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Virginia head football coach Mike London announced the addition of Marques Hagans to his football staff as a graduate assistant coach. Hagans will work with the offensive coaching staff. “Marques ‘Biscuit’ Hagans returning to UVa is a benefit for both of us,” said London. “He wants to learn and get involved in coaching – and…
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The innovative construction methods the Virginia Department of Transportation is using to rebuild part of Interstate 81 in Augusta County will reduce construction time by two-thirds, save VDOT millions of dollars and recycle existing road material back into the new pavement. VDOT’s research facility, the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research in Charlottesville, has…
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February revenue collections by the Commonwealth increased by 16.7 percent over the prior year. This is the 11th month out of the last 12 in which state revenue collections exceeded the previous year’s amount. It is the fourth month in a row in which year-over-year revenue growth was greater than 9 percent. The revenue increase…
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Last year’s Congress failed in their most basic governing responsibility by not passing a budget for the first time since the Congressional Budget Act was adopted in 1974, and what we are currently seeing are the real and negative consequences of allowing reckless government spending to go unchecked. Our national debt has skyrocketed to over…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The main thrust in this week’s segment is the upset feelings down in Blacksburg over the latest NCAA Tournament snub of Virginia Tech. Chris and Jim break down the snub by examining Tech’s resume and the respective resumes of several bubble teams that…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The main thrust in this week’s segment is the upset feelings down in Blacksburg over the latest NCAA Tournament snub of Virginia Tech. Chris and Jim break down the snub by examining Tech’s resume and the respective resumes of several bubble teams that…
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Rob Feinstein was there at the beginning of ECW, and he was the founder of Ring of Honor. So when he sees a future for AWE, that’s saying something. “We’ve had two shows, and the crowds speak for themselves. He drew over 1,000 for each night, and that’s pretty much unheard of in professional wrestling,…
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The Tuesday (March 15) baseball game between Virginia and James Madison has been rescheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday because of the forecast for inclement weather. All tickets for the originally scheduled Tuesday contest will be honored at the Wednesday game. Gates will open at 3 p.m. Parking will be available in the University Hall and…
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The bats were hot for the second straight game and Virginia Commonwealth University scored early and often in an 18-6 victory against Princeton Monday afternoon in the final game of the Terry Sisisky Classic at The Diamond. Eight different Rams recorded a hit for the second game in a row, led by junior Taylor Buran,…
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Crude-oil prices already on the decline from a high of $107 a barrel early last week have dipped to the $100 mark in the wake of the ongoing natural disasters in Japan. What impact this will all have on gas prices remains to be seen. “Continued pain at the gas pump has motorists wondering what’s…
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