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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] John McCain took some time away from his ongoing effort to make Britney Spears and Paris Hilton into ’08 campaign issues to talk about the economy today, releasing his plan for helping small businesses through the economic slowdown, though looking at it might make one wonder if Republicans…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The presumed number-one quarterback, Peter Lalich, is busted for underage possession of alcohol. Then one of the incoming starters on the offensive line, Will Barker, is among two UVa. players picked up for stealing beer from a nightclub on The Corner. And that was just last week’s news….
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] Gas prices are down 11 cents from where they were a month ago in Virginia. But at an average per-gallon price of $3.86, we’re still paying more than a dollar over what we paid last year. And we weren’t all that enthused last year about paying what we were paying…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] A majority of Americans support opening public lands up to oil exploration-related drilling, but a bigger majority thinks the drilling will be more of a benefit to oil companies than to average consumers. These were the rather mixed findings of a poll released today by the Washington, D.C.,-based research firm…
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Item by Mary K. Heatwole Bridgewater College is the recipient of a $189,139 support grant from the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges. The 2008 year-end distribution grant will benefit the college’s operating budget, student scholarships, undergraduate research and other projects and programs on campus.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Tom Perriello is holding his own in the money race in the Fifth District, but the trappings of incumbency are evident in looking at his position vis-a-vis Virgil Goode. Goode, the Republican incumbent in the Fifth, reported having $834,418 cash on hand as of June 30, according to a campaign-finance…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Bob Goodlatte has a million and a half dollar warchest to pull from as the Sixth District campaign heats up in midsummer. This is according to a campaign-finance report filed by the Republican with the Federal Election Commission this week.
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Bob Goodlatte has a boatload of money Try $1.5 million cash on hand as of June 30, according to the Federal Election Commission. Which is, what, about 20 times the $80,000-plus that Democrat Sam Rasoul has at his disposal right now? You get the feeling that if Rasoul gets…
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Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall It’s the silent softener. The disease that weakens not only the backbone, but preys upon the very resolve of men and women who once had both. It’s a tragedy unfolding everyday in America, but unlike most disorders, it doesn’t infect the poor and disenfranchised, but it’s rampant among the…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Poll: Should stormwater improvements be a higher priority in Waynesboro? Waynesboro was looking at spending $1.2 million this year to get its long-awaited and long-debated stormwater-improvement project up and running, but that was before the new vice mayor, Frank Lucente, switched positions on the source of funding for…
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