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  • THREE TIMES AS MANY DOLLARS ??

    INSIDE SUFFOLK VIRGINIA

    In a column that appeared in Thursday’s News-Herald, the Retail Alliance reported, “For every $100 spent at an independent business, $45 is returned directly to the area economy — more than three times the return gained from dollars spent at a national chain.” It is the local economy that supports [...]
    Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:55am EST
  • 59 and Counting

    Deo Vindice

    This week my 59th birthday passed with the speed of going through a yield sign when you can see the way clearly.  So, now I am 59 years old and counting – to infinity. I’m only a year away from the age of my father, James Albert Bowden, when he died.  [...]
    Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:16pm EST
    by James Atticus Bowden
  • “It really boils down to ...

    Pen and Sword

    Number of comments: 2

    “It really boils down to one of two decisions, getting out or getting in.”

    --President Lyndon Johnson, speaking about Vietnam.

    “Soldiers came to school today,” announced the Kindergarten kid. "They only kill bad people. They don't kill good people." This is story comes' [...]

    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:39pm EST
    by Jeff Huber
  • Welcome to the club, guys

    Rich Radford

       A funny thing happened on the way off the practice field last night.    Sounds like the start of a joke, doesn't it?    But what was being discussed by a few players was the fact that it was not a joke: Their red-shirt seasons were over. ' [...]
    Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:09pm EST
  • Opinion, please: “Black Fur-iday”

    Vivian J. Paige

    Number of comments: 13
    It seems that animal shelters find black cats and dogs difficult to be adopted. In a play on words, the Norfolk Animal Care Center is holding a “sale” on the animals, to coincide with Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. The “sale” provides for adoption fees [...]
    Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:46am EST
    by vjp
  • CLASH OF THE TITANS

    SmartRegion.org

    Clash of the Titans

    Each year since 2003, Regent University has hosted one of the most notable events of its kind in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Clash of the Titans debate features prominent national  leaders discussing timely topics ranging from the Constitutional Authority of the U.S. [...]

    Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:42am EST
    by HR Partnership

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