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Greenville Police Chief Hassan Aden: "Emotional" to be sworn-in - Source WCTI
Feb 05,2013

Hassan Aden was sworn-in Monday as the police chief for the City of Greenville. The ceremony began with bag pipes and the Color Guard, with Chief Aden's wife and two children by his side.

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Bipartisan Team Seeks Compensation for Victims of Forced Sterilization - Source Connection News Papers
Jan 31,2013

Nobody knows how many people are survivors of Virginia’s forced sterilization program, which targeted people with mental illness, mental retardation or epilepsy. But a bipartisan effort now under


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Bob McDonnell’s “Road for Nobody” near Hampton Roads insults Northern Virginia - Source Washington Post
Jan 31,2013

A few years ago, Alaska's proposed "Bridge to Nowhere" became a national symbol of wasteful government spending on little-needed projects. Now Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R)

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Governor McDonnell Presides Over Signing Ceremony With George Washington University On Guaranteed Admission Program For Nursing Students Statewide - Source Alexandria News
Jan 30,2013

Governor Bob McDonnell oversaw the ceremonial signing of an agreement today between George Washington University’s President Steven Knapp and Virginia's Community Colleges to provide guaranteed admission to students


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Proposed gun control legislation gains little traction in Va. General Assembly
Jan 25,2013

Several pieces of gun ownership legislation were met with mostly negative reviews in Virginia’s House of Delegates and State Senate last week. But an attempt to close the so-called "gun show loophole" did garner limited success in the Senate’s Courts of Justice Committee. The committee Friday voted

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McDonnell Urges Northern Virginia Business Leaders, Residents to Back Transportation Plan - Source Patch
Jan 25,2013

Gov. Bob McDonnell spent Thursday traveling across the state to urge area business leaders and residents to support his “Virginia’s Road to the Future” transportation plan, saying his proposal could help jumpstart

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Democrats: 'We Have a Lot of Fight Still in Us' - Source patch
Jan 24,2013

Virginia Democrats continued to call a Republican-backed plan to redistrict the state's senate seats unconstitutional on Wednesday — but GOP leaders say the measure could actually help the commonwealth better comply with the federal

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DC transit system reports problems, including delays, crowding, after Obama’s swearing-in - Source Washington Post
Jan 22,2013

Crowded subway stations and a disabled train caused major headaches Monday for thousands of rail riders trying to get home from President Barack Obama’s second inauguration.




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