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PLAN TO PUT OBAMA ADS ON GAS PUMPS STALLS: (The Tampa Tribune)
By: WILLIAM MARCH
Media General News Service
It was a neat idea for targeting a political ad: Hit people with a Barack Obama message about gas prices on those new TV screens that are appearing on top of the pumps at gas stations.
While they’re watching their money run out through the hose, they’ll hear Obama’s message saying John McCain is in the pocket of Big Oil.
But the ads never ran, leading to a controversy between the campaign and the advertising company over why.
VALUE OF FARMLAND GOING UP: (Washington Bureau)
BY AMY DOMINELLO
Media General News Service
WASHINGTON - Despite a slowdown in commercial and residential construction in many areas of the country, the value of farmland is increasing.
The Department of Agriculture reports that farm real estate values nationally increased 9 percent last year. That brings the average value to $2,350 per acre.
Farmland throughout the Southeast rose in value.
VIRGINIA WOMAN FIRST TO GET NEW HEART DEVICE: (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
She's considered U.S.'s 1st
to obtain defibrillator that
synchronizes, regulates
BY LINDSAY MACHAK
Media General News Service
A week ago, Brenda Botkin couldn't walk to her neighbor's house and back without taking a pill to ease the pain in her chest.
Wednesday, Botkin walked home from her neighbor's with ease, thanks to a new medical device.
The COGNIS Cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator was implanted in Botkin on Monday at CJW Medical Center's Levinson Heart Hospital in Richmond. The device works to synchronize beats on the two sides of the heart as well as slow down or speed up the heart as necessary.
SCAM SAID TO FALSIFY HOLOCAUST CLAIMS: (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
A federal prison inmate has been charged with mail fraud and identity theft in a scheme to loot Swiss bank accounts of the families of Holocaust victims, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
John Kenneth Leighnor Jr., 49, faces a maximum of 76 years in prison and a $2,750,000 fine if convicted of all 11 charges for the complicated, international scheme he allegedly coordinated from inside the Federal Correctional Institute in Petersburg.
MICHELLE OBAMA MEETS MILITARY FAMILIES IN NORFOLK: (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Would-be first lady talks of their
sacrifices, 'insufficient support'
BY OLYMPIA MEOLA
Media General News Service
NORFOLK — Michelle Obama read to children and appealed to hard-pressed military spouses Wednesday in her first campaign visit to Virginia, a state her husband is spending time and money in, hoping to carry it in November.
Michelle Obama's trip to Norfolk included a fundraiser Wednesday night at Harrison Opera House, attended by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton. The trip is another sign that Sen. Barack Obama hopes to turn a state that has not backed a Democratic nominee for president since 1964.
The visit comes amid buzz that Kaine is high on the Illinois senator's list as a vice presidential nominee. Barack Obama campaigned in Indiana Wednesday with Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Indiana, who also is said to be on Obama's short list.
CANTOR SILENT ON VP TALK BUT UNVEILS ECONOMIC IDEA: (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Possible McCain pick makes visits
to tout 'middle class bill of rights'
BY TYLER WHITLEY
Media General News Service
While Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-7th, again refused Wednesday to address speculation that he might be John McCain's running mate, he gave a speech that could be interpreted as an audition for the job.
Speaking to the Greater Richmond Chamber at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Cantor proposed a "middle-class bill of rights" to ease voters' concerns about the slumping economy.
Cantor, who is Jewish, also talked about his family's humble immigrant roots.
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