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Since last November, there has been a lot of talk about how passing immigration reform this year will be “smart politics” given the role Latino voters played in the recent election. As a small business owner, I’ll leave the political forecasting to the pundits, but I can say this: failing to pass immigration reform, whatever the politics, would be downright knuckle-headed economics.
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Georgia State put four players in double figures and went 17-for-17 on free throws in the second half to stave off James Madison’s rally attempt for a 66-62 decision in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game on Saturday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center.
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It was a two-goal game early in the fourth quarter, but the VMI lacrosse team fell victim to a five-goal surge over the final nine minutes of its game against the Saint Joseph’s University Hawks, falling 10-3 Saturday afternoon at Finnesey Field.
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Jordan Tarsovich was on base four times, including the go-ahead double, Nick Dwyer had his third multi-hit game of the season and Drew Bryan added a crucial eighth-inning RBI single to back a solid effort by the VMI Keydet pitching staff, en route to a 6-4 win over the Buffalo Bulls Saturday at Gray-Minor Stadium in Lexington, Va.
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The James Madison baseball team notched its first win of the 2013 season as the Dukes took down the Binghamton Bearcats 9-1 in the second game of the Saturday doubleheader. JMU had nine runs off of 12 hits with no errors while Binghamton plated one run off of eight hits with one error.
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The ACLU of Virginia joined bill patrons Del. Ben Cline (R-Amherst), Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock) and State Sen. Donald McEachin (D-Richmond) in calling on the governor to sign without amendment the drone moratorium legislation sent to his desk this week by overwhelming bi-partisan votes in both houses.
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I am going to be taking two of my grandchildren to the Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Richmond Coliseum tonight. It is really amazing how quickly the circus can move into its venue; amaze, entertain and hold in suspense its audience; and then pack up and move on.
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Teven Jones helped UVa. embark upon an eight-game winning streak that turned what had started off as a forgettable season into something else entirely. As winter turns to spring, Virginia is on the verge of going back to the NCAA Tournament, and Jones has played an integral role in that march to success.
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The Highland Senior Services Local Council met Monday, Feb. 18, in the Highland Medical Center conference room.
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The No. 8 UVa. women’s lacrosse team (2-0) held the Richmond Spiders (0-4) scoreless in the second half and cruised to a 13-7 triumph on Wednesday evening inside Robins Stadium.
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