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QUESTION: You’ve already faced teams that have two of your former bosses this season, Coach Laycock and Coach Groh. You have Coach O’Brien coming in this week and former colleague Al Golden later in the year. Have you ever gone through a season like this in terms of similar story lines? Does that change anything…
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After four consecutive weeks of declines, gas prices reversed the trend, edging up yet again. In the last week, the national average for regular grade gasoline rose 5 cents to $3.44 Friday, yet prices are 19 cents below month ago prices. Prices remain 61 cents higher than year ago prices, yet 67 cents below the…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that Virginia has landed a collaborative project to establish a facility for the testing and certification of large offshore and land-based electricity-producing wind turbines. The project, called Poseidon Atlantic, will be the first such facility in the United States and will help fill a growing need globally for facilities that…
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In this column I made the assertion a couple of months ago that the Commonwealth of Virginia was shirking its responsibility in funding its share of public school K-12 budgets. I wrote that the state has a responsibility under the constitution to fund 55 percent of the cost of public schools but is providing only…
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Tea Party Republican Senate candidate Jamie Radtke today blasted George Allen, Tim Kaine and Barack Obama for playing a part in fueling recent protests on Wall Street against free-market capitalism. In a Tuesday morning interview on WLNI, Radtke told a Lynchburg audience: “Those protesters should be mad at career politicians, like George Allen and Tim…
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The Virginia House Democratic Caucus on Tuesday launched a campaign to put job creation first in Virginia. The Caucus launched a website, www.VAJobsFirst.com, designed to highlight their focus on Jobs First and make the public aware of the Republican’s dismal job creation record in Virginia. “Virginia needs strong leadership to create the high-paying jobs that…
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In our win on Saturday, I do think our fans were a part of it; they helped us win. This game was probably as loud as Lane Stadium has ever been, so I appreciate that part. Injuries are a concern for us, we’ll put that list out on Thursday as to exactly where we are….
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QUESTION: Because of the bye week, how far ahead are you in terms of preparation? How much of a head start do you feel like you have COACH LONDON: Probably a couple of days. Most of what we wanted to do was take care of ourselves first. That’s what you do most of the time…
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The Senate campaign of Republican George Allen raised more than $900,000 in the July 1-Sept. 30 quarter, substantially more than nomination challenger Jamie Radtke’s fundraising haul in the three-month time frame. “Our strong grassroots team is working hard and it’s invigorating to see the momentum build as we grow stronger by the day,” said Allen,…
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Melanie Knowles was invited to the Oct. 1 Girl Scout “100 Years of Service” camporee to kick off the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts, which was formed in 1912. She offered the youngest attendees information about the senior center and the Meals on Wheels program. The Girl Scouts crafted refrigerator magnets for Meals on…
