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Virginians want immediate government action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A recent survey by the Miller Center at the University of Virginia found that 55 percent of Virginians who see carbon emissions as a manmade problem, “strongly support” requiring electric utilities toproduce sizable amounts of renewable power. This would be power from sustainable sources such…
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President Barack Obama held the first prime-time news conference of his presidency Monday night. Obama took questions from reporters on topics ranging from the economic slowdown and discussions in Congress of his proposed stimulus legislation to issues involving Iran and the Middle East and the news that New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has confessed…
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– News: DPVA announces veterans caucus, staff moves, Tuesday, 4:35 p.m. – News: Moran picks up prosecutor endorsement, Tuesday, 4:35 p.m. – News: House passes energy package, Tuesday, 4:35 p.m. – Video: California artist sues AP over image of Obama, Tuesday, 9:45 a.m.
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We’re running a few minutes behind to get to the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner to hear former President Bill Clinton, and my wife, Crystal, is at wit’s end. We’d spent the sunny, springlike afternoon with my college roommate and his wife in Richmond and taken our swanky dinner clothes with us to change there instead of being…
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– News: Voter-restoration bill passes Virginia Senate, Monday, 7:40 p.m. – News: Shannon earns AG endorsements, Monday, 7:22 p.m. – News: House GOP talks up transportation-funding plan, Monday, 7:22 p.m. – News: Moran picks up endorsement of former Democratic Governors’ Association director, Monday, 2:45 p.m. – News: Poll suggests support for stimulus, Monday, 2:45 p.m….
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OK, we got out of January alive – but with our portfolios still getting beaten to a small pulp. There is no need for anyone to go skiing this winter. Just latch on to a few blue-chip stocks and slide down with them. But that’s not my style. I buried gold coins in my back…
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– Stuarts Draft man charged with murder for hire, Thursday, 6 p.m. – Miss America 2008 to speak at JMU on eating disorders, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – Family Foundation praises passage of marriage curriculum bill, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – White House announces formation of faith-based partnerships office, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – Wagner picks up several…
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“Thank you for not breathing while I smoke,” read a ceramic plaque that hung conspicuously on a childhood friend’s kitchen wall. Even to this day, I can’t help but chuckle when I close my eyes and see this quip, not so much because of what it says, but because of who posted her message for…
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“Gran Torino,” still parked at the Mall over in Staunton, is a lovely fantasy for those of us who believe that good ol’ boy geezer-type white guy bigots can suddenly turn into tree-hugging rainbow coalition brotherhood-of-man do-the-right-thinging liberals.
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With the economy in crisis and 16,500 Americans losing their jobs each day, Congress acted rapidly, transparently and responsibly to pass an economic recovery package for American families. The bill is not perfect and may yet be improved, but it is a reasonable and decisive step out of economic chaos. I voted for H.R. 1,…
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