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Deficit cutters look to Pentagon budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — One war is done, another is winding down and the calls to cut the deficit are deafening. The military, a beneficiary of robust budgets for more than a decade, is coming to grips with a new reality — fewer dollars. The...
Tags: Public Finance, Barney Frank, Parties and Movements, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting
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Democrats expand Senate grip but fail to win House
Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama, in his freshly authorized second term, will face the same divided Congress in...
Tags: Public Finance, Parties and Movements, Government, Jon Tester, Politics
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GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority...Tags: Rick Berg, Karl Rove, Kent Conrad, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Parties and Movements
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Lugar loses Indiana GOP primary to tea party rival
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar was ousted Tuesday by a tea party-backed challenger in Indiana's Republican primary, abruptly ending the nearly four-decade career of a popular politician who built a reputation as a diplomat but whose...
Tags: Kent Conrad, U.S. Presidential Election Results (2008), Parties and Movements, Politics, Republican Party
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Environmental group says don't "blow" this opportunity when it comes to wind energy incentives
reporter"Our message today to Congress, don't throw wind off the fiscal cliff," says Sarah Bucci, Environment Virginia. The clock is ticking and this group doesn't want to be caught under the buzzer. Explains Bucci, "Incentives are benefits in place to build...Tags: Global Change, Respiratory Disease, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Taxation, Energy Saving
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Hidden side of Obama's race gap
In his 2008 "A More Perfect Union" speech, presidential candidate Barack Obama declared, "Race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now." Then he tried his best to ignore it. At least in public, that is. It says a lot...
Tags: John McCain, Quinnipiac University, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice, Democratic Party
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Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Connecticut Labor Markets, Bob Corker, Career and Workplace, Government
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Senate race a battle between political heavyweights, competing plans
ReporterIn a northern Virginia retirement community or a Roanoke County campaign office, the two former Governors know how to work a crowd. The political veterans have been campaigning full-time for over a year, with personal appearances across the state and a...Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Elections, Government, George Allen
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WDBJ7 sits down with George Allen
The Virginia U.S. Senate race is among the most closely watched and hotly contested in the country, and the outcome could determine which party controls the Senate. WDBJ7's Hollani Davis goes one on one with Republican George Allen. Hollani:...
Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Business, Government, Energy and Resource Industries
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President Obama speaks at Roanoke campaign event
The road to the White House clearly goes through our viewing area. Before an estimated crowd of 3,040 people, President Barack Obama gave a campaign speech Friday evening in downtown Roanoke. Obama, who is seeking a second term as president against...
Tags: Salem (Salem, Virginia), John McCain, World War II (1939-1945), Federal Housing Administration, Elections
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Virginia Senator wants to increase minimum wage by $2
ReporterThe cost of living keeps going up and for minimum wage workers it's tough to make ends meet. Now one Virginia lawmaker wants to change that. Sen. Jim Webb is co-sponsoring legislation to raise the federal minimum wage by two dollars. Right now minimum...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Justin McLeod's Blog
August 15
Goodbye
They say all good things must come to an end. With that, I'm leaving WDBJ and the news business. I've accepted a position as the community relations coordinator for Roanoke City Schools. There are several reasons why I'm switching...Tags: Values, Cancer, Government, Opera (genre), Sociology
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