Yankees, Pinstripe Bowl announce six-year deal with ACC
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The New York Yankees and the New Era Pinstripe Bowl today announced a multi-year partnership with the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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Supreme Court strikes down key provision of Voting Rights Act
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A 5-4 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court handed down today has struck down a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The court, split along ideological lines, ruled that Congress had used obsolete reasoning in requiring several Southern states to get federal approval for voting rules changes affecting blacks and other minorities.
Kaine: Keep student loan rates from ‘choking’ education
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine joined administrators, students, and financial aid officers at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College in Richmond today to discuss his efforts to avoid the doubling of interest rates on undergraduate subsidized Stafford loans on July 1, from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.
Beware of food risks on the Fourth
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Traffic accidents or burns from fireworks may not be the greatest risk you’ll face on the 4th of July. Your biggest enemy could be the food you consume if you don’t handle, prepare and store it safely. Warm weather is a contributing factor, and sanitation can be tricky away from your own kitchen.
Shenandoah Concerts presents Boogie on Beverley in Downtown Staunton
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Just in time for the official start of Summer, Staunton’s Shenandoah Concerts presents a good-old-fashioned street party.
Ken Plum: Bipartisan approach needed in evaluating lawmakers
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The 2013 session of the General Assembly was a landmark one, according to most everyone who follows politics in the Old Dominion. It passed a sweeping transportation funding package that had eluded approval for at least a couple of decades.
ACLU pleased with race-based admissions court ruling
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The ACLU of Virginia’s Executive Director Claire G. Gastañaga released a statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin regarding race-based admissions decisions.
VDOT road report for June 24-28
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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.
Sen. Kaine discusses veterans issues with VA secretary
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Armed Services Committee, met Thursday with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki to discuss significant issues facing veterans today including the disability claims backlog, education, health care access, and unemployment.
Waynesboro Generals fall to Charles Town, 6-1
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Jake Johnson was dominant on the mound, and his Charles Town Cannons took an easy 6-1 decision over the Waynesboro Generals on Saturday.
