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Max Scherzer retired the first 16 batters Friday before giving up a one-out sixth-inning double, and had to settle for a run-of-the-mill eight-inning, two-run effort in a 5-2 Washington Nationals win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
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Winston-Salem used a five-run second inning to jump on top of the Hillcats early and held off a late comeback to take the second game of the series, 6-4.Mitch Brown recorded a season-high six strikeouts, but earned the loss after allowing six runs on four hits at Calvin Falwell Field Friday night.
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Over the past 20 years, the American government has spent millions of dollars sending representatives to United Nations climate change conferences. While the public are advised to walk, bicycle, and take the bus more to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions, hundreds of civil servants have enjoyed tax payer funded flights to exotic locations across the globe to take part in U.N. negotiations to ‘save the climate.’
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Winston-Salem scored four runs in the top of the first inning and never looked back as Jordan Guerrero held Lynchburg to just four hits in a career-high 8 1/3 innings, and a late rally by the Hillcats fell short in a 5-4 defeat in the second-half opener at Calvin Falwell Field Thursday night.
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Remarks from President Obama on the Supreme Court ruling affirming the constitutionality of a key provision of the Affordable Care Act.
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Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released this statement following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in King v. Burwell. Today’s decision upheld the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) interpretation of provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Ratepayer Protection Act, H.R. 2042, which would ensure that no states are required to implement a plan mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s carbon dioxide emission rule if it would have a negative effect on retail, commercial, or industrial electricity rates or the reliability of the state’s electricity system.
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Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act, H.R. 1190, which would repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) established by the President’s healthcare law.
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Stephen Strasburg threw five scoreless innings in his return from a strained neck muscle, lifting the Washington Nationals to a 3-1 win over Atlanta on Tuesday.
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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and 11 of their colleagues to introduce the Jason Simcakoski Memorial Opioid Safety Act, bipartisan reform legislation aimed at providing safer and more effective pain management services through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA).
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