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• n  a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
• n  one of the British colonies that formed the United States
• n  a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range

• Virginia
• Old Dominion
• Old Dominion State
• VA

News & Articles

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• Virginia Losing Republican Grip of Old With New Voters
  The downtown in Leesburg, Virginia, offers a portrait of attachment to the past. Federal-style buildings line the streets, and the courthouse square features both a plaque commemorating a reading in 1776 of the Declaration of Independence and a statute honoring Confederate soldiers.
  June 18, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Virginia man arrested for domestic assault
  VIRGINIA -- Gage County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Virginia man for third degree domestic assault and disturbing the peace Friday evening.
  June 17, 2013 - The Beatrice Daily Sun
• Virginia governor billed taxpayers for sunscreen, dog vitamins -report
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Virginia Governor and possible Republican presidential candidate Bob McDonnell used taxpayer money to pay for sunscreen and dog vitamins, the Washington Post reported on Monday, adding to other improper spending the paper says the FBI is investigating. McDonnell and his wife also used state employees to run personal errands for their adult children and billed the state for ...
  June 17, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Robert Byrd in Beckley Register-Herald
  I told Byrd if you pave every single inch of West Virginia, it's going to be much harder to mine coal,he said, drawing a hearty laugh. "And he told me, 'The Constitution does not prohibit humble servants from delivering whatever they can...
• Barack Obama in Sydney Morning Herald
  The people of West Virginia have lost a true champion, the United States Senate has lost a venerable institution, and America has lost a voice of principle and reason with the passing of Robert C Byrd,Obama said. "He had the courage to...
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in San Francisco Chronicle
  Implying that the party could lose in November if he is the nominee, Clinton told patrons of Tudor's Biscuit World in Charleston: "I keep telling people, no Democrat has won the White House since 1916 without winning West Virginia."