JARRATT, Va. (AP) — A man who raped and suffocated an 88-year-old woman was executed, becoming Virginia’s first inmate to be given a lethal injection using a revised three-drug cocktail. Jerry Terrell Jackson, 30, was pronounced dead at 9:14 p.m. Thursday at Greensville Correctional Center. Asked if he had any final words, Jackson shook his […]

SUFFOLK, Va. — Addicted to speed, Tia Norfleet is set on becoming the first African-American female to compete in NASCAR. The DAILYMAIL REPORTS: Her father, Bobby Norfleet, was a protege of African-American NASCAR driver Wendell Scott and has spent most of his career racing in motorcycles, drag cars and stock cars. Mr Norfleet told Reuters: […]

NORFOLK,VIRGINIA – Details have emerged in the shooting deaths of Bill Bonney and Daquan Hill both of whom were shot and killed after a rap battles in Virginia. Hampton Roads has detailed stories on both killings: Pound(Bonney) delivered two slams during the battle rap, witnesses later testified, that brought Stress to a boil. He called […]

Washington Washington Football Team defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth has been charged with simple assault in Virginia. Police say he threw a punch at a fellow motorist Wednesday in a Washington, D.C., suburb. Fairfax County authorities told The Washington Post that Haynesworth, 29, plans to turn himself in next week through his attorney. But Haynesworth’s agent, […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: State police say Virginia saw declines in violent crimes and other offenses in 2009. The Virginia State Police’s 2009 Crime in Virginia report says violent crimes fell by 9.7 percent compared to 2008. Motor vehicle and other property thefts and drug offenses also decreased, the report said. Juvenile arrests also declined […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and Northrop Grumman will announce Tuesday that the defense giant has selected Virginia over Maryland for its corporate headquarters, the Virginia Politics blog is reporting. According to two sources familiar with the deal, the company is still considering sites in Fairfax and Arlington counties for its headquarters, […]

VIA CNN: Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell apologized Wednesday for leaving out any reference to slavery in his recent proclamation designating April as Confederate History Month, calling it a “major omission.” “The failure to include any reference to slavery was a mistake, and for that I apologize to any fellow Virginian who has been offended or […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The unemployment level in the Washington region dipped in November to 6.1 percent from 6.2 percent the previous month, according to government data released Tuesday, further evidence to some economists that the area has weathered the worst of the recession. Washington and New Orleans had the lowest unemployment rates among metropolitan […]

VIA US NEWS & WORLD REPORT: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., the top school in U.S. News & World Report‘s America’s Best High Schools rankings, is designed to challenge students. A course load of offerings that include DNA science, neurology, and quantum physics would seem to be more than […]

The Origin of Wealth Evolution, Complexity, & The Radical Remaking of Economics by: Eric D. Beinhocker The questions this book explores- What is wealth? How is it created? How can it be increased. For most of the readers of this book (like you and I) wealth is measured in dollars, pounds, euros, yen or some […]