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Air Power over Hampton Roads

A spectacular manuever by the US Air Force Thunderbirds during Air Power over Hampton Roads, Langley Air Force Base's annual air show, May 23, 2004. (UPI Photo/Austin Knox/Air Force)

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Alleged leader of Va. drug ring indicted

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Federal agents said a man indicted by a U.S. grand jury is the suspected leader of a major drug ring in Virginia's Hampton Roads region.

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HAMPTON, Va., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A Virginia Aquarium spokeswoman said scientists are set to investigate how a beaked whale became beached in Hampton, Va.

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July 29 (UPI) -- Military sites in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia are embracing cessation efforts intended to curb troops' smoking habits, an official says.

Va. terror report cites state's colleges

NORFOLK, Va., April 26 (UPI) -- Colleges and universities in Virginia's Hampton Roads area are potential breeding grounds for terrorism, a state police report contends.

Navy faces resistance over landing strip

HAMPTON ROADS, Va., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. Navy admiral says he is amazed at the level of distrust he gets from residents fighting a proposed landing strip in Virginia.

Va. leaders fight Navy carrier relocation

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Virginia civic leaders say they are concerned that the proposed relocation of an aircraft carrier by the U.S. Navy could cost the state thousands of jobs.

Study: Fort Monroe should become park land

HAMPTON, Va., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Fort Monroe should be converted into park land when the U.S. Army leaves the Virginia facility in two years, a citizen group's study says.

East Coast ships slow down for whales

NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say, effective Tuesday, merchant ships off Virginia must slow down in order to cut down on collisions with migrating whales.

Kaine: Not interested in Cabinet post now

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine says he would not consider a Cabinet position before the end of his term in 2010.

Phony flier advises Dems to vote Nov. 5

HAMPTON ROADS, Va., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Virginia state officials are advising residents to disregard a phony state flier advising Democrats to vote on Nov. 5, a day after the actual election.

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