UVa. third in Directors’ Cup

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Virginia finished third in the final 2009-10 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup competition for Division I schools. The final results were announced Thursday by the National Association of Directors of Athletics (NACDA). The finish is the best for the Cavaliers in the 17-year history of the Directors’ Cup program. Virginia’s…

Break in Harrington murder?

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State Police investigate link to ’05 Fairfax case Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Investigators are pursuing a forensic connection between the disappearance and death of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington and an unsolved 2005 abduction and sexual assault in Fairfax. Forensic evidence recovered during the course of the Harrington investigation has confirmed the link…

Democrats criticize Cuccinelli on picketing case

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   Virginia Democrats are howling over Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s refusal to file a legal brief in support of the family of a fallen U.S. soldier suing a fundamentalist church that uses military funerals as a backdrop to protest gay rights. “I have a real problem with anyone who wants…

UVa. files papers opposing Cuccinelli climate-change review

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   The University of Virginia today filed papers with the Albemarle County Circuit Court opposing attempts by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to obtain documents related to the research of former UVa. professor Michael Mann, a global warming expert once employed by the school. Cuccinelli is seeking a wide range…

Cuccinelli under fire – again

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   Are Democrats trying to create smoke around the latest controversy involving Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to make people believe that there’s fire? Or is the issue with a sizable donation to the Cuccinelli campaign in 2009 from a veterans group that appears to be anything but the charity that…

ACLU, AAUP, Dems criticize Cuccinelli on academic freedom

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s curious move to subpoena the University of Virginia regarding research done by climate scientist Michael Mann has drawn the ire of groups including the ACLU, the American Association of University Professors and the Virginia Democratic Party.