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The editorial “Obama misleads cadets on climate change” should have been entitled “Tom Harris misleads on climate change.” It’s his job. Canadian Harris and Australian Bryan Leyland, who co-wrote this editorial, are paid by fossil fuel corporations to deny real climate science (“DeSmog Blog,” one of TIME’s Top Ten Blogs).
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Home runs from Eric Haase and Luigi Rodriguez in the seventh vaulted the Hillcats to a 5-3 win over the Frederick Keys on Saturday night. Dace Kime made his third start at the high-A level and went five innings, allowing just one run in a no-decision.
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A three-run first, six-run fifth, and five-run seventh paved the way for the Frederick Keys blowout win over Lynchburg on Friday night. Bradley Zimmer hit his league-best eighth home run and Joe Sever collected two RBIs for the Hillcats.
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Apple Blossom School has a nice ring to it, as does the Orchard View School at its side. The nearby Tree House Hollow pre-school, with children as young as two and three years old, continues this agrarian theme.
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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is facing increasing pressure from the public to clean up coal ash in a manner that is protective of both human health and the environment.
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Most folks, when asked to describe nurses, will use the words ‘caring, compassionate and gentle’ or ‘reliable, stead and there when you need them.’ That vocabulary list should also include, ‘life-long learners’.
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This morning, the Office of the Attorney General issued new legal guidance regarding how the Virginia Department of Health and State Board of Health can proceed with implementing revisions to Virginia’s TRAP regulations.
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Lynchburg starter, Adam Plutko turned in another good outing on Sunday afternoon, but the Hillcats offense couldn’t get much going and Plutko took his second tough luck loss of the season.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced recipients of the 2015 Governor’s Volunteerism and Community Service Awards Friday during an awards ceremony held at the Governor’s Mansion. These awards spotlight the outstanding efforts individual and organization volunteers make on behalf of citizens throughout the Commonwealth.
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Abortion is at its root a public health and safety issue. Strikingly, the numbers of abortions were fairly constant pre- and post- the Roe v. Wade decision, at roughly one million per year. The difference legality has made is in safety, for all women and especially for poor women of color.
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