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Chris George tossed seven solid innings Friday night at Harbor Park, and the Norfolk Tides made it two in a row against the Rochester Red Wings with a 4-1 win in front of 6,187 fans. George (5-4, 4.24) picked up his first win at Harbor Park since May 7 by allowing just one run on…
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Adam Olbrychowski allowed just one run over a career-high eight innings and led the Potomac Nationals to a 6-1 series-opening victory in Myrtle Beach on Friday night. The Nationals used a three-run second inning to set the tone early and rode an efficient Olbrychowski to a victory that snapped a three-game slide. With one out…
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More than 270 high school students from 45 U.S. states and nine Canadian provinces assembled July 24-29 in Sackville, Canada, to participate in North America’s largest high school environmental education competition, the 2011 Canon Envirothon. Having placed first during May’s Virginia State Envirothon competition in Mechanicsville, Fort Defiance High School moved on to the national competition,…
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Virginia State Police with the assistance of Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control agents seized approximately 5,400 marijuana plants with a street value of $16 million in Nelson County today. The day began with the discovery of a significant crop of marijuana in the Schuyler area of the county. Investigators confiscated 5,204 marijuana plants from…
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Prices at the pump increased slightly this week amidst national and international economic volatility. The national average for regular grade gasoline reached $3.71 Friday, up a penny from last week, up 17cents from a month ago and 97 cents higher than year-ago prices. Gas prices remain 40 cents below the all-time record high of $4.11/gallon…
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After a rocky first inning, Paul Demny settled in and dominated the Wilmington Blue Rocks. He struck out a career high ten and allowed just two hits after a two-run first, as the Potomac Nationals survived a rocky ninth to win 7-5 at Frawley Stadium on Thursday afternoon. Demny, coming off two disastrous road starts,…
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Ask Virginians the name of a native of the Commonwealth who has had the greatest impact on history, and you are likely to get a variety of answers. Few are likely to give the name of the Virginian whom I believe has had and will continue to have the greatest influence on human history: Henrietta…
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Sammy Solis was outstanding into the eighth inning and was again supported by early offense as the Potomac Nationals took an edge in their four-game series in Wilmington with a 5-1 victory Wednesday night at Frawley Stadium. A one-out double chased Solis in the eighth and plated the only run against the lefthander, but a…
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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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