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The legacy of Edgar Allan Poe

2010-11-04T15:03:27Z

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Biography: Tom Robbins

2010-11-04T14:52:16Z

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E.A. Poe stamp on sale Friday

2010-04-16T15:19:29Z

Post office releasing new 42-cent stamp to honor Edgar Alan Poe

"Ill-fated and mysterious man! Bewildered in the brilliancy of thine own imagination," wrote Edgar Alan Poe in "The Assignation." The melancholy poet, master of merriment and terror, could have been writing about himself.

Best known for his haunting short stories and ringing poems, the...

Message in a Bottle

2010-12-25T08:01:19Z

In this Jan. 14, 2009 image shows a Civil War bottle with a message that was tucked inside at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va. The message to Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton says reinforcements will not be arriving. The encrypted dispatch was dated July 4, 1863 _ the date of Pem...

Robertson Marijuana

2010-12-23T13:01:43Z

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 file picture, Rev. Pat Robertson talks to attendees at a prayer breakfast as part of inaugural ceremonies for Virginia Gov.-elect Bob Mcdonnell at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. The religious broadcaster says harsh penalties for marijuana possession are costly for the nation and damaging to young people. But a spokesman says he is no...

Pay Freeze Congress

2010-12-20T00:31:20Z

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2010, file photo Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., speaks during a ceremony to present the the 2010 Congressional Veteran Commendations in Richmond, Va. For a guy who insists that federal bureaucrats make too much money, incoming House Majority Leader Cantor sure doesn't mind hading out handsome government raises on his own. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Pig Abuse -Company

2010-12-23T13:31:42Z

Humane Society of the United States spokesperson, Paul Shapiro, during a press conference in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. The Humane Society says it has found what it called "unacceptable and systemic abuses" of female breeding pigs at a

Health Care Overhaul Virginia

2010-12-13T14:32:08Z

This 2010 handout photo provided by US District Judge Henry Hudson, shows Hudson at the court in Richmond, Va. Hudson declared a key provision of the Obama administration's health care law unconstitutional Monday, siding with Virginia's attorney general ...