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– Local News: RMH experts to speak at Free Heart Symposium – Local News: Free H1N1 shots available at RMH – Study: Socioeconomic status can affect life expectancy Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Local News: RMH experts to speak at Free Heart Symposium RMH will hold its third annual “Matters of the Heart”…
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The media didn’t do its job in glossing over Marshall remarks Column by Chris Graham [email protected] The weight of the media is coming down on State Del. Bob Marshall, and rightly so. “The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] One-time GOP Senate nomination candidate Bob Marshall has come under fire for comments that he made last week to the effect that he believes that God punishes women who have had abortions by giving birth defects to later children born to them. “The number of children who are born…
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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com No. 21 Virginia defeated No. 20 North Carolina, 82-78, in double overtime on Monday night at John Paul Jones Arena. Monica Wright (Woodbridge, Va.) led all scorers with 33 points, while Telia McCall (Marietta, Ga.) hauled down 20 rebounds for the Cavaliers. Virginia improved to 19-6 overall and 8-3…
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Column by David Cox Submit guest columns: [email protected] God forbid, next winter I slip on the ice, bang my head, and sustain major injury. Our rescue squad right away gets me to Stonewall Jackson Hospital which provides immediate initial care. But the damage is too great for SJH to handle. They transfer me ASAP…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Blue Ridge Community College and James Madison University are among a group of Shenandoah Valley partners that will take part in a new program to train workers for jobs in the emerging green sector. U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Jim Webb on Friday announced a $5 million investment from…
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Howard Dean, Tim Kaine, Vince Lombardi, and a guy named Phil Bengston Story by Chris Graham [email protected] When the football team starts losing games, the fan base tends to start getting antsy, and when the losses compound into a losing season, you can start hearing calls for the coach’s head. Politics isn’t unlike football in…
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Column by Donald J. Boudreaux Submit guest columns: [email protected] Macy’s lately has taken to displaying in many of its stores a poster claiming that the number of Americans at risk of hunger is one in eight. That’s 12.5 percent of the population. Macy’s hope is that its posters will prompt its customers – who…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Take solace, folks. The meteorologists can’t explain why it’s snowing all the time, either. “To a large extent, it’s just one of those things. But one of those things means we don’t fully understand all the dynamics that go on with this, all the atmospheric physics involved,” said Jerry Stenger,…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] Let’s cut right to the chase. Last month tens of millions of Americans witnessed a president break his oath of office. Ten hours later millions of others saw and heard a vice-president do the same on NBC’s Today show. The only difference being that the vice…
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