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Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe has agreed to a schedule of five debates across the Commonwealth of Virginia after he was certified this week as the Democratic Party nominee.
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Ben Verlander went 3-for-5 with a home run and Josiah Burney drove in three, including an important two-run shot in the eighth, as Old Dominion opened a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series with a 7-4 win over James Madison on Friday night at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.
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The Waynesboro Police Department is investigating a commercial burglary that occurred in the city overnight. Employees arrived at work this morning to open Check into Cash located at 113 Lew Dewitt Boulevard and discovered the business was burglarized.
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Kathy Johnson, owner of Murder is a Game … and other pastimes, has just returned from Lansing, Mich., where she presented a seminar on “Getting Away with Murder at Your Campground” on March 26, for the Michigan Association of RV & Campground Owners.
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After I graduated college from Washington and Lee University, I moved to Brooklyn to take a job with Lord and Taylor as an assistant buyer in…wait for it… women’s moderate blouses.
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A New York man was killed and two other men were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 Thursday night (April 4, 2013) in Augusta County.
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) today asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to take action to protect military families from unsafe levels of lead in drinking water. Recent tests at two Hampton Roads Navy child care centers found lead in drinking water that far exceeded Environmental Protection Agency safety levels. Lead exposure has been found to cause serious medical issues including permanent damage to the brain and nervous system, which can result in behavioral and learning problems. Sen. Warner urged Secretary Hagel to confirm that appropriate testing has occurred at other military facilities across all branches of the military services.
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The Harrisonburg Startup Weekend is scheduled to open this Friday evening at Showker Hall on the JMU campus. This event is being organized by a coalition of local organizations interested in fostering the entrepreneurial spirit in the Harrisonburg region. The event runs from Friday evening to Sunday evening when a panel of judges will select one team as the winner for their idea, presentation and feasibility.
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The Virginia athletics department will present three new 30-minute installments of “The Building of a Program” television show starting Friday, April 5 on Comcast SportsNet and Saturday, April 6 on Charlottesville Newsplex stations, WCAV CBS 19, WVAW ABC 16 and WAHU FOX 27.
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As the 2013 General Assembly session draws to a close, the overwhelming majority of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s 2013 legislative agenda passed with strong bipartisan support, leading to the passage of the first sustainable and long-term transportation funding and reform package in 27 years, and sweeping K-12 education reforms. The House of Delegates and Senate of Virginia approved 88 percent of the amended bills the governor sent down.
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