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Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer gets close victory in final game

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Virginia Tech sent longtime coach Frank Beamer out a winner Saturday night as the Hokies held on for a wild Independence Bowl victory. The Hokies won 55-52 over a Tulsa team that would not go away. It made for one of the highest-scoring, wackiest bowl games of the season. Virginia Tech scored 45 points in the first half alone, taking a two-touchdown lead into the second half. It was 52-37 going into the fourth quarter. Tulsa scored the final 15…

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Alan Williams: Freedom … worth the fight!

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Happy Independence Day!!!!! We all hope for an America that celebrates the foundational principles of freedom. Today we celebrate the bedrock principle upon which our nation was built 239 years ago: FREEDOM. If we take a look across our community, state and nation you will find a strong spirit of independence and freedom that flows through us as a great nation. America’s great experiment in liberty and independence has continued to stand the test of time and the freedoms we celebrate remain…

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Poll: 26% of U.S. clueless on who we declared independence from

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From Talking Points Memo: Pop quiz: Who was emperor when the United States declared independence from China? Give up? Perhaps you should ask one of the Americans who, when asked what country the U.S. separated from, named France, Japan, Mexico, Spain or, yes, China. A new Marist poll shows that 26% of people in this country don’t know that the U.S. declared its independence from Great Britain. That includes 20% who aren’t sure — and another 6% who think it was another country. Looking…

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New Charlie Crist web ads brag about his leading in the polls, tout independence

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I apologize if you all have already seen this, but I just caught Charlie Crist’s new web ads:

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Independent streak marks Charlie Crist’s website

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The site now emphasizes “independence,” though it still describes Charlie Crist as a “principled conservative.” Check out the new graphic: H/t to The Reid Report

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Independent streak marks Charlie Crist’s website

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The site now emphasizes “independence,” though it still describes Charlie Crist as a “principled conservative.” Check out the new graphic: H/t to The Reid Report

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Times editorial: Call in the feds to investigate state GOP

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The St. Petersburg Times Editorial Board is calling for federal prosecutors and the Internal Revenue Service to conduct a vigorous investigation at the highest level, untainted by state politics.  Excerpts: It is becoming clearer why it took so long to oust former state Republican Party chairman Jim Greer in January even as the party’s grass roots activists and largest fundraisers demanded a change. Greer had his secrets, and powerful Republican legislators had theirs. Each side was desperate to avoid disclosure, no matter…

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