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Dear EarthTalk: Is air quality in the United States improving or getting worse? Is it cleaner in some parts of the country than in others? – K. Gould, Sherman Oaks, Calif. Air quality across the United States has improved dramatically since 1970 when Congress passed the Clean Air Act in response to growing pollution problems…
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The City of Staunton announces that the Office of Economic Development and the Staunton Downtown Development Association will host Entrepreneur Essentials – a day-long business fair – from 9am to 6pm on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at City Hall in downtown Staunton. Entrepreneur Essentials is a business resource fair with workshops, exhibitors, and giveaways throughout…
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As a proud New Yorker and the mother of a first responder who lost his life on September 11, 2001, I am saddened to learn that Rep. Peter King (R-NY) is planning on holding congressional hearings on March 10 on the “radicalization of American Muslims.” My son Mohammed Salman Hamdani was a 23-year-old paramedic, a…
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Virginia forward Will Sherrill suffered a fractured fibula in his right leg in the Cavaliers’ 87-79 victory at Minnesota on Monday (Nov. 29). It is uncertain how long the 6-9 senior will be out of action. Because of the nature of the injury, Sherrill will progress as his tolerance to activity indicates and will play…
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The phone rang. No, it was not three in the morning. It was a far more civilized hour. And a more civilized time. It was 1992. However, as far as I was concerned it was a political wake-up call. “Dave, this is Vivian, how would like to be a Bill Clinton delegate at the Democratic…
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The message on the review field at Fishburne Military School on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America – thanks. “That day, those individuals gave of themselves for their fellow man. That’s something that first responders do every day,” said Gary Critzer, the director of emergency services in Waynesboro, at…
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I, unfortunately, achieved what I’d set out to achieve with our efforts to get a local discussion going on the proposed New York City Muslim community center. A discussion going we got, indeed, and it was revealing, all too revealing. I don’t see a way for us to ever be able to repair our broken…
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Interesting insight on the politics of division from Grover Norquist, the head of the far right Americans for Tax Reform, today on the POTUS “Morning Briefing” on Sirius XM. Norquist thinks unequivocally that Republicans are playing snatching-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory politics with the way they’re playing the proposed Muslim mosque in New York City. More from Chris Graham’s…
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Democrats are falling over themselves to comment on the proposed Muslim community center in New York City two blocks from the former World Trade Center. Just not, to their credit, Virginia Democrats. Chris Graham reports on the WhenVirginiaWasBlue.com blog.
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Chris Graham delves into the nonsense that constitutes the back-and-forth on the New York City mosque issue. Link to column on TheWorldAccordingToChrisGraham.com.
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