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    General Election Announcements a Study in Contrast

    MAY 8, 2012 10:19PM

    By Rebecca Sarwate


    Topics: barack obama, virginia, new hampshire, mitt romney, general election, csi:miami

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2862 Views
    • 73 Comments
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    Long Dead Grocer Offers Job

    DECEMBER 3, 2011 3:26PM

    By Katie McCaskey


    Topics: my brilliant second career, local food, staunton, virginia, downtown, open call, buy local, 99%, independent business, rural, small town, small cities, entrepreneurship

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 2350 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    My Last Night of Marriage

    JULY 12, 2011 8:05AM

    By touchingthetrees


    Topics: divorce, separation, saying goodbye, marriage, lavender, trees, strangeman, virginia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 4702 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Sweet Secrets, Ancestral Whispers

    APRIL 10, 2011 1:15PM

    By Keka


    Topics: early american history, british, muscogee, creek, native american history, black history, mississippi history, alabama history, south, confederate, civil war, slavery, african americans, african american history, ancestry, genealogy, virginia, virginia history

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 1769 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Liberty Central: Repo’d by the Koch Brothers?

    NOVEMBER 19, 2010 8:43AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: liberty central, virginia, ginni, clarence, thomas, sarah field, lillian vogl, conoco, koch brothers, koch industries, koch charitable foundation, washington post, astroturf, tea party, jason herald, irs, jimmy zuma

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 3127 Views
    • 59 Comments
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    A Virginia woman is executed: Ahmadinejad weighs in

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 11:02AM

    By bluestocking babe


    Topics: death penalty, virginia, virginia christian, theresa lewis, mahmoud ahmadinejad, iran, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 849 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Apology Issued for Slavery Omission in Civil War History

    APRIL 7, 2010 10:43PM

    By Kim Hartman


    Topics: news, television, travel, politics, open call, belief/religion, slaves, racism, hmmm, celebrateme, kim_hartman, history, civil war, virginia, slavery

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2063 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Bob McDonnell Blows the Racist Dog Whistle Really Loud

    APRIL 6, 2010 6:53PM

    By Leonce Gaiter


    Topics: bob mcdonnell, confederate history month, virginia, virginia governor, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 59 Ratings
    • 4939 Views
    • 56 Comments
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    Virginia Pro-Lifers: this is why we think you are crazy

    FEBRUARY 22, 2010 9:50PM

    By Akopsa


    Topics: governor mcdonnell, virginia, abortion rights, women's right, pro-life crazies

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1667 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Reading Tea Leaves in Virginia

    SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 3:43PM

    By Liz Emrich


    Topics: divination, congress, democrats, bob mcdonnell, creigh deeds, virginia, election 2009

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 2030 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Before the 2nd Anniversary of the Virginia Tech Shootings.

    APRIL 14, 2009 2:09PM

    By mabinogi


    Topics: virginia, blacksburg, virginia tech, remembrance, horror, guns, death, violence

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 4736 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    To Odetta

    DECEMBER 4, 2008 3:03PM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: odetta, rosa parks, bob dylan, bruce springsteen, martin luther king, virginia, the crooked road, bristol, bluegrass, carnegie hall, johnny cash, feminism, travel, people

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 820 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Voting in Virginia: Swing State Watch

    NOVEMBER 3, 2008 10:35PM

    By lpsrocks


    Topics: swing state, virginia, open call, politics, obama, mccain, early voting, polls, warner

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1372 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    On Stage with Obama!

    OCTOBER 20, 2008 10:22AM

    By Joan K


    Topics: roanoke, virginia, rally, obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2221 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Dispatches from an Obama volunteer in Tazewell, VA

    OCTOBER 14, 2008 2:49PM

    By TNC


    Topics: virginia, va, rural, signs, obama, 2008, presidential race, politics, activism, democrats

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 596 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Following the Trail of Ad Money

    SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 10:09AM

    By Bob Hussey


    Topics: politics, television, john king, chuck todd, wisconsin advertising project, barack obama, john mccain, florida, pennsylvania, virginia, michigan, ohio, north carolina, nevada, colorado, wisconsin, negative advertising, north dakota, battleground

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    • 3 Ratings
    • 870 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Swing Low, Sweet Virginia

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 7:24PM

    By The Luncheon Society Mcbarton62


    Topics: virginia, rural voters, obama, politics

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