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Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe has agreed to a schedule of five debates across the Commonwealth of Virginia after he was certified this week as the Democratic Party nominee.
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At just over 40 years old, the gaming industry is approaching a fresh generation of living room entertainment with the newest set of video game consoles. Nintendo’s brand-new console, the WiiU, was released on Nov. 18. This release marked the beginning of the eighth generation of video games.
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Valentine’s Day was taken over long ago by cards and flowers, candy and dinners accompanied by gifts. It is now a cash cow holiday for merchandisers. In addition, for many, it has become a day to honor women and girls in a fresh way. V-Day, introduced to the world by Eve Ensler in 1998, demands an end to violence against women and girls.
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With legislators and transportation leaders by his side, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Tuesday a plan that would provide more than $3.1 billion in transportation funding for the Commonwealth over the next five years, tying transportation funding to economic growth and replacing the state’s outdated gas tax revenue model with a 0.8 percent increase in the state’s sales tax dedicated to transportation.
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Post-debate polls gave Barack Obama a win in the rubber match of the three-debate series with Mitt Romney, but as with his win in Round 2, it was far from the kind of blowout win that Romney had in Round 1 back on Oct. 3.
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The short answer is, That’s easy. Barack Obama, if only in the line of thinking of film director Woody Allen’s observation that 80 percent of success is showing up.
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The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library is pleased to announce the continuation of last fall’s lecture series “A Conversation With.” This year’s guest will be Mike McCurry President Clinton’s former White House Press Secretary. Currently, Mike is the national Co-Chair for the Presidential Debates Program between President Obama and Governor Romney leading up to the November 6th election.
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For those who weren’t able to make it to the debates between incumbent Sixth District Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte and Democratic challenger Andy Schmookler, which is to say, most of you, AugustaFreePress.com offers a helping hand: links to the video from WHSV-TV3 in Harrisonburg of the Oct. 15 debate between the candidates at Turner Ashby High School in Bridgewater.
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As recently as a week ago, the presidential race was over. Barack Obama had only a 3.1-point lead in the RealClearPolitics poll average, but the writing was on the wall for Mitt Romney. The 47 percent video, his stumble on comments on the attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya, rumors of discord at the top levels of his campaign, all came together to present a clear picture.
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With the election a month away and as the nation prepares to watch the debates between our two presidential candidates, small-business owners will be listening for what the tewo candidates have to say about the next four years as our nation’s economy continues to recover from the recession that occurred in 2008.
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