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NEWPORT NEWS — A federal jury on Monday found Jeffrey A. Martinovich, the head of now-defunct MICG Investment Management, guilty on 17 of the 25 fraud counts he faced. Following a case that saw more 35 witnesses take the stand and featured...

It’s just 24 notes sounded on a bugle — and it lasts only 50 to 60 seconds all told. Yet no piece of music is more widely known in America than the strains of “Taps” — or more deeply felt. When the plaintive call was...

Ick, think twice before you crush a stink bug because the smell is ... stinky in an odd sort of way -- especially if you crush the bug between your fingers. I usually use a paper towel to gather one up and crush it within the paper towel before dropping...

Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...

On a blustery late-winter afternoon at Manassas, where a muscular statue of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson marks the spot where the Confederate general earned his nickname, the Civil War lives, not separate from life in Virginia, but intricately entwined with...

THE BEST WAY TO VIRGINIA'S CIVIL WAR SITES From LAX, nonstop service to Washington Dulles (in Virginia) is offered on United, American and Virgin America; direct service (stop, no change of plane) is offered on Southwest, and connecting service (change...