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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to “The SportsDominion Show” interview with Virginia Tech basketball coach Seth Greenberg. Show Length: 9:22. The final score was 92-53. Might as well have been 92,000,000-53 for the way that it felt. “Obviously I’m disappointed with the way that we played this weekend. But I’m not totally discouraged,” Virginia…
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Column by Steve Landes In last week’s column, I mentioned how many bills we had to process before the midpoint of the General Assembly session, commonly referred to as “crossover,” on Feb. 12. In just one day, Monday, Feb. 11, the House considered more than 200 bills. In order to complete this task, we began…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] The first thing that caught my attention regarding the news of the tragic shootings at Northern Illinois University yesterday – how quiet the media seemed to be about the whole thing. Remember the wall-to-wall coverage of the shootings at Virginia Tech that commenced pretty much as the…
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Story by Scott German Virginia seemed the perfect opponent for weary, bruised North Carolina, having lost six in a row, four by margins of 10 points or more. The Cavaliers had a completely different thought in mind, however, in welcoming the Tar Heels to their first-ever visit to John Paul Jones Arena.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Drew Richardson is used to applying scientific principles to solve problems. Running a political campaign, though, isn’t as much about science as it is effort, effort and more effort. “My efforts in the next couple of months are largely going to be directed towards winning that convention,” said Richardson, who…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Ahhh, the sweet scent of love is in the air! Or did I forget to take the garbage out last week? Whatever, Thursday is that once-a-year event when it’s OK for everybody – even us guys – to be corny and romantic and all aw-shucks. It’s Valentine’s…
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General Assembly Report by Rob Bell As the final deadline approached for consideration by the Virginia House of Delegates, the legislative committees considered the last of my bills.
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Column by Jim Bishop The clean-cut group, The Brothers Four, hit the music scene in a big way in 1960, and then quietly disappeared with the advent of folk-rock and the British invasion. Members Bob Flick, John Paine, Mike Kirkland and Dick Foley formed in 1957 as fraternity members at the University of Washington in…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] He knew he could make a difference. He didn’t know how. “When I first moved to West Africa, it was about 11 years into a brutal civil war that most people here don’t know about because of the blood diamond issue. Tens of thousands of 7- and 8-year-old boys were…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] He’s been down this road before. “It’s one of those situations where persistence pays off. This is an issue that I’ve worked on for a lot of years. It’s an issue where I’ve made very significant contributions. I picked up 10 more votes this year than I had last year…
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