
‘Skins rally falls short, Giants win, 27-23
Robert Griffin III seemed poised to be able to chalk up his first fourth-quarter comeback win. Eli Manning, instead, added to his legend.

Robert Griffin III seemed poised to be able to chalk up his first fourth-quarter comeback win. Eli Manning, instead, added to his legend.

This one was a game into the fourth quarter, but the result was the same. Clemson continued its recent dominance of Virginia Tech, breaking open a one-touchdown game at the half to win 38-17 in Death Valley on Saturday.

Virginia got a stellar effort from its beleaguered defense, but on Saturday couldn’t get anything going offensively in a 16-10 home loss to Wake Forest.

No. 2 James Madison rallied late in the game and fell short in the closing seconds, losing at Richmond, 35-29, in a Colonial Athletic Association battle, on Oct. 20. With the loss, the Dukes dropped to 5-2 on the season and 3-1 in conference play, while the Spiders improved to 5-3 and 3-2 in the league.

Volunteers from Dominion Virginia Power are helping to build a greenhouse for Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center. The greenhouse will help students with disabilities at the Center learn about appropriate work behaviors and will introduce them to a possible career option. The greenhouse is being provided by the WWRC Foundation, but required assembly.

Senate candidates Tim Kaine and George Allen have taken to the airwaves thsi week with a pair of ads hitting economic issues.

A voting-registration supervisor contracted by the Republican Party of Virginia has been arrested in the case involving the discovery of registration forms found in a dumpster outside a Harrisonburg business.

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.

A 15-year-old out on a joyride in the family van tried to elude police on residential Waynesboro streets, eventually hitting two parked cars and ending up on a medivac helicopter for the treatment of serious injuries.

Delphine Enterprise Management, a real-estate holding company operated by Allied Logistics, announced on Wednesday plans that will breathe new life into a key Waynesboro industrial site, bolstering a push to lure more skilled and high-tech manufacturing jobs to Central Virginia.
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