Yesterday U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the U.S. will not allow any offshore drilling for oil or natural gas off the Atlantic Coast for at least seven years. Craig Carper reports.
A growing number of conservative lawmakers -- including some from Virginia -- say the Founding Fathers never intended the federal government to get so big. They say the U-S Constitution needs to be changed to limit Washington’s power. Manuel Quinones has more from Capitol Hill.
There are some 1400 Virginia children waiting for adoption...for a permanent home. And though some will be disappointed, Charles Fishburne reports in this season of joy , there is happiness and hope for children who need a real home.
VCU’s Clark-Hill Institute for Positive Youth Development has just been awarded a 6.5 million dollar grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Charles Fishburne reports.
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine has received a one million dollar grant from a foundation based in Las Vegas to develop interdisciplinary education in care of the elderly.