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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Chris Smith has been promoting boxing events for 12 years. But Smith has a feeling that’s getting stronger every day that his new sports promotion is going to eat away at his boxing business. “I don’t know how long it will last – but so far, hey, it keeps blowing…
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Op-Ed by Pat Hostetter Martin I met with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, last Wednesday (Sept. 26) in New York City. Why would I be part of ongoing efforts at “dialogue” with people and institutions that some Americans view as the “enemy”? The branch of Christianity in which I am rooted, Anabaptist-Mennonite, holds that…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Making a relationship drama without schmaltz is just as hard as making a good comedy without slapstick. If done right, it can be charming and memorable and uplifting. But just a touch of false emotion, and you end up with a disaster.
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Story by Chris Graham You’ve probably never heard of Lord Landsdowne. You’re familiar with Ric Flair, might know a little about Gorgeous George, but Landsdowne, no way. Lord Landsdowne was only the forefather of the modern-day pretty-boy wrestling bad guy. But he wrestled in the 1930s – a long time before pay-per-view, before Monday night…
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Column by David Cox Every now and again, namely in every election, one or more candidates runs for office on the platform of small government.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham He had to fend off perhaps the fight of his political life in June with a party-primary challenge from Rockbridge County businessman Scott Sayre. With the change of seasons from summer to fall, 24th District Republican Sen. Emmett Hanger would seem to have if not the second-biggest fight of…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham You hear that they spent $2.3 million to get ready for this moment, so you’re expecting something big. So you almost walk in expecting too much. And then you enter the new Waynesboro Heritage Museum – and you catch yourself saying out loud, Wow!
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The murder-suicide involving WWE star Chris Benoit wasn’t just the biggest story in professional wrestling this year. The fallout from the tragedy is being felt not only in the industry, but also on Capitol Hill, where Congress is readying itself for hearings on the use and abuse of steroids in the…
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Story by Chris Graham Carolyn Frank recognizes that she is facing an uphill battle. But win or lose, her campaign for the 26th House District seat “sends a message to Richmond that people are not satisfied with the status quo.” “They want different things coming out of Richmond. They want the issues solved,” said Frank,…
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Column by David Cox Some things are downright immoral. In my book, and, I’ll suggest momentarily, the Good Book, payday lending is one.
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