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EMU men’s basketball team meets D-I James Madison University for the first time since 1975

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Keith Phillips was the head men’s basketball coach at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in the 1970s when Mike Fratello, an assistant coach under Lou Campanelli at nearby Madison College, wandered into the old – and very small – gymnasium in Park View to scout the Royals.

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Podcast: AFP editor Chris Graham talks ACC football, basketball

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Virginia Tech faces a tough test with #12 North Carolina coming to Blacksburg for Frank Beamer’s final game in Lane Stadium on Saturday. Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham breaks down the big game with Jim Bresnahan on WREL-1450 in Lexington, Va. Chris and Jim also talk about the upcoming Virginia-Duke ACC football game, and then review the upset loss for sixth-ranked UVA basketball Monday night at George Washington.

The EPA Clean Power Plan oversteps federal authority

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Something troubling is coming down the pike now that the Obama administration has announced its new Clean Power Plan. In a full-speed-ahead quest to lower carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s power plants, the administration is implementing new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that raise troubling legal issues.

House Republicans file first legislation of 2016 General Assembly session

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Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates pre-filed the first legislation of the 2016 General Assembly session Monday, laying the foundation for a strong policy agenda on transportation, energy, education and the economy. Monday is the first day Delegates and Senators can file legislation for the 2016 session.