http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/12 Category: PilotOnline.com en-us Copyright 2012 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Mon, 28 May 2012 11:51:34 -0400 WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service is banning international shipments of electronics with lithium batteries such as smartphones, laptops and iPads, citing the risk of fire. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/post-office-will-not-ship-laptops-ipads-abroad Mon, 14 May 2012 06:48:57 -0400 Chances are the folks who most need to read this column won’t. But I’m going to write it anyway because this has to be said: Parents, keep your darned teenagers off the street at night. This is for all the mothers and fathers who let their offspring come and go as if their house had no door.  http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/parents-blame-curfew-laws-and-protect-your-teens Wed, 09 May 2012 00:21:48 -0400 A story that ran on Page 3 Tuesday in the Hampton Roads section ("Military athletes show their mettle") should have said Staff Sgt. Paul Roberts of Newport News won a gold medal as part of the Army wheelchair basketball team. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/correction-virginianpilot-1 Tue, 08 May 2012 22:27:12 -0400 By Steve Szkotak RICHMOND Dominion Virginia Power's long-range energy plans were criticized Tuesday for relying too heavily on fossil fuels at the expense of renewables such as wind and solar and energy efficiency. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/speakers-rail-against-dominion-virginia-power-plans Tue, 08 May 2012 14:23:06 -0400 Norfolk hopes to show the Navy it has a friend in City Hall through its hire of retiring Capt. John Andrews. For about $100,000 a year, Andrews will use his knowledge and contacts to strengthen the city's relationship with the Navy and to increase the number of active-duty and retired military who choose to settle here. He will be an assistant to City Manager Marcus Jones. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/04/every-city-has-stake-military-support Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 The Tampa Bay Lightning reassigned forward Pierre-Cedric Labrie to the Admirals on Wednesday. Labrie, 25, has played in 14 games with the Lightning this season, recording two assists. The 6-foot-2, 218-pound forward has played in 49 games with the Admirals this season, recording 13 goals and 32 points. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/03/tampa-bays-labrie-sent-norfolk Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:53:11 -0400 It's unclear when Pittsburgh and Syracuse will become members of the ACC, but when they do, the league will have a new scheduling format for both football and men’s and women’s basketball. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/new-scheduling-format-coming-acc-football-basketball Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:01:42 -0500 RICHMOND The General Assembly – well, at least part of it – seemed to have booze on the brain this morning. Two bills advanced today granting special forms of alcohol sales. They were two of a handful of alcohol-related legislation docketed for a hearing in the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/two-alcohol-sales-bills-advance-va-senate Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:26:06 -0500 By EMILY SCHULTHEIS In a 22-page order, a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court today rejected Rick Perry's appeal to appear on the Virginia ballot. Perry initially challenged the state's stringent ballot laws on Dec. 27, after he and Newt Gingrich failed to qualify with the required 10,000 signatures. Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Jon Huntsman all joined the suit. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/court-rejects-perry-appeal-appear-va-ballot Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:50:46 -0500 For the first time in more than a decade, Hampton Roads is about to turn dirt on a major highway project. Construction is on the horizon at the Midtown Tunnel, which connects Norfolk to Portsmouth. So why are so many in the region so unhappy? http://hamptonroads.com/2011/12/lousy-deal-hampton-roads Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500