At Virginia Quarterly Review, did workplace tension take a tragic turn?

The Charlottesville offices of the Virginia Quarterly Review are dark. The locks have been changed. Most of the staff has resigned or taken leave. And there are two divergent accounts of why the managing editor recently shot himself in the head. Work - Virginia Quarterly Review - Bullying - United States - Violence and Abuse

Virginia gas and oil board narrows scope in auditing royalties in escrow

For 20 years, natural-gas royalties belonging to Southwest Virginia property owners have been accumulating in state-controlled escrow accounts, largely unchecked for accuracy. That was supposed to change with the first independent audit of the accounts in a decade. But the audit of $26 million overseen by the Virginia Gas and ...

Tech Leaders Discuss State's Future

Leaders in technology in West Virginia met at Marshall University discussing how to attract more technology-based businesses to the state.

AP sources: Former FBI man implicated in CIA abuse

A former CIA officer accused of revving an electric drill near the head of an imprisoned terror suspect has returned to U.S. intelligence as a contractor, training CIA operatives after leaving the agency, The Associated Press has learned.

Embattled Kansas AD Perkins retires

Embattled Kansas athletic director Lew Perkins retired 12 months early Tuesday, following a year of controversy and embarrassment for both himself and the school. Perkins, 65, said in June that he would retire in September 2011. Instead, he and chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little announced he was leaving immediately and didn't make themselves available to reporters to explain why.