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The goal for Virginia football in 2011: a bowl game. And it seems in reach. The preseason preview mags seem to have the Cavs in the right place, at a projected six to seven wins, to be in bowl contention. For a program that hasn’t been to the postseason since 2007-2008, no bowl game can…
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It’s fourth-and-four. Danny Coale has just caught a pass over the middle and been flattened to the ground by a linebacker. Normally a wide receiver does everything he can do to drag himself off the field so the punt unit can do its thing. But Coale, a senior from Lexington, might very well be the…
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George Allen sees the debt-ceiling issue as “leverage” for Republicans heading into the 2012 elections. Tim Kaine has raised issue with Allen on that stance, and on Friday Kaine offered a statement of support for Senate Democrats for their 51-46 party-line vote rejecting the so-called “Cut, Cap and Balance” plan that passed the Republican House…
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The ACLU of Virginia has asked Gov. Bob McDonnell to revise or remove from his questionnaire for judicial applicants two questions regarding mental and physical disabilities that may violate the American with Disabilities Act. “These questions are unnecessary, inappropriate, invasive, and very likely illegal,” said ACLU of Virginia Executive Director Kent Willis. “Persons with disabilities…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks ACC football with WKAV-1400AM’s “Mark Moses Show.” Chris previews the upcoming 2011 ACC KIckoff set for this weekend in Pinehurst, N.C. Who will he be voting for as the preseason favorites in the Atlantic and Coastal? Usual suspects, sure, but Chris is high on Florida State and Virginia Tech. Who…
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The feeding patterns of indigenous clams, human respiration, measurements and robotics were just some of the topics covered during the 2011 Summer Bridge Program at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). “We try to expose students to the core majors we provide and let them experience what each has to offer,” said Roman Miller, PhD, EMU professor…
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For the second-consecutive year, the William and Mary football team has garnered a preseason No. 1 national ranking by Phil Steele’s College Football Preview. The Tribe returns 13 starters from last season’s squad that captured the Colonial Athletic Association title and earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Playoffs, marking the program’s second-consecutive postseason…
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Brian Matusz couldn’t stop the Toledo Mud Hens Thursday afternoon at Harbor Park, and the Norfolk Tides were swept with an 11-3 defeat in front of 5,656 fans. Matusz (0-3, 4.72) lasted just 3.2 innings, his shortest outing of the year after allowing eight runs (seven earned) on eight hits. The former first round draft…
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Monster, or mercy? That was the question 1993 French Open doubles champion Luke Jensen was asking the teens and preteens on the clay courts at Augusta Health. “Monster.” Thwack. A serve not too far from jensen’s 130-mph heights during his professional-tennis career was in short order. “Mercy” was no less monstrous, nor at all merciful….
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The Commonwealth Transportation Board today allocated funding for construction of the Route 29 Charlottesville Western Bypass in Albemarle County. The CTB amended its Six-Year Improvement Program to provide $197 million for construction of the Western Bypass and an additional $33 million to widen Route 29 to six lanes from the South Fork Rivanna River north…
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