In clerical collars, kufi caps and yarmulkes, nearly 30 shoeless faith leaders gathered to ask for unity and civility.
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Religious leaders show solidarity over mosque issue
Religious leaders show solidarity over mosque issue
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Northrop Grumman regrets computer outage
Gov. Bob McDonnell yesterday formally announced a Northrop Grumman-financed investigation of the failure by a state-hired firm.
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Students gone, but memories remain at school
The old schoolhouse has grown ghostly quiet, the students and teachers having moved down the mountain to a new building that has all of the modern advantages but none of the familiar charm. “I wonder if a building ever has feelings,” said Emily Spencer, a gifted musician and the longtime …
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Peace Talks: The Diary
President Obama summoned Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas to the White House, and the leaders came. The Israeli prime minister and the Palestinian president returned to a negotiating table that heretofore has produced rhetoric but not results
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Peace Talks: The Diary
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GOP will take over House, U.Va. political guru Sabato predicts
The Democrats are likely to lose 47 seats and control of the House of Representatives in November's elections, a top political analyst said in a forecast yesterday. Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia, also said the Democrats are likely to lose eight or nine seats in …
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Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near border
MONTERREY, Mexico — A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug cartel members in northeastern Mexico left 25 purported gunmen dead yesterday, the military said. A reconnaissance flight over Ciudad Mier in Tamaulipas state spotted several gunmen in front of a property, according to a statement from Mexico's Defense Department. When …
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Deportation to follow Chinese man’s guilty plea
In the end, loneliness and love of family won out over a protracted fight for innocence in a new world he called “my dreamland.” Dong Wang, a 21-year-old native of China who faced 40 years in prison for a crime he said he never committed, pleaded guilty yesterday in a …
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Man sentenced to 25 years for sexually assaults
A Richmond man will spend 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting two teenagers, one of whom was attacked more than two years ago. Maverick Davis Jr., 23, pleaded no contest yesterday to forcible rape of a then-18-year-old woman in 2008 and also to a charge of object sexual penetration. …
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Crew rescued after oil platform explodes off La. coast
An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast yesterday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed. The Coast Guard initially reported that an oil sheen a …
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Crew rescued after oil platform explodes off La. coast
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