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We’re nearing the final week of the 2010 midterm elections, and one of the marquee races on the national stage next Tuesday night is right here in our backyard. Democrat Tom Perriello is trailing in the polls to Republican challenger Robert Hurt, a state senator from Southside who has run in many ways the perfect…
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia announced today that all charges have been dropped against a boy charged with possession of child pornography after he received nude photos on his cell phone from a girl who attended school with him. The boy, who was 14 years old when the incident occurred, had not shown…
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A new poll commissioned by The Hill has Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello trailing Republican challenger Robert Hurt by a single point as their race heads into the stretch drive. Hurt had a 45 percent-44 percent lead over the Democrat in The Hill/ANGA poll, results of which were released on Wednesday by the newspaper. The…
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Polymer Group Inc. today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Blackstone Capital Partners V L.P. This transaction is the result of the strategic review process initiated by PGI on April 7, 2010, and is expected to close prior to the end of the first quarter of…
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Independent candidate Jeff Vanke is defending his campaign’s release of a two-question push poll that was touted in e-mail as showing him within four points of incumbent Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte. “My campaign is not ’tilting at windmills,’ as one journalist asked me about,” Vanke wrote in an e-mail to members of the media…
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An effort to get a vote on legislation repealing the don’t ask, don’t tell policy that is used to keep gays and lesbians from serving in the United States military and a vote on a bill that would open educational opportunities and a path to citizenship for undocumented Americans who are long-time U.S. residents failed…
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For the second time in three weeks the Gallup survey of voter preferences on a generic congressional ballot has Democrats and Republicans essentially in a dead heat. The most recent numbers, released on Monday, have Democrats with a narrow 46 percent-to-45 percent lead over Republicans. The report from Gallup notes a continued significant advantage for…
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On Sept. 17, 1787, a group of visionaries and leaders signed our Constitution. They were intent on creating a functioning government based on universal truths and extraordinary principles in an environment complicated by disparate regional economies and wildly divergent parochial interests. Back then, differing proposals for the shape of our government divided our country into…
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A 10-point lead for Republicans on a Gallup generic congressional ballot was erased in a week. Gallup now has Republicans and Democrats all even at 46 percent support each among the voting public. Link to news brief on WhenVirginiaWasBlue.com.
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Defending national champions, #2 in the preseason national polls – and #3 in the ACC. That’s where ACC coaches voted the Virginia men’s soccer team in their preseason voting. North Carolina and Maryland were slotted at one and two. UNC is the last team to knock off the Cavs, 1-0 in double overtime back on…
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