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The Lynchburg Hillcats beat the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, 3-1, Sunday night at Calvin Falwell Field. Williams Perez matched a career-high eight strikeouts en route to his second win in as many starts since his call up to Lynchburg. Shawn McGill drove in two runs and scored once as well in the win.
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A yawning gender gap in the Virginia governor’s race leaves Democrat Terry McAuliffe with a slight 43-39 percent lead over Republican State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that Transurban, the investor and long-term operator of the 495 Express Lanes and 95 Express Lanes, has relocated its U.S. headquarters from New York City to Fairfax County.
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Prominent Virginia business leaders Jimmy Hazel, S. Buford Scott and David Addison announced their support for Terry McAuliffe on Monday. Hazel is the current chairman of Virginia FREE (Virginia Foundation for Research and Economic Education), a nonpartisan organization which provides information to Virginia’s business community in order to advance responsible, pro-business government. Scott is a former Chairman of Virginia FREE and Addison is currently a member of their Board of Directors.
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The Trenton Thunder (33-30) walked off with a, 3-2, victory over the Richmond Flying Squirrels (34-27) on an RBI double from Tyler Austin in the bottom of the ninth inning on Sunday afternoon at ARM & HAMMER Park.
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No. 6 overall seed UVa. opened the 2013 NCAA Baseball Championship with a 2-1 win over Army on Friday (May 31) in the Charlottesville Regional before 3,826 fans at Davenport Field.
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (22-22) used five pitchers and barely hung on for a, 5-4, victory over the Trenton Thunder (24-22) in front of 7,181 at The Diamond on Wednesday night.
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Eleven large baskets have been placed in the Hot Springs BB&T Bank for a silent auction. These theme baskets are named the “Fountain of Youth” basket, “Let’s Go Gardening”, “Start Your Engines”, “Breakfast in Bed”, “Tea Time,” “Playing a Round,” “Baby Comfort Station,” “Day Spa,” “Love My Pets,” “Day at the Beach” and “Picnic Time.”
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) today sent a letter to President Obama urging him to take action to reduce the current backlog of veterans’ disability claims. Currently, the average claim takes over 300 days to be resolved. In the letter, Sens. Warner and Kaine, who were joined by 65 other members of the Senate, cited long delays in cities across the country in making the case for swift action to reduce the backlog.
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Senior right fielder Cole McInturff (Centreville, Va./Westfield) and junior second baseman Conner Brown (Richmond, Va/Godwin) combined for nine RBIs, including three apiece as part of an eight-run eighth inning, as James Madison pulled away from George Washington for a 14-5 non-conference baseball win on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.
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