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A pair of UVa. games and another pair of Virginia Tech games will be broadcast nationally in September, and Tech will make several appearances on national TV throughout the 2009 football season. The Hokies’ Sept. 5 opener against Alabama at the Georgia Dome in the 2009 Chick-fil-A National Kickoff Game is set for ABC in…
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– Event: Presentation on Iranian women writers – Local News: Work at Port Republic Road and I-81 southbound exit ramp – Economy: New jobless claims down slightly – State News: Kaine joins agreement on ocean conservation
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– Local News: Shelburne Middle School closing due to power outage, Updated Wednesday, 9:14 a.m. – Capitol Hill: Webb, Warner announce recommendation for Fourth Circuit – State News: Court overturns law prohibiting dissemination of Social Security numbers – Sports: Virginia Tech soccer coach steps down
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Another day, another poll, and another direction in the 2009 Democratic Party gubernatorial race. This one comes from Survey USA, which has Terry McAuliffe in the lead by six points over Creigh Deeds in numbers that do represent some movement from the most recent Survey USA poll, but not much.
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I’m still cynical, even in the wake of the first death in Virginia linked to swine flu, that we’re being oversold something here. The nature of the report from the Virginia Department of Health is fueling my continued suspicion there. Key there is the indication in the VDH press release that the unnamed victim had…
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The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network announced the hiring of Lawrence Zippin as its new chief executive officer on Tuesday.
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The Virginia baseball team is headed to Mississippi this weekend, and hopes its next sojourn takes it further west to Nebraska. The Cavs (46-12-1) will square off with Ole Miss (43-18) in a best-of-three Super Regional series at Oxford, Miss., beginning Friday at 2 p.m. Game 2 on Saturday is scheduled for a noon start….
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– Local News: Pilot injured in Augusta chopper crash – Event: Drinking Liberally Staunton to meet today – Event: Special night at Pump It Up for autistic children – Local News: Assessments lawsuit update
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When I was 16 I had an abortion. It was both difficult to arrange and pay for. Yet this pivotal event resulted in a lifelong commitment to working towards a world with reproductive justice for everyone. The sad part isn’t that I had an abortion, but that there were so many barriers. Even more disheartening…
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When Jerry Falwell Jr. closed down the Liberty University College Democrats, a student club, we at the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia were inundated with calls asking when we were going to file suit against the school for violating the constitutional rights of the club members.
