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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Wildlife Center of Virginia, the nation’s leading teaching and research hospital for wild animals, is releasing six Eastern Box Turtles that have been treated at the Center.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s curious move to subpoena the University of Virginia regarding research done by climate scientist Michael Mann has drawn the ire of groups including the ACLU, the American Association of University Professors and the Virginia Democratic Party.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The U.S. Minerals Management Service announced today that it is postponing indefinitely the public-comment period and the public hearings that were scheduled in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina in the coming weeks on the proposed sale for oil and gas drilling off Virginia’s shore.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] We’ve bailed out Wall Street. Maybe we could term this one the bailout of Sesame Street. “We all have to remember that the federal government came to the aid of Wall Street quickly because they saw the need. We just ask that they would do the same for our…
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro didn’t go poof! into the night. There aren’t tumbleweeds running through downtown. (Not yet.) The sun did in fact come up this morning. That’s in spite of another electoral defeat for progressives at the polls in the City Council elections on May 4. Lorie Smith fell short…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Fishburne Military School postgrad basketball star Donte Morales has signed with UNC-Wilmington, becoming the first recruit for new coach Buzz Peterson.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] #1 Virginia defeated VCU 10-5 Tuesday night at Davenport Field to run its winning streak to 11 games as it enters a nine-day break for final exams.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The ACLU of Virginia is pushing the issue regarding a recent move by State Police Superintendent Col. W. Steven Flaherty to rescind a two-year-old state policy requiring state police chaplains to deliver only nonsectarian prayers at government-sponsored events.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Democratic Party of Virginia is calling on Gov. Bob McDonnell to support President Obama’s call to delay any new offshore drilling projects until a full understanding of the causes of the recent disaster off the Gulf Coast can be determined.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Tighter-than-expected elections in Waynesboro, and results as expected in Staunton. That was Election Day in the Valley on Tuesday.
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