http://www.mail.com/locations/3854-virginia.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/3854-virginia.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1763580-fda-review-tobacco-products-grinds-to-halt.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Talk about a smoke break. Tobacco companies have introduced almost no new cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products in the U.S. in more than 18 months because the federal government has prevented them from doing so, an Associated Press review has found. It's an unprecedented pause for an industry that historically h... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1763580-fda-review-tobacco-products-grinds-to-halt.html 2012-12-13T10:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762516-joe-allbritton-87-dc-media-banking-giant-dies.html McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Joe L. Allbritton, who became one of Washington's most influential men through a media conglomerate of newspapers and television stations and a financial empire that once included Riggs Bank, died Wednesday. He was 87. He was suffering from heart ailments and died at a hospital in Houston, where he lived, said Frederick J. Ryan Jr., pre... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762516-joe-allbritton-87-dc-media-banking-giant-dies.html 2012-12-13T01:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1761502-redskins-rg3-practices-feeling-really-good.html ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Three days after spraining his knee, Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III was just a little gimpy on the practice field and very cagey behind the microphone He likes his chances of playing Sunday, but he and coach Mike Shanahan want to keep the Cleveland Browns guessing as long as possible. Wearing his No. 10 jersey and a... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1761502-redskins-rg3-practices-feeling-really-good.html 2012-12-12T20:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1756736-mild-sprain-redskins-rg3-uncertain-sunday.html ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — All the medical terms associated with Robert Griffin III's knee injury can be boiled down to one simple message: It's not too bad. Beyond that, there are still some very important unknowns. The NFL's top-rated quarterback might or might not play Sunday when the Washington Redskins visit the Cleveland Browns. Coach Mike Shanahan, knowin... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1756736-mild-sprain-redskins-rg3-uncertain-sunday.html 2012-12-10T22:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1747882-obama-visits-va-family-to-pitch-fiscal-plan.html FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama is visiting a middle-class family in suburban Washington as he continues to push for a plan to extend tax cuts to all but the top 2 percent of earners. Obama, visiting the Northern Virginia home of Tiffany and Richard Santana, said every day that passes without a solution to the fiscal problem creates more s... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1747882-obama-visits-va-family-to-pitch-fiscal-plan.html 2012-12-06T18:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1737102-correction-uss-enterprise-story.html NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — In a story Dec. 2 about the inactivation of the USS Enterprise, The Associated Press reported erroneously the name of the town one of the original crew members now lives in. The name of the town is Chatfield, Minn., not Chadfield, Minn. A corrected version of the story is below: USS Enterprise carrier taken out of active service World'... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1737102-correction-uss-enterprise-story.html 2012-12-04T15:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1738366-toddlers-death-prompts-review-2-deaths.html MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — A toddler's death during a visit with his father last month in Virginia is prompting police to also more closely investigate the suicide of the man's mother and the shooting death of a onetime girlfriend in the past decade. Fifteen-month-old Prince McLeod Rams died during a three-hour, unsupervised visit with his father, Joaquin S. Ra... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 19:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1738366-toddlers-death-prompts-review-2-deaths.html 2012-12-02T19:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1733686-lost-military-jacket-post-sandy-nj-beach.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Donna Gugger's heart was heavy as she sifted through the scattered debris and devastation left by Superstorm Sandy along the Jersey Shore. Pieces of broken furniture. Shards of metal. Chairs ripped off patios. Blue jeans tossed out of bureaus. But there was something different about that swath of gray cloth with shiny brass buttons. S... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1733686-lost-military-jacket-post-sandy-nj-beach.html 2012-11-30T09:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1731382-shatner-to-attend-uss-enterprise-retirement-event.html NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Captain James T. Kirk will be on hand when the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise is officially retired. A publicist for William Shatner tells the Daily Press (http://bit.ly/TtShbw ) that the actor will attend the ship's inactivation ceremony Saturday at Naval Station Norfolk. Shatner is scheduled to perform Friday in Newport News. ... