http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/27 Category: News en-us Copyright 2012 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:06:41 -0500 WAVES, N.C. Two homes in the same neighborhood have been severely damaged in fires that occurred within days of each other. Investigators with the fire department and the Dare County Sheriff are investigating the cause of the two fires and whether they are connected. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/two-homes-severely-damaged-fires-waves-nc Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:58:50 -0500 By Gary D. Robertson RALEIGH, N.C. If a leading candidate fails to get more than 40 percent of the vote in a North Carolina primary election race this May, when is the runoff? It depends. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/new-nc-law-could-delay-primary-runoff-3-weeks Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:18:28 -0500 By Bob Lewis RICHMOND An Obama administration mandate that could force Catholic organizations to cover their employees' birth control costs tugs former Gov. Tim Kaine between his Roman Catholic faith and his Democratic White House ally. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/obama-birth-control-mandate-puts-kaine-corner Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:14 -0500 By Tonia Moxley A judge’s written ruling in two $10 million wrongful death claims against Virginia Tech may change the landscape of the high-profile case that has dragged on for three years. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/va-tech-president-dismissed-wrongful-death-suits Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:41:13 -0500 PORTSMOUTH Police identified the man and woman who were killed in homicides on Tuesday in Port Norfolk and said they are investigating the possibility that the two deaths are related. James David Gough Jr., 47, of the 700 block of Broad St., was found in a burning Jeep Cherokee shortly after 5:26 a.m. The vehicle was in an alley between the 400 blocks of Florida and Mount Vernon avenues. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/police-id-victims-two-portsmouth-homicides Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:23:04 -0500 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. A University of North Carolina Board of Governors committee has recommended a proposal that would see college costs rise by more than $400 per student on average. The committee made its recommendation Thursday in Chapel Hill, a day before the full board is scheduled to vote on the proposal. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/unc-panel-recommends-88-percent-tuition-increase Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:42:44 -0500 SUFFOLK A fire confined to the bathroom of a home in the 100 block of Katherine Street displaced two adults and a child this afternoon. No one was injured. Firefighters responded to the home at 3:25 p.m. and quickly brought the fire under control, according to a city news release. The fire was ruled an accident, and damage was estimated to be $5,000. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/suffolk-family-displaced-house-fire Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:40:05 -0500 VIRGINIA BEACH Police say a child was shot in the 3800 block of Buckhorn Place this afternoon. One of the parents of the child called police at 4:17 p.m. to say that their 4-year-old son was accidentally shot, police spokeswoman Grazia Moyers said. The child’s age and the circumstances surrounding the shooting have not been confirmed by police. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/police-investigating-report-child-shot-va-beach Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:30:13 -0500 VIRGINIA BEACH A man called 911 last week after his brother told him he had just shot their father in their Kempsville home, according to a search warrant affidavit. There had been signs of trouble the day before the shooting that left father and son dead, the document explained. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/search-warrant-son-shot-father-kempsville-home Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:36:49 -0500 VIRGINIA BEACH Bob Morin, director of the city’s Human Services Department, says that his agency could have done more to prevent the death of a child at the hands of a foster mother two years ago. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/beach-official-we-could-have-done-more-save-child Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:32:50 -0500