A 16-year old Crozet boy who has admitted his involvement in the Interstate 64 shootings pleaded guilty to charges for a second time yesterday after filing an appeal last week.

HONOLULU (AP) — The Marine Corps said Wednesday it was expelling one Marine and disciplining another for their roles in a video showing a Marine throwing a puppy off a cliff while on patrol in Iraq.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Backers of a $14.9 billion Amtrak bill being debated in the House on Wednesday say supporting the national passenger railroad is the best way to address soaring gas prices.

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service says 626 fugitives wanted on more than 900 charges in the Western District of Virginia have been arrested in a weeklong roundup.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Department of Defense has approved a blood-clotting product developed by Virginia Commonwealth University researchers that can be used to treat major battlefield wounds.

A life-size statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis could stand with the one of Abraham Lincoln at Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond.

Another Republican headliner is breaking with his party to back Democrat Mark R. Warner for the U.S. Senate.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine commuted Percy Levar Walton’s death sentences to life without parole yesterday, sparing the triple murderer execution by injection tonight.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The presidential battle for Virginia continued Monday with a Richmond visit by Arizona Senator John McCain.

Students at Washington and Lee University proved in January that they still know how to throw a political convention — despite a shocking lack of bunting — but Sen. Barack Obama has bruised their reputation as accurate pickers of presidential nominees.

A pioneer of Virginia’s wine industry announced Wednesday that she is retiring after 25 years and closing her Albemarle County winery.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Beach man has been convicted of killing his wife with a crossbow in 2006.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Commercial vehicles traveling Virginia’s highways are undergoing mandatory inspections as part of a national safety effort.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal report shows illegal sales of tobacco products to minors have declined dramatically in Virginia from 1997 to 2007.

To secure the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination a candidate needs support from 2,118 delegates or superdelegates at the Democratic National Convention.

Underscoring Virginia’s potential as a battleground state, Barack Obama plans appearances Thursday at opposite ends of the commonwealth.

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - Forecasters say a funnel cloud was spotted above Roanoke and heavy winds uprooted trees and knocked down power lines.

WASHINGTON (AP)—Change is coming, that much Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama agree on as they plunge into a five-month campaign for the White House.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Super-spammer Jeremy Jaynes doesn’t dispute that the millions of commercial e-mails he dumped on unsuspecting recipients are not entitled to First Amendment protection.

WASHINGTON (AP)—Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation’s first female president.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Police in Charlottesville say a 23-year-old city man has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting his incapacitated fiancee and videotaping it.

WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Monday to spend 30 hours debating a sweeping climate change bill sponsored by Sen. John Warner, R-Va.

Like many people, Nicole Earley doesn’t think a lot about her drinking water. As long as it comes out of the faucet and tastes good, she said, she’s happy.

WAVERLY, Va. (AP) — A teenager was killed Sunday when he was hit by a train in Waverly.

WASHINGTON - All 211 of Florida’s Democratic presidential delegates will be seated at the party’s national convention, but with only half of their voting strength, a Democratic Party panel ruled Saturday.

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Governor Tim Kaine has put his signature to legislation intended to improve Virginia’s foster care system.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The attorney general said Friday he will seek a full hearing before a federal appeals court on a Virginia law banning a form of late-term abortion ruled unconstitutional by a three-judge panel.

In the run-up to next month’s General Assembly session, Democrats and Republicans remain far apart on transportation — literally and figuratively.

Politicians talk a lot about transportation, but Virginians are mostly focused on education and jobs.

WASHINGTON- The Iraq war has become a bone of contention among the four Democrats who want to succeed Rep. Tom Davis III in the 11th district, representing Fairfax and Prince William Counties.