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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] Did you see the news this week about how Virginia leads the country in the percentage of vehicles that have vanity license plates? Y-O-U-D-I-N-T? Well, let me tell you … W-E-R-V-A-N-E. I know I spelled that wrong. W-E-R-V-A-I-N was already taken.
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Column by Bob Goodlatte Last week, newly elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy addressed a Joint Session of Congress during his first official visit to Washington. Upon his election in May of this year, President Sarkozy immediately reached out to the United States, signaling his desire to end the tension that has existed between our two…
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Story by Jim Bishop Dr. Francis Collins, best-selling author of The Language of God, will speak Saturday at Eastern Mennonite University. Collins’ free public lecture on the theme, “A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief,” is scheduled for 10 a.m. in Martin Chapel of the seminary building at EMU. A brief question and answer period will…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] Pictures can sure take you back, can’t they? I’m looking at one on my desk right now of me and a little girl named Emilee who is holding my hand in the picture, a smile on her face. I’m a lot skinnier in this photo, incidentally, than…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The transformation of the Shenandoah Valley into the Silicon Shenandoah is not coming along as quickly as some might have hoped – but that doesn’t mean that it’s not coming along.
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: 48-nil Was Virginia really 0-15 in the state of Florida before last Saturday night? That’s some way to get off the schneid. Next up – the schneid that has the ‘Hoos losing seven of their last eight to the Colossus from Blacksburg. WINNER: Tyrod Rulez! OK,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s the hardest thing a young athlete can do. “It sounds like a good idea – I’ll go, I’ll redshirt, OK. Until you’re used to playing games every year of your life, and that’s taken away. And so you wander around – you wonder why you’re practicing, because you’re not…
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The SportsDominion is live at JPJ for today’s season opener for Virginia as the Cavs host Vermont. Join us here for live updates from the game – and tonight at 7 p.m. for a postgame edition of “The SportsDominion Show” with interviews with UVa. coach Dave Leitao, Vermont coach Mike Lonergan and more.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It didn’t use to be the case that dogfighting was considered barbaric or anything like it. Indeed, it was a popular sport for Queen Elizabeth I and her circle back in the late 15th and early 16th centuries – and remained a favorite pasttime of British elites well into the…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] Last week it was Sports Illustrated linking to a story that we did on Venus Williams visiting Staunton. This week it’s The Washington Post linking on a blog to a column that I wrote on the local elections. Almost Famous, indeed. “But you didn’t actually make it…
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