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The Virginia State Police has launched a new crime prevention mobile application See Something, Send Something®. The reporting app enables suspicious, criminal activity to be captured as a photo or written note and sent to the Virginia State Police.
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The 30th annual Republican Advance was this weekend and I have to tell you: the future of the Republican Party in Virginia is bright. At the dinner last night, I shared, first and foremost, my gratitude for the many hundreds of dedicated Virginians who began doing the hard work of the canvass scarcely twelve hours after the polls closed on Election Night.
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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.
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Robinson Cano is coming off another solid year in 2013 (27 HR, 107 RBI, .314BA/.383OBP/.516SLG), but 10 years at $240 million for a 31-year-old second baseman? The Yankees will have to settle for overpaying for a 31-year-old base stealer (Jacoby Ellsbury, seven years/$153 million) and a 29-year-old catcher (Brian McCann, five years/$85 million).
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The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. That sounds high compared to the $1.60 an hour that was the minimum wage in 1968. But that $1.60-an-hour wage in 1968 had the buying power of $10.56 an hour in 2013 dollars. So this push by fast-food workers across the country to raise attention to the wage floor is valid on that count.
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You don’t lose a lot of games holding your opponents to 28.8 percent shooting and 48 points. If you’re UVa. or anybody else, you’re not going to win any game missing 33 of your last 38 shots and scoring 38 points.
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Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham is courtside at tonight’s game in the ACC-Big 10 Challenge pitting UVa. (7-1) vs. #8 Wisconsin (8-0). Tipoff is at 7 p.m. The game is being broadcast on ESPN2.
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced the state’s top 20 agricultural commodities for the 2012 production year. “This list shows the diversity of Virginia agriculture, which is just one of the reasons our products are in such demand in the global marketplace,” said Matt Lohr, VDACS Commissioner.
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UVa. will play host to Connecticut at 7 p.m. Friday at Klöckner Stadium in the quarterfinals of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship. The advancing team moves on to the NCAA College Cup, slated for Dec. 13 and 15 in Philadelphia. The eighth-seeded Cavaliers advanced to the quarterfinals after a 3-1 win over ninth-seeded Marquette Sunday.
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December 2013 calendar of events at the Waynesboro Public Library.
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