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We’re nearing the final week of the 2010 midterm elections, and one of the marquee races on the national stage next Tuesday night is right here in our backyard. Democrat Tom Perriello is trailing in the polls to Republican challenger Robert Hurt, a state senator from Southside who has run in many ways the perfect…
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It was uncomfortably close uncomfortably late – 17-14 Virginia at the half, and 24-21 midway through the third quarter after the second of two 50-plus-yard touchdown runs by Eastern Michigan running back Javonti Green. A 70-yard kickoff-return TD by Terence Fells-Danzer changed the momentum, and another special-teams score, on a fake-punt pass by punter Jimmy…
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It was uncomfortably close uncomfortably late – 17-14 Virginia at the half, and 24-21 midway through the third quarter after the second of two 50-plus-yard touchdown runs by Eastern Michigan running back Javonti Green. A 70-yard kickoff-return TD by Terence Fells-Danzer changed the momentum, and another special-teams score, on a fake-punt pass by punter Jimmy…
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Editor Chris Graham will be in the pressbox at Scott Stadium for Saturday’s game between Virginia (2-4, 0-3 ACC) and Eastern Michigan (1-6, 0-3 MAC). Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. The game is being webcast on ESPN3. Join the Live Blog for live score updates, commentary, analysis and more.
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AFP editor Chris Graham joins WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan” to talk Virginia news and politics. The segment begins with Chris providing an update on the latest news in congressional races in the Fifth, Sixth and Ninth. Republicans appear poised to hold onto the Sixth District seat and take back the seat in the Fifth…
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I swear I could hear some Al Groh coming out of Mike London. The first-year UVa. football coach had just been asked by a reporter how he could maintain his positive approach to his rebuilding effort in the face of the Cavs’ third consecutve blowout ACC loss, 44-10 to rival North Carolina. London was noticeably…
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Larry Newman couldn’t have imagined getting in a car to travel eight hours over the mountains in West Virginia to see his grandson in Ohio. “I couldn’t sit in the car that long. We’d have to stop so I could get out and walk around a little bit,” said Newman, who was beset for years…
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Nearly one in three Americans have a family member suffering from Alzheimer’s. And their caregivers, by and large, are women. “Women, who are also working, who are also basically running our families, and also are the people who provide the bulk of our volunteer and community service, are the people who are also the caregivers…
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The largest deployment of solar power in the state of Virginia is about to come online at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, and that’s just the start of what they have planned up at EMU. “Colleges and universities across the state are watching us to see how this works out,” said Tony Smith, the CEO…
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I wanted to let you know about the recent progress of legislation I have introduced that will make government work better and save taxpayer money. The Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010, which I’m proud to say is co-sponsored by two Republicans and two Democrats, requires each federal agency to set clear performance…
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