SAN’A, Yemen (AP)—Attackers armed with automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and at least one suicide car bomb assaulted the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday.

FLOYD, Va. (AP) — Floyd County school officials are investigating a display of pornographic images during a student club meeting.

An Afton man charged with using a computer to solicit sex from a juvenile girl waived his right to a preliminary hearing Monday.

Former Gov. Mark R. Warner says America’s economy is on a “rocky road” but he supports the government’s decision to bail out Bear Stearns and take control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Hundreds of Virginians have joined the massive effort to clean up in the wake of Hurricane Ike.

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today accepted a ceremonial check from Virginia Lottery Executive Director Paula I. Otto to reflect $455 million in profits for Virginia’s public schools.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia Senator Jim Webb says the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs plans to hold a hearing to consider the federal recognition of six Virginia tribes.

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Fuel shortages caused by Hurricane Ike are hitting Sheetz gas stations in Frederick County, Md., and parts of Virginia and North Carolina.

Federal officials investigating a commuter rail collision that killed 25 people said they want to review cell phone records to determine if an engineer blamed for running a stop signal before the crash may have been text messaging at the time.

RICHMOND — Despite a recent poll showing Sen. John McCain taking 50 percent of the vote in Virginia, Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign manager says the historically red state still is “enormously competitive.”

University of Virginia researchers have discovered a technique to reduce drug-resistant staph infection among patients in the surgical intensive care unit.

Elsa Barrientos of Richmond can’t wait for her vote to be counted. The 56-year-old hospital worker, born in Bolivia, became a U.S. citizen this summer. So when someone with the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce asked if she wanted to register to vote in the upcoming presidential election, she jumped at the chance.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia officials have ordered 200,000 additional voter registration forms to keep up with demand before the November elections.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Supreme Court has declared Virginia’s anti-spam law unconstitutional.

The Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of cremated ashes taken from a home in the 1800 block of Country Club Road in Hurt.

BEIJING (AP) - China’s government vowed “serious punishment” on Friday after a major dairy recalled 700 tons of milk powder linked to a rash of kidney stones in infants in a case that reignited fears about Chinese product safety.

Under pressure from politicians and thousands of parents of special-education students, the state Department of Education has backed down from proposed rule changes that would limit parental consent for ending special-education services.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s apple harvest is shaping up to be a good one.

The percentage of high school students in the state who smoke has declined from 29 in 2001 to 15.5 in 2007, according to the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation. The state falls well below the national average of 19.2 percent.

As the nation pauses to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the spotlight from a presidential campaign and a new memorial at the Pentagon are joining the familiar rituals of remembrance on this solemn day.

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board says a former Christiansburg lawyer acknowledged forging signatures of judges and the clerk of the State Corporation Commission.

Rescue workers are back at the site of yesterday’s building collapse in Chester to decide how to resume searching the rubble. One person, a 38-year-old man, was found dead in the wreckage yesterday.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) _ Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, equated lawmakers’ requests for funding for special projects with corruption on Wednesday even though Palin herself has requested nearly $200 million in so-called “earmarks” this year.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The publisher of the graduate business school entrance test has thrown out the scores of 84 people who used a Web site to cheat on the exam.

Officials say the museum also is celebrating its millionth visitor. It has become a top Virginia destination, and recent surveys found that 75 percent of its visitors were from outside Virginia.

FINCASTLE, Va. (AP) — A Vinton man will spend eight years in prison for sexually assaulting an Appalachian Trail hiker.

Jim Gilmore is on the attack again in the U.S. Senate contest — this time, in his first television commercial — while Mark R. Warner is harvesting endorsements from Republican-friendly groups.

President Bush is keeping the U.S. force strength in Iraq largely intact until the next president takes over, drawing rebukes from Democrats who want the war ended and a more sizable troop shift to troubled Afghanistan.

ROANOKE - The southwest Virginia town of Lebanon got an economic boost when two high-tech companies moved in — making it an attractive site for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to bring his messages of hope and change.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - For tourists, the new memorial to 184 people who died at the Pentagon in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is not especially convenient. Nor is it ideal from a security perspective to have 24-hour public access right outside the U.S. military’s nerve center.