Topic: Virginia Beach

Top galleries, list articles, quizzes

Gallery: Top 10 rebound cities

All Content

Obama vs. Romney: 'World War III" for attack ads. But is that bad?

With five months to go until Election Day, the Romney and Obama campaigns are already slinging negative ads. But analysts suggest they're an essential part of voters' decision-making process.
Decoder Wire
Why is Michele Bachmann endorsing Mitt Romney now? (+video)

An endorsement by Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann in Virginia, a battleground state, can help Mitt Romney. Meanwhile, the Romney camp can help Bachmann with her campaign debt.
Vox News
Media report card: why Mitt Romney got more positive coverage than Obama

The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released its report card on media campaign coverage, and no one came out smelling very rosy. 
Spring snowstorm hammers New York, Pennsylvania (+video)

A Spring nor'easter is forecast to dump more than a foot of snow in Pennsylvania, and parts of New York, closing schools and causing power outages. Flood watches have been issued for Maine and New Hampshire
Dick Clark: how a tax-accountant look-alike changed American music

Dick Clark understood how to introduce African-American performers and their music to a post-civil rights society still fraught with racial tensions. Basically, Dick Clark brought rock 'n' roll to America's living rooms.
Virginia Beach Navy jet crash: No loss of life in ‘Good Friday miracle’(+video)

The crash of a Navy jet fighter in a residential neighborhood in Virginia Beach, Va. apparently resulted in no fatalities and few injured. Gov. Bob McDonnell calls it 'an act of divine providence.'
Virginia Beach Navy jet crash: what is known so far

The Navy jet crash in Virginia Beach Friday destroyed or damaged several apartment buildings. The search for survivors continues as officials begin investigating what caused the accident.
US Navy jet crashes in Virginia apartment complex, no fatalities (+video)

A US Navy fighter jet, an F/A-18D Hornet, crashed Friday afternoon into a Virginia Beach apartment complex. The pilots ejected safely. No reports of fatalities so far. The Navy jet crashed shortly after take off from Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach.
Trayvon Martin: the crime of being black, male, and wearing a hoodie

Whatever happens to neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, the dialogue on race must go on. Media perpetually associate criminality with black males. Legislators criminalize black dress. And the criminal justice system disproportionately penalizes black men and boys.
Pat Robertson backs legal marijuana. Will other conservatives follow?

Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson has called for legal marijuana, saying the US incarceration rate is taking a social toll. Advocates call it an important moment, but critics dismiss it.
Obama opens door to offshore wind power along mid-Atlantic coast

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced plans Thursday to open four new wind-leasing regions for wind farms along the mid-Atlantic coast. States look forward to a positive economic impact.
The Simple Dollar
Can a Gap card wreck your credit rating?

Store credit cards, Roth IRA vs. 401k's, and other reader questions
Hurricane Irene update: Tallying up the cost of a major storm

It may not cost as much as hurricane Katina, but hurricane Irene is likely to cause billions of dollars in damages once she finishes her whirlwind trek up the East Coast.
Hurricane Irene: big storm, but its economic punch?

Hurricane Irene may disrupt tourist activity along the Outer Banks and the rest of the East Coast. But it's unlikely to kill it.
Hurricane Irene: Are surfers crazy to love hurricanes?

Hurricane Irene: The approaching hurricane brings out 'storm surfers,' those who crave the bigger, more dangerous waves not usually found on the East Coast.
In hurricane Irene bull's eye, coastal North Carolina braces

The track for hurricane Irene has the potential Category 3 storm crashing into the US near Beaufort, N.C., where officials are pleading with residents to evacuate.
SEAL Team Six members remembered in Virginia Beach

SEAL Team Six: In death as in everyday duty, the SEALs and their families are insular, with their own intimate support system that few outsiders can grasp, residents with close ties to the unit said.
Pollsters: Obama risks losing independents as jobless rate climbs (VIDEO)

Two Republican pollsters say their data show that both Republican and independent voters are growing angrier about the stubbornly high jobless rate.
Robert Reich
America’s biggest jobs program: The US military

If we didn’t have the military to employ millions of Americans, the US unemployment rate would be over 11.5 percent today instead of 9.5 percent. Is having a massive military jobs program the best way to employ Americans?
The New Economy
Baby sitters too costly? Check out rates in these Top 10 sitter cities.

Are affordable baby sitters hard to find? These 10 cities have lots of baby sitters with rates as low as $10 an hour.
The New Economy
Want to escape jobless recovery? Try one of these Top 10 rebound cities.

Some US cities can escape one or even two recessions. These Top 10 rebound cities have recovered jobs quickly after at least three recessions.
Gallery: Top 10 rebound cities
How a top UN official was plucked from the rubble

Jens Kristensen, the senior humanitarian officer with the United Nations stabilization mission in Haiti, tells what it was like to be trapped for five days and saved by a search-and-rescue team from Fairfax, Va.
Beach vitex invades Virginia Beach dunes

Imported to stabilize sand dunes, beach vitex is an invasive species that's tough to kill, Virginia Beach officials have found.
Invasive plant invades Virginia Beach dunes

Imported to stabilize sand dunes, beach vitex is an invasive species that's tough to kill, Virginia Beach officials have discovered.