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The leaders of the nation’s largest environmental groups today asked President Obama to create long-term relief for drivers at the pump by delivering the strongest fuel-efficiency and auto pollution standards for new vehicles currently under consideration. The administration will propose new fuel efficiency and auto pollution standards this September, with key decisions being made this…
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I’m neither a preacher nor a theologian, although earlier on my daughters would have declared that indeed I did preach at them regularly. And even though I’m a Bishop, I’m not ordained – disdained, maybe. There seems to be a prevailing notion that if one has had a few things published along the way that…
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“Suzi? Are you feeling okay?” “Uh…yeah?” “You aren’t feeling sick or something?” “No, I’m alright.” “Oh. Did you oversleep? Just got out of bed?” “No? I woke up around 8.” “You just look…well, different.” “Uh…I’m not wearing eye makeup.” “Oh…sorry.” Apparently me without at least some amount of eyeliner or mascara looks sickly. So much…
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The news of the death of Osama Bin Laden has “reinvigorated the great spirit of this great country,” said William H. Parrish, an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University who served in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the George W. Bush administration. “But that day is now behind us, and now we have…
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Pakistan-based graduates of Eastern Mennonite University say U.S. military policy in their country has fed extremism and that, sadly, such extremism may not subside with the death of Osama bin Laden. That was a major finding of EMU professor of peacebuilding Lisa Schirch, who was in Pakistan last week, researching and consulting with Pakistani peace…
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VMI head basketball coach Duggar Baucom announced the signings of forward Jordan Weethee and center Jarid Watson to the 2011 recruiting class. Weethee, a 6’6, 210 forward from High Point Christian Academy in Greensboro, N.C., averaged 17.9 points per game in 2010-11 with 9.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists. He also scored a career-high 36 points…
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Tuesday’s 14-3 win over Virginia Commonwealth in front of a state-record baseball crowd at The Diamond pushed top-ranked Virginia’s record in 2011 to 43-5. The grind of a season that began back in February will now come to a screeching halt as the schedule has come to the annual nine-day exam break that coach Brian…
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Tuesday’s 14-3 win over Virginia Commonwealth in front of a state-record baseball crowd at The Diamond pushed top-ranked Virginia’s record in 2011 to 43-5. The grind of a season that began back in February will now come to a screeching halt as the schedule has come to the annual nine-day exam break that coach Brian…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell signed legislation passed by the Virginia General Assembly amending the 2010-2012 state budget – using his line-item veto power to cut state funding for public broadcasting by $424,001 in fiscal year 2012. “When I took office, I pledged to refocus state government on its core functions by finding ways to make government…
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This past week was another one spent in the District meeting with and talking to people across Central and Southside Virginia. With the news of the severe weather and tornadoes that made their way through the Fifth District this past week, our thoughts and prayers continue to be with all of those who were affected…
