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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (37 percent) leads former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (33 percent) by a narrow margin, according to a Suffolk University poll of likely Republican Primary voters in Ohio. Newt Gingrich (16 percent) was a distant third, and Ron Paul struggled (8 percent) in single digits with 6 percent undecided. The race…
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Virginia head football coach Mike London announced today three members of the 2011 team are no longer with the program. Quarterback Ross Metheny, defensive end Thompson Brown and wide receiver Kevin Royal will not be with the team when it begins spring practice March 19. Metheny is planning on completing his undergraduate degree this summer…
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The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled on Friday that the University of Virginia and all other state agencies cannot be served with civil investigative demands which compel agencies to provide information for fraud investigations involving government funds. Although the court recognized Virginia’s Fraud Against Taxpayers Act contains “functional inconsistencies” on the issue, in its ruling,…
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The Atlantic Coast Conference released the 2012 football schedules for the league’s 12 schools today. Virginia’s slate features 12 regular-season games, including seven home contests and a Thursday night appearance on ESPN. Starting times for all contests and the home game designated for Homecomings will be announced at a later date. “Our schedule will be…
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Big companies are trying to change the way U.S. farmers operate their businesses, but some things don’t need changing. Restaurant chain Chipotle aired its “Back to the Start” advertisement April 12 during the Grammy Awards. The commercial portrays large-scale farming as dismal compared to bucolic grasslands on which pigs roam free. And McDonald’s recently announced…
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Eagle Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is today announcing that Ed Clark¸ President and Co-Founder of The Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro, has received the national 2012 Grand Prize Rare Life Award. The Rare Life Award is given to an individual who “leads a rare life” of courage, leadership, survival, devotion, character, and heroism. …
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George and Martha Washington were America’s first First Couple. From their beloved Mount Vernon they offered up 18th-century hospitality to statesmen and commoners alike in the manner appropriate for Virginia plantation owners. On Saturday, Feb. 25, Staunton’s own culinary historian, Nancy Carter Crump, will talk about the new book that she was a part of,…
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Washington and Lee University’s 2012 Mock Republican Convention awarded its nomination to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Saturday. The Indiana delegation put Romney over the top by awarding all 46 of its delegates to him, touching off a flag-waving celebration in the University’s Warner Center. Following the nomination of Romney, the convention’s tri-chairs announced…
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The Eastern Mennonite University women’s baskeball team has announced a Play 4Kay (formerly WBCA PinkZone) game for its home basketball game this Saturday against Virginia Wesleyan at 4 p.m. The designation is done in cooperation with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association as an outreach and fundraising effort to raise breast cancer awareness in college communities…
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The Virginia football program signed 25 student-athletes to a National Letters of Intent for the 2012-13 academic school year head coach Mike London announced. One additional recruit enrolled at UVa in January, topping the class off at 26. Highlighting the nationally ranked class are 13 signees from the state of Virginia, including 10 signees from…
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