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Story by Chris Graham Bob Jones could sense the history that was unfolding before his eyes – but baseball broadcasters know better than to say the words no-hitter or perfect game out loud. “Now everybody is getting ready, on their feet … the 0-2 pitch … swung on and missed! Strike three! Paul Burnside has…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The Virginia Democratic blogosphere loves Jim Webb – but will that be enough to carry the former Reagan administration official to victory in this month’s Democratic Party Senate primary? “Most of this is going to depend on electability – whether someone feels that it’s more important to vote…
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Story by Chris Graham It used to be easier for Travis Bradshaw to draw a few hundred fans to his Vanguard Championship Wrestling shows. “The whole business changed after The Attitude era,” said Bradshaw, whose Smithfield-based promotion runs shows across the Commonwealth. “Kayfabe got killed, and wrestling got a bad reputation. That made it harder…
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Story by Chris Graham Legislation opening up the Virginia cable-television market to competition among service providers isn’t exactly being welcomed with open arms by, well, pretty much anybody who was involved in the discussions that led to the compromise measure that was signed into law by Gov. Tim Kaine last week. “From our perspective, any…
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Story by Chris Graham Republican Party gubernatorial candidate Jerry Kilgore wants to give Virginia voters the final say-so when it comes to tax increases. “Taxation is the most basic relationship between a people and its government. I trust the people to make decisions on whether they want to pay more in taxes or less in…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham He’s Br’er Rabbit, and the newspaper headlines are his Briar Patch. Don’t keep threatening to kick me out of the party. , Russ Potts says to Republicans, daily.A reporter might pick up on it, and that would spell my doom. Actually, what has happened is that Potts, running…
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Compiled by Chris Graham Tim Spears was surveying the damage wrought by the South River on his downtown-Waynesboro music store Friday afternoon. “It could’ve been a lot worse,” said Spears, owner of Tim Spears’ Music City – which is located just a city block away from the South River. Spears estimated the damage to his…
AFP will break down local, Virginia and national races in the battle for the control of Congress Tuesday night.