http://www.mail.com/locations/53518-richmond.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/53518-richmond.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2107556-brewers-team-up-beer-to-help-military-families.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime — baseball bats. Nine different brewers collaborated to create Homefront IPA, all using the same recipe, complete with orange peel and unfinished maple Louisville Sluggers. Toward the end of the f... Fri, 24 May 2013 16:07:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2107556-brewers-team-up-beer-to-help-military-families.html 2013-05-24T16:07:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103910-facebook-posts-suit-filed-vets-detention.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of an ex-Marine who was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting anti-government messages on Facebook, using the case to criticize a program that looks for veterans who may have become extremists. Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute filed suit in Richmond o... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:21:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103910-facebook-posts-suit-filed-vets-detention.html 2013-05-22T21:21:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102302-under-scrutiny-va-govs-mansion-dichotomy.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An embezzling case that began with a chef being accused of stealing food from Virginia's Executive Mansion and morphed into a political scandal involving two of the state's most powerful politicians has some people wondering: What goes on behind the wide double doors of the governor's house? The governor's mansion is in some ways a di... Wed, 22 May 2013 08:41:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102302-under-scrutiny-va-govs-mansion-dichotomy.html 2013-05-22T08:41:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2096348-leader-toots-maytals-injured-concert.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Officials say the leader of the reggae band Toots and the Maytals was injured when a 19-year-old man threw a bottle and hit the singer during a concert in Richmond. Police said Sunday the man has been charged with aggravated assault. Authorities have not identified him. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that (http://bit.ly/17PhlkD )... Sun, 19 May 2013 16:53:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2096348-leader-toots-maytals-injured-concert.html 2013-05-19T16:53:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089570-tea-party-groups-call-irs-process-nightmare.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Anger over President Barack Obama's policies drove businessman Tom Zawistowski to file paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service nearly three years ago to create the Ohio Liberty Coalition. His nonprofit organization largely attracted conservatives who were new to politics but concerned about the growth of government, fiscal issues and... Thu, 16 May 2013 12:10:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089570-tea-party-groups-call-irs-process-nightmare.html 2013-05-16T12:10:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2078550-va-woman-regrets-role-burial.html DOSWELL, Va. (AP) — The Virginia woman whose actions led to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev being buried about 30 miles north of her Richmond home said the angry backlash from local officials, some cemetery neighbors and online critics has been unpleasant, but she has no regrets. "I can't pretend it's not difficult to be reviled and mali... Sun, 12 May 2013 00:31:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2078550-va-woman-regrets-role-burial.html 2013-05-12T00:31:38Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2079042-va-governors-chef-amid-political-potboiler.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Todd Schneider came with a lot of celebrity cachet when he was hired in 2010 as chef at Virginia's historic Executive Mansion and he was soon cast as the co-star with first lady Maureen McDonnell when a cable channel toured the governor's residence, the gardens he tended and the kitchen he ran. As the beaming first lady looked on, Sch... Sat, 11 May 2013 16:30:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2079042-va-governors-chef-amid-political-potboiler.html 2013-05-11T16:30:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2076838-boston-bombing-suspect-buried-virginia-cemetery.html DOSWELL, Va. (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in a cemetery in central Virginia, infuriating some members of the area's Islamic community who say they weren't consulted and flooring at least one neighbor who said she didn't even know she lived near a burial ground. The secret interment this week at a small Islamic c... Sat, 11 May 2013 02:36:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2076838-boston-bombing-suspect-buried-virginia-cemetery.html 2013-05-11T02:36:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2052728-ap-sources-fbi-va-govs-link-to-donor.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The FBI has begun examining the relationship between Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen and the chief executive of a nutritional supplements manufacturer that is the subject of a federal investigation, two people with knowledge of the review said Monday. Federal authorities began questioning people close to the McDonnell... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:48:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2052728-ap-sources-fbi-va-govs-link-to-donor.html 2013-04-30T05:48:42Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2049304-harvick-wins-richmond-2-lap-overtime-sprint.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When the dust settled at Richmond, 'Ol Happy Harvick was the only driver smiling. Kevin Harvick plowed through traffic on the final restart, driving from seventh to Victory Lane in a two-lap overtime sprint to the finish Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway. He did it with one of those head-scratching "Where did he come fr... