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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Everything you wanted to know about the State of the Union, but were afraid to ask. We have the full texts and videos of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Republican response. We also have reactions from Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner, congressmen…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You talk to one Democrat, and the party definitely, no question, needs to restrategize toward the middle. The blowback from voters in Massachusetts is an obvious clear signal. The nation isn’t comfortable with the direction things had been headed on health care and the stimulus. Time to pull things…
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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com The Virginia baseball team is ranked No. 2 in the 2010 Preseason Baseball America Top 25, which was released today by the publication. It marks the Cavaliers’ highest ranking at any point in program history. Virginia’s previous top ranking was No. 3, set in April 2007 and matched this…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. joined five other senators Tuesday calling for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to reverse his decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other alleged conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in civilian court rather than military commissions. The six lawmakers, including Sens. Joe…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] See if you can guess who updated their Facebook status this way over the weekend. “A year later is has become abundantly clear that Obama and the dems are no better than bush and his republican sleaze. They are all corporate wh@#es, liars and thieves. The only difference is…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Virginia’s historic State Capitol, home of the oldest continuous legislative body in the Western Hemisphere, will serve as the site of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Republican Address to the Nation this Wednesday night. McDonnell will speak from the floor of the House of Delegates, where he served for 14 years…
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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com The No. 22 Virginia women’s basketball team defeated Georgia Tech, 57-55, Sunday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena. Senior guard Monica Wright (Woodbridge, Va.) scored 23 points and the Cavaliers won their third-consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference game. Wright finished 8-for-18 from the field, and added five rebounds and two steals….
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Column by Del. Rob Bell www.delegaterobbell.com Last Saturday, I was very surprised to hear that Gov. Tim Kaine had approved the transfer of a Virginia inmate, Jens Soering, to Germany. Pursuant to the agreement, Soering would be eligible for parole in as soon as two years. Soering was the University of Virginia student from…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] As U.S. mayors gathered in Washington this week to meet with the Obama administration about unemployment and the economy, Virginia local government officials and community leaders are calling for the creation of a Community Jobs program. The jobs program would provide funding to localities across the country to create…
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Column by Randy Forbes www.forbes.house.gov If you haven’t personally experienced the situation yourself, you have surely witnessed it at the beach or perhaps in the middle of a snow storm – those people who think their truck or SUV certainly must have more than enough gusto to make it through that batch of soft…
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