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Chesapeake woman spreads fair trade candy on Halloween

As her boys stroll door-to-door hollering "trick or treat" this Halloween, Katherine Johnke will be right behind them... more

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Feds seize cash and property from suspected drug ring

(Norfolk Va)-Federal authorities have seized $368,000 in cash, 10 vehicles, including a Bentley, and eight real estate properties... more

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Navy investigators release new images of man found dead

(Norfolk Va)-Federal investigators today released new composite images of a man whose body was found more than a decade ago during... more

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Yes we can!

Barack Obama held a rally in Newport News, Virginia on October 4, 2008. His focus was health care. We spoke with a few of his... more

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Gun advocates say rights are violated by police officers

NORFOLK More than 50 gun-rights advocates descended on the City Council on Tuesday night to complain that their rights have... more

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Are tattoos recession-proof?

Brian Springer of Fuzion Ink in Norfolk, Virginia tells us about how the poor economy has effected business in this popular tattoo... more

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'No peace in Mideast if Israel exists'

Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah voiced his opinion on Thursday about the various peace processes currently underway in the Middle... more

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18 Year Old Recalls 911

Norfolk Virginia-18 year old Alan Berg is a Freshman at Old Dominion University, majoring in communications. He's originally... more

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Obama: McCain's 'phony outrage'

NORFOLK, Va.--Barack Obama this morning accused rival John McCain of lies, "phony outrage" and "Swiftboat politics" in claiming he was making a sexist comment about Sarah Palin when Obama used a "lipstick on a pig" metaphor to tell voters why they shouldn't believe the Republicans when they say they represent change.

The McCain camp has demanded an apology and launched a web ad this morning that fueled the controversy just in time for the morning news shows.

"What their campaign has done this morning is the same game that has made people sick and tired of politics in this country. They have seized on an innocent remark, try to take it out of context, throw up an outrageous ad, because they know it's catnip for the news media," Obama said as he began a forum on education policy at a high school library in Norfolk, Va.

"Enough!" Obama added, his voice rising. "I love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies and phony outrage and swiftboat politics. Enough is enough."

At a campaign rally Tuesday evening, Obama used the lipstick-on-a-pig metaphor to criticize McCain's economic policies as the same as the Bush Administration's policies. "You can put lipstick on a pig. it's still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It's still going to stink after eight years," Obama said.

Before the rally ended, the McCain campaign had organized a conference call with reporters to demand an apology, charging that the remark was a sexist smear against Palin. In her debut speech at the Republican National Convention, self-described "hockey-mon" Palin had made a joke that the difference between a hockey mom and pit bull is "lipstick."

The McCain campaign sent out an Internet ad to reporters and television news producers this morning that charged Obama was talking about Palin and said of Obama: "Ready to lead? No. Ready to smear? Yes."

The controversy dominated television news coverage this morning.

As Obama responded this morning, he sought to draw a connection between the controversy and the McCain campaign's promotion of the Republican ticket as change agents, both of which he attacked as "phony"

"When you scratch the surface, there's not a dimes worth of difference between what he's offering and what we've already got," Obama said. "The only change you're going to get are some pennies in your pocket. So spare me the phony outrage. Spare me the phony talk about change. We have real problems in the country right now. And the American people are looking to us for answers, not distractions, not diversions, not manipulations."

He returned to the theme later in a question-and-answer session, accusing the McCain camp of "cynical" posturing.

"Nobody actually believes they're actually offended," Obama said.."Everybody knows it's cynical. Every body knows its insincere.... This is a game."NORFOLK, Va.--Barack Obama this morning accused rival John McCain of lies, "phony outrage" and "Swiftboat... more

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