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Richmond Times-Dispatch 2010/02/09

After four months of looking, state securities regulators believe a Richmond businessman and a dozen Richmond businesses have been running a Ponzi scheme. So the State Corporation Commission yesterday ordered the firms, Julius Everett “Bud” Johnson of Richmond and a North Carolina man who worked with Johnson to show why the agency should not find they violated Virginia securities law and should ...

USA Today 2010/02/09

It has been a miraculous season for West Virginia star Da'Sean Butler. He is leading the team with an average of 17.3 points a game as the spiritual leader of a team contending for the Big East championship and had 33 points against archrival Pitt last week.

Washington Post 2010/02/09

Virginia abolished parole for convicted criminals in 1995. But more than 6,000 prisoners remain who were arrested prior to 1995, a new lawsuit alleges, and the state parole board denies release to more than 96 percent of them each year.

WMDT Salisbury 2010/02/08

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Two stimulus grants totaling $21.5 million have been awarded to expand broadband infrastructure in Virginia. The matching... Visit WMDT.com for the full story

Richmond Times-Dispatch 2010/02/08

One local school budget is approved, three others are on the table and none of them is pretty. The Richmond region’s four biggest localities are grappling with the biggest public school funding crisis in memory by cutting as deeply as they dare while waiting for a new state budget that promises more pain. The story is the same across Virginia. “They’re looking under every stone,“ said Alfred R ...