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Republican Rich Anderson&#8217;s victory in the House of Delegates&#8217; 51st District was underscored Wednesday after the Prince William County Electoral Board scrutinized Tuesday night&#8217;s results.           ]]></description>
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Luke Torian, newly elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, promises to work hard on issues facing county
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A North Carolina congressman dashing to catch a plane dumped his sport utility vehicle at the end of a row of properly parked cars at Charlotte&#8217;s airport.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, the National Democratic Committee chairman, and House Republican Whip Eric I. Cantor of Henrico County squared off on the &#8220;Today&#8221; show this morning.           ]]></description>
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Del. Robert G. &#8220;Bob&#8221; Marshall was outspent by more than five-to-one in the race for the 13th District of the Virginia House of Delegates, but it didn&#8217;t matter. He defeated John J. Bell, his Democratic opponent.            ]]></description>
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Getting outspent by more than two-to-one in the race for the 50th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates didn&#8217;t slow Del. Jackson H. Miller. He won.
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          <title>Torian wins delegate seat over Lopez</title>
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Democrat Luke Torian won the delegate seat for the 52nd district, according to numbers from the State Board of Elections.
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          <title>Cuccinelli elected attorney general</title>
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Republican Sen. Ken Cuccinelli was elected attorney general tonight over Democratic Del. Stephen C. Shannon in a battle between two lawmakers from Fairfax County, according to unofficial returns.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Bill Bolling re&#45;elected lieutenant governor</title>
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Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling easily won a second term as lieutenant governor tonight, defeating Democrat Jody Wagner, a former state treasurer, according to unofficial returns.
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          <title>Republicans ahead in Pr. William County races</title>
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          <title>Election 2009: Test of Obama clout in NJ, Virginia</title>
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President Barack Obama&#8217;s political clout was on the line Tuesday as Virginia and New Jersey chose governors in contests that could serve as warning signs for Democrats about the public&#8217;s mood heading into an important midterm election year.
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          <title>Virginia candidates step up efforts in waning hours</title>
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Democrat R. Creigh Deeds took his campaign to Hampton Roads yesterday, while Republican Bob McDonnell flew around the state in late efforts to drive up turnout in a contest that has taken on national significance.
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          <title>Live Election Results</title>
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We&#8217;ll be covering the election on InsideNoVA.com all day, Nov. 3.           ]]></description>
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          <title>At Norfolk rally, Obama urges backers to boost Deeds</title>
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Having previously distanced himself from the president as a potential liability, R. Creigh Deeds now is embracing Barack Obama in what may be the Democratic gubernatorial candidate&#8217;s last chance to shift momentum.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Webb stumps in Woodbridge for fellow Dems</title>
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If any tourists came to Woodbridge&#8217;s famed Dixie Bones at lunchtime Friday, they got an unexpected side of politics with their barbecue.           ]]></description>
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          <title>McDonnell stumps in Manassas</title>
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Robert F. McDonnell spoke on issues including transportation, education and business at a morning stop in Manassas on Friday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Rishell&#8217;s hope: Third time&#8217;s a charm</title>
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Though a cliche, it&#039;s an inevitable question in the race for the 50th District seat in the House of Delegates:           ]]></description>
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          <title>&#8216;Mailergate&#8217; has been the big story in the race for the 51st</title>
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Everything seemed to be near-hunky dory in the race for the 51st District House of Delegates seat until Oct. 9, when GOP challenger Rich Anderson sent a campaign mailer to about 15,000 homes in northeastern Prince William County.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lopez, Torian battle it out in 52nd House District</title>
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The race for the House of Delegates&#8217; 52nd District has been one of the quieter ones in the Prince William area this year, but that doesn&#8217;t mean its participants are coasting toward Election Day.           ]]></description>
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          <title>As Dumfries faces a budget crisis, council members forego all or part of their salaries</title>
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While the total pay cut of $13,643.37 taken by the Dumfries Town Council was announced Tuesday night, individual member contributions were not.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lieutenant governor hopefuls&#8217; debate becomes heated</title>
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The candidates for lieutenant governor hurled insults at each other last night in their first and only debate           ]]></description>
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          <title>Where Deeds &amp;amp; McDonnell stand on the issues</title>
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Where the candidates stand.            ]]></description>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m truly living the American dream,&#8221; said Rafael Lopez, referring to his opportunity to run for the 52nd District seat of the Virginia House of Delegates.           ]]></description>
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With support from a lone Republican, a key Senate committee Tuesday approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Barack Obama&#8217;s goal of wider and affordable coverage a giant step closer to becoming law.
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Democrat R. Creigh Deeds last night blasted Republican gubernatorial rival Bob McDonnell as a &#8220;smooth talker&#8221; who runs from his conservative roots, while McDonnell tied Deeds to the disputed policies of President Barack Obama.
