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  • Virginia Senatorial candidate Tim Kaine listens to concerns of the Latino community during a roundtable with Latino business owners Monday, June 11, 2012 at the South County Government Center in Alexandria, Va. Three things that Kaine told those present he wants to work on if elected are growing the economy immediately, growing the talent pool so that the United States has the most talented people on the planet and balancing the budget. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

    GOP smells blood in Virginia Senate race

    A newly discovered connection between U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine and convicted double murderer Jens Soering has prompted renewed attacks by Republicans on an issue over which the Democratic former governor has long been perceived as vulnerable.


  • German national Jens Soering was convicted in Bedford County, Va., of killing his girlfriend's parents in 1985. (Associated Press)

    GOP smells blood in Virginia Senate race

    A newly discovered connection between U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine and convicted double murderer Jens Soering has prompted renewed attacks by Republicans on an issue over which the Democratic former governor has long been perceived as vulnerable.


  • WILLIAMS: A return to old-fashioned entrepreneurship

    Have you ever stopped to think about how the breakup of AT&T revolutionized the information and communications technology market? Most people probably haven't, but in 1984, the end of the regulated monopoly ushered in an era of unprecedented competition and innovation.


  • The political collapse of veteran Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter has left his seat in the Detroit suburbs up for grabs. Election officials discovered that most of the signatures on Mr. McCotter's nominating petitions were apparently copies. (Associated Press)

    Inside Politics: Democratic lawmakers seek end of blood ban on gays

    A group of Democratic lawmakers Monday urged Health and Human Services officials to move swiftly on a pilot study on blood-donor policies so that the "indefensible" and "discriminatory" ban on donations by gay and bisexual men can be lifted.


  • WILLIAMS: Old phony regulations crimp financial innovations

    Have you ever stopped to think about how the breakup of AT&T revolutionized the information and communications technology market? Most people probably haven't, but in 1984, the end of the regulated monopoly ushered in an era of unprecedented competition and innovation.


  • Feds order Florida to halt voter purge

    Federal authorities are demanding that Florida halt its ongoing push to remove thousands of voters from the rolls.


  • Virginia risks ADA violations in not releasing mental patients

    Virginia, already mired in a $2 billion settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, is again at risk of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act - this time for failing to release discharge-ready patients from state-run behavioral-health hospitals.


  • ** FILE ** Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (Associated Press)

    McDonnell signs voter ID law, orders Election Board to issue new registration cards

    Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on Friday signed into law legislation that will require voters to bring identification to the polls, and issued an executive order requiring the State Board of Elections to provide a new registration card to every voter.


  • The state of Virginia has received proposals from two private companies interested in running the 300-bed Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation in Burkeville. The state is considering privatizing operation of the facility for sex offenders. (Associated Press)

    Virginia considers 2 jail firms with sketchy pasts

    Virginia is considering privatizing its sole facility fully devoted to treating sexually violent predators, but the two companies in the running have a history of multimillion-dollar legal settlements and illicit behavior that includes a charge of "deliberate indifference" to sexual misconduct between staff and youths at a facility.


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