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The Top Story by Chris Graham Brenda Gordon didn’t want to admit to herself that she believed in ghosts. Being confronted with evidence of their existence will tend to make a believer out of anybody, of course. “I moved into the house that my dad lived in, and he’s been dead since 1997, and the…
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Story by Chris Graham Everything about soccer in the United States would seem to point in the direction of the sport taking on more prominent status in American popular culture. An estimated 18 million Americans are on an organized youth or adult soccer team – only basketball has more active team participants.
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I’ve got it all figured out. How I’m going to become rich and famous, that is. Here goes … I’m going to be Ann Coulter. You know, the shrill shrew who threatens to eat her rivals’ children. Sorry, that was Mike Tyson. Coulter is the one who picks…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham What was with all the dampness yesterday morning? Seriously, it was like the sky was crying or something. I don’t get it. Every day, the big yellow ball rises in the east, sets in the west. These things that some people call clouds float in the sky –…
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Story by Chris Graham Your fantasy-sports-playing friend used to watch the games like you did – rooting for his favorite team from childhood, living and dying with their wins and losses, their historic triumphs and their painful setbacks. That was before he saw the light – and that he, too, could be Theo Epstein.
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Story by Chris Graham If you’ve ever been to a major-college or professional sporting event or A-list music concert, you’ve undoubtedly passed by at least a few people engaging in commerce related to the secondary-ticketing industry on your way to the host venue. “Who needs two?” is their bark – but increasingly the bite is…
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Story by Chris Graham Legislation opening up the Virginia cable-television market to competition among service providers isn’t exactly being welcomed with open arms by, well, pretty much anybody who was involved in the discussions that led to the compromise measure that was signed into law by Gov. Tim Kaine last week. “From our perspective, any…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Ntelos is back on the stock market – but as shares in the Waynesboro-based telecommunications provider hover in the $12 range following an initial public offering on the NASDAQ exchange last month, questions regarding where the company fits into the crowded technology sector abound. “For Ntelos and companies…
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Story by Chris Graham If you believe the hype, the Olympics are dead and buried as a valuable entertainment property. “The press has been a little hyperbolic about this. To read the headlines during the Olympics, it seemed like they were less covering the Games and more covering the ratings. ‘NBC: On a downhill slide.’…
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Story by Chris Graham The uncertainty over the latest twist in the ongoing saga involving the Washington Nationals and their quest to land a new stadium in the District might result in bringing Virginia back into the Major League Baseball picture. Published reports regarding the D.C. City Council’s move earlier this month to put a…
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