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Appeals court upholds ex-lawmaker's convictions

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the bribery and extortion convictions of a former Virginia legislator who solicited a job as director of a teacher training center he helped create with taxpayer money.

Tags: Phillip Hamilton , Newport News Public Schools , Andrew Sacks , Virginia General Assembly , Virginia House Appropriations Committee , William Graves , Roseann Runte

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Services announced for congressman's slain nephew

Tags: Christopher Cummings , Elijah Cummings , March Funeral Home - West , Victory Prayer Chapel

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Murdered ODU student was Md. congressman's nephew

Christopher Cummings, 20, was the nephew of Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings of Baltimore.

Tags: shooting , Christopher Cummings , Norkolk Police , John R. Broderick , Elijah Cummings

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