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Statement from U.S. Sen. Jim Webb www.webb.senate.gov I have great regard for the careful process employed by this administration in an effort both to define a new approach for the long-standing military commitment in Afghanistan and to put an operational framework in place for our responsible withdrawal. At the same time, I intend to…
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Column by David Reynolds Columns, letters: [email protected] Back during the dark ages of the 1960s, the days after Thanksgiving did not mark the beginning of the holiday season. Rather it was the start of the “Budget Season.” At the old Bureau of the Budget in the old Executive Office Building (everything was old then),…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The temporary hospital visitation restrictions recently put in place at RMH to help prevent the spread of flu will stay in effect throughout the winter, according to RMH infection prevention specialists. “The temporary visitation restrictions were established to provide a safe and caring atmosphere for our patients,” explained Becky…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte www.goodlatte.house.gov On Nov. 9, 1989 the world watched as a wall in Berlin, Germany crumbled to the ground in one of the greatest triumphs of freedom in history. Twenty years later, we mark the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the victory of freedom over communist…
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Staff Report Playing in her hometown, James Madison junior guard Dawn Evans (Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast) scored a game-high 26 points to pace the Dukes (3-0) to an 83-56 win over Austin Peay (1-3) in women’s basketball at the Dunn Center Tuesday night. JMU led 35-27 at halftime and extended its lead by holding Austin Peay without…
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Staff Report Liberty redshirt freshman guard Devon Brown has been recognized as the Big South Women’s Basketball Choice Hotels Player of the Week, after helping the Lady Flames go 3-0 and win the Navy Classic title last week. Brown, a 2008 Waynesboro High School grad, who averaged 21.0 ppg and 10.7 rpg for the week,…
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Staff Report Junior guard Dawn Evans (Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast) had 14 points during a 27-9 James Madison scoring run to end the game as the host Dukes defeated Virginia Tech 66-59 in non-conference women’s basketball at the JMU Convocation Center Sunday. Virginia Tech went in front 28-24 with the final five points of the opening half…
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Column by M. Patricia West Elected officials’ religious views should be their own private affair, neither imposed by them upon the nation, nor imposed by the nation as condition to holding public office. This means their private religious views should not be imposed via the current debate over health-care reform. Important life decisions are responsibilities…
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Column by David Reynolds That is, if you can get an appointment. Or your doctor hasn’t taken early retirement. Yes, we have a problem, not just up in River City, but in every town in America. We have a doctor problem. Two questions: Do we have enough doctors? And what do doctors think about the…
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Excerpted from Mad About U: Four Decades of Basketball at University Hall, by Chris Graham and Patrick Hite In an effort to set a new Virginia women’s basketball single-game attendance record, the promotion that helped set the current mark 22 years ago is back on Nov. 22 vs. Tennessee – Hot Dog Night. All Cavalier…
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