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:20:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2049304-harvick-wins-richmond-2-lap-overtime-sprint.html 2013-04-28T04:20:19Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2047132-nascar-defends-penalties-matt-kenseth.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Joe Gibbs understands that NASCAR must enforce the rule book and his team deserved a penalty for an illegal part in Matt Kenseth's engine. The team owner just disagrees with the severity of the penalties levied against Joe Gibbs Racing this week. More importantly, he's deeply troubled with the perception JGR cheated. "You spend your l... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:54:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2047132-nascar-defends-penalties-matt-kenseth.html 2013-04-26T22:54:16Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2047314-1913-nickel-fetches-than-31m-auction.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Four Virginia siblings who never let a rare 5-cent piece slip through their fingers, even when it was declared a fake, have been rewarded for their devotion to a humble family heirloom after the century-old coin sold for more than $3.1 million. The 1913 Liberty Head nickel, one of only five known to exist, was sold to two bidders for ... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:51:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2047314-1913-nickel-fetches-than-31m-auction.html 2013-04-26T17:51:44Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2044776-kenseth-calls-harsh-penalties-grossly-unfair.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Mild-mannered Matt Kenseth is spitting mad at NASCAR. The driver for Joe Gibbs Racing spoke out Thursday, one day after his team was slapped with some of the harshest penalties in NASCAR history because his race-winning car at Kansas last week failed post-race inspection. The failure came because one of eight conne... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:43:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2044776-kenseth-calls-harsh-penalties-grossly-unfair.html 2013-04-25T19:43:47Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2043782-marlboro-maker-altria-to-jump-e-cigarettes.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Marlboro Man may soon be hitching his wagon to a new kind of cigarette. Altria Group Inc., owner of the nation's biggest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, announced Thursday that its NuMark subsidiary plans to introduce an electronic cigarette during the second half of the year, making it the last of the major domestic tobacco c... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:19:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2043782-marlboro-maker-altria-to-jump-e-cigarettes.html 2013-04-25T15:19:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2040392-4-charged-va-freshmen-swept-river.html PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — Police arrested three men and sought a fourth Tuesday after two Virginia State University freshmen were swept away while trying to cross a swift, rain-swollen river as part of an initiation rite. The body of one freshman, identified as Marvell Edmonson, 19, of Portsmouth, was recovered Monday. The search continued Tuesday for the se... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:25:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2040392-4-charged-va-freshmen-swept-river.html 2013-04-23T22:25:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027916-philip-morris-intl-1q-profit-falls-2-pct.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit fell nearly 2 percent on a decline in the number of cigarettes sold. The company, based in New York and Switzerland, lowered its full-year earnings guidance because of changes in foreign exchange rates, which also hurt its quarterly results. P... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:54:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027916-philip-morris-intl-1q-profit-falls-2-pct.html 2013-04-18T22:54:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2013578-va-man-who-stole-white-house-van-sentenced.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A career criminal who stole a truck containing President Obama's audio equipment was sentenced Thursday to seven years in federal prison. Sentencing guidelines called for a term of about three years, but Eric Brown of Richmond agreed to the longer sentence to avoid prosecution for 14 similar truck thefts in three localities. However, ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:34:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2013578-va-man-who-stole-white-house-van-sentenced.html 2013-04-11T16:34:26Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1978408-george-mason-bittersweet-move-to-a-10.html FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Think Syracuse in the Big East. Or Maryland in the Atlantic Coast Conference. That's the sort of emotional tie George Mason had with the Colonial Athletic Association, helping launch the mid-major conference in the 1980s and making it part of basketball lore with a Final Four run in 2006. That's why athletic director Tom O'Connor calle... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:45:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1978408-george-mason-bittersweet-move-to-a-10.html 2013-03-25T19:45:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1965552-apnewsbreak-us-to-revise-cigarette-warning-labels.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit. Instead, the Food and Drug Administration will go back to the drawing board and create labels to replace those that included images of ... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:56:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1965552-apnewsbreak-us-to-revise-cigarette-warning-labels.html 2013-03-19T20:56:06Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1963564-monitoring-your-kids-facebook-thats-2009.html WASHINGTON (AP) — After Friendster came MySpace. By the time Facebook dominated social media, parents had joined the party, too. But the online scene has changed - dramatically, as it turns out - and these days even if you're friends with your own kids on Facebook, it doesn't mean you know what they're doing. Thousands of software programs now offer cool ... