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The State Department on Friday released its final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The report release begins a critical final stage where Secretary Kerry will provide a final recommendation to President Obama based on this report.
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Nearly halfway into the 2014 session two new senators were seated. Since both senators, Jennifer Wexton from Loudoun County and Lynwood Lewis from Accomack County, are Democrats, the balance of power shifted in the Senate of Virginia.
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AccuWeather.com reports straying away from the slew of pop star singers in recent years, the outdoor Super Bowl will feature famous opera singer, Renée Fleming, singing the nation’s National Anthem. While snow during the game is not likely, it will be cold and that will bring challenges to the game’s performers.
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Farmers across the country are applauding the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 2642, the five-year Agricultural Act of 2014. The farm bill, which the House approved 251-166, now heads to the Senate, which is expected to vote on it next week.
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A poll released last week by Christopher Newport University has Democrat Mark Warner ahead of Republican Ed Gillespie by 2014 as the attention turns slowly toward the November U.S. Senate race.
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JMU field hockey will once again be led by Christy Morgan, who was hired as the Dukes’ head coach this week after spending the last three seasons as the associate head coach at Wake Forest.
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Student-athletes who compete for the UVa. athletics programs recorded a superlative academic performance during the fall 2013 semester.
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Join Zuzu’s Hot 5 at WTA’s Gateway in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 8 pm. The Gateway, located at 329 West Main Street in Waynesboro, is an intimate night club environment, with excellent acoustics and a welcoming atmosphere and will make the evening an experience to remember.
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Curtis Fleming, award-winning host of “Fly Rod Chronicles with Curtis Fleming” on the Outdoor Channel, filmed at The Greenbrier and The Greenbrier Sporting Club in April 2013 for an upcoming television episode, “America’s Resort on the Fly,” which debuts Monday, January 27 at 11 a.m. EST.
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Global warming is having an impact on whitebark pine trees, a “keystone” species in high-altitude ecosystems across the American West, meaning they play an important role in maintaining the natural structure of many of our most iconic mountain regions.
AFP will break down local, Virginia and national races in the battle for the control of Congress Tuesday night.