Gov. Bob McDonnell disagrees with Rick Santorum's comments about women in combat, using his daughter as an example.
Presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul argues against what he calls an "entitlement system."
Virginia Tech police and officials detail the events that led to the shooting deaths of two people.
A 22-year-old Virginia man stole a Mercedes SUV at gunpoint the day before he shot dead a Virginia Tech police officer and then took his own life, police said Friday.
New York City hospitals in high risk flood areas evacuate patients in preparation for Irene. Elizabeth Cohen reports.
Hurricane Irene knocked out power to more than 4 million customers as it made its way north along densely populated cities in the East Coast.
Virginia's governor Sunday urged state residents to take caution in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, warning that flooding, downed power lines and debris still posed hazards to people moving around.
Perhaps Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell put it best: Saturday is going to be a "horrendous day for travel" as Hurricane Irene sets its sights on the U.S. East Coast.
Portions of the Midwest and South were experiencing another round of severe weather on Tuesday, as a line of violent storms threatened some of the same states battered by a wave of violent weather last week, forecasters say.
March 11, 2011, an earthquake triggered a tsunami that engulfed Japan's coast. CNN looks back at the week since disaster struck.
An American woman teaching English in Japan has been found dead, her family said Monday.
The battle over union rights in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana has dramatically shifted the budget debate from Capitol Hill to the states, almost overshadowing the threat of a government shutdown in Washington next week.
Teresa Lewis, called the mastermind in the murder-for-hire deaths of her husband and stepson, was executed Thursday night, Virginia Department of Corrections officials said.
Teresa Lewis, 41, became the first woman executed in Virginia in nearly a century.
Most states were forced to slash expenses to end the year with a balanced budget, but severe cuts and better-than-expected revenue collections allowed a few lucky states to welcome surprise surpluses.
After facing a $1.8 billion shortfall just six months ago, Virginia closed its fiscal 2010 budget with a $220 million budget surplus.
Victories in New Jersey and Virginia Tuesday provided a major shot in the arm for the Republican Party heading into the 2010 elections, but the Democratic losses of these two governorships should not be interpreted as a significant blow to President Obama.
Republican Bob McDonnell wins the race for governor in Virginia, reversing a trend of the state electing Democrats.
Tuesday's off-year election may not have had the high stakes of the 2008 presidential election, but several races are significant on the national level:
A Republican Party that struggled in the wake of recent Democratic landslides sprang back to life Tuesday with wins in hotly contested races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, according to CNN projections.
CNN's John King explains that many Virginia voters who elected President Obama did not vote for Democrat Creigh Deeds.
As voters across the country head to the polls Tuesday, one thing appears certain: Many of them are angry.
Even though President Obama is not on the ballot this November, he and the Democrats who control Congress have a lot on the line.
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