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Michael Felton singled home John Reilly in the bottom of the ninth inning, sending the Campbell Camels to a 4-3 win over the VMI Keydets in Big South baseball action Saturday in Buies Creek, N.C. The contest was the middle game of a three-game series and marked VMI’s third consecutive walk-off loss.
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Connor Bach handcuffed the North Division-leading Campbell Camels for 8 2/3 innings, but the VMI Keydets went 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position and CU’s Blake Boyce had a walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the ninth, giving Campbell a 2-1 win over VMI Friday in Buies Creek, N.C. The game was the opener of a Big South three-game series and marked VMI’s second straight walk-off setback.
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The fifth-ranked UVa. baseball team blew open a close game with Miami with a nine-run eighth inning in a 15-4 victory over the Hurricanes Friday night at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers (24-2, 8-2 ACC) recorded their eighth straight win and their fifth consecutive ACC victory.
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Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined the molecular structure of a protein whose mutations have been linked to several early aging diseases, and side effects for common HIV and AIDS medications. This breakthrough could eventually help researchers develop new treatments for these early aging diseases and redesign AIDS medications to avoid side effects such as diabetes.
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The ACLU of Virginia sent a letter to Gov. Bob McDonnell urging him to sign without amendment the drone moratorium legislation sent to his desk in February by overwhelming bi-partisan votes in the General Assembly.
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Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling announced today that he will not mount an independent campaign for governor, citing financial, political and personal reasons for the decision.
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Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli was “pleased” with the move of the Supreme Court of Virginia to issue a Writ of Actual Innocence to Garry Lowell Diamond on Friday. Diamond had already served his prison sentence on convictions for abduction with intent to defile and two counts of abduction. “I was pleased to hear the news…
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The VMI Keydets jumped out to a 5-3 lead in the sixth inning, but the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers scored the game’s last 10 runs en route to a 13-5 victory Friday night at Nick Denes Field in Bowling Green, Ky.
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The environmental justice movement was born in September 1982 when a group of poor residents of rural Warren County, North Carolina laid down in front of trucks transporting waste containing toxic PCBs to a nearby landfill.
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LaMonte Wade’s bases-loaded triple was the big blow in Maryland’s seven-run fifth inning that broke a tie and gave the visitors a 10-5 victory over JMU in a non-conference baseball game on Wednesday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.
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