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It’s a tough question, but an appropriate one to ask this time of year: Q: Why did Humpty Dumpty have a great fall? A: to make up for a lousy summer. Our man Humpty tried his best to be a good egg, but frequently suffered from shell shock. Don’t mean to scramble your thoughts or…
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Pippin and blacktwig, stamen and Grimes golden, Virginia beauty and winesap … once every housewife knew which apple to put in her pie, which to store in the root cellar, and which to send to the men for the cider press. Learn more about the area’s apple heritage at the premier Augusta County Historical Society…
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Wake Forest redshirt-freshman running back Josh Harris and North Carolina junior wide receiver Dwight Jones headline a list of six players recognized as the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Players of the Week, announced Monday by the ACC. Harris, in his first career start, ran for 241 yards, the fifth-best mark by an ACC freshman. He…
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Virginia redshirt junior guard Sammy Zeglinski (Philadelphia, Pa./The William Penn Charter School) will undergo an operation on his left knee on Tuesday (Oct. 19). The operation will involve cartilage work and the duration of Zeglinski’s rehabilitation will be determined after the surgery. Zeglinski injured the knee during a workout in early October. “I feel for…
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The Atlantic Coast Conference announced today Virginia’s home football game versus Miami on Saturday, Oct. 30 will kick off at noon. The game will be broadcast on either ESPN or ESPN2. The final determination of the broadcast will be announced no later than noon on Oct. 24. The following information is confirmed regarding ACC Football…
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Wake Forest redshirt-freshman running back Josh Harris and North Carolina junior wide receiver Dwight Jones headline a list of six players recognized as the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Players of the Week, announced Monday by the ACC. Harris, in his first career start, ran for 241 yards, the fifth-best mark by an ACC freshman. He…
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Virginia redshirt junior guard Sammy Zeglinski (Philadelphia, Pa./The William Penn Charter School) will undergo an operation on his left knee on Tuesday (Oct. 19). The operation will involve cartilage work and the duration of Zeglinski’s rehabilitation will be determined after the surgery. Zeglinski injured the knee during a workout in early October. “I feel for…
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The Atlantic Coast Conference announced today Virginia’s home football game versus Miami on Saturday, Oct. 30 will kick off at noon. The game will be broadcast on either ESPN or ESPN2. The final determination of the broadcast will be announced no later than noon on Oct. 24. The following information is confirmed regarding ACC Football…
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Republican nominee Robert Hurt has a six-point lead over Democratic incumbent Tom Perriello in a new poll of voters in the Fifth District congressional race. The Roanoke College poll gives Hurt a 46 percent-40 percent lead over Perriello. Independent Jeffrey Clark polls 1 percent of the vote, with 13 percent undecided. The poll includes interviews…
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A federal judge heard arguments for the state and for the federal government in a case brought by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli challenging the constitutionality of the federal health-care reform bill passed and signed into law earlier this year. Judge Henry E. Hudson said in Monday’s hearing in Richmond that he will hand down…
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