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RESTON, VIRGINIA : Retail e-commerce sales in the United States reached almost $50 billion during the fourth quarter of 2011, a 14 percent increase compared to the previous year, according to a report released by comScore, Inc. on Monday.

VIRGINIA BEACH Buried among the thousands of images registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, in the same category as leprechauns, gnomes, witches, Paul Bunyan ("and other giants"), Robin Hood, the Pied Piper, and even Santa

A historical society in Virginia, where slavery began in the American colonies in 1619, has discovered the identities of 3,200 slaves from unpublished private documents, providing new information for today's descendants in a first-of-its-kind online d

Aftershocks from the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck last summer continue to rattle the state of Virginia in the United States. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports that a 3.2 magnitude aftershock hit Louisa, Virginia at 6:39 p.m. M

The sun rises at a wind farm near Toronto, South Dakota. / By Dirk Lammers, AP In a bid to help launch offshore wind power in the United States, the Obama administration said Thursday that it was moving forward to lease four areas off the Mid-Atlantic coa