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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced the recipients of the Governor’s Public Service Awards during a ceremony today at the Executive Mansion including the winner of the third annual “30 Day Sprint” competition rewarding the best state employee innovation idea.
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A defense that chased China (1-1) into 32 turnovers and an inside game that saw the Americans command 30 offensive boards and outrebound their opponents 50 to 14, combined to lead the USA Men’s U19 World Championship Team (2-0) to its second consecutive 56 point-plus victory as the USA recorded a dominating 113-57 win in preliminary round play at the FIBA U19 World Championship in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Two undying themes in the now completed four-game series between the Salem Red Sox and the Winston-Salem Dash: Lots of scoring, and lopsided final tallies. On Thursday, the Dash crushed the Sox 12-5, sealing a series split. Games in the series were decided by a combined 29 runs.
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Virginia’s Mike Papi, Kyle Crockett and Joe McCarthy captured three of the top honors on the 2013 University Division All-State Baseball team chosen by the Virginia College Sports Information Directors (VaSID).
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James River Writers announced Laura Long of Charlottesville, for What Will Burn, as the first place winner of the JRW and Richmond Magazine 2013 Best Unpublished Novel Contest. Phyllis Haislip of Williamsburg, for The Viscount’s Daughter, and Derek Kannemeyer of Richmond, for The Memory Addicts, have been selected as finalists.
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A 5-4 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court handed down today has struck down a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The court, split along ideological lines, ruled that Congress had used obsolete reasoning in requiring several Southern states to get federal approval for voting rules changes affecting blacks and other minorities.
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Behind a career-best seven innings from righthander William Cuevas, the Salem Red Sox snuck past the Wilmington Blue Rocks 4-3 on Sunday afternoon to snag a victory in the rubber match of the three-game set at Frawley Stadium.
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The Wilmington Blue Rocks offense overpowered the Salem Red Sox in Saturday’s 11-7 victory at Frawley Stadium. The Rocks led 8-0 after two innings, chasing Salem starter Kyle Stroup from the action before he could complete the second. Wilmington starter Sam Selman finally experienced success against the Sox, dealing five scoreless to earn the win, with Wilmington’s bullpen delivering a shaky but satisfactory performance to hang on down the stretch.
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In celebration of Virginia Ice Cream Month, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services salutes farms that use ice cream to make a profit, diversify their economic base and keep the family farm operating.
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Virginia sophomore forward/center Mike Tobey (Monroe, N.Y.) made the final 12-man USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team roster, announced Tuesday by USA Basketball.
