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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) A southwest Virginia school system has again removed all displays of the Ten Commandments, a month after reposting them despite concerns that doing so was unconstitutional. School officials say the Giles County School Board voted today to remove the framed, four-foot-tall, biblical texts.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Wildfires fanned by high winds have burned more than 4,500 acres across Virginia since Saturday. Officials say most of these fires have been contained or extinguished but other wildfires continue to burn on federal forest and park lands in western Virginia.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Gov. Bob McDonnell and Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley have opposite responses to the battle over collective bargaining in Wisconsin. McDonnell says he supports Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's push to strip most collective bargaining rights from nearly all public employees.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Virginians could fire BB guns and other air-propelled weapons in their backyards under a bill heading to the governor. The House voted today to approve a measure that allows the use of pneumatic weapons when fired with "reasonable care" to prevent projectiles from going outside of the property.
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Dan Brown: 'Inferno' Is 'The Book That I Would Want To Read'
Dan Brown, author of the blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, is back with his first novel in four years. Inferno follows academic hero Robert Langdon on a chase through Italy as he attempts to avert a biological catastrophe.'Picture Cook': Drawings Are The Key Ingredients In These Recipes
Designer Katie Shelly's upcoming cookbook offers 50 illustrated recipe "blueprints" for basic meals — from simple snacks to more hefty dishes like eggplant Parmesan. She hopes they'll inspire any level of cook to improvise in the kitchen.Highly Charged IRS Case Pulls In Political Agendas
NPR's Peter Overby reports on the Congressional testimony of IRS officials in response to the scandal over special scrutiny of tea party groups. Underneath all the politics, there's a policy question that hasn't been addressed.Book News: Amazon May Be Called Before Parliament Over Taxes
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