AFP Sports Blog – Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009
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– News: UVa. assistant Pruett to retire, Wednesday, 4:05 p.m. – News: Beat the winter blues with some baseball, Wednesday, 9:20 a.m.
Search Results for Virginia State University
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AFP Local News Blog – Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009
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– News: Bridgewater College president to lead commemoration of Lincoln’s birth, Tuesday, 9:17 a.m. – News: Israeli peace activist to speak at EMU, Tuesday, 9:17 a.m. – News: Shenandoah U. professor to speak on sensory processing disorders, Tuesday, 9:17 a.m.
AFP Politics Blog – Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009
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– News: DPVA announces veterans caucus, staff moves, Tuesday, 4:35 p.m. – News: Moran picks up prosecutor endorsement, Tuesday, 4:35 p.m. – News: House passes energy package, Tuesday, 4:35 p.m. – Video: California artist sues AP over image of Obama, Tuesday, 9:45 a.m.
AFP Sports Blog – Monday, Feb. 9, 2009
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– News: VCU gets TV time for BracketBusters, Monday, 7:25 p.m. – News: JMU softball picked second in preseason CAA poll, Monday, 7:25 p.m. – Video: AP Sports Monday-Lakers beat Cavs, more, Monday, 9:45 a.m. – Video: UVa. men’s lacrosse 2009 season preview, Monday, 9:45 a.m.
The AFP Blog – Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009
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– Stuarts Draft man charged with murder for hire, Thursday, 6 p.m. – Miss America 2008 to speak at JMU on eating disorders, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – Family Foundation praises passage of marriage curriculum bill, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – White House announces formation of faith-based partnerships office, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – Wagner picks up several…
It’s blowin’ in the wind
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It sounds, if not perfect, then pretty darn close. The answer, or at least an answer, to our energy troubles is blowin’ in the wind. But is it really as simple as putting up turbines and connecting them to the grid?
The AFP Blog – Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009
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– Unemployment in Waynesboro at 7.9 percent, 8:05 p.m. – Moran releases Green Virginia plan, 12:50 p.m. – ACLU says bills would violate religious freedoms, 12:50 p.m. – President Obama on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act bill signing, 10:37 a.m. – More feel good about direction of country, 9:08 a.m. – State issues…
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can be quite deadly
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It’s just words, isn’t it? “That’s so gay.” “He’s gay.” “She’s a lesbian.” Kids say them, they don’t mean anything. Pay attention, and you can still hear the crowd singing “The Good Ol’ Song,” to the tune of “Auld Lang Syne,” after a touchdown at a University of Virginia football game. “We Come from Old…
The AFP Blog – Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009
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Tom Perriello statement on House passage of stimulus package, 6:54 p.m. Remarks by President Obama after meeting with Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs, 6:17 p.m. Norfolk, Roanoke papers force employees to furlough, 6:13 p.m. South Korean students to visit Presidential Library, 6:07 p.m. Motorists should expect lane closure tonight on I-81, 3:23 p.m. Airfares highest…
An attempt at a positive spin on home-sales numbers
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Home sales are down, sale prices are down, but as with everything else in life, it’s all relative. “It’s been a rocky year for real-estate sales across the nation and to some extent across Virginia, although I would say Virginia has fared better than everybody else,” said John McClain, a senior fellow at the George…
