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Our ears are delicate instruments, and our ability to hear can diminish for a number of reasons. The majority of people develop hearing loss as they get older. Over time, part of the ear’s delicate mechanism may break down or simply wear out.
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Mr. Goodlatte, recently you shared with us a story of visiting local schools and seeing food, and the tax dollars that prepared them, go to waste. You suggested that Washington roll back standards that require school cafeterias to place healthy items on every child’s plate, as these “green” items are foreign to many American’s hamburger tastes and thus get trashed.
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The University of Virginia Board of Visitors approved an extension of President Teresa A. Sullivan’s employment contract on Tuesday during a special meeting in Charlottesville.
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The Paramount Theater in Charlottesville announced new members elected to its board of directors.
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Last week, we recognized National Police Week, an annual commemoration leading up to May 15th, which was coined Peace Officers Memorial Day in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy. We owe much gratitude to our law enforcement officers at the local, state, and federal levels, who put themselves in danger on a daily basis.
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Behind a one-hit shutout from right-hander Josh Sborz (Jr., McLean, Va.), the UVA baseball team blanked Georgia Tech, 11-0, Tuesday in the opening game of the 2015 ACC Baseball Championship at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C. The game concluded after seven innings because of the tournament’s 10-run mercy rule.
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The UVA baseball team opens postseason play at 11 a.m. Tuesday when it faces Georgia Tech is a play-in game at the 2015 ACC Baseball Championship at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C.
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Gas prices continue to climb, with the busy Memorial Day weekend just one week away. The national average price of gasoline (through Friday) had increased for 29 of the previous 32 days to $2.69 per gallon. Drivers are paying three cents more per gallon than one week ago and 30 cents more per gallon than one month ago.
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The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week.
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Two wins in Chapel Hill have a UVA baseball team that has been on the brink of a postseason-less 2015 on a different brink now.
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