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The Cash for Clunkers program gave a much-needed shot in the arm to Virginia automobile dealers who have watched their sales slip for nearly two years.

“I loved the rural beauty and to be able to drive and see mountains in the distance,” Karabinus said.

Americans enjoy the best medical care in the world. When judged by nothing other than the ability to provide quality care, no country does better than we do. Every ranking that puts the United States less than first includes some other measurement.

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Northrop Grumman Corp. has snared a $2.5 billion Navy contract to refuel and overhaul the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Something unusual is cropping up alongside the tomatoes, eggplant and okra in Scott Byars’ vegetable garden - the elephantine leaves of 30 tobacco plants.

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Advocates of small government are justifiably angry. And their anger is creating a new and genuine political activism. These citizens are deeply frustrated, and they don’t know where to channel their dissatisfaction.

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Work has begun to transform two former Circuit City stores in the Richmond area into locations for consumer-electronics and appliance retailer hhgregg.

“He sort of changed my life,” says Brigish, who owns the White Pig Bed & Breakfast, an entirely vegan inn located in Schuyler.

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Ten days ago President Obama signed an additional $2 billion into law, tripling the original expense of the “cash for clunkers” program. The president describes the program as a “proven success” because it is stimulating the economy and will reduce carbon emissions. You should examine such economic claims carefully regardless of your politics.

Mary Jean Thomasson says she has never hit or punctured a utility line putting up a “for sale” sign in a yard during her 19 years in the real estate business.

To anyone crammed in a water taxi on a hot August day, Venice seems as full of tourists as ever. This year many of them are speaking Italian.

Diversifying your asset allocation among investments with a low correlation can and should reduce your portfolio’s volatility and boost your returns. But critics are claiming this strategy is no longer valid. That’s because they don’t understand the nature of what happened in 2008.

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