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Anderson notes arrest but leaves out key details, Del. Nichols says           ]]></description>
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          <title>Prince William County government roundup</title>
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Below are the Columbus Day closings for Prince William County government offices, Circuit and General District Courts, the landfill and libraries.           ]]></description>
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A documentary film shot during the recent illegal immigration debate that raged within Prince William County were shown Friday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Wolf to Obama: Better protect federal data</title>
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Congressman also speaks out on Gitmo transfers           ]]></description>
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          <title>Prince William planners table trailer vote</title>
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The Prince William County Planning Commission has deferred a vote on a proposed comprehensive plan amendment concerning school trailers until its Nov. 4 meeting, according to county planner Steve Griffin.           ]]></description>
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The men who want to be Virginia&#8217;s next attorney general tangled over issues including the economy, the importance of prosecutorial experience and a recent General Assembly special session in a lively debate Wednesday night.           ]]></description>
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Prince William supervisors created a new committee Tuesday that brings the schools under the same umbrella of internal auditing that&#8217;s already conducted on county government and the park authority.           ]]></description>
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The Dumfries Town Council got an earful of advice during a public hearing Tuesday night.           ]]></description>
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House of Delegates candidate Jeanette Rishell is criticizing her opponent for what she calls a flip-flop on economic development, but Del. Jackson H. Miller stands by his voting record.           ]]></description>
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In another candid-camera moment for Virginia politics, one of Republican Bob McDonnell&#8217;s most prominent backers for governor has been caught on video mocking Democrat R. Creigh Deeds&#8217; stammer.
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The job of lieutenant governor has its perks, but there are some things even statewide office can&#039;t help.           ]]></description>
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The billionaire co-founder of the Black Entertainment Television mocked Democrat Creigh Deeds&#8217; occasional stuttering at a fundraiser she held for Deeds&#8217; Republican opponent in the governor&#8217;s race, Bob McDonnell.
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It would seem a hard road to try to unseat a popular, 18-year House of Delegates incumbent, but John Bell certainly has a platform that&#8217;s easy to remember.           ]]></description>
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Robert F. McDonnell discussed a host of issues and took shots at his opponent and the current governor in a wide-ranging interview with the News &amp; Messenger broadcast live on the Internet on Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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Virginia will need to borrow as much as $1.27 billion from the federal government over the next three years to keep making unemployment compensation payments.
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For the umpteenth time in a row, it seems, Prince William&#8217;s Park Authority has reported big losses with the county&#8217;s three golf courses, leading some on the Board of County Supervisors to consider dramatic action.           ]]></description>
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The race for governor continues to tighten, according to a new survey.
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Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., warned yesterday that an increased military presence in Afghanistan would risk a &#8220;tipping point&#8221; in which U.S. troops are viewed as an occupying force.
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Nearly 91 percent of survey participants say they are satisfied with Prince William government services, and of that, more than a third said they were &#8220;very satisfied,&#8221; according to results released to supervisors Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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The outcome of the race for the 50th District seat in the House of Delegates may be uncertain, but one thing about the contest was made plain Tuesday night.           ]]></description>
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It wasn&#8217;t until the candidates questioned each other that the debate got a bit fiery.           ]]></description>
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Del. Paul F. Nichols, who faces a 30-year Air Force veteran Nov. 3, announced Tuesday the formation of a group of military supporters.           ]]></description>
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It&#8217;s hard being a down-ticket political candidate, even with only a little more than a month to go before Election Day.           ]]></description>
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Familiarity may be breeding contempt in the Virginia governor&#8217;s race.           ]]></description>
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Nichols charges &#8216;Karl Rove&#8217; tactics by Anderson           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:24:07 EST</pubDate>
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Job cuts included in the budget reductions that Gov. Timothy M. Kaine proposed last week don&#8217;t stop with the layoffs of 593 full-time workers.
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Rep. Frank R. Wolf is asking President Barack Obama to create an Afghanistan Study Group similar to the panel scrutinizing the Iraq War.           ]]></description>
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has released his long-awaited health overhaul bill, moving forward with a landmark, $856 billion bill.           ]]></description>
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Prince William County residents will get a chance to hear first-hand from the candidates running for the office of Virginia lieutenant governor and attorney general during forums sponsored by five local organizations.           ]]></description>
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Trying to shake off a summer of setbacks, President Barack Obama summoned Congress to enact sweeping health-care legislation last night, declaring the &#8220;time for bickering is over.&#8220;
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Del. Jackson H. Miller has been endorsed by the state teachers union and the Virginia chapter of the nation&#8217;s main small-business lobby.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is outlining a budget-balancing plan that includes more layoffs of state workers&#8212;nearly 600 this time.
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine says his latest plan to balance the budget includes an unpaid day off for many state employees.           ]]></description>
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 Take responsibility for your education. Go to class and listen. Don&#8217;t let failures define you.
