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I have to admit to being surprised to hear Tucker Carlson saying on Fox News that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick should have been executed for his role in a dogfighting ring that landed the former Virginia Tech star in a federal prison. I was surprised mainly because I didn’t realize that Tucker Carlson was…
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Senior Brandon Rozzell and junior Bradford Burgess combined for 31 points to lead VCU over Southern Conference power Wofford, 75-66, in the second game of the Richmond Marriott Holidays on the Hardwood Classic. “That’s a big, big win for this team,” coach Shaka Smart said. “Many people might not know about Wofford, but that’s a…
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I spent several Tuesdays with a man named Karl Baumann back in 1998 learning about the World War II prisoner of war camp out near Sherando Lake. I’d considered myself a student of history, but I’d never known about Stateside POW camps until visiting the Waynesboro Heritage Museum one summer day and asking an innocent…
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LOSER: Tuesday Night Football Disadvantage: Philadelphia, which needs to win on Tuesday against Minnesota and then on Sunday against Dallas while getting a Sunday loss by Chicago to Green Bay to secure a first-round playoff bye. It wasn’t automatic that the game had to be moved back, either. Among the critics of the move: Pennsylvania…
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Last week, I left the U.S. Congress after a final legislative act – unanimous passage of my bill to make sure that no American soldier is welcomed home from duty with a foreclosure notice. For the next two years, our heroes in uniform will be protected from foreclosure for at least 9 months after a…
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The words from Ecclesiastes 3-1-2 , “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens, a time to be born and a time to die” came to mind while sitting in the sanctuary the Sunday before Christmas and hearing an amazing string ensemble play a carol that immediately turned…
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Kevin Edds was moonlighting for ESPN in 1995 the night a Virginia football team upset #2 Florida State in Charlottesville. The then-recent UVa. alum purchased a tape of the game as a keepsake, but something was … lacking. “There was no setup by a host to set the scene and put this win in perspective,…
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At its December meeting, the Commonwealth Transportation Board awarded several projects in the Virginia Department of Transportation Staunton District. The VDOT Staunton District serves Frederick, Shenandoah, Clarke, Warren, Page, Rockingham, Augusta, Highland, Rockbridge, Alleghany and Bath counties. In Augusta County a 3.6-mile paving and road rehabilitation project valued at $7,641,953.24 was awarded to Lanford Brothers…
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Retired Ford executive Bob Terrell was reminded of his childhood while working with a U.S. soldier returning from Afghanistan struggling to get back on his feet. “In 2001, we sent our young men and women to war to die and be wounded and maimed, and here at home 98 percent of us have gone on…
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There’s a saying out there that goes “what doesn’t kill you makes you tougher.” That’s the mantra that the Virginia Commonwealth University men’s basketball is taking after grinding out another nail-biting win, this time over Tulane, 70-67, for the program’s 15th straight victory at the Verizon Wireless Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. “I…
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