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Op-Ed by Sanford D. Horn Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more Enough already! Every word, every thought, every nuanced phrase uttered, has been placed under a microscope to the point that if a candidate doesn’t answer quickly enough he or she isn’t smart enough, but if the same candidate answers too quickly, he or…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Poll Question: How are gas prices affecting your daily life? Cars are our freedom. They’re how we get to work, go on vacation, make it to the parents’ house for Sunday dinner, travel to and from play practice and baseball and soccer games after school. Our freedom is…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Amherst High School star quarterback Peter Rose will not be playing football at Virginia Tech. Tech football coach Frank Beamer announced today that the school was withdrawing its scholarship offer to Rose, the 2007 Group AA player of the year.
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Photos by Chris Graham [email protected] XtremeFest ’08 was a popular destination on Saturday. Hundreds of residents from Waynesboro and across the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia took part in events at Ridgeview Park ranging from kayaking the South River to rock climbing to extreme biking and skateboarding to a rollicking pull-up competition and more. XtremeFest…
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Although it’s often mentioned as a possible solution to our energy problems, rail travel is never quite taken seriously.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] U.S. Senate candidate Jim Gilmore is joining President Bush and Republican Party presidential nominee John McCain in criticisms of Democratic Party presidential frontrunner Barack Obama on Iran. Gilmore, the frontrunner in the race to challenge Democrat Mark Warner in Virginia in November, said today that “Sen. Obama’s plans for presidential…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Jim Webb’s Post-9/11 G.I. Bill passed the House of Representatives on Thursday, moving the nation a giant step closer to doing the same thing for recent military veterans that we did for the heroes of World War II. “(Thursday’s) House vote places veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars one…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The California Supreme Court overturned the state’s ban on gay marriage. And this impacts Virginia … how, exactly?
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A bipartisan group of United States senators including Virginia Democratic Sen. Jim Webb is calling on the United States Postal Service to issue the Purple Heart stamp on a permanent basis. “This is a most appropriate way to honor past and future recipients of our nation’s oldest military decoration,” said…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Rockbridge Republican Del. Ben Cline is “disappointed but not surprised” that Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine has proposed a series of small tax and fee increases to provide funding for transportation maintenance and funding. “As a member of the House Finance Committee, I have listened to Gov. Kaine ask time and…
