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Cavs land another big recruit
Massachusetts product the fourth 4-star prospect to commit.
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Virginia a finalist as four-star recruit prepares to make college decision
Canaan Severin from Worcestor, Mass., is slated his college choice Monday at 12:30 pm.
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Ratcliffe: Texas A&M has us on the brink of conference chaos
We’re one move away from all hell breaking loose on the college landscape. With Texas A&M confirming Wednesday that it will officially leave the Big 12 Conference, the dominos are lined up and ready to fall.
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Movie Starsia: UVa lacrosse coach has part in upcoming movie
Two weeks ago, Dom Starsia was in Massachusetts to shoot a scene for a lacrosse-themed movie called “Crooked Arrows.”
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW: State FCS team breakdowns
A breakdown of each of the eight FCS (formerly Division I-AA) football teams in the state of Virginia.
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10 congressmen sue Obama over strikes in Libya
A bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers is suing President Barack Obama for taking military action against Libya without war authorization from Congress.
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Santorum in White House race -- 'In it to win it'
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rich Santorum, once the No. 3 Republican in the Senate, said Monday he's seeking the GOP nomination for president, vowing he's "in it to win it."
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New Blue Ridge football coach ready to get Barons flying again
A new era at the Blue Ridge School began on Wednesday when Orlando Patterson was named the new head football coach.
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Aide says Pawlenty running for president
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a laid-back Midwestern Republican who governed a Democratic-leaning state, is running for president and will declare his candidacy on Monday in the leadoff caucus state of Iowa, an adviser told The Associated Press.
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Roberts shuts down BC in UVa win
Virginia beats BC.
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A little Black humor
Lewis Black’s shows are filled with righteous rants against bureaucracy, boneheaded political decisions and mind-numbingly stupid current events.
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Obama mixing politics and policy on West Coast swing
Stepping away from Washington's contentious fiscal debates, President Barack Obama is making a West Coast trip aimed at building support for his deficit-reduction plans and raising money for his re-election campaign.
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Trump plays down Romney's business credentials
Potential presidential candidate Donald Trump says he's a better businessman than a leading Republican hopeful in 2012, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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Robots in Japanese reactors detect high radiation
Readings today from robots that entered two crippled buildings at Japan's tsunami-flooded nuclear plant for the first time in more than a month displayed a harsh environment still too radioactive for workers to enter.
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Santorum takes first steps toward presidential run
Former Sen. Rick Santorum on Wednesday announced a fundraising committee that allows him to take the first steps toward a presidential campaign.
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Fake leg used to take down armed robber
A Massachusetts man who used his prosthetic leg to take down a robber says he didn't have time to think, he just reacted.
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Nuke crisis reignites debate about protective pills
The Japanese nuclear crisis has reignited a debate in the U.S. over the government's role in distributing a cheap anti-cancer drug to people living around nuclear power plants.
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Rising-star soloist brings new life to Verdi's work
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Requiem” covers so much emotional territory that it can be hard to believe some in his day regarded him as a lightweight.
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Virginia great Ralph Sampson adds to list of achievements
Sampson is also among 12 finalists under consideration for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., with that class set to be announced on April 4.
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EPA to limit rocket fuel chemical in tap water
The Environmental Protection Agency is setting the first federal drinking water standard for a toxic rocket fuel ingredient linked to thyroid problems in pregnant women and young children, the Obama administration announced today.
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House committee finds fracking companies using diesel
Democratic lawmakers say the practice by large companies, such as Halliburton and BJ Services Co., appears to violate the Safe Drinking Water Act, because the companies did not obtain needed permits for use of diesel fuel
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Cavs drop close one at Boston College
In the first half, Virginia got off to a decent start in building an 11-6 lead, but suddenly went ice cold.
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Ariz. shooting targets congresswoman, kills 6
Arizona Rep. Giffords critically wounded; 12 others hurt. Judge, congressional aide and child among those slain.
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Massachusetts' lt. gov. pulls 2 kids from burning minivan
This wasn't part of the job description when Timothy Murray was voted lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. Murray is being hailed for pulling two children out of a burning minivan in Worcester, about 40 miles west of Boston.
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Rangel wants censure penalty lightened
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Charles Rangel wants to tell House colleagues that censures are for corrupt politicians and he's not one of them. The House ethics committee voted 9-1 on Nov. 18 to recommend a censure of the 80-year-old Democrat from New York's Harlem. The Associated Press today said Rangel wants his punishment for ethics violations downgraded to a reprimand, according to congressional and nongovernment sources who are in touch with Rangel but not authorized to be quoted by name.
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