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Most recently it was Tim Kaine being criticized by Virginia Republicans for considering a spot on the Democratic presidential ticket in 2008. Now Democrats are throwing up their arms at a suggestion by Gov. Bob McDonnell that it would be hard to turn down the second spot on the GOP national ticket in 2012 if…
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The No. 13 Virginia baseball team finished off a perfect weekend at the Auburn Tournament with an 8-2 victory over Arkansas State Sunday at Plainsman Park in Auburn, Ala. Virginia went 3-0 in the tournament, with wins in the first two days over UAB and No. 23 Auburn. Once again Virginia received strong starting pitching….
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Richmond scored six runs in the final three innings and stormed back from an early 6-0 deficit to beat Duke 9-8 Saturday in the second of a three-game series at Jack Coombs Field in Durham, N.C. Senior righty Anthony Cafagna fired the final seven innings to get the win, while Mike Mergenthaler and Bryan Conway…
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Danny Hultzen (Jr., Bethesda, Md.) pitched 6.2 innings of one-run baseball and added a pair of run-scoring hits, while David Coleman (Sr., Richmond, Va.) chipped in three hits as the No. 13 Virginia baseball team opened its season with a 6-4 win over UAB Friday afternoon in the Auburn Tournament, held at Plainsman Park in…
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After nearly 44 years in the same occupation – the secrecy of which didn’t permit me to know what I was doing – I decided to change jobs, not realizing what hard work that would be. In timely fashion, I started out as a watchmaker, which was great because I got to make my own…
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A Christian hip-hop artist is one of two things: “a corny guy trying to be gangster, or a gangster not understanding that Jesus doesn’t want to have any part of hip-hop.” Liberty University graduate student Jason Lewis, better known these days as Humble T.I.P. (To Increase Praise), who will headline a concert at the Waynesboro…
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A resolution proposed by Rockbridge Republican Del. Ben Cline that calls on Congress to pass an amendment to the United States Constitution requiring it to adopt a balanced budget has the support of Gov. Bob McDonnell. “Over the last two years, the federal government has added approximately $3.37 trillion to the national debt, making the…
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The William and Mary men’s basketball team came up on the short end of an offensive battle, falling at UNC Wilmington, 91-81, on Saturday night at Trask Coliseum. The Tribe shot 70.8 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes, but the Seahawks hit on 60.8 percent for the game and used an early…
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On a night that saw him become VMI’s all-time leading three-point shooter, Austin Kenon paced the Keydets with 21 points, Michael Sparks added 21 of his own and VMI defeated the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs, 85-66, in Big South basketball action played Thursday night at Cameron Hall in Lexington, Va. After VMI appeared to seize control…
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced today that many of Virginia’s major crops produced lower yields in 2010. Corn, soybeans, peanuts, cotton and hay yields were significantly lower than 2009. Corn for grain yields averaged 67 bushels per acre, down 64 bushels from the previous year’s yield. Production is estimated at 20.8…
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