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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Monday that the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority and Dulles-based Orbital Sciences Corporation have reached a new agreement to govern their working relationship and allocation of assets at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport.
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UVa. football coach Mike London talks with the news media about his Cavaliers (2-1, 0-1 ACC) in advance of their game at nationally ranked TCU on Saturday.
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Kenneth R. Feinberg, former special master of the federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2011, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.
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Georgia Tech scored on its first play from scrimmage, and the Yellow Jackets offense didn’t slow down much from there. Virginia was never able to get on track in an ugly 56-20 loss at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Saturday.
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FBS No. 9 West Virginia’s high powered offense was limited to more than 27 points lower than its scoring average the last two games, but Geno Smith’s five touchdown passes gave the Mountaineers the 42-12 victory over FCS No. 5 James Madison in the Virginia 529 College Savings Classic at FedEx Field in Landover, Md..
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The Virginia Board of Health today voted 13-2 to approve burdensome and unnecessary regulations governing women’s health centers that perform abortions. These new proposed regulations, if unchanged after a 60-day public comment period, will make abortions more expensive and more difficult to obtain, particularly if some clinics are forced to close.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Friday that total general fund revenue collections rose 6.6 percent in August. While August is not typically a significant month for revenue collections, mixed indicators continue to prompt caution and prudent fiscal leadership.
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Local Republicans have been working on gettting a member of the Republican national ticket for four years. When then-candidate Barack Obama came to Harrisonburg in October 2008, Suzanne Obenshain vowed to bring a Republican to the area for the 2012 election. She made calls to anyone who would listen, and worked with the Republican Party of Virginia. In the spring, local Republicans contacted the Mitt Romney campaign to make sure that someone on the ticket would come to the Valley. The hard work paid off Friday when Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan spoke at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds.
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AugustaFreePress.com editor Chris Graham talks Virginia politics on WREL-1450AM in Lexington, Va., on Sept. 14, 2012.
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“Holy #$%^!” That was my first reaction to the news in my email in-box this morning from the ACC about the conference adding Notre Dame as a member. I read the news release so quickly that I missed the speed bump at the top of the story. “For every sport but football.” Ah, of course.
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