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Redshirt junior center Lauren Okafor (Hamden, Conn./Hopkins School (Providence)) recorded her first career double-double to pace three Dukes in double figures as the JMU women’s basketball team defeated Prairie View A&M 79-50 in game one of the St. John’s Chartwells Holiday Classic in Queens, N.Y., on Saturday.
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The Terry McAuliffe Inaugural Committee announced the first round of parade participants for the inauguration of Terry McAuliffe as 72nd governor of the Commonwealth. “We are excited to announce such a diverse and talented group of parade participants,” said Executive Director Brynne Craig.
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Carbon dioxide emissions are indeed lower than at any time since 1994, according to data recently released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). But if you think that the rise of the hybrid car, our embrace of public transit, walking, biking and those new windows on the house are behind the trend, think again.
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Statewide surveillance data monitored by the Virginia Department of Health indicate that norovirus is arriving in Virginia just in time for the holidays. Commonly referred to as “the stomach flu,” norovirus is a highly contagious gastrointestinal virus that causes vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramping.
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties, Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke.
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Shenandoah Valley Baseball-Softball Academy in Bridgewater announced its schedule of winter baseball and softball clinics.
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Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will not run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Mark Warner. Cuccinelli broke the news in an unannounced speech at the Republican Advance in Hot Springs Saturday, according to a report in Politico.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today encouraged Virginians to prepare for a potentially disruptive early-season ice storm that will affect the Commonwealth this Sunday. While exact impacts are still somewhat uncertain, Virginians should make preparations now for possible power outages, that could be lengthy if large amounts of ice accumulate.
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is opening the Conservation Stewardship Program for new enrollments for federal fiscal year 2014.
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Down one at the break, the Fishburne Military School postgrad basketball team turned up the intensity on defense on Miller School in the second half in a 107-87 win Thursday night in the opener of the FMS Best Western Caisson Shootout.
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