West Virginia beats Elon 92-47 - Daily Reflector
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Da’Sean Butler and Alex Ruoff scored 19 points apiece to lead West Virginia to a 92-47 win over Elon on Saturday night in the season opener for both schools. Elon pulled within nine points after Josh Bonny made two free throws
Fisher WVGA Player of the Year - Herald-Dispatch
CHARLESTON — Tim Fisher of Staats Mills received the West Virginia Player of the Year award Friday night during the West Virginia Golf Association’s banquet at Berry Hills Country Club. Fisher racked up 870 points during the 2008 season to end Pat
Freddie Mac asks to tap aid - Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Freddie Mac is asking for $13.8 billion in government aid after posting a massive third-quarter loss Friday. The mortgage finance company is making its first request to tap the $200 billion promised by the Treasury Department to keep it and sibling
Serve up a Virginia-grown Thanksgiving - Northern Virginia Daily
Looking to benefit your community during the holiday season? You could start by buying local for your Thanksgiving meal. According to a recently released economic analysis by Virginia Cooperative Extension, if every Virginia family spent $10 a week
West Virginia beats Elon 92-47 - Daily Advance
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Da’Sean Butler and Alex Ruoff scored 19 points apiece to lead West Virginia to a 92-47 win over Elon on Saturday night in the season opener for both schools. Elon pulled within nine points after Josh Bonny made two free throws
Smithsonian to replicate Obama office Items gathered from campaign in - The Washington Times
Curators at the Smithsonian Institution wasted no time snapping up souvenirs from President-elect Barack Obama ’s historic campaign victory and they revealed plans Wednesday to re-create one of the campaign’s Virginia field offices in a future
Virginia’s snow removal budget is melting - Inrich.com
Apparently the Virginia Department of Transportation doesn’t read the Farmer’s Almanac. The iconic publication says Virginia will be cold and snowy this winter. But VDOT says it has cut its snow-removal budget, yet another casualty of the trying
Virginia Beach police chief says use of slurs not common - HamptonRoads.com
A contrite Jake Jacocks Jr., the Virginia Beach police chief, testified Wednesday that the use of racial slurs by his officers “doesn’t reflect well on the department” but that he also does not believe it is widespread. In a federal civil rights
National Museum of African American History and Culture - Washington Post
The far-in-the-future National Museum of African American History and Culture has rushed into the hot collectibles market of President-elect Barack Obama by salvaging items from his Northern Virginia field office. Lonnie G. Bunch, the museum’s
W.Va. man beats health insurer in court over $40 - Boston Globe
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. A $40 medical bill might seem small but a West Virginia man says his five-year battle over paying it was a matter of principle. Sam Juniper says his health benefits weren’t supposed to change after he retired in 2000 from M&G
Gubernatorial Is One Thing Terry McAuliffe Isn’t - Washington Post
McAuliffe has lived in McLean for a couple of decades; his attention has been elsewhere. (By Elise Amendola — Associated Press) Terry McAuliffe is a master fundraiser, a schmoozer of the first order, a TV regular. “The Macker,” an ebullient vacuum
Virginia Tech at Miami - Washington Post
Resize WHEN THE HOKIES HAVE THE BALL: With Tyrod Taylor questionable for the second straight week and more than a week before Virginia Tech plays next, do not be surprised if Sean Glennon starts at quarterback. Running back Darren Evans will continue
Kaine to Discuss Ways to Help Virginians Stay Warm - Washington Post
Resize Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine wants everyone to know what state government and private sector partners are doing to help vulnerable Virginians stay warm this winter. Kaine has scheduled a news conference Wednesday in Richmond to discuss the
Knocked-Up Grandmas Impregnating your mother-in-law. - Slate
No, not that way. It’s a surrogate pregnancy. The guy supplied the sperm, his wife supplied the egg, and her mother supplied the womb. I’d better explain. The wife is on her second marriage. In her first marriage, she had two kids. Then she had a
Virginia gets a ‘D’ for premature birth rate - Inrich.com
Virginia gets a “D” for its premature birth rate and ranks 24th in the country for its rate, according to a report released today by the March of Dimes. The group also gave the nation an overall grade of “D.” Virginia’s premature birth rate is 12.3
Risk of premature birth varies widely by state; March of Dimes urges - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Smoking s latest battleground: the college campus Report urges states to tackle preterm birth crisis Waiver is a life-saver for parents on state health insurance Can Google tell us when the flu will hit? Other health news WASHINGTON - The odds of
Veterans honored at Virginia City parade - Nevada Appeal
Mo Devereaux of Carson City stood on the Virginia City boardwalk in his Marine Corps Class A uniform Tuesday. Though this Marine hadn t been in the Corps since 1972, the wool battle jacket of his youth fit him like a glove. I still feel like a
VIRGINIA VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS: Chantilly Keeps Moving Forward - Washington Post
Chantilly outside hitter Jamie Gorman’s final point landed softly on the opposite side of the court last night, leaving Hanover’s players leaning over with their hands on their knees and covering their eyes. If there had been any lingering doubt
