McDonnell backs congressional effort to proceed with offshore drilling

Chris Graham

Gov. Bob McDonnell said Tuesday that he backs Washington Republican Congressman Doc Hastings’ effort to require the Department of Interior to proceed with the sale of offshore energy leases in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Virginia that had been scheduled for June 2012. The Obama administration has put the sale off…

Perfection: Roberts tosses perfect game in #1 UVa. win

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Will Roberts (Jr., Richmond, Va.) recorded the eighth nine-inning perfect game in NCAA Division I baseball (since 1957) to lead the top-ranked Virginia baseball team to a 2-0 victory over George Washington Wednesday at Davenport Field. Roberts recorded 27 straight outs and needed just 98 pitches to earn the second perfect game in ACC history….

Augusta Health named Top 100 hospital

Chris Graham

Augusta Health was today named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare. The 100 hospitals on the list demonstrate high-quality patient outcomes while improving efficiency. The objective, independent research evaluated nearly 3000 hospitals on measures of overall…

Jim Bishop: Address, Confess and Bless This Stress Mess

Jim Bishop

“When this ole world starts getting me down, I go up where the air is fresh and sweet. . . ” Where’s that? For the famed rhythm and blues group, The Drifters, their escape route was “Up on the Roof,” to lower their anxiety and stress levels. In the process, this Gerry Goffin-Carole King composition…

Unbelievable! VCU knocks off Kansas to earn Final Four berth

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Virginia Commonwealth led by as many as 18 points in the first half, and then withstood a furious second-half Kansas rally to shock the top-seeded Jayhawks 71-61 on Sunday and advance to the first Final Four in the school’s history. “We knew Kansas was going to make a run in the second half, but we…

Unbelievable! VCU knocks off Kansas to earn Final Four berth

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Virginia Commonwealth led by as many as 18 points in the first half, and then withstood a furious second-half Kansas rally to shock the top-seeded Jayhawks 71-61 on Sunday and advance to the first Final Four in the school’s history. “We knew Kansas was going to make a run in the second half, but we…

Ken Plum: Virginia in the nation

Ken Plum

Virginia spends less on per-pupil funding K-12 than does the state of Mississippi, according to an editorial in the Roanoke Times last week. Not much less; but less along with twelve other states that spend less than Mississippi, the state that has always been thought to be the bottom rung on the ladder for school…

Chris DeWald: Stroke/heart stress test

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Hello, readers. This is another adventure in my world that allows me to share information to you. I am going to be utilizing information from this website and tell you about “my time” and how fortunate we have such a great staff at Augusta Health: www.nvcardiology.com/nuclear_imaging.htm. Now, how did I end up doing this test?…