Still a long way to go for equality Ken Connor (BPNews.net) LEESBURG, Va. (BP)--The election of the first African-American president of the United States was a great moment in American history. Regardless of policy or party, it is incredible that a black man has been elected chief executive of a country where black men once were enslaved.

Va. Man Charged in Robbery of Waldorf Gas Station Clerk (Washington Post) A man from King George, Va., was arrested Friday in Waldorf on suspicion of robbing a gas station clerk at knifepoint and trying to use a public bus as his getaway vehicle.