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– Statement by the President Obama on health-care reform bill released by Senate HELP Committee today – Obama signs bill awarding Congressional Gold Medal to women Air Force service pilots – Declassification Policy Forum to launch this week
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Nearly 18 percent of Waynesboro residents are age 65 and older, 5 percent above the national average, with growth in the senior population forecast both locally and nationally in the next 10 years that could push the numbers nationally to one in five people and in Waynesboro to one in four.
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I recently read an article about Bisphenol-A (BPA) that eerily reminded me of the movie, “Thank You for Smoking.” In the movie, the “merchants of death” or MOD Squad, as they call themselves, are lobbyists for the alcohol, gun, and tobacco industries and meet for lunch while plotting to keep vital information about the harmful…
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– State News: Second Virginia swine-flu death reported – Local News: Work continuing on I–81 interchange in Harrisonburg – State News: Grants for Virginians with disabilities
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– Bill signings – Robert Gibbs’ Tuesday press briefing – President talks on community solutions agenda – Town-hall meeting on health care in Virginia on Wednesday
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– Local News: Street closing in Harrisonburg – Capitol Hill: Webb, Warner announce health-center grants – Local News: Wintergreen placing land into preservation – Local News: BC alum honored for Christian service
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State money going to support programs to improve criminal-justice services across the Commonwealth will be flowing to a few worthy programs in the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia. The Collins Center and First Step Inc. in Harrisonburg will receive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, more popularly referred to as the…
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Dear Wayne, I’ve been dating this girl for about two years. Things are pretty good. She’s been talking about marriage. It’s just that the sex has gotten a little stale. It pisses me off that she doesn’t initiate. Seems like, more and more, I’d rather work later or make plans with my buddies than hang…
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“Do you believe in the sanctity of human life? Do you believe in traditional marriage? If so, according to Chris Graham, you are as bad as Heinrich Himmler!” a local blogger informed a regular New Dominion and Augusta Free Press advertiser in an e-mail that the advertiser in turn forwarded to me this evening.
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When I got separated and then divorced six years ago, the world of dating had gone through a change. Internet dating was well underway and the quaint idea of friends introducing you to other friends seemed to have gone the way of the horse and buggy. There were still bars and clubs, but those options…
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