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Tara Thomas seeks to retain her seat as Gloucester Treasurer
Who's on Team Gloucester?Gloucester County Treasurer Tara Thomas has announced plans to retain her seat in this fall's election. Thomas has held the position for 11 years. Thomas touts service to citizens, including expanding the means for making payments to the county, as among....Tags: Gloucester County, Local Elections, Education, Colleges and Universities, College of William and Mary
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Hicks announces plans to retain Commonwealth's Attorney seat
Who's on Team Gloucester?Bob Hicks announced this morning his plans to seek re-election as Gloucester County Commonwealth's Attorney. Hicks is running as an Independent in seeking his fifth term. He was first elected in 1994. "I've had the pleasure of helping a lot......Tags: Trials, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Gloucester County, Local Elections
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The Bush legacy: Fear or compassion?
The Swampby Mark Silva In the assemblage of material that might measure, in perhaps some predictive manner, the legacy which President George W. Bush will leave, some focus squarely on the Bush administration's tactical response to the terrorism of Sept. 11,......Tags: Homelessness, Heads of State, Crime, Law and Justice, Illnesses, Social Issues
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Electoral math: Unemployment = Obama?
Spin CycleFrom Bloomberg: Michigan and Georgia lost the most jobs in September, led by a slump in employment at government agencies and manufacturers as the slowdown spread through the U.S. economy. "The count in Michigan dropped by 28,300 employees last month........Tags: Unemployment, Automotive Equipment, Job Layoffs, Ford Motor Co., Employment
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Polls: How they look today
Spin CycleIt seems like we've reached a point where it's worth paying a little bit more attention to the polls. The most notable results show a somewhat durable McCain uptick (within 7) in Pennsylvania, a continuing close race in Virginia,......Tags: Television Industry, Television, Nevada, Local Elections, Education
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Sarah Palin's oil problem: Scaling back
The Swampby Mark Silva Oil's not well in Alaska. And that could mean a chill, baby, chill, for Gov. Sarah Palin. The wire dispatch from Anchorage this morning notes that the governor's two years in office "have been called a time......Tags: Government, U.S. Department of the Interior, Commodity Markets, Sarah Palin, Executive Branch
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Sarah Palin: Polarizing, prevaricating?
The Swampby Mark Silva We've been hearing a lot about Sarah Palin lately. It's not, however, what the governor of Alaska, erstwhile Republican candidate for vice president and oft-mentioned prospect for her party's future leaders, wants us to hear: It has......Tags: Lisa Murkowski, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, The Associated Press, Executive Branch
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Mark Sanford's affair: Argentina, amor
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated Gov. Mark Sanford has come clean. Not only was he not hiking on the Appalachian Trail -- but rather cruising around Argentina -- during his recent disappearing act. The Republican governor of South Carolina also......Tags: Government, United States, Family, Bob Dole, Nevada
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Bush oral history: 'Inside and outside'
The Swampby Mark Silva There will be an oral history of the Bush administration. It will be carried out by the scholars in Virginia who conducted oral histories of the Clinton and Carter administrations and the Reagan and earlier Bush administration.......Tags: Government, Virginia, Arts and Culture, History, Education
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Florida's Crist: Independent run planned
The Swampby Jim Stratton and Aaron Deslatte of the Orlando Sentinel Gov. Charlie Crist will turn Florida's U.S. Senate race on its head Thursday by formally announcing he will run as an independent and walk away from the party that has......Tags: Weather, Charlie Crist, U.S. Senate, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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Gloucester principal wins award from U. of Virginia
Who's on Team Gloucester?Gloucester High School Principal Layton H. "Tony" Beverage is among seven winners of the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education Foundation Outstanding Alumni Award. The 2010 edition of the award was announced this morning.Beverage received a...Tags: Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Virginia, Gloucester County, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Hamilton Jordan, 1944-2008
The SwampIn this Aug. 9, 1980 file photo provided by ABC news, Hamilton Jordan smiles as photographers take his picture in the Democratic Convention site at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/ABC News) by Frank James Hamilton Jordan,......Tags: Madison Square Garden, New York, Social Issues, Jimmy Carter, Politics
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