its ads would tell "the real truth" about President Barack Obama's abortion views told an appeals court Wednesday that the organization should not be subject to federal restrictions on fundraising and advertising.

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