JMU baseball snaps long losing streak

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James Madison rallied from an early five-run deficit and stole a school-record 11 bases to post a 15-13 win at Georgia State in a Colonial Athletic Association baseball game Sunday afternoon at the GSU Baseball Complex. JMU improved to 6-17-1 and snapped its school-record 12-game losing streak and its eight-game skid in the CAA, also…

Karen Kwiatkowski: What does Bob Goodlatte really believe?

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Bob Goodlatte tells us the Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act (H.R. 4153) will improve EPA administration and effectiveness by giving states more control. It will not. Does the EPA overreach, cost too much, and use bad science in its pronouncements?  Absolutely!  It’s a government agency, isn’t it?  Beyond this, it’s no mystery that…

Tribe completes sweep of JMU

Chris Graham

Shortstop Ryan Williams broke a 2-2 tie with a leadoff home run as part of a three-run sixth inning as William and Mary defeated James Madison 5-2 to complete a three-game Colonial Athletic Association baseball sweep on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. W&M improved to 15-7 overall and 4-2 in the…

Davenport gem pushes W&M past JMU

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Senior right-hander Matt Davenport allowed just three base runners and retired the final 19 batters faced in a complete-game effort as William and Mary shut out James Madison 5-0 in the opening game of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series Friday night at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. W&M improved to 13-7 overall and…

Chapter Three of AFP editor’s serial on bill at Radio Hour

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The March River City Radio Hour celebrates Clyde Edgerton’s Walking Across Egypt, the Augusta County’s “One Book, One Community” project for 2012.  Joining the celebration will be Kathleen Kraft, Marsha Howard and the River City Players with Chris Graham’s Judge Not.  The Radio Hour performances are at 6:30 and 8:00 pm at WTA’s Gateway, 329…

Webb introduces legislation to preserve Post-9/11 G.I. Bill

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Senator Jim Webb (D-VA), author of the landmark Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, today introduced bipartisan legislation to preserve those veterans’ education benefits from abuses by certain schools. Troubling statistics show that the cost to taxpayers to send a veteran to a for-profit school is more than double the cost of a public university and that eight…

Karen Kwiatkowski: What Super Tuesday in Virginia really tells us

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On March 6th, 5% of Virginia voters made the choice between a wealthy liberal from Massachusetts and a spunky Constitutionalist from Lake Jackson, Texas. While losing the state, Ron Paul won in the counties of Warren, Buckingham, Alleghany, Craig, Montgomery, Pulaski, Floyd, Patrick, Surry, and the cities of Lynchburg, Charles City, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the…