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The short answer: not right now. No marquee wins. (No, beating Florida State, who beat Duke, isn’t a marquee win-by-association.) Two losses to a Virginia team that is in the 150 range in the RPI. And yes, that matter of RPI. Tech is currently in the mid-60s in the various RPIs out there. The expanded…
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An Iraq combat veteran will speak next month in Charlottesville on the challenges faced by Wounded Warriors. Ben Shaw, a former Marine and currently a veteran peer specialist for the Virginia Wounded Warrior Program, will headline the inaugural event in the Power of Ten community-speaker series at the Region Ten Community Services Board, 504 Lynchburg…
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This past week, the House debated HR 1, the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act. This bill would fund the government through September 30th of this year at $100 billion less than the amount President Obama requested in his Fiscal Year 2011 budget. Given the current fiscal crisis that faces the Fifth District and the nation,…
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The Center is going to host a Veterans Health Fair on Feb 24. Staff members from the Salem VA Medical Center will be on site with many health displays and the ability to sign people up for VA Health Services. They want to reach as many veterans as possible that have not yet signed up…
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Yeah, I think I’m guilty. I’ve been thinking all along that it was the Republicans who would be the ones hopelessly split heading into the general election for the open U.S. Senate seat representing Virginia in November 2012. And then I wrote a column about the Draft Perriello movement that has elicited a string of…
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The No. 13 Virginia baseball team finished off a perfect weekend at the Auburn Tournament with an 8-2 victory over Arkansas State Sunday at Plainsman Park in Auburn, Ala. Virginia went 3-0 in the tournament, with wins in the first two days over UAB and No. 23 Auburn. Once again Virginia received strong starting pitching….
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Behind six shutout innings from starting pitcher Tyler Wilson (Sr., Midlothian, Va.) and 13 runs from the offense over the final five innings, the No. 13 Virginia baseball team routed No. 23 Auburn, 13-2, Saturday afternoon in the Auburn Tournament, held at Plainsman Park in Auburn, Ala. Making his first start after 51-consecutive relief outings,…
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Chris Bocklet tallied five points on four goals and Shamel Bratton added a hat trick as the No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers (1-0) topped the No. 18 Drexel Dragons (0-1) on Saturday evening, 12-9, inside Klöckner Stadium in both teams’ season openers. Shamel Bratton’s three goals give him 72 career scores, moving him into No. 8…
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It seems to me that Tim Kaine is the logical choice for Virginia Democrats looking for a Senate candidate in 2012 – and I wouldn’t call myself a political genius for thinking that way. The conventional wisdom isn’t stopping a group of Virginia Dems who are pushing recently unseated former congressman Tom Perriello for the…
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A 13-1 Virginia Tech run cut a 15-point Virginia second-half lead to three, but Mustapha Farrakhan answered with a long three-pointer, and the ‘Hoos were able to hold off the Hokies in the final minute to pull out a 61-54 win on Saturday. The loss could be a blow to Virginia Tech’s NCAA Tournament hopes….
