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Biden, Palin debate tax plans, economic prescriptions; Iraq also topic
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          <title>Tax relief bill attached to rescue package</title>
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The Senate has sweetened its $700 billion rescue package for tottering financial companies with tax breaks broad enough to save 20 million people an average $2,000 a year in higher taxes and narrow enough to help makers of wooden toy bow-and-arrow sets.
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          <title>Analysis: A vote with unforeseen consequences?</title>
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Like the momentous 2002 decision authorizing the invasion of Iraq, Congress&#8217; vote on a $700 billion financial industry bailout figures to re-verberate unpredictably, both for the economy and for the politicians vowing to protect it.
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          <title>Lobbyists use new provisions to hunt bailout votes</title>
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Lobbyists for restaurants, the solar power industry and other businesses hunted votes Wednesday for the $700 billion financial industry bailout package, touting new provisions that leaders added in hopes of finally pushing the bill through Congress.&nbsp;
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A lame duck in a financial downpour, President Bush called senators ahead of Wednesday&#8217;s big vote on the financial rescue plan but he wields dwindling overall influence.&nbsp;
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          <title>Stock losses take heavy toll on retirement savings</title>
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The financial crisis that toppled major Wall Street banks and snarled credit markets around the world has also taken a toll on nest eggs, forcing people to rethink when &#8212; and even if &#8212; their savings will allow them to retire.&nbsp;
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          <title>Senate passes bailout package</title>
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After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition softened.&nbsp;
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          <title>US marks 7th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks</title>
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As the nation pauses to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the spotlight from a presidential campaign and a new memorial at the Pentagon are joining the familiar rituals of remembrance on this solemn day.
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Unwed daughter&#8217;s pregnancy, legal affairs at home spotlighted
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          <title>Former Governor Warner prepares for the speech of his life</title>
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Will emphasize the bipartisan cooperation that showed Virginians that government can work.
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Senate candidate and former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner is scheduled to deliver the Tuesday night keynote address at this year&#8217;s Democratic National Convention &#8212; the same role that launched Barack Obama to national prominence four years ago.
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          <title>Tax plans very different</title>
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McCain&#8217;s tax breaks would favor the rich, and Obama&#8217;s would favor the poor


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          <title>Deficit may pass $500B</title>
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Candidates seem unfazed, still tout tax cuts, federal programs


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          <title>Cheaper gas likely won&#8217;t be seen soon</title>
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Media General&#8217;s series on the 2008 presidential campaign continues with a look at the candidates&#8217; positions on energy-related issues, including gas prices and global warming.
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          <title>Virginia allowing 16&#45;year&#45;olds to donate blood</title>
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The minimum age dropped from 17 to 16 as long as the teen has a parent or guardian&#8217;s permission. 


