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While the recent February jobs report issued by the Department of Labor suggests some welcome signs of improvement, our national unemployment rate still remains unacceptably high and our economic recovery still has a long way to go. The House has taken several steps to remove the barriers to job growth by remaining committed to cutting…
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The #10/9 James Madison women’s lacrosse team remained unbeaten with a 13-10 win over previously undefeated Fairfield Saturday afternoon at the JMU Lacrosse Complex. JMU, which entered the game ranked 10th in the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association poll and ninth in the Inside Lacrosse poll, improved to 3-0. Unranked Fairfield is now 3-1.
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The No. 1 Maryland Terrapins used two five-goal second-half spurts to knock off the No. 5 Virginia women’s lacrosse team, 18-6, in an Atlantic Coast Conference game played Friday night at Klöckner Stadium. With the win, the Terrapins remain undefeated this season at 5-0 and 2-0 in ACC play, while the Cavaliers fall to 2-2…
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Twelve different players scored for the No. 1 Virginia (4-0) on Monday night, as the Cavaliers easily defeated the visiting VMI Keydets (1-3), inside Klöckner Stadium. Steele Stanwick and Chris Bocklet led the way with seven points apiece to help UVa head coach Dom Starsia win his 320th career game, seven away from breaking Jack…
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Legislative maneuverings are nothing new, but the Virginia General Assembly, with some last-minute shenanigans, may have just maneuvered itself into reproductive rights morass with very real legal implications. Last week, the House of Delegates passed SB 924, a bill that requires the Board of Health to issue regulations related to infection prevention and disaster preparedness…
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Think about your mailbox. When was the last time you received a letter? Magazines, bills, business promotions, and newsletters do not count, just a genuine personal letter from a friend, sister, brother, cousin, old classmate, or neighbor. Been a while? How about the last time you sent one yourself? We live in an age of…
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It was another reality check, the day aided and abetted by spritely spring like weather to soften the blow. I hadn’t planned to raise the subject of retirement again in this space anytime soon, but am finding that the theme is saturating my marshmallow mind to the point that speaking about it publicly is energizing…
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With adult supervision being restored in the governor’s mansions in Madison, Wisc.I, Columbus, Ohio, Richmond, Va. and Trenton, N.J., the GOP is keeping its promises of cutting budgets – and not with a scalpel, but with the necessary hacksaw. In abject cowardice, Wisconsin’s 14 Democratic state senators fled the Dairy State to shun their jobs,…
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Enjoy it while you can – it being free stuff on the ‘Net. Free stuff being free information – free magazine content, free newspapers, free Facebook. i say this to those who have been expressing to me their increasing frustration over web ads. You hear it a lot on Facebook, which has a great business…
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Most recently it was Tim Kaine being criticized by Virginia Republicans for considering a spot on the Democratic presidential ticket in 2008. Now Democrats are throwing up their arms at a suggestion by Gov. Bob McDonnell that it would be hard to turn down the second spot on the GOP national ticket in 2012 if…
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