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1731382-shatner-to-attend-uss-enterprise-retirement-event.html 2012-11-29T16:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728374-egypt-court-sentences-8-to-death-prophet-film.html CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court convicted in absentia Wednesday seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor, sentencing them to death on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that had sparked riots in parts of the Muslim world. The case was seen as largely symbolic because the defendants, most of whom live in the United States, are ... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728374-egypt-court-sentences-8-to-death-prophet-film.html 2012-11-28T20:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1721570-obama-buys-books-to-promote-independent-shops.html ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama made a quick trip to a Virginia bookstore for some Christmas shopping. The president took his daughters, Sasha and Malia, to One More Page Books in Arlington, Va., on Saturday afternoon. The White House says Obama was promoting an effort called "small business Saturday" to encourage shoppers to patronize mom-an... Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1721570-obama-buys-books-to-promote-independent-shops.html 2012-11-24T18:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1717654-wrongly-convicted-va-man-pardon-life.html NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Johnathan Montgomery spent the past four years in a Virginia state prison saying the same thing a lot of inmates do: He was innocent. Convicted in 2008 of molesting a 10-year-old girl outside her grandmother's Hampton home when he was 14, he insisted the alleged 2000 assault never happened. Turns out, he was telling the truth. After th... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1717654-wrongly-convicted-va-man-pardon-life.html 2012-11-21T22:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1704578-renner-leads-tar-heels-virginia-37-13.html CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — One minute, North Carolina was clinging to a 20-13 lead, and Virginia was in position to tie the game. The next, the Tar Heels' maligned defense had a goal-line stand, and the rout was about to be on. Bryn Renner threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter after a goal-line stand preserved the Tar Heels' lead and North Car... Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1704578-renner-leads-tar-heels-virginia-37-13.html 2012-11-16T04:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1703132-gop-led-start-warming-up-to-health-care-law.html WASHINGTON (AP) — From the South to the heartland, cracks are appearing in the once-solid wall of Republican resistance to President Barack Obama's health care law. Ahead of a federal deadline Friday for states to declare their intentions, Associated Press reporters interviewed governors and state officials around the country, finding surprising openness ... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1703132-gop-led-start-warming-up-to-health-care-law.html 2012-11-15T22:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1702370-redskins-shanahan-victim-theft-pittsburgh.html ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins say coach Mike Shanahan had money and a passport stolen from the locker room during the road game against the Pittsburgh Steelers last month. Redskins director of security Ed Burke released a statement Thursday saying that officers in Pittsburgh insisted on filing a police report and that the investigation is on... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1702370-redskins-shanahan-victim-theft-pittsburgh.html 2012-11-15T12:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1699772-buffetts-firm-will-close-suburban-dc-newspaper.html OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett's company is planning to close a small Virginia newspaper that it bought from Media General earlier this year. The 10,000-circulation Manassas (Va.) News & Messenger, which began publishing in 1869, has been struggling to compete in the Washington, D.C., suburbs. It will print its last issue on Dec. 30. Buffett's Berkshir... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1699772-buffetts-firm-will-close-suburban-dc-newspaper.html 2012-11-14T18:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1696712-beltway-lanes-seek-to-break-gridlock-dc.html McLEAN, Va. (AP) — In a city filled with iconic landmarks, perhaps nothing better symbolizes how metropolitan Washington operates than the Capital Beltway: the physical embodiment of the gridlock that also grips Washington politics. For decades, it has been the eight-lane asphalt moat that has divided the self-obsessed, hyperpartisan "Inside the Beltway" ... Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1696712-beltway-lanes-seek-to-break-gridlock-dc.html 2012-11-13T08:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1692978-healing-divisions-postelection-america.html APPOMATTOX, Va. (AP) — Baine's Books sits in the heart of this historic village, a Main Street institution where townspeople gather for coffee and conversation and, every Thursday after sundown, an open mic night that draws performers from near and far with guitars and banjos in hand, bluegrass and blues on their lips. Talk of church and school, and most ... Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1692978-healing-divisions-postelection-america.html 2012-11-11T20:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1689806-fannie-freddie-expand-aid-to-storm-hit-homeowners.html MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are expanding their assistance to borrowers whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. The government-controlled mortgage companies said Friday that they will automatically suspend evictions and foreclosures in disaster areas for 90 days. They also gave the banks and other financial firms that ... Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1689806-fannie-freddie-expand-aid-to-storm-hit-homeowners.html 2012-11-09T16:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1688830-no-8-seminoles-rally-to-beat-hokies-28-22.html BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Florida State got to see the Virginia Tech it expected on Thursday night at Lane Stadium. When the eighth-ranked Seminoles were forced to validate their lofty ranking, and keep their Atlantic Coast Conference title plans intact, E.J. Manuel and the offense were more than equal to the task. Manuel hit Rashad Green... Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1688830-no-8-seminoles-rally-to-beat-hokies-28-22.html 2012-11-09T08:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1686372-obamas-health-care-overhaul-turns-sprint.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The long slog has turned into a sprint. President Barack Obama's health care law survived the Supreme Court and the election; now the uninsured can sign up for coverage in about 11 months. Even the government's top-ranking Republican, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, said Thursday that "Obamacare is the law of the land." But not all h... Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1686372-obamas-health-care-overhaul-turns-sprint.html 2012-11-08T22:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1684356-va-gov-mcdonnell-gop-broaden-base.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell says the Republican Party must find a way to deliver its core political message and broaden the base of voters who are willing to support GOP candidates. Interviewed on "CBS This Morning" the morning after voters re-elected Democratic President Barack Obama, McDonnell said Republicans have a very good message ... Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1684356-va-gov-mcdonnell-gop-broaden-base.html 2012-11-07T13:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1681152-hit-sandy-voters-find-ways-to-polls.html STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Superstorm Sandy's floodwaters drove Bob Mackie from his home on Long Beach Island, N.J., but nothing was going to stop him from voting Tuesday. The 72-year-old widower drove an hour each way to cast his ballot at a makeshift polling site for island residents, refusing to be disenfranchised by the devastation. "A lot of peop... Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1681152-hit-sandy-voters-find-ways-to-polls.html 2012-11-07T03:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1679732-hour-hour-what-to-watch-election-night.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Stock up on munchies and make sure the batteries in your TV remote are fresh. With this year's presidential election razor-close to the finish, Tuesday could be a long night. Even if the presidency isn't decided until after midnight EST, there will be plenty of clues early in the evening about how things are going for President Barack Ob... Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1679732-hour-hour-what-to-watch-election-night.html 2012-11-06T19:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1682146-geologists-find-east-coast-quakes-travel-farther.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Data from the 2011 earthquake centered in Virginia shows East Coast tremors can travel much farther and cause damage over larger areas than previously thought, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday. The agency estimated about one-third of the U.S. population could have felt the magnitude 5.8 tremor centered about 50 miles northwest ... Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1682146-geologists-find-east-coast-quakes-travel-farther.html 2012-11-06T18:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1678514-obama-romney-last-minute-pleas-close-race.html LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney made last-minute pleas for votes Monday, employing their last vestiges of energy, celebrity boosters and plenty of jet fuel to encourage every supporter and the few remaining undecideds to tip the 2012 election in their favor. National polls of the eve of Election Day showed a neck-an... Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1678514-obama-romney-last-minute-pleas-close-race.html 2012-11-05T19:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1677508-obama-leads-romney-with-chance-electoral-race.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Barack Obama enters the final hours of the 2012 campaign with an edge in the hunt for the 270 electoral votes needed to win and more ways to reach that magic number. Yet the race is remarkably close in at least six states that could go either way, giving Republican Mitt Romney hope that he can pull off a come-from-behind victory. ... Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1677508-obama-leads-romney-with-chance-electoral-race.html 2012-11-05T00:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1677634-competitive-race.html A look at the race between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House. With two days left in the campaign, Obama appears closer to the goal, but Republican Mitt Romney has closed on the Democrat and pulled narrowly ahead in some battleground state polling. The designations are based on an Associated Pr... Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1677634-competitive-race.html 2012-11-04T23:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1675782-lonely-quest-3rd-party-presidential-hopefuls.html HENRICO, Va. (AP) — The lone Virgil Goode campaign sign on a stretch of Virginia road was far outnumbered by placards promoting Mitt Romney. That Goode's sign was there at all in this pivotal state served as a reminder that plucky third-party candidates like the Constitution Party's nominee could muck up the works on Election Day. Libertarian Party candid... Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1675782-lonely-quest-3rd-party-presidential-hopefuls.html 2012-11-03T15:32:00Z