Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Robertson's intolerance isn't McDonnell's burden...Muslims, made last week on his television show. Most of Robertson's neighbors in Virginia Beach have long ago become numbed to the notions he shares with viewers of "The 700 Club." Perhaps it was his announcement that a meteor would... In this article: Bob McDonnell, Pat Robertson, Flapjack, Islam, Recession, Bankruptcy, Regent University, The 700 Club, Loudoun County, and Disney World |
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washingtonpost.com | November 02, 2009
Pat Robertson and family donate money to McDonnell
...donated $10,000 to McDonnell today. McDonnell attended CBN University, the Virginia Beach school founded Robertson and named after the Christian Broadcasting Network, whose studios share the campus. (Yes, this is where he wrote that...
In this article: Pat Robertson, Bob McDonnell, Attorney General, Regent University, Gordon Robertson, Christian Broadcasting Network, and Virginia Beach
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washingtonpost.com | November 03, 2009
The McDonnell party: It's Pat!
...election as Virginia's governor would "mean a whole lot to me." "I'm president of his alma mater, you know," Robertson said, referring to Regent University in Virginia Beach. A university press crew, cheering for McDonnell from the press...
In this article: Robert F. McDonnell, Pat Robertson, Barack Obama, Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia, and The Washington Post
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washingtonpost.com | 6 days ago
Mr. McDonnell's albatross
...relationship. In addition to attending law school in the 1980s at what was then called CBN University, the Virginia Beach school founded by Mr. Robertson and named for his Christian Broadcasting Network, Mr. McDonnell served eight years as a...
In this article: Robert F. McDonnell, Pat Robertson, Regent University, Virginia, Hinduism, Attorney General, State Department, Christian Broadcasting Network, and The 700 Club
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Who Runs Gov | November 04, 2009
Profiles/Robert_F._McDonnell
...Oct. 27, 2005 During the 1980s, McDonnell worked for the American Hospital Supply Corporation before receiving his 1988 law degree from Regent University, a Virginia Beach institution founded by evangelical Rev. Pat Robertson. During his time...
In this article: Virginia, Attorney General, Creigh Deeds, Tim Kaine, Bob McDonnell, Regent University, The Washington Post, and Mike Huckabee
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washingtonpost.com | November 10, 2009
Robertson on Islam: It's not a religion...it's a violent political system
...in his hotel suite while returns rolled in. In a broadcast of the 700 Club Monday night, the Virginia Beach pastor had some choice words about Islam in reaction to the shootings at Fort Hood. Robertson said that Army Maj. Nidal Hasan's...
In this article: Pat Robertson, Islam, Bob McDonnell, Regent University, Virginia Beach, and Fort Hood
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washingtonpost.com | October 12, 2009
McDonnell, Deeds Face Off in Televised Debate
...the family. But he argued that McDonnell has supported discrimination more recently, including during his eight years of service on the board of trustees of Regent University, the Virginia Beach college founded by Pat Robertson. The school...
In this article: Robert F. McDonnell, R. Creigh Deeds, Tax, Virginia, Attorney General, Revenue, Timothy M. Kaine, Washington, D.C., Big government, and Recession
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The Washington Post | November 14, 2009
Robertson's remarks on Islam put McDonnell in bind
...he said. McDonnell attended law school at what was then called CBN University, the Virginia Beach institution founded by Robertson and named after the Christian Broadcasting Network, whose studios share the campus. After the school...
In this article: Robert F. McDonnell, Pat Robertson, Islam, Christian Broadcasting Network, Regent University, Jeremiah Wright, Virginia, and Attorney General
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Virginia Beach (pronounced IPA: //vɚˌdʒɪnjəˈbiːtʃ//) is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the most populous city in Virginia and the 40th largest city in the United States, with an estimated population of 440,415 in 2008.
Virginia Beach is the easternmost of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads that make up the core of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA. This area, known as "America's First Region", also includes the independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk, as well as other smaller cities, counties and towns of Hampton Roads.
Virginia Beach is a resort city with miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along its oceanfront. Every year the city hosts to the East Coast Surfing Championship as well as the North American Sand Soccer Championship. It is also home to several state parks, several long protected beach areas, three military bases, a number of large corporations, two universities, and historic sites. Near the point where the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean meet, Cape Henry was the site of the first landing of the English colonists bound for Jamestown on April 26, 1607.
The city is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having the longest pleasure beach in the world. It is located at the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the longest bridge-tunnel complex in the world.
- Name:
- City of Virginia Beach
- Type:
- City
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1845
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 497.3
- Total Area (km):
- 1288.1
- Land Area (sq mi):
- 248.3
- Land Area (km):
- 643.1
- Water Area (sq mi):
- 249.0
- Water Area (km):
- 645.0
- Elevation (ft):
- 10
- Elevation (m):
- 6
- Urban Population:
- 1212000
- Time Zone:
- EST
- Website:
- http://www.vbgov.com/
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