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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Charles Nesbitt Wilson retired from the U.S. House of Representatives 10 years ago. But the liberal-minded rollicking rebel is only now getting the national fame he so richly deserves.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Wake Forest, George Washington and Maryland at home, Pittsburgh in a holiday tournament, Clemson and Liberty on the road. Kenny Brooks will play anybody anywhere anytime. “We’re no longer trying to win 22 games playing against nobody and don’t have a shot at an NCAA bid. We’re trying to get…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Virginia Tech sports The men’s basketball team qualifies for the NCAA Tournament. Men’s soccer goes to the Final Four. The football team ends the part of the season that matters ranked #3 in the BCS. The first two are probably the most important. Tech is not…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A lawsuit is not a great option when your goal is to get government to reconsider what it’s doing relative to a road project. But the group that filed suit in federal court in Charlottesville on Monday to block further movement toward a massive reconstruction of Interstate 81 in Western…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] So there’s this study out there that seems to indicate that women think – well, if you ask them, they know – that they have to work harder at their jobs than men. Now, being a man who thinks himself that he has to work pretty hard, and over the…
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Column by Todd Wickersty ToddWickersty.com I am from Jacksonville. I am a Hokie. Please move the damn game to Charlotte, but don’t be fooled. The ACC Championship Game will still have problems. I was in Jacksonville the week leading up to the game, and left for home (C’ville) the day before the game. So, count…
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Column by David Cox “Support our troops!” If we learned anything from Vietnam, it’s that, regardless of what one thinks of a war, one can, should, and must support the men and women who fight it. And, let me add, their families. Those men and women, and their families, are going to need a lot…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Customer demand – that’s what drove the move to bring bigger, roomier airplanes to the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport.
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Column by Bob Goodlatte Last week, newly elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy addressed a Joint Session of Congress during his first official visit to Washington. Upon his election in May of this year, President Sarkozy immediately reached out to the United States, signaling his desire to end the tension that has existed between our two…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: 48-nil Was Virginia really 0-15 in the state of Florida before last Saturday night? That’s some way to get off the schneid. Next up – the schneid that has the ‘Hoos losing seven of their last eight to the Colossus from Blacksburg. WINNER: Tyrod Rulez! OK,…
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