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AAA: Gas prices continue to fall

Chris Graham

The national average price of gasoline has fallen 13 of 16 days (through Friday) since Thanksgiving. This follows a streak of 15 consecutive daily increases leading up to the holiday. This week the national gas price average dropped a penny to $3.25 cents per gallon Friday, six cents more expensive than one month ago.

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Hurt introduces bill to level playing field for generic drug manufacturers

Chris Graham

Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Va.) introduced legislation along with Congressman Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) that would level the playing field for generic drug user fees so that smaller manufacturers would be expected to pay fees that would reflect the relative size of their firms compared to drug company giants.

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Robert Hurt: House passes legislation to help small businesses

Robert Hurt

With unemployment remaining unacceptably high across the Fifth District, Congress must focus on passing legislation that will spur job creation for Americans. Fifth District Virginians know that the federal government’s role is to promote policies that create opportunities and increase access to capital for our entrepreneurs and small businesses to hire and expand.

McDonnell: Virginia preparing for possible significant ice storm

Chris Graham

Gov. Bob McDonnell today encouraged Virginians to prepare for a potentially disruptive early-season ice storm that will affect the Commonwealth this Sunday. While exact impacts are still somewhat uncertain, Virginians should make preparations now for possible power outages, that could be lengthy if large amounts of ice accumulate.

Wynonna and The Big Noise at The Paramount Theater

Contributors

Wynonna and The Big Noise will perform at The Paramount Theater as part of their National Tour, A Simpler Christmas on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 at 8 p.m. The “A Simpler Christmas” Tour will be an intimate and joyous performance that will showcase Wynonna’s legendary voice in a set of inspirational Christmas favorites, plus some of her greatest hits.

Chris Graham: UVa. football woes are hurting my favorite website

Chris Graham

Hi, my name is Chris, and I’m an addict. A Sabre.com addict. I came clean on this a couple of weeks ago, making my first post on the site devoted to all things UVa. athletics, about 15 years too late, now that I think about it. That’s roughly how long I’ve been reading the site, basically on a daily basis 10 months a year, August through June.

Chris Graham: Mike London stocks the cupboard for his successor

Chris Graham

Apologists for embattled UVa. football coach Mike London begin their defense of the Cavs’ awful 2-10 2013 season by pointing out how young the team was this year – with just seven seniors seeing action. The notion advanced along with this defense is that London’s first three recruiting classes, all in or around the Rivals Top 25, will get better with age.

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Robert Hurt: Healthcare website poses major cybersecurity risks

Robert Hurt

This weekend, the Obama administration announced that the federal health insurance exchange website is now “accessible for the vast majority of users” after two months of glitches, errors, and bugs. While the website may be more accessible, the administration has not addressed another major issue presented by the launch of this website.

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Down a man, UVa. men’s soccer advances to Elite Eight with 3-1 win over Marquette

Chris Graham

Despite playing a man down for the final 89 minutes, the Virginia men’s soccer team defeated Marquette, 3-1, Sunday afternoon in the NCAA tournament’s round of 16 at Klöckner Stadium. The eighth-seeded Cavaliers (12-5-5) advance to play the winner of the UCLA-Connecticut match next weekend in the NCAA quarterfinals.