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Plucking obese children from their parents is the ultimate in “nanny-statism.” Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity specialist at Children’s Hospital Boston and Lindsey Murtagh, an attorney and researcher with Harvard’s School of Public Health, want to extract obese children from their homes and away from their parents for a government intervention. Ludwig and Murtagh want…
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Danny Rosenbaum pitched a gem on Friday night in Woodbridge and got all the run support he needed from Francisco Soriano, who belted two home runs as the Nationals survived a tumultuous ninth inning and hung on for a 4-3 win over the Kinston Indians. Rosenbaum (4-5), who had made three quality starts against the…
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Augusta County Republicans may again be divided – this time over the party’s contested nomination for Augusta County treasurer. Incumbent Richard Homes is being challenged by Tea Party blogger Jason Bibeau for the nomination, which will be decided in a mass meeting on July 28. Bibeau has raised issue with the move by the party…
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President Obama’s announcement of a limited troop withdrawal from Afghanistan — America’s longest war — is bound to disappoint members of Congress and an electorate tired of the conflict. As has been reported, senior White House officials confirmed that the President plans to remove 10,000 troops by the end of this year and another 23,000…
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A year ago, in the midst of over nine percent unemployment and a quickly escalating 13 trillion dollar national debt, the White House launched its “Recovery Summer” tour in an effort to gain support for its failed trillion dollar stimulus plan. Since the stimulus was signed into law, what we have seen is anything but…
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The Virginia baseball team started the 2011 College World Series strong with a 4-1 victory over California on Sunday afternoon in front of 21,275 spectators at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. Virginia (55-10) advances into the winners’ bracket to play the winner of the Sunday evening South Carolina-Texas A&M game at 7 p.m. Tuesday (ET) on…
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It wasn’t a surprise that Danny Hultzen was going to have to give the ball up earlier than Brian O’Connor would have liked given how many pitches he had thrown – 113 in six and a third innings. The surprise to me was who O’Connor gave the ball to next: Tyler Wilson, who I’d presumed…
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No. 13 North Carolina scratched across two runs in the eighth inning to rally and defeat the No. 1-ranked Virginia baseball team, 2-1, on Friday night at Boshamer Stadium. UNC (43-12, 19-10) clinched the series, marking the Cavaliers’ first series loss this season and breaking a streak of 15 straight ACC series wins, dating to…
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The top-ranked Virginia baseball team headed into its exam break on a high note with a 14-3 road victory over VCU on a beautiful Tuesday evening at The Diamond in Richmond, Va. A crowd of 5,421 attended the game, marking the largest crowd for a college baseball game in Virginia state history. The heart of…
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The ACLU of Virginia today filed a request in federal court on behalf of activists in Richmond for an injunction ordering the Richmond Police to allow them to hold a May Day parade without having to pay for off-duty police officers. “Nowhere in the city code does it say that Richmond police have the authority…
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