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Editor Northern Virginia Daily Sir: Your article in the Lifestyle/Valley Scene section on Sept. 16 about a bookstore on Main Street in Front Royal contained some misleading statements. "Yulish said the area did offer some used book stores, but no...

The Fed sits tight

Anyone looking for the Federal Reserve to give the tepid recovery a quick boost was disappointed Tuesday.

Recession's end

"The Great Recession," a handy nickname embraced by journalists and academics for the current severe economic downturn, earned official validation Monday.

Letters

Editor Northern Virginia Daily Sir: We often say "nobody tells me what to think" and claim our political opponents get their ideas from Glenn Beck (or Rachel Maddow), while we think for ourselves. Yet this world is too complicated for...

Poverty rate spikes

The human toll of the Great Recession is illuminated by the Census Bureau's report that one in seven Americans is living in poverty. The total is nearly 44 million, the highest level since 1994, and an increase of 4 million since last year.

Tea Party surge

The Tea Party phenomenon capped an improbable primary election cycle Tuesday by toppling a GOP stalwart in the Delaware senatorial primary.

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Editor Northern Virginia Daily Sir: Christian leaders across America are calling for 40 days of prayer to seek God's forgiveness and healing for America, beginning Sept. 1. Let us join thousands of others across our nation in a time of...

GOP tax two-step

John Boehner, the typically implacable House Republican leader, made headlines Sunday by expressing his willingness to compromise on extending the Bush-era income tax cuts. "If the only option I have is to vote for some of those tax reductions," he said, "I'll vote for them."

McDonnell's ABC plan

Privatizing Virginia's ABC stores has long been a rallying cry for conservatives, including Gov. Bob McDonnell, who on the campaign trail last year framed the idea as a potential windfall for the state's congested and deteriorating transportation system.