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Longwood University took a 9-7 baseball home win past visiting North Carolina Central University Thursday afternoon at Charles Buddy Bolding Stadium in Farmville. The Lancers (23-13) led 9-0 through five innings against the fellow Independent Eagles (4-31) who made it interesting by scoring seven runs during the eighth and ninth innings. Senior captain Chris Briere|Midlothian…
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In an order signed Wednesday, United States District Court Judge Robert E. Payne ruled that privacy advocate B.J. Ostergren may post public records that contain Social Security Numbers on her website, despite a 2008 Virginia law prohibiting the dissemination of such information. The injunction, which was agreed upon by Ostergren and Virginia Attorney General Ken…
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Seniors David Herbek (Haymarket, Va./Battlefield) and Alex Foltz (Mathias, W.Va./East Hardy) led off the 12th inning with back-to-back doubles as James Madison pulled out a 12-inning 13-12 victory over Maryland in non-conference baseball action on Wednesday night at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. JMU improved to 23-11 overall and won its third in a…
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Steven Proscia (Jr., Suffern, N.Y.) singled in John Barr (Sr., Ivyland, Pa.) with two outs in the ninth inning to complete a three-run ninth inning rally and lead the top-ranked Virginia baseball team to an 8-7 win over Coastal Carolina Wednesday night at Davenport Field. It was a back-and-forth affair throughout the evening, as Coastal…
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The University of Richmond scored three runs in the first and three more in the sixth en route to a 6-3 victory against Virginia Commonwealth University in a non-conference matchup Tuesday afternoon at Pitt Field. VCU slips to 13-18 overall, while Richmond, which has won 14 of its last 17 games, improves to 18-13-2. Freshman…
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The top-ranked Virginia baseball team earned a rain-shortened 4-0 win over Georgetown Tuesday evening at Davenport Field. The teams played five innings in one hour, 11 minutes before heavy rain and lightning forced the game to be stopped. The game then was called after a 47-minute delay. Virginia starting pitcher Will Roberts (Jr., Richmond, Va.)…
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The Center for Innovative Technology announced today that it has received $4 million for its GAP Funds as part of Gov. McDonnell’s and the General Assembly’s budget package, and $2 million from the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy through the U.S. Department of Energy American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to identify and fund…
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Isabel Castillo, a 2007 Eastern Mennonite University graduate, has become a nationally recognized spokesperson for the plight of undocumented young people in the United States. Castillo was featured in a Feb. 20, 2011, New York Times article, “Dream Act Advocate Turns Failure into Hope.” This publicity led Jesuit-run University of San Francisco to invite her…
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As Virginians prepare for a 2011 campaign in which every state legislator is up for election, many are probably wondering what the real differences are between the two parties competing for their votes. Fortunately, state government provides a clear contrast between the divergent priorities of Democrats and Republicans in the commonwealth. Democrats believe that making…
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The New Dominion Magazine won three awards in the 2010 Virginia Press Association News, Editorial and Photo Contest. The awards were presented on April 9 at the VPA’s annual conference in Norfolk. The magazine, published by Augusta Free Press LLC in Waynesboro, has won awards in the Specialty Publications category all three years in which…
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