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Every man, woman and child in Virginia would pay $275 for the state&#8217;s share of the health care reforms favored by the presidential administration, according to a new study from the Virginia Institute for Public Policy, a nonprofit dedicated to free-market principles.           ]]></description>
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Candidate for governor says plan includes tax credit for job creation           ]]></description>
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While Jeanette Rishell&#8217;s supporters raved over the cupcakes at a Manassas bakery Tuesday, the House of Delegates candidate outlined how she would make life sweeter for small businesses.           ]]></description>
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Jeanette Rishell is suggesting that Del. Jackson Miller is trying to duck a debate sponsored by the Prince William branch of the NAACP.           ]]></description>
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Inside and outside of the Heritage Hunt retirement community in Gainesville on Wednesday night, people were talking about health care.           ]]></description>
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A local congressman spent Wednesday afternoon talking to Prince William County firefighters.           ]]></description>
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Breakaway Republicans backing Democrat R. Creigh Deeds for governor say his opponent, Bob McDonnell, is trying reinvent himself as a centrist but his conservative writings show who he really is.
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Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell says his graduate-school thesis&#8212;which includes criticism of working women and gays&#8212;doesn&#8217;t reflect his current thinking on these issues and others           ]]></description>
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Bob McDonnell, a Republican now running for governor, wrote in a graduate school thesis 20 years ago that Republicans must shield traditional, heterosexual two-parent families from the effects of abortion, feminism, welfare, &#8220;cohabitators, homosexuals or fornicators.&#8221; 
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Health care reform continues to be a big topic in the Prince William area just as it has been around the country.           ]]></description>
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Taxed Enough Already (TEA) members hope to grab their congressman&#8217;s attention Wednesday by holding a rally outside the Gainesville retirement community where he is due to speak on health care  reform.
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For a few minutes Saturday night, Woodbridge was the center of the Virginia political universe.           ]]></description>
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Virginia&#8217;s General Assembly held a special session last week to make state law jibe with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.           ]]></description>
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Candidates for a House of Delegates seat representing western Prince William County differ on how to address a legislator&#039;s arrangement to secure employment with Old Dominion University.           ]]></description>
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Last week&#039;s special General Assembly session hit home for two local delegates.           ]]></description>
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Del. Bob Marshall, R-13th, kicked off his reelection bid Saturday at a historic Fauquier County farmhouse. Elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1991, this is his ninth consecutive run for reelection.           ]]></description>
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A new poll says that Americans, concerned over the future of health care reform and anxious about the growing federal budget deficit, are losing faith in President Barack Obama.
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Americans needn&#8217;t fear that health care reform will result in an unproductive, socialist-style program, Rep. Gerald E. &#8220;Gerry&#8221; Connolly said Thursday.           ]]></description>
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Del. Paul F. Nichols envisions a time when Metrorail extends south from Springfield to Woodbridge.           ]]></description>
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RICHMOND - Virginia now finds itself in a $1.5 billion hole, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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Legislators expect Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today to propose cutting Virginia&#8217;s budget by up to $1.5 billion.
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The candidate dutifully took a bite of the food put in front of him. That&#8217;s what you do when you&#8217;re on the stump, trying to woo voters.           ]]></description>
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Political columnist Robert Novak, a diehard conservative and pugilistic debater who became a household face on TV, has died after a battle with brain cancer.           ]]></description>
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The Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Building in Woodbridge received national recognition from the Environmental Protection Agency for &#8220;superior energy performance,&#8221; according to an announcement from the county.           ]]></description>
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Joy from boosted auto sales and increased showroom traffic has been replaced by frustration as auto dealers wait for Cash for Clunkers repayments.           ]]></description>
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Days after the world slammed Myanmar for sentencing Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to more house arrest, Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., arrived in the military-ruled country&#8217;s capital today.           ]]></description>
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds today said that if the General Assembly passed a bill to fund the state&#8217;s transportation needs that included an increase in taxes, he would sign it.           ]]></description>
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The state didn&#8217;t pass it, so supervisors did. A proposal requiring certain Prince William land-use committee members to file disclosure statements that was shot down by the General Assembly was nonetheless approved by the board of supervisors on Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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Prince William supervisors are about halfway through the scheduled list of district town hall meetings on proposed Comprehensive Plan changes to land-use and transportation chapters, and public input has been solid, according to one.           ]]></description>
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Computers compromised by a five-year fraud within the Prince William Office of Information Technology were given clean bills of health Tuesday, and county staff told supervisors the integrity of mission critical systems are all intact.           ]]></description>
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Applause rang out at a federal courthouse in Manhattan as the Senate voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as the next Supreme Court justice.           ]]></description>
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President Barack Obama is heading back on the campaign trail to give a midsummer boost to a Democratic gubernatorial candidate whose fortunes could be a viewed as a referendum on administration policies.
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A new poll finds that more Virginians disapprove of President Barack Obama&#8217;s performance in office than approve of him.
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No matter how you look at it, the forecast is pain.
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When the Manassas council reconvenes Sept. 14 after summer recess, they&#8217;ll consider a new ordinance for governing the city&#8217;s fire and rescue service.           ]]></description>
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President Barack Obama made his case for health-care reform to a small audience at a Kroger supermarket yesterday, continuing a &#8220;conversation about change&#8221; he started in Bristol just over a year ago.
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Manassas Councilman Andrew L. &#8220;Andy&#8221; Harrover said he searched high and low looking for a good way to restructure the city&#8217;s fire and rescue service.           ]]></description>
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