The family of Morgan D. Harrington is seeking volunteers to redouble the efforts to locate the Virginia Tech student who disappeared Oct. 17 after leaving the John Paul Jones Arena.

A day after President Barack Obama rallied Democrats in Norfolk for gubernatorial nominee R. Creigh Deeds, national Republican headliners hopscotched Virginia for front-runner Bob McDonnell.

The price at a pump may come as a shock to many Americans already strapped for cash in this recession.

For more than 100 years, the history and heritage of millions of former slaves sat in a dusty warehouse of federal archives. Thursday, modern technology breathed new life into the history of Virginia’s freedmen.