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:06:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1963564-monitoring-your-kids-facebook-thats-2009.html 2013-03-18T23:06:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1951104-philip-morris-intl-ceo-camilleri-to-step.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Philip Morris International Inc. said Wednesday that CEO Louis C. Camilleri will step down and be replaced by the man who led it before it became an independent company. The seller of Marlboro and other cigarette brands overseas said its current chief operating officer, Andre Calantzopoulos, will become CEO immediately after the compa... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:06:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1951104-philip-morris-intl-ceo-camilleri-to-step.html 2013-03-13T15:06:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1907998-fda-names-head-tobacco-products-center.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Food and Drug Administration veteran who helped spearhead efforts to regulate the tobacco industry in the 1990s is taking over the agency's Center for Tobacco Products. Mitch Zeller will become the center's director on March 4, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said in an internal memo sent late Thursday and confirmed by The Associa... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:28:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1907998-fda-names-head-tobacco-products-center.html 2013-02-22T18:28:40Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1871724-chris-brown-returns-to-court-probation-issues.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — With the woman he assaulted throwing him a kiss, Chris Brown walked into court Wednesday to face allegations he failed to complete his community labor sentence for Rihanna's 2009 beating. A judge asked for more information and scheduled another hearing in two months. Rihanna, the glamorous singer whose bruised face became a tabloid fixt... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1871724-chris-brown-returns-to-court-probation-issues.html 2013-02-07T01:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1870292-prosecutors-move-to-revoke-chris-browns-probation.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors have asked a judge to revoke Chris Brown's probation, saying there is no credible evidence he completed his community service sentence for beating Rihanna, and citing several other incidents that they say point to anger management issues. The motion filed Tuesday by the Los Angeles County district attorney's office focuses h... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1870292-prosecutors-move-to-revoke-chris-browns-probation.html 2013-02-05T23:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1858672-marlboro-maker-altria-4q-profit-up-32-percent.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Marlboro maker Altria Group's fourth-quarter profit rose about 32 percent as it commanded higher prices for cigarettes and smokeless tobacco and expanded its industry-leading share of the U.S. market. The owner of the nation's biggest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, on Thursday reported net income of $1.1 billion, or 55 cents per ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1858672-marlboro-maker-altria-4q-profit-up-32-percent.html 2013-01-31T14:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1841574-biden-to-promote-gun-control-pro-gun-virginia.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is launching a White House campaign of road trips to promote gun control with a visit to Virginia, a state that has experienced its own school shooting tragedy yet maintains an avidly pro-gun tradition. Biden will travel to Richmond on Friday along with other Obama administration officials and Democratic Virginia... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1841574-biden-to-promote-gun-control-pro-gun-virginia.html 2013-01-23T22:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1809792-va-man-pleads-guilty-to-theft-obama-van.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Richmond man has pleaded guilty to stealing a truck containing President Barack Obama's audio equipment. Eric Brown entered his plea Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Richmond. The 49-year-old Brown faces sentencing April 11 in a plea agreement that calls for a 7-year prison term. A 2005 Ford van containing podiums and electronic ... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1809792-va-man-pleads-guilty-to-theft-obama-van.html 2013-01-09T22:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1804682-etty-allen-mother-va-governor-dies.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Henriette "Etty" Allen, matriarch of a famed American football family and mother to former Virginia Gov. George F. Allen, has died. She was 90. According to a statement from the Allen family, she died Jan. 2 after a long illness. A private funeral is planned for Tuesday in California. The daughter of anti-Nazi res... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1804682-etty-allen-mother-va-governor-dies.html 2013-01-07T22:23:00Z 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 18:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1763580-fda-review-tobacco-products-grinds-to-halt.html 2012-12-13T18:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1764888-ap-va-student-expelled-election-racial-uproar.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — One student has been expelled and three others are being punished for their roles in a racially charged uproar on a Virginia college campus the night of President Barack Obama's re-election, the school said Thursday. They were among approximately 40 students who gathered outside the Minority Student Union at Hampden-Sydney College on ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1764888-ap-va-student-expelled-election-racial-uproar.html 2012-12-13T18:15:00Z