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Creigh Deeds has moved from the back of the pack to the front with a week to go in the 2009 Democratic Party gubernatorial contest, according to a poll released Tuesday. Deeds registered at 27 percent in the Public Policy Polling poll, with Terry McAuliffe at 24 percent and Brian Moran at 22 percent. The…
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– Local News: Da Bears wreaking havoc in Da ‘Boro – Politics: Shannon gets public-safety endorsement – State News: AG announces price-gouging settlement – Local News: Clean Streams Initiative among conservation grant recipients
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It was a clear fall day back in 1995 when you could almost see forever from Ambassador Gordon Beyer’s Sky Farm. Gordon was hosting a fundraiser for an area Democrat. As an a newcomer, I thought I should go. I also wanted to find out what local Democrats were like? I had my quota of…
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Our brave veterans wore the uniform of this country to defend our freedoms, and they deserve nothing less than world-class healthcare when they return. But for veterans in rural communities, getting the health care they deserve may require them to drive long distances, miss days of work, or leave a child or spouse behind. Because…
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It’s summer. We want fun. We want mindless laughter and crunchy popcorn. We don’t want Ingmar Bergman. No matter what those ancient, snootburger, cheerless critics say about it, what we want is films like “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” currently playing all over the joint.
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Nearly 1,300 words about hatemonger Janet Parshall in Saturday’s News Leader, and the only thing the staff writer could come up with as being even the slightest bit critical is that “not everyone agrees” with her to-the-right-of-Himmler stances on abortion, gay rights and faith, family and freedom.
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We’re a week and a couple of days out from the gubernatorial primary, and it’s an otherwise slow news day, so what qualifies as news for me today is something I’d passed on last week regarding poll numbers. These numbers are from Public Policy Polling, and they had Creigh Deeds gaining ground but still a…
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– Local News: Delays on I-81 in Rockbridge – Local News: WWRC trail receives VCC recognition – Event: Longaberger bingo to benefit Food Bank – Politics: will.i.am cuts McAuliffe radio spot – Politics: Wagner gets PAC endorsement
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Author Steve French will join the Augusta County Civil War Roundtable June 15th at 7 p.m. to discuss his latest book, Imboden’s Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign.
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– Capitol Hill: Warner concludes visit to Middle East – Politics: Byrne endorses Deeds – Local News: Murder-suicide in Staunton – Capitol Hill: Biden calls for report on green economic opportunities – Capitol Hill: Senators announce education funding – Capitol Hill: Perriello pushes expanded health-care access for rural veterans – Event: Stuart Hall presents a…
