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The Virginia baseball team received a strong start from left-hander Scott Silverstein (Sr., Olney, Md.) and four RBI from Jared King (Sr., Radford, Va.) in posting a 6-3 victory over Clemson Friday evening at Davenport Field. Game 2 of the series has been moved up to an 11 a.m. start Saturday because of the threat…
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Designated hitter Joey Wood’s two-out single in the bottom of the ninth scored Brandon Williams with the game-winning run as Georgia State topped James Madison 9-8 in the opening game of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series on Friday night at the GSU Baseball Complex. GSU improved to 10-13 overall and 3-1 in the CAA. …
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The Virginia Department of Health today announced that the tuberculosis (TB) rate in Virginia continues to decline. Between 2010 and 2011, the rate decreased 17.5 percent. This equates to 47 fewer cases of TB reported in Virginia. “The steady decline in TB cases in Virginia is welcome news and represents the success of concerted TB…
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To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the release of “Casablanca,” Turner Classic Movies arranged a screening of the film recently – a one night only event – at selected theaters across America. I was only a lad when it premiered in 1942, and never got to see it on the big screen, although I’ve watched…
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The Virginia baseball team scored eight runs in the third inning and cruised from there in a 12-3 win over VMI Wednesday at Davenport Field. Chris Taylor went 4-for-4 with three doubles to highlight a 16-hit outing for the Virginia offense. Mike Papi (Fr., Tunkhannock, Pa.) went 3-for-3, while Jared King (Sr., Radford, Va.) was…
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When Lynn Coffey and her husband Billy moved to the tiny hamlet of Love, Virginia, more than three decades ago they looked around at their neighbors and discovered a vanishing way of life. Inspired to preserve the story of these people and their culture, she began publishing a newspaper about what she observed. Although the…
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No. 4 Florida State scored three runs in the eighth inning to come from behind and defeat the Virginia baseball team, 7-5, Monday evening at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla. In the first ACC Monday broadcast on ESPNU, the Seminoles finished off a three-game series sweep, rallying in the eighth inning for wins in…
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As I continue meeting and talking with citizens across the Fifth District, it remains clear that too many are suffering not only from the President’s economic policies, but also from the budget-busting policies put forth in the government takeover of health care that was signed into law nearly two years ago today. Just this past…
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Bridgewater College and Randolph-Macon College split their doubleheader Saturday afternoon. Bridgewater won the opener, 8-0, while the Yellow Jackets held on for a 5-3 win in the second game. The early season twinbill matched the top two teams in the preseason poll with the Eagles picked No. 1 and the Yellow Jackets No. 2. In…
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The VMI Keydets tied the game with a two-out, two-run single in the 9th and led by two runs in the 10th, but the UNC Asheville Bulldogs scored three times in the bottom half of that inning and defeated VMI, 5-4, in Big South baseball action Saturday afternoon at Greenwood Field. The game was the…
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