AAA: March gas prices lowest since 2010
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Gas prices may have inched up again this week, but this year there is less madness at the pumps. Drivers across the country paid the lowest for fuel in March than they have since 2010.
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VDOT roads report: April 7-11
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.
Pitt walks off, tops #1 UVa., 2-1
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Jordan Frabasilio hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to lift Pittsburgh to a 2-1 win over the top-ranked UVa. baseball team Saturday afternoon at Charles L. Cost Field. The Panthers (18-16, 8-6 ACC) evened the series with Virginia (26-5, 11-3) at a game apiece as the Cavaliers’ nine-game win streak came to a halt.
#8 UVa. men’s lacrosse falls at #5 UNC, 11-10
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R.G. Keenan won a faceoff and streaked down the field to score the winning goal for No. 5 North Carolina with 2:28 left. The goal helped the Tar Heels (8-2, 2-2 ACC) hand the No. 8 UVa. Cavaliers (8-4, 1-3 ACC) its second straight loss, 11-10, in front of 4,952 fans on Saturday afternoon at Fetzer Field.
#1 UVa.’s Nathan Kirby throws no-hitter at Pitt in 4-0 win
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Nathan Kirby didn’t just throw a no-hitter Friday night at Pitt. The UVa. lefty put in one of the more dominating no-hitters you may ever see.
ACLU applauds governor’s veto of school prayer bill
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Gov. Terry McAuliffe vetoed a bill that would have compelled schools to sponsor student prayer at official school events where students (and other members of the school community) are a captive audience, such as graduations, assemblies, and sporting events.
Gerry Connolly: Close the Medicaid gap
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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) today wrote to all 140 members of the General Assembly urging them to “put aside partisan ideology and political posturing to do what’s right for Virginia” and approve a Medicaid expansion plan for the Commonwealth funded by more than $9 billion in federal dollars.
UVa. smashes barrier to growing organs from stem cells
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Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have overcome one of the greatest challenges in biology and taken a major step toward being able to grow whole organs and tissues from stem cells.
Lane closures on Interstate 81, Interstate 66 on Saturday
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Drivers using parts of Interstate 81 and Interstate 66 should be alert for mobile left-lane closures on Saturday, April 5. This will accommodate a Virginia Department of Transportation mapping vehicle, along with several escort trucks for safety and traffic control.
Chris Graham: Why UVa. pays Tony Bennett 50 times more than the average schoolteacher
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So you read the story in the Washington Post about UVa. negotiating a raise for UVa. basketball coach Tony Bennett, and then you scan down to the comments section. And have to suppress the desire to smack yourself upside the head.
