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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced Wednesday that Virginia’s farmers expect low yields in 2010. Based on conditions as of Oct. 1, Virginia’s corn yields are forecast to average 56 bushels per acre, down 75 bushels per acre from last year. If realized, production would be 17.9 million bushels, down 59 percent…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that September revenue collections for the state government increased by 4.1 percent over the prior year. This is the sixth month out of the last seven in which state revenue collections exceeded the previous year’s amount. The revenue increase was primarily driven by withholding (+6.8 percent), corporate income (+13.8 percent)…
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Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer talks with the news media on Monday. Virginia Tech (4-2, 2-0 ACC) takes on Wake Forest (2-4, 1-2 ACC) on Saturday in Blacksburg. Opening Statement After we watched the video, I thought it was a good win Saturday, I think Central Michigan is a good football team, and I…
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Wake Forest football coach Jim Grobe talks with the news media on Monday. Wake (2-4, 1-2 ACC) will face Virginia Tech (4-2, 2-0 ACC) on Saturday in Blacksburg. On losing nine games decided by four points or less since November 2008 “Number one is we are playing good teams. That’s the problem. When we’ve been…
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North Carolina football coach Butch Davis talks with the news media on Monday. UNC (3-2, 1-1 ACC) will face Virginia (2-3, 0-2 ACC) on Saturday at 6 p.m. “One thing I would like to make clear it that these findings and the outcome that followed today by no ways does this represent the type of…
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Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer talks with the news media on Monday. Virginia Tech (4-2, 2-0 ACC) takes on Wake Forest (2-4, 1-2 ACC) on Saturday in Blacksburg. Opening Statement After we watched the video, I thought it was a good win Saturday, I think Central Michigan is a good football team, and I…
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Wake Forest football coach Jim Grobe talks with the news media on Monday. Wake (2-4, 1-2 ACC) will face Virginia Tech (4-2, 2-0 ACC) on Saturday in Blacksburg. On losing nine games decided by four points or less since November 2008 “Number one is we are playing good teams. That’s the problem. When we’ve been…
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North Carolina football coach Butch Davis talks with the news media on Monday. UNC (3-2, 1-1 ACC) will face Virginia (2-3, 0-2 ACC) on Saturday at 6 p.m. “One thing I would like to make clear it that these findings and the outcome that followed today by no ways does this represent the type of…
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Republican challenger Robert Hurt actually slightly outpaced Democratic incumbent Tom Perriello in the money race in the third quarter, raising $900,000 to the $810,000 raised by the congressman, though both seem well-positioned for the final weeks of the race in terms of their access to cash. “While Robert Hurt continues to take thousands from K…
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Democratic Party of Virginia chairman Dick Cranwell announced Tuesday that he will retire from the position in December. “After 39 years in public life as a member of the House of Delegates and as Chair of the DPVA, and after much reflection and discussion with my family, I have decided that 2010 will be my…
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