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For most Boy Scouts, their Eagle Scout badge is a mark of honor. But for Ijpe Dekow, a gay former scout living in Memphis, it became a mark of intolerance. In 1999, when he was an 18-year-old in Rhode Island, Dekow returned his Eagle Scout badge after...

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers begins a campaign today urging defeat of a bill that changes agreements with auto dealers covering facility renovations and warranty work among other issues. The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on Senate...

Joe McCullough didn't always attend church regularly. "There came a point when my wife said, 'You better start setting an example for your kids,' " said McCullough, 62, of Coraopolis. These days, McCullough, president of the Pittsburgh Chapter of...

There are some interesting results from a new Roanoke College poll. It asked respondents about important social issues nationally, and polled people across Virginia. On immigration reform, when offered a choice of how to deal with immigrants in the U....

New poll results released Wednesday night show the race for Virginia's governor is far from decided.            Roanoke College's Institute for Policy and Opinion Research shows Republican Ken Cuccinelli has a narrow lead over Democrat Terry McAuliffe....

WDBJ7 Your Hometown News Leader for the Roanoke/Lynchburg television market is expanding its election and political coverage with the addition of Dr. Robert Denton as a political commentator/analyst.  Denton joins long-time WDBJ7 senior political...

The Boy Scouts of America is surveying adult members about their attitude toward gays in Scouting as the group’s leaders consider potentially lifting their ban on gay membership later this spring. The 13-question survey is being distributed to 1.1...

There's a little-known fact about guns in America, and it's one that the firearms industry and its political allies don't like to dwell on: The rate of gun ownership in America is declining. This has been the case for decades. Rates peaked way back in...

There's a little known fact about guns in America, and it's one that the firearms industry and its political allies don't like to dwell on: The rate of gun ownership in America is declining. This has been the case for decades. Rates peaked way back in...

A new Roanoke College poll sheds light on how people in Virginia feel about guns. Roanoke College Professor Harry Wilson conducted the poll.  he's no stranger to polling, but says it's been a while since he's asked about guns, and despite recent events,...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sniffling, groggy and afraid she had caught the flu, Diana Zavala dragged herself in to work anyway for a day she felt she couldn't afford to miss. A school speech therapist who works as an independent contractor, she doesn't...

Chicago singer-songwriter Terry Callier never received a fraction of the acclaim he deserved, but no one who heard him ever forgot him. The imploring, incantatory quality of his vocals distinguished him from peers, as did his knack for mixing elements...