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Prices at the pump continued their relentless upward movement this week, despite a slight retreat in the oil markets. The national average price for regular grade gasoline jumped a penny this week to $3.94 per gallon Friday and remains 18 cents higher than month ago prices, 21 cents higher than a year ago and within…
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As family and friends across the country get ready to gather around the table for springtime brunch, Taste of Home, the No. 1 cooking and entertaining magazine read by 16 million people nationwide each month, has chosen some of its favorite recipes including a classic recipe for Braided Onion-Potato Loaf from Waynesboro resident Joan Ranzini…
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Jay Thompson capped a perfect day at the plate Monday afternoon with a game-winning walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift the Eagles to a 5-4 victory over Washington and Lee. The Eagles erased a 2-1 deficit in the bottom of the eighth and a 4-3 deficit in the bottom of…
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Gas prices continued their steady climb this week, coming within a nickel of last year’s high of $3.98 per gallon (reached in early May). The national average price for regular grade gasoline rose 4 cents this week to $3.93 per gallon Friday. Prices remain 20 cents higher than month ago prices, 31 cents higher than…
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The Virginia baseball team scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to rally and take the lead, but ninth-ranked NC State countered with two runs in the bottom of the ninth to post a 7-6 win over the Cavaliers Sunday afternoon at Doak Field at Dail Park in Raleigh, N.C. With the…
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Delaware broke a 4-4 tie with a squeeze bunt in the eighth and added two more runs while holding off James Madison in the ninth for a 7-5 victory on Sunday afternoon to sweep a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. UD improved to 14-14 overall and 7-5 in…
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Virginia submitted its Phase II Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan to officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Friday. This extension to Phase I, submitted to EPA in 2010, seeks to build on the earlier version by localizing its actions to clean up pollution reaching the Chesapeake Bay. In addition,…
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The Virginia baseball team rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the seventh inning to claim a 5-2 victory at No. 9 NC State Saturday at Doak Field at Dail Park in Raleigh, N.C. Derek Fisher (Fr., Rexmont, Pa.) hit the game-tying two-run home run in the seventh inning, and Chris Taylor (Jr., Virginia Beach, Va.)…
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Campbell Henkel allowed just two runs over 5 2/3 innings, but High Point Panther starting pitcher Matt Armstead pitched a complete game shutout, leading his team over the VMI Keydets 2-0 in Big South baseball action Saturday night in High Point, N.C. Armstead (3-2) pitched the second straight complete game for High Point (18-11, 4-1…
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The Virginia baseball team dropped a 5-1 contest at No. 9 NC State Friday evening at Doak Field at Dail Park in Raleigh, N.C. Virginia (17-9-1, 5-5 ACC) was limited to five hits. Reed Gragnani (Jr., Richmond, Va.) recorded a pair of hits for Virginia, while Keith Werman (Sr., Vienna, Va.) extended his hit streak…
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