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Tuesday, Oct. 27 Frank Spaziani – Boston College Opening statement: Obviously, we are disappointed (in the loss to Notre Dame) but we hope to put it behind us fast because we have a heck of a football team coming in on Saturday. On his thoughts from Notre Dame: It’s the same in losses as in…
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Once a fixer-upper, Staunton’s Newtown now shining light in Queen City Story by Chris Graham [email protected] People thought Michael Organ was crazy. That old home in Newtown was jaw-dropping beautiful, sure, but who in their right mind would stay at a bed-and-breakfast where you were as likely to get your hubcaps stolen or run into…
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A new Washington Post poll out Monday night has Republican Bob McDonnell with a commanding 11-point lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds with a week and a day to go to the Nov. 3 election. The Post poll of likely voters has McDonnell at 55 percent and Deeds at 44 percent. The lead has grown two…
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Last week, I had the honor of attending a very special bill signing at the White House. Surrounded by representatives from the major veterans service organizations, the President signed into law the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act, which will ensure our veterans get the health care they have earned. As a member…
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Friday, Oct. 23 MR. BURTON: Good morning. Thank you for joining us on our trip to Massachusetts and Connecticut. I have a week ahead for you all. The President will spend this weekend in Washington, he has no scheduled public events. On Monday afternoon the President will travel to Jacksonville, Florida, to meet with U.S….
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The Creigh Deeds campaign dismissed as “irresponsible” reporting in the AFP earlier this month that it was being criticized by senior Democrats in Virginia and D.C. for the way it was bungling its effort in the Virginia governor’s race. So now that the Washington Post has jumped on the bandwagon to say the same thing,…
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Following restrictions that limit short-term payday lending access for borrowers, many cash-strapped Virginians are left wondering where to turn (“Shannon releases plan to protect consumers on payday lending,” Oct. 16 AFP). As payday lenders close their doors, their former customers are forced to resort to more expensive alternatives to make ends meet. A New York…
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The financial, economic and environmental crises are alarm signals to the world, and particularly to us in the U.S. Acting on the basis of a fragmented worldview while globalization magnified and quickened that worldview’s effects, we rushed into unsustainable and destructive practices. On the other hand, we now have an opportunity to build the foundation…
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Tuesday, Oct. 20 Frank Spaziani – Boston College Opening Statement: We started out the second half of the season, with game number seven, on the right foot. We are very happy to come away with a victory over a very good conference opponent. We did a great job from the coaches all the way down…
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Another new poll out this morning from Clarus Research has Bob McDonnell still comfortably ahead of Creigh Deeds at the two-week-out mark of the Virginia gubernatorial race. The 49 percent-to-41 percent lead for McDonnell lines up with recent renderings of the race from Rasmussen, which had McDonnell up 50 percent to 43 percent, and Mason…
