College Football: Virginia storms back in final moments, stuns UNC, 16-13

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Al Groh’s ‘Hoos won five times in 2007 by one or two points. None was as dramatic as Saturday night. “I’m happy for them that they got a chance to celebrate the way they did,” Groh said after his team’s improbable 16-13 win over 18th-ranked North Carolina that Virginia did…

Waynesboro: Moving forward with the Wayne

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Wayne Theatre project seems to have cleared what had appeared to be a substantial political hurdle. “This is an important occasion that marks the beginning of hard work and determination coming to fruition. The Wayne Theatre has become an example of the effectiveness of public-private relationships and has been…

Politics: Bogus registration claims a ‘smokescreen’ for GOP suppression efforts

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Republicans and their allies in the mainstream news media are stating publicly that it’s Democrats who are trying to rig the 2008 elections by submitting voter-registration applications with phony names and other such chicanery. Funny how the media is either missing out on the real story or is working in…

Virginia: Not the day the McCain-Paliners were hoping for

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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Twenty thousand people, give or take, showed up to hear Sarah Palin at the Richmond International Raceway today. Good news. She yelled at some of them who were trying to tell her to speak “Louder! Louder!” because they couldn’t hear her and called them protestors while making a snarky remark…

Local Politics: Elrod, Cox vie for leadership roles in Lexington

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I know Mimi Elrod and David Cox because of Ben Cline, or more to the point, because they both ran against Cline for the 24th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates, Elrod in 2002 and Cox in 2005. Democrats then, Elrod and Cox are running as independents in…

Local Politics: Ready to RockDem in Harrisonburg, Rockingham County

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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The ballot in Harrisonburg on Nov. 4 is mighty crowded, with two dozen or so names covering races from the White House to Harrisonburg City Council promising to keep voters inside the curtain for a minute or two or more on Election Day. The crowding means that you…