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State Sen. Creigh Deeds, the Democratic Party nominee for governor, released a new radio ad on Monday featuring President Barack Obama. In the ad, “Fired Up,” President Obama praises State Sen. Deeds as a candidate who will embrace change and provide real leadership.
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An otherwise innocuous press release about single-game tickets for three University of Virginia home football games has my attention right now. Single-gamers are available for six of the seven UVa. home games this fall – the season finale against Virginia Tech being the exception there, but there are still tickets to the Tech game available…
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American Values Network has launched a local pastor thank-you campaign thanking Members of Congress who voted in favor of the House climate bill. The campaign is a continuation of American Value Network’s half a million-dollar media campaign built upon faith and military leaders coming together to highlight the moral and national security implications of climate…
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Phil Hamilton represents the 93rd House District in the Virginia General Assembly. (He’s also a Facebook friend. Sort of a friend of a friend, but if you were me, and you checked things out to the nth degree, you’d find that out, and wonder why I didn’t say something if I didn’t say something. For…
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Five James Madison University football players have been named to the College Sporting News’ 2009 preseason Football Championship Subdivision All-America team. Senior cornerback Scotty McGee (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) was named to the first team as a return specialist; junior offensive tackle Theo Sherman (Danville, Va./Chatham) and senior defensive tackle Sam Daniels (Portsmouth, Va./Woodrow Wilson)…
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Participation in the season-opening Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic highlights the non-conference portion of James Madison University’s 2009-10 men’s basketball schedule released Tuesday. The Dukes will play Big Ten Conference member Ohio State in their Coaches Vs. Cancer opener, complete participation in the event with three games in Florida and meet Pacific 10 Conference member Stanford…
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A 17-game home schedule, featuring eight games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents and a game against 2009 NIT Champion Penn State in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge, highlights the Virginia men’s basketball team’s 2009-10 schedule released Tuesday (Aug. 25) by the ACC. The 2009-10 season will be Tony Bennett’s first as the Cavaliers’ head coach.
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My friends on the other side of Main Street are making my life difficult. How they are is in an op-ed in today’s News Virginian that cites a New York Times article and a purported Barack Obama 2008 endorser as raising critical points about the Obama-Democratic push for health-care reform.
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Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds will make three appearances in the Greater Augusta area later this week during a campaign swing through the Central Shenandoah Valley.
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The Star City Harbinger has posted an interview conducted with Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds discussing transportation issues in Virginia – covering questions on mass transit, intermodal transportation, bike culture and more. You can access the video on the SCH site here or click on the link below. Length: 8:03.
