EMU men win at Frostburg, 80-59

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Despite having a number of players affected by an illness, the Runnin Royals took care of business Monday in a matinee at Frostburg State, running away with an 80-59 non-conference win. Eastern Mennonite scored first in the game, but made a statement on the defensive end.  The men frustrated the Bobcats into a season low…

JMU gets win over Hampton, 74-67

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Junior guard A.J. Davis (Columbus, Ohio/Harmony Community), junior forward Andrey Semenov (St. Petersburg, Russia/Blue Ridge School) and senior guard Humpty Hitchens (Chillicothe, Ohio/Chillicothe) combined for 53 points as James Madison topped Hampton 74-67 for a non-conference men’s basketball win Monday night at the Convocation Center. JMU snapped a three-game losing skid and improved to 8-7…

Raiders announce four signings

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The Richmond Raiders Professional Indoor Football Team announced today the signing of Andres Morales, a 6’ 2″ 250 lb fullback, Corey Alberty, a 6’ 1″ 190 lb wide receiver, Jonathan Briley, a 5’ 9″ 175 lb defensive back, and Elliott Moore a 6’ 3″ 200 lb wide receiver. Morales, from Bethlehem, Pa., earned first team…

McDonnell announces personal-finance initiative

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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced the first Governor’s Challenge in Economics and Personal Finance to promote new economics and personal finance courses for high school students.  Beginning with the students entering the ninth grade this year, Virginia high school students must earn a credit in economics and personal finance before they graduate.  The Governor’s Challenge is…

VCU opens pharmacy-school satellite campus at UVa.

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The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy will open a satellite location this fall at the University of Virginia Medical Center. It will be the school’s second regional pharmacy education division. In anticipation of its agreement with U.Va., the School of Pharmacy admitted 10 additional students to its incoming doctor of pharmacy class in 2010…

Press Conference: Mike London

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MATT GARVEY: We are joined by University of Virginia head coach Mike London, wide receiver Kris Burd, and Steve Greer. Coach, if you could make an opening statement and talk about your bowl experience thus far. COACH MIKE LONDON: First of all, obviously we see why the Chick-fil-A Bowl has been one of those bowls…

McDonnell announces 1,350 jobs in Chesterfield, Dinwiddie

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Gov. Bob McDonnell and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced the company’s plans to open two fulfillment centers in Virginia, investing a total of $135 million. The company will invest $85 million and create more than 1,000 jobs in Chesterfield County, and invest $50 million in Dinwiddie County, creating more than 350 jobs. “This project…

McDonnell unveils 2012-2014 budget

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Gov. Bob McDonnell unveiled his two-year budget for fiscal years 2013 and 2014, as well as his amendments to the concluding fiscal-year 2012 budget, in a speech to the Joint Money Committees of the General Assembly this morning in Richmond. The governor’s budget includes the greatest employer funding of the Virginia Retirement System in state…

JMU: An open door to the world

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James Madison University is the top master’s-level institution in the country in the number of students who participate in short-term study-abroad programs, according to a report released by the Institute of International Education. The “Open Doors 2011” report, which covers the 2009-10 academic year, also reveals that JMU ranked second in the nation in total…