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In carrying out the Financial Stability Plan, the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board are announcing the launch of the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF), a component of the Consumer and Business Lending Initiative. The TA LF has the potential to generate up to $1 trillion of lending for businesses and…
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– Sports: Groh completes staff for 2009, Thursday, 3 p.m. – Virginia Politics: Mims elected AG, Thursday, 3 p.m. – Virginia Politics: Webb introduces health-care legislation for military retirees, Thursday, 3 p.m. – Local News: Salvation Army in Staunton announces food drive, Thursday, 10:15 a.m. – Economy: Initial unemployment claims show surprising increase, Thursday, 10:15…
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– Economy: Joint statement on the economy, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Local News: Waynesboro City Council business meeting agenda, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Local News: Augusta County Board of Supervisors staff briefing agenda, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Local News: VDOT road work update, Monday, 10:50 a.m. – Virginia Politics: Moran picks up Henrico endorsement, Monday,…
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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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Col. Roy F. “Rick” Zinser has assumed the job of president and superintendent of Fishburne Military School. Zinser became the school’s 10th superintendent effective Feb. 1. Zinser had served previously as the president of Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, the deputy superintendent, chief of staff and commandant at the New York Military Academy and as…
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Tom Perriello statement on House passage of stimulus package, 6:54 p.m. Remarks by President Obama after meeting with Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs, 6:17 p.m. Norfolk, Roanoke papers force employees to furlough, 6:13 p.m. South Korean students to visit Presidential Library, 6:07 p.m. Motorists should expect lane closure tonight on I-81, 3:23 p.m. Airfares highest…
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You were there. You were walking through it. Maybe for the last time. It was the portal you always take to get to your seats. And, as always, you made sure you gave your tickets to the same ticket taker. Especially today.
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“We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.” – Golda Meir (1898-1978), former Israeli prime minister For Israel, the axis of evil is Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran with the latter supporting the two terror groups. With all three entities hell-bent on the destruction and eradication of…
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Column by Adam Bessie Reprint from OpEdNews.com Michael Savage, host of the controversial conservative talk show “The Savage Nation,” who claimed in his New York Times best-seller Liberalism is a Mental Disorder that “the president should demand one barrel of oil from Mexico for every illegal that sneaks into our country,”- and who has called…
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Column by Joseph Fitzgerald Hundreds of potential first-time voters may have been disenfranchised by the Harrisonburg Registrar’s Office as part of a pattern that increasingly looks like an active campaign to limit voting by college students in the presidential election. The campaign began with unsubstantiated warnings to students about financial repercussions from registering; it is…
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