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AAA: Gas prices continue to fall as summer driving season nears end

Chris Graham

After skyrocketing last month, gas prices continue to fall across the country. Gas dropped for the first 14 days in August, easing nearly ten cents per gallon, but the trend could be short-lived. The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline dropped to $3.54 per gallon Friday, a four-cent drop in the past week.

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Sen. Mark Warner urges commission to look at voting wait times

Chris Graham

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) today sent a letter to the chairmen of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, Robert F. Bauer and Benjamin L. Ginsberg, urging them to take strong steps to address the hours-long election lines that too many voters endured during the 2012 election.

Gov. McDonnell announces major Chinese purchase of Virginia soybeans

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that Perdue Agribusiness, Incorporated, which owns and operates a major deep-water export terminal for grains and oilseeds in Chesapeake, recently signed a memorandum of understanding with China’s Dandong Port Group Company and its affiliate, Dandong Pasite Grain and Oilseed Co. Ltd., to supply up to 29 million bushels of soybeans in a series of bulk shipments for the 2013 crop.