Next on the Mark Warner agenda: Is former governor, White House candidate ready to again be a player on Virginia political scene?

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The Top Story by Chris Graham   Mark Warner made it a point to tell Virginia politics reporters covering the final year of his term as governor of the Old Dominion that he really felt he was hitting his stride in the job – and while the focus of their editors seemed to be on…

Nationwide audience to learn about Valley Turnpike

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Story by Chris Graham Wayne Bronson knows where the buffalo once roamed through the Shenandoah Valley. “Sometimes you can stop on the roadside and see the original path cut out by the buffalo herds,” said Bronson, the executive producer of “Road Trip to History,” a 12-part series on the Valley Turnpike, now U.S. 11, that…

Like riding a bike

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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I haven’t wrecked yet. (The sound that you hear right now is me knocking on wood.) But that’s not the best news related to me recently purchasing a bike. This is: I’m finally over the saddle sores. (Now there’s a visual that you didn’t need.) Yes, ladies and…

Why did WWE relaunch ECW?

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Story by Chris Graham DVD and pay-per-view sales – that’s why WWE is relaunching the ECW brand. “They did pretty well with single shots with ECW last year, and now they’re ready to see what a full-court press will do,” said Steve Johnson, a Virginia-based wrestling journalist and author. The full-court press includes another pay-per-view,…

ACC ‘Idol’

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Story by Chris Graham Ayla Brown has a confession to make – she’s not all that fond of Simon Cowell. “Simon is an interesting person – because you know he’s always going to say something to criticize you or put you down,” said Brown, who just missed making the final 12 on this season’s “American…

From fantasy to reality

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Story by Chris Graham Your fantasy-sports-playing friend used to watch the games like you did – rooting for his favorite team from childhood, living and dying with their wins and losses, their historic triumphs and their painful setbacks. That was before he saw the light – and that he, too, could be Theo Epstein.

Bridging the race divide?

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The Top Story by Chris Graham   Daryl Davis has plenty of detractors – people who question his motives for wanting to meet with white supremacists, who wonder why an African-American man would of his own volition attend rallies of the Ku Klux Klan, who outright doubt his stories of conversions of racial separatists as…