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Monday's local roundup: U.Va. men's tennis advances to third straight NCAA final
Colleges Men’s tennis: Virginia advanced to the NCAA tournament final for the third straight year, beating Georgia 4-1 in a semifinal at Urbana, Ill. The second-seeded Cavaliers (29-0) will play top-seeded UCLA (29-1) in Tuesday’s...Tags: Georgia State Panthers, College of William and Mary, College Sports, Tennis, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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GOP ticket says conservative message can succeed statewide
VIRGINIA BEACH — Republican gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli defended his conservative record Sunday in an interview along with fellow GOP statewide ticket members E.W. Jackson and State Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg. The three were...
Tags: Ken Cuccinelli, Politics, Mark D. Obenshain, Tea Party Movement, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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UPDATED: Republican statewide candidates crisscross Virginia
Assignment ManagerFresh off last weekend's Republican convention, the party's statewide ticket is crisscrossing Virginia. Gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli led the candidates at a stop at the Roanoke Regional Airport Monday morning. ...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Planned Parenthood, Politics, Justice System
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Review: Last Bison's chamber-folk sound showed growth at the Norfolk Botanical Garden
The Last Bison's chamber-folk style is built on homespun, organic elements: The plink of a banjo, the thud of a single drum, soaring harmonies from violin and cello. So, in some ways, the Norfolk Botanical Garden was a perfect setting for the Chesapeake...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Virginia Arts Festival, Entertainment Events
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Hampton Roads apartment market getting overbuilt?
The Virginian-PilotBulldozers are making room for new high-end apartments and retail space on Granby and Freemason streets and across the alley on Boush Street in downtown Norfolk. Buddy Gadams, the developer behind the yet-to-be-named project, is building 136 luxury...Tags: Hampton Roads, Rentals, Greenbrier, Real Estate Sellers, Real Estate Buyers
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GOP ticket stumps in Virginia Beach
VIRGINIA BEACH — A day after a late-running, closely-watched convention, the top three members of the state GOP ticket campaigned together for the first time. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the gubernatorial nominee, nominee for lieutenant ...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Politics, Mark D. Obenshain, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate
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Emergency risks remain as federal grants dwindle
The Virginian-PilotBefore 9/11, police, fire and medical emergency responders in Hampton Roads -- like those at ground zero in New York -- had no way of communicating across departments during catastrophic events. After the 2001 terrorist attacks, tens of millions of...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), National Security, Economy, Business and Finance, Hampton Roads, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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Skate shop in Portsmouth ramps up near park
The Virginian-PilotThe main commercial corridor of the Cradock neighborhood, lined with boarded-up buildings and "for rent" signs, is among the last places someone would look for a hip retail business. But to Toney Herndon, it made supreme sense. Herndon, a Portsmouth...Tags: Norfolk State University, Office and Retail Spaces, Rentals, Standards of Learning, Portsmouth (Portsmouth, Virginia)
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Cuccinelli, Obenshain, Jackson are GOP nominees
The Virginian-PilotVirginia Republicans last nominated an African American for statewide office in June 1988, when they picked Maurice Dawkins of Arlington County to challenge former Gov. Chuck Robb for U.S. Senate. History repeated itself Saturday as GOP activists tapped...Tags: Politics, Abortion, Mark D. Obenshain, Parties and Movements, Arlington County
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Jackson wins GOP Lt. Gov. nomination, Obenshain gets A.G. nod
RICHMOND – Chesapeake-based minister E.W. Jackson won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor and state Sen. Mark Obenshain won the nomination for attorney general at the state party convention Saturday. Jackson won the nomination in the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Politics, Politics, Abortion, Justice System
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Obenshain wins GOP attorney general nomination
RICHMOND – State Sen. Mark Obenshain beat out Del. Rob Bell for the Republican nomination for attorney general at the party convention Saturday. As of press time delegates were on their fourth vote to determine the GOP lieutenant governor nominee,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Environmental Politics, Justice System, Abortion
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Hampton Roads women launch creative businesses to balance family, work
From tutu parties to mobile eyeglasses, women in Hampton Roads have tapped into their creativity to launch home-based businesses. More than 7.8 million women own businesses in the United States, a 20 percent increase between 2002 and 2007, according...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Viral Diseases and Infections, Small Businesses, Services and Shopping, Health and Beauty Products
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