Topic: Roanoke

I-77 pileup was series of chain reactions, highway reopens today

I-77 pileup: Virginia State Police determined 95 vehicles wrecked in 17 separate crashes within a mile span near the base of Fancy Gap Mountain, spokeswoman Corinne Geller said.

The Barbarous Years

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bernard Bailyn's book on the early settling of America is authoritative as well as entertaining.

Final pitch for Obama, Romney: Which one will convince voters about 'change'?

Post-hurricane Sandy, both campaigns are back in full swing. Mitt Romney says he's the man who can take the nation on a different course, but President Obama says he, too, represents change.

Focus Election 2012: In Senate, a mighty struggle to maintain status quo

The battle for the Senate now looks like a standoff with neither Republicans nor Democrats likely to win the 60 seats needed for political control. Will partisan gridlock change after Election 2012?

Who creates jobs? How economists see the Obama-Romney debate.

The debate about job creation is becoming one of the central themes of the presidential campaign. The answers aren't simple, many economists say – especially in the current climate of employment malaise.

Elizabeth Warren: What will Obama's 'you didn't build that' ally say to DNC?

Elizabeth Warren may fill two roles at the DNC: a champion of the little guy who fires up the base and someone who presents Democrats as the mainstream alternative to the party of the rich.

'You didn't build that': Obama's business quip is gift to Romney campaign

President Obama was speaking of public infrastructure when he talked about government’s role in business. But his clumsy phrasing opened the way for a conservative attack.

Obama-Romney battle puts Senate race in Virginia in 'eye of the storm'

With Senate primary victories on Tuesday, George Allen (R) and Tim Kaine (D) will battle for a seat that could swing control of the Senate – in a state that could swing control of the White House.

Virginia Tech: Gunman in police killing wasn't student (Video)

The campus shooting prompted officials to lock down the Virginia Tech campus for hours Thursday while police and SWAT teams searched the school, the scene in 2007 of the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.

Medicare poll: Boomers worry Medicare won't last

Medicare won't be around for their entire retirement, 2 of 3 baby boomers tell AP poll.

Wounds of Iraq war: US struggles with surge of returning veterans

With combat operations set to end in Iraq, many veterans come home diagnosed with post traumatic stress syndrome and other maladies related to modern war. What's being done to help.

Not-so-free iced coffee day at Dunkin Donuts

Dunkin Donuts free iced coffee day turns out to be limited in scope this year.

A Kingdom Strange

A compelling return to the unsolved mystery of the lost Roanoke colonists.

Intel lawsuit signals shift in federal antitrust policy

The Federal Trade Commission's new antitrust lawsuit against Intel is an indication that the Obama administration will be more aggressive than the Bush regime was in regulating companies that dominate their industry.

All Sarah Palin, all the time

Fort Hood shooting suspect: a man of contradictions

Quiet and averse to weapons training, the suspect in the Fort Hood shooting is a study in contradictions. Scale of attack points to premeditation.

What is known about Nidal Malik Hasan and Fort Hood shooting

A fuller picture is beginning to emerge about what happened at Fort Hood Thursday and who Nidal Malik Hasan is. But at this early stage, answers are still elusive.

Is the House healthcare reform bill unconstitutional?

Lawyers linked to the Tea Party movement say healthcare reform is unconstitutional and vow to challenge any bill in federal court. The issue: Has Congress overstepped its constitutional authority?

Heroin's comeback: busts at levels not seen since the '70s.

Mexican dealers are flooding the market with a cheap form of heroin that is more potent than its predecessors, snaring younger users.

A community garden brings people together

Residents find a feeling of neighborliness as they tend to communal vegetable plots.

Urban farms thrive among the mansions in Texas

They prove it's possible to make a living from a 7-acre 'front yard.'

Who's at the door? A rush of cosmetic and cookware sellers

Mary Kay has a 22 percent increase in independent salespeople as taking up direct sales — such as of makeup and tupperware — becomes a popular option in the recession to earn new income.

For kids: A link to railroad history

Photographer O. Winston Link shot thousands of images of steam engines before steam gave way to diesel.

Adoptive parents visit Guatemala to give back

Last month, a group of American adoptive parents traveled to Guatemala to donate $30,000 worth of food, toys, clothes, and shoes to 1,000 poor indigenous families.