Here are a few Virginia news headlines, political and meterological, for Sunday, August 28. Goodbye Irene, and good riddance!
*Hurricane Irene moving out
*Hurricane slams East Coast with wind, rain
*UPDATE: Irene slams Va., leaving 2 million without power
*Storm kills 3 in Virginia, including Chesterfield man; Va. girl dies in N.C.
*Nearly 75% lose power in Richmond and Tri-Cities areas
*Virginia Beach battered by Irene’s winds
*After Irene: Authorities readying to gauge damage
*Irene, and kids, arrive
*Watchdogs seek cost information on Dulles Metro line
*When relocating jobs, the federal government ignores the Washington region’s needs
*Radtke still looking up at Republican frontrunner Allen
*Sen. Warner: $4T in debt cuts shouldn’t be an ‘ultimate heavy lift’
UPDATE: Dominion Virginia Power’s outage map is on the “flip.”
UPDATE #2: See The Richmonder for post-Irene photos from Richmond.





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