New local company announces wrestling mega-event

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Top Rope Promotions announced this week that it will stage its first wrestling extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 at the Anderson Coliseum at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Va. The main event features former WWE superstars fka Goldust and fka “The Masterpiece” Chris Masters. The tag-team main event pits “The American Patriots,” “Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Michael Hayes, against “The Brotherhood,” Daivari and Mohammad Akbar. TNA Knockouts champion Tara will defend her title against former WWE Diva fka Katie Lea Burchill. Micro Championship Wrestling champion Meatball will defend his title against former MCW champ Short Sleeve Sampson.

EMU grads serve in war-torn areas of Colombia

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Months after earning their undergraduate degrees from Eastern Mennonite University in 2011, Jessica Sarriot (Silver Spring, Md.), Larisa Zehr (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and William C. Morris (Charlottesville, Va.) headed 2,000 miles south to work alongside Colombians seeking to emerge from decades of warfare and destitution.

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Tim Kaine talks economy, retirement security in Northern Virginia

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U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine shared his economic vision and his commitment to strengthening Social Security and Medicare with nearly 200 Northern Virginia seniors. During the 90-minute forum at Ashby Ponds Retirement Community in Ashburn, Kaine committed to keeping the promises made to our seniors and protecting the benefits they have earned.

Michael Ragland: Throw away the keys

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In Stanley Kubrick’s famous movie “A Clockwork Orange” (adapted from Anthony Burgess’ book with the same title) the story revolves around a violent criminal named Alex who, in order to be released from prison, agrees to an experimental treatment which is chemically induced and brought about by behavioral conditioning

MacDella Cooper : Investing in Africa’s at-risk children, one child at a time

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Twenty-two years ago this month, the people of Liberia suffered the devastating effects of of civil war. The country’s economic, political, and social systems were decimated. The United Nations estimates that 250,000 people were killed and one million displaced. Children suffered the most; tens of thousands were abandoned or orphaned. Most were powerless against exploitation…