Former CIA analyst to speak in Charlottesville
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Ray McGovern will speak on the topic “The United States, Israel, and Iran” on Thursday, June 6, at 6 p.m. at Random Row Books, 315 W. Main St., Charlottesville
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AAA: Gas prices continue welcome slide heading into Memorial Day
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Gas prices continued to retreat for the sixth straight week, pulling back from an early-April peak of $3.94 nationally
Karen Kwiatkowski: Answering Bob Goodlatte’s attacks
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Congressman Bob Goodlatte’s first official response to this year’s constitutional conservative challenge to his 20-year reign of mediocrity is a false and misleading ad hominem attack on his Republican challenger. Rather than stand and face his conservative opponent, a woman who served her country in uniform proudly for twenty years and witnessed the horrendous 9/11…
Warner: ‘All-of-the-above’ on energy policy
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Third in a four-part series What can Washington do about the near-record gas prices that a lot of us fear will cripple the economic recovery that has been slow in arriving anyway? In the short term, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., concedes, not much. “It’s not like America is paying a signficantly higher price for…
Suffolk U.: Obama leads Romney by double digits
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President Barack Obama (47 percent) leads Republican Mitt Romney (37 percent) in a national general election match-up, with 7 percent saying they would vote for a third-party candidate and 7 percent undecided, according to a Suffolk University survey of likely general election voters of all parties. Obama led all GOP candidates: Romney by 10 points,…
Chris Graham: Ebb and flow
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A few months back, Barack Obama’s chances of being re-elected were about as good as the UVa. basketball team’s chances of getting an NCAA Tournament invite. And now … they’re much better. But things change.
AAA: Gas prices holding steady
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Gas prices for February have picked up right where they left off last month. In January, crude oil traded at record-high levels for the beginning of the year, translating to the highest gas prices ever for the month. Gas prices averaged $3.37 per gallon nationally for the month of January, 27-cents higher per gallon than…
Report: Wine industry contributes $747M to state economy
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A newly released economic impact study shows that Virginia’s burgeoning wine industry contributes $747 million annually to Virginia’s economy, an increase of 106 percent over the figures from the last economic impact study conducted in 2005. All major economic drivers examined in the comprehensive study showed significant double-digit percentage growth. “The Virginia wine industry has…
Stone Soup Books & Cafe: February 2012 Music and Events
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Friday, Feb 3rd, 6:00 PM, Live Music & Dining – Zack Cash & Heather Harlow Offering “another flavor of Stone Soup,” by celebrating the many talents of the extended Stone Soup Family, we welcome the return of brother-sister -duo, Zack Cash and Heather Harlow to our Friday Evening musical events. Stone Soup regulars have, upon…
Magazine names Virginia one of top 10 wine travel destinations
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Wine Enthusiast Magazine has named Virginia as one of the 10 best wine travel destinations for 2012. The article, listed online and in the February issue of Wine Enthusiast Magazine, highlights Virginia as one of only three domestic destinations to make the list of wine regions that are ideal for wine lovers to visit in…
