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I hopped into Mr. Peabody’s Wayback Machine, fastened my seat belt and set the dial to the year “1959.” The destination: the 50-year reunion of the Montevideo High School class of 1959 the evening of Oct. 24 held at the Clear Spring Homestead west of Dayton. I was invited to bring my stax of wax,…
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Renewal agreements with the FedEx Orange Bowl, the Chick-fil-A Bowl, the Champs Sports Bowl, the Meineke Car Care Bowl, the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl and the EagleBank Bowl along with new partnerships with the Brut Sun and Advocare 100 Independence Bowl—a pair of bowl games with 110 years of combined experience—headline the 2010-13 bowl…
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The current proposals that are presently getting attention in Washington for health-care reform are really proposals for a government health-care take over and an expansion of an already growing problem. Real health-care reform should be much different. First, it is important to understand that physicians are not permitted to negotiate their rates with patients that…
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Winning in life involves good timing, having the right friends and not forgetting to dance with those you came with. The same is true in politics. Creigh Deeds lost his lifetime dream yesterday, as well as an 18-point landslide election, because he forgot these three simple rules. First the matter of good timing and bad…
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This just in to the AFP newsroom – Bob McDonnell can now be projected the winner in the 2009 Virginia governor’s race. OK, most people still have yet to vote, but the writing is on the wall, clearly, with the Republican leading Democrat Creigh Deeds by at least 10 points in the pre-election polls. The…
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Last week, a new version of health-care reform legislation was unveiled in the U.S. House. I was pleased to see major changes in the bill that move us in the right direction. Though I was unsatisfied with the original bill, I’ve been working hard for reforms that I can support, because doing nothing would mean…
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Monday, Nov. 2 MR. GIBBS: Take us away, Ben. Q Thanks, Robert. A few questions about Afghanistan. Can you tell us, first generally speaking, what’s the President’s reaction to the end of this election? And is he in any way relieved that this sort of messy process is over? MR. GIBBS: Well, look, I think…
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Steve Shannon’s campaign for attorney general released new TV and radio ads today. The two ads highlight today’s Washington Post editorial, titled “Mr. Cuccinelli’s Bigotry,” which says Ken Cuccinelli’s election would be “an embarrassment for the commonwealth”. In its editorial this morning, the Post blasted what it called Cuccinelli’s “bigotry,” adding that , “If he…
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A total of 53 players from 10 of the 12 current Atlantic Coast Conference schools are listed on the NBA opening day rosters for the 2009-10 season. In addition, six former ACC players are head coaches, and 11 assistant coaches played at a current ACC school. Duke leads all ACC schools with 14 players, while…
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Friday, Oct. 30 MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. We’ll try to do this quickly so we can get to afternoon meetings with the Joint Chiefs. But let me start out with giving you guys a quick rundown of the week ahead. On Saturday, tomorrow, the First Family will welcome more than 2,000 local area children from…
