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An 18-3 run gave Virginia control at the half, and the Cavs coasted from there to a 72-64 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday. It was 25-24 UVa. with about four minutes to go in the first half before the big run broke the game open. Virginia (11-8, 2-3 ACC) led 43-29 at the break…
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George Mason used a 17-2 run midway through the second half and held off James Madison the rest of the way to record a 75-73 win in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game Saturday at the Convocation Center. Mason improved to 14-5 with the win and 6-2 in the CAA. JMU lost its second…
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A House of Delegates subcommittee on Friday struck from its docket a bill to authorize Virginia’s secretive Fusion Center to expand its scope from collecting information on terrorist threats to also collecting data on ordinary crimes. The ACLU of Virginia had led an effort to publicly oppose the bill, saying that a heavily criticized 2009…
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The ACLU of Virginia on Friday objected to a decision by the Giles County School Board to re-post the Ten Commandments in public schools, and says it will consider legal action. “This action flies in the face of both strong legal precedents and our fundamental notions of what religious equality means in the United States,”…
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The 2011 session is proving to be one of the busiest I’ve seen. A typical day starts before 7 a.m. when constituents come to the General Assembly Building to meet with their legislators, followed quickly by 7:30 a.m. subcommittee meetings. Standing committees meet before and after the 12 p.m. session and last into the evening,…
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The people of the Fifth District sent a clear message on Election Day in support of repealing the government takeover of health care. This week, I was proud to put the will of the people into action by co-sponsoring and voting to repeal the health care law that raises costs, increases taxes and spending, and…
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For at least five days a week through the end of February I will be in Richmond for the annual General Assembly session. The normally quiet Capitol Square starts to buzz with activity as the 100 members of the House of Delegates and the 40 members of the State Senate, their staff of one or…
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Erick Green scored a career-high 24 points to make Maryland pay for its attention on Malcolm Delaney, and Virginia Tech was able to hold the Terps’ Jordan Williams in check in posting a surprisingly easy 74-57 win at the Comcast Center on Thursday. Green was 12-of-16 from the field, and was equally dangerous in both…
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Virginia running back Keith Payne has been invited to the NFL Players Association Game, formally known as the Texas vs. The Nation All-Star game. In addition to a new name, the game has moved from the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas to the Alamo Dome in San Antonio. The premise of the game remains…
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The Wildlife Center of Virginia, a leading teaching and research hospital for wildlife, is enlisting the help of area elementary-school children in coming up with a name for a Red-tailed Hawk – an non-releasable hawk that will soon be visiting schools as one of the Center’s environmental ambassadors. Earlier this month, the Wildlife Center contacted…
