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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced that Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, Incorporated and China’s Dandong Port Group have reached a memorandum of understanding to explore business opportunities in the rapidly growing market of northern China. The relationship was formalized by the signed MOU achieved during the governor’s recent trade and economic development mission to Asia. Dandong, which is…
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Five Virginia baseball players were selected Tuesday in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Rounds two through 30 were conducted Tuesday; Virginia’s Danny Hultzen (Jr., Bethesda, Md.) was selected in the first round Monday. Virginia had three of its starting pitchers selected in the first 10 rounds, as Will Roberts (Jr., Richmond, Va.) and…
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AFP editor Chris Graham joins WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan” to talk Virginia sports. #1 national seed Virginia has advanced to the Super Regionals. Two wins away from a second College World Series in three years, the Cavs will square off with Cal-Irvine this weekend. Chris breaks down the best-of-three series. The segment wraps with…
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As Congress and the president debate whether and on what conditions to raise the debt ceiling, America marks the tenth anniversary of the policy change that accounts for much of the federal budget gap: the Bush tax cuts. On July 7, 2001, George W. Bush signed into law a $1.35 trillion tax cut that primarily…
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Virginia left-handed pitcher/first baseman Danny Hultzen (Jr., Bethesda, Md.) was selected by the Seattle Mariners with the second overall pick in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Monday evening. Hultzen is the highest draft selection in Virginia baseball history. “I was completely and utterly shocked that I was picked that soon,” Hultzen said….
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The NCAA announced this morning that Charlottesville, Va., has been selected as one of eight super regional host sites for the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. Virginia will play host to UC Irvine in a best-of-three series, which will run June 11-13 at UVa’s Davenport Field. The teams will play at 1 p.m. Saturday…
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Following deadly tour bus crashes that claimed dozens of lives in New York, Virginia and Washington state this year, a group of six senators wrote to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood calling for swift implementation of safety standards aimed at preventing driver fatigue. “The pattern of enforcement by DOT has been uneven, inconsistent…
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The “Gravity Grand Prix” is scheduled for Saturday in Downtown Waynesboro with 61 soap box derby racers competing for the top trophies. Opening ceremonies start at 8 a.m. with a parade of drivers, past derby winners, and local officials on hand. The events begin at 8 a.m. with a mandatory drivers meeting at the “bottom…
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Central and Southside Virginians have made it abundantly clear that the most important issue facing the people of the Fifth District is job creation, and the disappointing May unemployment report highlighted the critical need for real change in our nation’s Capitol. For over two years, Democrats in Washington have pursued a failed economic agenda based…
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Virginia won the Charlottesville Regional with a 13-1 victory over East Carolina in the championship game Sunday night before 5,050 fans at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers, the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed, advance to the NCAA Super Regional round for the third consecutive season as they also recorded their school-record 52nd victory of the season….
