Here we go again: Valley braces for another big snowstorm

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   Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Augusta County, Staunton and Wayensboro beginning Tuesday morning. The forecast for Tuesday into Wednesday afternoon calls for possible snow accumulations of 5 inches of snow or more. Harrisonburg and Rockingham County and locales to their north in the…

Hokies release 2010 schedule

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Opener against Boise State moved to Labor Day Night Staff Report Virginia Tech sports: www.hokiesports.com ESPN, along with the Virginia Tech Athletics Department, officially announced Wednesday that Tech’s football game against Boise State at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., has been moved to Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 6) to open the 2010 season. Kickoff for…

Wright’s 25 push UVa. past Clemson

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   Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Senior guard Monica Wright (Woodbridge, Va.) moved into fifth place on the ACC’s all-time scoring list and No. 24 Virginia defeated visiting Clemson, 82-60, Thursday night at John Paul Jones Arena. With the victory, Virginia improved to 16-6 overall and 5-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Clemson’s record fell…

UVa. schedule features USC, two I-AAs

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  Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com A pair of games against I-AA opponents sandwich a trip to Southern Cal, and then it’s ACC time for Virginia, which released its 2010 football schedule on Thursday. First-year coach Mike London makes his debut when Virginia kicks off its campaign at home against Richmond on Sept. 4. The…

Perriello: End antitrust exemption for health-insurance companies

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   Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello and Congresswoman Betsy Markey will introduce legislation this week that will repeal the special antitrust exemption for health-insurance companies and medical malpractice insurance companies. The measure would end special treatment for the insurance industry that allows them to fix prices, collude with each other,…

Fifth District Report

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  Column by Tom Perriello www.periello.house.gov In this economy, every dollar counts — and so does a tax credit worth up to $5,657. Jan. 29 was designated by the Internal Revenue Service as Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day. More than 534,000 Virginia taxpayers took advantage of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and received…

Virginia Tech announces recruiting class

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Smaller, but quality, class brought in by Beamer Staff Report Virginia Tech sports: www.hokiesports.com Five prep All-Americans highlight a football recruiting class composed of 20 student-athletes, as announced by Virginia Tech on Wednesday. With such a small senior class from this past season, Tech announced just 20 players total Wednesday, including 13 players from Virginia….

Transcript | Mike London discusses ’10 recruiting class

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   Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com COACH LONDON: When I got here, there were 13 that were already committed, and it was to the great accomplishments of Anthony Poindexter and Bob Price to keep these commitments alive and made sure those young men stayed committed to the University. We lost one, but I was able…