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Mr. President, I would like to express my support for the Majority Leader’s plan to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the deficit. Our nation, as we all know, faces a looming crisis. The markets have already warned us. Businesses are already postponing investments. We know the consequences of inaction; they are predictable: Borrowing costs…
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This game couldn’t have happened on a better day. And what a birthday present. My cousin Jim calls me at 2pm on June 13th and asks if I want to go to the final baseball game of the Virginia Super Regional against UC Irvine with the winner going to Omaha. Was he serious? Since it…
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Solutions Place, a 340,000-square-foot office, manufacturing, and distribution business complex in Waynesboro, today welcomed high-tech electronics manufacturer PPI/Time Zero as its newest tenant in a grand opening event attended by top state and local officials. Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Jim Cheng hailed PPI/ Time Zero’s $1.15 million expansion to Virginia from New Jersey…
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The expectations game. Seniors Kris Burd and Chase Minnifield expect the 2011 UVa. football team to go bowling at the end of the season. The news media doesn’t expect as much, slotting Virginia fifth in the six-team ACC Coastal Division. Coach Mike London has his own expectations. Year two going into it, you’re looking for…
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Hello, my friends and also my religious enemies. What a way to start an article besides with friends. Seems I made some religious enemies from my article on melanoma, and my immediate reaction was not favorable. That shall be revealed later, but is relevant to how we as stroke survivors deal with complex emotions. According…
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The Potomac Nationals supported a solid start from Cameron Selik with six runs on eleven hits on Sunday night in Winston-Salem to salvage the series finale 6-3. Jeff Kobernus and Destin Hood contributed three hits apiece, Steven Souza drove in a pair of runs and a pair of bullpen arms shut down the Dash to…
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Temperatures weren’t the only thing on the rise throughout the Mid-Atlantic region this week. After dipping down to a low of $3.54/gallon on June 30 (following an early-May peak of $3.98/gallon), gas prices continued their upward climb for the third straight week. The national average for regular grade gasoline rose to $3.70 Friday, up 3…
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The Potomac Nationals scored six unanswered runs to nearly overcome a 9-2 deficit, but their rally stalled one run short in a 9-8 defeat Saturday night in Winston-Salem. The Nationals blasted four home runs and had more than twice as many hits as the Dash in the ballgame, but three decisive hits were the Key…
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The ACLU of Virginia has asked Gov. Bob McDonnell to revise or remove from his questionnaire for judicial applicants two questions regarding mental and physical disabilities that may violate the American with Disabilities Act. “These questions are unnecessary, inappropriate, invasive, and very likely illegal,” said ACLU of Virginia Executive Director Kent Willis. “Persons with disabilities…
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Lynchburg scored first and last, but the Red Sox rallied for enough offense in between to emerge victorious for the third straight night, garnering a 6-4 triumph in front of a season-high crowd of 5,544 at LewisGale Field on Friday night. Five different Sox drove in runs for Salem in a pair of three-run innings,…
