Virginia receives disaster declarations due to summer derecho

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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) announced today that Albemarle, Nelson and Page counties have received U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designation as primary disaster areas due to excessive rain, hail, high winds and lightning associated with a derecho that occurred between June 28 and July 3, 2012.

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Inept Cavs hand W to Louisiana Tech, 44-38

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Virginia quarterback Michael Rocco threw three interceptions, the last for a Louisiana Tech touchdown to help push the Bulldogs to a commanding 20-point fourth-quarter lead. Backup quarterback Phillip Sims led a valiant fourth-quarter comeback that came up short on a controversial illegal-substitution penalty, and Tech held on for a 44-38 win on Saturday in Charlottesville.

JMU women open at UVa.

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The James Madison women’s basketball schedule for the 2012-13 season includes a season-opener against Virginia and a trip to Mexico for the Cancun Challenge. The Dukes will begin the season on Nov. 9 in Charlottesville, Va., against the Cavaliers in a re-match from last year’s Women’s National Invitation Tournament quarterfinals.

EMU grads serve in war-torn areas of Colombia

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Months after earning their undergraduate degrees from Eastern Mennonite University in 2011, Jessica Sarriot (Silver Spring, Md.), Larisa Zehr (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and William C. Morris (Charlottesville, Va.) headed 2,000 miles south to work alongside Colombians seeking to emerge from decades of warfare and destitution.