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Story by Chris Graham We’re about a year away from the November 2010 elections, though you wouldn’t know that by watching local TV and seeing the wall-to-wall commercials telling you about what Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello has been doing up in Washington. First it was the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with an ad in…
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ACCVirginia.com will be live at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville for tonight’s college-basketball game between the University of Virginia and Rider. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Editor Chris Graham will be on press row blogging with live score updates, commentary, analysis and more. Feel free to join in with questions, comments and…
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Excerpted from Mad About U: Four Decades of Basketball at University Hall, by Chris Graham and Patrick Hite In an effort to set a new Virginia women’s basketball single-game attendance record, the promotion that helped set the current mark 22 years ago is back on Nov. 22 vs. Tennessee – Hot Dog Night. All Cavalier…
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Responds to attacks on Perriello, Connolly, on health-care votes Staff Report With YouTube video A television-ad counteroffensive was launched today backing up U.S. Reps. Tom Perriello (D-Fifth) and Gerry Connolly (D-11th,) who voted for the Affordable Health Care for America Act and now find themselves in the crosshairs of the special interests and the target…
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Story by Chris Graham The YMCA has made a difference in the life of young Makayla Davis. “Her Sunday-school teacher even mentioned that she just couldn’t believe the difference in her behavior and participation at church. I gave the credit where it was due – to the daily environment here in childcare at the YMCA,”…
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As the search and investigative efforts continue for missing college student Morgan Harrington, state and local investigators are now able to release additional details concerning the night of her disappearance. Miss Harrington disappeared Oct. 17, 2009, during a Metallica concert at the John Paul Jones Arena on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville. During…
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The losses of Assane Sene and Jamil Tucker will make an already thin UVa. frontcourt that much thinner. “It makes us, I guess, thin, on more of the forward or front-line type of things,” ‘Hoos coach Tony Bennett said on the eve of his first game on the sidelines at the John Paul Jones Arena,…
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Panera Bread bakery-cafes will partner with Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network to help put food on tables for Food Bank recipients throughout the state when they host their first “Panera’s Pantry” food drive campaign through Nov. 23. Patrons can bring nonperishable canned food items to any Panera Bread location in the Blue Ridge Bread…
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I just found out this morning that a good friend, Tim Baker, is scheduled to undergo surgery to remove a brain tumor tomorrow. Talk about sudden – Tim and I play on a rec-league basketball team together, and our last game was two weeks ago. According to his Facebook Wall, he found out about the…
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MINUS: Can we make it official now? The Al Groh Era is over. Nine years into the run, Groh can’t field a competitive football team. That was plain and obvious Saturday. It wasn’t just the score – though 52-17 is, ugh, you know, it’s atrocious. Worse, far worse, are these numbers – 515 yards total…
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