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A pair of three pointers by Kelsey Wolfe (Jr., Germantown, Md.) in the final two minutes helped the Virginia women’s basketball team seal a 54-44 victory over Coppin State Tuesday night (Dec. 18) at John Paul Jones Arena.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell’s biennial budget amendments, to be officially released on Monday in his annual speech to the Joint Money Committees, will include $250,000 in state support for the Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
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The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges has put the University of Virginia “on warning” for one year related to the brief forced departure of President Teresa Sullivan this past summer.
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No, it’s not MTV, though “Buckwild” probably isn’t helping with the image issue for our Mountaineer distant cousins.
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Think the blogosphere is overrated as a power source? Consider the latest from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The ACC Council of Presidents issued a statement on Thursday to “express our commitment to preserve and prospect the future of our outstanding league.”
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A full court pass with two seconds remaining in overtime led to an Ian Chiles game-winning layup, giving the Morgan State Bears an 81-80 win over the VMI Keydets in non-conference basketball action Saturday afternoon at Cameron Hall in Lexington, Va.
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Dr. Katrina Powell, director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Virginia Tech, will speak on “Place, Identity, and Eminent Domain: Letters from Shenandoah National Park” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.
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The Old Dominion University women’s basketball team opened the 2012-13 season on Friday afternoon at Cassell Coliseum with a 55-35 victory over Virginia Tech.
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President Barack Obama (46 percent) clings to a 2-point lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney (44 percent), in a swing-state nail-biter, according to a Suffolk University/NBC12 (WWBT-Richmond) poll of likely general-election voters in Virginia. Seven percent were undecided.
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia sent a letter to the State Board of Elections last week calling for action to ensure all eligible voters are able to vote in the upcoming elections and are informed about the new law requiring identification at the polls.
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