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Column by Bob Goodlatte It has become almost commonplace to turn on the evening news or visit an online news source and see the headlines detailing the latest recall of lead-contaminated products, mostly toys, from China. In 2007 alone, we have had around 77 toy recalls, involving more than 20 million toys. While this represents…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Kansas City strip steaks and sunflower seeds at Richmond International Raceway. Tell me what this has to do with Virginia Tech football again? “We’re already starting to light the grills up – so we’re confident on the staff here at Richmond International Raceway,” said Doug Fritz, the president of RIR…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A lawsuit is not a great option when your goal is to get government to reconsider what it’s doing relative to a road project. But the group that filed suit in federal court in Charlottesville on Monday to block further movement toward a massive reconstruction of Interstate 81 in Western…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Seven wins. That was all JMU could muster on the hardwood in 2006-2007. So for the Dukes to have recorded a seventh win in 2007-2008 on Dec. 19, well, that was reason for celebration. “It’s a good thing – on every level,” James Madison coach Dean Keener said after his…
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The SportsDominion is live at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville for tonight’s game between Virginia and Hampton U. Join SportsDominion correspondent Scott German on our live blog tonight for live game updates and commentary and analysis from JPJ.
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] Bad news, Tech fans. If West Virginia has any sense in its institutional head, it will hire your defensive coordinator away. Bud Foster is long since ready for the move from Defensive Genius Without Peer to major-college head coach. Virginia football fans will remember his…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] LOSERS: The BCS Did you read about how the BCS blocked a Virginia Tech-Oklahoma Orange Bowl that the schools and the bowl wanted? I’m thisclose to boycotting college football altogether. It’s the best sport in the world September-through-early December. Then it’s a series of glorified exhibitions. WINNER:…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Divorce reform, restrictions on abortion and continued funding for abstinence-only sex education. The Family Foundation of Virginia and the Valley Family Forum have a healthy appetite – but whether they can fill their plate in the 2008 Virginia General Assembly remains to be seen given the changes in the composition…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte With the holiday season fully upon us, and the rush to complete last-minute Christmas-present purchases under way, it is easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle, and in the process somehow lose sight of more important things.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The short-term worry is about a planned seven-mile improvement project on Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County. The longer-term worry is about the rest of the 325 miles of I-81 in Western Virginia. “That’s the biggest concern that I have – because this seven-mile project, while it is overly broad, and…
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