Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates yesterday said Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody has been nominated for the grade of general and assignment as the commander of the Army’s Materiel Command.

Corn, soybean damage affects meat industries

The House narrowly defeated yesterday a Democratic attempt to give unemployed Americans an extra three months of jobless benefits after the White House threatened to veto the bill. Democratic leaders said they will bring the bill back for a second vote today.

Sen. Edward Kennedy is expected to be released from the hospital a week after undergoing surgery in North Carolina for brain cancer.

Obama plans a town hall event Thursday in Bristol, on the edge of the Southwest Virginia coalfields. He then is to host a rally at the Nissan Pavilion, which holds 25,000 people, in suburban Prince William County, 35 miles from Washington.  See live streaming video beginning at approximately 11:45 a.m..

A flurry of campaigning during the next few days is spotlighting the state’s position on the electoral map.

Latest farm bill gave them more time to press bias cases

Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates.

Population growth, drought and climate change can stress future water supplies, according to people attending a water-use forum in Richmond.

Meanwhile, state party’s finance chairman resigns after change in leadership

25 superdelegates and congressmen reported ready to commit today.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine yesterday presided over the ceremonial signing of 13 bills designed to further protect victims of sexual violence.

Surprising research suggests that childhood cancer is most common in the Northeast, results that even caught experts off guard. But some specialists say it could just reflect differences in reporting.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is undergoing surgery at Duke University Medical Center for his brain tumor.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided, but largely symbolic victory yesterday in Puerto Rico’s presidential primary.

Some say the health of North Carolina’s cities depends on the state’s annexation laws, which allow cities to expand even when residents want nothing of it. But many say that the practice is unfair

Since landing on Mars on Sunday, Phoenix has delighted scientists with the first-ever peek of the planet’s unexplored northern latitudes.

Barring intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court or Governor Tim Kaine, a Broadnax man is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing a Brunswick County convenience store owner.

President Bush paid tribute Monday to America’s fighting men and women who died in battle, saying national leaders must have ``the courage and character to follow their lead’‘ in preserving peace and freedom.

Virginia Sen. John Warner is joining another lawmaker asking the federal government to conserve fuel as gas prices rise.

Passage is by veto-proof majority, but bill must reconcile with House’s

Senators grow impatient with supply-demand talk

Clinton wins Kentucky, but he captures Oregon, needs 86 votes for victory

President Bush, acknowledging economic “tough times” for many Americans, said yesterday that he remains opposed to any homeowner-rescue legislation that would be a bailout for lenders.

The U.S. Secret Service says about half of its current counterfeit cases in the Washington area involve using real currency to make phony bills.

Backing of Edwards can draw working-class whites to Obama, governor feels.

She wins by about 2-1; delegate gap narrowed; swing-state appeal cited

Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr began a Libertarian Party presidential bid yesterday, saying that voters are hungry for an alternative to the status quo who would dramatically cut the federal government.

House approves rescue plan, which Republicans call a bailout for lenders.

Nearly 2 million of the state’s 5.8 million registered voters participated, believed to be a modern-day record; 90% of black vote goes to Obama.