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President Barack Obama held the first prime-time news conference of his presidency Monday night. Obama took questions from reporters on topics ranging from the economic slowdown and discussions in Congress of his proposed stimulus legislation to issues involving Iran and the Middle East and the news that New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has confessed…
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Story by Bonnie P. Lofton When Lisa L. Schirch, professor of peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, launched the 3D Security Initiative in November 2006, she had no way of knowing how long it might take for 3D to gain the attention of top decisionmakers in this country. Regardless of the months, years or even decades…
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Story by Matthew Warner What’s so horrible about porn other than the poor quality of most of it? And why should you care? ‘LITERARY OBSCENITY’ Watch out, you writers and purveyors of erotic horror and explicit romance. The folks here in my Bible Belt city of Staunton, Virginia, care quite a bit. Last summer, when…
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Column by Jim Bishop “You can’t always get what you want “And if you try sometime you find “You get what you need …” – Rolling Stones (1969) There’s something out of kilter, if I stop and think long enough (always a scary prospect), if we only give thanks on one designated day in late…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The torch is being passed in the Beverley Manor District in Augusta County – where the man who has represented the district on the county board of supervisors for the past five-plus years, Jim Bailey, a Republican, is retiring from local politics at the end of the current year….
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