Starting with the fall of 2010, every Virginia high school student will have to take a one-credit course in personal finance and economics. The hope is that students leaving high school will have an understanding of credit cards, loans, interest rates and other financial matters — knowledge that is ever more valuable in these volatile [...]
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Virginia regulators have ordered the state’s second largest local telephone company to gradually reduce the charges it imposes on other phone companies to connect to its network. The State Corporation Commission said Friday that Embarq’s intrastate access revenues are inconsistent with a state policy promoting competition in the telephone marketplace. Read full story via tv3winchester.com.
Ruiter, a home-schooled seventh grader from Centreville, went toe-to-toe with 292 of the nation’s best young spellers this week before ultimately finishing second in the 82nd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Read full story via Fairfax Times.
A pit bull terrier attacked a 3-year-old boy at a party in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County Saturday, May 23. According to Fairfax County Police, the boy was visiting with two pit bulls when one of the dogs bit him on the arm and face. Read full story via Fairfax Times.
Winchester Va — A Shenandoah County man has been charged with manufacturing explosive devices after city police recovered four homemade bombs from his former residence on Monmouth Street. Christopher Allison, 24, of Toms Brook was arrested Friday and charged with manufacturing bombs. Read full story via Winchester Star.
Bob McDonnell has accepted Republican nomination for governor, telling delegates at the state GOP convention in Richmond that he would focus on helping turn around the economy. “To every Virginian who needs a job, to every small business owner trying to make payroll, to every retiree alarmed at losses in their retirement account, to every [...]
Applicants for Maryland driver’s licenses and identification cards will soon have to prove they are in the country legally. A new state law takes effect Monday that is designed to prevent illegal immigrants from getting new licenses or ID cards. Read full story via The Frederick News-Post