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A Washington Post endorsement reversed Creigh Deeds’ fortunes in the ’09 Democratic Party primary. Can Deeds get another boost from another Post endorsement? “If the current campaign for governor has clarified anything, it is that state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, the Democratic nominee, has the good sense and political courage to maintain the forward-looking policies…
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Virginia was down 9-3 late in the third quarter, and was down a starting quarterback. But Al Groh had his suddenly stout D, and it brought the Cavs home with a W. “They really, really played,” Groh said of his defense, which forced four turnovers, one of which defensive tackle Nate Collins returned 32 yards…
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The final was 27-0, but James Madison’s home loss to Villanova on Saturday could have been a lot, lot worse. “To be blunt about it, if we hadn’t played such good defense, we would have really been in trouble. If not for our defense, we would have lost 47-0,” JMU coach Mickey Matthews said after…
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Dear EarthTalk: Do you have current facts and figures about how much rainforest is being destroyed each day around the world, and for what purpose(s)? – Teri, via e-mail Pinning down exact numbers is nearly impossible, but most experts agree that we are losing upwards of 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest daily, and significantly degrading…
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The largest coalition of educational agencies and services in Virginia history is supporting the continued development of the innovative Virginia Education Wizard (www.VaWizard.org) – with a goal of making the online college and career planning tool available to all middle-school students in 2010. Virginia’s Community Colleges launched the Wizard in March as a one-stop resource…
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Yep, I’m doing it. I’m sticking up for Rush Limbaugh. (I’ve got a can of Lysol handy. OK, it’s across the hall with the folks at the Artisans Center of Virginia. One of the staff has swine flu.) Ahem. I don’t like the way the NFL treated the Boss when word started getting around that…
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“I don’t need maternity care.” Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) lobbed this comment against Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s (D-Mich.) efforts to guarantee maternity coverage as a basic benefit in health-care reform. “Your mom probably did,” Stabenow famously shot back. That exchange and the wave of support that followed for Stabenow’s proposals illustrates how out of step Kyl…
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Before leaving, former UVa. basketball coach Dave Leitao did the program a big favor. He convinced four-star recruit Tristan Spurlock to stay in the fold. “I was to the point where I didn’t know what I was going to do. I didn’t know if I was going to stay, I didn’t know if I was…
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That’s the only way I can describe the the Democratic side in Virginia this election season. You’d think our side would have realized what Republicans have had at the forefront of their minds since last November. That this election could turn things back in the other direction. It’s a long time between now and 2012,…
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Karen Bess couldn’t move her left arm, was having trouble swallowing, having trouble speaking, though she didn’t realize that at first. “I thought I sounded fine,” said Bess, a stroke survivor now four years into her recovery. Bess had to relearn the basics of daily living, as basic as bathing, dressing and brushing her teeth….
