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Today, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine cosponsored legislation with Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and others to better protect local communities by getting unsafe oil trains off the tracks.
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Malcolm Brogdon (men’s basketball) and Morgan Brian (women’s soccer) were honored as the top UVA male and female athletes for the 2014-15 academic year at Virginia’s annual awards dinner on Wednesday (April 29) at John Paul Jones Arena.
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The UVA baseball team lost to Old Dominion, 3-1, Tuesday evening at Harbor Park in Norfolk, Va. The game was played in front of 6,029 fans, the largest crowd to ever watch a college baseball game in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Brian Whitesell was one of the first holders of a degree in mechanical engineering to work in NASCAR. Which is another way of saying he had to drive his way into the big-time.
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Tragedy pushed a young Tim Martin to a career chasing bad guys. His older brother, Edward, was shot in the head at point-blank range during a 1993 robbery. Tim Martin, then 16, was a regular in the courtroom at the trial of the man accused of shooting Edward, then 23, and Edward’s girlfriend, Sheryl L. Stack, 20, who was killed in the shooting.
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Gas prices have leaped by double digits in Virginia, climbing 14 cents within the week and 16 cents over the last month, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.
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Kevin Harvick and Jamie McMurray talk with reporters after the NASCAR Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway on Sunday. Harvick was second and McMurray was fourth in the final standings.
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Chase Elliott talks with reporters after his 16th-place run at the NASCAR Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway on Sunday.
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Higher crude oil costs have pushed gas prices upward in recent weeks. Friday’s average price of $2.51 per gallon is eight cents higher than one week ago and nine cents higher than one month ago.
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