Old Dominion formally joins Conference USA
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The countdown is over. Today, July 1, 2013, Old Dominion University begins a new era in its athletic history as a member of Conference USA.
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AAA: Gas prices decline ahead of July 4 holiday
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The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline dropped eight cents this week to $3.51 per gallon Friday. This is 11 cents lower than month ago prices, yet 14 cents more than year ago prices.
Earth Talk: Barack Obama’s climate change initiative
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In what’s being billed as the greatest environmental initiative of his presidency, Barack Obama announced on June 25, 2013 that his administration is instituting stringent mandatory restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions by power plants, factories and other industrial sources. These sources combined account for roughly 40 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions across the U.S. The goal is to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions nationally by four percent below 1990 levels within the next seven years.
Unwanted medical treatment: A painful nightmare we cannot afford
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Imagine your 90-year-old mother has Alzheimer’s disease and is near death. But before she became mentally incompetent, she gave you power of attorney to sign a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order so medical personnel would honor her wishes to die peacefully, without aggressive medical interventions in her final days.
Bob Goodlatte: Smarter solutions for students
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Students at colleges and universities throughout the Sixth District and the rest of the country depend on student loans to finance their education each year. In fact, nearly 12 million students in the United States borrow annually to help cover education costs. But without congressional action, on July 1st interest rates for federally subsidized student loans are set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.
JMU Swimming and Diving coach Samantha Smith retires from coaching
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James Madison head swimming and diving coach Samantha Smith has announced her retirement from coaching on Friday.
Waynesboro Public Library: July 2013 Calendar
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Find out what’s going on in July at the Waynesboro Public Library. Among the highlights: Book-A-Trip. Everyone is invited to read Under the Sea-Wind by Rachel Carson and go on the bus trip to the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center in August. Copies of the book are available to purchase at WPL.
Created equal: Court rulings affirm gay marriage
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A pair of landmark 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court rulings handed down today have struck down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and affirmed the right of gay couples to marry in California.
Warner leads bipartisan effort to restructure housing finance system
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Bob Corker (R-TN) introduced bipartisan legislation today to strengthen America’s housing finance system by replacing the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with a streamlined, privately-capitalized system that preserves market liquidity and protects taxpayers from bailouts during any future economic downturns.
ACLU challenges McDonnell to step up voting rights restoration
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The ACLU of Virginia sent Gov. Bob McDonnell a letter this week asking him to extend his new policy granting automatic restoration of voting rights to the largest number possible of those persons now disenfranchised by Virginia’s Jim Crow-era law permanently barring ex-felons from voting.
