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Wednesday's college multi-sport roundup: U.Va., W&M, CNU gain baseball triumphs
Daily PressVirginia (23-2), ranked as high as No. 5 nationally in baseball, beat visiting Towson 7-1 Wednesday. Brandon Downes, who scored twice, joined Derek Fisher and Mike Papi in collecting two hits for the Cavaliers. They broke the game open with five runs in...Tags: College Baseball, Virginia Cavaliers, Derek Fisher, Baseball, Old Dominion University
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Williamsburg family promotes 'tubie' awareness
Kaylee squealed with barely contained delight as images of her brother, Adam, flashed on the TV screen. The 4th-grader and her mother, Katie Marceron, collaborated on the video, "Amazing Adam's Story," to show her class at Waller Mill Elementary, a York...
Tags: Special Olympics, Hospitals and Clinics, Alzheimer's Disease, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Family
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Hampton Acoustic Blues Revival, happening Saturday, honors Virginia blues greats
The Hampton Acoustic Blues Revival returns on Saturday, March 9, with a dual mission. It's honoring two Virginia blues greats who have passed on -- John Cephas and Ann Rabson -- while also adding fuel to a living tradition. This year's mini-festival...
Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Hampton Roads
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Saturday's college multisport roundup: CNU pitcher sets USA South saves record
Daily PressChristopher Newport senior and Lafayette High alum Ryan Fleischmann became the USA South Athletic Conference’s all-time saves leader. He saved both games for the Captains, who are ranked fifth in Division III, as they swept Saturday's doubleheader...Tags: Joe McCarthy, James Madison Dukes, North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Cavaliers, Atlantic Coast Conference
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Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services
Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...
Tags: Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, General Practitioners, Government Health Care, Federal Aviation Administration, Health Insurance
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Inside the PD: Warwick's David Smith commits to Navy
Warwick football player David Smith, a first-team All-Peninsula District pick last fall, committed to the U.S. Naval Academy over the weekend. Smith chose the Midshipmen over a list of offers that included William and Mary, Hampton University and...
Tags: Hampton University, Saint Augustine's College, College Sports, Sports, College of William and Mary
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Hampton Acoustic Blues Revival returns to Thomas Nelson Community College
Virginia's own boogie piano queen, Ann Rabson, came to Hampton years back to play the Hampton Acoustic Blues Revival. While it hasn't been announced yet, I'm betting this year's festival will pay tribute to her in some way. Rabson died this week....
Tags: Music Industry, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Entertainment, Music
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Inside the BRD: Allen Elledge is new Smithfield baseball coach
Smithfield High athletic director Miles Blount said that Brian White, the Packers' baseball coach the past few seasons, had to give up the job because the responsibilities of running his own business took up so much time. Blount’s solution was to...Tags: College Baseball, Baseball, Sports, Bethune-Cookman University
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Ann Rabson, popular Virginia blues musician, dead at 67
A beloved musician from Virginia's blues scene, Ann Rabson, passed away today, according to a news release from Alligator Records. The release said that Rabson died in her hometown of Fredericksburg after a long battle with cancer. She was 67. Best...
Tags: Music Industry, Hampton Roads, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Entertainment, Music
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Four Gloucester Point residents seek open seat on School Board
Four Gloucester Point residents are seeking the open seat on the Gloucester County School Board that was vacated upon the death of longtime member Jean Pugh. The four candidates for the open position are: --Troy Andersen, a Gloucester County native...Tags: Gloucester Point, Gloucester County, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Mathews County, Mathews (Mathews, Virginia)
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Nikki Giovanni: Poetry, social commentary and a whole bunch of fun
If I were to choose one word to describe Nikki Giovanni, it would be this: Convicted. I mean that in every good way. I mean that in the sense of a woman who stands proudly, and publicly, for her beliefs. Of course, so many other words come to mind,...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Poetry, Arts and Culture
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Nikki Giovanni's passion for poetry and life is undimmed
Celebrated poet and author Nikki Giovanni helps to expand and enrich young minds in Blacksburg, where she's a professor of English at Virginia Tech. Still, she's not exactly cloistered in her mountain-top, ivory tower. She gets around. Giovanni, who grew...
Tags: Tupac Shakur, Nobel Prize Awards, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Awards and Prizes, Google Inc.
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