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Today the Deeds campaign released a new ad highlighting the growing number of newspapers that have endorsed Creigh Deeds for governor. This week, the Virginian Pilot and the Roanoke Times both endorsed Deeds, giving him the endorsement of three of the Commonwealth’s four largest papers. The ad highlights Deeds’ transportation plan, which will finally fix…
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A committee of the Virginia Supreme Court has withdrawn a controversial proposal to make jurors anonymous in all state court criminal trials. The committee’s apparent turnabout comes as a result of strong criticism from open government advocates, who argued that allowing the public to know jurors’ identities is an essential part of a fair and…
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Here’s a pop quiz: Who said the following: “When you look at the homosexual agenda, I cannot support something that I believe brings nothing but self-destruction, not only physically but of their soul.” A. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad B.Vladimir Putin C. Ken Cuccinelli Although most folks might guess it was Mr. Ahmadinejad, the Holocaust-denying president of Iran,…
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Wednesday, Oct. 28 Q Payments to President Karzai’s brother by the CIA – what can you tell us about how that – or if that has caused any consternation here at the White House? MR. GIBBS: I would refer questions about that story to the CIA. Q So it’s not true? MR. GIBBS: The best…
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Tuesday, Oct. 27 Frank Spaziani – Boston College Opening statement: Obviously, we are disappointed (in the loss to Notre Dame) but we hope to put it behind us fast because we have a heck of a football team coming in on Saturday. On his thoughts from Notre Dame: It’s the same in losses as in…
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It’s hard for Steve Shannon to understand being criticized for saying that as Virginia attorney general he would make it his priority to fight crime, but it’s out there. “My focus is always on keeping people safe, and I don’t view that as a weakness. I view it as a great strength,” said Shannon, the…
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An event in the John Paul Jones Arena on Saturday (Oct. 31) will impact football fans planning to use the venue’s surface parking lot for the Virginia-Duke football game that day. A Disney on Ice show is scheduled to begin in the arena at 3:30 p.m. and the football game is scheduled to begin at…
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Calvin Baker, a senior guard on the Virginia’s men’s basketball team, had arthroscopic surgery on Tuesday to remove a loose piece of cartilage in his right knee. Baker is expected to be out two to three weeks. Baker has lettered twice for the Cavaliers since transferring from William and Mary. He averaged 8.4 points, 2.3…
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Dear EarthTalk: Has anyone ever studied the environmental impact of discarded cigarettes? I’m constantly appalled at the number of drivers I see pitching their butts out their car windows? – Ned Jordan, via e-mail It’s true that littered cigarette butts are a public nuisance, and not just for aesthetic reasons. The filters on cigarettes—four fifths…
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A new Rasmussen Reports poll has Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell leading Democrat Creigh Deeds by a 54 percent-to-41 percent margin, and a new Virginia Commonwealth University Commonwealth Poll has McDonnell leading by a 54 percent-to-36 percent gap. Both polls, released on Wednesday, make clear that the strategy of the Deeds campaign to hinge its…
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