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The ACLU of Virginia today filed suit against the Giles County School Board for posting the Ten Commandments on the wall at Narrows High School in Narrows, Virginia. The lawsuit contends that the display violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Ten Commandments is posted on a main…
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To help patients in the Mid-Atlantic states access specialty care and reduce the burden of travel for healthcare, the University of Virginia Center for Telehealth will collaborate with a coalition of healthcare providers to expand telemedicine services with support from a federal grant. This month, the UVA Center for Telehealth was awarded a nearly $1…
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Wake Forest sophomore quarterback Tanner Price headlines a list of eight players announced Monday as the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Players of the Week. Price threw for 297 yards and one touchdown completing 22 of 35 passes to lead the Deacons to a 34-27 win over NC State in their ACC opener. Virginia senior kicker…
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Tuesday, Sept. 11. It was a beautiful late-summer morning on the East Coast. The sun was out, shining bright, barely a cloud in the sky. The weather forecast for the Mid-Atlantic stretching from Virginia to New York City called for temperatures in the 80s. As millions of Americans prepared for work and school, their world…
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Robert Randolph connected on a 23-yard field goal as time expired to cap an improbable Virginia 34-31 comeback win over Indiana Saturday night in Bloomington. The win was improbable on a few levels. UVa. (2-0) had led 16-3 at the half and extended its lead to 23-3 two minutes into the third on a six-yard…
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After a scoreless first quarter, the #5 William & Mary Tribe scored the next 24 points and went on to defeat the VMI Keydets, 24-7, Saturday afternoon at Foster Stadium in Lexington, Va. The story of the day was the Tribe’s (1-1) ground game, as they pounded the ball for 216 yards on the ground,…
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New Dance Festival – Friday-Saturday, September 9-10 @ 8 p.m., Mainstage Theatre, Forbes Center for the Performing Arts The Forbes Center’s first performance of the year features Dance Alloy Theater, one of the Mid-Atlantic’s top performance ensembles, plus new works from award-winning JMU faculty. Forbes Center 1st Anniversary Open House – Saturday, September 10, 10…
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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that the Commonwealth of Virginia lacks standing to challenge the individual mandate portion of the health-care reform passed by Congress in 2010. The ruling is not expected to be the end to the case brought by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. It is anticipated that the challenge…
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Following the Labor Day holiday, Virginia businesswoman Susan K. Kubany announced her candidacy for Augusta County Commissioner of Revenue, challenging 16-year incumbent Jean Shrewsbury. “If not now, when? If not me, who?” Kubany said. “I’ve thought about giving back to the community for a long time. Today, I’m doing it.” Kubany believes that the Commissioner…
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Virginia is in the process of adopting 26 pages of new regulations for health clinics that perform first-term abortions. The General Assembly in a bill that I voted against mandated the regulations be issued without public comment as emergency regulations to become effective January 1, 2012. Currently the 22 clinics that are now regulated as…
