Manute Bol’s Death Confirmed By The Washington Post
What was first reported by Tom Prichard, a friend and associate of Manute Bol's, has been confirmed by the Washington Post: [Bol] died at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville of complications from Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, a ...
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Douglas Stewart Used Impostor to Derail Cops in Disappearance of Wife Venus Stewart
Venus Stewart had recently fled her husband in Virginia, taking her two kids and moving to her parents' home in rural Michigan. She was afraid of husband Douglas Stewart, who she'd accused of phy...
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Former GOP Congressman Tom Davis: “Where Is The Wave?”
Former Virginia GOP Congressman Tom Davis shortly before night's Democratic victory in PA-12:
“If you can’t win a seat that is trending Republican in a year like this, then where is the wave?” asked Mr. Davis, who said Republicans will need to examine what went wrong. “It would be a huge upset not to win this seat.”
That Republican "wave" sweeping the nation must have hit the breakers last night.
According to Pollster.com:
More evidence from PPP:
One other key finding on our PA-12 poll- only 28% of voters in the district thought Republicans did a good job running the country while George W. Bush was President. 63% think they did not. That -35 spread is 15 points worse than the 20 spread we found for Obama's approval in the district.
Democrats remain ahead in party ID. The Republican brand is still the dog food it was in 2008.
The question is does the White House still realize this and will they go on the offensive?
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Robert Guttman: Presidential Possibilities 2012: If They Are Writing, They Are Running
In the middle of our anti-incumbent, anti-Washington primary season for the 2010 congressional races there are a large number of old and new faces plotting...
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Election RESULTS: Arlen Specter Loses To Joe Sestak, Rand Paul Wins
WASHINGTON — With the electorate's intense anger reverberating across the country, this is all but certain: It's an anti-Washington, anti-establishment year. And candidates with ties to either better beware. Any doubt about just how tox...
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Mike Ragogna: New Attitudes: Conversations With Shelby Lynne & Jennifer Knapp
Shelby Lynne and Jennifer Knapp are two strong women who are not shy about sharing their feelings and convictions. This month, both artists return with new fiery albums.
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AR-Sen: Lincoln can’t even get the voting photo op right
Oops. Turns out her ballot was at her Virginia mansion.
Sen. Blanche Lincoln suffered what might be one of the all-time greatest campaign staff fails this morning. According to her campaign staff, Lincoln was initially turned away when she tried to vote at her home her polling place this morning after elections officials discovered she had already requested an absentee ballot be sent to her Virginia home. Poll workers told Lincoln their records showed she had already voted.
"She just wanted to be prepared," campaign spokesperson Katie Laning Niebaum told me a few minutes ago. "She has requested absentee ballots on many past occasions."
Lincoln didn't fill out the absentee ballot this time, her staff no doubt eager for the classic casting-the-ballot photo op this morning. But, thanks to this mix-up, she's stuck with the less appealing "filling out the provisional ballot so elections officials can determine if her vote is legal or not" shot instead.
The picture is hilarious. It's like she's taking the DMV test. Or writing, "I will go home to Virginia and fetch my absentee ballot" 200 times.
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Clinton To WVU Grads: Face Change With Confidence
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Today's college graduates must face change with confidence in a "highly unstable, unequal and unsustainable" world and help others do the same, former President Bill Clinton said Sunday at West Virginia University. I...
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Virginia Lacrosse Gets Back To Winning
Both the men's and women's Virginia lacrosse teams were in action this weekend for the first time since the Yeardley Love tragedy. While both moved forward and began NCAA Tournament play, both teams also made sure to honor Love and keep her at ...
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NCAA Lacrosse Tournament First Round: Syracuse Shocked By Army, Virginia & Maryland Advance
Since the early 80’s, an investment is a Final Four ticket was about as sure a thing as a Syracuse lacrosse fan could make. The Orange made the Final Four 22-straight years between 1983 and 2005 and had only missed the Final Four twice since &...
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