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The City of Staunton announced last week the inauguration of the Everbridge system for citizen alerts. This new system will communicate with thousands of businesses and residents in the event of an emergency. Everbridge is an interactive communication and mass notification platform that helps organizations save lives, manage critical activities and improve the efficiency of daily operations.
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What is it about Republicans that they can’t stand a good political fight? Are they all of the established country club wing of the party who prefer the non-contact sports of golf and tennis to the rough and tumble of a good partisan fight? Are they all Charlie Brown’s up against a Lucy who keeps saying that she will not pull away the football?
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My family and I live in Lower Manhattan. Hurricane Sandy left us, as it did so many other families and businesses, without power, heat, hot water and refrigeration. Out heartfelt best goes out to all who were affected. Recovery hasn’t been easy – not for any of us.
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Two 3-pointers inside the final 11 seconds allowed New Mexico to overtake the George Mason men’s basketball team, 70-69, in a last-second stunner Sunday night at the Paradise Jam.
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Gas prices continued their decline, yet at a much slower pace than the double-digit weekly declines seen in October. The national average price for a gallon of regular self-serve gasoline dropped to $3.43 Friday, just 3 cents lower than a week ago, yet 33 cents less expensive than one month ago.
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UCLA shot 68 percent from the field in the opening half and outscored James Madison 63-29 in the period en route to a 100-70 win in regional play of the 2012 Progressive Legends Classic on Thursday night at the New Pauley Pavilion.
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The November River City Radio Hour will feature the Dreaded Blues Lady, Lorie Strother, and Dr. Stephen Levine . Also on the Radio Hour are the Boogie Kings, Marsha Howard and the River City Players in A. Love Diary. The 6:30 and 8:00 pm performances are at WTA’s Gateway, 329 West Main in downtown Waynesboro. Doors open at 6 pm.
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Those in the know around the ACC give Tony Bennett a break with his 2012-2013 Virginia team. The Cavs are mighty young, they say. They’ll get better as the season goes on and figure out the intricacies of Bennett’s Pack-Line defense.
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The VMI Keydets had cut a double-digit deficit down to just one with under five minutes to go, thanks to five straight points by Stan Okoye, but the Army Black Knights answered with a 6-0 run and went on to defeat the Keydets, 80-74, in the third-place game of the All-Military Classic, contested Sunday in Charleston, S.C.
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In a key Colonial Athletic Association football matchup, #9 James Madison got off to a slow start that it could not overcome with a fourth-quarter rally in a 35-20 loss at #21 Villanova, Nov. 10. With the defeat, the Dukes fell to 7-3 and 5-2 in CAA play, while the Wildcats improved to 7-3 and 5-2 in league action.
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