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          <title>Ex&#45;Fort Lee commander to become first woman four&#45;star general</title>
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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&#8217;s Materiel Command.
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          <title>Floods will raise grocery prices</title>
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Corn, soybean damage affects meat industries
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          <title>House defeats Democratic effort to extend unemployment benefits</title>
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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.
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          <title>Sen. Kennedy to be released from hospital, son says</title>
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Sen. Edward Kennedy is expected to be released from the hospital a week after undergoing surgery in North Carolina for brain cancer.&nbsp;
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          <title>Obama Heads to Va. With No Welcome from GOP</title>
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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.&nbsp; See live streaming video beginning at approximately 11:45 a.m..
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          <title>Presidential campaigns return to Va.</title>
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A flurry of campaigning during the next few days is spotlighting the state&#8217;s position on the electoral map.
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          <title>Black farmers bring suits against USDA</title>
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Latest farm bill gave them more time to press bias cases
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          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>AP tally: Obama clinches Democratic nomination</title>
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Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates.
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          <title>Experts, Kaine urge all Virginia residents to use water more wisely</title>
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Population growth, drought and climate change can stress future water supplies, according to people attending a water-use forum in Richmond.
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Meanwhile, state party&#8217;s finance chairman resigns after change in leadership
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25 superdelegates and congressmen reported ready to commit today.
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine yesterday presided over the ceremonial signing of 13 bills designed to further protect victims of sexual violence.
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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.&nbsp;
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          <title>Sen. Kennedy undergoing surgery today at Duke</title>
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 Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is undergoing surgery at Duke University Medical Center for his brain tumor.
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          <title>Clinton wins Puerto Rico</title>
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico&#8212;Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided, but largely symbolic victory yesterday in Puerto Rico&#8217;s presidential primary.
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          <title>Legislators ponder moratorium on annexations</title>
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Some say the health of North Carolina&#8217;s cities depends on the state&#8217;s annexation laws, which allow cities to expand even when residents want nothing of it. But many say that the practice is unfair
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Since landing on Mars on Sunday, Phoenix has delighted scientists with the first-ever peek of the planet&#8217;s unexplored northern latitudes.&nbsp;
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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.&nbsp;
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President Bush paid tribute Monday to America&#8217;s fighting men and women who died in battle, saying national leaders must have ``the courage and character to follow their lead&#8217;&#8217; in preserving peace and freedom.&nbsp;
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Virginia Sen. John Warner is joining another lawmaker asking the federal government to conserve fuel as gas prices rise.&nbsp;
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Passage is by veto-proof majority, but bill must reconcile with House&#8217;s
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Clinton wins Kentucky, but he captures Oregon, needs 86 votes for victory
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President Bush, acknowledging economic &#8220;tough times&#8221; for many Americans, said yesterday that he remains opposed to any homeowner-rescue legislation that would be a bailout for lenders.
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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.&nbsp;
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Backing of Edwards can draw working-class whites to Obama, governor feels.
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She wins by about 2-1; delegate gap narrowed; swing-state appeal cited
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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.
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House approves rescue plan, which Republicans call a bailout for lenders.
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Nearly 2 million of the state&#8217;s 5.8 million registered voters participated, believed to be a modern-day record; 90% of black vote goes to Obama.
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Bill Clinton called it &#8220;critical.&#8221; Hillary Clinton called it a &#8220;game changer.&#8221; They were both talking about North Carolina.
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A local government could replicate his computer modeling and reset the timing of its traffic lights. Cars would flow through intersections more smoothly, reducing emissions and fuel consumption.
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Five Republican candidates for North Carolina held their final debate in Asheville, with at least two emphasizing their connections to western North Carolina.
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Obama&#8217;s struggle to find the right tone &#8212; six weeks ago he said he couldn&#8217;t disown the pastor he&#8217;s known for 20 years &#8212; reflects a striking difference in how Democratic voters view the controversy and its proper handling, a point made clear in interviews in North Carolina this week, ahead of the May 6 primary.&nbsp;
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Congress is considering proposals to increase veterans education benefits. The military, however, worries that better benefits will  prompt excessive numbers of men and women to leave the services.
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The Triad and outlying counties are emerging as a key battleground for the two candidates.
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Florida and Michigan Democrats will finally get a hearing on the national partys decision to disqualify their national convention delegates - but not until the end of May.
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The man police have charged with first-degree murder in the April 20 shooting at Lynchburg&#8217;s Super 8 motel turned himself in Saturday night, police said.
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Lawmakers consider tax plans as a way to fill a $1 billion gap 
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Overall, the two Democrats&#8217; platforms are very similar. But a few specific differences - in both policy, and in how government should work - became clear in Tuesday&#8217;s debate.
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Clinton won at least 66 delegates to the party&#8217;s national convention, with 35 still to be awarded, according to AP&#8217;s analysis of election returns. Obama won at least 57. A final count could come Wednesday, or later. Obama still leads in pledged delegates.
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The two Democratic hopefuls barnstormed the state in a final pitch for votes in the most populous and delegate-rich state remaining in the nominating contest.
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Obama camp declines to agree to participate
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Authorities say the man accused of shooting a Virginia state trooper has been caught in Texas.
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Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing &#8220;Ben-Hur&#8221; and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the &#8216;50s and &#8216;60s, has died. He was 84.
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WASHINGTON - When it comes to a child&#8217;s well being, where he or she lives may make a big difference, says a report released Wednesday by a non-partisan children&#8217;s organization.
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