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Democratic incumbent Rick Boucher has a double-digit lead over Republican Morgan Griffith in their race for the Ninth District seat, according to two recent polls. A SurveyUSA poll released on Friday has Boucher with a 50 percent-40 percent lead over Griffith, the majority leader in the Virginia House of Delegates. internal polling conducted for Boucher…
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Facing a question on GOP-sponsored state legislation pushing electricity rates up pretty dramatically in Southwest Virginia, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli deflected at a town-hall meeting in Rocky Mount Thursday to a discussion of cap-and-trade legislation that has been stalled in Congress for a year. “Cap-and-trade legislation failed in the U.S. Congress. It didn’t pass. For…
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A 17-game home schedule, featuring eight games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents and including games against Iowa State, LSU and Oregon, highlights the Virginia men’s basketball team’s 2010-11 schedule released Thursdayby the ACC. The Cavaliers are also scheduled to participate in the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational (Nov. 22-24) and play at Minnesota in the ACC/Big…
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A 17-game home schedule, featuring eight games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents and including games against Iowa State, LSU and Oregon, highlights the Virginia men’s basketball team’s 2010-11 schedule released Thursdayby the ACC. The Cavaliers are also scheduled to participate in the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational (Nov. 22-24) and play at Minnesota in the ACC/Big…
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A new SurveyUSA poll has Republican Robert Hurt comfortably ahead of Democratic incumbent Tom Perriello in their race for the Fifth District seat in Congress, though the numbers are vastly different than those in another poll released recently by a Republican-leaning outfit. SurveyUSA has Hurt ahead of Perriello by a 61 percent-35 percent margin, ahead…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell and the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee are launching an independent review of the computer-system failures that affected operations at the Department of Motor Vehicles and 25 other state agencies – and Northrop Grumman is picking up the tab. “I have spoken personally with Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush. I expressed…
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Former Gov. Tim Kaine signed a much-trumpeted reform of payday lending in 2008, but loopholes in the industry-written law were quickly exploited by lenders, who have since moved on to other high-interest loan products that have proven to be highly marketable in the midst of the ongoing economic slowdown. Staunton City Councilman Bruce Elder led…
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Reggie Williams, VMI’s all-time leading scorer and current member of the NBA Golden State Warriors, will have his retired #55 jersey presented to him at a ceremony held at halftime of this Saturday’s VMI-Lock Haven football game in Lexington. A four-year starter for the Keydets at forward, Williams (Prince George, Va./Prince George H.S.) averaged 27.8…
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Reggie Williams, VMI’s all-time leading scorer and current member of the NBA Golden State Warriors, will have his retired #55 jersey presented to him at a ceremony held at halftime of this Saturday’s VMI-Lock Haven football game in Lexington. A four-year starter for the Keydets at forward, Williams (Prince George, Va./Prince George H.S.) averaged 27.8…
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Virginia Tech hasn’t shied away from scheduling tough openers of late. Southern Cal in 2004. Alabama in 2009. Both went on to win national titles those years, for those keeping score at home. And then there’s the 2010 opener. Boise State is coming off an undefeated season and is #3 in the preseason national polls,…
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