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Virginia uranium mining wins 1st legislative test

Energy and Environment

Virginia uranium mining wins 1st legislative test

Associated Press · January 7, 2013 5:00 am

Rocky Gap Lodge wastewater upgrade gets funding

Energy and Environment

Rocky Gap Lodge wastewater upgrade gets funding

Associated Press · January 7, 2013 5:00 am

Oscar host Seth MacFarlane to announce nominations

Oscar host Seth MacFarlane to announce nominations

Associated Press · January 7, 2013 5:00 am

Uranium mining takes center stage in Virginia

Energy and Environment

Uranium mining takes center stage in Virginia

Associated Press · January 7, 2013 5:00 am

Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, John Brennan, President Barack Obama's choice for CIA director, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, where the president Barack Obama made the announcement. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama’s CIA pick chose spycraft over priesthood

Associated Press · January 7, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This Dec, 18, 2008 file photo shows then-Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel in Omaha, Neb. President Barack Obama will nominate Hagel as his next defense secretary, a senior administration official said Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The selection of the decorated Vietnam combat veteran sets up a potentially contentious confirmation hearing because Hagel has come under scrutiny from his former colleagues over his positions on Israel and Iran. Some Republicans already have declared their public opposition to Hagel replacing Pentagon chief Leon Panetta in Obama's second-term Cabinet. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver, File)

National Security

Obama taps Chuck Hagel for Pentagon, John Brennan for CIA

Associated Press · January 7, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2012, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton poses for photographs before dinner at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore. The State Department said Sundy, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will return to work Monday Jan. 7, 2013, a little over a week after she was hospitalized with a blood clot in her head. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Hillary Clinton back at work after hospitalization

Associated Press · January 7, 2013 5:00 am

Etty Allen, mother of former Virginia governor, dies

Etty Allen, mother of former Virginia governor, dies

Associated Press · January 7, 2013 5:00 am

Virginia agency awards grants to improve boating access

Virginia agency awards grants to improve boating access

Associated Press · January 7, 2013 5:00 am

BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 01: Gerard Depardieu attends the 'Asterix & Obelix - God Save Britannia' (Im Auftrag Ihrer Majestaet) photocall at Hotel de Rome on October 1, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

French actor Depardieu gets Russian passport

Associated Press · January 6, 2013 5:00 am

(FILE PHOTO) In this composite image a comparison has been made between US President Barack Obama (L) and Chuck Hagel. Obama will reportedly nominate former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretary replacing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. ***LEFT IMAGE*** WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 28: U.S. President Barack Obama said he was "modestly optimistic" while making a statement on fiscal cliff negotiations following a meeting with Congressional leaders at the White House December 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama and members of Congress continue to seek a solution to avert the possibility of large tax increases combined with deep spending cuts also known as the "fiscal cliff". (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) ***RIGHT IMAGE*** OMAHA, NE- MARCH 12: U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) speaks at the University of Nebraska-Omaha March 12, 2007 in Omaha, Nebraska. Hagel announced that he will postpone making a decision on whether to seek the Republican nomination for president until later this year. (Photo by Eric Francis/Getty Images)

National Security

Sources: Obama to nominate Chuck Hagel as Pentagon chief

Associated Press · January 6, 2013 5:00 am

Energy, education on tap for Maine lawmakers

Energy, education on tap for Maine lawmakers

Associated Press · January 6, 2013 5:00 am