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Posted at 05:57 PM ET, 07/30/2012

Obama descended from slave ancestor, researchers say
By Bonnie Goldstein
The genealogy Web site Ancestry.com says that Stanley Ann Dunham, Obama’s mother, is descended  from a historically significant Virginia  slave named John Punch.

By Bonnie Goldstein  |  05:57 PM ET, 07/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  John Punch, Obama ancestors, slave trade, virginia

Posted at 09:00 AM ET, 07/20/2012

Michelle Obama on ’12 versus ’08: ‘There isn’t much of a difference this year’
By Mary C. Curtis
When I asked the first lady, she said, “When I’m out there on the campaign trail I feel it the same way that I did three and a half years ago.”

By Mary C. Curtis  |  09:00 AM ET, 07/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  michelle obama, ann romney, swing states, iowa, north carolina, virginia, barack obama, mitt romney

Posted at 11:54 AM ET, 07/19/2012

Arkansas exhibit highlights Bill and Hillary Clinton's mothers
By Suzi Parker

By Suzi Parker  |  11:54 AM ET, 07/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Virginia Kelley Clinton, Dorothy Rodham, Arkansas

Posted at 01:35 PM ET, 06/27/2012

Teresa Sullivan's road at U-Va. won't get any easier
By Sandra Fish
Teresa Sullivan and her University of Virginia governing board have made up, but the struggles of public universities aren’t going away.

By Sandra Fish  |  01:35 PM ET, 06/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Teresa Sullivan, University of Virginia, University of Colorado

Posted at 09:22 AM ET, 06/08/2012

Colorado congressman Doug Lamborn creates kerfuffle over photo of naked child
By Sandra Fish
Doug Lamborn's objection to a photo of a naked 5-year-old in dirty bath water in West Virginia's coal country could play well in Colorado's competitive 5th Congressional District primary.

By Sandra Fish  |  09:22 AM ET, 06/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Doug Lamborn, Maria Gunnoe, Katie Falkenberg, West Virginia, mountaintop coal mining, 5th Congressional District, Robert Blaha, Colorado Springs

Posted at 04:13 PM ET, 02/26/2012

George Huguely won’t ‘grow out of’ alcoholism
By Melinda Henneberger
A juror said that was the thinking behind the 26-year sentence they recommended. But that’s not how addiction works.

By Melinda Henneberger  |  04:13 PM ET, 02/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  George Huguely V, Yeardley Love, alcoholism, University of Virginia lacrosse, Huguely sentencing, Huguely found guilty

Posted at 06:06 PM ET, 02/17/2012

The transformation of George Huguely into ‘Georgie’
By Melinda Henneberger
COLUMN | George Wesley Huguely V, the former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of murdering Yeardley Love, has come to court looking like somebody’s skinny kid brother.

By Melinda Henneberger  |  06:06 PM ET, 02/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  George Huguely, University of Virginia, Virginia crime

Posted at 10:51 PM ET, 02/09/2012

Yeardley Love’s home team
By Melinda Henneberger
Unlike abused women who don’t know whom to call or whether they’ll be believed, she couldn’t have been more supported.

By Melinda Henneberger  |  10:51 PM ET, 02/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Yeardley Love, George Huguely V, University of Virginia, domestic abuse, abused women, Huguely trial, lacrosse