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3-Minute Interview: Filmmaker Matthew Nash tells Holocaust tale from GI's point of view
Steve Contorno
Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
Nash is an associate professor of photography at Lesley University's Art Institute of Boston and director of "16 Photographs at Ohrdruf," a documentary about the first Nazi concentration camp liberated by U.S. troops. The film won the Founder's Choice Award at last weekend's GI Film Festival in...
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Va. officials formally nominate Cuccinelli for governor
Steve Contorno
Yesterday
RICHMOND -- Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli officially accepted the Republican nomination for governor Saturday and immediately questioned whether his Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, had the credentials needed to handle the state's top job. Thousands of diehard conservatives...
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Jindal arrives in Virginia to boost Cuccinelli for governor
Steve Contorno
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
RICHMOND, Va. – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal traveled to Virginia Friday to bolster the gubernatorial campaign of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and to introduce himself to voters in what is likely to be a critical swing state in the 2016 presidential election. Jindal was the keynote speaker...
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Ken Cuccinelli rips President Obama's energy agenda
Steve Contorno
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli promised Thursday that battling President Obama over environmental policies would be a cornerstone of his energy agenda. Speaking at a power line manufacturer in the Virginia-Tennessee border town of Bristol, Cuccinelli...
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Convention gives Virginia GOP chance to unite behind Ken Cuccinelli
Steve Contorno
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Republicans from across Virginia will gather in Richmond this weekend to officially anoint Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli as the party's nominee for governor and pick the rest of the ticket he will lead this fall. For Cuccinelli, the moment is more than a year and a half in the making, the...
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Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling launches PAC to support 'mainstream' Republicans
Steve Contorno
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling announced plans on Wednesday to recruit and support "mainstream" Republicans to run for office in yet another move that undercuts his former rival, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Bolling, a one-time Republican candidate for governor, launched the Virginia...
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Ken Cuccinelli won't represent Bob McDonnell in legal battle with ex-chef
Steve Contorno
Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli recused his office Wednesday from representing Gov. Bob McDonnell in the state's case against executive mansion chef Todd Schneider. In a letter sent Wednesday, Assistant Attorney General Ellen Porter appointed former state Attorney General Anthony...
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Bob McDonnell approval dips, but Star Scientific scandal not a factor
Steve Contorno
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's approval rating is at it's lowest point in two years, but it's still at enviable heights, according to a new poll. More importantly for the Republican leader, an FBI investigation into his family's relationship with embattled Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams is...
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Ken Cuccinelli touts jobs plan while Dems hit him on women's issues
Steve Contorno
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli visited a pair of Hampton Roads small businesses Tuesday to trumpet his new jobs plan -- a $1.4 billion income tax cut -- in the face of Democratic attacks against his record on women's health issues. Just days before the Republican nominating...
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McDonnell wishes Boston bomber wasn't buried in Virginia
Steve Contorno
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
Gov. Bob McDonnell said Monday he wished that one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing wasn't buried last week in a Virginia cemetery, but added there's nothing he can do about it. After a prolonged search to find a cemetery that would accept the remains of Tamerlan Tsarnaev,...
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