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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Thursday that total general fund revenue collections fell by 0.7 percent in September, primarily due to a decline in corporate income tax receipts and two fewer deposit days than in September 2011.
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Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the National Education Association and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) launched a new television ad in the Washington, D.C., media market hitting Republican Senate nominee George Allen’s record on health care.
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September marked the ninth annual National Preparedness Month, a concentrated awareness and disaster preparation campaign sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission (CSPDC) used the month to showcase the Valley’s regional disaster preparedness and mitigation program, Shenandoah Valley Project Impact (SVPI).
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Mike London was the 2011 ACC Coach of the Year. Frank Beamer is pretty much the God of Hokie Nation. And right now, both coaches are on the proverbial hot seat, at least judging from the comments on various locales on the Internet.
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Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer talks with the news media in advance of the Hokies’ (3-3, 1-1 ACC) game at home against Duke on Saturday.
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Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., has called on the Obama administration to strengthen its enforcement of laws designed to combat unfair trade practices used by Chinese companies that harm American furniture manufacturers.
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On the eve of the third anniversary of Morgan Harrington’s disappearance, her case will be featured on the cable network television show “America’s Most Wanted.” The segment will air at 10 p.m. Friday (October 12, 2012) on Lifetime.
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The Waynesboro Family Y Swim Team started the 2012/13 season off with an open water competition at Smith Mountain Lake on Sept 29 and 30.
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The campaign was short. About two hours on a chilled fall morning with the fog rolling in – along with a small army of VIPs and the press. The army was not led by a Civil War general named Hunter, for the barracks across the Virginia Military Institute’s Parade Grounds were left intact. It was led by a very civil civilian who is advocating for more generals, strange as that may sound. His reasoning: “The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.” Those words came from VMI alum, General George C. Marshall. (Disclosure: All outside speakers at VMI must refer to Gen. Marshall.)
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The latest Public Policy Polling survey of Virginia voters backs a run of recent polls that show Democrat Tim Kaine surging into the lead in what has been a tight U.S. Senate race with Republican George Allen.
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